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hwurful-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hwurful-ness, e; f.

Changeableness ⬩ mutability

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Changeableness, mutability Ða twigu ðære hwurfulnesse genimina mutabilitatis, Past. 42, 3; Swt. 308, 1. Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurffulnesse ðæt hió biþ swíðe wancol se instabilem mutatione demonstrat, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 34

sunna

(n.)
Grammar
sunna, an; m.
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Ðæs sunnan ásprungnis oðþe ðære mónan, 28, 10

Linked entry: sunne

wiþer-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-mód, adj.

Having the mind set against ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ contrary

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Having the mind set against something, adverse, hostile, contrary Ðæt wé hié wiðermóde ne gedón ús mid ðære tǽlinge that we may not set them against us with the blame, Past. 32; Swt. 212, 1

in-fyrde

(n.)
Grammar
in-fyrde, es; n.
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On ðá rǽwe; of ðǽre reáwe on Temese, on ðæt infyrde; andlang Temese, v. 275, 21

Linked entry: -fyrde

tó-hlídan

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On þám sixtan dæge æt þére sixtan tíde dæges þes heofon tóhlýt fram eástdǽle oþ þæne westðǽl, Verc. Först. 133, 2. Þá tóhlád se hróf þæs gebedhúses aperto tecto oratorii, Gr. D. 275, 16. Add

ge-bícnan

Grammar
ge-bícnan, ge-bícnian.
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Ðæt cýðde se wítga, ðá he ðæt openlíce sǽde, ðætte suá geweard, and ðæt gebiécnede, ðæt ðá giet diégle wæs, Past. 311, 5. Nóe getácnode Críst, and þæt flód . . . gebícnode þæt wæter úres fulluhtes, Hml. Th. ii. 60, 4.

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Ðæt tempel towearp æfter feówer hund geárum ðæs ðe hit gesett wæs he destroyed the temple four hundred years after it was built, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 68, 374.

ge-metgung

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Sió wyrd dǽlþ eallum gesceaftum andwlitan and stówa and tída and gemetgunga fatum singula digerit in motum, locis, formis, ac temporibus distributa, F. 218, 33. fixing of measure or amount, measuring. v. ge-metgian; IV Hine God gesette tó ðǽm ðæt hé

háwian

(v.)
Grammar
háwian, p. ode; pp. od

To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect

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Þreó þinc sint neódbehæfe ðám eágan élcere sáwle ... óððer ðæt heó háwien ðes ðe heó geseón wolden þridde ðæt hí mágen geseón ðæt ðæt hí geháwian three things are necessary for the eyes of every soul ... second that they look at what they want to see,

racu

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Ðǽm lytegan is betere ðæt hié mid ryhtre race weorðen oferreahte and mid ðǽre race oferswíðde, sapientes plerumque ratiocinationis argumenta convertunt . . . Illis prodest, ut in suis allegationibus victim jaceant, Past. 205, 1-4.

in-segel

(n.)
Grammar
in-segel, es; n.

A seal ⬩ signet

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Geþenc nú gyf ðínes hláfordes ǽrendgewrit and his insegel tó ðé cymþ hwæðer ðú mǽge cweþan ðæt ðú hys willan ðǽr on gecnáwan ne mǽge consider now, if your lord's letter and his seal come to you, whether you can say that you cannot recognise his pleasure

Linked entries: in-sigle -segel

irsung

(n.)
Grammar
irsung, e; f.

Anger ⬩ irascibility

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MS. iersunga] sindun swíðe ungelíca óðer biþ swelce hit síe irres anlícnes ... óðer biþ ðæt ierre ðæt mon síe gedréfed on his móde bútan ǽlcre ryhtwísnesse óðer ðara irsunga biþ tó ungemetlíce átyht on ðæt ðe hió mid ryhte irsian sceall óðer on ðæt hió

Linked entry: eorsung

twifealdness

(n.)
Grammar
twifealdness, e; f.

doubleness ⬩ doubling ⬩ irresolution ⬩ duplicity ⬩ deceitfulness

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Ða ðe nán sceadu ue geðiéstraþ ðære twiefaldnesse quos nulla umbra duplicitatis obscurat. Swt. 243, 23.

Linked entry: twi-feald

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster

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a monastery, a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided Gif hit beón mæg, swá sceal mynster beón gestaþelod, ðæt ealle neádbehéfe þing ðǽr binnan wunian, ðæt is wæterscype, mylen, wyrtún and gehwylce misenlíce cræftas ðe synd góde tó begánne, R

týdrung

(n.)
Grammar
týdrung, e ; f.

propagation ⬩ a branch

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Ic ongite ðæt ǽlc gesceaft willnaþ simle tó biónne; ðæt is swíþe swital on ðære týdrunge. Bt. 34, 12; Fox 152, 25. Cf. (?) Þis woreld ebbeð þenne hit þat tuderinde wiðteoð withholds its productivity, O.E.

Linked entry: tyddrung

un-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hál, adj.

In bad health ⬩ sick ⬩ weak ⬩ infirm ⬩ unhealthy ⬩ unsound

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Ðý læs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden ðe hié sceoldon mid ðæt unhále áweg áceorfan dum per hoc in se sana perimunt, per quod salubriter abscindere sauciata debuerunt, Past. 48; Swt. 365, 12.

ǽrendian

(v.)

to go on an errand (acc.), act as emissary or advocate in a matter ⬩ to go on an errand to (tó) a person ⬩ to go on an errand for a person (dat.) to (tó) another, intercede ⬩ to go on a mission for an object (gen.), negotiate for

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arcebisceope and tó Eádberhte, and him héht sæcgan ðæt hé wilnade ðæs londes.

sparian

(v.)
Grammar
sparian, p. ode.

to spare ⬩ to show mercy to ⬩ to refrain from injuring or destroying ⬩ to spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ not to use ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ parcere, fovere ⬩ to spare

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MS.) ðæm sacerde ðæt hí ða hýd behelien capilli in capite sacerdotis servantur, ut cutem cooperiant, Past. 18, 7; Swt. 141, 9

wífian

(v.)
Grammar
wífian, p. ode

To take a wife ⬩ to marry ⬩ on

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Mé is gesǽd ðæt eówer ancor sægð, ðæt hit sý álýfed ðæt mæssepreóstas wel móton wífian, Homl. Ass. 13, 6. Ne fremaþ nánum menn tó wífienne (wífigæ, Lind.) non expedit nubere, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 10.

ofesc

(n.)
Grammar
ofesc, e; f.

A border

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Ðis syndon ðæs landes gemǽru ... Ǽrest of Seferne be hígna gemǽre ... and swá be ðære alra ofesce along the border of elders? on ða neówan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 11