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un-andet

(adj.)
Grammar
un-andet, adj.

Unconfessed

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Unconfessed Ǽnig man mid unandettan heáfodleahtrum húsles ne ábyrige, ac andette and béte, Wulfst. 71, 7

Linked entry: andettan

fandere

(n.)
Grammar
fandere, es; m.
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One who tries, tests, &c. Ná swylce leornungcniht ac swylce fandere (temptator), Scint. 206, 4

á-wirpan

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Wearð geðúht swilce heó áwyrpan mihte, ac heó gewát of worulde, Hml. S. 20, 65. Add

and-werdan

(v.)
Grammar
and-werdan, and-wirdan, and-wyrdan, ond-wyrdan; p. de; pp. od [and, word a word: Goth. and-waúrdyan to answer, waúrd a word: Ger. antwort an answer]

To answer ⬩ respondere

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To answer; respondere Abram hire andwerde Abram ei respondit. Gen. 16, 6

Linked entries: and-wirdan and-wyrdan

fealwe

(adj.)
Grammar
fealwe, fallow, pale yellow, dusky, bay, Exon. 57 a; Th. 202, 24; Ph. 74: 60 a; Th. 219, 22; Ph. 311: Beo. Th. 1735; B. 865: 1837; B. 916; nom. acc. pl.
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of fealo

æsc-berend

(n.)
Grammar
æsc-berend, es; m. [æsc a spear, berende bearing, part, from beran to bear]

A spear or lance-bearer ⬩ a soldier ⬩ hastifer

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A spear or lance-bearer, a soldier; hastifer Eorre æscberend the fierce spear-bearer, Andr. Kmbl. 93; An. 47: 2153; An. 1078. Ealde æscberend the old spear-bearer, 3072; Au. 1539

næftig

(adj.)
Grammar
næftig, adj.
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N[æ]fti[ge] inopes An. Ox. 56, 227. N[æ]f[tige] egenos 231

symbel-calic

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-calic, es; m.

A chalice

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A chalice for use at festivals or at the solemnity of the Mass. II. Ic an Ðeódréd mín wíte massehakele ðe ic on Pauie bouhte and simbelcalice, Chart. Th. 515, 18

Linked entry: calic

efesian

(v.)
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Sceára tácen is þæt þú wecge þínne scytefinger and þone midemistan on þínre swíðran hande ymb þín heáfod swilce þú efysian wille, Tech. ii. 127, 25. with acc. of person, to cut the hair of a person Ne efesiað eów, Deut. 14, 6.

BEALO

(n.)
Grammar
BEALO, bealu, balu; gen. bealowes, bealwes, bealuwes, baluwes; dat. bealuwe, bealwe, baluwe, bealo; acc. bealu, balu, bealo; instr. bealwe, bealuwe; pl. gen. bealwa, bealuwa, baluwa; dat. instr. balawum; balawun; n.

BALE ⬩ woe ⬩ harm ⬩ evil ⬩ mischief ⬩ malum ⬩ calamitas ⬩ pernicies ⬩ damnum ⬩ noxa ⬩ tribulatio ⬩ wickedness ⬩ depravity ⬩ malities ⬩ nequitia

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Him to bealwe to their own harm, Exon. 24 a ; Th. 68, 19 ; Cri. 1106. Bealwe gebǽded by calamity compelled, Beo. Th. 5644; B. 2826.

Linked entries: balewe balo balw bealu

þrili

(adj.)
Grammar
þrili, This word has the form of an i-stem adjective in the glosses
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ðrili trilex, Txts. 35, 29; drili triplex, 115, 158; þrielig hrægil triligium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 53

Linked entry: þrilig

þegnest

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest, (? related to þegnian as O. Sax. thionost,O. L. Ger. thianust, thienest, O. H. Ger. dionóst, Icel. þjónusta are to verbs thionón, dionón, þjóna respectively; or(?) þénest, þeónest the English form corresponding to the nouns given above. The passage in which the word occurs separately refers to Germany, so perhaps the German form has been borrowed(?): where it occurs as the first part of a compound the form is þeónest; in the same passage, which is late, eó is written where é is the more regular form, as heót for hét; perhaps, however, the Scandinavian form has influenced the English)

Service

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Service Þæs ilcan géres fór Aldréd biscop tó Colne ofer sǽ, and wearð ðær underfangen mid mycclan weorðscipe, and him geaf ǽgðer þéneste ge se biscop on Colone and se cásere, Chr. 1054; Erl. 189, 25. (This passage occurs in only one MS.)

Linked entry: þegnest-mann

hyge-blíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
hyge-blíðe, adj.
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Glad at heart, Andr. Kmbl. 3378; An. 1693: Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 31; Rä. 27, 20

eánian

(v.)
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Wolde seó cú cealfian; ac heó eánode lamb ongeán hire gecynde, Hml. Th. ii. 302, 1. Add

fóre-dúru

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-dúru, fore-duru, e, a; f.

A vestibule ⬩ porch

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A vestibule, porch Tó foredure ad vestibulum, An. Ox. 2999. Foredura, infærelda uestibula, i. introitum, 135. Substitute:

ge-teórigendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-teórigendlic, adj.
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Defective, imperfect Swá hwylc swá tídlice and geteorigendlice fyligð quisquis temporalia ac defectiva sequitur, Scint. 181, 4

heáh-hlútor

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-hlútor, adj.
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Of great purity Heáhhlútrum móde and bilewitum simplici ac pura mente, Bd. 4, 24 : Sch. 491, 10

Linked entry: hlutor

féstran

Grammar
féstran, féstrian.
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Of godcundum spǽcum inra mann byþ féstrud and byð gefédd (nutritur ac pascitur), Scint. 222, 15. Add

wamb

Grammar
wamb, I.
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Wé þis ne róhton; ac wé lufedon micle swíðor úra wamba fylnesse, Verc. Först. 123, 14. Add

hand-gestealla

(n.)
Grammar
hand-gestealla, an; m.

One whose place is close at one's hand, a comrade, an associate

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One whose place is close at one's hand, a comrade, an associate, Beo. Th. 5186; B. 2596

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