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ge-unclǽnsian

(v.)
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Add: to defile Ne geunclǽnsað ( coinquinat ) ðæt nó ðone mon ðæt on his múð gáð, ac ðæt ðæt of his muðe gǽð, ðæt hine geunclǽnsað, Past. 317, 14

bed-streáw

(n.)
Grammar
bed-streáw, es; n.

Straw used for bedding

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Straw used for bedding Of his bedstréwe man band on ánne wódne; þá gewát se deófol him of, Hml. S. 31, 572. (Cf. streáw tó his beddinga,) 849

ge-ágnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ágnian, -áhnian; to -ágnianne, -áhnianne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To ownpossessinheritappropriate to one's selfclaim as one's ownpossĭdēreherēdĭtārevindĭcāre sibi

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Parthe him ðæt ríce geáhnedon the Parthians took the kingdom to themselves, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 35. Óþ-ðæt se ágenfrigea him ðæt orf geáhnige till the proprietor claims the cattle for his own, L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 16.

gífer-nes

(n.)
Grammar
gífer-nes, -ness, e; f.

Greedinessavaricevoracitygluttonyaviditasgula

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Him wæs metes micel lust ac ðeáh mid nánum ǽtum his gýfernysse gefyllan ne mihte he had great craving for food but yet could he not with any viands satisfy his voracity, i. 86, 6: 168, 12.

Linked entry: giefernes

lár

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Ox. 196. advice, counsel, suggestion, instruction, order Exantipus him Rómáne andréd for þon hié for his láre æt hiora geméttinge beswicene wurdon, Ors. 4, 6; S. 176, 7. Hió Offan flet be fæder láre gesóhte, B. 1950. Láre sugestiones, Kent.

un-wriðen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wriðen, adj.

Not bound

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Not bound Ðæt hé mid ungemetlícre grimsunge his hiéremonna wunda tó suíðe ne slíte, ne eft for ungemetlícre mildheortnesse hé hié ne lǽte unwriðena ut neque multa asperitate exulcerentur subditi, neque nimia benignitate solvantur, Past. 17; Swt. 125,

Linked entry: un-wríþan

lǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽstan, p. te.

to followattendaccompanyto doperformobservecarry outexecutedischargeto continuelast

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Allum ðám ðe him lǽstan woldon with all those who would follow him, Chr. 874; Erl. 76, 31. Gif leódfruman lǽstan dorsten, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 54; Met. 1, 27.

wódness

(n.)
Grammar
wódness, e; f.

madnessfuryfrenzyrageblasphemy

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His wódnys wearð gewrecen ðurh God, Homl. Ass. 60, 212

lufian

(v.)
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Sé þe his feónd lufað, Mód. 70. his naman lufiað diligunt nonten ejus, Ps. Th. 68, 37.

lytlian

(v.)
Grammar
lytlian, p. ode

to lessendiminish

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Lytlaþ ðæt his anweald and écþ his ermþa it lessens his power, and increases his miseries, Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 19. Drenc ðe lytlaþ ða yfelan wǽtan, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 282, 10. Ðonne lyttlaþ hé ðæt fæsten tunc breviabit jejunium, L. Ecg. P.

eaht

(n.)
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Hwæt is mannes sunu, þæt hit gemet wǽre, þæt þú him aht (áht?) wið ǽfre hæfdest quid est filius hominis, quoniam reputas eum?, Ps. Th. 143, 4.

ge-secggan

(v.)

to say, telldicere, narrare

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to say, tell; dicere, narrare Hío him ne meahton gesecggan be ðam sigebeácne they could not tell him about the victorious sign, Elen. Kmbl. 335; El. 168

bryidan

(v.)
Grammar
bryidan, p. ede; pp. ed

To taketollere, sumere

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To take; tollere, sumere Ðæs áþ ðe his ǽhte bryideþ the oath of him who takes [Th. discovers] his property, L. O. 4; Th. i. 180, 8

meldian

(v.)
Grammar
meldian, p. ode, ede.

to declareannouncetellto inform againstaccuse

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Hé nolde meldian on his geféran ðe mid him sieredon he would not inform against his companions who had plotted with him, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 20

Linked entry: a-meldian

murcung

(n.)
Grammar
murcung, e; f.

Complaintgriefmurmuring

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Mid suá micelre murcunga his ágen mód gedréfþ tanto mentem moerore conturbat 33, 7; Swt. 227, 19. Ðæt hié weorþen on murcunga and on ungeþylde ad impatientiae murmurationem proruunt, 45, 3; Swt. 341, 3.

Linked entries: murcian murnung

ge-wríþan

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his forhæfednysse underðeóddon, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

in-land

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

terra tenementalisterra dominicalis

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Kmbl. ii. 95, 16. xxx hída .ix inlandes and xxi. hída gesettes landes ... is sum inland sum hit is tó gafole gesett thirty hides, nine of 'inland' and twenty-one hides of let land ... some is' inland,' some of it is let, iii. 450, 11-18.

Linked entries: ge-neát-land út-land

ǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe, f. n. (? v. Hml. Th. ii. 322, 33 infra.)
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Be ðám men þe his ǽwe ( uxorem) forlǽt and be þám wífe (muliere ) þe hire wer forlǽt, ii. 180, 13, 15. Healde gehwá his ǽwe þá hwíle þe heó libbe, 300, 26

ge-ligernes

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Substitute for second line Ǽlcne þára þe hió geácsian myhte þæt kynekynnes wæs, hió tó hyre gespón for hyre geligernesse, and syððan hió hý ealle beswác tó deáðe cum omnes, quos regie arcessitos, meretricie habitos, concubitu oblectasset, occideret.

CYFES

(n.)
Grammar
CYFES, cyfys, cifes, ciefes,e; f: cyfese, an; f.

A concubine, handmaidconcubina, pellex, ancilla

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Constantius gesealde his suna ðæt ríce, Constantinuse, ðone he hæfde be Elenan his ciefese Constantius gave the empire to Constantine, his son, whom he had by Helena his concubine [wife, v. notes to Ors. Bos. p. 28, col. 2, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 41.