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nyt-weorð

(adj.)
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nyt-weorð, -wirðe; adj.

Usefuladvantageousprofitable

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Useful, advantageous, profitable Eálá ðú mín wyln beó nytwyrðe O mea ancilla, esto utilis, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 101, 4. Hú se láreów sceal beón nytwierðe (MS. Hatt. -wyrðe) on his wordum ut sit rector utilis in verbo, Past. 15; Swt. 88, 3. Ðá stód ðǽr

ge-nec

(n.)

a light ship, a frigateliburnica

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a light ship, a frigate; liburnica, Cot. 120

ge-neh

(adv.)
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ge-neh, adv.

Enough, sufficiently, abundantly

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Enough, sufficiently, abundantly Ðonne sceolon we geneh geþencean emb úre sáula ðearfa then ought we to consider very much about our souls' needs, Blickl. Homl. 101, 32

ge-nýt

compels

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compels

scý-nes

Similar entry: sceó-ness

brád-nes

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Fyðerscýte brádnys triquadra (mundi) latitudo, Hpt. Gl. 437, 7. On brádnysse in superficie, 451, 1. Brádnysse, vastitatem, 491, 73. Add

bismer-nes

disgracepollutionreproachinsultcontemptiblenesspitifulness

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Substitute: disgrace, pollution Seó bysmernes (besmitenes, v. l.) inquinatio, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 95, 13. [Lendenu] mín gefyllede synd on bysmyrnyssum, and nis hǽlo on flǽsce míne, Ps. Spl. C. 37, 7. reproach, insult God wolde ðá bysmernyssa úra feónda

bíg-nes

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Mid bígnysse his ágnes onrǽses reflexione sui impetus, Gr. D. 48, 7. Þæt fenn mid menigfealdan bígnyssum þurhwunað on norðsǽ, Guth. 20, 7. On liþa bígnyssum, 90, 21. Add

cúþ-nes

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For 'Scint. 38 . . . to know' substitute Þinges cúðnesse, Hml. A. 200, 165

dim-nes

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Add: darkness, want of light Dimnis ( caligo ) under fótum his, Ps. Srt. 17, 10. Þýstreful dimnys tenebrosa caligo, An. Ox. 3297. Utan wé geþencan dómes dæg and dimnessa helle grundes, Hml. A. 168, 113. a dark place On sweartum dimnessum latibulis carceralibus

dysig-nes

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Eálá on hú micelre dysignesse men nú sindon O dura mens hominum et cor semper inhumanum, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 17. Swá hwæt swá wé þurh hwylce dysignesse gedón habban, Hml. A. 143, 137. Add

eád-nes

Similar entry: eáþ-nes

éc-nes

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Add: all time Nǽfra from ðec wæstm accenned bið in écnisse (ék-, R.) ( in sempiternum ), Mt. L. 21, 19: Hml. Th. i. 58, 8. On écnesse in aeernum, Mk. 11, 14. eternity On écnesse in ealra worlda world á búton ende, Bl. H. 53, 32. In ǽcnesse in aeternum

éht-nes

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Oehtnisses persecutionis, Mt. p. 14, 10. Ðá ðe þoliað éhtnysse for rihtwísnysse, Hml, Th. i. 552, 29. On éhtnessum, Bl. H. 171, 17. Oehtnissum, Mk. p. 4, 13. Éhtnesse insectiones (insectationes, Ald. v. éhtung), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 16: 46, 68. Add

fǽcen-nes

(n.)
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fǽcen-nes, (?)

deceitguilewile

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deceit, guile, wile Wá middangeard from fǽknissum vae mundo a scandalis, Mt. R. 18, 7

fangen-nes

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fracoþ-nes

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For Cot. 143 substitute Fracoðnesse obscenitatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 58. Hí gálnysse onscunedon ... and þá fúlan forsáwon for heora fracodnysse, Hml. A. 23, 214. Unclǽnnessa, fracedn[essa] squalores, An. Ox. 4455

fræfel-nes

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Substitute: Cunning, craftiness Fræfelnyssa (-e. Hpt. Gl. 512, 37) sollertia, An. Ox. 4579. Fræfelnesse sollertiam, 46. Þá mánfullan fræfelnesse nefandum astum, Hpt. 31, 18, 511

frætwed-nes

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Hwǽr cóm seó frætwodnes heora húsa, Bl. H. 99, 27. Beorhtra ðonne on ealre eorðan sýn goldes and seolfres frætwed-nissa, Sal. K. p. 150, 18. Frætwednessa crepundiorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 63. Add

ge-neát

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Add: one who enjoys (v. neótan) with another, one who belongs to the household or following (comitatus) of a superior Genaeot inquilinis (cf. inquilinus inbúend, 134, 24), Wrt. Voc. ii. in, 53. Geneát, 45, 57. I a. where the superior is a king, prince