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æx

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Mon ne gehiérde æhxe (æxe, Hatt. MS.) hlem, Past. 252, 17. Se ðunor hit ðrysceð mid ðǽre fýrenan æcxe, Salm. K. 148, 6.

cnucian

(v.)
Grammar
cnucian, cnocian.
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Ben. 126, 21) mox ut aliquis pulsaverit, R. Ben. I. 112, 9. Heó on þǽre cýtan duru cnocode, Hml. A. 196, 26. Gif hé þurhwunað cnuciende ( pulsans ), R. Ben. I. 95, 14: Hml. Th. i. 248, 21. Cnucigende æt þám geate, Hml.

drý

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Mon sægð ꝥ drýas tó heora cræftum þysse wyrte ( vervain ) brúcen, Lch. i. 170, 20. Drýra magorum, An. Ox. 4019. Hí befæston ꝥ wíf drýum (drým, v. l.) puellam maleficis tradiderunt, Gr. D. 73, 16

ge-irman

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Ðá underðiéddan mon sceal lǽran ðæt hié elles ne sién genǽt ne geirmed (-iermed, v. l.) subditos non subjectio conterat, Past. 189, 16. Ealle ðá gódan fǽrlíce geyrmde hreówlíce wurdon, Hml. S. 23, 24.

heorr

a hinge

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For þám wé cweþaþ ꝥ ꝥ héhste gód sié se lhéhsta hróf eallra góda, and seó hior ðe eall gód on hwearfaþ, and eác ꝥ þing ðe mon eall gód fore déþ quo fit uti summa cardo, atque caussa exfetendorum omnium, bonitas esse jure credatur, Bt. 34, 7; F. 143, 35

Linked entry: heorra

or-módness

(n.)
Grammar
or-módness, e; f.

Desperation, despair

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Hæfde hine seó deófollíce strǽl mid ormódnysse gewundodne: wæs se eádiga wer Gúðlác mid ðære ormódnysse þrí dagas gewundod, ðæt hé sylfa nyste hwider hé wolde mid his móde gecyrran, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 28, 13-17.

smirwung

(n.)
Grammar
smirwung, smiring (-ung), e; f.

anointing, unctionan ointment

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Gif se seóca man girnþ ðæt man hine smerige, hé dó ðonne his andetnesse ǽr ðare smerunge, and gif hé æfter ðare smyrunge hál wurð, hé mót flǽsces brúcan. On ðare smyrunge biþ lǽcedóm L. Ælfc.

Linked entries: smiring smyring

átor

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Him mon sealde áttor drincan, Shrn. 90, 25: Gr. D. 158, 29. Éttre virus (evomuit), An. Ox. II. 85. Þá; áttru (átru,v.l.) geondférdon his innoþ, Gr. D. 187, 3. Wið ealle áttru, Lch. i. 170, 18, 19. Fácnes áttru fraudis venena, Hy. S. 16, 15. Add

án-standende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
án-standende, part.

One standing alone

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One standing alone Ánstandende, án-stonde, oððe munuc one standing alone, or a monk, Ælfc. Gl. 3 ?

Linked entry: án-stonde

dincge

(n.)
Grammar
dincge, dyncge, an; f.
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Dyncgum novālĭbus, Mone B. 1434: 2326

Linked entry: dyncge

láreów-setl

(n.)
Grammar
láreów-setl, es; n.
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The seat of a teacher or doctor Ofer Moyses láreówsetl super cathedram Mosi, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 2

ge-wun

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wun, adj.

Accustomedusual

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Gewune assuetæ, Mone Gl. 435

Linked entries: -wun ge-wuna

grǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
grǽg-, grǽ-gós
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Voc. 280, 15: 62, 11: Mone Gl. 314

imbe

(n.)
Grammar
imbe, a swarm of bees.
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Of ðám móre on imbaleá, C.D. v. 277, 13

Linked entry: ymbe

nítenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nítenlíce, adv.
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Like an animal Þæt man móte æfter luste nýten-líce (níten-, v. l. ) libban, Wlfst. 55, 18

smeágend

(n.)
Grammar
smeágend, es; m.
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A searcher, an examiner, inquirer Ðú þe eart módes smeágend and manna heortan, Hml. S. 12, 193

hám-bringan

(v.)
Grammar
hám-bringan, pp. -broht

To bring a wife home, marry

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To bring a wife home, marry Ne hí beóþ hámbroht ne geǽwnode neque nubentur, Mone Gl. 357

níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
níwe, neówe; adj.

newnot yet usednewrecentnot of long standingnot long madenew (to anything)inexperiencednewnoveldifferent from what has gone before

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Ðæt is ðæt mon ða earce bere on ðǽm saglum ðætte ða gódan láreówas ða hálgan gesomnunge lǽrende ða níwan (niéwan, Cott.

Linked entry: níwung

ge-restan

(v.)
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Th. 14, l. ' Hǽt him findan hwár hé hine mæge wurðlícost gerestan (where he may lodge most honourably), ' . . . Apollonius onféng þáre wununge ðe hym betǽht wæs. Ap.

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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For ðǽm bið se sige micle mára . . . for ðǽm sió gesceádwísnes hæfð ofercumen ðæt mód and gewielð, swelce hé self hæbbe hiene selfne gewildne melior est qui dominatur animo suo expugnatore urbium . . .