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ful-neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-neáh, full-neáh, ful-néh; adv.

Full nearly ⬩ very nearly ⬩ almost ⬩ prŏpe ⬩ fĕre

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Se yfela willa unrihthǽmedes gedréfþ fulneáh ǽlces libbendes monnes mód the evil desire of unlawful lust disquiets the mind of almost every living man, Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 25: 4; Fox 8, 18: 11; Fox 30, 18: Bt. Met. Fox 18, 8; Met. 18, 4

HREÁW

(adj.)
Grammar
HREÁW, hrǽw [also written hreów]; adj.

RAW ⬩ uncooked

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Gif hí mon hreáwe swylgeþ if they are swallowed raw, L. Med. ex Quadr. 4, 10; Lchdm. i. 344, 16. Flǽscmettas hreáwe carnes crudas, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 13

Linked entry: hreów

léf

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
léf, [or lef?]; adj.

Weak ⬩ injured ⬩ infirm

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Léf mon lǽces behófaþ a sick man needs a doctor, Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 8; Gn. Ex. 45. On féðe líf seonobennum seóc weak for walking, sick with sinew-wounds, 87 b; Th. 328, 16; Vy. 18.

racente

(n.)
Grammar
racente, an; f.
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Ðonne hié mon on racentum beforan hiera triumphan drifon regibus catenatis ante currum actis, Ors. 5; 1 ; Swt. 214, 16. Restart on racentum, Cd. Th. 28, 11 ; Gen. 434

Linked entry: racete

ge-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feallan, p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. feallen

To fall ⬩ cadere ⬩ decidere

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Ðá gefeól hire mód on his lufe then she fell in love with him, Th. Apol. 17, 18 : 1, 13. Sóðlíce ðín dóhtor gefeól on swégcræft, ac heó næfþ hine ná wel geleornod thy daughter indeed has attempted [?] music, but she has not learnt it well, 16, 23

ge-lóme

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lóme, adv.

Often, frequently, continually, repeatedly ⬩ sæpe, frĕquenter, contĭnuo, crebro ⬩ frequenter

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Wæs he se mon ǽfest on his dǽdum and gelóme on hálgum gebedum ĕrat relĭgiōsis actĭbus, crebris prĕcĭbus, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 6. Oft and gelóme very frequently, Bt. Met. Fox 30, 10, 14; Met. 30, 5, 7 : Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 11 : 959; Erl. 119, 25.

Linked entry: -lóme

ge-niwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niwian, p. ode; pp. od, ad

To renew, make new, change ⬩ renovare, innovare

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On sumum geáre byþ se móna twelf síðon geniwod fram ðære hálgan Eáster-tíde óþ eft Eástron; and on sumum geáre he biþ þreóttyne síðon geedniwad in some years the moon is twelve times changed [renewed] from the holy Easter time till Easter again ; and

reliquias

(n.)
Grammar
reliquias, pl. m.

Relics of saints

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Mon byrþ his heáfod tó reliquium, Shrn. 57, 26 : Blickl. Homl. 127, 12, 16. Mid háligdóme of ðæs Hǽlendes róde ... and of Martines reliquium, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 74.

temian

(v.)
Grammar
temian, p. ede, ode
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Mon temeþ his unáliéfde lustas mid ðǽm wordum ðære hálgan láre, Past. 56; Swt. 433, 12. Gewylt, temaþ domat, superat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 73. Hé ðone ealdan líchoman swencte and temede ( domabat ), Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 36.

þwǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
þwǽnan, p. de

To soften by moisture, ointment ⬩ to soften

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Sceal mon mid útyrnendum drencum áteón út ða horhehtan wǽtan. Þwǽne mid ðý ǽrest, Lchdm. ii. 222, 26. Gif ðú wylle mannes wambe þwǽran, i. 82, 11

Linked entry: þwénan

un-hlísa

(n.)
Grammar
un-hlísa, an; m.

Ill-fame ⬩ evil report ⬩ discredit ⬩ infamy

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Ðǽm hádum ðe mon nánes unhlýsan æt wénan ne þorfte, L. E. I. 12; Th. ii. 410, 9. Ðá cwæð Eugenia, ðæt heó eáþe mihte ðæs forligeres unhlísan hí beládian, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 205. Tó unhlísan infamiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 48.

wódlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wódlíce, adv.

madly ⬩ furiously ⬩ franticly ⬩ blasphemously

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Hé mót wódlíce derian, Wulfst. 85, 5.

Linked entry: wód

wíte-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-rǽden, wíte-rǽdenn, e; f.

punishment ⬩ fine

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Bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wér gegolden sié, L. In. 71 ; Th. i. 148, 4. Náh hé ðǽr náne wíterǽdenne he cannot exact any fines, 50; Th. i. 134, 4

Linked entry: wíte

be-wreón

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Hí mon mid wrigelse bewríhþ, Bl. H. 61, 16. Biwráh revelabit, Ps. Srt. 28, 9. Bewreogon contexerunt. Ps. Spl. 54, 5. Bewreóh ðé wearme wrap yourself up warmly, Lch. ii. 116, 19: 118, 9. Bewreóh ꝥ wíf wel, 330, 21. Bewreów, 338, 17.

bóc-cræft

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Men þe wǽron geswincfulleste on bóccræfte men that studied most laboriously, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 21. Mid mé þú bóccræft leornodest thou wert my scholar, Ap. Th. 21, 17.

eác

(prep.)
Grammar
eác, prep.
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Ðæt is nú þæs líchoman gód, ꝥ mon sié fæger and strang ... and manegu óþru gód tó eác þǽm (eác þǽm, v. l.), Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 32. ¶ eác þǽm (þon) besides, moreover :-- Aec ðon quin etiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 54. Eác þon ceterum, Nar. 9, 14.

fandung

trial ⬩ testing ⬩ trial ⬩ experiment

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Áfandað God þæs mannes mód on mislicum fandungum . . . Wel God wát hú hit getímað on þǽre fandunge . . . þurh ðá fandunge se man sceal geþeón, gif hé þám costnungum wiðstent, Hml.

feóung

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Ðæt geþreátude mód bið swíðe hræðe gehwierfed tó feóunga correpti mens repente ad odium proruit, 166, 14. Feóunga exosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 72: 31, 38. Becóm on hatunga his herges and on feóunga Rómána folces, Bl. H. 193, 2.

gemót-mann

(n.)
Grammar
gemót-mann, es; m.
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Voc. ii. 79, 16 : 18, 18. a member of a council, a counsellor, v. ge-mót; II. 2 a Gemótman decurio [cf. decurio, consiliarius (-=Mk. 15, 43: Joseph nobilis decurio an honourable counsellor, A. V.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 34], Ælfc. Gr.

ge-wísian

(v.)
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Add: to shew, point out something (acc.) to a person (dat. ) Ðus him gewísede se Ǽðelwaldes mon ðá gemǽru, C. D. v. 141, 29. Ꝥ hió swá myceles his onfón sceolde swá seó hind hire gewísede, Lch. iii. 426, 29. to direct a person. with acc.