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mynster-clúse

(n.)
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mynster-clúse, an; f.
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A cloister, monastery, convent His gemæccean mynecyna mynsterclúsan swá unearges mid gewunan hyrdes heó bewerude swýþe wǽrlíce hé (Edgar) bebeád coniugi suę sanctimonialium mandras [mandra monasterium, Migne] ut impauidi more custodis defenderet cautissime

Linked entry: clúse

mynster-timbrung

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-timbrung, e; f.
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Building of a monastery Hú hé þurh gesihðe gedihte þá mynstertimbrunge neáh Terracinense defabrica monasterii Terracinensis per visionem ab eo disposita Gr. D. 147, 11

Linked entry: timbrung

næft

(n.)
Grammar
næft, e; f.
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Poverty, indigence Næfte inopię Scint. 159, 13. Tó genim þearfan, and for næfte his ne forlǽt hyne ídelne adsume pauperem et propter inopiam eius ne dimittas illum vacuum, 157, 3:7. Of næfte, 198, 8

Linked entry: hæft

nǽm

(n.)
Grammar
nǽm, e ; f.
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A taking, acceptance Be ælmessena nǽme de elemosinis accipiendis Chrd. 49, 3. On þǽre nǽme cyrcan ǽhte in accipiendis ecclesiasticis sumplibus 12, 7. Cf. nám

neb-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
neb-sealf, e; f.
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A face-salve Nebsealfe stibio, An. Ox. 4, 25. Of nebsealue, 8, 269

níd-níd

(n.)
Grammar
níd-níd, e ; f.
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Absolute, unavoidable necessity Gif ǽnig geþrístlǽse bútan slǽperne tó slǽpenne bútan hé neádneóde hæbbe (absque causa ineuitabili), Chrd. 61, 9

niht-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hwíl, e ; f.
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The space of a day, four and twenty hours Gif ǽnig man wǽre áne niht on helle, and hé eft wǽre æfter þám of álǽdd . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þisum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre for þǽre ánre nihthwíle, Wlfst. 147, 9

-nimend

(suffix)
Grammar
-nimend, e; f.

niþer-ecg

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-ecg, e; f.
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The lower edge or brink Be ðæs hlinces niðerecge, C. D. iii. 418, 19

niþer-lecgung

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-lecgung, e ; f.
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A laying down, deposition Nyþerlecgunge líchaman Hǽlendes úres wé wyrþiaþ depositionem corporis Saluatoris nostri celebramus, Angl. xiii. 421, 801

Linked entry: lecgung

nón-belle

(n.)
Grammar
nón-belle, an ; f.
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The bell rung at the hour for the service of nones Monegra monna gewuna is þonne hé fæstan sceolan, ꝥ sóna swá hig þá nónbellan gehýrað hig tó mete fóð, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 34

ofer-costung

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-costung, e; f.
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Excessive trial Gié habbað in middangeorde ofercostung (pressuram), Jn. L. 16, 33

ofer-fundenness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-fundenness, e; f.
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Experiment, trial Oferfundennessum experimentis, An. Ox. 543

ofer-heling

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-heling, e; f.
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covering, veiling Oferhelung obductus, Scint. 223, 4, 5. a covering Reáf... for nédbehéfe oferhelincge uestis . . . propter necessarium tegumentum, Scint. 144, 1

Linked entry: heling

ólehtung

(n.)
Grammar
ólehtung, e; f.
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flattering, adulation Þám móde, þe biþ ábysgod in manigum þingum, swíþe undercreópeð seó leáse ólehtung (liffetung, v. l.) occupato in multes animo adulatio valde subrepit, Gr. D. 35, 15. Þurh þá ólehtinga þára preósta, 40, 19. what pleases the senses

on-besceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
on-besceáwung, e; f.
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Inspection Tó onbesceáwunge his ad inspectionem illius, Scint. 66, 9

on-cnáwung

(n.)
Grammar
on-cnáwung, e; f.
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Knowledge On oncnáwincge Godes in cognitione Dei, Scint. 15, 17

on-éhting

(n.)
Grammar
on-éhting, e ; f.
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Persecution Yrmþa onéhtinga forbær calamitatum insectationes (i. persecutiones) perferebat, An. Ox. 2974

Linked entry: éhting

ongeán-hworfenness

(n.)
Grammar
ongeán-hworfenness, e; f.
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What lies in the way Gehwylce ongeánhworf[enn]esse (ágeánhworfenysse, Hpt. Gl. 470, 2) áwéstendum obuia quęque uastantibus, An. Ox. 2713

Linked entry: -hworfen-ness

ongeán-wirdness

(n.)
Grammar
ongeán-wirdness, e; f.
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What lies in the way Ongeánwyrdnessa obuia, An. Ox. 3975

Linked entry: -wirdness