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cild-fostre

(n.)
Grammar
cild-fostre, -festre, an; f.

A child-fosterer, nursenutrix

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A child-fosterer, nurse; nutrix Mót he habban mid him his cildfostran [-festran, Roff.] debet habere secum nutricem infantis sui, L. In. 64; Wilk. 25, 4

dim-scúa

(n.)
Grammar
dim-scúa, an; m. [scúwa, scúa a shade, shadow]
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Dimness, darkness; tenēbræ Oft hira mód onwód under dimscúan deófles lárum their mind often went under darkness by the devil's lore, Andr. Kmbl. 281; An. 141

gǽst-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
gǽst-cund, adj.

Spiritualspīrĭtālis

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Spiritual; spīrĭtālis Seó lufu in monnes móde getimbreþ gǽstcunde gife love builds up spiritual grace in man's mind, Exon. 44 a; Th. 148, 11; Gú. 743

Linked entry: gást-cund

ídel-gild

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-gild, es; n.

idolatry

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False worship, idolatry Hig mé tirigdon mid hira ídelgildum ipsi me provocaverunt in eo qui non erat deus et irritaverunt in vanitatibus suis, Deut. 32, 21

ge-girela

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Add Se gegyrla þe ic hæfde ... mid ealdunge tótorene forwurdon, Hml, S. 23 b, 570, Add God reáfian lǽteð eówere dohtra heora gegirla, Wlfst. 45, 25

ge-bleoh

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bleoh, -bleó; gen. -bleós; n. [ge-, bleoh a colour]

A colourcolor

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A colour; color Mid swá wlitigum blóstmum hí oferstígaþ ealle eorþlíce gebleoh with such beautiful blossoms they excel all earthly colours, Homl. Th. ii. 464, 9

ge-ræstan

(v.)

to rest, sitquiescere

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to rest, sit; quiescere Geræstun mid þone Hæland discumbebant cum Jesu, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 10: Mk. Skt. Lind. 2, 15: Jn. Skt. Lind. 21, 20

sundor-freódóm

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-freódóm, es; m.
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-Mid andweardum apostolícum sunderfreódómum cum praesentibus apostolicis privilegiis (153, 10), Cod. Dip. B. i. 155, 17: 154, 22. v. next word

Linked entry: freó-dóm

swicolness

(n.)
Grammar
swicolness, e; f.
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Deceit, fraud, treachery Míne synna ðe ic ge*-*fremede on mǽnan áðe and swicolnyssæ, Anglia xi. 102, 85. Antecrist lǽrþ unsóðfæstnysse and swicolnesse, Wulfst. 55, 12

þynnian

(v.)
Grammar
þynnian, p. ode

To make or to become thin

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Ðæt þicce horh ðú scealt mid ðám lǽcedómum wyrman and þynnian, Lchdm. ii. 194, 22

Linked entry: ge-þynnian

un-tráglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tráglíce, adv.

Wellhonestly

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Well, honestly Ásécaþ ða ðe snyttro mid eów hæbben, ðæt mé þinga gehwylc þríste gecýðan untráglíce, ðe ic him tó séce, Elen. Kmbl. 819; El. 410

Linked entry: tráglíce

diácon-hád

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On ǽlcre hádunge, ge on diáconháde ge on preóstháde, ǽfre sé ðe gehádod bið, hé bið gesmyrod mid gehálgodum ele, Hml. Th. ii. 14, 26. Add

fen-þæc

(n.)
Grammar
fen-þæc, es; n.
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Thatch consisting of reeds taken from a fen Mið ðǽm fenðacum palustria arundine (v. Bd. 1, 19: Consumptis domibus quae palustri harundine tegebantur) Txts. 181, 70

Linked entry: þæc

forhtnys

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Warð his leóhtbora áfyrht . . . and mid þǽre forhtnæsse . . . slǽp, Vis. Lfc. 38. Add

for-nǽman

(v.)
Grammar
for-nǽman, p. de

To consume

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To consume Þonne heó byð mid langre nearonesse þǽre gnornunge forht and geswænced and fornǽmed cum longa moeroris anxietudine fuerit formido consumta, Gr. D. 245, 3

gif

(n.)
Grammar
gif, e ; f.
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., and add Mid þám godcundan gyfe gesawen diuina gratia respectus Bd. l, 7 ; Sch. 20, 6

gitan

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Oð ðæt hé mid dǽdbóte forgifennesse gite (cf. R. Ben. 49, 9 which has begyte) usque dum satisfactione veniam consequatur, R. Ben. I. 56, 15. Add

heáfod-bæþ

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-bæþ, es; n.
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Weliges leáf wylle on wætere, þweah mid þý, Lch. ii. 156, 1

grornung

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Mid grornunge (gnornunge, sárinysse, v. ll.) cum maerore, Gr. D. 148, 30. Þurh nytlice gro[r]nunge per utilem maerorem, Scint. 20, 1. Cf. gnornung. Add

hell-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
hell-cniht, es; m.
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An infernal servant, a devil as servant Stód se earming ætforan þám árleásan deofle þǽr hé heálíce sæt mid his hel-cnihtum, Hml. S. 3, 372