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un-clǽnu

(n.)
Grammar
un-clǽnu, un-clǽno; f.

Uncleannessimpurity

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Uncleanness, impurity Fulle sint unclǽno pleni sunt inmunditia, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 25. Fulla sint all ł éghuelc unclǽnæ plena sunt omni spurcitia, 27

Linked entry: clǽnu

ge-hwæðeres

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-hwæðeres, adv.

Anywhereon every sideevery wayundique

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Anywhere, on every side, every way; undique Wæs gehwæðeres waa there was woe on every side, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 50; Met. 1, 25

manian

(v.)
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Add Gif wé mid rícan mannan hwæt embe úre neóde manian willað si cum hominibus potentibus volumus aliqua suggerere, R. Ben. 45. 20. III. add :-- On óðre wísan sint tó monianne (cf. lǽranne, 21) ðá iungan, Past. 179, 19.

sur

Grammar
sur, glosses lurco, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 41,
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siir

Linked entry: sýr

segen

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a sign

wer-lád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-lád, e; f. A 'lád' (q. v.) in which the number of those who supported the accused by their oaths is determined by the 'wer' of the accused. [See passages under wer, <b>IV,</b> wer-gild, <b>III,</b> and L. H. I. 64, 4; Th. i. 566, 18: Si quis de homicidio accusetur, et idem se purgare velit, secundum natale suum perneget, quod est werelada.]
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Búton hé geládige hine mid werláde, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 400, 1. ¶ the equivalent Latin forms werelada negare or pernegare occur several times in L. H. I.; see 12, 3; Th. i. 523, 7: 66, 1; Th. i. 569, 4: 74, 1; Th. i. 578, 22: 92, 14; Th. i. 604, 14. Other

Linked entry: lád

melda

(n.)
Grammar
melda, an; m.

a narratoran informerannouncera betrayer

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Kmbl. 856; El. 428. a betrayer Gé sind meldan and manslagan ( betrayers and murderers, Acts vii. 52), Homl. Th. i. 46, 24

fen

mudmiredirtfen

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Sió hond . . . ðe wille ðæt fenn of óðerre áðierran manus quae diluere sordes curat, Past. 75, 23.

sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
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Sunne, mǽre tungol, sió æþele gesceaft, Chr. 937; Erl. 13, 16. See also candel, tapor. <b>I b.

Linked entries: sunna sunnu sól

a-singan

(v.)
Grammar
a-singan, p. -sang, pl. -sungon; pp. -sungen [a, singan]

To singcanere

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To sing; canere Ðæt man asinge that a man sing, Ps. Th. 91, 1 : Beo. Th. 2323; B. 1159 : Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 12

Linked entry: a-sungen

sealmian

(v.)
Grammar
sealmian, p. ode
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To play on the harp (and sing) Ic singe and sealmige cantabo et psallam (I sal sing and salme, Ps.), Ps. Spl. M. 107, 1

be-æftan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-æftan, prep.

afterbehindpostponewithoutsine

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Grammar be-æftan, Be-æftan contracted to bæftan, q. v. after, behind; post, pone without; sine Beæftan ðære menego sine turbo, Lk. Bos. 22, 6

un-styriende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-styriende, un-styrigende; adj.

Not movingunmovingstationary

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Not moving, unmoving, stationary Monige sint cwucera gesceafta unstyriende, swá scylfiscas sint ... Ða styriendan nétenu habbaþ eall ðæt ða unstyriendan habbaþ, and eác máre tó ...

fór-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; subj. pres. -grípe, pl. -grípen; pp. -gripen

To take beforecarry off prematurelypre-occupyprærĭpĕrepræ-occŭpāre

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Ðý-læs hit mid deáþe fórgripen ne morte præ-occŭpētur, 1, 27; S. 492, 30, note

portian

(v.)
Grammar
portian, p. ode
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To pound, bray in a mortar Ðeáh ðú portige ðone dysegan on pílan swá mon corn ðéþ mid piilstæfe ne meaht ðú his dysi him from ádrífan si contuderis stultum in pila, quasi ptisanas feriente desuper pilo, non auferetur ab eo stultitia ejus, Past. 37, 2

Linked entries: pyrtan ge-portian

helpan

to succourto be serviceableto profitavail

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Gif se hierde ágiémeleásað ðæt hé hiera útan ne helpe si cura exierioris subsidii a pastore negligatur, Past. 137, 15. Hí wolde tóweorpan wuldres aldor, þǽr heora Móyses mægene ne hulpe, Ps. Th. 105, 19: 118, 92.

un-geendod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geendod, adj.

endlesswithout endnot coming to an endinfinitevery great in number, extent

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Swá écum lífe swá ungeendodon wíte sive vitam aeternam, sive infinitum supplicium, L. Ecg. P. iv. 65; Th. ii. 226, 14. Geond ungeendode worulde, Homl. Th. i. 76, 7.

Linked entry: ge-endian

bedding

(n.)
Grammar
bedding, beding, e; f.

BEDDINGcovering of a bedstramentumstratuma bedlectus

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Lamb. 6, 7. a bed; lectus Gyf ic astíge on bedinge strǽte mínre si ascendero in lectum strati mei, Ps. Spl. 131, 3

Linked entry: beding

ge-rípian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 144, 13. of non-material objects to get mature Se mynstres hordere si . . . wis, on gerípedum þeáwum (maturis moribus), R. Ben. 54, 8 : R. Ben. I. 61, 5

ge-wrǽðan

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The Latin is: Si quis eos (certain animals ) uoluerit apprehendere, corpora sua inarmant), Nar. 34, 7