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mynster-munuc

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-munuc, es; m.

A monk who lives in a monastery

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Homl. Th. ii. 176, 23. Benedictus mid his mynstermunecum, 178, 33: i. 532, 33

Linked entry: munuc

ge-feaxode

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-feaxode, -fexode; adj.

Having hair ⬩ haired ⬩ cŏmātus

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Having hair, haired; cŏmātus Ða wǽron hwítes líchoman and fægres andwlitan men, and æðelíce gefeaxode [gefexode, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 19] they were men of white complexion and fair countenance, and having noble hair, Nat. S. Greg. Els. 12, 1

Linked entries: ge-feaxen ge-fexode

ge-fyrht

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyrht, ge-fyrhted; part. p.

Terrified ⬩ affrighted

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Homl. 221, 34

ge-rihtnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rihtnes, -ness, e; f.

A setting right, correction ⬩ correctio

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Homl. 163, 23

un-gebrocod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebrocod, adj.

Unafflicted ⬩ uninjured

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Ðonne hí gelýfaþ ðæt wé godas sind ... wé forlǽtaþ ðone líchaman ungebrocodne, and cépaþ ðære sáwle, Homl. Th. i. 464, 6

un-wemmed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemmed, adj.

Unspotted ⬩ undefiled ⬩ immaculate

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.), Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 437. On wege unwæmmedum in via immaculata, Ps. Spl. 100, 1, 7. Unuoemedo immaculatam, Rtl. 104, 18

Linked entry: un-gewemmed

un-gewǽpnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewǽpnod, adj.

Unarmed

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Ðá hét se cyning healdan Martinum, ðæt hé wurde áworpen ungewǽpnod ðam here, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 14. Ðá geseah Æþelfrið heora sacerdas sundor stondon ungewǽpnade, Bd. 2, 2; S. 503, 39

wiþ-neoþan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-neoþan, adv.

Beneath

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Beón hí beworpene mid wuda wiðneoðan, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 106

ryðða

(n.)
Grammar
ryðða, an; m.

A large dog, mastiff blood-hound

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Hé getígde ǽnne ormǽtne ryððan innan ðam geate ðǽr Petrus inn hæfde, ðæt hé hine ábítan sceolde, Homl. Th. i. 372, 34

Linked entries: hryðða roð-hund

út-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
út-scyte, es; n.

An out-shoot ⬩ outlet ⬩ place where a stream or road runs into another

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Útscytas ðara wega sind áteorung woruldlícera weorca, Homl. Th. i. 526, 11-14

heard-módness

(n.)
Grammar
heard-módness, e; f.

Hardness of mind or heart

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Hardness of mind or heart Stán is gesett ongeán ðone hláf forðan ðe heardmódnys is wiðerrǽde sóþre lufe a stone is put in opposition to bread, because hardness of mind is contrary to true love, Homl. Th. i. 252, 18

on-foreweardan

(prep.)
Grammar
on-foreweardan, prep. adv.

In front, in the front of, in the earlier part of

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In front, in the front of, in the earlier part of Onforeweardan ðysre race in the earlier part of this narrative, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 790. Malchus eode onforeweardan ( led the way ) in tó his ðám hálgan geféran, 23, 752

ge-teóþian

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

To tithe ⬩ give a tenth part

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To tithe, give a tenth part Ic ealle ða landáre ðe ic on Angla þeóde hæfde Gode into hálgan stówon geteóðode I gave a tenth part of all my landed property to God for holy places, Chart. Th. 116, 27

hlówan

(v.)
Grammar
hlówan, p. hleów

To low, ⬩ bellow, ⬩ make a loud noise

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Hlówendra fearras flǽsc the flesh of lowing oxen, Homl. Th. i. 590, 15

Linked entry: a-hlówan

tó-cwísedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cwísedness, e; f.

Crushed condition

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Ðá fǽrlíce wurdon ða gymstánas swá ansunde, ðæt furðon nán tácen ðære ǽrran tócwýsednesse næs gesewen that not even a trace of their having been crushed was visible, Homl. Th. i. 62, 16

Linked entry: cwísed-ness

scilfrung

(n.)
Grammar
scilfrung, e; f.

Shaking ⬩ balancing ⬩ swinging

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Homl. 99, 34. Scilbronge libramine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 72

Linked entries: scilbrong scylfring

scyttels

(n.)
Grammar
scyttels, scytels, es; m.

A bar ⬩ bolt

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O.) tóburston, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 348. Openiaþ ðás gatu and ða fæstan scytelsas, Wulfst. 230, 31. Scytelsas seras, Ps. Spl. 147, 2. Scettelsas, Hymn. Surt. 122, 28. Scyttylsum vectibus, Germ. 399, 349

Linked entry: scytels

sealt-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-fæt, es; n.

A vessel for salt ⬩ a salt-cellar

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Se Hǽlend bestang ðone hláf on ðæt sealtfæt ðe him beforan stód, Homl. As. 163, 254

gristbitung

(n.)
Grammar
gristbitung, e; f.
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Homl. 185, 7: Cd. 220; Th. 285, 7; Sat. 334. Gristbiotung, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 30. Gristbittung, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 28

Linked entry: gristbátung

ymb-standend

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-standend, es; m.

A by-stander

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Ðá cwæðse cásere tó ðám embstandendum, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 275. Sum mon of ðǽm ymbstondendum quidam de circumstantibus, Mk. Skt. Rush. Lind. 14, 47