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ge-fyrenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyrenian, -fyrnian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To sinpeccāre

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Homl. 235, 32, 34. We gefyrnedan mid úrum fæderum peccāvĭmus cum patrĭbus nostris, Ps. Th. 105, 6

Linked entry: ge-firenian

ge-hwettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwettan, p. te; pp. ed

To whetexciteexcītāre

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To whet, excite; excītāre He gehwette and tihte ðæra Iudéiscra manna heortan he whetted and instigated the hearts of the Jews, Homl. Th. i. 26, 31

ge-lendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lendan, p. de

To endow with land

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To endow with land Ða seofon mynstru he gelende mid his ǽgenum those seven monasteries he endowed with his own lands, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 29

Linked entry: ge-lent

ge-ondettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ondettan, p. te; pp. ed

To confessconfĭtēri

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Homl. 57, 27. Gif he hit geondette if he confess it, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 3

ge-sewenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sewenlíce, adv.

Visibly

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Homl. 157, 3

Linked entry: ge-sáwenlíce

stǽning

(n.)
Grammar
stǽning, e; f.
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stoning, casting of stones Saulus heora mód tó ðære stǽninge geornlíce tihte, Homl. Th. i. 50, 30: ii. 236, 29: Shrn. 32, 1. ornamenting with stones

swelgend

(n.)
Grammar
swelgend, es; m.
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A voracious person, a glutton, debauchee Ðes man is swelgend ecce homo devorator, Lk. Skt. 7, 34. Se swelgend, Alexander, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 16

un-águnnen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-águnnen, adj.

Not begunwithout a beginning

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Not begun, without a beginning On unágunnenre Godcundnysse and on ongunnenre menniscnysse of Divinity without beginning and of humanity with beginning, Homl. Th. iii. 292, 16

Linked entry: á-ginnan

un-temed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-temed, adj.

Untamedwild

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Un-temed hors, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 17

Linked entries: temian un-tamed

un-þæslícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-þæslícness, e; f.

Unseemlinessimpropriety

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Unseemliness, impropriety Menn dæftaþ heora hús, gif hí sumne freónd onfón willaþ tó him, ðæt nán unðæslícnys him ne ðurfe derian, Homl. Th. ii. 316, 8

Linked entry: þæslícness

wræc-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-wíte, es; n.

Punishment

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Homl. 5, 24-26

yfel-tyhtend

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
yfel-tyhtend, es; m.: -tyhtende; adj. (ptcpl.)
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One who incites to evil; inciting to evil Deófol is yfeltihtend and leáswyrcend, Homl. Th. i. 102, 1. Ungeleáffulle and yfeltihtende sind mid ðé, 528. 3

Linked entry: tyhtend

riht-fæstendæg

(n.)
Grammar
riht-fæstendæg, es; m.

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A regularly appointed fastday Ǽlc ðara manna ðe yt oððe drincþ on ðam hálgan lenctene oððe on rihtfæstendagum, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 76 : Wulfst. 117, 15

Linked entry: fæsten-dæg

ofermódlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ofermódlíce, adv.

Proudly, arrogantly, insolentlysuperbe, proterve, elate, hyperbolice

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Homl. 199, 17: 201, 24

on-leccan

(v.)

to reproach, blame

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Cf. hosp (on leccungæ, MS. T.: tó bysmre, MS. C.) irrita, 88, 34. (?)

Linked entry: læccan

sóþ-secgan

(v.)

to say trulydeclare

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Homl. 187, 29

hlǽnnes

(n.)
Grammar
hlǽnnes, -ness, e; f.

Leanness

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Módes hlǽnnys leanness of the mind, Homl. Th. i. 522, 31

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, -teág, -téh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to drawleadinciteexciteconstrainrestrainbring upinstructbring to an endcompletedraw or bind togetherstring a musical instrumenttrahereducereperducerestringereevaginareexcitareconstringereeducareinstitueread finem perducerecomplerenervis aptare vel instruereto bring as an offering or giftcontributebestowgiveconferre

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Swá getogen mann a man so well instructed, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 13: Th. Ap. 17, 18. Ðeós fyrd wæs getogen ðý feorþan geáre his ríces hoc bellum quarto imperii sui anno complevit, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 15.

be-stéman

(v.)
Grammar
be-stéman, -stýman; p. de; pp. ed

To BESTEAM, bedew, make damp, make wethumectare, madefacere, circumfundere

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Hú ðú wǽgflotan wǽre bestémdan sund wisige how thou directest the sailing of the wave-floater [ship] wetted with the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 974; An. 487. Dreóre bestémed wet with blood, 2949; An. 1477

Linked entries: stíman be-stýman

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
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On ðǽre fyrde wǽron feówertig þúsenda swýðe gewǽpnode, Homl. S. 25, 333. Myd seofen þúsend gewǽpnodra manna, Hml.