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cild-geong

Grammar
cild-geong, infant.
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Ben. 114, 8. Be ealdum munecum and cildgeongum ( infantibus ), 61, 10, 12. Cildgeongum mannum infantibus, 130, 1. Add

under-þeódness

(n.)
Grammar
under-þeódness, e; f.

Subjection ⬩ submission

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Wite hé ðæt hé míne eáðmódra beón sceal on regoles underðeódnysse sciens se multo magis discipline regulari subditum, R. Ben. 112, 1.

un-tǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tǽle, adj.

Blameless ⬩ without reproach

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Ic ða leóde wát ǽghwæs untǽle, Beo. Th. 3734; B. 1865. Sýn hý swá gecorene, ðæt hý untǽle sýn and sacerdhádes þurh ealle góde cysta wyrþe, R. Ben. 140, 6. Heó hæfð twá ðing untǽle for Gode, sinscipe and eádmódnysse, Homl. Ass. 40, 399

hláf-gang

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Substitute: The going to eat bread. of ordinary bread Ðá wicþénas ánre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe ... ðéhhweþere freólstídum beón bútan þám hláfgange ... oð þæt hí mæssan hæbben septimanarii ante unam horam refectionis accipiant panem ...

feorrane

(adv.)
Grammar
feorrane, adv.
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Ben. I. 29, 13) intellexisti cogitationes meas a longe, R. Ben. 24, 16. Feorrane (-one, v. l.) ðú meaht geseón, gif se wáh bið ðyrel, Past. 157, 17. Gehýrde ic feorran (feorranne, v. l.) áne stefne clypigende, Hml. S. 23 b, 483

Linked entry: feorran

ge-syndrian

(v.)
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Ben. . . . Lye' substitute: R. Ben. I. 56, 9, and add On eallum stówum yld ná sí gesindrod (discernatur) on endebyrdnesse, 105, 6.

a-terian

(v.)
Grammar
a-terian, p. ede; pp. ed

To fail ⬩ become weary ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigare

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Ben. interl. 53

frecnes

(n.)

glis ⬩ clammy earth ⬩ argilla ⬩ glus

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Ben. Frecnis glus, Glos. Epnl. Reed. 157, 25

ge-tricce

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tricce, adj.

Faithful

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Ben. 61, Lye

ealu-hús

(n.)
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Ðe werc of þesternesse . . . ben oueretes and untimeliche eten alehuse, O. E. Hml. ii. 11, 30

méting

(n.)
Grammar
méting, e; f.
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Ben. 46, 2

yfel-libbende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-libbende, adj.
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Ben. I. 118, 10. Cf. wel-libbende

ofer-hlýde

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hlýde, adj.

Over-loud, noisy

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Ben. 30, 14. Similar entries v. preceding word

tó-forlǽtenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-forlǽtenness, e; f.

Intermission

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Ben. Interl. 45, 11: Homl. Th. i. 596, 15 : ii. 382, 1

Linked entry: tó-forlǽten

symbellíce

(adv.)
Grammar
symbellíce, adv.

Solemnly

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Ben. Interl. 98, 10

leóþ-wíse

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Þás þing magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged, Angl. viii. 304, 3. Add

fíf-fealde

(n.)
Grammar
fíf-fealde, -falde, an; f.

A butterfly ⬩ pāpĭlio

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Ben. Lye Fíffealde pāpĭlio, Wrt. Voc. 281, 40. Fífaldæ pāpĭlio, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 160, 78

cirpsian

(v.)
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Ben. Lye' substitute Cyrpsaþ asperat, Germ. 394, 275. Cyrpsiendum crispantibus, An. Ox. 1201: Hpt. Gl. 435, 9

dréfre

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
dréfre, adj. l. <b>dréfre,</b> dréfere, es; m.
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Ben. 121, 12

ge-beterung

Grammar
ge-beterung, ge-betrung. edification.
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Ben. Lye substitute Wé wyllað sume óðre trimminge gereccan tó eówre gebetrunge, Hml. Th. i. 448, 10

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