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strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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Mid strencgðe cum potentia, Ps. Th. 88, 11. Mid micelre strencðe áfylled hé worhte micele tácna, Homl. Th. i. 44, 23. Swá se fulfremeda wæstm biþ on fulre strencðe þeónde, ii. 76, 19.

ge-wemman

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For hwý bið se ryhtwísa gecostod mid yfle geðohte, and ne bið ðeáh gewemed mid ðǽre scylde tentatur, et tamen eum culpa non inquinat, 423, 24. the object a thing Þú cennest and þínne mægþhád nó ne gewemmest, Bt. H. 9, 1.

híwung

shaping ⬩ shape ⬩ frame ⬩ make ⬩ constitution ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ kind ⬩ transformation ⬩ an illusory shape ⬩ deceptive appearance ⬩ a pretence ⬩ trick ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ fiction ⬩ irony

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Hé wiste ꝥ hé mid feóndlicum cræfte ne mihte bedydrian Martines gesihðe ... wæs ðá geswutelod his híwung, 31, 827. Wǽron óþre gedwolan Antecrístes lima, mid árleásra híwunge, 832.

lim

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Is áwriten ðæt hé bícne mid ðǽm eágum, and sprece mid ðǽm fingrum, and trit mid ðǽm fét; for ðǽm ðe innor bið se hierde þe hielt ðá leomu (limu, v. l.) útan (interior est custodia, quae ordinata servat exterius membra), Past. 359, 5. a part or member

middæg-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
middæg-tíd, e; f.

The midday hour ⬩ noon ⬩ meridies

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The midday hour, noon; meridies, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 66

stéda

(n.)
Grammar
stéda, an; m.
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Ðonne lǽdaþ hý mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan and stédan ... ða stédan hý forlǽtaþ ... ða æmettan ymbe ða stédan ábisgode beóþ tollent camelos masculos et feminas illas quae habent foetas ... masculi remanent ... formicae masculos comedunt, Nar.

Linked entry: stéþa

wiþer-tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-tihtle, an; f.

A counter-charge ⬩ cross-action

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Se ðe on gemóte mid wiðertihtlan hine sylfne oþþe his man werige, hæbbe ðæt eall forspecen, and geandwyrde ðam óðrum swá hundrede riht þynce, L. C. S. 27; Th. i. 392, 5. Cf.

cǽg

(n.)
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Mid ðám unwemlican cǽgan virgineo clave, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 76. Wé rímdon ðá cǽga (cǽgea, v. l.), wé ætiéwen hwæt hié healden, Past. 179, 11: Wlfst. 176, 15

erian

(v.)
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Hwylc man áþóhte ærest mid sul tó erianne? Ðæt wæs Cham, Noes sunu, Sal. K. p. 186, 28. Add

firen-lust

lust

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Fyrenlusta and synlicra dǽda, Wlfst. 56, 6, Mid manigfealdon firenlustum, Ors. l, 2; S. 30, 16. þurh firenlustas (fieren-, v. l.) per luxuriam, Past. 311, 13. Add:

hǽmed-þing

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Mæssepreóstas witan þæt hig nágon mid rihte þurh hǽmedþing wífes gemánan, 269, 21 : Ll. Th. i. 306, 18. of criminal intercourse Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge ( fornicationis causa ) on hire hrægl... gefó, Ll. Th. i. 72, 8.

gramlic

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Hé genam áne cuppan mid cwealmbǽrum drence ... and begól þone gramlican drenc, 14, 76. Gebígan fram Godes geleáfan þurh ðá gramlican wítu, 19, 132. Þurh gramlice steóra, Wlfst. 133, 18

tó-brítan

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Húmeta God geðafað ꝥ his gecorenan mid swá micclum wítum beón fornumene and tóbrýtte on ðisum andweardan lífe, i. 486, 20

fracoþ

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Fela is fracodra getrýwða (bad faith) mid mannum, Wlfst. 243, 15. Fracodum turpibus, Germ. 389, 23. Tó helle faran for fracodum dǽdum, Hml. S. 26, 250. Tarquinius hira eallra fracoþast wæs, Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 28.

ge-wilnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wilnung, -willnung. e; f.

A wish ⬩ desire ⬩ longing ⬩ seeking ⬩ appetite ⬩ will ⬩ vow ⬩ oncŭpiscentia ⬩ desīdĕrium ⬩ ambĭtus ⬩ appĕtītus ⬩ affectus ⬩ vōtum

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Mid eallum gewilnungum with all desires, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 25. Ðæt ic agylde gewilnunga of dæge to dæge ut reddam vōta mea de die in diem, Ps. Spl. 60, 8

Linked entries: ge-willnung wilnung

á-bídan

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Maximus mid firde bad (ábád, v. l.) æt Aquilegia Aquileiae Maximus insederat, Ors. 6, 36; S. 292, 25. Hé forlét his here ábídan mid Scottum, Chr. P. p. 5, 6.

sleán

Grammar
sleán, <b>A. I.</b> add: v. sliccan
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Add Sleá man of þá hand þe hé ꝥ fúl mid worhte, Ll. Th. i. 206, 20. add Arrianus wearð slagen mid sæmnedlicre blindnesse, Gr. D. 235, 2. <b>VIII a.</b> of the action of disease :-- Þáá Gesca sláet singultat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 50.

ge-bétan

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Gebéte hé þæt, swá swá hit gelagod is : búnda mid xxx penigan, þrǽl mid his híde, þegn mid xxx scillingan, Wlfst. 181, 8. Gebéte mid were ge mid wíte, Ll. Th. i. 62, 4. Gebéte mid fulre bóte, 330, 26.

a-fýlan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fýlan, p. ede; pp. ed; v. a. [a, fúl foul, unclean]

To foul ⬩ defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ to make filthy ⬩ to corrupt ⬩ inquinare ⬩ contaminare ⬩ fœdare

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To foul, defile, pollute, to make filthy, to corrupt; inquinare, contaminare, fœdare Yfel biþ ðæt man mid flǽsc-mete hine sylfne afýle it is sinful that any one defile himself with flesh-meat, L.C.S. 47; Th. i. 402, 24: Past. 54, 1.

dǽd-bana

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-bana, an; m. [dǽd a deed, bana a killer]

An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder ⬩ homicida

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An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder; homicida Gif man gehádodne mid fǽhþe belecge, and secge ðæt he wǽre dǽdbana if any one charge one in holy orders with enmity, and say that he was a perpetrator of homicide, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26