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bile-witness

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Ox. 1827. Biluitnise modestia, Rtl. 105, 1: mansuetudo, 100, 11: lenitas, 111, 26. Biluitnises sinceritatis, 35, 19. Mid ðǽre culfran bilewitnesse (bil-, v. l.) columbae simplicitate, Past. 291, 8.

cræftig

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Ox. 56, 208. <b>III a.</b> of books, dealing with art or science :-- Munecas þe heora cildhád habbað ábisgod on cræftigum bócum, Angl. viii. 321, 27

for-feran

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for-feran, l. -féran,

to perishperish

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Ox. 4490: 4621. of spiritual perdition, to be lost, perish Þæt teóðe engla werod forférde, Hml. Th. i. 344, 15

fremfull

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Ox. 56, 310. of persons, beneficent, benignant Drihten wiste hú fremful hé beón wolde, Lch. iii. 436, 21.

hacele

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Ox. 5316. Hacole colomaia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 31: burrus (birrus? v. birrus unsméðe hrægel. i. 40, 25) panno, 126, 78. Hacule calamuca, 127, 74. Albanus eóde út mid ðæs preóstes hakelan (cf.

gréting

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Ox. 2571. Brýdleóþes grétinge epithalami elogium, 3182. of respectful action or worship Hát mé unmedemre for þǽre godcundan róde grétinge ( for adoration of the divine cross ) þá duru beón untýnede, Hml. S. 23 b, 448

here-beácen

a war-signala beaconan ensigna lighthouse

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Ox. 575. Herebeacn, 1701

hreáw hreów

(v.)
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Ox. 3241. Hreáwum crudis (neruorum flagris, Ald. 58, 3), 4113: Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 20

módig

Grammar
módig, <b>.
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Ox. 56, 233. Drihten hét ús beón eádmóde ꝥ wé tó heofonum becómon, for ðan þe þá módigan ne magon tó heofonum, Hml. S. 16, 129. <b>III a.

nearu

Grammar
nearu, <b>. I.</b>
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Ox. 578. Nearewum emsǽt-nunge arta obsidione, 5264. Se neareweste stíþnes artissima uiolentia, 1239. Add Wiþ nearwum breóstum, Lch. ii. 174, 6. evil, mean. v. nearulice ; <b>V;</b> nearu-þanc

spanan

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Ox. 43, 9. <b>I a.</b> add :-- Forgif mé þám men þe mín mód mé tó spenð, Hml. S. 3, 390.

níd-þeówetling

(n.)
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níd-þeówetling, es; m.

One who is forced into slavery

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One who is forced into slavery (for an unsatisfied claim) Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Ælfríc wolde þeówian Putraele him tó nýdþeówetlinge (the enslavement was abandoned at the intercession of Bora, Ælfric's brother, on payment to Ælfric of eight oxen;

Linked entry: þeówetling

car-ful

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car-ful, (care-).
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Ox. 364. Weorðe sé carfull, hú hé swýþast mæge gecwéman his Drihtne, Wlfst. 72, 10. Wer carfull (studiosus) and wís, Scint. 206, 5. Hweþer hé carful sý tó godcundum weorce si solicitus est ad opus Dei, R. Ben. 97, 16.

for-seón

to despisehold in contemptto rejectto rejectto refuse

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Ox. 4091. to reject a state or condition Forsíþ contemsit (matrimonii commercia), An. Ox. 1399. Hé wilnode synderlices ealdordómes, and forsieh (-seah, v. l.) ðá geférrǽddene óðerra engla and hira líf, Past. 111, 23.

geond-geótan

(v.)
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Ox. 91. <b>II a.</b> to spread (intrans.) over :-- Sped geondgýt (gend-, Hpt. Gl. 447, 24) glaucoma suffundit, An.

á-feormian

(v.)
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Ox. 40, 24. Synna þe beóð þurh þæt fýr áfeormode, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 14

cýþ-ness

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Ox. 1676. Cýþnesse ealdre testamenti ueteris, 40, 2. Rǽde man ǽgðer ge of þǽre ealdan cýðnesse ge of þǽre níwan, R.

dríman

(v.)
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Ox. 1344. Getwinnum sangum hǽle Gode dré(mende) geminis concentibus Osanna persultans, 2608

Linked entries: dreman drýman

dropa

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Ox. 646. Geondgoten mid swátes dropum, Hml. S. 23 b, 233. humour, choler Cwyld tógeneálǽhð oð ðæne dropan pestilentia adpropinquabit usque ad coleram; surfeiting turneth to choler (Ecclus. 37, 30), Scint. 170, 2.

éstfulnes

luxurylasciviousness

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Ox. 369: Hy. S. 88, 17. Mid éstfulnysse, Gr. D. 138, 18. Hé mid ealre éstfulnesse (tota devotione) lufað ðæt éce líf, Past. 389, 15: Lch. iii. 442, 12. Uton mid ealre éstfulnysse úres módes ðás freólstíde wurðian, Hml. Th. i. 446, 28.