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reód

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Add: — Eágan reádiað, and reód beoþ heów, Lch. ii. 258, 14. Æt t

un-gecoren

(adj.)
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un-gecoren, adj.

unchosenunselectedreprobateevil

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Ðæt ðone áð funde, gif mæhte, ungecorenne, ðe se onspeca on gehealden wǽre.

Linked entry: ge-coren

þæslícness

(n.)
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þæslícness, e; f.
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Fitness, meetness, agreement with what is right Ða hláfordas manode ðæt hí milde wǽron heora ðeówum mannum mid þæslícnysse (v. Col. 4, 1 : Domini, quod justum est et aequum, servis praestate), Homl. Th. ii. 326, 27

lobbe

(n.)
Grammar
lobbe, an; f.

A spider

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Th. 89, 10, anlícast geongewefran ðonne hió geornast biþ ðæt heó áfǽre fleógan on nette], Ps. Lamb. 89, 9.

mýdrece

(n.)
Grammar
mýdrece, an; f.

A chest

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Heó becwiþ him twá mýdrecan, and ðǽr aninuan án bedreáf, eal ðæt tó ánum bedde gebyreþ, 536, 24 : 537, 26. vi. midreca, 430, 2. Múdrica loculos, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 6

Linked entries: méderce mídrece

un-brád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-brád, adj.

Not broadnarrow

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Not broad, narrow Eall swá brád seó sunne is swá eall eorðan ymbhwyrft, ac heó þingð ús swýðe unbrád, Lchdm. iii. 236, 8. Se unbráda þistel scolimbos, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 12.

wulfes-camb

(n.)
Grammar
wulfes-camb, es; m.

Wild teazle

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Heó hafaþ leáf swá wulfes-camb, 278, 14. Wið eágena dymnesse nim wulfes-camb neoðeweardne, iii. 4, 19

dirne-geligere

(n.)
Grammar
dirne-geligere, es; n.
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Mid þǽm heó hæfde diernegeligre quem flagitiose cognitum, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 3. Dernegiligero adulteria, Mk. R. 7, 21. Dernegiligru and arognisse, 8, 38. Tó dernegiligrum, 10, 11

ge-bræceo

(v.)
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Heó gebrǽceo út átýhð, 12

meós

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Add: — Man him fette of ðǽre foresǽdan róde sumne dǽl þæs meóses þe heó mid beweaxen wæs, Hml. S. 26, 37. ¶ as On meósbróces heáfod, C. D. v. 339, 3. On meósdene, 303, 1. In meósdúne, iii. 373, 23. On meóshlinc, ii. 172, 26.

sǽ-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-steorra, an; m.
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Sǽsteorra heó is gecweden, for ðan þe se steorra on niht gecýþeð scyplíðendum mannum hwyder bið eást and west, hwyder súð and norð, Hml. A. 117, 6-19

a-rǽfnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽfnian, p. ade; pp. ad.

to endurebearsuffersupportsustinerepatisupportareto ponder in mind or heartanimo versareponderare

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her heart, Homl.

Linked entry: a-rǽfniende

fór-word

(n.)
Grammar
fór-word, es; n.

A fore-wordstipulationagreementpræcautiopactum

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A fore-word, stipulation, agreement; præcautio, pactum Ðæt hire frýnd ða fórword habban that her friends have the stipulations, L. Edm. B. 7; Th. i. 256, 2.

be-teón

to coverto bestowassign

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Hér swytelað hú Ælfríc wille his áre beteón . . . Ic gean, Cht. Th. 567, 10

ge-éfstan

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ge-éfstan, l. ge-efestan, ge-efstan,
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Voc. ii. 65, 78. to strive after Ꝥ án wæs swíðost fram heom eallum geefst, ꝥ heora ǽlc wǽre on líchaman deád and on gáste libbende the one most earnest endeavour of all was to be dead in the body and living in the spirit, Hml. S. 23 b, 90

wite-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
wite-lic, wítig-lic; adj.
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Tó þon ꝥ hí heom ne ondrǽdon þone wítelican dóm heora deáðes, Gr. D. 277, II. Hí þá englas getellað tó þám wítelicum stówum, 316, 10. Wítelicum (wítiglicum, v.l. ), 332, 9

lencten

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Fæste .ii. lengtenu, 210, 27. iii. lengctenu, 194, 12. Lengteno, 192, 5

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to taketo take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have givento take what another offers, receive favourably, acceptto receive a personto undergo a rite, undertake a dutyto conceiveto take to, to beginincipere

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Geþencean wé, gif óðer nýten wǽre tó háligienne, ðonne onfénge heora hiwe, ac wolde úrum hiwe onfón, Blickl. Homl. 29, 2-6. Ðá nýddon hine hys yldran to ðæm ðæt sceolde woroldlícum wǽpnum onfón, 213, 2.

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd

ge-macian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 88, 29. with subst. complement Þone ǽr éhtende martyr gemacode, Hml. Th. ii. 82, 24. with tó and dat. Gif him þæt mǽden mihte gemacian tó wífe. Hml.

súcan

(v.)
Grammar
súcan, p. seác, pl. sucon; pp. socen
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Heó ( the air ) sýcþ ǽlcne wǽtan up tó hire, Lchdm. iii. 278, 7. Of ðæra cilda múðe ðe meolc súcaþ, Ps. Th. 8, 2. Ða breóst ðe ðú suce ( suxisti ), Lk. Skt. 11, 27: Homl. Skt. i. 8, 125. Sucun ( suxerunt ) hunig of stáne, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 192, 43.

Linked entries: a-súcan socian