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hwíl-wende

(adj.)
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Ben. 139, 26. Þú wǽre nú oð þis úpáhafen on þisse worulde ǽhtum and hwílwendum weorcum; nú gedafnað þé ꝥ þú beó úpáhafen on gást-licum welum, Hml. S. 30, 118

slíf

(n.)
Grammar
slíf, sléf, slýf, e: slífe, an; f.

A sleeve

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Ben. 92, 3. Hé one hláf tóbræc and bewand on his twám slýfum Homl. Th. i. 376, 30. Hé ðone hláf gedyde on his twá sléfan Blick. Homl. 181, 17

Linked entries: sléf slífe slýf

under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneathgo lower than a placeto submit to what is laborious or painfulbe subjected to evilundergo punishment

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Ben. Interl, 19, 1. Ðonne sceal hé underhnígan ðære steóre regollícre láre, R. Ben. 16, 4. Hí sceoldon underhnígan nacodum swurde, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 28. Hét se réða cwellere hine underhnígan swurdes ecge, Homl. Th. i. 428, 8.

fætt

Grammar
fætt, l. fǽtt,

plumpcorpulentobesefattedplumpfull-bodiedsubstantialoleaginousunctuousrichfertileproductiverich

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Ben. 51, 15) gé underféngon, and ꝥ wanhál wæs gé wiðsócan quod crassum videbatis, assumebatis; et quod debile erat, proicebatis, R. Ben. I. 56, 14. Þá men beóð mægre, þeáh þe hié ǽr fǽtte wǽron, Lch. ii. 242, 4.

a-werian

(v.)
Grammar
a-werian, -wergan, -wergean ; p. ede ; pp. ed ; v. trans.

to ward offdefendrestrainprotectcoverdefendereprohibereprotegereto ward off from oneselfspurn from oneselfaspernarito wearwear outtereredeterere

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Ben. 55

Linked entry: a-wered

CÁF

(adj.)
Grammar
CÁF, comp, ra, re; sup. est, ost; adj.
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Ben. 7: Fulg. 9. Cáf præceps, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 143, 32. Hét ðá hǽleða hleó healdan ða bricge wígan wígheardne cáfne then the defence [the chief] of the soldiers commanded a warrior, hardy in battle and nimble, to defend the bridge, Byrht.

sealm-sang

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-sang, es; m.
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Ben. 34, 9. On fæstenne and on sealmsange, Blickl. Homl. 199, 34. Gif se man sealmsang ne cunne si homo psalmos cantare nesciat, L. Ecg. P. iv. 61; Th. ii. 222, 16. Sealmsang melodiam, Wrt.

tál-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tál-líc, adj.

that conveys reproach, calumny, etc., calumnious, blasphemousthat deserves reproof, blameable, reprehensible

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Ben. Interl. 54, 7. Nis ðæt clǽne herigendlíc, ne ðæt gále tállíc, gif him steorran forgéfon, ðæt hí swá lyfedon, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 281. v. tǽl-líc, and next word

Linked entries: tǽl-líc teál-líc

wiþ-æftan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-æftan, prep. adv.

Behind.

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Ben. 12, 3. Grammar wiþ-æftan, adv. Án wíf geneálǽhte wiðæftan mulier accessit retro, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 20. Fíf scipubelifan wiðæftan, Chr. 1047; Erl. 175, 12. Wiðeftan posse (= post se filios derelinquet, Prov. 20, 7), Kent. Gl. 735

Linked entry: æftan

ceást

(n.)
Grammar
ceást, e; f.
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Ben. I. 22, 6: Hml. Th. i. 604, 35. Ceáste (á)styrian, ii. 420, 33: 338, 11. Ceásta litium, Hy. S. 10, 29: sectarum, Scint. 134, 15. Ceásta lites, 12. reproof Hogode hé hyra wácmódnysse tó þreágenne mid ungemettlicre ceáste ( increpatione ), Gr.

forþ-rihte

(adj.; adv.)
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Ben. 41, 7-16. Forþrihte fram cilde gecwedenum directo a puero prolato, Angl. xiii. 429, 914

ge-mǽnnes

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Ben. 49, 2. Þæt wé his ríces gemǽnnesse mid him ágan móten ut regni ejus mereamur esse consortes, 6, 3. fellowship, communion with people Ne bið hé ná wýrðe ǽnigre gemǽnnysse (communione) mid eáwfæstum mannum, Ll.

ge-staþelfæstan

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Ben. I. 103, 2. to fix in condition so that there is no falling away God þá nigon engla werod gestaþelfæste swá þæt hí nǽfre ne mihton fram his willan gebúgan, Hml. Th. i. 6, 8.

ge-wǽdian

(v.)
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Ben. 47, 9. a thing Gif gers God swǽ geuoedes ( vestit ), Mt.

gyrdel

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Ben. 92, 3. Þá begyrde he hine mid his gyrdele (cingulo) . . . Sóna swá hé wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd, Guth. Gr. 148, 7. Hé stód on ðám wætere tó his gyrdle (usque ad lumbos, Bd 5, 12), Hml. Th. ii. 354, 18.

heorcnian

(v.)
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Ben I. 26, 10. Þone weig tó ðǽra heorcnigendra heortan, Hml. Th. i. 362, 11. Heorc[niendum] auscultamibus, Hpt. Gl. 472, 52. with gen. Ðá féringa oðsuígde hé, suǽ hé hwæshwegu hercnade . . .

láreów-dóm

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Ben. 133, 2. Ongunnon hí him tó befæstenne heora cild tó Godes láreówdómes ( coepere suos ei filios omnipotenti Deo nutriendos dare Gr. D. l. 2, c. 3), Hml. Th. ii. 160, 2.

mægen

Grammar
mægen, <b>. I.</b>
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Ben. 138, 17, Ic sylle Wulfsige mínum geréfan wið his holdum mægene ( for his loyal and able service ) ánes hídes lond, Cht. E. 161, 27. Be sáre þæs magan. Gif se man ꝥ mægen hæbbe lǽt him blód, Lch. ii. 180, 31.

weg-nest

(n.)
Grammar
weg-nest, es; n.

Food for a journey

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Ben. 103, 21.

Linked entry: nest

ǽ-fæst

Grammar
ǽ-fæst, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest).

religiousmarried

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Ben. 119, 7. married Yfel ǽwbryce bið ðæt ǽwfæst (eáw-, v. l.) man mid ǽmtige forlicge, Ll. Th. i. 404, 21. Se apostol áwrát be eáwfæstum werum: 'Lufiað, gé weras, eówere wíf on ǽwe,' Hml. Th. ii. 322, 25. Ic manode ǽwfæste wíf, i. 378, 27