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simbles

(adv.)
Grammar
simbles, simles ; adv.
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Ever, always Á ic simles wæs on wega gehwam willan ðínes georn on móde, Andr. Kmbl. 128 ; An. 64

un-trumlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-trumlíc, adj.

Weak

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Weak Hwæðer ðæt landfolc sí tó gefeohte stranglíc oððe untrumlíc populum, utrum fortis sit an infirmus, Num. 13, 20

un-wénunga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wénunga, adv.

Unexpectedly

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Unexpectedly Men cwǽdon ðonne him hwæt unwénunga gebyrede, ðæt ðæt wǽre weás gebyred, Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 4

Linked entry: wénunga

earfoþ-fere

Grammar
earfoþ-fere, l. -fére hard to travel, and for 'Scint. 10'
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substitute Sume cumað swíðe feorran and habbað swíðe yfelne weig and swíðe earfoðférne, Shrn. 187, 12. Cf. eáþ-fére

híred-wist

familiarity

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A being, as it were, of a family, familiarity Geornfullnyss híredwiste gearwað assiduitas familiaritatem parat, Scint. 203, 12. Substitute:

sǽ-líðende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽ-líðende, adj.

Seafaring

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Seafaring Se mǽra wæs háten sǽlíðende weal*-*lende Wulf, Salm. Kmbl. 422; Sal. 211. [Sæ-liðende men, Laym. 7821.]

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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his furðum ne gefrédað, Past. 139, 20: 241, 22. nóhwæðer ne hit witan nyllað, ne hit bétan nyllað, ne furðum ne récað hwæðer hit ongieten, 195, 6: Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 74: Solil. H. 66, 14: Met. 8, 32.

ge-bídan

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nyton, þonne tó úre reste gáð, hwæþer móton eft dæges gebídan (live to see the morning), Wlfst. 151, 18: Bl. H. 213, 25. to wait, abstain from action, remain passive Geofon swaðrode . . . brimrád gebád, An. 1589.

ge-þencan

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Geþencean geornlíce ꝥ ús healdan wið leahtras, Bl. H. 37, 2: Past. 363, 12. Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man geþencan on his móde ꝥ hé tó sácerdan heáfod áhylde, Ll. Th. i. 334, 32: Bl. H. 51, 27.

ge-néþan

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. : — Merecondel (the sun) uncúðne weg nihtes genédeð, Met. 13, 59. Ic under wælere weorc genéðde, B. 1656. Ic genéðde fela gúða, 2511. frécne genéðdon eafoð uncúðes, 959. with clause Ne dorste hé genéðan þæt hé hié mid firde gefóre, Ors.

nacod

Grammar
nacod, <b>. I a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Nú miht þú wel witan þæt weorc sprecan swíðor þonne þá nacodon word þe nabbað náne fremminge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 24. <b>II c.

ge-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sleán, p. -slóg, -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slagen, -slægen, -slegen

To strikepitch [a tent]smiteslayquellforgefightobtain by fighting

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Óþ ðæt up gewát líg and þurh lust geslóh until the flame went up and at will smote, Cd. 186; Th. 231, 19; Dan. 249

Linked entry: ge-slóh

ge-feón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feón, to rejoice.
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Gefaeh swé swé gigent tó earnenne on weg. Ps. Srt. 18, 6

án-nes

(n.)
Grammar
án-nes, án-nys, áns, -ness, e; f.

ONENESSunityunitasa covenantan agreementconventiolonelinesssolitudesolitudo

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ONENESS, unity; unitas Geleáfa sóþlíce se geleáffulla ðes is; ðæt ánne God on Þrýnnesse and Þrýnnesse on Ánnesse we árwurþian fides aulem catholica haec est; ut unum Deum in Trinitate et Trinitatem in Unitate veneremur. Ps. Lamb. fol. 200 a. 13.

Linked entry: án-nyss

cyne-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-dóm, es; m. [dóm power, dominion]

royal dominion or power, kingdom, realmimperium, regnum, sceptrum, potestas

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We willaþ ðæt án cynedóm fæste stande ǽfre on þeóde we will that one kingship standfast for ever in the nation, L. N. P. L. 67; Th. ii. 302, 8.

Linked entry: cyning-dóm

rípan

(v.)
Grammar
rípan, p. ráp, pl. ripon
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Gif eów ða gástlícan sǽd sáwaþ, hwónlíc biþ ðæt eówere flǽslícan þing rípon, Homl. Th. ii. 534, 27. On ðám man ne mæg náðer ne erian ne rípan, Gen. 45, 6

Linked entry: rýpan

tǽl

(n.)
Grammar
tǽl, e; f.(?)

Evil speaking, calumny, detraction

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he calum- niated, 260, 21; Jul. 300) hét mé fremdne god ofer ða óþre ðe ǽr cúþon weorþian that she attacked me with blasphemy, bade me honour a strange god above the others that we knew before, 247, 4; Jul. 73

Linked entry: tál

þingung

(n.)
Grammar
þingung, e; f.
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biddaþ þingunga æt hálgum mannum, Homl. Th. i. 174, 9. Mid hira ðingengum, Past. 10; Swt. 63, 15. Þurh bisceopes þingunga ex episcopi interventu, L. Ecg. P. i. c. ix; Th. ii. 170, 17. v. fore-, ge-þingung

un-wil

(n.)
Grammar
un-wil, un-will, es; n.

Absence of good willdislikedespiterepugnancereluctanceagainst one&#39;s willnot willinglywithout one&#39;s consentwithout intentioninvoluntarily

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Unwilles magon forleósan ða hwílwendlícan gód, ac ne forleósaþ nǽfre unwilles ða écan gód, Homl. Th. i. 576, 7-9: Hexam. 17; Norm. 26, 3. Gif ðú mé unwilles gewemman dést, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 90.

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon; pp. -sp[r]ecen.
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[Fra steven of forspekand a voce obloquentis, Ps. 43, 17.] to misrepresent a case, state wrongly Ne sý forspecen ne forswigod ... ꝥ þǽrtó lustlice fón do not let the fact be stated wrongly or passed over in silence, ... that we gladly accept it, Ll