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ge-lustfulling

(n.)
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Ben. I. 36, 17.

á-wǽgan

to deceiveto make of no effect,to fail to performto invalidatenullify

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Ben. 102, 3: Hml. A. 34, 244. Forgyldan ealle þá þing þe wé ofor his bebod gedydon oþþe þæs áwǽgdon þe wé dón sceoldan, Bl. H. 91, 17. Áwǽgdon fefellisset (pollicita). An. Ox. 2, 237. Hí heora fulluhtes behát ðurh forgǽgednysse áwǽgdon, Hml.

ge-wis

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Ben. 73, 5, 6) certis temporibus, R. Ben. I. 81, 8, 9. Of gewissum intingan(cf. for heora leahtrum oðþe for háliges lífes geearnunge, R.

ge-lǽran

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Ben. 24, 4. Swá wé magon betst ðá gedyrstigan gelǽran, Past. 209, 15. Ic wénde ꝥ ic þé gió gelǽred hæfde ꝥ þú hí oncnáwan cúþest, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 19. Wé sceolan beón gelǽrede mid þysse bysene, Bl.

þanne

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þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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Ben. 19, 15. add Heardlic eornost and wíslic wærscipe ... bið witena gehwilcum weorðlicre micle þonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe, Ll. Th. ii. 318, 39. Ic eom swétra þonne þú beóbreád blende mid hunige, Rä. 41, 59.

tweó

(n.)
Grammar
tweó, twý; gen. tweón, twýn; m.
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Ðæt hálige gewrit, ðæt mé nis tweó ðæt ðú geara canst sacra scriptura, quam te bene nosse dubium non est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 2: 4, 7; S. 575, 13. Him wæs on móde mycel tweó, hwæt hié be ðære dorstan dón, Blickl. Homl. 205, 10.

Linked entries: tuá tweón twý

ge-rýman

(v.)
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Wæs benc gerymed, 492.

nán-wiht

(n.; adv.; pronoun.)
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nán-wiht, nán-uht.

nothingnothingnot at allno whit

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Nánuht ágiefan nolde ðæs ðe hié béna wǽron, 3, 11; Swt. 146, 35. Gé nánuht nabbaþ fæstes ne stronges, 2, 4; Swt. 74, 28. The Northern gospels have nǽniht (from nǽnig?) :-- Nǽniht unmæht biþ nihil impossibile erit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 20.

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á-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lífan, (-lýfan, q. v.
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R.) restedagum wel tó dónne hweþer ðe yfele licet sabbatis bene facere an male? , Mk. 3, 4. Hwæþer álýfð ( licet ) ǽnegum men his wíf forlǽtan, 10, 2. Þá heofon*-*lican gerýno þá nánegum men ne álýfað tó secganne, Guth. 86, 6 Álýfende licens, Ælfc.

Linked entries: a-léfan á-lýfan

un-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cúþ, adj.

Unknownincognitusunknownstrangeunknownnot understoodunknownuncertainungentleunkindhostileharshunfriendly

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Ben. 109, 4. Gif wé scomiaþ ðæt wé tó uncúðum monnum ( men we do not know ) suelc sprecen, Past. 10; Swt. 63, 6.

Linked entry: un-cúþlíce

þweorh

(adj.)
Grammar
þweorh, þwerh, þwyrh; adj.

crookedcrossadverseopposedcrossangrybitterperversewrongevildepravedfrowardwronglyevilly

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Ben. Interl. 15, 10. ¶ wrongly, evilly : -- Ðæt hí ðý máre wíte hæbben ðe hí gere witon ðæt hí on ðweorh dóð, Past. 55; Swt. 429, 9. Hé ongeat ðæt hé hæfde on ðweorh gedón, ðæt seó mǽgþ wæs bútan biscope, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 22.

ealdor

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Ben. 18, 23. an authority, a master in a subject, one having superior knowledge Þysse wyrte onfundelnysse manega ealdras geséðað, Lch. i. 140, 10. of superhuman beings On þone aldor deófla. Bl. H. 83, 23. Gehýrstú, úre aldor?, 85, 18, 29.

elles

(adj.)

otherwisedifferentlyelsewhereelseelse

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Ben. 34, 13, Negehýrde nǽnig man on his múþe óht elles nefne Crístes lof, Bl. H. 223, 36. Wæs se bigleofa gemétt and nán ðing elles, Hml. Th. i. 76, 19. Hé elles nán þincg ne cwǽð, Hml. S. 23 b, 616.

ge-wissian

(v.)
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Ben. 44, 2. Sé ðe underféhð sáwla tó gewissianne qui suscipit animas regendas, R. Ben. I. 16, 17, 12. with dat. or uncertain God his weorce gewissað oð ðisse weorulde geendunge est gubernator in totius mundi naturis, Angl. vii. 4, 24.

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, a mark, <b>mearc</b> a limit. [These may be taken under one head, see N. E. D. mark.]
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Ben. 101, 6), R. Ben.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. ede, de; pp. ed; v. a.

To fillfulfilmake a totalcompletefinishaccomplishsatisfyimpleresaturare

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Wel gefylde bene pastos, Th. An. 20, 31

scucca

(n.)
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scucca, sceucca, sceocca, scocca, an; m.
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Ben. 50, 1. Deóful ł scuccan Zabulun, Hymn. Surt. 115, 15. Ða áwyrigedan sceoccan (scuccan), Homl. Th. i. 68, 1 : Wulfst. 249, 1. Þurh ðara scuccena lotwrencas, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 14. Scucna englas, Blickl. Homl. 189, 7.

Linked entries: sceucca scocca sceocca

týn

(v.)
Grammar
týn, p. týde, tydde (týdde?); pp. týd
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Ben. 11. 12. Hé scole gesette in ðære cneohtas tydde and lǽrde wǽron instituit scholam in qua pueri literis erudirentur, Bd. 3, 18; S. 545, 45. v. ge-týan, -týdan ( in each case read -týn), and teón, III. 1

undern

(n.)
Grammar
undern, es; m.

The third hour of the daynine in the morning

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Ben, 74, 11

unna

(n.)
Grammar
unna, an; m.: unne, an; unn, e; f.

grantallowancepermissionwillingness to givepleasure in doing somethinga grantwhat is given

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Ben. 94, 9. Hé eów sige forgeaf þurh unnan ðæs Ælmihtigan, Homl. Th. i. 506, 27: Homl. Ski. i. 3, 556. willingness to give, pleasure in doing something Gelǽste hé Gode his teóðunga mid ealre blisse and mid eallum unnan ...

Linked entry: unne