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ge-rǽsan

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Gif gehádod mǽden tó hiémedþinge gerǽst ( ad fornicationem se convertat ), 28: 29. Gif hwylc mǽdenman þurh deófles costnunga on hǽmedþing gerǽse ( se ad fornicationem convertat ), 188, II

inc

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'Cweþað git ꝥ ic ne ætýwde inc (inc bám, v.l. ) slǽpendum?', Gr. D. 149, 11. Lǽt inc geséman. Past. 349, 12. with bégen Þé and ... þín ágen bearn ... inc bám ic geháte, Hml. S. 23 b, 449: Sat. 488: Wlfst. 259, 15, 16: Gr.

lǽnan

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Gif hwá his wǽpnes óðrum onlǽne (lǽne, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 74, 1-3. <b>I a.

ofer-winnan

(v.)

to overcome, conquer, vanquish, subdueexpugnare, superare, devincere

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Gif ðú wille ǽnige buruh oferwinnan expugnare Deut. 20, 10: Jos. 10, 4. Ðæt hí mihton heora fýnd oferwinnan, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 28.

ríht

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Gif wé sculon rynt ágildan (si ratio exigitur) unnyttra worda, P. 281, 9-14. v. ælmes-, bóc-, burh-, cyne-, eorl-, fær-, freó-, geneát-, lah-, swán (not swǽn-), þegen-, þrǽl-riht

clǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
clǽnsian, clénsian, to clǽnsianne; clǽnsiende; ode, ade; od, ad [clǽne clean, pure]

To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneselfmundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare

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Gif he mid ða ádle clǽnsad beón sceolde if he must be chastened by disease, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 26. Gif hwá þeóf clǽnsian wylle if any one will clear a thief, L. Eth. iii. 7; Th. i. 296, 7.

ágenung

(n.)
Grammar
ágenung, ágnung, ahnung, e; f.

An OWNINGa possessingpossessionownershipclaiming as one's ownpower or dominion over anythingpossessiodominium

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An OWNING, a possessing, possession, ownership, claiming as one's own, power or dominion over anything; possessio, dominium Gif getrýwe gewitnes him to ágenunge rýmþ; forðam ágnung biþ nér ðam ðe hæfþ, ðonne ðam ðe æfter-sprecþ if a true witness make

Linked entries: ágnung áhnung

a-wyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wyrdan, -werdan; p. -wyrde; pp. -wyrded, -wyrd; v. trans.

To injurecorruptdestroylæderecorrumperevitiareviolare

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Gif spræc awyrd weorþ if speech be injured, L. Ethb. 52 ; Th. i. 16, 5. Ðýlæs hí [scil. wæstmas] rénes scúr awyrde lest the shower of rain should destroy them [i. e. the fruits ], Exon. 59 b ; Th. 215, 2 ; Ph. 247

CYCENE

(n.)
Grammar
CYCENE, cicene,an; f.

A kitchen coquīna, culīna

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Gif ceorl hæfde cirican and cycenan [MS. kycenan] if a free man had a church and a kitchen, L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 15

Linked entry: cicene

feor-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
feor-cund, feorr-cund; adj.

Come from afarperĕgrīnus

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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus Gif feorcund mon, oððe fremde, bútan wege geond wudu gorge, and ne hriéme ne horn bláwe, for þeóf he biþ to prófianne, oððe to sleánne oððe to aliésanne if a far-come man, or a stranger, journey through a wood out of the highway

Linked entry: feorran-cund

hræd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd-líc, adj.

Quickhastysuddenspeedyprecipitate

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Quick, hasty, sudden, speedy, precipitate Hit wǽre tó hrædlíc gif hé ðá on cildcradole ácweald wurde it had been precipitate, had he been slain then in the cradle, Homl. Th. i. 82, 28.

hrycg-hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-hǽr, es; n.
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Hair on the back of an animal Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemestan on síðfæte bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð if you have with you on a journey hairs from a wolf's back and from the tip of its

lísan

(v.)
Grammar
lísan, lýsan; p. de

To loosenreleaseredeemdeliver

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Gif hé ða hand lésan [álýsan, MS. H; lýsan, MS. B.] wille ... gelde swá tó his were belimpe, L. Alf. pol. 6; Th. i. 66, 5: Byrht. Th.132, 57; By. 37: Elen. Kmbl. 592; El. 296: Rood Kmbl. 82; Kr. 41

Linked entries: lésan lýsan

mæssepreóst-scír

(n.)
Grammar
mæssepreóst-scír, e; f.

The district attached to the church at which a masspriest officiated

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The district attached to the church at which a masspriest officiated Gif man hwylc metrum cild tó mæssepreóste bringe, sý of swylcre mæssepreóstscýre swylce hyt sý, L. E. I. 17; Th. ii. 412, 21. Cf.

nídinga

(adv.)
Grammar
nídinga, (-unga); adv.

By forceagainst a person's will

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Gif hwá mǽden nýdinga nimþ si quis puellam invitam ceperit, L. Ecg. P. ii. 130; Th. ii. 186, 20

Linked entry: neádunga (-inga)

ge-fá

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fá, [ = ge-faa], án; m. [fáh a foe]

A foean enemyinimicusadversarius

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A foe, an enemy; inimicus, adversarius Gif se man [MS. mon] his gefán wite if the man know his foe, L. Alf. pol, 42; Th. i. 90, 2, 4, 14.

Linked entry: -fá

stuntness

(n.)
Grammar
stuntness, e; f. Foolishness, folly, stupidity
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Gif hé him sylfum stýrþ fram eallum stuntnyssum, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 23

un-cweþende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cweþende, adj.

not having speechnot having a voiceinanimate

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Kmbl. p. 152, 9. not having a voice, inanimate Hweþer ðú ongite ðæt ða uncweþendan gesceafta wilnodon tó biónne on écnesse swá ilce swá men gif hí mihton ea quae inanimata esse creduntur, nonne quod suum est quaeque simili ratione desiderant?

un-gehádod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehádod, adj.

Not ordainednot in holy orders

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Gif hwylc mǽdenman mid gehádodum wunaþ, and heó tó ðam ylcan háde þence ... ne biþ heó ná wið God unscyldig, þeáh heó ungehádod wǽre de puella non ordinata.

Linked entries: ge-hádod un-hádod

and-speornan

Grammar
and-speornan, l. and-spornan, -spurnan,
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Ꝥte gié ne ondspyrniga ut non scandalizemini, 16, 1. Ondspyrnende scandalizatus, Mt. L. 11, 6. Ondspurnendra scandalizantium, Mk. p. 4, 9