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in-siht

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Ic wille mid tintregum æt ðé ofgán ðises ðinges insiht, Hml. Th. i. 590, 23. Add

gy-fylness

(n.)
Grammar
gy-fylness, e; f.

Completionend

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Completion, end Oþ ða gyfylnesse ðisse worlde until the end of the world, Blickl. Homl. 145, 16

un-gerisenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerisenlíc, adj.

Unseemlydishonourablebase

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Unseemly, dishonourable, base Is ðæt ungerisenlíc wuldor ðisse worulde and swíþe leás gloria quam fallax, quam turpis est, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 106, 30.

scín-cræft

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D. 211, 13. add Gyf ðú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wite . . . ðé nán scíncræft ne gehelppe tógeánes disum Godes dóme, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 26.

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, wearing?, waru, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 16, warum, Ors. 4, 5 ; Swt. 170, 10, wása. v. scrúd-waru, waroþ, wǽr
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a covenant, wudu-wása

sceþwræc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceþwræc, adj.
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John ) ne sceþede nǽnig scyld ðisse sceþwracan worlde, Blickl. Homl. 161, 33

ge-limpfull

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-limpfull, adj.

Fitsuitable

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Fit, suitable Ðæt he gedó ðisne weig gelimpfulran that he make this way better, Shrn. 163, 25

Linked entry: -limpfull

óþ-éhtian

(v.)
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to drive away Se ðe ðis feoh óþfergean þence, oððe ðis orf óþéhtian þence he that thinks of carrying off this cattle, or of driving it away Lchdm. i. 384, 15

ofer-trahtnian

(v.)

to comment upon, expound

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to comment upon, expound Langsum hit biþ ðæt wé ealne ðisne lofsang ofertrahtnian, Homl. Th. i. 202, 28

bræc

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bræc, ðú brǽce, pl. brǽcon
broke, didst break,
  • Mt. Bos. 14, 19
  • :
  • Exon. 28 a
  • ;
  • Th. 85, 20
  • ;
  • Cri. 1394
  • :
  • Cd. 32
  • ;
  • Th. 43, 5
  • ;
  • Gen. 686
; p. of brecan.

broke, didst break,

Linked entry: hrǽc-gebræc

nafel-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
nafel-sceaft, e; f.

The navel

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The navel Ðisne lǽcedóm man sceal dó ðan manne se his nafuisceaft in týhþ, Lchdm. iii. 124, 22

ge-dilgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dilgian, l. ge-dílgian,
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To perish Gyf þú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wíte, þonne gedýlegie ðín heorte, Ll. Lbmn. 415. 25

fýr-panne

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-panne, an; f. [fýr fire, panne a pan]

A fire-panchafing-dishpan for burning odoriferous herbsbatillum

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A fire-pan, chafing-dish, pan for burning odoriferous herbs; batillum, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 95; Wrt. Voc. 25, 35

tífrung

(n.)
Grammar
tífrung, e; f.
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Painting Ðú leornodest onn ánum þóðere . . . átéfred, ðað ðú meahtest beo ðære téfrunge ongytan ðises roðores ymbe*-*hwirft, Shrn. 174, 18

Linked entry: téfrung

tó-

(prefix)

dis-di-

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a prefix denoting separation, division, like Latin dis-, di-

middan-geard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-geard, es; m.

the middle dwellingthe earthworldthe world and they that dwell thereinmankind

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Ða hwatestan men ealles ðises middangeardes, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 6. Hú gesǽlig seó forme eld wæs ðises middangeardes, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 3.

Linked entry: middan-eard

word-beótung

(n.)
Grammar
word-beótung, e; f.

Promisinga promise

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Promising, a promise Ðec biddan hét se ðisne beam ágróf, ðæt ðú gemunde on gewitlocan wordbeótunga, Exon. Th. 473, 14; Bo. 14

Linked entry: beótung

be-crafian

(v.)
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[Ðis maiden wile ic bicrauen], Gen. a. Ex. 1388. Add:

and-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
and-weard, -werd, -warde; adj.

Presentpræsens

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Óþ ðisne andweardan dæg usque in hunc præsentem diem, Mt. Bos. 28, 15. On ðis andweardan lífe in this present life, Bt. 10; Fox 26, 30.

for-hwyrfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hwyrfan, -hwerfan; part. -hwyrfende; p. -hwyrfde; pp. -hwyrfed, -hwyrfd.

to change for or fromtransformtransferremoveavertĕretransformāreto turn asidepervertdepravesubvertĕrepervertĕredeprāvāre

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Swylce he ðis folc forhwyrfde as if he perverted this people, 23, 14. Ðá forhwyrfed wæs when it was perverted, Exon. 8 a; Th. 3, 11; Cri. 34. Mid forhwyrfedum forhwyrfed ðu bist cum perverso pervertēris. Ps. Spl. T. 17, 28.

Linked entry: for-hwerfan