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géme-lést

(n.)
Grammar
géme-lést, e; f.

Negligence, carelessness ⬩ neglĭgentia, incūria

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Negligence, carelessness; neglĭgentia, incūria Þurh ðíne ágene gémeléste through thine own negligence, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 2. Þurh heora gémelést through their carelessness, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 34

hord-cófa

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hord-cófa, l. hord-cofa,
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and add Ic ( the devil) wolde . . . þæt hý (the wicked) wunedon on mínum hordcouan (hwæt woldon hý on mínum hordcleofan, v. l. ) and þíne circean forgeáton, Wlfst. 255, 14

mis-limpan

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Ic swíðor ceorude þonne mín sáwul behófode þá ðá ic ǽhte forleás . . . oððe mé hwæt mislamp ( any misfortune befell me) on þises lîfes ryne, Angl. xi. 113, 41. Add

missenlíce

(adv.)
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geond þisne middangeard winde biwáwne weallas stondað, Wand. 75. Hé gumena cynnes manige missenlíce (under various conditions ? ) men of deáðe áwehte, An. 583. Add

DWELIAN

(v.)
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DWELIAN, dweligan, dweoligan, dwalian, dwolian, dwoligan; part. dweliende, dweligende; ic dwelige, ðú dwelast, he dwelaþ, pl. dweliaþ, dweligaþ, dweligeaþ; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

To be led into error, err ⬩ in errōrem dūci, errāre ⬩ To lead into error, mislead, deceive ⬩ in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕre

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v. n. To be led into error, err; in errōrem dūci, errāre Dwelian he dyde híg on wæglǽste oððe bútan wege, and ná on wege errāre fecit eos in invio, et non in via, Ps. Lamb. 106, 40. Wæs ðæt dweligende sceáp ongeán fered the wandering sheep was brought

ceáce

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Add: ceóce. jawbone, cheek In suíðra ceica ðín (in ðæt swíðran wonge ł céke þín, R.) in dextera maxilla tua, Mt. L. 5, 39. Þæt wange wið þá ceócan ufan mandibula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 3. On céce in maxillam, Lk. L. 6, 29. Ceácan mala, maxilla, Wrt.

cemban

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Stríc þú mid þínum fingrum on þín feax nyþerwearad, swilce þú cembe þé, Tech. ii. 127, 5. Hý sculan hiora heáfod cemban, Lch. ii. 30, 31. to comb wool, &c. Be cemdan wearpe de stuppe stamineo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 62

ge-lóman

(n.)
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Se hálga man ágeaf þám Gotan þone gelóman, and cwæð: 'Lóca nú l hér is þín gelóma,' Gr. D. 114, 1-18.

un-bindan

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Add: I. to free from a bond (lit. or fig. ) Frameallum bende unrihtwísnesse þú unbinst ( absolvis ) mægen þín, Angl. xi. 116, 5, Hé hí mid bendum fæste hét gewríðan . . . hé hét hí eft ealle unbindan, Hml.

ge-nacodian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nacodian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To make bare, naked, to strip ⬩ nudare

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he unclothed and stripped himself of worldly things, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 24

Linked entry: nacodian

meó

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Synd gesealde from þám abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, þæt is . . . meón (pedules), hosa . . . R. Ben. 92, 3. Hæbben hý tó tótgewǽdum hosa and meón, 89, 14: 91, 6. Add

on-funden

(adj.)
Grammar
on-funden, adj.
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Having experience of, having by experience knowledge of Gedó mé lufiende and onfundne þínes wísdómes jubeas me esse amatorem perceptoremque sapientiae tuae, Solil. H. 14, 7. See next word

Linked entry: -funden

on-sprǽc

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Add: talk, conversation: — Hêr hwêne wiðufan þîne word and anspræ̂c rehte and smeáde be þâm wîtelicum hellestôwum paulo superius sermo de locis poenalibus inferni versabatur, Gr. D. 332, 9

út-lád

(n.)
Grammar
út-lád, e; f.

Carriage out of a place ⬩ the right to carry things out of a place

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Carriage out of a place, the right to carry things out of a place Mid inláde and mid útláde cum inductione et eductione, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 209, 5

HYPE

(n.)
Grammar
HYPE, es; m.

The HIP ⬩ haunch

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The HIP, haunch, upper part of the thigh Hype clunis, Wrt. Voc. 71, 49: ilia, ii. 110, 54. Ánra gehwylc hæfde sweord ofer his hype for nihtlícum ege every man had his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night [Song of Sol. 3, 8], Blickl.

ge-béd

(n.)
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ge-béd, -bédd; gen. es; pl. nom. acc. -béd, -bédu, -bédo; n. [The other dialects seem to point to 'gebed :' O. Sax. gibed : O. H. Ger. gabet : Ger. gebet.]

a prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ supplication ⬩ ōrātio ⬩ prĕces ⬩ supplĭcātio ⬩ a religious service ⬩ an ordinance ⬩ verbum legĭtĭmum ⬩ cærĭmōnia

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a prayer, petition, supplication; ōrātio, prĕces, supplĭcātio Gebéd mín on bósme mínum sý gecyrred ōrātio mea in sĭnum meum convertētur, Ps. Spl. 34, 16. Gehýr mín gebéd exaudi orātiōnem meam, Ps. Th. 54, 1. Ðú mínes gebédes béne gehýrdest exaudīvisti

Linked entries: beád ge-beod

fǽr

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr, fér, es; m.

A fever ⬩ febris

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A fever; febris Wið þriddan dæges fǽre and feórþan dæges fǽre for a third day's fever and a fourth day's fever, L. M. cont. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 12, 27

pricele

(n.)
Grammar
pricele, <b> (a?),</b> an; f. m. (?)
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A point, very small thing Foruord ł pricle iota, pricle ł stæfes heáfod apex, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 18. Ðone hlætmesto pricclu (pricla, Rush.) nouissimum minutum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 59

wyrp

(n.)
Grammar
wyrp, es; m.
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A throw, cast, the distance which a thing may be thrown Swá mycel swá is ánes stánes wyrp (weorp ł wyrp, Lind.) quantum jactus est lapidis, Lk. Skt. 22, 41

Linked entry: wirp

scilfe

(n.)
Grammar
scilfe, an; f.

A shelf ⬩ ledge ⬩ floor

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With lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make the ark, Gen. 6, 16) Cd. Th. 79, 4; Gen. 1306

Linked entry: scylfe