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gnornan

(v.)
Grammar
gnornan, gnornian; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od

To grievemournbe sadbewaillamentmœrere

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Ne scyle nán wís monn forhtigan ne gnornian no wise man ought to fear or lament, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 8: Cd. 219; Th. 281, 19; Sat. 274.

scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
scrýdan, p. de.
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Ne scríde nán wíf hig mid wǽpmannes reáfe, Deut. 22, 5. to clothe, to furnish with clothes, provide with clothes Hé scrýt mé wel and félt, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 33. Gif æcyres weód God scrýt, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30. Scrýtt, Lk. Skt. 12, 28.

Linked entry: -scrid

wiþer-winna

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-winna, an; m.

An adversaryopponentenemy

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Ðǽr (in heaven ) ne wunaþ nán wiþerwinna, Homl. Ass. 78, 145. Úre wiðerwinna is se deófol. . . . Is óðer wiðerwinna, ðæt is Godes word, ðæt word winð on ús, 5, 120-128: 52, 53.

ofer-hírness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hírness, e; f.

Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contemptdisregard, disobedience

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Ne underfó nán man óðres mannes man bútan ðæs leáfe ðe hé ǽr fyligde. Gif hit hwá dó, béte míne oferhýrnesse, 10; Th. i. 164, 18. Gif hwá gemót forsitte þríwa, gilde ðæs cynges oferhýrnesse . . .

hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
hwyrft, es; m.

A turnrevolutiongoingcourseorbitcircuitorbcircle

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Náh ic hwyrft weges [Grein reads hwyrftweges] I cannot return, Exon. 101 b; Th. 383, 6; Rä. 4, 6.

Linked entry: hwearft

á-blinnan

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Ǽfre syngiende and nǽfre áblinnende, Nar. 47, 13. with gen. Se ðe nǽbre ne áblinð ungestæððignesse cui carnis petulantia sine cessatione dominatur Past. 71, 3. Hé nǽfre gódes weorces ne áblon, Bl. H. 227, 6. with an infin.

Linked entry: on-blinnan

á-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-rǽdan, p. -réd and -rǽdde; pp. -rǽden and -rǽd(ed).
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wyrd) hit swá be þínum heáfde and fóre hafað árǽded vivus in patriam non reverteres, quum fata ita de tuo capite statuerunt, Nar. 29, 14. to read a riddle Ic árǽdde Antiochus rǽdels, Ap. Th. 24, 12 : 5, 2. Hé ꝥ sóð árǽdde, 4, 20.

niht-wacu

(n.)
Grammar
niht-wacu, (o); f.

A night-watch

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A night-watch Mec oft bigeat nearo nihtwaco æt nacan stefnan, Exon. Th. 306, 13; Seef. 7

Linked entry: wacu

ram-gealla

(n.)
Grammar
ram-gealla, an; m.
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Ram-gall (a plant name); menyanthes trifoliata Ramgeallan ðone fágan, Lchdm. ii. 124, 13. Hramgeallo, 140, 13

Linked entry: hram-gealla

ge-hálsian

(v.)
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Add: to entreat Hé wæs þurh mé gehálsod he was entreated in my name, Shrn. 135, 25

strangung

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Add Æfter ðám ǽriste ne behófiað úre líchaman nánre strangunge eorðlicra metta, Hml. Th. i. 296, 30

swǽrness

Grammar
swǽrness, I.
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Þá ðá ic hine bær ne gefrédde ic nánre byrðene swǽrnysse, Hml. Th. i. 336, 25. Add

þrístlíce

(adv.)
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Ne dear ic náht þrístelíce (þrísð-, v.l., temere) be þissere wísan reccan, Gr. D. 332, 12. Add

stede

(n.)
Grammar
stede, es; m.
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</b> place, standing, position, status :-- Ðes dǽl (the participle) næfþ nán angin ne nǽnne stede of him sylfum, ac byþ of worde ácenned and becymþ syþþan tó his ágenre geþingðe, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Zup. 244, 17. <b>II b.

Linked entries: bed-stede hám-stede

be-tweohsn

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweohsn, -tweoxn; prep.

amongAmong

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with dat. among Ne sié hit suá betweoxn eów . . . ond suá hwelc suá wule betweoxn eów mǽst beón, Past. 121, 4-6. Betweohxn (-tweoxn, v. l.) eów . . . betweohxn (-twuxn, v. l.) hǽðnum, 210, 7-8.

Linked entry: tweohsn

neádung

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Heó wolde lybban hyre líf on mægðháde sylfwilles for Gode, for neádunge, Hml. A. 32, 191. Þæne deófollican unðeáw, ꝥ hé wile on his gebeórscipe þurh his hálsunge and ðurh his neádunge gedón, ꝥ óðre men nimað máre ðonne hit gemet sý, 145. 23

lufu

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Seó lufu . . . byil geéced þonne þæt andgyt byð gefæstnod on Gode ; ne þare lufu ne byð nán ende, Solil. H. 29, 6-8. Hí feorh ágéfan for Meotudes lufan, Men. 82.

on-hagian

(v.)
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Ne onhagað ús swíðor be dám tó sprecenne, Hml. Th. i. 488, 8.

gífer

(n.)
Grammar
gífer, es; m.

A glutton

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A glutton Gífer hátte se wyrm the worm's name is glutton, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373. 31; Seel. 118

ge-rár

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rár, es; n.
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The roar of a wild animal Náht óþres ne gehýrde bútan leóna grymetunge and wulfa gerár, Shrn. 50, 10