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un-strang

(adj.)
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un-strang, adj.

Not strongweakfeeble

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Heó ( Judith ) wæs lytel and unstrang, Homl. Ass. 114, 411. Hwæt is se intinga ðæt in þúsend manna ðé ne magon ástyrian, swá unstrang swá ðú eart? Homl. Skt. i. 9, 110. Á sceal man ðam unstrangan men líðelícor déman ðonne ðam strangan, L. C.

ge-reordan

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Hu heó mihte þurh Godes láre hire sáwle gereordigan, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 19. Ic beó gereordod uescor, An. Ox. 56, 348. Gereordede saginantur, i. pascuntur, nutriuntur, 993.

á-settan

(v.)

to setputmove an object to a place To move one's selftransport one's self:-- to set place buildto put inoutof an officeto lay, impose punishment,to set propose a riddle,to oppress

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Heó hire fót ásétte, Gen. 8, 9. Ásete on háte sunnan, Lch. ii. 352, 9. Ásete;tte gé þone líchoman tó þǽre byrgenne, Bl. H. 147, 31. intrans.

módigian

(v.)
Grammar
módigian, módigan; p. ode.

to be or become proudto gloryexultto take offence through prideto bear one's self proudlyimpetuously

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Bebeódaþ ðám rícum ðæt hí ne módigan on heora ungewissum welan, Homl. Th. i. 256, 25. Ðá begann hé (Lucifer ) tó módigenne for ðære fægernesse ðe hé hæfde, 10, 22.

Linked entry: módegian

un-týnan

(v.)
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un-týnan, p. de.

to uncloseopento discloselay opensolvereinhiare

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Gié geseáð ðæt heofun untýned ( apertum ), Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 51. Hát ða duru beón untýnede, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 448. Untúned bóc aperto codice, Mt. Kmbl. p. 4, 1. Byrgenna untuende (-túnede?)

Linked entries: an-týnan on-týnan

ge-healdsumnes

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Þá láreówas swincað swíðor þonne ðá lǽwedan on heora gehealdsumnysse þe hí healdan sceolon, Hml. A. 57, 165: Hml. S. 2, 311. Gif wé þá heáfodleahtras forseóþ þurh gehealtsumnysse (-heald-), 25, 699. <b>Ib.

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setl

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Th. i. 290, 20. v. ceáp-, fore-, gang-, heofon-, hring-, on-, toll-, winter-setl

cræft

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</b> in a bad sense, a cunning trick, stratagem, artifice :-- Mid þǽm cræfte þe þá scondlicost wæs . . . þysne nyttan cræft, þéh hé árlic nǽre, funde heora tictator, Ors. 2, 8; S. 90, 28-92, 3.

á-biddan

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Ðá ábæd heó án hridder she borrowed a sieve Hml. Th. ii. 154, 15. Hé wénde ðæt hit sum óðer man ábiddan wolde oþþe gebicgan ( would get it by asking or by purchase ), Chr. 1044; P. 164, 11.

ge-openian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 87, 74. to lay bare to the mind, disclose, reveal, declare, male known. the object a noun or pronoun Heó onwríhð hire ǽwelm, þonne heó geopenaþ hiore ðeáwas ( cum mores profitetur ), Bt. 20; F. 70, 25.

án-forlǽtan

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D. 261, 5 : Wlfst. 2, 10. to let go what ought to be kept, to forsake, abandon Seó sáwel byþ deádlic þonne heó ánforlǽt syngiende ꝥ heó eádiglíce lifige mortalis quia beate vivere amittit, Gr. D. 337, 2.

Linked entry: for-lǽtan

cæg-loca

(n.)
Grammar
cæg-loca, an; m.
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A.] gebroht wǽre, sý heó clǽne, ac ðæra cǽgean heó scéal weardian; ðæt is, hire hordern, and hire cyste, and hire tege unless it has been brought under his wife's 'lock and key,' let her be clear; for it is her duty to keep the keys of them; namely, her

þríste

(adv.)
Grammar
þríste, adv.

Boldlyconfidentlywithout apprehension, fear, hesitation, reservewithout sense of shamepresumptuouslyaudaciously

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Ic ðín bebod þríste gelýfde, 118, 66. in a bad sense, without sense of shame, presumptuously, audaciously Heó þríste ongan wið Sarran swíðe winnan, Cd. Th. 135, 10; Gen. 2240.

fruma

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Mid þý þe heó gehýrde þone fruman ðæs godcundan túddres, þá cwæþ heó: 'Hú mæg þis þus geweorþan . . .?,' Bl. H. 7, 20. <b>II a.

ge-rídan

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Heó ealle þá þá landgemǽre geridan, eal swá heó man on fruman þám bisceope lǽdde, iv. 235, 3. to obtain by riding, ride and get, take possession of Ðá gerád Æðelwald þone hám æt Winburnan bútan ðæs cyninges leáfe . . . and hæfde ealle ðá geatu forworht

sundor-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-sprǽc, e; f.
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-Hí cómon ealle tósomne tó heora sundersprǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 9

rǽd-fæst

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Þá hálgan hé hét geoffrian heora lác þám lífleásum godum, gif hí heora lífes róhton oþþe rǽdfæste wǽron, Hml. S. 29, 279. For ðan þe Rómánisce witan wǽron ðá mihtige and rǽdfæste on weorcum (cf.

innan

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Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þone man bestincð, Angl. vii. 28, 259

bearn-teám

progenyoffspringissuechild-bearingprocreation of children

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Ꝥ hí heora bearn-teám gebringon tó Críste þurh fulluht, 34, 254.

hand

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Ongan heó þerscan heó sylfe mid hire fýste ge eác mid hire brádum handum ( alapis pugnisque ), 68, 29.