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níþ-wracu

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-wracu, gen. -wræce; f.

Severe punishment

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Severe punishment Ða fǽmnan hét þurh níþwræce nacode þennan, and mid sweopum swingan, Exon. Th. 253, 28; Jul. 187. Cwom Nabochodonossor of níþwracum ( his exile among the beasts of the field ), Cd. Th. 257, 28; Dan. 664

ge-trymnes

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

An exhortationpersuasiona setting in orderan arrayinghortātus

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An exhortation, persuasion, a setting in order, an arraying; hortātus Mid his getrymnesse ejus hortātu, Bd. 1, 33; S. 498, 35. Gitrymniso ortamenta, Rtl. 56, 4. Fyrdweorodes getrymnes the arraying of a host, Blickl. Homl. 91, 36

bláwung

(n.)
Grammar
bláwung, e; f.

A BLOWINGflatus

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[bláwan to blow; flare] A BLOWING; flatus Ðá hét Gedeon his geféran habban heora býman him mid to ðære bláwunge then Gideon commanded his companions to have their trumpets with them for the blowing, Jud. 7, 16

Linked entry: a-bláwung

ge-métnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-métnes, -ness, e; f.

A finding, discoveryinventio

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A finding, discovery; inventio Se dæg heora þrówunga ge heora líchoman gemétnesse mid árwurþre weorþunge on ðám stówum mǽrsode syndon dies passiōnis vel inventiōnis eōrum congrua illis in lŏcis vĕnĕrātiōne celebrātur, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 18

sib-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sib-líc, adj.
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Of peace Mid siblícum cosse, Homl. Skt. i. 22, 31. God biddan ðæt hé forgefe siblíce tíd and smyltelíco gewidra, Shrn. 74, 11. Wé sceolan ús geearnian ða siblecan wǽra Godes and manna, Blickl. Homl. 111, 3

þæslícness

(n.)
Grammar
þæslícness, e; f.
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Fitness, meetness, agreement with what is right Ða hláfordas hé manode ðæt hí milde wǽron heora ðeówum mannum mid þæslícnysse (v. Col. 4, 1 : Domini, quod justum est et aequum, servis praestate), Homl. Th. ii. 326, 27

un-gefrédelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gefrédelíce, adv.

With insensibilitycallously

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With insensibility, callously Hié beóð tó ðreágeanne and tó swinganne mid swá micle máran wíte suá hié ungefrédelícor beóð áheardode on hiera unðeáwum tanto acriori invectione feriendi sunt, quanto majori insensibilitate duruerunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265

Linked entry: ge-frédelíce

blód-dolg

(n.)
Grammar
blód-dolg, (-h), es; n.
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Gif þú ne mæge blóddolh (-dolg, 16, 6) áwríþan . . . lege ꝥ dust on cláð, wríþ mid þý ꝥ blóddolh, Lch. ii. 148, 7-15

dæg-þerne

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-þerne, adj.
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Day, for use in the day time Gán hí and hí mid dægþernum ( diurnalibus ) tyslian gescýum, Angl. xiii. 383, 259. Tó unscrýdende dægþerne scós ad exuendos diurnales calceos, 392, 390. [Diurnales dicuntur calcei quibus interdiuu] Cf. nihterne

eást-healf

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Seó Asia on ǽlce healfe is befangen mid sealtum wætre búton on eásthealfe Asia absque orientali parte undique circumdata est mari, Ors. 1, 1; S. 12, 12. On eásthealfe þæs landes líþ gársecg, S. 14, 2. Add

flocc-mǽlum

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Hí nocmǽlum fécdon mid heora híwum, Hml. S. 25, 235. Add

leáfa

Grammar
leáfa, (?), l. leáfa,
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and add Hié gesetton . . . ꝥ þá woruldhláfordas móston mid hiora leáfan . . . fiohbóte onfón, Ll. Th. i. 58, 7. Bútan bisceopes leáfan sine venia episcopi ii. 170, 21. Be his scriftes leáfan cum confessarii sui venia 224, 33

léc

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Hwæt secge ic be eágum mínum . . . þá mé mid léce forhwyrfdon unrihtum ? quid dicam de oculis meis . . . qui me intuitu perverterunt iniquo? Angl. xi. 118, 50. Hé wæs gestæððig on his léce, Hml. S. 31, 296. Add

or-met

Grammar
or-met, or-mett.
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Gearu tó ánwíge mid ormettre wápnunge, Hml. S. 18, 21. Þá gelæhte se ealdorman ǽnne ormetne flint, 11, 102. Gif God forlǽt þá sáwle for ormættum synnum, þonne swælt heó on þǽm sǽlran dǽle, 1, 144. Add

tó-feallan

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Þysre burge getimbrunga syndon mid gelómlicum hryrum tófeallene aedificia urbis ruinis crebrescentibus prosternuntur, Gr. D. 134, 12. Add

un-wynsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wynsumness, e; f.

Unpleasantness

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Se mann gewyrðeþ tóswollen and tó stence áwended mid unwynsumnysse, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50; 23

Linked entry: wynsumness

wæccer

(adj.)
Grammar
wæccer, wæcer; adj.

Vigilantwatchful

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Mid wæccere (wæccre, Bd. M. 84, 2) móde is tó smeágeanne vigilanti mente pensandum est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 2

Linked entry: wæcer

smeá-mete

(n.)
Grammar
smeá-mete, es; pl. -mettas; m.

A delicacy

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Disc mid cynelícum mettum (smeámettum, MS. B.) gefylled discus, regalibus epulis refertus Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 15

á-wirgedness

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Búton bletsunge, mid deófles áwyrigednysse, Hml. Th. i. 100, 33. Bútan áwyrgodnysse, Hml. A. 45, 522 note. Geheald þíne tungan fram áwyrgednyssum, Wlfst. 246, 14

Linked entry: wirgedness

beald-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
beald-wyrde, adj.

Bold in speechsaucy

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Se cwellere mid gebolgenum móde cwaeð: 'Gif ðes bealdwyrda (this saticy priest) biscop ácweald ne bið, siððan ne bið úre ege ondrǽdendlic,' Hml. Th. i. 420, 2

Linked entry: -wyrde