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hreówsung

(n.)
Grammar
hreówsung, e; f.

Sorrowingsorrowpenitencerepentance

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Gif hwæt gesyngodon hit eft mid hreówsunge gebéton if they sinned in aught they should make amends therein with repentance, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 14. Hig hreówsunge dydon pœniterent, Lk. Skt. 10, 13.

scipe

(n.)
Grammar
scipe, es; m.
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[Hi nolleþ paye þet hi ssolle, and hi ofhealdeþ þe ssepes of ham þet doþ hare niedes, Ayenb. 39, 5 (the word occurs several times in this work). Withholdyng or abrigging of the schipe or the hyre or the wages of servauntes, Chauc. Persones T.

un-sceþþig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþig, -scæþþig; adj.

Innocentharmless

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ða deór swá getemedon, ðæt mid him unscæððige ( harmless ) wunodon, ii. 492, 14. Betwuh ðám unscæððigum inter innocentes, Ps. Th. 25, 6: Homl. Th. i. 88, 33

Linked entries: sceþþig un-scæþþig

á-nídan

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Heó út ánýdeþ þá untrumnysse, Lch. i. 202, 8: 248, 14. fram him lufa áweg ánýt ( repellit ), Scint. 28, 13. fram him heortan ofermódigra áweg ánýdaþ ( repellunt ), 21, 6. Þú út ánýddest ( expulisti ) , Ps. Spl. 43, 3.

Linked entry: á-nýdan

ece

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H. 25, 30. Heora sina forscruncon . . . ꝥ hrýmdon for ece, Hml. S. 35, 318. biþ ece hál, Lch. ii. 308, 2. Manig man hæfþ micelne ece on his eágum, Lch. ii. 32, 4. Wiþ bánece . . . Beþe tó fýre swíðe þone ece, 70, 4.

un-æþele

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþele, adj.

not nobleignoblemeaninfamous

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Sume beóþ swíðe æþele and wídcúþe on heora gebyrdum, ac beóþ mid wædle ofþrycte, ðæt him wǽre leófre ðæt wǽran unæþele ðonne swá earme, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 1. Æþele and unæþele nobiles, ignobiles, Bd. 5, 7; S. 621, 14.

ge-metlíce

(adv.)
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H. 48, 19. beór ne drince, and gemetlíce wín and eala, Lch. ii. 88, ii. Ne gémdon hié nánes fyrenlustes, búton swíþe gemetlíce þá gecynd beeódan ; ealne weg ǽton ǽne on dæg Bt. 15 ; F. 48, 7.

fæsten

firmamentcitadelforta fortificationentrenchmentsfastnessstrongholda prisona sepulchreHellclaustrum

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Hié þone here besǽton on ánum fæstenne (cf. they threw up a fortification, Hen. Hunt.), Chr. 894; P. 87, 21. wícstówa námon on twám stówum . . .

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, ðú -worhtest; pp. -worht.

to workmakebuildformdisposedoperformcelebratecommitto get by workinggainobtainmerit

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Sió wund ðe him se eorþdraca ǽr geworhte the wound that the dragon had before given him, Beo. Th. 5418; B. 2712. Hie geweorc geworht hæfdon they had made a fort, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 2.

Linked entry: ge-worht

beótian

(v.)

to threatento threatento threaten witha weapona penalty, to promise

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Rtl. 53, 3.] threat expressed, by a clause Beótaþ wile þá sáula sendan on éce wítu, Bl. H. 95, 3. ongunnon beótian ꝥ scoldon hine geniman, Gr. D. 325, 29. ¶ threat inferred from a clause: onbidedon beótra (= beótedra?)

tán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tán, es; m.

a twig, sprout, shoot, brancha stakea twig used in casting lotsa lot; also a share that is determined by lot

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sealde him wéste land ðæt mid táne getugan rihte sorte divisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis, Ps. Th. 77, 55.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Ðá sendon him hyra leorningcnihtas tó, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 16. Gif ðú wylt hine mid ús sendan, Gen. 43, 4. mé on ðisne sið sendan wolde, Exon. Th. 460, 35 ; . 27. Se ðe englas gehét wið mé tó sendenne, Blickl. Homl. 181, 26.

tacan

(v.)
Grammar
tacan, p. tóc

To take

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To take Ða menn ealle tóc, and dyde of heom ðæt wolde (cf. ðamen áteáh swá swá wolde, MS. E.), Chr. 1072; Erl. 211, 20. tóc swilce gerihta swá him gelagade (cf. nam swilce gerihta swá se cyng him geúðe, MS.

ǽlc

allany

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On ǽlcum ánum sint ealle, Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 15. with óþer, where there is reciprocal action :-- Bere eówer ǽlc óðres byrðenne, Past. 219, 12. Þurh ðæt ðe him sylfe ǽlc óþerne forfóre, Chr. 1052; P. 181, 22.

hádianv

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Hér mon hádode Byrnstán bisceop tó Wintanceastre, Chr. 931; P. 106, I. with acc. of office Ðá apostolas hæfdon him mid fela leorningchidta, of þám hádodon mæsse-preóstas and diáconas, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 25.

hwǽte

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áfeormað his þyrscelflóre, and gegaderað his hwǽte on his bern; þá ceafu forbærnð, Mt. 3, 12. Hwǽtas sume [h]andlian untrumnysse getácnað frumenta aliqua trectare infirmitatem significat, Lch. iii. 204, 12

ofer-stǽlan

(v.)

to confute, convince, convict

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Ðonne oferstǽled biþ when he is convinced, Past. 6; Swt. 46, 16. biþ ðonne oferstǽled ðæt Godes feónd is he will then be convicted of being God's foe. Homl. Th. i. 612, 24.

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

helpassistancesuccouran aida thinga placea refugea cureremedy of disease

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Sende se túnrǽd his helges biddende. Hml. S. 31, 1220. hyne bæd hylpes, Shrn. 147, 9. Ælcum swyn-cendum on helpe beón, Ll. Th. ii. 414, 36: Ps Th. 98, 3. Hy on name helpe néron ne heom sylfum ne heora freóndum, Solil. H. 68, 24.

Linked entry: helpe

ge-mána

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Wit uncerne dǽl oðfæstan uncrum mǽge, on þá gerǽdene ðe hit eft gedyde unc gewylde . . . ; and swá dyde, ge ðæt yrfe, ge ðæt mid uncre gemánan begeat, and ðæt sylf gestrýnde, C. D. ii. 113, 2-8. Ðæs ðe on uncrum gemánan gebruce, 13.

þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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him bigleofan ðénian wolde, ii. 128, 29. hét hire þénian of his éstmetum, Homl.

Linked entry: þénian