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út-waru

(n.)
Grammar
út-waru, e; f.
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Defence away from home Gif ceorlisc man geþeó ðæt hé hæbbe .v. hída landes tó cynges útware, L. Wg. 9; Th. i. 188, 6: L. R. 3; Th. i. 190, 21

apa

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Þá stód þǽr sum man mid ánum apan ( simia ). Gr. D. 62, 15. Add

ciric-mǽrsung

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-mǽrsung, e; f.
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Ic wylle eów cýðan ymbe cyricmǽrsunge, þæt gé understandan magan hú man cyrican weorþian scyle þe Gode tó wurðmynte gehálgod bið, Wlfst, 277, 10

fóran-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
fóran-dæg, foran-dæg, es; m.
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The early part of the day Ǽlc man sylð on forandæge his góde wín (omnis homo primum bonum uinum ponit, Jn. 2, 10), Hml. Th. ii. 70, 26: Nap. 23. Substitute:

grornian

(v.)
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[Nénig man hine geseah swíðe grorniende ac hé á heofonlice blisse ber on his onseóne, Angl. x. 147, 256.] [O. Sax. grornón.] Cf. gnornian. Add

scóh-wyrhta

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Be þám scóhwyrhtan geseah sum óðer man . . . hé ongan ácsian be ðám lífe þæs sceóhwyrhtan (scóh-, v. l. ), Gr. D. 322, 1-5. Add

stoppa

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Gelómlíce wæs tóbrocen se ráp in þám hangode se stoppa þe man ꝥ wæter mid hlód funis in quo ad hauriendum aquam situla dependebat crebro rumpebatur, Gr. D. 214, 22. Add

swíge

(adj.)
Grammar
swíge, adj.
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Add Man gehýrde in swígre nihte mycelne sealmsang coepit in nocturno silentio psalmodiae cantus audiri, Gr. D. 238, 29. On þǽre nihte, þá hit stillost swígost wæs intempestae noctis silentio, 11

bile-hwítlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
bile-hwítlíce, adv.
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Honestly, simply; honeste, simpliciter Andswarede Dryhthelm bilehwítlíce, forðon he wæs bylehwítre gleáwnesse and gemetfæstre gecynde man Drycthelme respondebat simpliciter, erat namque homo simplicis ingenii ac moderatæ naturæ, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 30

Linked entry: bylwet-líce

Élíg-burh

(n.)
Grammar
Élíg-burh, Élí-burh; gen. -burge; dat. -byrig; f.

The city of Ely, Cambridgeshireurbs Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi

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The city of Ely, Cambridgeshire; urbs Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Man hine lǽdde to Élígbyrig [Élíbyrig, Th. 294, 15, col. 2] they led him to Ely, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 16, col. 1

ge-frédnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-frédnes, -ness, e; f.

A feelingsenseperceptionsensus

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A feeling, sense, perception; sensus Gesiht, and gehérnes, and gefrédnes ongitaþ ðone líchoman ðæs monnes sight, and hearing, and feeling perceive the body of the man, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 7, 10

Linked entry: frédnes

in-bestingan

(v.)
Grammar
in-bestingan, p. -stang

To piercepenetrate

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Gif man inbestinþ .vi. scill. gebéte, L. Ethb. 64; Th. i. 18, 12

on-gifan

(v.)
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to give back Nime man ðínne assan and hine ná ne ongife asinus tuus rapiatur, et non reddatur tibi, Deut. 28, 31. to forgive, pardon Ðú ðe ongæfest qui ignoscis, Rtl. 40, 33

ge-rǽf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽf, adj.
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Fixed; fixus Gif mon folc-leásunge gewyrce and hió on hine gerǽf weorðe if a man commit folk-leasing and it be fixed upon him, L. Ælf 32; Th. i. 80, 21, note

Linked entry: -rǽf

self-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
self-sceaft, es; m.
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Self-shaping, spontaneous generation, applied to Adam, who had not father and mother Adam maþelode ðǽr hé on eorþan stód selfsceafte guma a man by spontaneous generation. Cd. Th. 33, 20; Gen. 523

slǽp-leást

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp-leást, e; f.
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Wið slǽpleáste, genym ðysse ylcan wyrte (poppy) wós, smyre ðone man mid; sóna ðú him ðone slép on senst. Lchdm. i. 158, 1

syn-byrðen

(n.)
Grammar
syn-byrðen, e; f.

The burden of sin

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Ne þearf ðæs nán man wénan ðæt his líchama móte ða synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 31

syde

(n.)
Grammar
syde, es; m.
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A decoction, the water in which anything has been seethed or boiled Ðysse sylfan wyrte syde ðære tóþa sár gelídigaþ, gyf hyne man swá wearmne on ðam múþe gehealdeþ, Lchdm. i. 280, 3

wudu-þistel

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-þistel, es; m.

Wood-thistle

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man carduum sylvaticum, and óðrum naman wuduðistel nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 224, II: iii. 28, 21. Wuduþistles ðone grénan mearh ðe biþ on ðam heáfde, ii. 358, I

candel-stæf

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Man sceal habban candelstafas, Angl. ix. 264, 18. Add