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un-gewirded

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewirded, adj.

Uninjured

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Uninjured Ne mæg him bitres wiht sceððan, ac gescylded á wunaþ ungewyrded þenden woruld stondeþ, Exon. Th. 210, 5; Ph. 181

Linked entry: ge-wirdan

cramming-pohha

(n.)
Grammar
cramming-pohha, an; m. The word translates
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viscarium in the following passage Gif wíf wunað mid werum, þǽr bið wén deófles crammingpohha ( viscarium diaboli non deerit ), Nap. 13

Linked entry: pohha

fremsume

(adv.)
Grammar
fremsume, adv.
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Benignly, kindly Gedó fræmsume frófre þíne tó þínum gódan gástes willan benigne fac in bona voluntate tua, Ps. C. 130

Linked entry: fræmsum

ge-glófed

(adj.; part.)
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gloved Ic nát hú þú hym onfón mage mid geglófedum handum; ðú scealt dón bær líc ongeán, Solil. H. 42, 11

Linked entry: glófed

ge-grundstaþelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grundstaþelian, p. ode
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To found, build on a firm foundation Hí ne magon áfyllan mín fæstrǽde geþanc þe is gegrundstaþelod, Hml. S. 8, 21

Linked entry: grund-staþelian

ge-hlyste

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hlyste, adj.
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Audible ꝥ heora stefn sý Gode gehendre and gehlystre þonne him syluum ut vox vicinior sit Deo quam sibi Nap. 30

Linked entry: -hlyste

ge-búnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-búnes, ge-búnnes ?.
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Seó heofonlice gebúnes, Nap. 28

Linked entry: ge-búend

hwarne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwarne, , hwergene (?); adv. [Not]
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at all Wæs ne huarne long from him sunes berga erat non longe ab illis grex porcorum, Mt. L. 8, 30

sceamlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceamlíce, adv.

Shamefully, disgracefully

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Shamefully, disgracefully Ða ðè ǽwbryce ne wyrceaþ wólíce and sceamlíce, Homl. As. 19, 140. Hésceandlíce (scamelíce, MS. N. ) sáwlode, 59, 202

ge-sundfullíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sundfullíc, adj.

Safesound

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Safe, sound Ne biþ ǽfre ówiht gesundfullíces in ðam deófle there is never aught sound in the devil, Shrn. 38, 35

húslian

(v.)
Grammar
húslian, p. ode

To housel

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To housel, to administer the sacrament Hý mihton wel habban wíf on ðam dagum forðan ðe hý nǽfre ne mæssodon ne menn ne húslodon they might well have wives in those days for they never celebrated mass nor administered the Eucharist to men, L. Ælfc.

stelan

(v.)
Grammar
stelan, p. stæl, pl. stǽlon; pp. stolen
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Þeóf ne cymþ búton ðæt hé stele fur non uenit nisi ut furetur, Jn. Skt. 10, 10. Gif frigman cyninge stele, L. Ethb. 4; Th. i. 4, 3

Linked entry: a-stælan

súþan

(adv.)
Grammar
súþan, adv.
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Ne dohte náðer ðisse leóde ne súðan ne norðan, Chr. 1013; Erl. 149, 27. Healdaþ hine norðan and súðan on twá healfa twá hund wearda, Salm. Kmbl. 520; Sal. 259

weorold-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wíse, an ; f.
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What is usual in the world, a fashion of the world Hé bæd ðæt Godes yrre ofer hí ne cóme, ne him wǽre hwæs (hwæt ?) gneáðes ne óþerra worldwísena. Ðá com stefn of heofonum and seó cwæð: . . .

ge-tǽcan

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man ne getǽce his getihtledan man fram him, Ll.

sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
sweltan, swyltan, swiltan; p. swealt, pl. swulton; pp. swollen
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Ne swylteþ non obierit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 35. Swylt moritur, Jn. Skt. 21, 23. Hé swelt, Blickl. Homl. 245, 11. Gé sweltaþ, 8, 21. Ealle men sweltaþ, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 13. Hí ne swyltaþ, Blickl. Homl. 47, 1. Hé swealt, Cd. Th. 70, 15; Gen. 1153.

Linked entry: a-sweltan

widuwe

(n.)
Grammar
widuwe, widewe, weoduwe, weodewe, wuduwe, wudewe, wydewe, widwe, an; f. A widow, v. wíf, <b>III a</b>
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Hig ne móston wífian on nánre wuduwan, L. Ælfc. P. 39 ; Th. ii. 380, 16. Búton earmre wudewan, L. Ath. v. 2; Th. i. 230, 19. Gif man widuwan unágne genimeþ, L. Ethb. 76; Th. i. 20, 13. Gif hwá wydewan nýdnǽme, gebéte ðæt deópe, L.

Linked entries: weodewe weoduwe

ed-wít

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Hé forfleáh þone woruldlican wurðmynt, ac hé ne forfleáh þæt edwít and ðone hosp, Hml. Th. i. 162, 12. Ic þec hálsige þæt þú furður mé fraceþu ne wyrce, edwít for eorlum, Jul. 542. On edwít sellan in opprobrium dare, Ps. Th. 56, 3.

wíf-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-mann, (wím-, wim-?), es; m. (but seó wífman occurs). I.

a womanfemale

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a woman Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig wífman neáh weófode ne cume ða hwíte ðe man mæssige, L. Edg. C. 45 ; Th. ii. 254, 3. Ðara manna sum wæs bescoren preóst, sum wæs lǽwede, sum wæs wífmon ( femina, ) Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 35.

Linked entry: wím-man

be-murnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-murnan, bi-murnan; p. -murnde; pp. -murned [be, murnan to mourn]

To bemoanbewailmournto care forlugerecuraresollicitum esse de re

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Síþ ne bemurneþ he bewails not his lot 117 a; Th. 449, 31; Dóm. 79. Feorh ne bemurndon grǽdige gúþrincas the greedy warriors cared not for the soul Andr. Kmbl. 308; An. 154

Linked entries: murnan bi-murnan