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scindel

(n.)
Grammar
scindel, es; m.
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A shingle Ut reddat iusticiam aecclesiae, id est, .i. cyricsceat, et .v. scindlas, et .i. bord, C. D. vi. 33, 1

brægd-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
brægd-wís, ; adj. [brægd
deceit
, wís
wise
]

deceitwiseWise in deceit, crafty, fraudulent;astutus, fraudulentus, dolosus

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Wise in deceit, crafty, fraudulent; astutus, fraudulentus, dolosus Brægdwís bona a crafty murderer, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 13; Gú. 58

ealdor-man

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-man, -mann, -mon, ealdur-, aldor-, eldor-, es; m. [eald old, not only in age, but in knowledge, v. eald, hence ealdor an elder; man hŏmo] .

ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor.eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves

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Bos. 20, 25: Mk. Bos. 6, 21. His ealdormannum and his þegnum suis dŭcĭbus ac ministris, Bd. 3, 3; S. 526, 1: 4, 15; S. 583, 27.

diácon

(n.)
Grammar
diácon, deácon,es ; m.

A deacon, minister of the church, levitediācōnus = διάκoνos a servant, waiting man = Lat. minister, levīta, levītes = λευίτηs

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Bos. 1, 19. Diácon levīta [Wyc. dekene ], Lk. Bos. 10, 32. Ða apostolas gehádodon seofon diáconas ... Ðæra diácona wæs se forma Stephănus ... Hí mid gebédum and bletsungum to diáconum gehádode wurdon the apostles ordained seven deacons ...

Linked entry: deácon

for-niman

(v.)
Grammar
for-niman, -nyman; p. -nam, -nom, pl. -námon, -nómon; pp. -numen; v. trans.

To take awaydeformplunderdestroyransackwasteconsumedevourrapĕreperdĕreextermĭnārevastāreconsūmĕredevŏrāre

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Bos. 9, 54. Ðæs mannes wlite wyrþeþ eall fornumen mid onsígendre ylde the beauty of man becomes thoroughly destroyed by approaching old age, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50, 20.

Linked entry: for-nyman

geond

(prep.)
Grammar
geond, giond; prep. acc.

Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyondper, trans, inter, post, ultraκατά

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Bos. 12, 43: 14, 35. Ðá eóde geond Hiericho tum perambulabat Jericho, Lk. Bos. 19, 1. Beóþ mycele eorþan styrunga geond stówa terræ motus magni erunt per loca, 21, 11.

hæleþ

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Add: [The declension of this word is like that of ealu ; both are t-stems, and the regular nominative should be hæle q. v. See Kl. Nom.

tó-fleógan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-fleógan, p. -fleág, pl. -flugon; pp. -flogen.

to fly asunder,fly to piecesto fly apart,to crack,have breakings out (of a diseased body)

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leprosy and for a body that has breakings out on it, Lchdm. i. 352, 18

Linked entry: fleógan

flǽsc-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
flǽsc-cófa, an; m. [flǽsc flesh, cófa a chamber]

The flesh chamberthe bodyfleshcăro

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The flesh chamber, the body, flesh; căro Gefæstna mid ege ðínum flǽsccófan míne confīge tĭmōre tuo carnes meas, Ps. Lamb. 118, 120

ge-unlustian

(v.)

to loathe

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to loathe Se líchoma geunlustaþ ða geógoþlustas to fremmenne the body loathes to do the pleasures of youth, Blickl. Homl. 59, 8

Linked entry: un-lustian

þel-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
þel-fæsten, þel-fæstenn, es; n.
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A fortress of planks (Noah's ark) Nolde seó culufre under salwed bord syððan ætýwan on þellfæstenne, Cd. Th. 89, 17; Gen. 1482

weorold-lǽce

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-lǽce, es;m.
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A physician for the body Nis se woruldlǽce wælhreów, ðeáh ðe hé ðone gewundodan mid bærnette gelácnige, Homl. Th. i. 472, 13

frægnian

(v.)
Grammar
frægnian, p. ode
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To ask Hwæt ðú mec geáxast ł frægnast be góde quid me interrogas de bono?, Mt. R. 19, 17. v. ge-frægnian

ofer-gǽgedness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-gǽgedness, e; f.

Transgression

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Th. ii. 462, 12 : 486, 26: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 13

hleów-bord

(n.)
Grammar
hleów-bord, es; n.

A board which serves for covering or protection [the binding of a book]

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A board which serves for covering or protection [the binding of a book], Exon 107 a; Th. 408, 14; Rä. 27, 12

FǼMNE

(n.)
Grammar
FǼMNE, fémne, an; f. [fēmĭna a woman]

A virgin, damsel, maid, woman virgo, puella, fēmĭna

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Bos. 25, 1. Onfóþ ðǽm fǽmnum receive the damsels, Cd. 113; Th. 149, 7; Gen. 2471

Linked entry: fémne

gástlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gástlíce, gǽstlíce; adv.

Spirituallyspirĭtāliter

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Spiritually; spirĭtāliter Ðæt hálige húsel is gástlíce Cristes líchama the holy housel is spiritually Christ's body, Homl. Th. i. 34, 19.

Linked entry: gǽstlíce

hwæt-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
hwæt-mód, adj.

Stout-heartedbold

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Stout-hearted, bold Hæleþ hwætmóde men stout of heart, Elen. Kmbl. 2009; El. 1006: Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 3; Az. 184

lann

(n.)
Grammar
lann, loon, e; f.

A bondfetter

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A bond, fetter Licgeþ lonnum fæst lies fast in fetters, Salm. Kmbl. 531; Sal. 265. Fæste gebindan, lonnum belúcan, 557; Sal. 278

searu-céne

(adj.)
Grammar
searu-céne, adj.
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Bold in arms or skilfully daring Wæs Dauid æt wíge sóð sigecempa, searocýne man, cásere creaftig, Ps. C. 10. Cf. searu-grim

Linked entry: céne