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fremian

(v.)
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Ben. I. 107, 17. Fremian (framian, v.l. ) his underþeóddan, R. Ben. 120, 9: Hml. Th. i. 62, 8.

heord-rǽden

Grammar
heord-rǽden, heord-rǽdenn.

watching overa guardwatch

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Ben. 51, 2. Sýn þá cild á behealdene mid steóre and mid mycelre heordrǽdenne ǽghwǽr pueri parvi ubicumque custodiam habeant, 117, II. Heordrǽdene, R. Ben. I. 106, 12.

Linked entries: hird-ness hird-ræden

úte-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
úte-weard, adj.

Outwardextremeon the outside ofat the extremity ofthe outward partextremity

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Ben. 29, 4

Linked entry: útan-weard

mis-fón

(v.)

to fail to taketo mistake

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Ben. 71, 4-5. Wín gedéþ, ðæt furþon witan oft misfóþ and fram rihtum geleáfan búgan, 65, 5. Ðý læs ǽnig ðære tale brúce ðæt hé ðý dæge misfénge ( mistook the day), Lchdm. iii. 442, 3.

Linked entries: mis-cirran fón

self-déma

Grammar
self-déma, selfe-déma, an; m.
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Ben. 9, 10-10, 2. Hý áscyriaþ hý sylfe fram mynsterlícum þeáwum and heora ágenum lustum filiaþ, hý sint Egyptiscan gereorde genemnede sarabagite oððe renuite, ðæt ys sylfedéman and wiðersacan, 136, 12

Linked entry: déma

self-willes

(adv.)
Grammar
self-willes, adv.
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Ben. 28, 6. of things Ðonne his wæstmas weaxaþ sylfwilles quae sponte gignet humus, Lev. 25, 5. Sylfwilles ( ultra ) seó eorþe wæstm beraþ, Mk. Skt. 4, 28

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be-sorg

Anxiouscareful

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Ben. 68, 5. Hí nán þing him inmédre ne lǽten, ne besorhre, þonne hira Drihten Christo omnino nihil preponant, 132, 9.

búend

Grammar
búend, búende.
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Ben. 4, 22. Stódon áwéste hús búton búgigendum, Hml. Th. ii. 122, 20

drohtnian

(v.)
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Ben. 138, 24. Hé cwæð be ðám Hǽlende: 'Mid mannum hé drohtnode,' Hml. Th. ii. 12, 32. Mid sóðre lufe hé drohtnode on ðisum lífe, 44, 23. Bæd hé ꝥ hé móste healdan heora æceras and him méde earnian; and hé ðǽr drohtnode fíftýne geár, Hml. S. 30, 216.

ge-offrian

(v.)
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Ben. 103, 11

húsel-gang

Grammar
húsel-gang, Add: the receiving of the Eucharist, Communion, v. húsl; <b>II a.</b> 5
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Ben. 62, 7. Gancge ǽlc æfter óðrum tó húselgancge (húsle, v. l. )(adpacem, ad communionem), 114, 4: Hml. S. 236, 754

innor

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Ben. 111, 4

líchamlíce

(adv.)
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Ben. 94, 14. Ealle men líchomlíce sweltaþ, and þeáh seó sáwl bið libbende, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 13. Maria ácende Críst líchamlíce, Hml. A 30, 163. Maria is his módor líchamlíce and gástlíce his swustor, 33, 219.

mǽþ

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mǽþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Ben. I. 88, 6

líf-lád

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Ben. 9, 21. conduct, conversation, mode of life Þéh þe seó tunge þǽre helle tintregu forswígode, seó his líflád hí spræc and cýðde etiamsi taceret lingua, cottversatio loqueretur. Gr. D. 317, 21.

sárgian

(v.)
Grammar
sárgian, ode.

to make sad (sárig), to grieve (trans.),afflict, woundto be or become sad, to grieve (intrans.), languish

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Ben. 17, 3 MS. O

wæscan

(v.)
Grammar
wæscan, wacsan, waxan, wacxan, waxsan; p. wósc,wócs,wóx,weóx; pp. wæscen, wacsen,waxen

To wash

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Ben. 59, 7. Wacxon hig hira reáf, Ex. 19, 10. Waxan hig ðæt innewerde, Lev. 1, 9, 13. Ðá hig hira reáf wóxon( lavissent), Ex. 19, 14. Ðæt hi heora hrægel weócsan and clǽnsodon, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 5.

Linked entries: wascan wacsan waxan

wéman

(v.)
Grammar
wéman, p. de

To allureattractpersuadeentice

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Ben. 109, 22. Ðæt wé tó ǽlcan rihte ús sylfe wenian and wéman Wulfst. 266, 6. Hwǽr ic findan meahte ðone ðe mec fréfran wolde, wéman(wenian?q. v.) mid wynnum Exon. Th. 288, 10; Wand. 29. in a bad sense Ða teolunga ðe hine fram Gode wémaþ Homl.

Linked entry: wǽman

æf-wirdla

Grammar
æf-wirdla, -werdla.

Dispendium, i. damnum, impedimentum, defectio, periculum, detrimentum

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Ben. 14, 9. Ðæt hí hwylcne æfwyrdlan (ǽwyrdlan, v. l.) geþrowedon heora ágenra sáwla animarum damna patirentur, Gr. D. 50, 24. Scipes æfwyrdlan navis jacturam, 141, 13. Æfwerdlan áræfnede damna pertulit, 205, 1.

Linked entry: ǽwirdla

wígbed-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-sceát, es; m.

An altar-cloth

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Ben. 103, 14. Ðis syndon ða cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Ðǽr synd ... .ii. mæssereáf and iii mæssehakelan and ii weóvedsceátas and ii overbrǽdels, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 660, 33.