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under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneathgo lower than a placeto submit to what is laborious or painfulbe subjected to evilundergo punishment

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For intingan hérsumnesse ic háten geþafode ðæt ic ðone hád underhnáh (-nágh, S. 566, 8) þeáh ðe ic unwyrðe wǽre obedientiae causa jussus subire hoc quamvis indignus consensi, Bd. 4, 2; M. 260, 8.

wiþerweard-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþerweard-ness, e; f.

hostilitycontentionoppositionperversityfrowardnessdepravityarroganceunfavourable conditionadverse circumstanceadversitycontrarietydiversity

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Hé wearð grǽdig ðæs gódan deáþes bútan ǽlcre scylde and ǽlcre wiðerweardnesse wið hine he (David) was greedy for the death of the good man (Uriah), who was without any crime against him and had shewn no hostility to him, Past. 3; Swt. 37, 2.

ge-ládian

(v.)
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Th. i. 354, 27. to clear oneself by shewing that one had no cognizance of a matter, did not connive at ( clause with þæt) Gif hé nyte hwá hit stǽle, geládige hine selfne ꝥ hé þǽr nán fácn ne gefremede, Ll. Th. i. 50, 31.

ge-reord

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Him wæs hláf án tó gereordum and wæter tó drynce of solid foods he ate only bread and had only water to drink, 100, 28. in pl. a meal, feast Hé him tó rǽde genóm þæt hé hié ealle tó gereordum ( filiae nuptiis ) tó him gehéte, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 166, 27.

gold

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mið golde and mið gimmum, Jn. p. 188, 5. (2 a) used in writing :-- Bóca mid golde áwritenra, Bt. 5, 1; F. 10, 18. gold as material Nam hé þæt gold and gét án celf, Ex. 32, 4. gold used in payment Stent ðám bisceope eahta marca goldes; and gif hig hám

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wé, pron.

We. used of more than one person, dual plural used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors used of one person, by a writer or speaker by a prince

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Uton wé ealle wynsumian on Drihten, wé ðe his ǽriste mǽrsiaþ, 91, 8 : Getíþa ús ðæt ðe wé ðé ætforan ágyltan . . . anue nobis ut quê (qui has been glossed) te coram deliquimus. . ., Hymn. Surt. 124, 30: Exon.

Linked entry: ús

rihtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rihtlíce, adv.

rightly, justly, with justice or quity rightly, in a manner which suits the circumstances of a case rightly, in accordance with rules or regulations, regularlyrightly as regards conduct

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Æfter ðon wé singaþ rihtlíce on his lof : 'Hǽl ús on ðǽm héhstan,' Blickl. Homl. 81, 27. Hú ne belimpþ se weorþscipe tó ðam ðe hine geweorþaþ?

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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.: ðiós, Rush.) stefn uox haec, Jn. Skt. 12, 5. Þeós wundrung, Exon. Th. 6, 24; Cri. 89. Þiús eorðe, Met. 20, 118. Snytry ðiós sapientia haec, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 54. Þis word verbum istud, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 15.

Linked entries: þás þis

Augustínus

(n.)
Grammar
Augustínus, i ; m; Lat. [Augustinus is correct in the quotations from the titles of the two following chapters of Bede, but in the A. Sax. text it is Agustínus]

St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597, and died May 26, 605Augustínus

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D. 597, and died May 26, 605; Augustínus Ðæt se hálga Papa Gregorius Augustínum sende Angel-þeóde to bodiganne Godes word ut sanctus Papa Gregorius Augustinum ad prædicandum genti Anglorum verbum Dei miserit, Bd. 1, 23, titl; S. 485, 14.

Linked entry: Agustin

bysmrung

(n.)
Grammar
bysmrung, bysmerung, e; f. [bismer, bysmer infamy, blasphemy]
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Deceit, infamy, blasphemy; illusio, infamia, blasphemia Ðeós bysmrung nis to ondrǽdanne hæc illusio non est timenda, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 39, 41: 497, 6.

Linked entries: bysmerung bismerung

for-ealdian

(v.)
Grammar
for-ealdian, -ealdigean, -ealldian; p. ode; pp. od [for-, eald old]

To grow or wax oldbecome oldsenescĕreveterascĕreinveterascĕre

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Ne forealdige ðeós hand ǽfre nunquam inveterascat hæc mănus, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 24. Ǽlc ánweald biþ sóna forealdod every power soon becomes old, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10: 39, 8; Fox 224, ii. Ðe forealdode wǽron who were grown old, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 4

Linked entry: for-eald

fót-welm

(n.)
Grammar
fót-welm, -wylm, es; m: fót-wolma, an; m.

The sole of the footpĕdis planta

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Ðæt ðú næbbe nán þing háles fram ðám fótwolmum óþ ðone hneccan sanāri non possis a planta pĕdis usque ad vertĭcem tuum, Deut. 28, 35

leóþ-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cræft, es; m.

poetryversea poem

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The art of poetry, poetry, verse, a poem Ðes leóþcræft hoc poema: ðás leóþcræftas hæc poemata [all the other cases are also given], Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 16-21.

líne

(n.)
Grammar
líne, an; f.

a lineropea linerowrulecanon

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Ðǽr sceal wesan se torhta æsc án an línan ácas twegen hægelas swá some 'æ' must occur once, 'a.' and 'h' twice [in forming the words hæn, hana], Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 25; Rä. 43, 10

(pronoun.)
Grammar
mé, dat.: mé, mec, meh, mech; acc. of pronoun of first person.

Me

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Hálne mé dóa salvam me fac, 3, 7; 4, 2. Se ðe geléfes on mech (mec, Rush.) qui credit in me, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 35. Ne hæfes ðú dǽl mech (mec, Rush.) mið non habes partem mecum, 13, 8. Hé mé habban wile dreóres fáhne, gif mec deáþ nimeþ, Beo.

Linked entries: mec meh

un-clǽnness

(n.)
Grammar
un-clǽnness, e; f.

uncleannessimpurityfoulnesssqualoruncleannessimpurityobscenity

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in a physical sense, uncleanness, impurity, foulness, squalor Suǽ huæd in húsum ðás ýð eft ástrægde beuærle unclǽnnisse quicquid in domibus haec unda resperserit careat inmunditia, Rtl. 121, 36.

Linked entry: un-clǽne

be-sceran

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Ben. 135, 28. to cut off hair Bescear heó hire feax swá weras, Shrn. 31, 7. Beard him beónn bescoren. Lch. iii. 198, 29. Samson besceorenum fexe (with shorn locks), Hml. Th. i. 488, 9

ge-hweled

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-hwelian;</b> pp. ed To inflame with foul matter Sió diégle wund bið sárre ðonne sió opene, for ðám ðæt worsm ðæt ðǽrinne gehweled bið, gif hit bið út forlǽten, ðonne bið sió wund geopenod tó hǽlo ðæs sáres vulnera clausa

geolstor

(n.)
Grammar
geolstor, gelostr, gillister, es; n.: <b>geolstor,</b> e; <b>gillistre,</b> an; f.
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Swiling wið gillistrum tó heáfdes hǽlo, ii. 2, 3

ge-risene

Grammar
ge-risene, [7a line 4 /. Bd. i. 26.]
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. /. ) are his llfes and háda iuxta honorem et vita et gradu eius condignum, Bd. 4, 26; Sch. 508, 10.