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cneówian

(v.)
Grammar
cneówian, cneówigan; part. cneówigende;p. ode;; pp. od [cneó, cneów a knee]

To bow the knee ⬩ to kneel; ⬩ genuflectere

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Conc

Linked entry: cneówlian

sind

(v.)
Grammar
sind, synd, sint, sient, siont, synt, sindon, seondon, siendon, syndon
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Seondan (siendon, Cott. MS.), Bt. 3, 4 ; Fox 6, 24. Siendon (sindon, Cott. MSS.), Past. 6 ; Swt. 47, 8 : Cd. Th. 235, 4 ; Dan. 301. Syndun, Ps. Th. 58, 10

Linked entries: seondon siendon sindon sint synt syndon

hleówþ

(n.)
Grammar
hleówþ, hleóþ, hlíwþ, hlýwþ, e; f.

Shelter, ⬩ protection, ⬩ warmth

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Cold bæþ ongeán ða hlíwþe a cold bath to atone for the warmth, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 5. Ða hlýwþe gódra weorca the shelter of good works, L. E. I. 32; Th. ii. 430, 24.

Linked entries: hlíwþ hlýwþ

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.
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Ne wéne gé ðæt ic cóme sybbe on eorþan tó sendanne; ne com ic sybbe tó sendanne, ac swurd, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 34. Sybbe . . . tódál, Lk. Skt. 12, 51. Habbaþ sibbe betwux eów, Mk. Skt. 9, 50.

CÝLE

(n.)
Grammar
CÝLE, cíle, céle,es; m.

A cold, coldness, CHILL ⬩ frīgus

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Hý wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on they bring the cold upon him, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 6, 8

Linked entries: céle cíle

ge-fón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fón, ic ge-fó; ðú ge-féhst; he ge-féhþ, pl. ge-fóþ; imp. ge-fóh; p. ge-féng, pl. ge-féngon; pp. ge-fangen

To take ⬩ seize ⬩ catch ⬩ capere

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Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 7

Linked entries: geféhst geféhþ gefeó

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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S. 23, 320. to arrange, dispose Þ á þe gerǽdaþ heora heortan fullfremedlice fram ǽlcum synlustum þæs líchaman qui perfecte cor ab omni delectations carnis excutiunt, Gr. D. 323, 4.

cýle-gicel

(n.)
Grammar
cýle-gicel, es; m.

An icicle ⬩ frigŏris stiria

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An icicle ; frigŏris stiria Land wǽron freórig cealdum cýlegicelum the lands were frozen with cold icicles, Andr. Kmbl. 2521; An. 1262: Exon. 56b; Th. 201, 20; Ph. 59

éfeostlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
éfeostlíce, adv.

Quickly, hastily ⬩ cĕlĕrĭter

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Quickly, hastily; cĕlĕrĭter He bebead him ðæt he éfeostlíce sceolde to him cuman he commanded him that he should quickly come to him. Chr. 1114; Th. 370, 19

for-bærnednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-bærnednes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A burning up ⬩ ustio

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B.] for a burning, Herb. cont. 168, 2; Lchdm. i. 62, 19: Herb. 168, 2; Lchdm. i. 298, 10

fyrnum

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrnum, adv.

With horror ⬩ horribly ⬩ intensely ⬩ horrĭbĭlĭter

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With horror, horribly, intensely; horrĭbĭlĭter Ðonne cymþ forst fyrnum cald then cometh frost intensely cold, Cd. 17; Th. 20, 28; Gen. 316: 38; Th. 50, 16; Gen. 809

náwiht-gítsung

Grammar
náwiht-gítsung, náwht-, náuht-gítsung, e; f.

Wicked avarice

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Wicked avarice Ðonne hié wilniaþ þurh ða náwhtgítsunga (náuhtgídsunga, Cott. MSS.) ðæt hié hira woruldspéda ícean dum per avaritiae nequitiam multiplicari appetunt, Past. 44, 10; Swt. 333, 5

un-sewenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sewenlíc, (?); adj.

Invisible

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Invisible Hwæt wénst ðú be ðære unsewenlícran wyrde (Cott. MS. has unwénlícran, and the Latin is: Quid reliqua, quae, cum sit aspera ), Bt. 40, 2; Fox 236, 24

hǽþ-cole

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Substitute: haeþ-cole a plain-name Haelcolae colomata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 16. Hǽícole colomate, 15, 20. Hǽþcole stena, i. 68, 68 (in a list of plant-names)

hearm-cwidian

(v.)
Grammar
hearm-cwidian, -cwiddian; p. ode

To revile, calumniate, speak ill of

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To revile, calumniate, speak ill of Ongan hine hyspan and hearmcwiddigan [-cwidian, Cott.] he began to revile and speak ill of him, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 33

spelt

(n.)
Grammar
spelt, es; m. (?)

spelt ⬩ corn ⬩ spelta, far

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spelt, corn Spelt planta, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 11: 46, 66: faar, 287, 19: ii. 34, 38. Spelt sámgréne far serotina, 36, 39. Hwǽtes, speltes farris, 34, 37

bæcere

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, Coll. M. 28, 25. Hwæt cunnon þás þíne geféran? Sume synt . . . bæceras, 19, 9. Add

fǽr

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr, fér, es; m.

A fever ⬩ febris

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M. cont. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 12, 27

gléde

(n.)
Grammar
gléde, an; f.
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A live coal Mid his gyldenan tange þǽre glédan spearcan tó mínre tungan gebringan (cf. Is. 6, 6), Angl. viii. 325, 31. Glédan ( carbones ) onǽlde synt, Ps. L. 17, 9

Linked entry: gléd

sceádwísness

(n.)
Grammar
sceádwísness, e; f.

Reason

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Reason Ðá cwæþ seó Gesceádwísnes (Sceádwísnes,Cott. MS.), Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 1. Ic wéne ðæt hyt mínsceádwísnes (reason) wére, Shrn. 164, 29. Sceádwísnyssum ratiociniis, R. Ben. Interl. 17,6

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