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un-álísendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-álísendlíc, adj.

Not to be remitted or forgiven ⬩ without remission

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Not to be remitted or forgiven, without remission Bið his scyld unálýsendlíc, Homl. Th. i. 500, 18

á-hrepian

(v.)
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Add: to treat Ic hæbbe áhrepod be þám tíd*-*þénungum þe man dón sceall, Btwk. 220, 40

Linked entry: hrepian

á-réceleásian

(v.)
Grammar
á-réceleásian, p. ode
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To be negligent Ic áréceleásode and tó læt wæs míne cyrcan tó sécenne, Angl. xi. 102, 68

heofon-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-fýr, es; n.

Lightning

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Lightning, Be ðám muntum . . . þá ðe heáh standað . . . heó beóð genehhe mid heofenfýre geþreáde, Wlfst. 262. 15

Linked entry: fýr

lifer-wærc

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Be sex þingum þe þone liferwærc wyrceað, 198, 9

of-þinen

Grammar
of-þinen, too moist (?)
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Substitute : <b>of-pínan</b> to get or be too moist. r. þínan

seócan

(v.)
Grammar
seócan, p. <b>seác.</b>
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To be ill Þysum cnihte seócendum (aegrotanti) and forneáh tó his ænde gelǽddum, Gr. D. 338, 24

þrístlíce

(adv.)
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., temere) be þissere wísan reccan, Gr. D. 332, 12. Add

ge-ágnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ágnung, e ; f.

Acquisition

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Acquisition Ðet mæg tó sóðe seggan Ælfsige be ðére geágnunga ðísses landes, C. D. ii. 304, 5

Linked entry: ágnung

sigorfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
sigorfæstness, e; f.

Victoriousness

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Victoriousness Be sigerfestnisse and swíðmódnisse úses Drihtnes mid ðǽm hé ða hǽþnan ofercom, Anglia xi. 173, 12

Linked entry: sigefæstness

mǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽlan, p. de

To speak

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Th. 132, 35; By. 26: 133, 1; By. 43: 137, 63; By. 210. Hyre se feónd oncwæþ, wordum mǽlde. Exon. 70 b; Th. 263, 18; Jul. 351. Be eów Essaias for weorodum wordum mǽlde, Elen. Kmbl. 702; El. 351.

Linked entries: mǽl sam-mǽle

god-borh

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Substitute: A pledge confirmed by an appeal to God, one that is accompanied by the formulae of religion Be godborgum (-borhgum, v. l.).

cyst

(n.)
Grammar
cyst, cist, e; f. [ceósan to choose] .

choice, election ⬩ optio, electio ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ excellence, virtue, munificence, goodness ⬩ præstantia, virtus, largitas, bonitas

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What is chosen; æstimatio Írena cyst what is chosen of swords, Beo. Th. 1350; B. 673: 1609; B. 802: 3398; B. 1697. Wǽpna cyst what is chosen of weapons, 3123; B. 1559. Symbla cyst what is chosen of feasts, 2469; B. 1232.

Linked entry: wyn

hefig-líce

(adv.)

sluggishly ⬩ dully ⬩ vehemently ⬩ deeply ⬩ intensely

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Fela spræc se Hǽlend and hefiglíce be rícum; ac hé hí eft gefréfrode, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 2. vehemently, deeply, intensely On langre lengtenádle hefiglice swenced (graviter vexatus). Bd. 3, 12; Sch. 243, 8.

slíf

(n.)
Grammar
slíf, sléf, slýf, e: slífe, an; f.

A sleeve

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H.) and beneoðan cneowe sio bót bið twýsceatte máre (cf. 45; Th. i. 92, 20 for this double compensation when a wound was not concealed by the hair) L. Alf. pol. 66.; Th. i. 96, 30.

Linked entries: slífe slýf sléf

setl-gang

(n.)
Grammar
setl-gang, es; m.

Setting of the heavenly bodies ⬩ the west

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Ðá se æþela glǽm setlgong sóhte, Exon Th. 178, 32; Gú. 1253. marking place, the west Be ðam wege ðe líþ tó sunnan setlgange by the road that runs to the west, Deut. 11. 30. Fram sunnan upgange óþ hire setl-gang from the east unto the west, Ps.

Linked entries: setl setl-rád

tunge

(n.)
Grammar
tunge, an; tung [? in the passage: Álés sáwle míne fram tunge fácen-fulre a lingua dolosa (but in the next verse linguam is glossed by tungan, so that perhaps tunge is meant for nominative : O. L. Ger. and O. H. Ger. , however, have strong as well as weak forms), Ps. Lamb. 119, 2], e; f.

a tongue ⬩ tongue ⬩ the person who speaks with the tongue ⬩ words ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ a language ⬩ speech ⬩ power of speaking ⬩ a tongue-shaped thing

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Gif monnes tunge biþ of heáfde óðres monnes dǽdum dón, ðæt biþ gelíc and eágan bót, L. Alf. pol. 52 ; Th. i. 94, 20: Exon. Th. 373, 25 ; Seel. Ex. 115. His tungan (tungæs, Lind. : tunga, Rush. ) bend uinculum linguae eius, Mk. Skt. 7, 35.

Alríca

(n.)
Grammar
Alríca, Eallríca, Ealleríca, an; m: Alarícus, i; m. Lot. [al=eall all, ríca a ruler; v. ríc]

Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths

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Soon after that, on the third day, they went out of the city of their own accord; so there was not a single house burnt by their order. Ors. 6, 38; Bos. 133, 7.

Linked entries: Ealleríca Eallríca

sóm

(n.)
Grammar
sóm, e; f.

agreement, concord ⬩ the bringing about of concord, reconciliation, adjustment of differences ⬩ an agreement, arrangement of a matter in dispute

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Hé sceal beón symle ymbe sóme and ymbe sibbe he shall ever be engaged in promoting concord and peace L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 13.

ge-standan

(v.)
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</b> where something is to be done by the person while standing :-- Gestód se Hǽlend and cliopade, Jn. L. 7, 37.