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un-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
un-lúcan, p. -leác

To uncloseopen

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Nán man ne dorste ða duru unlúcan, Homl. Ass. 113, 360

weorold-ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-ríce, adj.
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Nǽnigum woruld-rícum men ne cininge sylfum, Blickl. Homl. 223, 27. Worldrícum men, ðe áhte on ðysse worlde mycelne welan and swíðe módelíco gestreón and manigfealde, 113, 5. Worldrícra manna deáþ, 107, 29

Linked entry: ríce

wyn-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-dæg, es; m.

A day of gladness a joyous time

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Ne móstun gé á wunian in wyndagum, ac scofene wurdon in éce fýr, Exon. Th. 140, 3; Gú. 604. Eádig weorþan, wunian wyndagum, and welan þicgan, 330, 34; Vy. 61

æt-hrine

(n.)
Grammar
æt-hrine, es; m.
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Voc. i. 42, 55. ꝥ ne e On æthrine in tactu, Angl. xi. 116, 14. Mid hys æthrine hý onweg gewítað at a touch from it they will go away. Lch. i. 336, 14. Hnesce on æthrine soft to the touch, 108. 1: 110, 5

Linked entries: hrine on-hrine

andgit-leást

(n.)
Grammar
andgit-leást, e; f.
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Want of understanding, senselessness Hwónlíce fremað þæs mannes líf ðe for andgitleáste ne cann his mód áwendan tó ðám écan lífe, Hml. Th. ii. 442, 9. Be andgytléste, Wlfst. 47, 11.

cum-líþe

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Ꝥ mæssepreóst his hýremen lǽre ꝥ hig cumlýðe sýen, and nǽnegum farendum men hyra húsa ne wyrnen, 422, 6. Beón wé ǽfre cumlíðe; úre sáwel bið Crístes cuma on dómes dæge, Wlfst. 239, 5. Add

crafian

(v.)
Grammar
crafian, cræfian.
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Ðæt nán bisceop náne feorme ne crafige, bútan of ðám ðe him mid rihte gebyrað, C. D. iv. 290, 32. Add

feoh-gód

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gód, es; n.

cattle

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Property consisting of cattle, cattle considered as property Mid .ix. sciłł. gebéte, and ꝥ sié on cwicǽhtum, feógodum, and mon nǽnigne mon on ꝥ ne selle (i. e.the fine was to be paid in live*-*stock, but cattle only, not human beings (slaves)), Ll.

Linked entry: gód

ge-cope

Grammar
ge-cope, l. ge-cóp,
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For ðǽm ðonne wé forsláwiað ðone gecópustan tíman, ðætte wé ðonne ne beóð onǽlde mid ðǽre lustbǽrnesse úres módes ipsa quippe mentis desidia, dum congruo feruore non accenditur, Past. 283, 2

ge-þryscan

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Ðætte sió unliéfde byrðen ðissa eorðlicena sorga hí ne geðrysce ( premat ), 401, 6. Geðrysced (-ðryced, v. l. ) mid ðǽre hefignesse his synna, 269, 9. Add

ge-wearmian

(v.)
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Tó þæs eald ꝥ hé ne mihte gewearmigan búton æt fýre, Nar. 18, 15. Add

heonane

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Ne mót hé hionane lǽdan of þisse worulde wuhte þon máre hordgestreóna þonne hé hider bróhte, Met. 1. 4, 9. from existence Gedwínað heonone þysse worulde gefeán (hujus cessabunt gaudia saecli) . . . wrǽnnes eác gewíteð heonone, Dom. L. 231-235

ofer-wreón

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Oferwrigen ꝥ ne beó geopenad, An. Ox. 61, 11 : Mt. L. 8, 24. Add

stuntness

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Hí. . . ne wandiað tó licgenne on stuntnysse heora ásolcennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 554, 3: Hml. A. 96, 154. Ꝥ hálige word is swýðe stíð úrum stuntnyssum, 6, 133. Add

ymb-trymian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-trymian, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Ne sceal hé his ágene weorc mid deádum fellum ymbtrymman, Hml. Th. ii. 532, 32

wel-gedón

(adj.)

well doneThe word also glosses beneficium:

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Suíðe suíðe wé gesyngiaþ, gif wé óðerra monna welgedóna dǽda ne lufigaþ valde peccamus, si aliena bene gesta diligimus 34; Swt. 231, 1. The word also glosses beneficium: Welgidoeno beneficia Rtl. 23, 7

ǽror

earlier, before rather

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Add: temporal, earlier, before Nán mann ǽror nán swylc ne gemunde, Chr. 1032; P. 159, 5. Ǽrer hé hit ǽrǽrde, 1086; P. 219, 4. Swá swá wé áwriton ǽror, Ælfc. T.

wil-gesteald

(n.)
Grammar
wil-gesteald, es; n.

A desirable possession

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. ; but cf. the pairs of words (as here) ǽht-gesteald, ǽht-gestreón; feoh-gesteald, feoh-gestreón eádig on eorðan ǽrgestreónum ne dicas: Ego ditavi Abram Gen. 14, 23, Cd. Th. 129, 20; Gen. 2146

snotorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
snotorlíce, adv.

Wisely, prudently, philosophically

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Ne hýrde ic snotorlícor guman þingian Beo. Th. 3689; B. 1842

lǽtan

(v.)
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Þǽm þe nán þing him leófre ne lǽtað þonne Críst his qui nihil sibi Christus carius aliquid existimant R. Ben. 19, 15. Þára hrægla þe drihtguman diórost lǽtað, Met. 8, 11.