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un-tǽllíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tǽllíce, adv.

Blamelesslywithout reproach

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Blamelessly, without reproach Ðonne birð se sacerd suíðe untǽllíce áwriten ðara fædra naman on his breóstum, ðonne singallíce geðencð hiera lífes bisene, Past. 13; Swt. 77, 17: 5; Swt. 45, 12.

Linked entries: tǽllíce un-tállíce

wiþ-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-steall, es; m.

a defencean obstructionobstacle

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a defence Ic ingehygd eal geondwlíte, gefæstnad sý ferð innanweard, wiðsteall geworht I scan the mind to see how the soul is fortified within, how its defences are built, Exon.

Linked entry: wiþer-steall

wrǽþu

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽþu, (-o); indecl.: wrǽþ, e; f.

Wrathanger

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wǽran intinga ðare wrǽðe ðe wæs betwyx him and ðan cinge, Chr. 1051; Erl. 182, 28. Hæfþ eal folc micele wrǽþe æt Gode þurh his ǽnne gilt, þe nolde healdan ða þincg. Wulfst. 174, 27. From tóweard wuráðo a futura ira, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 7

Linked entry: wrǽþ

árfæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
árfæstlíce, adv.
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D. 64, 13. graciously, kindly Árfæstlíce mancynne eádmódnysse bisne onstealde, Hml. A. 151, 3

ge-læswian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-læswian, l. ge-lǽswian,
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is nú gelǽswod seó heord Crístes gesamnunga, Hml. S. 23 b, 254

gearcung

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-meta dorstest ðú gán tó mínre gearcunge ( the feast I have prepared. Cf. ealle míne ðing ic gearcode; cumað tó þám giftum, 522, 8) búton gyftlicum reáfe?, Hml. Th. i. 530, 2

góma

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Ðá deóflu ... sealdon suman fýrenan dracan; sé ontýnde his þá fýrenan and þá scearpestan góman and hig swealh, Ll. Th. ii. 398, 39. (2 a) fig. :-- ús s

land-ár

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Þæt ná cíde be lǽssan landáre ne causetur de minori substantia R. Ben. I. 16, 13. Gehealdenum him sylfan landáre reservato sibi usufructorio 100, 1. lǽfdon heora ǽhta . . . Iulianus þá dǽlde heora landáre þe him lǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 4, 82.

líc-þrúh

(n.)
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a tomb, sepulchre Þá eóde and his lícþrúh (sepulcrum) gegearwode . . .

sár-slege

(n.)
Grammar
sár-slege, es; m.

A painful blow, a blow that wounds or pains

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Ne móstun Gúþláces gǽste sceþþan, ne þurh sárslege sáwle gedǽlan wið líchoman, 115, 31; Gú. 198. Ðá wæs swungen sárslegum, swát ýðum weóll, Andr. Kmbl. 2551; Ann. 1277

sceamleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceamleáslíce, adv.

Shamelessly, impudently

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Swá scamleáslícor his yfel cýð ( impudenter innotescif ), 55, I; Swt. 427, 25

ofer-drync

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-drync, es; m.

excessive drinking, drunkennessan entertainment where excessive drinking takes placeebrietas

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férdon tó sumre wydewan hám and ðǽr wǽron ondrencte mid oferdrynce, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 20. an entertainment where excessive drinking takes place (cf, ge-drinc) begǽþ unǽtas and oferdrincas comessationibus vacat atque conviviis, Deut. 21, 20

hird-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hird-ness, hyrd-, e; f.

Guard, keeping, custody

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Guard, keeping, custody betǽhte hig ða þrí dagas tó hirdnysse tradidit ergo illos custodiæ tribus diebus, Gen. 42, 17. Gif hwá befæst his feoh tó hyrdnysse si quis commendaverit pecuniam in custodiam, Ex. 22, 7.

Linked entries: hyrd-ness heord-ness

hleów-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hleów-leás, adj.

Not having or not affording shelter, protection, comfort, cheerless

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Ne mótun on eorþan eardes brúcan ac hy hleoleáse háma þohaþ they may not enjoy a home on earth but shelterless lose their dwellings, Exon. 35 b; Th. 115, 21; Gú. 193

hlutor-ness

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hlutor-ness, hluttor-ness, e; f.

Clearness, purity

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Clearness, purity heora gecynd bútan ǽlcre besmitennysse on écere hluttornysse þurhwunaþ how their nature continues without any pollution in eternal purity, Homl. Th. i. 538, 29.

scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp, adj.

sharppungent, acidacridsharp-tonguedsharp, keen, severe,sharp, roughsharp, keen, active, strenuouseffectual, penetrating,sharp, keensharp, keen, acute,

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Mettas ge drincan ða ðe habban hát mægen and scearp, 184, 10.

Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness

friþ

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Hié gecuron his (Theodosius') frið Romano sese imperio dediderunt, 6, 35 ; S. 292, 13, (Christ) him frið beódeð . . . 'Onfóð mínes fæder ríce, ' Cri. 1341. (a β)) Hié gesóhton Agustus him tó friþe, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 14.

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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hire sáule sealde Sarcte Michahele, 147, 13. sealde his sweord ombihtþegne, Beo. Th. 1349; B. 672. Hié sealdon ánum unwísum þegne Miercna ríce tó haldanne, and him gíslas salde, Chr. 874; Erl. 76, 26-28.

an-gin

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Hpt. Gl. 507, 61, which has limina), 4342.

fæst-rǽd

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fæst-rǽd, fæst-rǽde.
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cwæð mid olecunge ꝥ æþele cempan wǽron, and on ǽlcum gefeohte fæstrǽde him betwynan (constant to one another), Hml.