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nyllan

(v.)
Grammar
nyllan, = ne willan
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Ben. 20, 19

Linked entries: willan nillan

nytenness

(n.)
Grammar
nytenness, e; f.

ignorancelazinessdisgraceignominy

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Ben. 127, 10. laziness, disgrace, ignominy Netenes ðam se ðe forlét ignominia ei qui deserit, Kent. Gl. 454. On his netenesse in ignominia sua, 615. For módes mínes nytenysse propter mentis meae ignaviam, Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 7

Linked entries: nyten nitenness

twirǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
twirǽdness, e; f.
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Ben. Interl. 109, 17. Twirédnesse discordias, Kent. Gl. 1124

Linked entry: án-rǽdnes

and-sǽte

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Ben. 25, 7. Þá ansǽtan execranda, An. Ox. 1897. of that which is good Beóð láðe and tó andsǽte þá þe God lufiað, Wlfst. 89, 17

ang-sumnes

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Ben. 5, 17. Mid hyra anxsumnysse anxietate sua, Scint. 3, 5: Lch. iii. 200, 4. Anxumnyssum suspiria, anxietates, Hpt. Gl. 429, 61. Hé gehealt fram ancsumnyssum (angustiis) sáwle his, Scint. 79, 5

eáþ-módnes

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Ben. 23, 16. Eallon þám tó hǽlde þe his hálgan líchoman mid ealre eádmódnysse séceað, Chr. 1023; P. 156, 26. Hé geseah his þínene eádmódnesse (éðmódnisse, R.), Lk. 1, 48. Édmódnise humilitatem, p. 8, 10.

ge-hirwan

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Ben. 136, 5

Linked entry: ge-hyrwan

ge-lást

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Ben. 5, 4. a performance, what is performed as an obligation, a vow. Cf. gelǽstan; 2 Þé bið ágolden gelást tibi reddetur uotum, Ps. Rdr. 64, 2: Bl. Gl. Ic ágylde þé gelást míne reddam tibi uota mea, Ps.

ge-leahtrian

(v.)
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Ben. 109, 20. Geleahtrod mid heáfodlicum gyltum vitiatus capitalibus criminibus, Ll. Th. ii. 196, 16

ge-ortrúwian

(v.)
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Ben. I. 22, 11. <b>I a.</b> reflex. to cause (oneself) to despair, to despair :-- Ne geortrúwige nán man hine sylfne for his synna micelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 124, 30. ¶ ge-ortrúwod desperate :-- Hwilc ánwilnys and geortrúwad wylla, Hml.

on-sígan

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Ben. I. 12, 5

ríp

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D. 290, 20. v. bed-, bén-ríp

sceafan

(v.)
Grammar
sceafan, scafan;scóf; sceafen, scafen

To shave, scrape, shred, polish

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Ben. 121, 4. Hé scóf on halig wæter of ðam hálgan treówe, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 216. Man scóf ðæra bóca leáf and ða sceafþan dyde on wæter rasa folia codicum, et ipsam rasuram aquae immissam, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 37.

of-hreówan

(v.)

to cause grief or pityto feel pity

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Ben. 51, 20. Him of hreow ðæs mannes he was sorry for man, Homl.

of-settan

(v.)

to beset, press hard, oppress

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Ben. 58, 15: 59, 3. Mid weorces geswince ofsette, 63, 17: Homl. Th. ii. 120, 8.

ge-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þanc, -þonc, -þang, es: generally m. but sometimes n. [þanc will]

Mindwillopinionthoughtmensanimuscogitatio

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Ben. 65. Ðone fǽlan geþanc frine interroga me, Ps. Th. 138, 20. Se Hǽlend geseh hyra heortan geðancas Iesus videns cogitationes cordis illorum, Lk. Bos. 9, 47: Ps.

Linked entries: ge-þang ge-þonc

BLÁT

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÁT, comp. blátra; superl. blátast; adj.

Livid, pale, ghastlylividus, palliduslivor

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Ðæt biþ frécne wund, blátast benna that is a dangerous wound, most ghastly of sores, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 13; Cri. 771

Linked entry: ǽ-blǽte

holh

(n.)
Grammar
holh, holg, es; n.

A hollow, cavity, hole

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Bene autem hæc eadem fossa unius cubiti esse monstratur, Past. 33, 3; Swt. 219, 1-10. Ðǽr ðǽr se iil hæfde his holh ibi habuit foveam ericius, 35, 3; Swt. 241, 7. In ðæm wæs ðæt holg ðæs nearwan scræfes, Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 1

Linked entry: hol

be-sárgian

(v.)
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Ben. 21, 2. Hí gesáwon ꝥ him næs álýfed unálýfedlic þing tó dónne, and hí besárgodon ꝥ hí sceoldon hyra gewunan forlǽtan. Gr. D. 104, 18. Hý ná ne ceorien, ne mid móde besárgien non murmurarent, R. Ben. 65, 9.

Linked entry: sárgian

ge-tácnung

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Ben. 58, 9. a signal pæt sý mid sumere getácnunge gebeden and ná midmenniscre stefne sonitu cujuscumque signi potius petatur quam voce, R.