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ge-wuna

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, indecl. adj.

Accustomed

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Lind. 10, 1. Gewuna wæs se groefa consueverat præses, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 15: Cd. 166; Th. 207, 27; Gen. 473

aldor-leás

(adj.)

deprived of parentsorphanus

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Lind. War. 14, 18. Aldorleás [MS. aldoras], Beo. Th. 30; B. 15

éd-módian

(v.)
Grammar
éd-módian, -módigan; p. ode; pp. od

To be humble, to obey obēdīre

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Lind. War. 1. 27

FYRST

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
FYRST, first, fyrest; adj.

FIRSTprīmus

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FIRST; prīmus Fyrst ferhþ-bana the first life-destroyer, Cd. 162; Th. 203, 5; Exod. 399

Linked entries: first fyrest

lustgeorn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lustgeorn-ness, e; f.

Desireconcupiscence

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Lind. 4, 19

neáwung

(n.)
Grammar
neáwung, e; f.

Nearnesscoming near

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Lind. 13, 28

cranc-stæf

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Substitute: A crank Crancstæf ( in a list of weaving implements ), Angl. ix. 263, 14. Cf. crencestre

wǽdling

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdling, (= wǽdl-ling ?), es; m.
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A needy person Wǽdlinge (-lingc ?) ic earn egens sum ego, Ps. Vos. 87, 16. v. (?) sedling

winter-hús

(n.)
Grammar
winter-hús, es; n.
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A winter-house, house to live in in winter Winterhús and sumorhús, Hml. S. 36, 98

wín-trog

(n.)
Grammar
wín-trog, es; m.

A wine-press

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Lind. 21, 33

ge-slítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-slítan, p. -slát; pp. -sliten

To tearrendbreak

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Lind. 8, 29

ge-þeód

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeód, part. p.

Captive;captivus

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Lind. 21, 24. Fore geþeádum pro captivis, Rtl. 177, 19

Linked entry: ge-þeád

GǼLAN

(v.)
Grammar
GǼLAN, p. de; pp. ed.

to hinderdelayimpedekeep in suspenseretardāremŏrāriimpĕdīreto hesitatedelaycunctāri

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v. trans. to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense; retardāre, mŏrāri, impĕdīre Hú lange gǽlst ðú úre líf quousque anĭmam nostram tollis? Jn. Bos. 10, 24.

Linked entry: hyge-gǽlsa

þurh-seón

(v.)

to see throughsee intopenetrate with the sight

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to see through, see into, penetrate with the sight (lit. or fig.) God geseóþ and þurhseóþ ealle his gesceafta, Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 11. Þurhsyhþ. Met. 30, 16.

un-cýððu

(n.)
Grammar
un-cýððu, un-cýððo; indecl.: -cýðð, e; f.

ignorancea country not one's owna strange land

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ignorance Ne spræc hé ( Moses) hit nó forðýðe his mód áuht genierwed wǽre mid ðære uncýððe ðæs síðfætes neque enim Moysi mentem ignorantia itineris angustabat, Past. 41; S. 304, 17, Mín sceal of líce sáwul on síðfæt, nát ic sylfa hwider, eardes uncýðþu

un-gesceádwís

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesceádwís, adj.

not acting according to reasonun- reasonableirrationalunwisefoolishnot possessed of reasonirrational

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Ic wundrige hwí men sién swá ungesceádwíse ðæt hié wénan ðæt ðis andwearde líf mæge ðone monnan dón gesǽligne, 11, 2; Fox 34, 36: 39, 9; Fox 226, 9.

Linked entry: ge-sceádwís

wuldor-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-fæst, adj.

Glorious

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Ðæt wuldorfæste líf ðætte englas on Drihtnes onsýne wuniaþ. Blickl. Homl. 103, 32. Ða stówe ðínes wuldorfæstan temples locum tabernaculi gloriae tuae, Ps. Th. 25, 8. For ðære swétnesse ðære wuldorfæstan gesihðe, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 179.

eádig-ness

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Sé þe þæt éce líf begyteþ, þon bið éce eádignes geseald, Bl. H. 97, 30. Seó upplice eádignes, 101, 35. Seó eádignes þæs heáhengles tíde, 197, 3. Éces eádignisse meardo aeterne beatitudinis premia, Rtl. 51, 19.

ge-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brítan, p. te; pp. ge-briacute;ted, ge-brítt
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Voc. ii. 37, 39. lit. Ðeós wyrt hafað geoluwe blóstman, and gif þu hý betweónan þínum fingrum gebrýtest, þonne hafað heó swæc swylce myrre, Lch. i. 256, 9.

on-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-týnan, <b>I c.</b>
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</b> add :-- to open the mouth for food (lit. and fig.), breath, &amp;c. Se mereweard múð ontýneð, wíde weleras, Wal. 53: Rä. 76, 4. Ontýn þínne múð dilata os tuum, Ps. Th. 80, 11. <b>I h.