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incund-ness

(n.)
Grammar
incund-ness, e; f.
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feeling that comes from the heart, heartiness, earnestness, v. in-cund; II Wé hine lufiað and wurðiaþ mid gewissum galeáfan cweþende mid múðe and mid módes incundnesse þæt sé án is sóð God, Wlfst. 105, 30. an inner part. Cf. in-cund; I.

lor

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Hé þæs scipes geþrowode æfwyrdlan and lore (lyre, v. l.) ealra þára þinga þe in him wǽron navis rerum omnium jacturam pertulit. Gr. D. 141, 14. [v. N. E. D. lore.] Add: —

manung

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Add Cóm eft þider sé þe geswænced wæs mid þæs gafoles manunge cum is qui necessitate debiti affligebatur rediret, Gr. D. 158, 13. v.gafol-manung

noctern

(n.)
Grammar
noctern, es; m.
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A nocturn, one of the divisions of the office of matins Syx nocternes þæs æftran sealmas sex nocturnę, posterioris psalmi, Angl. xiii. 404, 561. Tó nocterne ad nocturnam, 426, 870. Æfter nocternum post nocturnas, 437, 1027.

riht-gelífed

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Wæs geworden ꝥ seó ryhtgelýfde (-lýfede, v. l.) lǽr wæs weaxende; and ealle þá þe þǽre rihtgelýfdon (-lýfedan, v. l.) láre wiþerwearde wǽron perplura catholicae obseruationis ecclesiis Anglorum contulit . . .

steáp

(n.)
Grammar
steáp, a stoup. [In l. 7 dele '(?)' after 'remove', see á-settan.]
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Þá bær þæs biscopes cniht tó his fæder wínes drync, swá swá hit þeáw wæs. Þá rǽhte se cyning his hand forð swígende and genam þone hnæp (steáp, v. l. calicem). . . and þám biscope þone drync sealde, Gr. D. 186, 7.

heord

keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard

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Þǽt hý feoh gestrýnen and on hyrde lecgen ut acquirant pecunias, quas recondant, R. Ben. 136, 17.

ge-timbran

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Gewearð þá senatos þæt mon eft sceolde getimbran Cartainam Carthago restitui jussa, 5, 5; S. 226, 16. in the Chronicle the word seems to imply fortification Hé getimbrade Bebbanburh; sý wæs ǽrost mid hegge betíned and þǽr æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547;

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worse ⬩ worst

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Worse, worst, in a moral sense For hwam lifaþ se wyrsa leng? Salm. Kmbl. 716; Sal. 357. Ne wearð nán wærsa dǽd gedón ðonne ðeós wæs, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 4. Gif wé ðæt ne dóþ, ðonne wyrce wé ús myccle synne; and ús is get wyrse ðæt wé úrne ceáp teóþian

Linked entries: wyrrest yfel weorr wersa wurst

lár

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On ríme wæs þreó þúsend þǽra leóda álesen tó láre ( to instruct Elene about the cross ), El. 286. Wé beódað þǽm mæssepreóstum . . . ꝥ hig swíðe geornlice ymb þæs folces láre sýn . . .

fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fóran, prep. adv.

Before ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ before all ⬩ opposite ⬩ over against ⬩ Before ⬩ Beforehand ⬩ before ⬩ before ⬩ Before ⬩ in front of

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Þæt treów sceolde foran áfeallan the tree should fall where all might see (?), Dan. 557. in the front rank(?) Þæt wæs án foran ealdgestreóna, B. 1458. with prepositions, on. with dat.

Linked entries: fóran-onsettende fóran-to

brǽdan

(v.)

to broaden ⬩ to extend ⬩ enlarge ⬩ unfold ⬩ pitch ⬩ To spread ⬩ increase

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R. 23, 5. to extend, enlarge Ðæt is ðæt mon his mearce brǽde terminum suum dilatare est, Past. 367, 13. to spread out, unfold, pitch a tent Similar entries (v. brǽding) Wé þǽr úre geteld brǽddon ealle cuncta erecta temptoria, Nar. 22, 25.

Linked entry: brǽding

hnipian

(v.)
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Hé, nyste hwæt hé cweðan sceolde, ac stód þǽr and hnipode (hung his head) Hml. S. 23, 689. Hí hnappodon and swá lange hí hnipedon (they drooped their heads so long) ꝥ hí ealle on slǽpe wurdon, 23, 248.

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to relate.
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his earfoða tó Rómána witum, þǽr hié æt hiera gemóte wǽron, hwý hié hiene swá unweorðne on his ylde dyden ; and ácsade hié for hwý hié nolden geþencan ealle þá brocu and þá geswinc þe hé for hira willan fela wintra dreógende wæs; and hú hé hié ádyde of

datárum

(n.)
Grammar
datárum, indecl. m.
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Gif man rǽt þæne datárum on Sunnandæge, 302, 20

sáwlian

(v.)
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Hé hét feccan ǽnne hwer and hine þǽron seóðan, oð ꝥ hé sáwlode, Hml. S. 25, 118. Add

ge-blandan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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Hié him sealdon áttor drincan þæt mid lybcræfte wæs geblanden, Bl. H. 229, 12. Eów wæs ád inǽled áttre geblouden, Gú. 640. to make turbid, disturb, trouble : — Scír bið gedréfed burna geblonden, Met. 5, 19 : An. 424: Rä. 4, 22.

hirwan

to despise ⬩ scorn ⬩ derision ⬩ scorn ⬩ to blaspheme ⬩ blame

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Srt. 21, 8. in contrast with herian: Man eal hyrweð þæt man sceolde herian, Wlfst. 165, 3. Man oft herede þæt man scolde hyrwan, and tó forð hyrwde þæt man scolde herigean, 168, 12: Ll.

Linked entries: hyrwan herian herwan

glengista

Grammar
glengista, The translator seems to have misunderstood the passage to mean: 'In order that thy diligence and genius may add somewhat to the knowledge of these things of mine.' In some way ingenium is represented by glengista. Could this word be the superlative of an adjective, glenge well-ordered, and the passage be completed ?þín] glengista [orþanc?]
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; cf. glengan; III

á-heardian

(v.)
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Ox. 4641. of things, to be rigid, be insisted upon, not to be relaxed Gif þæs ealdres cwide þurhwunað and his gebod áheardað si in sua sententia prioris imperium perduraverit , R. Ben. 128, 17

Linked entry: heardian

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