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scýan

(v.)
Grammar
scýan, (for scýhan), scýn (?); p. de
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To prompt, urge, persuade, suggest Ða ǽrestan synne se weriga gást scýde . . . Forðon mid ðý se weriga gást ða synne scýfþ (scýþ, MS. C.: scýeþ, MS. T.) on móde primam culpam serpens suggessit . . . Cum enim malignus spiritus peccatum suggerit in mente

ge-offrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-offrian, p. ode; pp. od

To offer, sacrifice

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To offer, sacrifice He hét hine his leófan sunu geoffrian Gode to láce he bade him offer his dear son as a sacrifice to God, Btwk. Scrd. 23, 3. Abel geoffrode ða sélostan lác Gode Abel offered the best sacrifices to God, 18, 5: 22, 9: Gen. 8, 20. Ðæt

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un-fæstrǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæstrǽd, un-fæstrǽde, -rád; adj.

Infirm of purposeinconstantunstableweak

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Infirm of purpose, inconstant, unstable, weak Unfæstrǽd inconstans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 4. Ðá ongon hé ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt hé fæsðrǽdes wiste and sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierd[d]e ða ðe hé unfæsðráde (unfæstrǽdes, Cott. MSS.) wisse prius

un-sceþþigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sceþþigness, e; f.

Innocenceharmlessness

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Innocence, harmlessness Æfter gerisenre áre heora unscæþþignysse juxta honorem innocentibus congruum, Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 7. On unscæððignysse heortan in innocentia cordis, Ps. Spl. 100, 2. Gyt hé hylt his unscæððignysse adhuc retinens innocentiam, Homl

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un-geníd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geníd, un-genídd; adj.

Unforceduncompelled

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Unforced, uncompelled Ne mæg ic náne cwica wuht ongitan ... ðe ungenéd lyste forweorþan nihil invenio, quod, nullis extra cogentibus, abjiciat manendi intentionem, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 14. Ðæt ealle gesceafta hiora ágnum willum ungenédde him wǽron underþeódde

wlóh

(n.)
Grammar
wlóh, (; gen. wléh ; f. ?)

A hemfringe

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A hem, fringe Næs him gewemmed wlite, ne wlóh of hrægle álýsed, ne loc of heáfde, Andr. Kmbl. 2941 ; An. 1473. Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite, næs hyre wlóh ne hrægl, ne feax ne tel, fýre gemǽled, Exon. Th. 277, 34; Jul. 590. Wlóh wédes his fimbriam

cost

(n.)
Grammar
cost, es; m.
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Condition, mode Getíðode hé ðæs . . . ðæs costes ðe ( on condition that ) heó ðis gelǽste, Cht. Th. 540, 34. Ǽnigum coste ullo modo, Rtl. 113, 34. Unásæccendlicum costum ineffabilibus modis, 108, 27. Þár þegen áge twégen costas, lufe oþþe lage, and hé

cræftiga

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Add: a craftsman, &c. Cræfican (cræftcan?) artifices, R. Ben. I. 94, 10. Ðæt wǽron .iiii. stáncræftigan in Róme, þǽr wæs samod .vi. hund cræftigena and xxii, and nǽron náne óðre him gelíce, Shrn. 146, 14. Be mynstres cræftigum ( artificibus )

dyrstig-líce

(adv.)
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Add: boldly, daringly Dyrstelice (deorster-, Hpt. Gl. 424, 19) audacter, An. Ox. 753. presumptuously, with temerity On swá hwilcum dæge swá þú dyrstilíce geþrístlǽcst ꝥ þú þone hálgan sácerdhád underféhst quacumque die sacrum ordinem temerare praesumeris

fæstrǽdnes

constancyunchangeableness

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Add: constancy of mind Mon forlǽt ðone ege and ðá fæsðrǽdnesse ðe hé mid ryhte on him innan habban scolde a timoris intimi soliditate vacuatur, Past. 37, 17. Ðonne mon ðá fæstrǽdnesse his módes innan forlíst qui statum mentis perdidit, 359, 6: Bt. 5,

frec

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Frec wásend gulosa ingluvies, An. Ox. 3569. Fræc, 2, 225. Gyf fríg man swá fræc sý þæt hé þæt fæsten ábrece. Wlfst. 172, 2. Frecces ambronis, An. Ox. 11, 106. Fræcum gulosa, 2445. Þý frettan (freccan?) gulosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 64. Hí mettas him on múð

ge-grówan

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Add: to grow together, unite by growing Swá fæste his heáfod wæs gegrówen tó ðám líchaman, swylce hit nǽfre of ácorfen nǽre ita caput ejus unitum fuerat corpori, ac si nequaquam fuisset abscissum, Gr. D. 198, 28. of soil, to produce, bear Se æcer syððan

ge-tǽse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, es ; n.
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Commodum nyt and getǽse and bryce, Wrt.Voc. ii. 24, 63. Ðý lǽs hí gedwelle sió gehýdnes and þá getǽsu ðe hié on ðám wege habbað . . . Eác hi sint tó monienne ðætte hit. nó ne geliéfen ðætte ðá willan and ðá getǽsu ðe him on ðisse worulde becumað sién

ge-dúfan

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Add: (i) lit. Gif hit ( the ordeal) sý wæter, ꝥ hé gedúfe óðre healfe elne on þám rápe, Ll. Th. i. 212, 2. fig. to plunge into sin, & c. Swá hit him áliéfedlicre ðyncð, swá hé ðǽr diópor on gedýfð quod licitum suspicatur, in hoc multiplicius

Hámtún-scir

Grammar
Hámtún-scir, l. scír,
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and add: Northamptonshire Hí ( the Danes ) heafdon þá ofergán East-Engla i, and Eást-Seaxe ii, . . . and healfe Huntedúnscíre ix, and micel on Hámtúnscíre x, Chr. 1011; P. 141, note 3. In tó Bedanfordscíre, and þanon tó Huntadúnscíre and swá in tó Hámtúnscíre

gold-hord

Grammar
gold-hord, [In Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 63 the MS. has gold-hold. v. Wülck. Gl. 187, 17.]
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On þám þe wæs behýdd se heofonlica goldhord, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 2. Se goldhord þe þú geméttest, Hml. S. 23, 603. Swíðe ealdne goldhord, 570. Unárímedlicu goldhord innumeri thesauri, Nar. 5, 10. Hér Rómáne gesomnodón al þá goldhord þe on Bretene wǽron,

herigendlíce

(adv.)
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Ðæt ilce ðæt hé untǽlwyrðlíce ondréd tó onfónne, ðæt ilce se óðer swíðe hergeondlíce (hergendlíce, v.l.) gewilnode quod laudabiliter alter appetiit, hoc laudabiliter alter expavit, Past. 49, 19. Herigendlíce (hergendlíce, v. l.), 295, 5: Bd. I, 27; Sch

hnígan

to bendto bend

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Add: to bend from an upright position Hnág ic (the cross) þám secgum tó handa, Kr. 59. Ásitte hé þonne úplang, hníge þonne forð, Lch. iii. 2, 12. to bend in reverence, make obeisance: Heó hnáh ádúne tó Sebastianes fótum, Hml. S. 5, 92. Tó ðám æðelan

land-leód

(n.)
Grammar
land-leód, a people.
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Wunode á syððtan se sóða geleáfa on þǽre landleóde, Hml: S. 24, 190. Hé æt Somnite gemǽre and Rómáne gesæt, and þá níhstan landleóde on ǽgþere healfe him on fultum geteáh circa finitimas Romae urbes auxilia sibi adquirere studens Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 110, 7

mǽrlíce

(adv.)
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Mǽrlíce insigniter (edidit opusculum), An. Ox, 4585. Hét se cásere hine Críst wiðsacan, and hé móste beón mǽrlíce mid him, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 19. Wæs hyre willa mǽrlícor ꝥ heó wolde hyre sylf hyre mægðhád behátan Gode, Hml. A. 32, 200. Se cyng þæt hús