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ge-earnung

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Se líchoma bið þonne undeáþlic. . . sceal þeáh beón gelíc his geearnungum ( its condition will be in accordance with its deserts'), Bl. H. 21, 32. Ðá habbað swíðe misleca geearnunga, Past. 95, 8.

fryþ

(n.)
Grammar
fryþ, es; n.

Peacepax

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Ðæt he ne beó nánes fryþes weorðe that he be not worthy of any peace, L. Eth. iii. 15; Th. i. 298, 12

massere

(n.)
Grammar
massere, es; m.

A merchant

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A merchant Gif massere geþeáh ðæt hé férde þrige ofer wídsǽ be his ágenum cræfte, se wæs ðonne syððan þegenrihtes weorþe, L. R. 6; Th. i. 192, 9. Ne beó ǽnig mangere mid unrihte, ne gítsigende massere, L. Edg. C. 14; Th. ii. 246, 24: L. Ælfc.

hohful-ness

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Add: solicitude, care Hohfulnesse be þingum gewítendlicum sollicitudinem de rebus transitoriis R. Ben. I. 16, 10. Þurh médderne hohful[nesse] per maternam sollicitudinem Hpt.

á-cnáwan

(v.)
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to know Ðæt hí ácnáwan, ðæt hí sylfe sculon beón gyldende ut debitores se esse cognoscant, Gr. D. 335, 21. Þurh scere synd ácnáwene per tonsuram noscuntur, R. Ben. I. 10, 10

Linked entry: cnáwan

heaðu-sceared

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-sceared, adj.

blade of a sword,war-share

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If scearde is taken, the Icel. skarð may be compared, and the word = notched, hacked in battle

car-ful

Grammar
car-ful, (care-).
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R. 3, 12. careful, attentive to the interests of, solicitous for Hú abbod careful (sollicitus) beón sceal ymbe ðá dǽdbétendan, R. Ben. 50, 16.

mán-fǽhþu

(n.)
Grammar
mán-fǽhþu, f.

Guiltwickedness

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Kmbl. 3196; An. 1601: also Beo. Th. 1960; B. 978) Mánfǽhþu bearn ( those who were drowned by the deluge), Cd. 69; Th. 83, 11; Gen. 1378

eald-ness

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eald-ness, old age.
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Sume beóð gelǽdde tó rihtum lífe on forwerodre ealdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 76, 21-26. Ealdnesse vetustatem, R. Ben. I. 91, 16. Add

ge-dirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dirfan, pp. ed.
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Betere ys þæt for manegra hǽlþe án beó genyþerud, þænne þurh ánes leáfe manega beóð gedyrfede ( periclitentur ), Scint. 115, 20. Scypu beóð gedyrfed (per[i] clitautur) on wídsǽ, Archiv cxx. 297, 19

eal-gearo

(adj.)
Grammar
eal-gearo, eall-gearo; adj.

All ready or prepared omnīno promptus

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All ready or prepared; omnīno promptus vel părātus Beorh ealgearo wunode on wonge the mountain stood all ready on the plain, Beo. Th. 4475; B. 2241: 155; B. 77: 2465; B. 1230

Linked entry: eall-gearo

fird-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fird-weorþ, -wirþe; adj.
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fit to serve in the fird Ealle ðá men ðá beón mótwerði, ferðwurði (ferduurði, 210, 14), C. D. iv. 208, 32. fit to bear arms, mighty in war: Fyrdwyrðeman (Beowulf), B. 1316

horig

(adj.)
Grammar
horig, horhig; adj.

Foul, dirty, defileduncleanlutulentus, cenosus

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Foul, dirty, defiled Swá hit gedafenlíc is ðæt his reáf ne beó horig so is it proper that his vestment be not foul, L. Ælfc. C. 22 : Th. i. 350, 21. Næs his reáf horig, Homl. Th. i. 456, 20. Mid horium reáfe, 528, 24. Mid horhgum scicelse, Th.

hefelíce

(adv.)

grievouslyseriouslydullyseverelysadlymournfully

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Ben. I. 65 3. sadly, mournfully Hefelíce lugubriter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 50

ge-swicennes

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Seó sóðe behreówsung and dǽdbót mid geswicennyssum yfeles ús áþwyhð, 12, 144. abstaining from doing again what has been given up. v. ge-swícan; Gif hé ágylte, hé hit georne gebéte and syððan geswíce; for ðí ne bið nán bót náht búton þǽr beó geswicenes

dǽd-bétan

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Ben. 71, 7. Be þám dǽdbétendum ( poenitentibus ), on hwylcum tíman him man forgifnysse dón scyle, Ll. Th. ii. 170, 23. Be ðám ðe . . . wið ðá dǽdbétendan ðeódað de is qui . . . junguntur excommunicatis, R. Ben. 50, 9, 17.

æ-scære

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
æ-scære, adj. [æ = a, scær, p. of sceran to shear, cut]

Without tonsureuncutuntrimmedneglectedintonsusincultusneglectus

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Without tonsure, uncut, untrimmed, neglected; intonsus, incultus, neglectus Deóplíc dǽd-bót biþ, ðæt lǽwede man swá æscære beó, ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre, ne on nægle it is a deep penitence, that a layman be so untrimmed that scissors [iron] come not

Linked entries: a-scære -scǽre

dyrstignes

(n.)
Grammar
dyrstignes, dyrstnes, -nyss, e; f.

Boldness, presumption, arrogance, rashnessaudācia, temĕrĭtas

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Ðæt ðín mód ne beó ahafen mid dyrstignysse [dyrstnysse, Nat. S. Greg. Els. P. 39, note 1] that thy mind be not lifted up with arrogance, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 4

Linked entries: dyrstnys ge-dyrstig-nes

for-gyltan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gyltan, p. -gylte; pp. -gylt
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Þone cwide þe se apostol be swá forgyltum cwyþ, R. Ben. 50, 1

hádung

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Be ðæs abbodes hádunge. On abbodes hádunge . . . de ordinando abbati. In abbatis ordinatione . . . R. Ben. 117, 15. Heó wearð þá gefullod and hádunga underféng ( took the veil). . . and manega óðre mǽdenu wurdon Críste gehálgode, Hml. S. 7, 284.