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be-cnáwe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-cnáwe, in the phrase beón becnáwe (v. to be beknown = to avow, confess, N. E. D. s.
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v. be-know
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Ic ne am bicnówe ðat ic (printed it; but cf. ic ne eom ge-cnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne þanon ut, 222, 27) áni man úðe ðenen út . . . hámsócne, C. D. iv. 226, 4

missenlic-ness

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Seó missenlicnes (diversitas) manna líchamena . . . seó missenlicnes manna synna, 333, 23. Add

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Ic wille ðæt man frígæ hæalue míne men on élcum túne for míne sáwlæ, and ðæt man déle æal healf ðæt yrue ðæt ic hæbbæ on ǽlcum túne, iii. 273, 4-6. Gif in cyninges túne man mannan ofsleá, .L. scill. gebéte, L. Ethb. 5; Th. i. 4, 4.

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leóht-gesceot

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-gesceot, -gescot, es; n.
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Gelǽste man leóhtgescot þríwa on geáre, L. Eth. V. 11; Th. i. 308, 2: vi. 19; Th. i. 320, 3. Leóhtgescot gelǽste man tó Candelmæssan; dó oftor se ðe wile, ix. 12; Th. i. 342, 31.

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freólíce

(adv.)
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Add: without constraint or reluctance, willingly Þonne se man syngað freólíce bútan ǽlcere sceame, Angl. vii. 40, 451: Cri. 1291.

LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Less ⬩ lest

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Gif læs manna beó sin minor est numerus, Ex. 12, 4. Swá man máre sprycþ swá him læs manna gelýfeþ the more a man speaks, the fewer men believe him, Prov. Kmbl. 38.

Linked entry: læsast

æðel-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
æðel-boren, part.

Noble-born ⬩ free-born ⬩ noble ⬩ natu nobilis ⬩ nobili genere natus ⬩ nobilis

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Noble-born, free-born, noble; natu nobilis, nobili genere natus, nobilis Sum æðelboren man homo quidam nobilis, Lk. Bos. 19, 12. Æðelborene cild vel freóbearn liberi, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Wrt. Voc. 51, 67: Apol. Th. 19, 21

Linked entries: æðel- eðel-boren

forþ-gelang

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-gelang, adj.

Dependent ⬩ pendens ⬩ nixus

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Dependent; pendens, nixus On wísum scrifte biþ swíðe forþgelang forsyngodes mannes nýdhelp on wise confession is greatly dependent the needful help to a sinful man, L. Pen. 1; Th. ii. 278, 2: 9; Th. ii. 280, 12

myrten

(n.)
Grammar
myrten, es; n.

Flesh of animals that have died a natural death

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Flesh of animals that have died a natural death Ne ǽnig man myrtenes ǽfre ne ábíte, Wulfst. 71, 1. Gif hé myrten ete si morticinam ederit, L. Ecg. C. 15; Th. ii. 142, 26. v. next word

un-becweden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-becweden, adj.

Unbequeathed ⬩ not left by will

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Ðæt land æt Sendan and æt Sunnanbyrg unbecwedene and unforbodene wið ǽlcne man, 208, 38

be-hogodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
be-hogodlíce, adv.
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Carefully, diligently Swá hwilc man swá Godes weorc clǽnlíce and behogodlice wirceð. . . . . Sé þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, Hml. A. 168, 120. Hé ongan hí geornlícor and behogodlícor cwencean eas sollicitius extinxit, Gr. D. 237, 2

mis-rǽdan

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Add: To misread a riddle, give a wrong answer to, misinterpret Swá hwilc man swá mínne rǽdels riht árǽde, onfó sé mýnre dohtor tó wífe, and sé ðe hine misrǽde, sý hé beheáfdod, Ap. Th. 3, II

sóþsecgendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sóþsecgendlíce, adv.
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Truly Þá þá þǽr wæs án geleáffull man sóðsecgendlíce (sóðsecgende, v. l.) in gangende, hræðe se leása gást onweg gewát dum domum unus veraciter fidelis ingressus est, ab ea protinus mendax spiritus abscessit, Gr. D. 185, 17

un-þancol

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þancol, adj.
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Ungrateful For hwan lá man, forlurðú þis eal þe ic for þé þrowode ? For hwan wǽrðu swá unþancul þínre onlýsnesse ? . . . Tó hwan eart ðú mé swá unþancul mínra góda and mínra gifa ?, Nap. 66. v. un-geþancfull

reðe-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
reðe-hygdig, adj.

Right-minded

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Right-minded Wel biþ ðam eorle ðe him oninnan hafaþ reðehygdig wer rúme heortan well will it be for that man who, being a mortal right-minded, hath a liberal heart within him, Exon. Th. 467, 15

neádunga (-inga)

(adv.)
Grammar
neádunga (-inga), adv.

Forcibly ⬩ not willingly ⬩ under compulsion ⬩ of necessity

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Gif lǽweda man neádinga ( invite ) man ofsleá, L. Ecg. P. ii. 1; Th. ii. 182, 16. Neádunga, L. M. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 266, 27.

wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
wǽge, (see also wǽg), an; f.

a weight ⬩ a wey ⬩ an implement for weighing ⬩ a balance ⬩ scale

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Hæbbe ǽlc man rihte wǽgan and rihte gemetu pondus habebis justum et verum et modius aequalis et verus erit tibi, Deut. 25, 15. as a definite weight, a wey Gá seó wǽge (wǽg, MS. G.) wulle tó .cxx., and nán man hig ná undeóror ne sylle, L.

Linked entries: wége wégi

BÓSUM

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSUM, bósm, es; m.

The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts ⬩ sinus, gremium, pectus, interna ⬩ sinus

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Án man mihte faran ofer his ríce, mid his bósum full goldes, ungederad a man might go over his kingdom, with his bosom full of gold, unhurt, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 4.

nán

Grammar
nán, <b>. I b.</b>
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Atýwde ꝥ wilde fýr ðe nán mann ǽror nán swylc ne gemunde, Chr. 1032 ; P. 159, 5. Hí ne magon heom þeáh ná náne góde beón they cannot be of any good to them, Solil. H. 68, 29.

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughout ⬩ mplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

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