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bútan

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Eall úre folc mid fleáme astwand búton wé feówertig Þe on ðám feohte stódon, Hml. S. 11, 74. <b>C. II 1.</b> :-- Hý man gecnáwan ne mæg, búton -tonne heo gréwð, Lch. i. 98, 4. <b>III 2.</b> :-- Ne can ic nǽnigne e

CICEN

(n.)
Grammar
CICEN, es; cicenu; a; um; n.

A CHICKENpullus

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Cicen oððe brid oððe fola pullus, Wrt. Voc. 77, 37. Henne mid cicenum gesihþ ceápas eácan getácnaþ a dream of a hen with chickens betokens trade to be increasing, Lchdm. iii. 204, 31.

un-gewit

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewit, un-gewitt, es; n.

madnessinsanityfollystupidity

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Hí mid heora gedwolsprǽce eall folc ámyrdon. And Theodosius, ðá hé swilce ungewitt ǽlce dæge gehýrde, hé wearð sárig, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 370

un-wénlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wénlíc, adj.

Not giving grounds for hopeunpromising

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Hwæt wénst ðú be ðære gódan wyrde, ðe oft cymþ tó gódum monnum on ðisse worulde, hweðer ðis folc mæge cweþan ðæt hit sié yfel wyrd? ...

Linked entry: wén-líc

cyning

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Ne mæg nán man hine sylfne tó cynge gedón, ac þæt folc hæfð cyre tó ceósenne þone tó cyninge þe him sylfum lícað; ac siþþan hé tó cyninge gehálgod bið, þonne hæfð hé anweald ofer þæt folc, Hml. Th. i. 212, 6-9. Tó cynige ad regem, Mk. L. R. 6, 25.

a-byrgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-byrgan, -byrgean, -byrian

To tastegustare

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Junii 99, fol. 68. Se wulf for Gode ne dorste ðæs hæfdes abyrian the wolf durst not, for God, taste the head, Homl. Brit. Mus. MSS. Cot. Julius, E. 7, fol. 203, Bibl. Bodl. MSS. Bodley 343

sotscipe

(n.)
Grammar
sotscipe, es; m.

Follystupidity

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Folly, stupidity Sotscipe hebetudo, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 60

ge-find

Grammar
ge-find, enemies.
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M. ad fol. 31

Linked entry: ge-fýnd

gál-full

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L. fol. 183, II

ge-leofian

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

To livevīvĕre

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Lamb. fol. 185 a, 16

Linked entry: ge-lifian

wer-borh

(n.)
Grammar
wer-borh, gen. -borges; m. A security for the payment of wer. v. first two passages under wer, I.

þurh-faran

Grammar
þurh-faran, <b>. IV.</b> add — For þám þe hí núgýta fullfremedlíce ne þurhfarað his dígolnyssa
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quia enim secreta ejus adhuc perfecte non penetrant, Gr. D. 138, 29

un-gréne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gréne, adj.

Not green

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Not green Folde wæs ðágyt græs ungréne, Cd. Th. 7, 36; Gen. 117

dwolung

(n.)
Grammar
dwolung, e; f.
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Absurdity, folly Dofunge, dwolunge deleramenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 46. 2, and dofung

a-nýdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-nýdan, p. -nýdde; pp. -nýded, pl. -nýdede = -nýdde [a from, nýdan to compel] .

to repelthrust or beat backkeep fromrestrainconstrainforcerepellereextorquereto expelto drive outexpelleredepellereexigere

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constrain, force; repellere, extorquere Hí fram his mágum ǽr mid unrihte anýdde wǽron they had formerly been unjustly forced from his kinsmen, Chr. 823; Th. 111, 34. with út to expel, to drive out; expellere, depellere, exigere Ic anýde híg út on fremde folc

Linked entry: a-nídan

rǽd-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
rǽd-líce, adv.
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Ðæt hé meahte ðæt folc ðý wíslícor and ðý rǽdlícor lǽran, Past. 18, 2; Swt. 131, 18. advisedly, deliberately, designedly, on purpose Rǽdlíce consulto, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 35. On ðám gemótan ðeáh rǽdlíce wurðan on namcúðan stówan, L.

þúsend-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þúsend-feald, adj.

Thousand-folda thousand

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Thousand-fold, a thousand Ðæt þúsendfeald getæl is fulfremed, Wulfst. 243, 26, 23. Þúsendfealdre gegaderunge millena congerie, Hpt. Gl. 416, 63. Ðæt wǽron þúsendfealde onsægednyssa, Homl. Th. ii. 576, 8.

fæsten-gewerc

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-gewerc, fæsten-geweorc, es; n.
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Fyrðe and brycge and festergeweorc héwe swá mon ofer eall folc dó, 151, 30. Substitute:

riht-cynecynn

(n.)
Grammar
riht-cynecynn, es; n.

A legitimate royal family

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A legitimate royal family Antigones him ondréd Ercoles ðæt ðæt folc hiene wolde tó hláforde geceósan for ðon ðe hé ryhtcynecynnes wæs timens ne Herculem Macedones quasi legitimum regem praeoptarent, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 150, 10.

hwíte-cylle

(n.)
Grammar
hwíte-cylle, some kind of bag or
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vessel Hwítecylle folle bubulum, i. vos piceum (cf. culleum, folle bubulum, Corpl. Gl. H. 39, 956: culleum uas pice oblitum, 926 : in culleum, in follem bobulinum, et aliter machina contenta et bitumine lita, 67, 224), Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 14