mægden-líc
Maidenly ⬩ girlish ⬩ virgin ⬩ virginal
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Godes sunu þurh mǽdenlícne innoþ ácenned wearþ, Homl. Th. i. 458, 33
reádness
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Homl. 7, 29. Seó reádnes ðæs swyles rubor tumoris, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 31. Reádnysse ostro, purpura, vermiculo, Hpt. Gl. 503, 49 : 522, 6
ge-wistfullian
To feast
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Et drinc and gewistfulla eat, drink, and feast, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 21. Gewistfullien epulentur, Blickl. Gl. Ðæt ic mid mínum freóndum gewistfullode ut cum amicis meis epularer, Lk. Bos. 15, 29
Linked entry: wistfullian
ge-fóg
A joining ⬩ joint
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Homl. 101, 4
ge-metan
To paint ⬩ pingere, depingere
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Gé sind gelíce gemettum ofer-geweorcum ye are like painted sepulchres, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 17
staflan
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Abraham ðurh wítegunge stafode ðone að, Homl. Th. ii. 234, 34
þǽr-tóeácan
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Besides, moreover Hé úrum gyltum miltsaþ, and ðǽrtóeácan ðæt heofenlíce ríce behǽt, Homl. Th. ii. 84, 8. On ðæt gerád ðæt se eorl him tó handan lét Uescam, and þǽrtóeácan ðes cynges men sacleás beón móston, Chr. 1091; Erl. 227, 9
Linked entry: tó-eácan
þearf-leás
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Þearflǽs hé syrwde ymbe Crist he plotted against Christ, but he had no need to do it, Homl. Th. i. 82, 20. Ic ðearfleás (þearfleáse, Job. Thw. 166, 22) hine geswencte without having cause I afflicted him, ii. 452, 16
Linked entry: un-þearfes
þegen-rǽden
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Homl. 173, 17. Cf. þegen-scipe
tún-mann
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Furseus oncneów ða sáwle; se wæs his túnman ǽr on lífe ( he had lived on the estate (tún) belonging to Fursey's monastery ), Homl. Th. ii. 344, 18
Linked entry: túnes-mann
under-creópan
to enter surreptitiously ⬩ surrepere
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to enter surreptitiously; surrepere Ða wæs ðæs wítegan cnapa mid gítsunge undercropen avarice crept into the heart of the prophet's servant, Homl. Th. i. 400, 16. Ðæt ne feónd ús undercreópe ( but the Latin is subripiat), Hymn. Surt. 12, 28
under-ginnan
To begin ⬩ attempt
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To begin, attempt Ic gedyrstlǽhte ðæt ic ðás gesetnysse undergann I ventured to attempt this work(the translation of a Latin work), Homl. Th. i. 2, 27.
Linked entry: under-beginnan
un-gesceád
Indiscretion ⬩ unreason
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Hé on ánum dæge mid ungesceáde forspilð þreóra daga andlifene, Homl. Ass. 145, 30: Lchdm. iii. 442, 32
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unriht-wyrcend
An evil-doer ⬩ evil-doing
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Homl. 61, 11
be-hádian
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To deprive of holy orders Gif mæssepreóst oððe diácon wífige, þoligon hyra hádes; and gif hig æfter þám hǽmedþing begáð, ná ꝥ án ꝥ hig behádod synt (ordine priventur), ac eác swylce fæston .vii. geár, Ll. Th. ii. 196, 14
Linked entry: hádianv
bóc-stæf
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Bócstæf hoc gramma, An. Ox. 18 b, 45. Ne cúþe hé nǽnige bócstafas (nequaquam litteras noverat), ac swáþeáh hé gebohte him sylfum þá béc þæs hálgan gewrites, and bæd ꝥ man rǽdde þá béc beforan him. Gr. D. 281, 22. Add:
úþ-mǽte
Immense ⬩ very great
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Homl. 127, 29) Shrn. 81, 17
hand-bóc
A hand-book, manual
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Ða hálgan béc saltere and pistolbóc ... sangbóc and handbóc the holy books: psalter and epistle-book ... book of canticles and manual, L. Ælf. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 14
spendung
Spending ⬩ dispensatio, impensa
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Spending Sum underféhþ eorðlíce ǽhta and se sceal ðæs pundes spendunge Gode ágifan of his ǽhtum one receives earthly possessions, and he must repay the spending of the pound to God out of his possessions, Homl. Th. ii. 556, 29
tín-wintre
Ten years old
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Ðá ða hé týnwintre on ylde wæs, Homl. Th. ii. 498, 28