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æt-spyrning

(n.)
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æt-spyrning, e; f.
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Offence Ætspyrningum offensis , Hy. S. 142, 6

Anglisc

(adj.)
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Anglisc, Onglisc; adj.
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English Ongliscre sprǽce, Hml. S. 16, 33

be-sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
be-sceáwere, es; m.

An observerspeculator

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An observer; speculator, Hy. S. 24, 31

lærest

Grammar
lærest, l. lǽrest. The r for
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s may be explained by Verner's Law

and-weardian

(v.)
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Andweardiende presentans, Hy. S. 89, 18. Add

Lunden-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Lunden-ceaster, e; f.

London

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London Is heora [East Saxons] ealdorburh nemmed Lunden-ceaster on ofre geseted ðæs foresprecenan streámes [the Thames ] ... Ðá hét Æþelbyrht on Lundenceastre cyricean getimbrian and ða gehálgian Sce. Paule, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 17-23. Se wæs Lundenceastre

ge-rǽde

(adj.)
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ge-rǽde, adj.
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Ready, swift, prompt, easy, plain, simple; paratus, celer, promptus, expeditus, planus, simplex He gedyde míne fét swá gerǽde swá swá heorotum qui perfecit pedes meos [celeres] tanquam cervi, Ps. Th. 17, 32. Ge meterfers, ge gerǽdre sprǽce et versibus

ge-rínan

(v.)
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ge-rínan, pp. -rinen
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To touch, take hold of, grip; tangĕre, contingĕre, arrĭpĕre Ne ofer ðæt syððan hine ó gerínan dorste neque unquam exinde eum audēret contingĕre, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 14. Wæs he sóna gerinen líchomlíce untrumnysse confestim languōre corpŏris tactus est,

hreówlíce

(adv.)
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Add: in a way to excite pity Ic wille geswigian . . . hú hreówlíce hé wearð ádrǽfed of his ágenre þeóde praetermitto Pandionis flebilem fugam, Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, 18. Swíþe hreówlíce swá gebend hé wæs wuniende lacrymabile spectaculum praebuit, 5, 2; S.

BYLD

(n.)
Grammar
BYLD, e; f; byldo; f. indecl.
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in s. Constancy, boldness; constantia Bídeþ þurh byldo awaiteth with constancy, Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 5; Cri. 113. He sceolde ða byldo anescian poterat emollire constantiam, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, note 43

Linked entry: beld

fóre-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-sittan, part. -sittende; p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten

To sit before or in frontto presidepræsĭdēre

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To sit before or in front, to preside; præsĭdēre Wæs fóresittende se Arcebiscop Þeodórus the Archbishop Theodore was presiding, Bd. 4, 5; S. 571, 25. Fóresittendum Theodóre præsĭdente Theodōro, 4, 17; S. 585, 24

halan

(n.)
Grammar
halan, [or hamlan]
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afterbirth Gáte geallan on wíne gedruncen wífa halan him ofádéþ goat's gall, drunken in wine, removes women's afterbirth for them, Lchdm. i. 356, 8. v. Gloss : Lchdm. ii

ofer-flówness

(n.)
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ofer-flówness, e; f.
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Superfluity, overflowing Oferflównes superfluitas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 69. Oferflóuwnys ( superfluitas ) ðæs gecyndes, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 1. Of oferflównysse, S. 496, 37. His líchoma mid oforflównessum gefrætwod wæs, Blickl. Homl. 195, 12

ge-leornian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leornian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To learninquirediscĕredisquīrĕre

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To learn, inquire; discĕre, disquīrĕre Swá swá heó æt gelǽredum wǽpnedmonnum geleornian mihte prout a doctis vĭris discĕre pŏtĕrat, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 28 : 4, 18; S. 587, 1. He nǽfre ǽnig leóþ geleornode nil carmĭnum alĭquando dĭdĭcĕrat, 4,24; S. 597

Linked entry: leornian

munuc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
munuc-líc, adj.

Monastic

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Monastic On munuclícre drohtnunge in monachica conversatione, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 96, 46 : Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 2 : 4, 27; S. 603, 24. Hé wolde árǽran on his biscopríce munuclícne regol, Homl. Skt. 6, 59. Healdan his munuclíce scrúdware, L. Eth. v. 6; Th.

un-geleáfsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáfsum, adj.

Unbelievinginfidelnot Christian

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Unbelieving, infidel, not Christian Se ðe ðam suna is ungeleáfsum ne gesyhþ hé líf qui incredulus est filio non uidebit vitam, Jn. Skt. 3, 36. Ða ungeleáfsuman ðeóde gesécan incredulam gentem adire, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 33. Gif hí ungeleáfsume ( infideles

Linked entry: ge-leáfsum

un-sceþþende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþende, adj.

Innocentharmless

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Innocent, harmless Unsceþþende ic eam innocens ego sum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 25. Onfóh míne sáwle, for ic wæs unsceðþeude and clǽnheort, Shrn. 139, 22. Ða bilehwitnysse ðæs unscæþþendan ( innocentis ) lífes, Bd. 1, 26; S. 487, 40. Ðæt hé ðære unsceþþendan

wédenheortness

(n.)
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wédenheortness, e ; f.
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Madness, frenzy, fury He gelómlíce mid wédenl.eortnesse módes wæs crebra mentis vesania premebatur, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 3. Wiþ wédenheortnesse Macedlones contra vesaniam Macedonii, 4, 17; S. 585, 45. For wédenheortnesse ðæs leódhatan propter vesanam tyrannidem

nihtes

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Add: alone Hé nihtes on ungearwe hî on bestæl, Ors. 1,10; S. 46, 34. Hié . . . hié nihtes on frumslǽpe on bestǽlan, 2, 8 ; S. 92, 1: Chr. 876 ; P. 74, 11. with dæges, continuously Dæges and niehtes hié fundiað, Past. 127, 20. Þá hét Pompeius þæt mon

Ægypte

Egypt

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Egypt, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 11