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cíþ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
cíþ-fæst, adj.

Rooted, growingradicatus, crescens

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Rooted, growing; radicatus, crescens Se man ðe plantaþ treówa oððe wyrta he hí wæteraþ óþ-ðæt hí beóþ cíþfæste the man who plants trees or herbs waters them until they are rooted, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26

dagena

(n.)

of daysdierum

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of days;dierum Him bebeád seofon dagena fæsten enjoined them a fast of seven days, Homl. Th. i. 434, 21: Exon. 31 a; Th. 97, 8; Cri. 1587: Menol. Fox 128; Men. 64; gen. pl. of daga

eltst

(adj.)

eldest nātu maxímus

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eldest; nātu maxímus -Seó mǽgþ asprang of Noes eltstan suna, se wæs geháten Sem that family sprang from Noah's eldest son who was called Shem, Homl. Th. i. 24, 7, = yldest; sup. of eald

hwílwend-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hwílwend-líce, adv.

Temporarily

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Temporarily, for a time only Beóþ blówende and welige hwílwendlíce ðæt gé écelíce wædlion be flourishing and wealthy for time that ye may be beggars for eternity, Homl. Th. i. 64, 15: 162, 15: ii. 384, 26

mildheort-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
mildheort-líce, adv.

Kindlycompassionatelymercifully

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Homl. 101, 36. Mildheortlícor clementius, Hymn. Surt. 138, 1

mis-tyhtan

(v.)

to incite or persuade to what is wrongdissuade

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Hé cwæþ tó ðám mágum ðe ða martyras mistihton ( urged them to renounce Christianity ), Homl. Skt. 5, 69

ge-trymnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-trymnes, -ness, e; f.

An exhortationpersuasiona setting in orderan arrayinghortātus

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Fyrdweorodes getrymnes the arraying of a host, Blickl. Homl. 91, 36

ge-treówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-treówlíce, -triówlíce, -tríwlíce, -trýwlíce; adv.

Faithfullyfĭdēlĭter

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Homl. 185, 24, 28. Getríwlíce, Th. Ch. 202, 26

ge-dwolian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dwolian, p. ede; pp. ed

To err

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Homl. 87, 30. Gé swíðe gidwoligas vos multum erratis, Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 27 : Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 12

Linked entry: ge-dwalian

þæslícness

(n.)
Grammar
þæslícness, e; f.
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Col. 4, 1 : Domini, quod justum est et aequum, servis praestate), Homl. Th. ii. 326, 27

un-geleáflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáflíc, adj.

Incredible

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Incredible Ðæt án þing wǽre ungeleáflíc on ðære race geset, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 12. Ðæt wile þincan ungeleáflíc eallum ðǽm ðe ða stówe on uferum tídum geseóð, Lchdm. iii. 438, 14: Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 9

Linked entry: un-geleáfullíc

un-rihtness

(n.)
Grammar
un-rihtness, e; f.

Iniquityinjusticewrong

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Homl. 241, 4. Ða ðe wyrcaþ unrihtnesse ( injustitiam ), Ps. Lamb. 93, 4. Unrehtnisse iniquitatem, Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 27

un-sóþsagol

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sóþsagol, adj.

Speaking falselylyingmendacious

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Se smið ne dorste secgan ðás gesihðe ǽnigum menn, nolde beón gesewen unsóðsagul (-ol) boda, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 58

Linked entry: sóþ-sagol

un-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
un-lísan, p. de.

to unlooseundoto release

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to unloose, undo Ic bidde ðé ðæt ðú mé unlýse ða insæglunge, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 537. to release Hé beád ðæt man sceolde unlésan ealle ða menn ðe on hæftnunge wǽron, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 38

Linked entry: lísan

lapian

(v.)
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Swá swá hundas lapodon Naboðes blód, swá hí sceolon lapian and liccian þín blód in loco hoc, in quo linxerunt canes sanguinem Naboth, lambent sanguinem tuum Hml. S. 18, 209. Lapa bibe, lambe Germ. 398, 152. Add

mis-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-healdan, p. -heóld
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To neglect, slight a person Nú for manegum geárum, þá þá hí misheóldon þone heofonlican God, hí wurdon gehergode ante hos annos, cum recessissent a via quam dederat illis Deus, exterminati sunt proeliis, Hml. A. 106, 130

un-wynsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wynsumness, e; f.

Unpleasantness

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Unpleasantness Se stenc wearð áwend tó wynsumum brǽðe, and eall seó unwynsumnyss him weard tó blysse, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 215. Se mann gewyrðeþ tóswollen and tó stence áwended mid unwynsumnysse, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50; 23

Linked entry: wynsumness

on-scuniend

(n.)
Grammar
on-scuniend, -scunigend (?), es; m.

One who detests or shuns

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Homl. 111, 29

Linked entry: -scuniend

on-sundness

(n.)
Grammar
on-sundness, e; f.

Soundness, freedom from physical or moral flaw

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Gefég ðás bricas tó ansundnysse join these broken gems together so that they may again be whole, Homl. Th. i. 62, 8

Linked entry: on-sundness

under-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
under-bæc, adv.

backwardsbackbehindback

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Feallan underbæc to fall backwards, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 8: Homl. Skt. i. 12, 63. Sceófan underbæc, 14, 88: 18, 345: Hontl.

Linked entry: BÆC