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frum-sceapen

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Seó óðer gesceapennys wæs swá þæt God gesceóp Euan of hire weres sídan, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 22. Frumsceapena protoplastus, i. primitus plasmatus i. Adam, An. Ox. 687. Þæs frumsceapenes protoplasti, i. Ade, 3884. Tó ðám frumsceapenan wífe Euan, Hml.

ge-risene

(n.)
Grammar
ge-risene, n.
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Gr. 101, 4. honour shewn to a person f he (the new bishop) mote beón þǽra þinga wyrþe be óþre beforan wǽron, Dúnstán . . . and mænig óþer, þes móte beón eall swá rihta and gerysna wyrðe, Cht. E. 232, 22.

ge-sceádlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sceádlic, adj.
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reasonable, suitable Gyf þing gesceádlic swá gyrnþ si res rationabilis ita exigerit, Angl. xiii. 374, 130.

Linked entry: -sceádlic

nón-tíd

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Synd þá ðe wénað ꝥ hý fæstende synd rihtlíce, gif hý etað sóna swá hý ꝥ belltácen (v. nón-belle) gehýrað þǽre nigoðan tíde, ꝥ is seó nóntíd, Hml. A. 140, 65. Ǽr nóntíde ábyrigan ne ǽtes ne wǽtes, Wlfst. 102, 25.

or-leahter

(n.)
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Danger, peril Hwæt is ús sélre tó dónne þe on swá pleólicum orleahtre ( in tam graui discrimine) synd becumene?, Chrd. 2, 8.

sneóme

(adv.)
Grammar
sneóme, snióme; adv.

swiftly, rapidlyquickly, immediately, at once velociter, cito, subito, statim citius quickly to hasten

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Swá heó sǽ geseah, hé hió snióme fleáh 113, 3. Sniómor Cd. Th. 51, 21; Gen. 830

hlimme

(n.)
Grammar
hlimme, an; f.

A torrent

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A torrent Dó him swá ðú dydest Madiane and Sisare swylce Jabin ealle ða námon Ændorwylle and Cisone clǽne hlimme fac illis sicut Madian et Sisaræ; sicut Jabin in torrente Cisson; disperierunt in Endor, Ps. Th. 82, 8.

á-swellan

Grammar
á-swellan, p.-sweoll

To swell up

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Gif se geswollena mon swá áswollen gebít, 200, 18-23. Add:

cépan

(v.)
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Hé cépte symle hú hé cwémde Gode, 18, 36. to keep, hold prisoner Swá hwylcne swá ic cysse, cépað his sóna ( tenete eum, Mt. 36, 48), Hml. Th. ii. 246, 11

leahtrian

(v.)
Grammar
leahtrian, p. ode.

impeachaccuseblamerevilereproachto corruptvitiate

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Man godfyrhte lehtreþ ealles tó swíðe godfearing men are reviled far too much, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 163. Ða ðe ða tída úres cristendómes leahtriaþ hi qui de temporibus Christianis murmurant, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 62, 33.

trymman

(v.)
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
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MSS. ) swá hwæt suá hié ongietan mǽgen ðæs godcundan wísðómes in istis aedificandum est, quidquid de superna sapientia cognoscitur, Past. 30; Swt. 503, 10. (3 a) as an ecclesiastical term, to confirm, v. un-trymed. of abstract objects, to corroborate,

un-tweógendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweógendlíce, adv.

without feeling doubtcertainlyunhesitatinglyso as not to cause doubtunequivocallyindubitably

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Hié untweógendlíce wéndon ðæt heora hláford wǽre on heora feónda gewealde, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 27. Ǽgðer ðara folca wénde untweógendlíce ðæt hié sceoldon on ða eorþan besincan, 4, 2; Swt. 160, 29; 4, 5; Swt. 166, 13.

un-wærlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wærlíce, adv.

Unwarilyincautiouslywithout cautionheedlessly

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.; Swt. 23, 14. Geðence se láriów ðæt hé unwærlíce ( incaute ) forð ne rǽse on ða sprǽce, 15; Swt. 95, 9. Gif sió wund bið unwærlíce gewriðen cum fractura incaute colligatur, 17; Swt. 123, 18.

Linked entry: wærlíce

nigon-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
nigon-wintre, adj.

Nine years old

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Nine years old Ðá hé nigonwintre cniht wæs cum esset novem annos natus, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 186, 10

norþwest-gemǽre

(n.)

a north-west boundary

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a north-west boundary Ðære Affrica norþ-westgemǽre is æt ðæm ilcan Wendelsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 31

ge-wélan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wélan, pp. ed

To bind together

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To bind together Þurh ðas þeóde gewélede togædere through this people banded together, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 131

hagalian

(v.)
Grammar
hagalian, p. ode
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To hail Hit hagalade stánum ofer ealle Rómáne saxea de nubibus grando descendens, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 104, 20

on-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
on-hende, adj.

On hand, demanding attention

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On hand, demanding attention Hié forgeátan ðara útera gefeohta ðe him anhende wǽron, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 24

Linked entry: of-hende

hlæd

(n.)
Grammar
hlæd, es; n.

A heap, pile, mound

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A heap, pile, mound Beraþ hiere hlæd tó comportabis aggerem, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 5; 163, 10, 11

Linked entry: hlæd-disc

hlísful-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hlísful-líce, adv.

Gloriously

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Gloriously Óswold cyning his cynedðrn geheóld hlísfullíce king Oswald maintained his kingdom gloriously, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 99, 119