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sworettan

(v.)
Grammar
sworettan, p. te
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Ða ús nú bysmriaþ, ða ðe ǽr on úrum bendum sworettan, Blickl. Homl. 85, 25. Ðá ongan hé sworettan, swá swá eallunga gewǽced, on ðam oreðe belocen, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 234

Linked entry: a-sworetan

un-gewitfull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewitfull, adj.

foolishinsensatemadinsanenot in one's senses

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Welan and weorþscipes hí willniaþ, and ðonne hí hine habbaþ, ðonne wénap hí swá ungewitfulle ðæt hí habban ða sóþan gesǽlþa, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 30. mad, insane, not in one's senses Ða wódðrága ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gehǽlð furor insanorum

Linked entry: ge-witfull

weorold-riht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-riht, es; n.
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Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 5. the law that should govern the world Dryhten sceáwaþ hwǽr ða eardien ðe his ǽ healden; gesihð hé ða dómas wonian and wendan of woruldryhte, ða hé gesette, Exon. Th. 105, 25 ; Gú. 28

in-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþanc, es ; m. n.

Thoughtthinkingcogitationintentmindheartconscience

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Eft sint tó manigenne ða geþyldegan ðætte ðæt hie mid hiera wordum and dǽdum forgiefaþ ðæt hie ðæt eác on hiera ingeþonce forgifen ðý læs hé mid ðý níðe yfles ingeþonces tóweorpe ða mægenu ðæs gódan weorces ðe hé Gode útan anwealglíce forgeaf contra admonendi

Linked entry: inn-geþanc

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.
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Ongeán ðæt sint tó manienne ða ðe ða sibbe sáwaþ ðæt hié swá micel weorc tó unwærlíce ne dón and húru ðǽr ðǽr hié nyton hwæðer sió sibb (sib, Cote.

pynding

(n.)
Grammar
pynding, e ; f.
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A dam Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit biþ gepynd, hit miclaþ . . . ac gif sió pynding wierð onpennad, ðonne tófléwþ hit eall, Past. 38, 6; Swt. 277, 8

Linked entry: for-pyndan

þri-flére

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-flére, adj.

Having three floorsthree-storied

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Having three floors, three-storied Ðæt gyftlíce hús wæs ðryflére,for ðan ðe on Godes gelaðunge sind þrý stæpas gecorenra manna, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 17

Linked entry: -flére

þynnian

(v.)
Grammar
þynnian, p. ode

To make or to become thin

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Ðæt þicce horh ðú scealt mid ðám lǽcedómum wyrman and þynnian, Lchdm. ii. 194, 22

Linked entry: ge-þynnian

godweb-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
godweb-cynn, es; n.
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A kind of cloak or pall In ðám godwebcynne bið Sanctus Mihhael gescyrped on dómes dæg, Sal. K. p. 152, 22. v. god-webb; 1, 3

sám-bryce

(n.)

a violation only partially effected

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a violation only partially effected Tó hádbðte, ðársámbryce wurðe, béte man georne be ðam ðe seó dǽd sý, L. E. B. 9; Th. ii. 242, 9

Linked entry: sám-wyrcan

heard-fyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-fyrde, adj.

Difficult to carry

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Difficult to carry Ðǽr oninnan bær eorl hard-fyrdne dǽl goldes there within bore the earl a weighty portion of gold, Beo. Th. 4483; B. 2245

slápan

(v.)
Grammar
slápan, p. slép, sleáp; pp. slápen
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Be ðám slápendum, ðæt is, be ðám deádum. Hwí sind ða deádan slápende gecwedene? . . . Ealle móton slápan on ðám gemǽnelícum deáþe, Homl. Th. ii. 566, 30-34.

Linked entry: slápian

tungol-wítega

(n.)
Grammar
tungol-wítega, an; m.
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Æfter ðære tíde ðe hé geáxode fram ðám tungolwítegum ( Magis; drýum, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 2, 16. Hé clypode on sundersprǽce ða tungelwítegan, 2, 7: Homl. Th. i. 78, 17

þǽr-mid

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-mid, adv.
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therewith, with that Ðá geseah hé treów licgende, and ðæt lytel; ongan ðá þǽrmid delfan, Homl. Skt, ii. 23 b, 767. temporal, straightway, at the same time Ðá forceáw hé his ágenan tungan and wearp hine ðǽrmid on ðæt neb foran, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 25

Linked entry: mid

ge-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogede, -hogode; pp. -hogod [see March, § 222]

To thinkconceiveconsiderdevisereflectbe mindfulthink aboutcareintendresolve

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Ðú gehycgan meaht ðæt gé willaþ ða on wuda sécan you may consider that you will seek them in the wood, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 34; Met. 19, 17.

lippa

(n.)
Grammar
lippa, an; m.

A lip

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Eft sóna ðes lǽcedóm sceal ðan manne ða hyra lippa beóþ sáre oððe hyra tunga ... smire mid ða lippa, Lchdm. iii. 100, 15-21

ge-warnian

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

To warn

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Ðá gewarnode man hí ðæt ðǽr wæs fyrd æt Lundene then they had notice that there was a force at London, Chr. 1009; Erl. 143, 12. Ðá wearþ Godwine gewarnod then was earl Godwin warned, 1052; Erl. 183, 2.

á-heáwan

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Ðá ðornas beóð áheáwene. Past. 411, 17. Add

Linked entry: heáwan

andetere

Grammar
andetere, andettere.
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Ðá sind hálige andeteras þe Crístes naman mid sóðum geleáfan andetton bealdlíce betwux gedwolmannum, Hml. Th. ii. 558, 21-24. Þæt hé ús his andetterum ðá ǽddran geopenige, i. 562, 5. Add

bisceopung

(n.)
Grammar
bisceopung, e; f.

Confirmation

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Biscopas sind þæs ylcan hádes on Godes gelaþunge, and healdað gesetnysse on heora biscepunge, and biddað þæt se ælmihtiga Wealdend him sende ðá seofonfealdan gife his Gástes, Hml. Th. i. 328, 2-7