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un-þancol

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þancol, adj.
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Ungrateful For hwan lá man, forlurðú þis eal þe ic for þé þrowode ? For hwan wǽrðu swá unþancul þínre onlýsnesse ? . . . Tó hwan eart ðú mé swá unþancul mínra góda and mínra gifa ?, Nap. 66. v. un-geþancfull

hors-hwæl

(n.)
Grammar
hors-hwæl, es; m.
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A walrus Swíðost hé fór ðider tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge for ðǽm horschwælum for ðæm hie habbaþ swíðe æðele bán on heora tóþum his principal object in going there, in addition to the observation of the country, was to get the walruses, for they have

Linked entry: hwæl

feoh-fang

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-fang, es; m.

Fee-takingtaking a bribepĕcūniæ acceptio

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Fee-taking, taking a bribe; pĕcūniæ acceptio For feohfange for bribery, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 8

hundseofontigseofon-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
hundseofontigseofon-feald, adj.
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Seventy-and-sevenfold Seofon-feald wracu bið gesealde for Cain and hundseofontigseofonfeald (septuagies septies) for Lamech, Gen. 4, 24

mǽþ-méd

(n.)
Grammar
mǽþ-méd, e; f.
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Reward for mowing Gytteorm for yrðe, mǽðméd gutfirma ad arandum et firma pratorum fenandorum, Ll. Th. i. 440, 27

Linked entry: mǽþ

dilmeng

(n.)
Grammar
dilmeng, dilemeng(?)
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dissimulation Ne for dylmengon ne ne for uncyston ne qualibet dissimulatione aut tenacitate, Chrd. 45, 10. See next word

geónian

(v.)
Grammar
geónian, part. geóniende; p. ode; pp. od
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To yawn; hiāre Fore openre wunde and geóniendre pro aperto et hiante vulnĕre, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 19. Hí todydon heora múþ ongeán me swá swá leó ðonne he geónaþ aperuerunt in me os suum, sicut leo rapiens, Ps. Th. 21, 11

tó-lísing

(n.)
Grammar
tó-lísing, e; f.
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dissolution, destruction Geleáfan tólýsinge, Lchdm. iii. 206, 20. release, redemption, v. tó-lísan, <b>I b</b> Ðætte hé salde sáwel his lésnise ł tólésinc fore monigum ut daret animam suam redemptionem pro multis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 45

swígan

Grammar
swígan, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Ðá ðe fore-eádun giðreótodun hine ꝥte hé swígde, Lk. R. 18, 39. v. æt-swígan. to pass over in silence, v. swigian; III Ne ic eác swíge (forsuwie, v.l. ) ꝥ, ꝥ his gingra ge-wunode tó reccenne, Gr. D. 157, 18

wénunga

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Búton wénunga nisi forte, R. Ben. I. 14, I. Add

heáh-setl

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Haehsedlum prorostris (for pro rostris, ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 26

glíwian

(v.)
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, to play, sound Mec (a book) siððan wráh hæleð hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde forð (for a similar verse cf.

ge-ménelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-ménelíc, adj. [ge-méne = ge-mǽne common]
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Common; commūnis For geménelícre neóde for the common need, L. C. S. 10; Th. i. 382, 2, MS. A

wǽpned-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-bearn, es; n.
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A male child, a boy For wǽpnedbearne . . . for wífcilde pro masculo . . . pro femina, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 14

Linked entry: bearn

under-feng

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For þám underfénge þyses bisceoplican folgoðes, Gr. D. 3, 6. For þám underfencge þǽre menniscan týdernesse, 154, 5. Add

ǽsce

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II. as a legal term, search for stolen cattle :-- Beó sý ǽsce forð let the search go on, Ll. Th. i. 234, 17: 238, 9. Ðæt man ne forlǽte náne ǽscan, 232, 18: 234, 25. Fó sé syþþan tó ðe ðæt land áge and hæbbe him ðá ǽscan, 352, 17

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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For the Rune see Zacher, pp. 30, 56-7 : Taylor's Greeks and Goths, pp. 31, 82 : and for the name Grmm. D. M. pp. 320-1

ge-hírsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hírsumnes, se; f.

Obedience

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Obedience For his gehírsumnisse ðe he hæfde to Gode for his obedience to God, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 62, 181

un-scearpness

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

Want of sharpnessdullness

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Want of sharpness, dullness For his ungleáwnesse and for his unscearpnesse propter ingenii tarditatem, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 7

Linked entry: scearpness

ge-metlǽcan

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For the passage substitute Ðeáh wé nú ofer úre mǽð ðencen and smeágen, ðæt we dooð for Gode; ðonne wé hit eft gemetlæcað, ðonne dóð wé ðæt for eów sive mente excedimus, Deo; sive sobrii sumus, vobis, Past. 101, 12