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ang-sumnes

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Add: distress of body Hé (Herod when dying) mid ormǽtre angsumnysse wæs gecwylmed, Hml. Th. i. 88, 5. Sume hí cuwon heora gescý for ðǽre micclan angsumnysse ðæs hátan hungres, 404, 6.

be-hwerfan

(v.)
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Úre unclǽnan weorc wé sceolon behwyrfan mid clænum, 138, 29

be-windan

girdle ⬩ encircle ⬩ surround

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Biuundun (ligauerunt) mid hræglum, Jn. L. 19, 40. Bewindan (involvant) hi þæs cildes hand on weofodsceate, R. Ben. 102, 14. Hét bewindan heora handa mid flexe, Hml. S. 4, 392. He forðférde, and his lie bewunden læg, Hml.

cæppe

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Mid kæppum (cappis) gescrýdde, Angl. xiii. 427, 881. Add

eáþ-módnes

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Eallon þám tó hǽlde þe his hálgan líchoman mid ealre eádmódnysse séceað, Chr. 1023; P. 156, 26. Hé geseah his þínene eádmódnesse (éðmódnisse, R.), Lk. 1, 48. Édmódnise humilitatem, p. 8, 10.

ge-leahtrian

(v.)
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Geleahtrod mid heáfodlicum gyltum vitiatus capitalibus criminibus, Ll. Th. ii. 196, 16

horu

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Ox. 11, 134. of moral impurity Mód mid horuwe ( sorde ) gewǽht, Hy. S. 37, 12. Hwæt ligst þú on horwe leahtrum áfylled, Dóm. L. 77. Mid þám fúlestan horwe ( incest ), Ap. Th. 24, 14.

munuc-hád

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Oft on lǽwedum háde and on lǽwedum girelan mid gódum weorcum and mid ryhte lífe man oferðíhð ðone munuchád and ðá óðre ðe ðone hiérran hád habbað quidam in deteriori ordine sortem extremi habitus bene vivendo transcendunt Past. 411. 36. of a woman Heó

níþ

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Th. i. 54, 13. add: an instance of wickedness or malice Hé wearð ácweald mid þý áttre his ágnes níþes (malitiae) Gr. D. 187, 6. Hú mycelne níþ hí hæfdon menniscum cynne æteówed unusquisque quantum nequitiae egisset, 189, 11.

wæstm-berende

(adj.)
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wæstm-berende, adj.

Fruit-bearing, fertile, fruitful, productive,

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Ðá wǽron ða wæstmberendan breóst ðæs eádigan weres mid ðam láreówdóme ðæs heán magistres Godes gefyllede, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 8

weard-mann

(n.)
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weard-mann, es; m.

A guard, watchman, keeper

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Hé heora wæterscipe mid weardmannum besette constituit centenarios per singulos fontes, 94, 172

wemman

(v.)
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wemman, p. de.

to spot ⬩ mar ⬩ spoil ⬩ disfigure ⬩ to defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ profane

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Ðec (the body) ðín sáwl sceal oft gesécan, wemman mid wordum (cf. nemnan ðé mid wordum, Soul Kmbl. 127) Exon. Th. 370, 24; Seel. 64. to defile, pollute, profane Gyf rihtwísnys mín hí wemmaþ si justitias meas profanaverint Ps. Spl. 88, 31.

CÓL

(adj.)
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CÓL, comp. ra; sup. ost; adj.

COOL ⬩ cold ⬩ frigidus

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Hrér mid sticcan óþ-ðæt hit cól síe stir it about with a spoon till it be cool L. M. 3, 26; Lchdm. ii. 324, 1; 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 270, 2; 3, 30; Lchdm. ii. 326, 6; 3, 31; Lchdm. ii. 326, 15.

ge-sigefæstan

(v.)
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ge-sigefæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted, -fæst [sige victory]

To make triumphant ⬩ crown ⬩ corrōbŏrāre ⬩ cŏrōnāre

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Ðæt ic mid Criste gesigefæsted wǽre ipse cum Cristo coronandus, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 21. Twegen cynelíce cnihtas mid syndriglícre Godes gyfe wǽron gesigefæste dŭŏ rēgii pueri fratres spĕciāli sunt Dei grātia cŏrōnāti, 4, 16; S. 584, 21.

Linked entry: sigefæstan

side-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
side-ful, [side-full]; adj.

honest ⬩ modest ⬩ virtuous ⬩ sober ⬩ sober ⬩ modest ⬩ decorous

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Wé witon ðæt manega sydefulle clericas (many honest clerks) nyton hwæt byþ quadrans, Anglia viii. 306, 27. of dress, sober, modest, decorous Mid háligre drohtnunge and sidefullum gyrlan, Homl. Th. i. 546, 25

ge-fég

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God gesette twégen sunnstedas and hé geendebyrde þá twelf mónðas on twám emnihtum ... hé eác mid his ágenre mihte geglengde ꝥ gér mid feówrum gesceaftum, swá þis gefeig ætýwð eallum þe hyt sceáwiað he adorned the year with four seasons, as this framework

manung

(n.)
Grammar
manung, e; f.

monition ⬩ admonition ⬩ advice ⬩ a claiming or exaction of debt, tribute ⬩ the place where toll is demanded ⬩ the district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercised ⬩ the people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons

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Ðæt wé rídan be eallum tó mid ðam geréfan ðe hit on hismonunge sý, v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 13. the people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons Fó se geréfa tó mid his monuuge, and ádrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre, v. 8, 4; Th. i.

ge-hnǽgan

(v.)
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ge-hnǽgan, -hnǽgean, -hnégan; p. -hnǽgde, -hnǽde; pp. -hnǽged, -hnǽgd; v. trans.

To bend down ⬩ humble ⬩ cast down ⬩ subdue ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ hŭmĭliāre ⬩ dejĭcĕre ⬩ subĭgĕre

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Wǽron ða mǽgþe mid hefigran þeówdóme gehnǽgde provincia grăviōre servĭtio subacta, Bd. 4, 15; S. 583, 30

un-eáðness

(n.)
Grammar
un-eáðness, e; f.

uneasiness of mind ⬩ anxiety ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ difficulty ⬩ severity ⬩ harshness

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Hé swýþe weóp and mid mycelre unéðnysse his eágospind mid teárum leohte. Ðá fréfrode hine Gúthlác and him cwæð tó: 'Ne beó ðú ná geunrótsod, forþon ne bið mé nǽnig unéðnysse ðæt ic tó Drihtne fare, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 2-8.

be-settan

to set ⬩ place ⬩ to apply ⬩ to surround ⬩ to besiege

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Wítum besette on helle, Wlfst. 145, 31. to besiege Gé beóð lange inne besette, Deut. 28, 53. to set with something inserted Hé eall wæs beset mid heora scotungum, Hml. S. 32, 117. Hié wǽron ymb eal útan mid eágum besett, Past. 195, 19