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sehtan

(v.)
Grammar
sehtan, p. te
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Ðæt wé habban ús gemǽne sibbe and sóme, and ǽlce sace sehtan, 272, 23. Bisceop sceal beón symle ymbe sóme and ymbe sibbe . . . Hé sceal georne saca sehtan and friþ wyrcan, L. I. P. 7 ; Th. ii. 312, 14

un-sceþþigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sceþþigness, e; f.

Innocenceharmlessness

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Habban ða unscæððignysse on heora móde ðe cild hæfð, i. 512, 18. Ne funde hé on him náne synne ac unscæððignysse, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 25. Unsceaðþignysse, Ps. Spl. 36, 39

Linked entry: sceþþigness

fæstrǽdnes

constancyunchangeableness

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Add: constancy of mind Mon forlǽt ðone ege and ðá fæsðrǽdnesse ðe hé mid ryhte on him innan habban scolde a timoris intimi soliditate vacuatur, Past. 37, 17.

mægþ-hád

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Heó cwæð ꝥ heó hine ne nánne habban wolde, gyf hire seó úplice árfæstnys geunnan wolde ꝥ heó on mægðháde Drihtne on clǽnre forhafednysse cwéman mihte, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 16

Linked entry: mægden-hád

hæt

(n.)
Grammar
hæt, hætt, es; m.

A hat, covering for the headpileus, mitra, tiaraa hood, cowlhat

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Terrentius bær hæt on his heáfde, for ðon Rómáné hæfdon gesett ðæt ða ðe hæt beran móston móston ǽgþer habban ge feorh ge freódóm Terentius pileatus, quod indultæ sibi libertatis insigne fuit, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 25-29

Linked entry: hætt

unwit-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
unwit-weorc, es; n.

A work of follyfoolish work

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A work of folly, foolish work Wé habbaþ nédþearfe ðæt wé tó lange ne fylgeon unwitweorcum, Blickl. Homl. 111, 2

ful-sméðe

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-sméðe, adj.

Full smoothvery smoothlevissĭmus

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Full smooth, very smooth; levissĭmus Ðe fulsméðe spræce habbaþ who have very smooth speech, Frag. Kmbl. 20; Leás. 12

ge-singian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-singian, p. ode; pp. od

To sin;peccāre

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To sin; peccāre We habbaþ swíðe gesingod we have greatly sinned, Hy. 7, 115; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 115

ge-sweccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweccan, p. te; pp. ed [sweccan to smell]

To smell;odōrāri

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To smell; odōrāri Næsþyrlu hí habbaþ and ná gesweccaþ nāres hăbent et non odōrābunt, Ps. Spl. M. 113, 14

Linked entry: sweccan

prætt

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Cwæð se Hǽlend him tó, 'Foxas habbað holu' . . . Críst sceáwode his heortan and geseah his prættas, . . . foxunga wǽron wunigende on him, Hml. S. 16, 160. Add

coc

Grammar
coc, cocc.
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Ðæt getácnað ðætte ǽghwelc ðǽra láreówa . . habbað onlícnesse ðǽm kokkum . . . Ðorme grǽt se láreów swá swá kok on niht . . . Ðæs cocces ðeáw is . . . Past. 459, 29-461, 2. Se kok ðe wé ymb sprǽcon, 12. Coca pullorum, An. Ox. 4891. Cocca, 2, 398. Add

ge-swæccan

(v.)
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Nosa hí habbað and ne gestincað (geswæccað, v. l. ), Ps. Cam. 113, 6. to taste, v. swecc; I lc geswæcce sapio, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 221, 9

Linked entry: ge-sweccan

FÆRBU

(n.)
Grammar
FÆRBU, e; f.

Colour cŏlor

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Colour; cŏlor Habbaþ færbu ungelíce and mǽgwlitas they have colour and species unlike, t. Met. Fox 31, 7; Met. 31, 4

fiscere

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Peter) habban, ungelǽredne fiscere þone leásostan, Bl. H. 177, 14. Similar entries Cf. stæþ-swealwe

fracoþ

(n.)
Grammar
fracoþ, es; n.
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Sume men beóð swá gehíwode líceteras, swylce hý Godes ege habban, and bið eal heora ingeþanc mid fracoðe áfylled. Wlfst. 54, 7. Mið fræceðo geyfled contumelia adfectus. Mt. L. 22, 6. Unclǽnnessa ł fracede squalores, immunditias. Hpt.

full-fremednes

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Add: completeness Sé þe fulfremednesse háligre drohtnunge habban wile, þæt þá synd gesette tó lífes bysene hálegra fædera lára, þára gémen gelǽt mannan tó fulþungenre fulfremednesse, R. Ben. 132, 18-133, 1.

of-lǽte

(n.)
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Gyf þú oflǽtan habban wille, þonne býg þú þínne scytefinger tó þínum þúman, Tech. ii. 120, 7

hlenca

(n.)
Grammar
hlenca, or hlence, an; m. or f.

A link, a chain of links, a coat of mail formed with links or rings

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A link, a chain of links, a coat of mail formed with links or rings [cf. hringlocen serce and other compounds of hring] Moyses bebeád frecan árísan habban heora hlencan beran beorht searo Moses bade the warriors arise, take their coats of mail, bear

earmella

(n.)
Grammar
earmella, an; m.
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habbaþ síde earmellan ( fluxas manicas ), R. Ben. 136, 23

mæsse

Grammar
mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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Gyf þú mæssan hacelan habban wille, þonne stríc þú mid tósprǽddum handum niþer ofer þíne breóst, Tech. ii. 119, 25.