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leornung-mann

(n.)
Grammar
leornung-mann, es; m.

A learnerpupilscholarstudentdisciple

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Mæssepreóstas sceolon symble æt heora húsum leorningmonna sceole habban, and gif hwylc gódra wile his lytlingas hiom tó láre befæstan, hig sceolon swíðe lustlíce hig onfón and him éstlíce tǽcan, L. E. I. 20; Th. ii. 414, 7-10

mǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽtan, p. te

To dream

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Gif hé secge ðæt him mǽtte swefen, Deut. 13, 1. Ðære Perpetuan mǽtte ðæt heó wǽre on weres hiwe, Shrn. 60, 28

Linked entries: metod ge-mǽtan

mis-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-wendan, p. de.

To pervertapply to a wrong useabuseTo turn in a wrong direction, be perverted

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To turn in a wrong direction, be perverted Gif seó gewylnung miswent, ðonne ácenþ he[ó] gýfernesse and forlygr and gítsunge, Homl. Skt. 1, 102

súþan

(adv.)
Grammar
súþan, adv.
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Gif hér wind cymþ westan oððe eástan, súðan oððe norðan, 50, 11; Gen. 807. Súþan, Exon.

un-gedafenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedafenlíc, adj.

Unbecomingunseemlyunmannerly

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Gif preóst on circan ungedafenlíce þingc gelógige, gebéte ðæt, L. N. P. L. 26; Th. ii. 294, 12

Linked entry: un-gecoplíc

weorold-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wíse, an ; f.
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'Gif hwilc man on micelre neádþearfnesse bið ðín gemyndig . . . ic gefremme ðæs mannes nédþearfnesse' he prayed that God's anger should not come upon them, nor that aught of penury or of other ills that are fashions of this world might be theirs.

weorold-ár

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ár, e; f.
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Gif hé worldáre hæbbe, 9; Swt. 55, 16. Woruldáre, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 11. Woroldáre, Beo. Th. 34; B. 17. Gewonie him God his weorldáre ond eác swá his sáwle áre, Chart.

wíd-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-sǽ, f. m.
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Gif massere geþeáh, ðæt hé férde þrige ofer wídsǽ, L. R. 6; Th. i. 192, 9. Hé lét him ealne weg ðæt wéste lond on ðæt steórbord, and ða wídsǽ on ðæt bæcbord, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 10

dǽd

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Gif monnes tunge bið of heáfde óðres monnes dǽdum, Ll. Th. i. 94, 21. Mid dǽdum gelǽstan to carry into effect, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 34: 76, 25. v. ælmes-, forþ-, fracod-, lác-, sceaþ-, un-, unriht-, weorc-, weorold-, wil-, wóh-, wundor-dǽd. Add

dyrstig-ness

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Gif hé þurh dyrstignysse hine onhefð mid módignysse si presumpserit, R. Ben. 112, 12. Hé þǽra gedwolmanna dyrstignesse ádwǽscte, Hml. Th. i. 70, 7. Add

ealdor-scipe

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Gif heora hwylc þurh þæne trúwan his ealdorscipes tóðint . . . hé sý of ðám ealdorscype áworpen, 46, 10-19. Se biscop is geset tó máran bletsunge ðonne se mæssepreóst . . .

for-swíþan

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Gif wíf forswýð hire wer hyre fram si mulier virum suum a se rejiciat, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 1

Linked entry: fore-swíþan

rýman

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Add Heom ic rǽde and rýme, gif hí mé willað híran mid rihte, Wlfst. 134, 2. add: to make way for a person (dat. ) Hé þá inn eóde, and him man sóna hrýmde, and hé þá sóna eóde binnan þone weóhstal, Vis. Lfc. 68. Seó leó forstód him þá duru . . .

sand

Grammar
sand, sending.
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Gif man fisc hæbbe oððe wyrta, sylle man him tó þriddan sande, Chrd. 15, 4, 9. Twá sanda duo pulmentaria, R. Ben. I. 70, 15. Sanda ferculorum, i. diliciarum, An. Ox. 1631.

stillíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stillíce, adv.
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Gif stillíce ǽnig gebitt eác seó stefen geswíge si tacite quis orat et uox sileat, Scint. 32, 17. Þe lǽs þe þænne hé on cyricean specan ongynð, stillíce gehwilc andswarige, 'Hwý þás sylf þú ná dést ?

teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
teohhian, <b>. II a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Gif ðæt ne wexð ðæt hié tiohhiað tó dónne si quod videtur gerendum sollicita intentione non crescit, Past. 445, 8. <b>II e α.

tó-twǽman

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Gif wit þurhwuniað on mægðháde ... þonne cume wit tó his ríce, and wit ne beód tótwǽmede, Hml. S. 4, 45. <b>III a.

þe

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Add Gif hwylc abbod mæssepreóstes behófige, geceóse hé of his ágenum geférum þe þæs hádes wurðe sig, R. Ben. 110, 18. Hwæt gebyrað ús embe þis tó smeágenne? Þis sceolon smeágan þe þæs gíman sceolon, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 31. 1.

Cristen-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
Cristen-dóm, es; m.

ChristianityCHRISTENDOMthe christian world christianitas

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Gif hwá cristendóm wyrde if any one violate christianity L. E. G. 2; Th. i. 168, 1; L. Eth. v. 1; Th. i. 304, 4, 7; L. C. S. 11; Th. i. 382, 7. On cristendóm in christendom Chr. 1129; Erl. 258, 29

on-dryslíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-dryslíc, -drystlíc, -ðyrstlíc, deslíc; adj.

Terrible, dreadful

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Gif hwilc mon síe on ondyrstlecum wísum ( in dreadful straits ), and hé sý mínes naman gemyndig, Drihten, gefriða ðú hine from ðæm brógan, 101, 30. Sum sume swíðe ondryslícu ( tremenda ) secgende wæs, Bd. 5, 12 tit. ; S. 627, 3