neádunga
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Is óðer ðeówt neádunge búton lufe, óðer is sylfwilles mid lufe, Hml. Th. ii. 524, 5 : i. 580, I. Genam se sciphláford mé neádinga æt him, Hml. S. 30, 358. Þá þe hé bepǽcan ne mæg, þá hé wile neádunga nýdan, Wlfst. 84, 21. Add
Linked entry: nídinga
West-mynster
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The place is mentioned in a (doubtful) charter of Offa of the year 785 : In loco terribili, quod dicitur æt Uuestmunstur, i. 180, 3
be-hweorfan
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Th. i. 272, II. Þá leóhtfatu þe hé behwearf lam-pades quas reficiebat, Gr. D. 46, 31. Þæt manna gehwylc his ágen hús wel behweorfe, þæt is, þæt gehwá his heortan geclǽnsige, Wlfst. 280, II. Scipena behweorfan, Angl. ix. 261, 18.
æfter-gengness
posterity ⬩ succession in an office ⬩ inferiority of position, occupation of the lowest place
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Th. ii. 206, 10. succession in an office For ðǽre gewissan æftergencgnysse (-gegencgednysse, v. 1.) ðæt is ðæt se sunu sceolde symle fón tó ðám háde æfter his fæder geendunge, Hml. S. 10, 219.
Linked entries: -gengness æfter-gegengedness
wærlíce
warily, cautiously, circumspectly, ⬩ in a way that guards against surprise ⬩ in a way that guards against an ill result, safely ⬩ carefully, heedfully, prudently
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Th. i. 316, 23.
lád
a course ⬩ way ⬩ a lode ⬩ watercourse ⬩ carrying ⬩ carriage ⬩ bringing ⬩ Sustenance ⬩ provision
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The word used in both cases in the Latin translation is summagium, in reference to which, and to the English words which it translates, may be quoted Thorpe's explanation in his glossary: 'Lád, seám, summagium.
fæst-nes
Firmament, firmness, stability, fastness, fortification ⬩ firmāmentum, firmĭtūdo, mūnīmen, propugnācŭlum
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The firmament always turneth about us under this earth and above it, but there is an immeasurable space between it and the earth, Lchdm. iii. 294, 8-13. Gewurþe nú fæstnis tomiddes ðám wæterum ...
heonan
Hence ⬩ from here
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Ðis is mín ágen cýþ ic wæs ǽr hionan cumen this is my own country, from here did I formerly come, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 100; Met. 24, 50. Gáþ heonun recedite, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 24. Ásend ðé heonun nyþer mitte te hinc deorsum, Lk. Skt. 4, 9.
ge-risenlíc
Convenient, suitable, befitting ⬩ convĕniens, aptus
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Convenient, suitable, befitting; convĕniens, aptus Ne þuhte hit me náuht gerisenlíc I should not think it at all suitable, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 27. Ǽgðer ðara is swíðe nyt weorc and gerisenlíc either is a very useful and befitting work, Prov.
hǽmed
A lying with, sexual intercourse, marriage ⬩ coitus
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Th, i. 148, 22. Mægþhád biþ forloren on hǽmede maidenhead is lost in intercourse, ii. 10, 5 : 220, 4. Be hǽmede de coitu, L. Ecg. C; Th. ii. 128, 26. On unrihton hǽmede in adulterio, Jn. Skt. 8, 4 : Shrn. 132, 6.
Linked entry: dreám
mǽnan
To mean ⬩ to intend to convey a certain sense ⬩ to intend to indicate a certain person or thing without direct statement ⬩ to mean ⬩ purpose ⬩ have as an object to which the mind is directed ⬩ intend ⬩ to signify ⬩ have a certain signification or purpose
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To mean. of persons to intend to convey a certain sense Gif hé of wege ǽnigne gebrohte . . ðæt is ðæt ic mǽne gif hé ǽnigne man on synne bespeóne if he have brought any man out of the way . . . what I mean, is, if he have lured any man to sin, L.
un-sceandlíce
Shamelessly
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Shamelessly Ic mé unsceandlíce [ the un- has been erased (properly. v. sceandlíce) in one MS. ], swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tómiddes heora gemengde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 372
geohhol-dæg
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Take here <b>Geóhel-dæg</b> (l. geohel-) in Dict., and add Se ǽrysta dæg in natale domini, ðæt is ǽrysta geohheldæg, Shrn. 144, 17
ge-fóg
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Fitness Gedó on ꝥ fæt þe þú hit mæge on mid gefóge geseóþan put it into a vessel in which you can suitably seethe it, Lch. ii. 28, 16
ge-leofian
To live ⬩ vīvĕre
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To live; vīvĕre Ne geleofaþ man náht miriges, ða hwíle ðe mon deáþ ondrǽt there is no mirth in life when there is dread of death, Prov. Kmbl. 16. Gyf swá biþ geleofad si sic vīvĭtur, Cant. Ezech. Lamb. fol. 185 a, 16
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ge-rýnu
A mystery
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A mystery Ðeós gerýnu is wedd this mystery is a pledge, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 6. Þurh gástlícere gerýnu through a spiritual mystery, 268, 29: 260, 12: 262, 22: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 14, 1; Lchdm. iii. 264, 11
spír
a spire
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Plant Names, where spire is given as the name of the reed and of various spiked grasses. The word is also used of tapering trees, v. Baker's Northampt. Gl. Hreódes spír Lchdm, ii. 266, 10
hleówan
to make warm, ⬩ cherish, ⬩ protect, ⬩ shelter ⬩ to become warm
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[Icel. hlýja to cover, shelter, make warm.] to become warm Gif hit wæter sý hǽte man hit óþ hit hleówe tó wylme if it be water let it be heated until it become so warm as to boil, L. Ath. iv. 7: Th. i. 226, 14
Linked entry: hleón
un-býed
Uninhabited ⬩ desert
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Uninhabited, desert Unbýed is styd disertus est locus, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 35. Wéstig ł unbýed deserta, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 38. In unbýedum londæ in deserto, p. 9, 14
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CEÁP
cattle ⬩ pecus ⬩ Saleable commodities, price, sale, bargain, business, market ⬩ pretium, negotium, pactio,venditio, forum
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E. 1, 35; Th. ii. 432, 29. Ceápas cattle, Cd. 83; Th. 105, 2; Gen. 1747. His neáhgebúres ceáp his neighbour's cattle, L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 15.
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