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rǽding

(n.)
Grammar
rǽding, e; f.
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Ben. 33. 14. Wé willaþ on ðisre stówe ða seofon rǽdinga ( passages ) áwrítan ðe ymbe ða seofon geár synd gedihte ...

Linked entry: bóc-rǽding

án-setla

(n.)
Grammar
án-setla, an; m.
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Ben. 134, 22 — 135, 18

cyne-helm

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Ben. I. 31, 14. the crown, royal power Ealle ðá gyltes ðá belimpeð tó míne kinehelme ( ad regiam coronam meam ), C. D. iv. 209, 16

ge-bisnian

(v.)
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Ben. 57, 7

ge-streónfull

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Ben. 136, costly, precious. Cf. ge-streón ; <b>IV a</b> Mid gestreónfullum bíleofena fódan sumptuosa pabulorum alimonia, An. Ox. 1570. On gestreónfulre spédinesse sumptuosa opulentia, 3603.

ge-þeówian

(v.)
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Ben. 111, 2. to reduce to servitude Ne ǽnig man óðerne on unriht ne geþeówige, Wlfst. 70, 6. Halwun freóde Hægelflǽde hire wimman ... Críst him wurðe wráð þe hí hǽfre geþýwie, Cht. E. 253, 17.

wácness

(n.)
Grammar
wácness, e; f.

Meanness of conditionmean estatevilitas,

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Ben. Interl, 33, 14. Hwí forgifð God ðám wácum wyrtum swá fægerne wlite,... búton for ðan ðe wé sceolon mid wácnysse and sóðre eádmódnysse ða heofenlícan fægernysse geearnian, Homl. Th. ii. 464, 18.

Linked entry: wænys

wípian

(v.)
Grammar
wípian, p. ode

To wipe

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Ben. 59, 8. Lege on hunig ðreó niht, nim þonne and wípa ðæt hunig of, Lchdm. iii. 4, 20

ge-ǽbiligan

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Ben. 55, 14. Sé ðe bepǽhð ǽnne Godes þeówena, hé geǽbiligð ðone Hláford, Hml. Th. i. 516, 20. Hé ðám fæderum bebeád þæt hí heora bearn ne geǽbiligdon (patres, nolite adiracundiam provocare filios vestros, Eph. 6, 4), ii. 324, 26.

on-tyge

(n.)
Grammar
on-tyge, es; m.

What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking

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Ben. 140, 3-10

Linked entry: on-tige

handlung

(n.)
Grammar
handlung, e; f.

Touching, handling

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Touching, handling Ðone ðe se eádiga Benedictus ná handlunge ac on beseónde fram his bendum álýsde whom the blessed Benedict not by touching him, but by looking on him, had released from his bonds, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 4

Linked entry: handlinga

ge-wis

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, -wiss; adj.

Certainsureknowingforeknowingcertus

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Ben. interl. 48. Of gewissum intingan of certain causes, R. Ben. interl. 63. Myd gewyssum gesceáde with certain reason, wherefore; propter certam rationem, quapropter, Nicod. 3; Thw. 2, 6

Linked entry: ge-wiss

girning

(n.)
Grammar
girning, e; f.
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Drihten sylð ðé gewilnunga ł gyrningce ł béna ( petitiones ) heortan þínre, Ps. L. 36, 4

Linked entry: geornung

æt-ýcan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-ýcan, p. -ýcte; pp. -ýced, -ýct [æt, ýcan, écan to eke]

To add toaugmentincreaseadjicere

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To add to, augment, increase; adjicere Se gesíþ ætýcte eác swylce his bénum, ðæt he his teáras geát the earl also added to his intreaties, that he shed tears, Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 40: 4, 5; S. 573, 13

stíþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stíþlíce, adv.
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Ben. 76, 4. [Hú hé stíðlucest hér on lífe libben mihte, Shrn. 12, 18.]

tíd-sang

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-sang, es; m.
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Ben. 33, 1: complines, 67, 10

Linked entry: tíd-þegnung

æþel-boren

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Ben. 12, 12. in a general sense, noble Æthelboren nobilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 60. Eðelboren, Kent. Gl. 1147. Gif hwylc ríce mon and æþelboren si quis de nobilibus, R. Ben. 103, 10. Eádgár ... cincg æðelboren ( egregius ), Angl. xiii. 365, 5.

Linked entry: boren

andian

(v.)
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Ben. I. 93, 15. with preps. Yfel bið se anda þe andað ongeán gódnysse, and se anda is gód ðe mid lufe andað ongeán yfelnysse . . . þá ðe þus andiað ongeán unriht. . . , Hml. Th. ii. 54, 22-25. Gif hwylc bróþor þýhþ, on þæt hý andiaþ, R.

frécennes

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frécennes, frécnes.
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Ben. 124, 20. Þá þe ne mihton ádreógar þæs hungres frǽcnesse (frécen-, v.l.) qui famis periculum ferre non poterant, Gr. D. 197, 25. Frécnysse discrimen, Hpt. Gl. 443, 71

ge-wunelíce

(adv.)
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Ben. 91, 11: An. Ox. 2765. in accordance with fixed custom, properly, regularly. v. ge-wunelic; Gewunelíce rite (et regulariter congruere ), An. Ox. 5145