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wyrcness

(n.)
Grammar
wyrcness, e; f.

worklabouroperationworkingdoingoperationworkingperformance

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His geearnunge oft ðurh godcunde wyrcnesse (operationem) mid miclum mægenum scínaþ, 3, 19; S. 550, 16.

Linked entry: wircness

hǽþen-dóm

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Hú hé of hǽþendóme mæge tó crístendóme ðurh rihtne geleáfan and ðurh fulluht cuman, Wlfst. 32, 10. Ǽnne crístendóm ánrǽdlíce healdan and ǽlcne hǽðendóm georne forbúgan, Ll. Th. i. 314, 9. Ǽlcne hǽðendóm oferhogian, 350, 12.

Linked entry: hǽþen-nes

un-gesibsumness

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

Proneness to discordquarrelsomenessdiscord

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Proneness to discord, quarrelsomeness, discord Wé magon gecnáwan on ðara ungesceádwísra niétena gesibsumnesse hú micel yfel sió gesceádwíslíce gecynd ðurh ða ungesibsumnesse gefremeþ si solertes aspicimus, concordando sibi irrationalis natura indicat

Linked entry: ge-sibsumnes

geond-scínan

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Ðone ðe ðone folgað ðurh ðá sunnan goodes weorces giendscínan (geond-, v. l. ) wille, Past. 337, 17. Add

glíw-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
glíw-cræft, es; m.
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The art of playing on an instrument, minstrelsy Stód þǽr æltoran þǽre dura sum man mid ánum apan and slóh cymbalan, and bæd him metes, swá swá sume men gewuniað ꝥ hí mid glígcræfte ( ludendi arte ) heom andlyfene séceað, Gr. D. 62, 13

orþian

(v.)
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Ðurh ðá orðunge þe se sácerd on þæt wæter orðað, Wlfst. 36, 4. Se hálga gást orðað (spirat) þǽr hé wyle, eác is tó witenne ꝥ hé orðað (aspirat) þonne hé wyle, Gr. D. 146, 11-14. Orþode palpauit, Germ. 402, 73. Add

frǽcne

(adv.)
Grammar
frǽcne, adv.

Fiercelyseverelyhardlydūreatrōcĭteraudacter

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Fiercely, severely, hardly; dūre, atrōcĭter, audacter Abrahames cwén spræc frǽcne on fǽmnan Abraham's wife spoke severely against the damsel, Cd. 103; Th. 136, 22; Gen. 2262: Ps. Th. 64, 3: 90, 12.

yfele

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Add: in a moral sense Ðæt ðín mód ne beó yfele besmiten ðurh ðá ýdelan spellunga, Hex. 48, 11. injuriously Ahab yfele wearð beswicen ( was misled to his destruction ) for Naboðes wínearde ðe hé wólíce genam, and hé hraðe feóll on gefeohte ofslagen

gád

(n.)

a goad.

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Derigendlic bið ðé þæt þú spurne ongeán þá gáde (durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare ). Gif se oxa spyrnð ongeán ðá gád, hit dereð him sylfum, Hml. Th. i. 390, 9: 386, 9. Add

cirice

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Beforan ðǽre ciricean dura, Past. 105, 13. On ðæs pápan ciericean, Shrn. 51, 21. On eallum cierecum, 54, 1

scín

(v.)
Grammar
scín, scýn; p. scíde, scídde (cf. týn, þýn
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for conjugation) To sky, be afraid Martinus rád gescrýd mid sweartum cláþum; þá scýddon (scýhdon, v. l.) þá múlas þe ꝥ cræt tugon ðurh his tócyme áfyrhte, Hml. S. 31, 971. [v. N. E. D. shy; vb. O. H. Ger. sciuhen perhorrescere.] Cf. sceóh

for-trúwodnes

Grammar
for-trúwodnes, (-ed-).
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Ðurh ðá fortrúwednesse per hanc fiduciam, 463, 28. Add

ge-lenge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lenge, adj.

Belongingrelatedpertinenspertingens

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Belonging, related; pertinens, pertingens Ða ðe ðurh geleáfan us gelenge beóþ those who through belief are related to us, Homl. Th. ii. 314, 14. Yrfeweard líce gelenge an heir of my body, Beo. Th. 5457; B. 2732.

Linked entry: ge-lang

wiltan

(v.)
Grammar
wiltan, p. wilte

To roll (trans.)

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.: áwælte, Rush.) ánne stán tó ðære byrgenne dura aduoluit lapidem ad ostium monumenti, Mk. Skt. 15, 46. Hé (a cup) in healle wæs wylted and wended wloncra folmum, Exon. Th. 441, 16; Rä. 60, 19

ge-cídan

(v.)
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Ðurh ðone wítgan wæs gecíd (-cídd, v.l.) hierdum pastores increpat per prophetam, Past. 123, 9. Gif hwylcum bréþer for ǽnigum litlum gylte byþ gecíd oþþe gestýred fram his abbode si quis frater pro quavis minima causa ab abbate suo corripitur, R.

mán-swerian

(v.)
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Nú gýt eástdǽles men swergeað ðurh his noman, and ne geþrístlǽcað hí ó ꝥ hí mánswergen on his noman, Shrn. 109, 17. Add

ofer-drync

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Ðá ðe hira ágene sáwle ðurh oferdrinc ofsleáð, 147, 75. Add Gif ðá druncengeornan men heora druncennyssa geswícan nellað, ac þurhwuniað on ðám oferdrincum æt heora ende, Hml. A. 145, 35

Fullan-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Fullan-ham, -hom; gen. -hammes, -hommes; m. [Asser Fullonham: Hunt. Fulenham: Sim. Dun. Fulanham: Brom. Fullenham]

FULHAMMiddlesexlŏci nōmen in agro Middlesexiensi, ad rīpam Tămĕsis flūmĭnis

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FULHAM, Middlesex; lŏci nōmen in agro Middlesexiensi, ad rīpam Tămĕsis flūmĭnis Æt Fullanhamme be Temese at Fulham on the Thames, Chr. 879; Th. 150, 3. On Fullanhomme at Fulham, 880; Th. 150, 12, col. i

port

(n.)
Grammar
port, es ; m.
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A gate, entrance Port ł dure ł gæt portam, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13. Eode ðe Hǽlend in tempel in ðone port ( in porticu ) Salamonnes, Jn. Skt. Rush. 10, 23. Fíf portas quinque porticos, Lind. Rush. 5, 2.

wód-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wód-líc, adj.

Madfuriousfrantic

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Se sceocca fordwán mid swíðlícum reáme, swá ðæt ða munecas wurdon áwrehte ðurh his wódlícan stemne, 6, 318