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in-hold

(adj.)
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in-hold, adj.
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Thoroughly loyal, loyal from the heart Abbodissum wé tǽcaþ ðæt hí inholde sín and ðæs hálgan regoles gebodum eallum móde þeówigen we teach abbesses to be heartily loyal, and to be subservient to the commands of the holy rule with all their mind, Lchdm

lenden-brǽð

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lenden-brǽð, lende-brǽð, e, f: -brǽda, an; m.

A loin

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Sió helt ða lendenbrǽdan it [the liver] has a hold on the false ribs, L. M. 2, 17; Lchdm. ii. 198, 1

loddere

(n.)
Grammar
loddere, es; m.

A beggar

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A beggar, poor person Se ríca besihþ on his pællenum gyrlum and cwyþ 'Nis se loddere mid his tættecon mín gelíca but the rich man looks at his purple robes and says 'the beggar with his rags is not my fellow,' Homl. Th. i. 256, 8

Linked entry: lodrung

mǽnsumung

(n.)
Grammar
mǽnsumung, e; f.

communionadmission to fellowship with othersparticipation

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Hi underféngon ða hálgan mǽnsumunge æt Gode þurh his þeówan Benedicte, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 31. participation Hé ús forgeáfe dǽl on his ríce, and mǽnsumunge on his godcundnysse, i. 140, 11

Linked entry: ge-mǽnsumung

mæsse-créda

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-créda, an; m.

The creed used in the service of the mass, the Nicene creed

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The mæssecréda is given in Homl. Th. ii. 596, 24-598, 14

níd-cleofa

(n.)
Grammar
níd-cleofa, -clafa (?), an; m.

A prison

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A prison Ðæt hine man of nearwe and of nýdcleofan fram ðam engan hofe up forléte, Elen. Kmbl. 1419; El. 711. In nédcleofan nearwe geheaðrod, 2249; El. 1276. Ðá wæs carcernes duru behliden . . . symle heó wuldorcyning herede in ðam nýdclafan, Exon.

ge-witennes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witennes, se; f.

Departure

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Departure Ðá ðære tíde neálǽhte his gewitenesse propinquante hora sui decessus, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 24. On ðone ylcan dæg byþ ðæs bisceopes gewytennys se wæs nemned scs Cassius on the same day is the bishop's departure who was named St.

gleáw-hýdig

(adj.)
Grammar
gleáw-hýdig, adj.

Wise of thoughtheedfulprudentsagacious

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Glæd man gleáwhýdig seteþ sóðne dóm þurh his sylfes word jucundus homo disponet sermones suos in judicio, Ps. Th. 111, 5

ge-efesian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-efesian, -efsian; p. ode; pp. od

To cut in the form of eavesto roundshearclipcroptondēre

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To cut in the form of eaves, to round, shear, clip, crop; tondēre Ne he næs geefesod ne bescoren he was not clipped nor shorn, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 20. Ic næs nǽfre geefsod ne nǽfre bescoren ferrum nunquam ascendit super caput meum, Jud. 16, 17

þǽr-mid

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-mid, adv.
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therewith, with that Ðá geseah hé treów licgende, and ðæt lytel; ongan ðá þǽrmid delfan, Homl. Skt, ii. 23 b, 767. temporal, straightway, at the same time Ðá forceáw hé his ágenan tungan and wearp hine ðǽrmid on ðæt neb foran, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 25

Linked entry: mid

þeósterness

(n.)
Grammar
þeósterness, e; f.
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Ðá com ðære nihte þýsternys, Homl. Ass. 203, 265. Þǽsternes (cf þióstro, Met. 21, 40), Bt. 34, 8; Fox 146, 4. On ðýsternesse in obscuro, Ps. Spl. 10, 2

un-gebrosnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebrosnod, adj.

Uncorruptedundecayed

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His handa siondan ungebrosnode in ðære cynelícan ceastre, 114, 1: Chr. 641; Erl. 27, 11: Homl. Th. ii. 568, 24

un-gesewen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesewen, -gesawen; adj.

Unseeninvisible

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Unseen, invisible Ðá ðá ða tungel-wítegan ðone cyning gecyrdon, ðá wearð se steorra him ungesewen, Homl. Th. i. 108, 29. Ðone ungesewenan ( invisibilem ) engel, Past. 36; Swt. 257, 8. Óðre ungesawene þing mon mót mid áðe gewyrðan, L. O.

Linked entry: un-gesawen

un-leáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-leáslíce, adv.

Not falselytruly

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Not falsely, truly Heó geseah ðæt his bodung unleáslíce gefylled wæs, Homl. Th. i. 42, 29. Gif wé ðæt geðyld on úrum móde unleáslíce healdaþ, ii. 546, 1. Hé cwæð ðis unleáslíce, 386,10. Mid ánfealdnysse sprece hé ǽfre unleáslíce, L. Ælfc.

Linked entry: leáslíce

word-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
word-fæst, adj.

Adhering to what one sayskeeping one's word

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Homl. i. 301, 13

Linked entry: word

wítnung-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wítnung-stów, e; f.

A place of punishment

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A place of punishment Seó micele byrnende dene is wítnungstów, in ðære beóð manna sáwla gewítnode and geclǽnsode, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 20.

Linked entry: wítung-stów

án-tíd

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Add:as an alternative meaning: An appointed hour, time when something is due Ymb ántíd óðres dógores wundenstefna gewaden hæfde þæt þá liðende land gesáwon, i. e. the boat was in sight of land at the time when it was due to be so. Cf. án-daga

eáþ-hylde

(adj.)
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Lit. easy to hold (cf. ge-healden), content Gif munuc eáðhylde bið and geþæf si contentus sit monachus, R. Ben. 29, 2: 109, 6. Ðǽre sáwle miht is ðæt heó . . . beó hire eáðhylde, Hex. 40, 4

eft-wyrd

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Swá nú regnþeófas ríce dǽlað, yldo oððe ǽrdeáð; eftwyrd cymð, mægenþrymma mǽst now mighty robbers hold sway, eld or early death; renewal of life shall come, greatest of God's glorious powers, Exod. 539

ge-delf

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Th. i. 562, 14, v. marmstán-, ymb-gedelf. an excavation, a ditch, quarry, hole