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un-áreht

(adj.)

undiscussednot expounded

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undiscussed, not expounded Nú hæbbe wé gereht be welan and be anwealde, and ðæt ilce wé magon reccan be ðám þrím ðe wé unáreht (unreht, Cott. MS.) habbaþ similiter ratiocinari de honoribus, gloria, voluptatibus licet, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 21

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un-gelífendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífendlíc, adj.

Incredibleextraordinary

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Ic ðé mæg tǽcan óþer ðing ðe dysegum monnum wile ðincan get ungeléfendlícre (-léfed-, Cott. MS.) hoc quod dicam, non minus mirum videatur, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 198, 30

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un-gewisness

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

Uncertaintyignorance

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Uncertainty, ignorance Ða ðe ðurh ungewisnysse ( per ignorantiam) synne fremmaþ ... ða ðe him ne ondrǽdaþ witende (sciendo ) syngian, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 36.

ceir

(n.)
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ceir, (cér, cír ?)
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Ceir mín tó cyme. Of grundum ic geceigde clamor meus ad te veniat. De profundis clamavi, 183, 10-15: 170, 27: 171, 21: 174, 23. Cf. cígan (ceigan)

on-æðele

(adj.)
Grammar
on-æðele, adj.

Natural, in accordance with the nature of a thing

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Natural, in accordance with the nature of a thing Eallum treówum, ðe him onæðele biþ, ðæt hit on holte hýhst geweaxe (cf. ðám treówum ðe him gecynde biþ up heáh tó standanne,) (Bt. 25); (Fox 88, 21), Met. 13, 51

Linked entry: ge-æðele

deáþ-lic

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H. 197, 16. mortal, grievous Underlútan ꝥ deáþlice geoc ( mortale jugunt; cf. þæt swǽre gioc, Met. 10, 20), Bt. 19; F. 68, 27. dead Hrǽwas oððe ðá deáþlican morticina, Ps. L. 78, 2

ágen-nys

(n.)
Grammar
ágen-nys, -nyss, e; f.

An owninga possessionpropertypossessio

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An owning, a possession, property; possessio,S. de Fide Cathol

a-fandigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
a-fandigendlíc, -fandelíc, -fandodlíc; adj.

What may be triedprovedprobableprobabilis

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What may be tried, proved, probable; probabilis,Scint. de prædest

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syflige

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Be óðrum sifligum de ceteris pulmentaris, Chrd. 126, 3. Add

wudu-feoh

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Wudufeoh lucas, pecunia de lucis, Hpt. 31, 12, 255. Add

tó-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-glídan, p. -glád; pp. -gliden

To glide in different directions,glide awayto be dissipated, dispersed, dispelled, to disappear, vanish, pass awayto fall to pieces,collapseto slip away

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Met. 7, 34. to slip away Ðeáh ðe ðás cáseras him háton gewyrcean heora byrgene of marmanstáne and útan emfrætewian mid reádum golde, ðeáhhwæðere se deáð hit eal tódǽlþ ; ðonne biþ ðæt gold tósceacen, and ða gymmas tóglidene (the gems have slipped from

forþian

(v.)
Grammar
forþian, p. ode; pp. od

To furtheraidassistadvanceperformpromŏvēre

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Ðæt he Godes circan forþige ut Dei ecclēsias promŏveat, L. I. P. 2; Wilk. 147, 34

Linked entries: forþ-dǽd ge-forþian

teóðung-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
teóðung-georn, adj.
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Sedulous in paying tithes Ælmysgeorn and cyricgeorn and teóþunggeorn tó Godes cyricean and earmum mannum eleemosynas libenter erogans, et ad ecclesiam libenter frequens, et sedulo decimas erogans ecclesiae Dei ac pauperibus, L. Ecg.

un-dígollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-dígollíce, adv.

Not secretlyopenlyclearlyplainly

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Not secretly, openly, clearly, plainly Se dígla Déma him swíðe undígellíce (-deógollíce, Hatt. MS.) ( aperte ) geondwyrde, Past. 4; Swt. 38; 19. Þus spræc God gefyrn, hit is swá ðeáh swá gedón swýðe neáh mid ús ... and undígollíce, Homl.

dirige

(n.)
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Ps. 5, 8) at Matins in the Office of the Dead, used as a name for that service Dirige for forþférdum vigilia pro defunctis, Angl. xiii. 433, 975: 444, 1131. [v. N. E. D. dirge.]

ge-fangian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fangian, p. ode
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To fasten together with joints or clamps, join together Ic ongeat ðæt ðes middangeard wæs of swíðe manegum and mistlicum ðingum gegaderod, and swíþe fæste tósomne gelímed and gefangod, Bt. 35, 2; F. 156, 35. [Cf. O. H. Ger.

Linked entry: fangian

heáfod-cláþ

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. ¶ the cloth used for wrapping the head of a dead person :-- Ic his líc behwearf mid gewunelicre þénunge, and þá þá gé mé wrehton, þá næs his heáfodcláþ eallunga fuldón, Hml. S. 31, 1425. Add

wíf-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wíf-leás, adj.

Without a wifeunmarried

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Without a wife, unmarried: — Gif hwylces weres forme wíf bið deád, ðæt hé be leáfe óðer wíf niman móte, and gif hé ða oferbýt, wunige hé á syððan wífleás (coelebs), L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 3. ] See also next word

þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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.), do a person (dat.) service, minister to, attend upon Hwæðer ys yldra ðe se ðe ðénaþ ðe se ðe sitt quis major est,qui recumbit? an qui ministrat? Lk. Skt. 22, 27.

Linked entry: þénian

ge-gladian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 145, 3. to please Sé sé þe þæt déð þæt his þearfa beóð, sé gegladað God; and sé þe déð ǽnig unnyt, . . . hé ábelhð his Drihtne, Wlfst. 279, 1. Gif hí mid gódum weorcum hine gegladiað, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 16. Ꝥ hig God gegladian, Ll.