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fadian

(v.)
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Ox. 56, 326. absolute Seofon þing gedafenað rihtwísum cyninge . . . seofoðe, ꝥ hé be freóndan and be fremdan fadige gelíce on rihtlican dóme (that in the matter of just judgement his ordering be the same for friends and for strangers), Ll.

ge-sceapennys

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Th. ii. 206, 22. disposition, ordering of events Nán yfel þing næs on þám englum, ne nán yfel ne cóm þurh Godes gesceapennisse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 28

hýr

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</b> where the thing is money, interest, usury :-- Hýre fęnoris, usurę, Germ. 389, 45. payment contracted to be made for personal services, wages Gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre I will pay ii you back out of my wages

samod

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Ic nú þás þing wríte tó þé gemǽnelíce and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum, forþon incer lufu sceal beón somod gemǽne tibi et matri mee sororibusque meis de regni mei commodis scribebam, que tibi et illis communia esse arbitror, Nar. 3, 9.

áþ

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áþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Beó se cyng ǽlces þǽra wíta wyrðe (this comes at the end of a section dialing with oaths and ordeals), Ll. Th. i. 282, 16] :-- Hámsócn and forsteall, . . . áþ and ordél, fyrdwíte, Cht. Th. 433, 28: 433, 8: 20: 31

un-wreón

(v.)
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un-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is coveredto reveal

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Ða deópan þing beóð unwrogene, Anglia viii. 334, 7

Linked entries: an-wreón on-wreón

CÓL

(adj.)
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CÓL, comp. ra; sup. ost; adj.

COOLcold frigidus

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Wyrc him leage of ellenahsan, þweah his heáfod mid cólre make him a ley of elder ashes, wash his head with this cold 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 26. Ða cearwylmas cólran wurþaþ. the anxious emotions become cooler Beo. Th. 570; B. 282;4139; B. 2066

be-gang

exerciselabourbusinesscultivationreligious practice

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H. 113, 30, cultivation Fram ǽlce bi-gonge (cultura) þis land ligeð tólýsed, Gr. D. 258, 18. religious practice Ðǽre godcundnesse begang (bigong, v.l.) diuinitatis cultus, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 164, 10. Bigeon[g] ðes cultus isle, Rtl. 24, 21.

biddan

to askto askto pray to

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Hié biddaþ þínre onlésnesse, 81, 22. Se blinda ne bæd goldes, 21, 5. Ne bidde gé þæs, 227, 13. with acc. Dó þæt ic bidde, BI. H. 245, 20. Ne bǽde gé nán þing on mínum naman, Jn. 16, 24. Wé sceolon infær biddan, Hml. Th. ii. 572, 9.

hát

(adj.)
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hát, adj.
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Is onbærned þín yrre fýre hátre, Ps.

un-gesceádwís

(adj.)
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un-gesceádwís, adj.

not acting according to reasonun- reasonableirrationalunwisefoolishnot possessed of reasonirrational

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Ðeáh ungesceádwísum monnum swá ne þince, 39, 8; Fox 224, 16. not possessed of reason, irrational Ǽlc gesceaft, ǽgðer ge gesceádwís ge ungesceádwís, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 7.

Linked entry: ge-sceádwís

þearfend-líc

(adj.)
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þearfend-líc, adj.
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Th. 128, 11; Gú. 402. of things, scanty, insufficient Ðæt ðú ne forgite míne þearfendlícan gegirlan (cf. se fiscere tóslát his wǽfels on twá and sealde Apollonige ðone healfan dǽl, 11, 27), Ap. Th. 12, 8

un-gewealden

(adj.)
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un-gewealden, adj.

Not under controldisordered

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Ðonne se man mete þigð, ðonne áwyrpð hé eft and hæfð ungewealdene wambe and ða micgean, 204, 10

Linked entry: ge-wealden

bisig

(adj.)
Grammar
bisig, adj.

Busyoccupied

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Busy, occupied Oft bið seó sáwul on ánum þinge swá bysig, ꝥ heó ne gýmð hwá hyre gehende bið, þeáh ðe heó on lócie, Hml. s. 1, 217. Se bisceop wæs bysig mid þám cynincge, 21, 235. Mín dohtor is nú swiðe bisy ymbe hyre leornunge, Ap. Th. 20, 5

hete-lic

malignanthardsevere

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S. 18, 194. of things, hard, severe Hé mæg him wénan hetelices leánes, Wlfst, 191, 23. Hé ferde on hetelicum wintra, on swá swíðlicum cyle ꝥ sume men swulton þurh þone, Hml. S. 31, 59

nam-cúþ

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S. 23, 630. of things Asteriscus ys namcúð tácen, Angl. viii. 333, 39

rǽd-lic

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Þonne cymð óðer ðing þe mé þincð rihtlicre and rǽdlicre, ðonne forlét ic þæt þæt ic ǽr genóh hæfde, Solil. H. 33, 4. v. oft-, un-, wiþer-rǽdlic. Add

self-willes

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Scealt þú þínes unþances þone hord ámeldian þe þú sylfwilles ǽr noldest cýðan, 23, 716. Syl(f)willes ultronea (Victoria . . . ultronea spospondit se . . . pulsaturam, Ald. 69, 15), An. Ox. 4862

be-foran

Grammar
be-foran, <b>A. I</b> 1 a.
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II</b>. add :-- Hí secgað beforan fela þinga, swá hit æfter ágǽð. Gr. D. 296, 21. of rank Swá micle swá se bið beforan ðe on ðǽm stóle sitt ðǽm óðrum ðe ðǽr ymb stondað, Past. 435, 27

eorl-dóm

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His fæder wæs geboren on Norðfolce, and se kyngc geaf for þí his suna þǽr þone eorldóm and Súðfolc eác (þone eorldóm on Norðfolc and Súðfolc, v. l.), 1075; P. 210, 33. Add