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munuc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-stów, e; f.

A place for monks ⬩ locus monachorum

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A place for monks; locus monachorum, Bd. 3, 24; 5. 556, 42

borettan

(v.)
Grammar
borettan, p. te

brandish

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To move to and fro, brandish Borettið, borętit vibrat, Txts. 107, 2147

cnyttels

(n.)
Grammar
cnyttels, es; m?

A knitting thread ⬩ string ⬩ thong; ⬩ nervus

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A knitting thread, string, thong; nervus Strenga, cnyttelsa nervorum Mone B. 2858

bysmrigan

(v.)

to mock, revile

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to mock, revile, Mt. Bos. 20, 19; Andr. Kmbl. 2713; An. 1359

eosul-cwearn

(n.)
Grammar
eosul-cwearn, e; f.

An ass-mill, a mill turned by asses ⬩ ăsĭnāria mŏla

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An ass-mill, a mill turned by asses; ăsĭnāria mŏla, Cot. 16

morþ-wyrhta

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Ðider ( to hell ) sculan mánsworan and morð-wyrhtan, Wlfst. 26, 16. Add

tó-worpenness

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Add: overthrow, subversion Druncen is micel módes tóworpennys ( subuersio ), Chrd. 74, 15

cneordnys

(n.)
Grammar
cneordnys, -nyss, e; f.

Diligence ⬩ study ⬩ learning ⬩ studium ⬩ disciplina

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Diligence, study, learning; studium, disciplina Cneordnysse studio, disciplina Mone B. 2464:1034

greát

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Gif mon þá greátan sinwe forsleá, Ll. Th. i. 100, 3. Mycele cneówu and hindan greáte genibus nodosis, Guth.

seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
seóc, ;adj.

Sick ⬩ ill ⬩ sick at heart ⬩ ill at ease ⬩ sad

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Gif mon sý ðære healfdǽdan ádle seóc, Lchdm. ii. 284, 31. Seó lange mettrumnes ðæs seócan mannes, Blickl. Homl. 59, 28. Swá swá lǽca gewuna is ðonne hió seócne (siócne, Cott. MS.) mon gesióþ, Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 26. Ða ðe on sáre seóce lágun, Exon.

tó-liþian

(v.)
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Add: to relax þæs módes sceát byð tóleoðod (-liðod, v.l.) mentis laxatur sinus, Gr. D. 173, 9.

hreów

(n.)
Grammar
hreów, e; f.

Sorrow ⬩ regret ⬩ penitence ⬩ penance ⬩ repentance

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Ne hé wihte hafaþ hreówe on móde ðæt him hálig gǽst losige he hath not regret for the loss of his holy spirit, Exon. 30 b; Th. 95, 16; Cri. 1558. Hreówum tornost most grievous of sorrows, Beo. Th. 4265; B. 2129.

clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽne, adj.
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Se láreów sceal bión clǽne ( mundus ) on his móde, Past. 75, 18. Þæt hié gehealdað hiera líchoman firenlusta clǽnne, 40, 14. Ne magon wé nǽfre gereccan þone yfelan mon clǽnne and untwifealdne, Bt. 36, 6; F. 182, 19. Clǽne lautos (biblos ), Wrt.

brún-basu

(adj.)
Grammar
brún-basu, -baso; adj.

brown ⬩ purple ⬩ Dark-purple, purple, purple-red, scarlet ⬩ purpureus, ostriger, coccineus, puniceus

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Brúnbasne coccineum, Mone B. 6153. Ðý brúnan oððe ðý brúnbasewan puniceo, Cot. 183

barda

(n.)
Grammar
barda, an; m.

A beaked ship ⬩ a ship pointed with iron ⬩ rostrata navis

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A beaked ship, a ship pointed with iron; rostrata navis,Mone A. 131

Linked entry: barþa

flít-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
flít-ful, -full; adj.

Contentious ⬩ dialectical ⬩ contentiōsus ⬩ dialectĭcus ⬩ διαλεκτικός

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Contentious, dialectical; contentiōsus, dialectĭcus = διαλεκτικός Flítfulles dialectĭcæ, Mone B. 3304. Flífulra dialectĭcōrum, 3164

fela-sprecol

(adj.)
Grammar
fela-sprecol, adj.

Talkative ⬩ loquacious

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Talkative, loquacious Móna se ehteóða . . . cild ácenned . . . ofermód, felasprecol, Lch. iii. 192, 22

Linked entries: fela-specol sprecol

tó-lǽtan

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Þæs módes bósum byð tólǽten mentis laxalur sinus, Gr. D. 173, 9. Add

for-spennend

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Gl. 481, 34, For Mone B. 3130 Substitute

wanian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
wanian, p. ode. I. trans.

To make less ⬩ lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ curtail ⬩ to bring within narrower limits ⬩ to abate ⬩ check ⬩ reduce ⬩ to cause to cease or fail ⬩ to bring to nought ⬩ destroy ⬩ frustrate ⬩ to put in an inferior position ⬩ To wane ⬩ become less ⬩ decrease ⬩ diminish ⬩ to wane ⬩ become inferior ⬩ decline ⬩ decay

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Hé bebeád ðæt mon nǽnne mon ne slóge, and eác ðæt man nánuht ne wanade ne ne yfelade ðæs ðe on ðǽm ciricum wǽre dato praecepto, ut si qui in sancta loca confugissent, hos inviolatos securosque esse sinerent, Ors. 6, 38 ; Swt. 296, 32. (3 a) to weaken,

Linked entry: a-wanian