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un-gelífed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífed, adj.

Not possessed of beliefunbelievinginfidel

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Hí ofslógon swíðe ða hǽðenan, ðæt ðǽr nán ne beláf ðæra ungelýfedra cucu, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 33.

Linked entry: ge-lífan

á-rǽcan

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Add: to get at Hé náhte his féþes geweald ne furðon ne mihte his mete him árǽcan, Hml. S. 5, 138: Hex. 14, 17: Lch. i. 246, 4. to hold forth Se hopa árǽhte (offert) sweord þǽre eáðmódnesse, Prud. 35a; 37a.

and-speornan

Grammar
and-speornan, l. and-spornan, -spurnan,
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to strike against Þy lés ðú andspurne æt stáne þínum fótum ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum, Mt. R. 4, 6.

dol

(adj.)
Grammar
dol, adj.
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Him ne ondrǽdað ðá dolan ðæt hié sién ofer óðre praecipites ceteris praeferri non metuunt, Past. 51, 19. Ðá dolan . . . ðá wísan hebetes . . . sapientes, 203, 3

for-hátan

to renounceoutlawproscribe

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Add: to promise or vow not to do, to renounce Bútan synne hé mæg gehíwian, gif hé hit ǽr ne forhét sine culpa ad conjugium veniunt si necdum meliora voverunt, Past. 401, 35.

ge-þeódrǽden

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Add: a joining together Fingra geþeódrǽdene digitorum coniunctione, Scint. 69, 19. communion, fellowship, association, society, company Ne nán bróðor óðerne mid his geþeódrǽdenne ne lette, R. Ben. 74, 23.

méd-sceatt

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Ðá ðwyran déman ne geendiað ná þá spǽce ǽr heora seód bið áfylled; and þan þonne hý démað, ne scéwiað hý ná þá spǽce, ac þá médsceatas (munera), 475, 46

leoþu-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
leoþu-cræft, es; m.
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Segn eallgylden hondwundra mǽst gelocen leoþocræftum [skilfully; or leóþocræftum, (cf. leóþcræft and next word) with charms, magically; cf. the Danish banner, the Raven, supposed to be woven by the daughters of Ragnar, and to which extraordinary qualities

Linked entry: leóþu-cræft

hwaþerian

(v.)
Grammar
hwaþerian, hwoþerian; p. ode
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Linked entry: hwoþerian

neowol

Grammar
neowol, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Nimað þisne scyldigan . . . and dragað hine niwelne (neowelne, v.l.) his neb tó eorðan, Hml. S. 14, 155. Add Drohtnoð habban . . . in neowlum áttre ( in the poison of the bottomless pit), Wlfst. 188, 8. On neowlum in imo, Scint. 21, 12.

seáw

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Add: [seáw is masculine in Lch. ii. 18, 14, though in the preceding line it is neuter Dó ꝥ seáw on neb . . . ꝥ se seáw (perhaps there is confusion owing to the conjunctional ꝥ and the initial letter of seáw ?)

CNYTTAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNYTTAN, p.cnittan; cnytte; pp. cnytted, cnytt, cnyt

To tiebindKNIT; necterenexereligare

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To tie, bind, KNIT; nectere, nexere, ligare Ic cnytte necto Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 22. Ic cnytte MS. C. cnitte nexo 36; Som. 38, 23: 28, 3; Som. 30, 61.

Linked entries: be-cnyttan cnittan

bysmor-full

(adj.)
Grammar
bysmor-full, adj. [bismer, bysmor pollution, abomination, disgrace; full full]
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Polluted, abominable, disgraceful; pollutus, detestabilis, turpis Ðæt híg búgan ne sceoldon to ðam bysmorfullum hǽðengilde that they should not bow to the abominable heathen idol, Jos. 23, 7

Linked entry: bismer-full

lǽdend

(n.)
Grammar
lǽdend, es; m.
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One who excuses Ne hyld ðú míne heortan ðæt ic lǽdend wese láðra firena ut non declines cor meum ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis, Ps. Th. 140, 5

múl

(n.)
Grammar
múl, es; m.

A mule

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Ne beó gé ná swylce hors and múlas, Ps. Th. 31, 10

scima

(n.)
Grammar
scima, an ; m.
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-Ne hér (in hell) dæg lýhteþ for scedes sciman, Cd. Th. 271, 15; Sat. 106. Hýdeþ hine ǽghwylc æfter sceades sciman, Salm. Kmbl. 233; Sal. 116

Linked entry: scimian

un-gewuniendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewuniendlíc, un-gewunigendlíc; adj.

Uninhabitable

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R.) for ðære sunnan neáweste; on ðam ne eardaþ nán eorðlíc mann, Lchdm. iii. 260, 21

Linked entry: un-wuniendlíc

wlæcness

(n.)
Grammar
wlæcness, e; f.

Lukewarmness

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Ðý læs hé for wlæcnesse sié út áspiwen ne tepidus evomatur, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 16, 18

eald-gestreón

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Hié ne úþon ꝥ hiera fiénd tó hiera ealdgestreónum féngon. Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 11. Brond ǽleð ealdgestreón, Cri. 813. Add

efen-gemyndig

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-gemyndig, adj.
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Commemorative Ealle þá syndon nú from heora eágum gewitene, and nǽfre efngemyndige hider eft ne cumaþ ( will never come back here to commemorate them ), Bl. H. 101, 1

Linked entry: ge-myndig