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ge-þafian

(v.)
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Ben. 119, 7. to assent to a request (dat.), acquiesce in a plan, an opinion, &c. Ne hió ne geþafoð éniges benum nec adquiescet cuiusquam precibus, Kent. Gl. 174.

an-gin

(n.)
Grammar
an-gin, -ginn, -gyn, on-gin, es; n.

A beginningattemptresolvepurposedesignundertakingopportunityinitiumprincipiumconatusinceptumcœptumoccasio

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Ben. 69

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sýfre

(adj.)
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sýfre, adj.
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Ben. 54, 8. Sig se abbod clǽne and sýfre and mildheort oportet eum esse castum, sobrium, misericordem, 118, 26. Sidefull man . . . gesceádwís and sýfre, Homl. Th. i. 596, 32. Fæste ðæt mód sýfre jejunet ut mens sobria, Hymn. Surt. 63, 3.

Linked entries: séfre sífre

teón-full

(adj.)
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teón-full, adj.
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Ben. 54, 9. Dú ne scealt nánne man wyrigan, ne nǽnne man tǽlan, ne teónful beón, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 359. Ys steór leás on múþe teónfulles ( contumeliosi ), Scint. 114, 9. Teónfulle wé synd contumeliosi sumus, 155, 14.

wan-hál

(adj.)
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wan-hál, adj.
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Ben. 51, 15. Ðýæs ðe án wannhál scép ealle ða eówde besmíte, Homl. Th. i. 124, 32. Swá hwylc man swá on gecynde óðerne wanhálne (debilem) dó, L. Ecg. C. 22 ; Th. ii. 148, 17. Ða ðe limseóce wǽron, wérige, wanhále, Andr. Kmbl. 1159 ; An. 580.

Linked entry: wan-hǽle

á-hwæþer

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Ben. 71, 17. Áþer oððe ettan oððe erian, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 25. v. áðor in Dict

Linked entries: ówþer hwæþer áþer

geond-stredan

(v.)
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Ben. 10, 19. Ꝥ sǽd . . . gindstréd oððe onǽled, Lch. i. 252, 10: 264, 22. <b>I a.</b> to scatter, disperse :-- On ðeódum þú gindstræcdest (dispersisti ) ús, Ps.

ge-cneordnes

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Ben. 138, 4. Gecneordnesse ꝥ geornfulnesse, An. Ox. 295. diligence, earnest endeavour Þone ðe hí lufedon on lífe, þám hí woldon deádum mid menniscre gecneordnysse ðénian, Hml. Th. i. 220, 32.

ildan

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Ben. 13, 16. to decay with age. Cf. ildu; <b>IIIa.</b> Ielde cararit (for curarit, Ald. 157, 8), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 55: 19, 37

hwónlíce

(adv.)
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Ben. 54, l. Tó-dæg wé habbað hwónlíce be hláf, ac tó-merigen wé sceolon habban genihtsumlíce (cf. quare de panis inopia vester animus contristatur ? Hodie quidem minus est, sed die crastina abundantes habebitis Gr. D. c. 21), Hml. Th. ii. 172, 2

irmþ

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Ben. 109, 20. poverty, destitution Hú ne hæfdest ; þú ðá earmþe (yrmþe, v. l.) þá þá þú welegost wǽre? tu hanc insufficientiam plenus opibus sustinebas), Bt. 26, 1 ; F. 92, 6. Ermðe (wiédle, v. l.) indigentiam, 26, 2 ; F. 94, 9.

seofon

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Ben. 37, 18. the abstract number seven Twía seofon beóð feówertýne, Angl. viii. 302, 45

be

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be, <b>. A. 11 b.</b>
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Ben. 66, 8. 8. Add Gif hé déð dǽdbóte be his synnum, Angl. xi. 114, 61. Sind fíf onlícnessa be hellegryre, Verc. Först. 90, 12 : Wlfst. 171, 3-4. [9) add :-- Be freóndan and be fremdan fadian gelíce, Ll.

Linked entry: bi-wrítan

wildan

(v.)
Grammar
wildan, p. de.

to tamesubdueto make submissivehave dominion overrulecontrolto take into one's powerto seize

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Ben. II, 12. Gyf mín hí ne beóþ wyldde si mei non fuerint dominati . Ps.

ofer-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-mód, adj.

Proud, arrogant, presumptuous

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Ben. 17, 15. Cild ácenned ofermód him sylfum gelícigende a child born on the thirteenth day of the moon will be arrogant, pleasing himself Lchdm. iii. 190, 14. Se ofermóda cyning Lucifer Cd. Th. 22, 9; Gen. 338.

tó-sceád

(n.)
Grammar
tó-sceád, es; n.

a separating,distinguishing,distinctionthe faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the minddiscriminationdiscerningdifference,diversity

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Ben. 12. 7. Mid ðæs micelum dómes tósceáde cum magna examinis discussione, Anglia xiii. 375, 141. the faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the mind, discrimination, discerning Se Hálga Gást sylþ his gife ðám ðe hé wile.

symbelness

(n.)
Grammar
symbelness, e; f.

Festivity, solemnityfestivity, feastinga religious festivalsolemnityfestive nature

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Ben. Interl. 43, 2. In dege mérum symbelnisse (sollemnitatis) eówerre, Ps. Surt. 80, 3. Symelnysse, Ps. Spl. 80, 3. On ðære Eástorlícan tíde symbelnysse in ipso tempore festi Paschalis, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 40.

Linked entries: symbel symbel-calic

rǽdere

(n.)
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rǽdere, es; m.
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Ben. 62, 2-15. a reader, scholar Swá swá ða geleáfullan rǽderas hit gesetton, Lchdm. iii. 256, 21. a reader, lector, the second of the seven orders Seofon hádas syndon gesette on cyrcan . . . óðer is lector ....

stíþ-líc

(adj.)
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stíþ-líc, adj.
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Ben. 16, 2. Sió æcs wient of ðæm hielfe ðonne of ðaere ðreátunga gáþ tó stíðlíco word ferrum de manubrio prosilit, cum de correptione sermo durior excedit, Past. 21, 7 ; Swt. 167, 10. Sege ús for hwí ðú ús ðus stíþlíce word tó sprece, H.

un-gesǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽlþ, e; f.

unhappinessillfortunecalamityunhappiness which consists in absence of moral good

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Ben. 135, 18

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