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fleós

(n.)
Grammar
fleós, es; n.

A fleecevellus

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A fleece; vellus Gilde ðæt fleós mid twám pæningum let the fleece be paid for with two pence, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 11, note 23, MS. B. In fleós in vellus, Ps. Surt. 71, 6

nearu-níd

(n.)
Grammar
nearu-níd, -néd, e; f.

Sore needgrievous trouble

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Sore need, grievous trouble Ða menigo ðe ðé mid wuniaþ on nearonédum [ or (?) on nearo nédum in confinement by force ], Andr. Kmbl. 203; An. 102. From naronéðe de angusta (as if, angustia? ), Lk. Skt. p. 8, 6

ge-neósian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-neósian, <b>; II.</b>
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Hí ne dorston ꝥ hálige hús mid ingange geneósian, ac æt ðǽre dura hí gebǽdon they didn't venture to enter the house when they visited it, but prayed at the door, Hml, Th. i. 504, 10. Add

un-staþolfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
un-staþolfæstness, e; f.

Instabilityinconstancy

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Se hálga wer swíðe mid wordum ðreáde his unstaðolfæstnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 176, 17

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, (were?), es; m. n. (?) A guard (? cf. werian, warn),
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In ic wæs cempena láreów, and mid mycclum were ymbseald, nú ic eom ána forlǽten, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 195

cígung

(n.)
Grammar
cígung, e; f.
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Mið ceigunge clamando, Jn. p. 6, 8. Ot ceigeng Petres de uocatione Petri, Mk. p. 2, 10. Ceigunc vocationem, Mt. p. 13, 7

dyrst-lǽcan

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Ne dyrstlǽce ( presumat ) se gingra ꝥ hé mid þám yldran sitte, bútan hé hine háte, R. Ben. 116, 5: 128, 4. Ne dyrstlǽcen hí þæt hý út of mynstre etan non presumant foris manducare, 79, 16. Add

ge-soc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-soc, n. (not m.?).
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Add: sucking Ágyld þú mé mid biternesse leán, swá swá módor déþ hyre bearne, þonne hió hit fram hire breósta gesoce weneþ sicut ablactatus est super matrem suam, ita retribues in animam meam, R. Ben. 22, 21

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ge-stǽnan

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Th. i. 392, 3. to set with precious stones Mid gimcynnum gestǽned, Wlfst. 263, 4

ge-cwician

(v.)
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Add: in a physical sense Sume hé gecwicað mid oroðe. Gr. D. 268, 19. in a spiritual sense Ðá ðe hé wyl hé gicwicað, Jn. R. 5, 21. Gecwuca mé æfter ðínum wordum, Dryhten, Past. 465, 29

ofer-settan

(v.)
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Ic mid slǽpe oferseted wæs depressus somno, Gr. D. 347, 30

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scild-truma

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Férde hé him hindan tó mid ðrým scyldtruman ( he went forth behind them in three companies, 1 Macc. 5, 33), Hml. S. 25, 423

sliht

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Add 'Eall ꝥ folc þe þú þǽr finde, sleh mid sweorde . . . Æfter þám ilcan slehte (slyhte, v. l. caedem) . . . Þá þe ǽr flugon þone sleht, Gr. D. 198, 6-18

snaca

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Gif hwá mid his fét ofstepð ǽttrig bán, snacan oððe nǽddran, Lch. i. 152, 2

súsl

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Habbað hí mid þám deófle þá écan súsle, Hml. S. 19, 238

un-genemnendlic

(adj.)
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un-genemnendlic, adj.
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Þá semninga wearð hé mid fǽrlicum and ungenæmnendlicum deáile forþ-féred subita et inopinata (has in(n)ominata been read ? the Greek version has ἀγνώστῳ) morte defunctus est, Gr. D. 341, 13

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un-gewitt

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un-gewitt, <b>. I.</b>
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Heó út eóde mid swá hálum and gesundum andgyte, swylce heó nǽfre ǽnig ungewit oððe unhǽle hire heáfodes næfde ita sanato sensu egressa est, ac si eam numquam insania capitis ulla tenuisset, Gr. D. 176, 25. Add

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weoruld-gestreón

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Þeáh þe him sié eal middangeard on geweald géseald mid eallum ðám welum and ðám weoruldgestreónum ðe heofen behwealfeð ábútan, Sal. K. 86, 2. Add

sáda

(n.)
Grammar
sáda, an; m.

A cord, halter, snare

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Mid sáde ( laqueo ) hine áwrigde, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 5

ofer-heortness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-heortness, e; f.

Excessive feeling

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Excessive feeling Mid oferheortnesse hé him wæs wánigende ǽgðer ge his ágene heardsǽlþa ge ealles ðæs folces with bursting heart he was bewailing both his own and the people's hard fortune, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 20

Linked entry: -heortness