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ge-dyrstig

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Be þǽre wísan þe ic nǽfre ǽr næs gedyrstig þé tó áxianne, Guth. 84, 20. Ne mæg þǽr ǽni man be ágnum gewyrhtum gedyrstig wesan déman gehende nullus, ibi meritis confidit judice praesens, Dóm. L. 170.

Hreopa-dún

Grammar
Hreopa-dún, Hreope-, Hrypa-dún, e; f.

Repton

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Peter Guthl. 23; Gdwin. 16, 20

an-sín

(n.)
Grammar
an-sín, e; f.

a viewsightfigure

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Gúþlác wæs on ansíne mycel Guthlac was tall in figure, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 1

sceótend

(n.)
Grammar
sceótend, es; m.
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One who shoots, a warrior Sceótend wǽron gúþe gegremede, Judth. Thw. 26, 2; Jud. 305: Beo. Th. 1411; B. 703: Met. 1, 11. Sceótend sendaþ flángeweorc, Exon. Th. 42, 20; Cri. 675. Hlyn scylda and sceafta, sceótendra fyll, Cd. Th. 124, 14; Gen. 2062.

un-forhtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forhtlíce, adv.

Fearlesslywithout fear

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Hé unforhtlíce ða strǽle ðara áwerigdra gásta him fram ásceáf, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 24. Twá swalewan hí setton unforhtlíce on ða sculdra Gúðláces, 10; Gdwin. 52, 9: Homl. Th. i. 508, 1: ii. 558, 30.

Linked entry: forhtlíce

fen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
fen-líc, adj.

Fenlikemarshyfennypăluster

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Betwyx ða fenlícan gewrido ðæs wídgillan wéstenes he ána ongan eardian he began to dwell alone among the fenny thickets of the wide wilderness, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 22, 9

racsan

(v.)
Grammar
racsan, raxan
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to stretch one's self after sleep Swá hé of hefegum slǽpe raxende áwóce, Guthl. 12; Gdwin. 60, 6. [Cf. Après dormer il co espreche raskyt hym, Wrt. Voc. i. 152, 25. He ( sloth ) his brest knocked and roxed (raxed, MS. W.: roskid, MS.

Linked entry: raxan

þolemódness

(n.)
Grammar
þolemódness, e; f. Patience, long-suffering, endurance
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Wurðigan ða gódan þeáwas ... geþyld and þolemódnysse, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 16

baþian

(v.)

to immerse in a liquid by way of torment,

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Ðá baþode hé hine on gehálgedum wætre, Guth. 60, 2: Gr. D. 308, 22. Baþige hé hine on swétum wætre, Lch. ii. 244, 17, 23. Ongan hé hine baðian swá swátigne, Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 30. Heó wolde hí sylfe baðian, Hml.

Linked entry: bæþ

gyrdel

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Sóna swá hé wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd, Guth. Gr. 148, 7. Hé stód on ðám wætere tó his gyrdle (usque ad lumbos, Bd 5, 12), Hml. Th. ii. 354, 18. Mid gildenum girdle his breóst wæs befangen, Ll. Th. ii. 370, 4.

þanc

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Add ] Þý lǽs ic lengc þone þanc hefige þára leornendra mid gesegenum þára fremdra tǽlnysse ne sensus legentium prolixae sententiae molesta defensio obnubilet, Guth. Gr. 102, 31. <b>II a.

Iclingas

(n.)
Grammar
Iclingas, pl.
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Guthlac belonged Hé was ðæs yldestan and ðæs æðelstan cynnes ðe Iclingas wǽron genemnede he [Guthlac's father] was of that chiefest and noblest race that were called Iclings, Guthl. 1 ; Gdwin. 8, 4. [Icelingtun (Ickleton in Cambridgeshire?)

un-áblinn

(n.)
Grammar
un-áblinn, es; n.

A not ceasing

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ðæs yfelan geþóhtes I see the wicked device of thy heart; the tempter of the race of mess hath begotten in thee those incessant recurrences of (that never ceasing from) that evil thought, Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 46, 10

Linked entry: á-blinn

ofer-drync

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-drync, es; m.

excessive drinking, drunkennessan entertainment where excessive drinking takes placeebrietas

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Hí férdon tó sumre wydewan hám and ðǽr wǽron ondrencte mid oferdrynce, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 20. an entertainment where excessive drinking takes place (cf, ge-drinc) Hé begǽþ unǽtas and oferdrincas comessationibus vacat atque conviviis, Deut. 21, 20

costere

(n.)
Grammar
costere, costnere, es; m.

A tempter tentator

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of mankind [lit. of the race of men] hath begotten in thee the unrest of this evil thought Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 46, 9. Se costere cwæþ to him tentator dixit ei Mt. Kmbl. Rush. Lind. 4, 3

Linked entry: costnere

ge-wǽde

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D. 248, 24. v. breóst-gewǽde, cyne-gewǽde, eorl-gewǽde, fót-gewǽde, gúþ-gewǽde, heáfod-gewǽde, hrægel-gewǽde, wægn-gewǽde, winter-gewǽde

ge-neósian

(v.)
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Utan seóce geneósian, Wlfst. 119, 9 : Guth. Gr. 163, 49. <b>I b.</b> to come in a vision to :-- Þás geneósode se hǽlend, and hét hí gán tó þám cwearterne, Hml. S. 4, 231. <b>Ic.

bleó-bord

(n.)
Grammar
bleó-bord, es; n.

A coloured table on which games of chess are playedtabula colorata in qua prœlia latronum luduntur

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[bleoh, bleó colour, bord a table] A coloured table on which games of chess are played; tabula colorata in qua prœlia latronum luduntur (Ettm. p. 311) Dryhten dǽleþ sumum gúþe blǽd, sumum tæfle cræft, bleóbordes gebregd the Lord allots to one success

un-girwan

(v.)
Grammar
un-girwan, -girian; p. -girwde, -girede

To stripdivest

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Gúðlác hine sylfne ungyrede, Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 16. Hé hine ungyrede ðæs godcundan mægenþrymmes, Blickl. Homl. 103, 2. Hiǽ ungeredun ( exuerunt ) hine and gegearwadun (induerunt ) hine his ágene wéde, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 31.

hand-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
hand-þegen, es; m.

An attendant, one of a retinue, servant

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An attendant, one of a retinue, servant Ðá hé ðá ðyder férde ðá wǽron his handþegnas twegen when he journeyed thither, two of his attendants were with him, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 3.