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wan-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
wan-ǽht, e; f.
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Scant possession Náh ic fela goldes . . . ic mé sylf ne mæg fore mínum wonǽhtum willan ádreógan, Exon. Th. 458, 19 ; Hy. 4, 103. Cf. wan-spéd

yfes-drype

(n.)
Grammar
yfes-drype, es; m.
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Eaves-drip Ðǽr ne gebyreþ an ðam lande an folcæs folcryht tó léfænnæ rúmæs bútan twígen fýt tó yfæsdrype, Chart. Erl. 141, 16, where see note

Linked entries: efes-drypa drype

earfoþ-wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-wilde, adj.
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Hard to subdue His foregengan þe wǽron . . . on ǽnegum gewinne earfoþwylde nǽfre þisne andweald on swá micelre sibbe smyltnesse gehealdan ne mihton, Lch. iii. 436, 12

Linked entry: -wilde

ele-treów

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Ne ætýwde ǽnig wæstm on þám eletreówum fructus in oleis nullus appareret, Gr. D. 50, 11. Treówcynn eletreówum gelíce arbores similes oliuae, Nar. 36, 31. Add

mynster-gang

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Heálice gegaderunga ne mót mon gesceádan bútan bégea geðafunga. Heora ǽgðer mót ódrum lýfan mynstergang ( licentiam dare in monasterium ire ), LI. Th. ii. 152, 4. Add

ofer-wealdan

(v.)
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to rule over, control Ne lǽte hé nǽfre his hýrmen hyne oferwealdan, Angl. ix. 260, 27. Cf. wealdan; <b>III d.</b>

óht

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ne dorston ofer ꝥ geþrýstlǽcan ꝥ hí óhte gréttan þá hálgan stówe rihtgeleáffullra manna nequaquam ulterius praesumserunt catholica loca temerare, Gr. D. 235, 6. Add

swǽs

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Add ꝥ wé ne beón beswicene þurh ðá swǽsan lustas þe of oferflówednysse eallum þám becumað þe búton wærscipe heora woruld ádreógað, Hml. S. 11, 359

færeld

Grammar
færeld, <b>. I.</b>
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Ne mæg hé begýman his lyma færeldes membra deliberare non potest, Chrd. 75, 4. Mid heora bilwitton gyrlan and færelde simplici habitu incessuque, 77, 3. Add

reónung

(n.)
Grammar
reónung, e ;f.;

Whispering, muttering

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;Whispering, muttering; Nánes mannes stefn oððe reónung gehýred ne sý, bútan ðæs rǽderes ánes ;nullius musitatio uel vox audiatur nisi solius legentis,; R. Ben. 62, 14

bróðer

(n.)

a brother

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a brother Ne ic hýrde wæs bróðer mínes nor was I keeper of my brother, Cd. 48; Th. 62, 2; Gen. 1008: Mt. Bos. 5, 24

twelf-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-wintre, adj.
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Hé hæfde áne dohtor neán twelfwintre filia unica erat illi fere annorum duodecim, Lk. Skt. 8, 42. Man ne sparige nánan þeófe ofer .xii. pæningas and ofer .xii.

dagian

(v.)
Grammar
dagian, dagigan; p.ode ; pp.od[dagas days, pl. of dæg a day]

To DAWN, to become day, be daylucescere

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Ne ðis ne daraþ eástan this dawns not from the east, Fins. Th. 4; Fin. 3. Swylce hit ealle niht dagie [dagige MSS. P. S.] as though it were day all night, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 12, 9; Lchdm. iii. 260, 1

Linked entry: dægian

feor-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
feor-cund, feorr-cund; adj.

Come from afarperĕgrīnus

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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus Gif feorcund mon, oððe fremde, bútan wege geond wudu gorge, and ne hriéme ne horn bláwe, for þeóf he biþ to prófianne, oððe to sleánne oððe to aliésanne if a far-come man, or a stranger, journey through a wood out of the highway

Linked entry: feorran-cund

lot

(n.)
Grammar
lot, es; n.

Deceitguilefraudcraftcunning

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Deceit, guile, fraud, craft, cunning Náuht ne deregaþ monnum máne áþas ne ðæt leáse lot ðe beoþ mid ðám wrencum bewrigen nil perjuria, nil nocet ipsis fraus, mendaci compta colore, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 17: Exon. 92 a; Th. 345, 16; Gn. Ex. 189 [v. list].

mæssepreóst-scír

(n.)
Grammar
mæssepreóst-scír, e; f.

The district attached to the church at which a masspriest officiated

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Ne spane nán mæssepreóst nánne mon of óðre cyrcean hýrnysse tó his cyrcan, ne of óðre preóstscýre lǽre ðæt mon his cyrcan geséce, and him heora teóþinge syllan, and ða geryhtu ðe hig ðam óðrum syllan sceoldan, 14; Th. ii. 410, 30-33

pusa

(n.)
Grammar
pusa, posa, an ; m.
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A bag, scrip 'Nolite portare sacculum ne peram : ' 'Ne bere gé mid eow pusan oððe codd' ... Hwæt mǽnþ se pusa búton woruldlíce byrþene, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 19-24.

Linked entry: posa

ge-méting

(n.)
Grammar
ge-méting, e; f.

A meeting, an assembly, association, a societyconventus, conventio, conventĭcŭlum, congrĕgātio

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Ne ic ne gederige gemétinga heora non congrĕgābo conventĭcŭla eōrum, Ps. Spl. 15, 4. To gemoetingum conciliis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 9

Linked entries: méting ge-méteng

stuntness

(n.)
Grammar
stuntness, e; f. Foolishness, folly, stupidity
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Nelle ðú beón eádmód on wísdóm ðínum ne geeádmétt on stuntnesse ( stultitia ), Sciut. 19, 13. Ðá áwende Crist úre stuntnysse tó geráde, Homl. Th. i. 208, 19.

þafetere

(n.)
Grammar
þafetere, þafettere, es; m.
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Ðæt hé swá stiére ðǽm ungeðyldegum irsunga, swá hé ðone hnescan ðafettere on recceléste ne gebrenge sic ab impatientibus extinguatur ira, ut tamen remissis ac lenibus non crescat negligentia, 60; Swt. 453, 25