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lifer-ádl

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Hwæt him sié tó forgánne on liferádle, Lch. ii. 210, 13. Wyrtdrencas wið eallum liferádlum, 212, 23. Add

bencian

(v.)
Grammar
bencian, p. ode
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To furnish with benches Hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . betweox húsan bricgian, beóddian, bencian, Angl. ix. 262, 22

frægnian

(v.)
Grammar
frægnian, p. ode
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To ask Hwæt ðú mec geáxast ł frægnast be góde quid me interrogas de bono?, Mt. R. 19, 17. v. ge-frægnian

un-wísness

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un-wísness, <b>. I.</b>
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Swá hwæt swá . . . þurh unwísnesse oþþe þurh ungýminge gelumpe quicquid . . . per ignorantiam uel incuriam resedisset, Bd. 4, 9; Sch. 393, 13. Add

ymb-hycgan

(v.)
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to think about, consider Naenig unirthit thoncsnot-turra than him tharf sié tó ymbhycggannae hwaet his gástae . . . doemid uneorthae, Txts. 149, 18

nytweorþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
nytweorþ-ness, <b>(nytwirð-ness),</b> e; f.

Usefulnessutility

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Hwæt wyrcst ðú ús nytwyrðnesse quid operaris tu nobis utilitatis, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 25

fleax-gescot

(n.)
Grammar
fleax-gescot, fleax-gesceot, es; n.
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A contribution of flax paid to a church Sceóte man ælmessan . . . swá elles hwæt swá witan tó þearfe gerǽdan, hwílum weaxgescot, hwílum flexgescot, Wlfst. 171, 27

Linked entry: ge-scot

wǽpned-hád

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-hád, es; m.

The male sex

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The male sex Swá hwæt swá wǽpnedhádes beó ácenned quidquid masculini sexus natum fuerit, Ex. 1, 22: Num. 1, 2. Ærfeweard wépnedhádes, Chart. Th. 483, 17

atollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
atollíce, adv.

Horribly

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Hwæt is atelícor geðúht on menniscum gecynde þonne is ðæs hreóflian líc?, 336, 31

ge-giwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-giwian, p. ade, ode; pp. ad, od

To demandaskpostularepetere

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To demand, ask; postulare, petere Swǽ hwæt ðú gegiuas quidquid petieris, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6. 23. Gegiwade postulans, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 63

Linked entry: giwian

weorþful-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþful-líc, adj.
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Noble, magnificent Hwæt rúmedlíces oððe micellíces oððe weorþfullíces hæfþ se eówer gilp quid habet amplum magnificumque gloria ? Bt. 18, I; Fox 62, 21

ge-cwidrǽden

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Witan hwæt úre gecwydrǽddene (cf. seó gerǽdnis ... gecweden, 228, 7), gelǽst sý, Ll. Th. i. 236, 5. Add

siltan

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Ðonne þú scealt habban wylle, þonne geþeóddum þínum þrím fingrum hryse þíne hand swylce þú hwæt seltan wylle, Tech. ii. 124, 4. Add

bealo-bend

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-bend, es; m.

A grievous bondchain

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A grievous bond, chain Swá hwæt swá gé gebindab hér ofer eorðan fæstum bealubendum (cf. B. 977) for yfelum gewyrhturn, Wlfst. 178, 2

ge-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bróc, es; n. [ge-, bróc affliction]

Afflictionsorrowdŏlor

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Affliction, sorrow; dŏlor Ðéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebróca on becume though only a little of such sorrows comes upon you, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 26

þeód-eorþe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-eorþe, an; f.
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The whole inhabited earth, the world Hwæt sceoldon ðé ( the guilty soul ), þeódeorðan fýlnes (cf. Exon. Th. 368, 7); úre ælmessan? Wulfst. 240, 15

Linked entry: eorþe

þrútung

(n.)
Grammar
þrútung, e; f.

A swelling of the mind from anger, etc.angry emotion

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., angry emotion Hé befrán mid mycelre ðrútunge, hwæt se brýdguma wǽre, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 76

un-geþwǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrlíce, adv.

Ungentlycrossly

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Ungently, crossly Ðá andswarode heó hire ungeþwǽrlíce: 'Ðeáh ðe God ðínne wer æt ðé genáme, hwæt sceal ic ðæs dón?' Homl. Ass. 121, 153

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrlíce

for-hergung

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Hwæt forwearþ . . . on þeóda forhergiunge nationes vastationibus terebantur, Ors. 5, 11; S. 238, 5. Add

feormian

(v.)

to cleanseto furbish

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Flór feormian, Angl. ix. 262, 23. to cleanse material Lege tó þǽre wunde, ðonne yt heó and fæormað, gyf þǽr hwæt horwes on sý, Lch. i. 100, 3. Hwítlas on sǽ wacsan and feormian, Bd. 4, 31; Sch. 540, 12.