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un-sceþþende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþende, adj.

Innocentharmless

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Ðæt hé ðære unsceþþendan ( innocuae ) ylde cilda ne árede, 2, 20; S. 521, 25. Ðone mildheortan and ðone unsceþþendan Crist, Blickl. Homl. 3, 11. Hí ða unscæþþendan ( innoxiam ) ðeóde forhergodon, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 6.

un-nyt

(n.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nytt, e; f.

Ill usedisadvantagehurt

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Ill use, disadvantage, hurt Gif hié ða trumnesse ðære Godes giefe him tó unnytte (-nyte, Hatt. MS.) gehweorfaþ si incolumitatis gratiam ad usum nequitiae inclinent, Past. 36; Swt. 246, 8.

weorold-sceamu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sceamu, e; f.
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Worldly shame, disgrace among men Wála ðære woruldscame, ðe nú habbaþ Engle. . . . Oft twégen sǽmen oððe þrý drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽ tó sǽ. . . ús eallum tó woruldscame, Wulfst. 163, 3-7.

wiþer-cora

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cora, an; m.

an adversaryopponentrebela reprobate person

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Mid micelre geornfulnysse gewilniaþ ða wiðercoran (the wicked in hell ) ðæt hí móton of ðære susle ðe hí on cwylmiaþ, Homl. Th. i. 332, 19

Linked entry: -cora

dim

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On ðǽre dimman ádle in that miserable malady, Gú. 1135. dark, wicked; Gen. 685

fágettan

to quibble

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Voc. ii. 130, 35. v. fág) Se fulla móna fágettað, þonne hé ðæs sunlican leóhtes bedǽled bið þurh ðǽre eorðan sceadwunge, Hml. Th. i. 608, 33. to quibble, use with double meaning Cwæð Ualerianus tó ðám cýðere : "Ágif ðá mádmas."

mǽrsung

Grammar
mǽrsung, <b>. II.</b>
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Wé on lofsangum hyre mǽrða cýðað, ꝥ heó ús þingige tó hyre suna, ꝥ hé ús miltsige for ðǽre mǽrsunge þe wé hyre gedóó, Hml. A. 25, 34. ' v. sealmsang-, wíd-mǽrsung

notian

(v.)
Grammar
notian, <b>I a.</b>
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</b> :--- Feoh þe man on fyrndagum slóh, and on ðǽra yldrena cásera tíman notode, 615. Ðis synd þára bóca tácn þe mon on cyrican tó godcundum þeówdóme notigan sceal . . .

wiþ-sacan

Grammar
wiþ-sacan, <b>. I.</b>
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Hé forhtade for ðǽre Drihtnes eádmódnysse . . . Se man ána wæs ꝥte eádmódnysse wiðsóc, and hwæðere for hýrsumnysse geþafode. Hml.

sceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
sceorfan, scearf, scurfon; scorfen

To gnawbitescarify

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Gærstapan frǽton ealle ða gærscíðas ðe bufan ðære eorþan wǽron ge furðon ða wyrttruman sceorfende wǽron locustarum nubes, exhaustis omnibus, ipsas quoque radices seminum persequentes Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 12

Linked entries: ge-sceorpan scearfian

winter-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
winter-líc, adj.

Of winterwinter

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Fram heánesse ðære winterlícan sunnan uppgange ab alto brumalis exortus, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 42. Tó ðam winterlícan sunnstede, Lchdm. iii. 250, 24. Hí ongynnaþ heora geár æfter hǽðenum gewunan on winterlícere tíde, 246, 16.

clýsing

(n.)
Grammar
clýsing, clýsung, e; f.

A CLOSINGinclosureconclusion of a sentenceperiodclaustrumperiodusπερίοδος

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A CLOSING, inclosure, conclusion of a sentence, period; claustrum, periodus = περίοδος Seó fæstnung ðære hellícan clýsinge ne geþafaþ ðæt ða wiðercoran ǽfre útabrecon the fastening of the hellish inclosure never allows the wicked to break out Homl.

Linked entry: clýsung

on-drysnu

(n.)
Grammar
on-drysnu, -desnu; f.

fearreverence

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Th. 122, 2. reverence Hié hæfdan miccle lufan and geleáfan tó ðære ciricean, and eác heálíco ondrysnu ( profound reverence for the church ), Blickl. Homl. 205, 9

tin

(n.)
Grammar
tin, es; n.

Tin

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Suá hwá ðonne suá lícet on ðære swingellan, hé biþ ðæm tine gelíc inne on ðæm ofne, Past. 37; Swt. 269, 2-5. Tinnes stagni, Hpt. Gl. 431, 69. Ðiss folc is geworden mé tó áre and tó tine and tó íserne and tó leáde, Past. 37; Swt. 267, 17.

liþ

(n.)
Grammar
liþ, es; m. n.

A jointlithlimb

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Skt. 16, 24, On ðone liþ ðæra eaxla, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 12. On ðæt liþ, 1, 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 6. Liþu artus, Wrt. Voc. 64, 77. Ða máran liþa artus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 71, 4; Wrt. Voc. 43, 58.

Linked entries: leoþu lid

níde

(adv.)
Grammar
níde, neáde, neóde, níde, niéde, nýde; adv. ( a case of níd, q. v.).

of necessityas a naturalinevitable consequencefrom force of circumstancesof necessitybecause a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfiedfrom forceunder compulsionwithout free-will

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Ðǽr ðǽr ðú neóde irsian scyle, gemetiga ðæt ðeáh, Prov. Kmbl. 24.

be-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sittan, to be-sittanne; p. -sæt, -sætt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten, [be by, near, sittan to sit].

to sit round, surround, beset, besiegecircumdare, cingere, obsidereto be in session, to hold sessionsto posessconsidere,possidere

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Antigones hine bedráf into ánum fæstenne and hine ðǽr besæt Antigonus drove him into a fastness and besieged him there, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 18 : Chr. 1l06; Erl. 241, 8.

Linked entry: be-seten

þeów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-dóm, es; m.
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</b> service of the church, divine service :-- On mynstre ðǽr lytel þeówdóm sý, L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 22. Nú habbaþ hig ðæt mynster gesett mid preóstan, and willaþ ðǽr habban þeówdóm eall swá man hæfþ on Paules byrig on Lundene, Chart.

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es;
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Suove-taurili æt ðǽrn geldum ðǽr wǽs swín and sceáp and fear, ii. 31, 33: 86, 33. Mára ic eom. and fǽttra ðonne ámæsted swin, Exon. Th. 428, 9; Rä. 41, 105. Binnan cirictúne ǽnig hund ne cume, ne swín ðe má, L. Edg. C. 26; Th. ii. 250, 8.

Linked entries: swín-líca swýn swun

mircels

(n.)
Grammar
mircels, es; m.: e; f.

a signmarktokena mark to aim ata signetsealan ensigna trophya marked spot

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that would turn man's hand from thy face, Exon. 39 a; Th. 129, 30; Gú. 429. a marked spot Hé hét ða gebróðru ádelfan ǽnne pytt, ðǽr ðǽr hé ǽr gemearcode ... Ða gebróðru ðá eodon tó ðam mercelse, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 1-6