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hám-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-fæst, adj.

Resident, dwelling at home

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whom he dwells is not heard there, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 3: L.

ge-stælan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stælan, p. de; pp. ed

To set up ⬩ put upon ⬩ impute ⬩ accuse ⬩ statuere ⬩ imponere in ⬩ imputare ⬩ arguere ⬩ accusare

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Ðý læs on me mǽge ídel spellung oððe scondlíc leágung beón gestæled ne aut fabulæ aut turpi mendacio dignus efficiar, Nar. 2, 21

screncan

(v.)
Grammar
screncan, p. te

To lay a stumbling-block in a person's way ⬩ trip up ⬩ ensnare

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Healden hié ðæt hié ða ne screncen ða ðe gáþ on ryhtne weg tóweard ðæs hefonríces ne ad ingressum regni tendentibus obstaculum fiunt, 9; Swt. 59, 19

yfel-wyrcende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-wyrcende, adj. (ptcpl. )

evil-doing, wicked ⬩ noxious, hurtful, mischievous

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Hú ne is se ðonne yfelwillende and yfelwyrcende ðe ðone unscyldgan wítnaþ? Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 8-11. Gif ne wére ðes yfelwyrcende malefactor ne ðé wé gisaldun hine, Jn. Skt. Rush. 18, 30. Yfelwyrcende nequam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 23: 13, 38.

sceamu

(n.)
Grammar
sceamu, e; f.

modesty, bashfulness ⬩ shame, confusion ⬩ what causes a feeling of shame, disgrace, shame ⬩ the private part

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Ne sceolon æt mé ǽnige habban sceame non erubescant in me 68, 7.

Linked entries: a-swǽrnung sceam-lim

ge-reccan

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'Ic ne mæg nán óþer geþencan, búton hit weás swá gebyrige, buton ðú mé get þý gesceádlícor óþer gerecce.

un-nyt

(n.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nytt, es; n.

a vain thing ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ iniquity

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a vain thing, vanity, frivolity Ne geríseþ ǽnig unnytt mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 30. Ðú hátodest ða ðe beeodon ídelnesse and ða ðe unnyt worhton odisti observantes vanitatem supervacue, Ps. Th. 30, 6.

gearo-wita

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Orþanclic wíse and ná gearawite (gearewyta, v.l.) argumentum non apparentium, Gr. D. 269, 14

un-berendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-berendlíc, adj.

Unbearable ⬩ intolerable

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Unbearable, intolerable On ðam ne eardaþ nán eorðlíc mann for ðam unberendlícum bryne, Lchdm. iii. 260, 23

Linked entry: berendlic

wundor-bebod

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-bebod, es; n.

A monstrous command

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A monstrous command Hé him bebeorgan ne con wóm wundorbebodum wergan gástes, Beo. Th. 3498; B. 1747

feoh-georn

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Leófan men, beorgað eów wið deófles lára . . . ne beón gé tó feohgeorne, Wlfst. 40, 17 note.. Add

ge-unhǽlan

(v.)
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to weaken Faestene gemetegude scylon beón ꝥ hí ná þearle geunhǽlan ( debilitent ) maga[n], Scint. 51, 10

Linked entry: un-hǽlan

Lǽden-sprǽc

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Sé þe þurh Lédensprǽce rihtne geleáfan understandan ne cunne geleornige húru on Englisc, Wlfst. 126, 1. Add

or-trúwian

(v.)
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Þreó þing syndon þe ne beóð forgifene . . . þrydde, þæt man ortrúwige Godes mildheortnysse, Wlfst. 299, 16. Add

strangung

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Add Æfter ðám ǽriste ne behófiað úre líchaman nánre strangunge eorðlicra metta, Hml. Th. i. 296, 30

swǽrness

Grammar
swǽrness, I.
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Þá ðá ic hine bær ne gefrédde ic nánre byrðene swǽrnysse, Hml. Th. i. 336, 25. Add

tumbing

(n.)
Grammar
tumbing, e; f.
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Dancing Mæssepreóstas ... ne beón ... þǽr líchamana beóð fracodlice gebǽru mid saltingum and tumbincgum ( saltationibus ), Chrd, 79, 1

þrístlíce

(adv.)
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Ne dear ic náht þrístelíce (þrísð-, v.l., temere) be þissere wísan reccan, Gr. D. 332, 12. Add

un-gerǽdlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerǽdlic, adj.
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D. no, 21. Cf. ge-rǽde

Linked entry: ge-rǽdlic

æt-feorrian

(v.)
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Ne ætfeorrige man hine sylfne ( se substrahat) þám godcundlican lofum, Chrd. 93, 3.Cf. oþ-feorrian. Add