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fór-ward

(n.)
Grammar
fór-ward, e; f.

a fore-ward ⬩ precaution

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Ben. Lye

gabul-roid

(n.)

a line ⬩ rod ⬩ staff compass ⬩ rădius ⬩ circĭnus ⬩ κίρκινos,

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Ben. Lye

Linked entry: gafol-rand

gauel-sester

(n.)
Grammar
gauel-sester, es; m.

A measure of rent ale ⬩ sextārius vectīgālis cerevisiæ

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Ben. Lye

líf-lád

(n.)
Grammar
líf-lád, e; f.

life

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Ben. 1, Lye

þǽsma

(n.)
Grammar
þǽsma, an; m.
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Ben. 10, 18

forþ-gewiten

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-gewiten, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Ben. 18, 10

ofer-flówedlicness

(n.)
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Ben. I. 101, 15

self-démere

(n.)
Grammar
self-démere, with the same meaning as self-déma, q. v.
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Ben. I. 10, 6. Sylfdémerum sarabaitis, 11, 4

Linked entry: démere

sixtigoþa

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Ben. 37, 6, 16. Add

cræft-searo

(n.)
Grammar
cræft-searo, gen. -searowes; n.

An instrument of war ⬩ a device ⬩ stratagem ⬩ machina

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Ben. Lye.

un-birnende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-birnende, adj.

Without burning ⬩ without being on fire

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Without burning, without being on fire, Beo. Th. 5089; B.2548

undern-sang

(n.)
Grammar
undern-sang, es; m.

The service at the third hour of the day ⬩ tierce

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Ben. 39, 19: 40, 6: L. Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 6. Undernsanges gebed tertie oratio, R. Ben. Interl. 47, 10. Æt ǽfensonge and æt undernsonge, Chart. Th. 137, 34

ge-sinlíce

(adv.)
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Ben. 127, 9. Hé breác gesinlíce Dúnstánes rǽdes, Lch. iii. 440, 4. diligently Hé georne behogige and gesinlíce (georne, v.l.) gíme hwæþre . . . curiose intendat et sollicitus sit. . . R. Ben. 97, 14

hand

Grammar
hand, also.
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Ben. I. 86, 4) þá ðe on fare synd, R. Ben. 78, 9: 105, 7. Sýn eác hand swá gelíce geþreáde þá ðe on þám sylfum cildum mid ungesceáde gehátheortað, 130, 6

deáh

Grammar
deáh, is of use, is good or virtuous, avails, Herb. 2, 22; Lchdm. i. 86, 18. Bt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 15: Exon. 80 b; Th. 303, 5; Fä. 48: Beo. Th. 1151; B. 573; pres.
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of dugan

Linked entry: dég

cáf-scipe

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Substitute: Alacrity, energy, promptness, boldness Mid Godes eges cáfscipe bútú þá þing beóð gefyllede in velocitate timoris Dei ambe res citius explicantur, R. Ben. 20, 6.

efen-wiht

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, fellow, associate Sceóte man ælmessan . . . hwílum be mannes efenwihte, hwílum be freótmen, hwílum be healffreón sometimes in the case of a man's equal (?), sometimes in that of the freedman or the half-free, Wlfst. 171, 4.

hé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Wé cwǽdon be hláfordsearwe, ꝥ hé (i. e. any one that commits the crime in question ) beó his feóres scyldig, Ll.

Temes

(n.)
Grammar
Temes, Temese the Thames. In the declension both weak and strong forms are found. [In Latin, nom. Temis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 30, 12, Temes, ii. 23, 12: gen. Tamisae, i. 98, 1: dat. Taemise, 216, 25: acc. Tamesim Bd. 1, 2; S. 42, 34 may be cited]
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Fóron be Temese ... be norþan Temese, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 14, 20. Hí tugon hira scipuup on Temese, 895; Erl. 93, 31. Hí námon him wintersetl on Temesan and lifedon of Eást-Seaxum, 1009; Erl. 143, 4

wær

(adj.)
Grammar
wær, adj.

ware ⬩ aware ⬩ having knowledge of something which is to be guarded against ⬩ ware ⬩ prepared for ⬩ on guard against something that might be hurtful ⬩ ware ⬩ careful to avoid something ⬩ on guard against doing something ⬩ ware ⬩ observant of ⬩ attentive to a warning ⬩ wary ⬩ cautious ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ cunning

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Skt. i. 22, 230. ware, prepared for, on guard against something that might be hurtful, absolute Beó gé wære uos estote parati, Lk. Skt. 12, 40. Ús is mycel þearf, ðæt wé geornlíce wacian and wære beón, Btwk. 220, 27.

Linked entries: wacor wær-geápnis wærþu

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