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cépa

(n.)
Grammar
cépa, an; m.

A chapman, merchant ⬩ mercator

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A chapman, merchant; mercator Nǽnig cépa ne seah ellendne wearod no merchant saw a foreign shore, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 58; Met. 8, 29. Ne geseah nán cépa eáland no merchant visited an island, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 13.

Linked entry: cǽpe-hús

ge-lygnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lygnian, ge-lygenian; p. ode; pp. od
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mé nán ðing,' Hml.

mǽting

(n.)
Grammar
mǽting, e; f.

A dream

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A dream On xxii nihta seó mǽtinga biþ eall costunge full; ne biþ ðæt ná gód swefen, Lchdm. iii. 156, 7. Gé mǽtinge míne ne cunnon, Cd. 179; Th. 224, 24; Dan. 141

DEÓFOL

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓFOL, deóful, dióful; contracted to deófl; gen. es; dat. ; nom. pl.deóflu , deófol; gen. deófla; m. n.

DEVIL ⬩ diabŏlus

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Se deófol ne wunode ná on sóþfæstnysse, forðamðe seó soþfæstnyss nis náteshwon on him the devil abided not in the truth, because the truth is not in any wise in him Hexam. 10; Norm. 16, 18. Ðæt he ðone deófol adrífe ut dæmŏnium ejicĕret, Mk.

Linked entry: deóful

ge-feohan

(v.)

to rejoice

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to rejoice Gefeoh nú on ferþe rejoice now in mind, Hy. 11, 1; Hy. Grn. ii. 294, 1

Linked entry: ge-feagan

offrung-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-dæg, es ; m.
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The feast of unleavened bread Þá offrungdagas wé ná ne begýmaþ azimas non observamus, An. Ox. 40, 23

on-cýþig

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Nú þú cunnon miht h[wæt on wo]rdum wæs werum oncýðig, Hpt. 33, 73, 12

Linked entry: cýþig

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.

to hesitate ⬩ shrink ⬩ flinch ⬩ be influenced by

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Ne hit for ðæm bryne wandode ðæs hátan léges nec ignium tardatus ardoribus, Nar. 15, 20. Ne wanda ðú for rícum ne for heánum ne for nánum scette non accipies personam nec munera, Deut. 16, 19.

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

un-fyrn

Grammar
un-fyrn, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hé wæs nú unfyrn (nú for lyttlum fyrste, v.l.) forðféred ante non longum tempus defunctus est, Gr. D. 71, 18. add "Hé deád byð unfyrn" . . . þírn ódran dæge æfter þæs Godes weres cwide hé his líf geendode, 62, 28.

lid

(n.)
Grammar
lid, es; n.

A vessel ⬩ ship

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Seó [the dove] eft ne com tó lide [the ark ] fleógan, Cd. 72; Th. 89, 11; Gen. 1479. Lǽt nú geferian flotan úserne, lid tó lande, Andr. Kmbl. 795; An. 398

á-bígan

(v.)

to deflect, turn away

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to deflect, turn away Hé ná ne áflýmde ne ne ábýgde fram him sylfum ðone ege his módes the verbs here seem a mistranslation of divulgavit in the original Gr. D. 107, 16. Ne mihton hí ðone streám ábýgan deflectere 192, 24.

ge-beorglic

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Gif hwá hæfð his hláforde sáre ábolgen, ne bið him ná gebeorhlic, þæt hé in him ætforan gá, ǽr hé gebéte; ne húru ne bið ná gebeorhlíc þám þe wið God hæfð forworht hine sylfne . . . þæt hé tó hrædlíce intó Godes húse racige, Wlfst. 155, 16-21.

Linked entries: -beorglic ge-beorhlic

nytenness

(n.)
Grammar
nytenness, e; f.

ignorance ⬩ laziness ⬩ disgrace ⬩ ignominy

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Ðæt men for nytennysse misfaran ne sceolon, 314. 5. Ðú cniht ne cúðest manna Hǽlend ... Nú ic for ðínre nytennysse geornlíce bæd, i. 66, 30. Se ðe tódrǽfde ealle nytennysse ðære ealdan nihte, 36, 29. Crist mæg ðíne nytennysse (MSS. C.

Linked entries: nyten nitenness

á-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
á-cirran, p. de

To turn away, turn over, change

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Et nú ðás sídan ðe gehirsted is, and ácer mé on ðá óþre, Shrn. 116, 6. Ácyraþ verte, Kent. Gl. 398. Ne ácerre ne avertaris, Mt. L. 5, 42. Of ácerred evertendam, Lk. p. 10, 4.

Linked entries: a-cerran á-cyrran

strengel

(n.)
Grammar
strengel, es; m.
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One who strengthens or emboldens, a gallant leader Nú sceal gléd fretan wígena strengel ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 6222 ; B.3115

un-freóndlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-freóndlíce, adv.

In an unfriendly manner

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In an unfriendly manner Wé ðé freóndlíce wíc getǽhton, ðú ús leánest nú unfreóndlíce, Cd. Th. 162, 30; Gen. 2689

un-slopen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-slopen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Unloosed

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Unloosed Æfter þúsend geárum bið Satanas unbunden ... and nú syndon Satanases bendas swýðe tóslopene (unslopene, MS. H.), Wulfst. 83, 9

gnorn

Grammar
gnorn, sorrow.
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Nú is hálwende þæt man hér wépe . . . Glæd bið se Godes sunu gif þú gnorn þrowast, Dóm. L. 86. Add

hwidere

(adv.)
Grammar
hwidere, hwidre; adv.
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Whither Ac ðǽr ðú ongeáte hwidre ic þé nú teohhie tó lǽdanne, Bt. 22, 2 ; F. 78, l. Cf. hidere

Linked entries: hwidre hidere

un-gewidere

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Hé ne mihte ná gán út of þám húse for þám ungewydere, Gr. D. 168, 14. Cf. mis-gewidere. Add