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syn-wracu

(n.)
Grammar
syn-wracu, e; f.

The punishment of sin

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Ic ne heóld teala, ðæt mé Hǽlend mín bibeád; ic ðæs sceal geseón synwræce, 50, 2; Cri. 794

un-geleáffulness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geleáffulness, e; f.

Unbeliefincredulity

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Ne dó ðú æfter heora ungeleáffulnesse, Blickl. Homl. 237, 9. Ungeleáfulnesse, 241, 34. For hyra ungeleáffulnysse, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 58: 17, 20. Hé tǽlde hyra ungeleáffulnesse, for ðam ðe hí ne gelýfdon ðám ðe hine gesáwon of deáþe árísan, Mk. Skt. 16, 14

wynsum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wynsum-líc, adj.

Pleasantagreeable

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Þúhte fæger and wlitig heora líf and wynsumlíc, Blickl. Homl. 107, 30. Eall ðæt him hér on worlde wynsumlíc wæs, 111, 26: 115, 11

firlen

distance

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Þá gebróðra þe feorr beóð on geswince and hig ne magon for ðám fyrlene heora cyrcan gesécan, R. Ben. 78, 5. Þeáh þe hé on fyrlene wǽre, Hml. S. 6, no: 18, 174. Sum dǽl þæs folces on fyrlene wæs fram Mathathiam, 25, 237.

ge-dreóglǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dreóglǽcan, p. ge-dreóglǽhte
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To make seemly, set in order Menn dæftað heora hús and wel gedreóglǽcað, gif hí sumne freónd onfón willað tó him, þæt nán unðæslicnys him ne ðurfe derian, Hml. Th. ii. 316, 7. Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wolde gedreóhlǽcan his hámas, Hml. S. 6, 121.

Linked entry: -dreóglǽcan

ge-cwémnes

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On gecwémnessum heora in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Rdr. 140, 5. Add

scencan

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Eustachius gelǽdde hí intó his gesthúse, and út gangende bohte him wín and him scencte for heora micclan geswince, Hml. S. 30, 259.

un-gemæc

Grammar
un-gemæc, un-gemæcc.
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Heora ǽgþres méd and geearnung nis náht ungemæcce (ungelíce, v.l. ) on heofonum, 91, 15. Add

be-cípan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cípan, (-cýpan, q. v. in Dict.)

to sell

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to sell Swá hwæt swá hý heora geswinces becýpaþ, R. Ben. 136, 18. Þú becéptest ł þú sealdest vendidisti, Ps. L. 43, 13. Becýp (vende) eall þæt þú áhst, Mt. 19, 21: Scint. 59, 1. Gif man hwæt becýpan scyle . . .

Linked entry: be-cýpan

áþ-swaru

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-swaru, e; f.

An oath-swearinga solemn oathan oathjuramentum

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An oath-swearing, a solemn oath, an oath; juramentum For heora áþsware because of their oath, Jos. 9, 18. Ðæt he lange gehét mid áþsware what he long had promised on oath, Cd. 170; Th. 213, 26; Exod. 558: Ps. Th. 88, 3.

ge-fylsta

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Hí tó Antecríste búgað and weorþað his gefylstan eallum heora mihtum, Wlfst. 93, 10. Add

fúl-líce

(adv.)
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Add: in a physical sense Gif heora hwylc fúllíce oðþe gýmeleáslíce mynstres þing behwyrfe si quis sordide aut negligenter res monasterii tractaverit, R. Ben. 56, 11. Etan fúlíce on gangsetlum, E.

mán-full

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Sittaþ mánfulle (perversi) on heáhsetlum, and hálige under heora fótum þryccaþ, Bt. 4 ; F. 8, 14. Þás mánfullan men þe wé ymbe specað wǽron getealde for godas, Wlfst. 106, 15. Þára mánfulra forþforlǽtenesse on þás woruldspéda, Bt. 5, 1 ; F. 10, 22.

on-clifiende

(adj.)
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Hí him mid heora móde oncleofiað and onclifigende . . . ongytað mente ei inhaerent, atque inhaerendo . . . agnoscunt, Gr. D. 138, 34. Onclifende (inhaerendo) þam gáste se líchama byþ gehealden in écnesse, 264, 1

þeódan

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Sege úrum bróþrum ꝥ heora nǽnig hine ne þýde tó þám seócan bréþer nullus ex fratribus se ad eum morientem jungat, Gr. D. 344, 27. Utan þýdan ús tó þám úplican ríce, Verc. Först. 112, 10

plega

(n.)
Grammar
plega, an; m.
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Ðá hié æt hiora theatrum wǽron mid heora plegan ... heora plegan begán, 6, 2 ; Swt. 256, 10-14. Ða cild rídaþ on heora stafum, and manigfealde plegan plegiaþ, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 9.

Linked entries: plegan hand-plega

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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III. 3 :-- Hé begann tó stelenne on heora gewunan, Ælfc. T.

nán

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nán, [ = ne án]; pron.

not onenonenononeno mannothing

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Grammar nán, with other negatives Ne nán heora án nis ná læsse ðonne eall seó þrynnys and no one of them is less than all the Trinity, Homl. Th. i. 284, 1.

ge-wítan

(v.)
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Heó ( Hagar ) gewát engles lárum hire hláfordum (cf.

grówan

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Hwæðer sí þín ealde gýtsung of ðínum móde áwyrtwalod, þæt heó gýt grówan ne myht, Solil. H. 37, 15. Seó cirice mid gefeán and mid blisse grówende standeþ, Bl.