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and-sýn

(n.)
Grammar
and-sýn, e; f.

A facefacies

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A face; facies Woldon hí ðæt hí mihton geholene beón fram andsýne ðæs cyninges they wished that they might be hidden from the face of the king, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 25

a-sprungennes

(n.)
Grammar
a-sprungennes, -sprungennýs, -ness, e; f. [asprungen failed, ceased; pp. of a-springan]

An eclipsedeficiencyfailingfaintingexhaustioneclipsisdefectio

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An eclipse, deficiency, failing, fainting, exhaustion; eclipsis, defectio Wæs geworden sunnan asprungennys facta erat eclipsis solis, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 10. Asprungynnes nam me defectio tenuit me, Ps. Spl C. 118, 53

Linked entry: æ-springnes

án-lépnes

(n.)
Grammar
án-lépnes, -ness, e; f.

Solitudelonelinesssolitudo

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Solitude, loneliness; solitudo Ne tala ðú me, ðæt ic ne cunne ða ánlépnesse ðínes útsetles think not thou, that I know not the loneliness of thy outsitting, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 41

Linked entry: ǽn-lépnes

be-twyh

(prep.)
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between, among; inter, in medio Betwyh ðás þing between these things, in the mean while, whilst; interea, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, 26. Betwyh him among them, Bt. 39, 12; Fox 230, 27

bile-hwítlíce

(adv.)
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bile-hwítlíce, adv.
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Honestly, simply; honeste, simpliciter Andswarede Dryhthelm bilehwítlíce, forðon he wæs bylehwítre gleáwnesse and gemetfæstre gecynde man Drycthelme respondebat simpliciter, erat namque homo simplicis ingenii ac moderatæ naturæ, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 30

Linked entry: bylwet-líce

earn

(n.)
Grammar
earn, es; n.

A house, cottagecăsa

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A house, cottage; căsa On ðære stówe ðe is gecíged æt hwítan earne in the place which is called [at] Whitern [white house, candĭda căsa]. Bd. 5, 24; S. 646, 31. v. ærn

fǽr-cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-cwealm, es; m.

A sudden pestilence repentīna pestĭlentia

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A sudden pestilence; repentīna pestĭlentia Æt ðæm fǽrcwealme ðe his leódscipe swýðe drehte and wanode in the pestilence which much afflicted and decreased his people, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 8

Linked entry: cwealm

firding

(n.)
Grammar
firding, e; f.

An expeditionarmyexpĕdītioexercĭtus

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An expedition, army; expĕdītio, exercĭtus Swíðe micel folc ðú hæfst on ðínre firdinge to ðam gefeohte i-s/>very much people thou hast in thine army for the battle, Jud. 7, 2

ge-bédian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bédian, bédigan; p. ode; pp. od

To praypray toworshipōrāreadōrāre

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To pray, pray to, worship; ōrāre, adōrāre Ðæt he wolde Róme gesécan, and him ðǽr gebédigan that he would visit Rome, and worship there, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 21, note, MS. T

leóhte

(adv.)
Grammar
leóhte, adv.

Lightlyeasilygently

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Lightly, easily, gently Líhte lento, Wrt.Voc. ii. 49, 62. Ðá wæs heó gesewen þurh twegen dagas ðæt hire leóhtor wǽre videbatur illa per biduum aliquanto levius habere, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 3

nigonteóþa

(num.; adj.)

nineteenth

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nineteenth Se niganteóþa getælcircul circulus decennovenalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 33. Nigonteóþe healf geár, Chr. Erl. 4. 7 : 855; Erl. 68, 33. Ðý nigonteóþan geáre mínes lífes, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 28

on-bláwan

(v.)
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to breathe into, inspire, inflate Onblǽwþ litrat (?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 60. Onblá[wende] inspirans, inflans, Hpt. Gl. 442, 29. Mid elreordre dysignesse onbláwne barbara inflati stultitia, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 13

scóung

(n.)
Grammar
scóung, e; f.
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A provision of shoes Hís mete and scóung and glófung him gebyreþ he is to have his food and shoes and gloves provided for him, L. R. S. 10; Th. i. 438, 6

Linked entry: sceóung

timbrend

(n.)
Grammar
timbrend, es; m. f.
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A builder, constructor Se wæs timbrend ( constructor ) ðæs mynstres ðe gecweden is Médeshámstyde, Bd. 4, 6; S. 573, 40. Heó wæs seó ǽryste tymbrend ðæs mynstres ðe ys nemned Steórneshealh, Shrn. 148, 39

þróh

(adj.)
Grammar
þróh, adj.

rancidus

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glosses rancidus Of ðrón æfðancan rancida invidia, Anglia xiii. 33, 156. Swá ðrógum tam rancidis (v. Hpt. Gl. 472, 61: tam rancidis (fetidis, amaris, s. invisis, abominates ) þrón, biterum, mid swá biterum), 148

un-æþellíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-æþellíce, adv.

Ignobly

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Ignobly Ic cúþe sumne bróþor ... wæs hé geseted on æþelum mynstre, ac hé unæþelíce his líf lifede novi fratrem ... positum in monasterio nobili, sed ipsum ignobiliter viventem, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 9

Linked entry: æþel-íce

unriht-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-dǽd, e; f.

Evil-doing

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Evil-doing Hé eall ðurh his unrihtdǽde áþýstrade universa prove agendo obnubilavit, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 33. God wyle ðæt Sunnandæg freóls beó fram eallum unrihtdǽdum and þeówétlícum weorcum, Wulfst. 292, 7

un-gescrépu

(n.)
Grammar
un-gescrépu, un-gescrépo; f. or un-gescrépe; n.

Inconveniencean inconvenient thing

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Inconvenience, an inconvenient thing Mid ðý ðá se foresprecena bróþor langre tíde ðyllíc ungescrǽpo woon (ðyllíce ungéscrǽpo wonn ?) cum tempore non pauco frater praefatus tali incommodo laboraret, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 22

un-wilsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wilsumlíce, adv.

Against one's willnot of one's own accord

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Against one's will, not of one's own accord Se sceal nýde on helle duru unwilsumlíce geniþerad gelǽded beón necesse habet in januam inferni non sponte damnatus introduci, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 20

Linked entry: wilsumlíce

æt-lutian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Hé on dymhofon ætlutode, Hml. Th. ii. 122, 4. with dat. of person from whom one hides Hé ætluðode his éhterum, Hml. S. 19, 21. Ætlutian his feóndum, Jud. 4, 18

Linked entry: lutian