nunn-scrúd
The habit of a nun
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The habit of a nun Finde Æþelflæd án hyre nunscrúde, lóce hwæt hió betsð mǽge, Chart. Th. 538, 12
nyt-weorð
Useful ⬩ advantageous ⬩ profitable
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Useful, advantageous, profitable Eálá ðú mín wyln beó nytwyrðe O mea ancilla, esto utilis, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 101, 4. Hú se láreów sceal beón nytwierðe (MS. Hatt. -wyrðe) on his wordum ut sit rector utilis in verbo, Past. 15; Swt. 88, 3. Ðá stód ðǽr
bet-nes
Satisfaction, amends, amendment, recompence ⬩ satisfactio, compensatio
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Satisfaction, amends, amendment, recompence; satisfactio, compensatio Ðæt ic búton betnesse beó mínra synna that I am, without amendment of my sins, L. De Cf. 10; Th. ii. 264, 16
bíg-nes
A bending, bowing ⬩ flexio
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A bending, bowing; flexio Se earm nǽnige bígnesse on ðam elnbogan hæfde brachium nihil prorsus in cubito flexionis habuit, xBd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23
Linked entry: býgnes
boga-net
A BOW-NET; weal, wicker-basket with a narrow neck for catching fish ⬩ nassa
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A BOW-NET; weal, wicker-basket with a narrow neck for catching fish; nassa Æwul vel boganet nassa, Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 85; Wrt. Voc. 56, 9. Bogenet vel leáp nassa, 84; Som. 73, 90; Wrt. Voc. 48, 28. Bogenet nassa, 105; Som. 78, 41; Wrt. Voc. 57,
Linked entry: boge-net
boge-net
a bow-net, weel
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a bow-net, weel, Ælfc. Gl. 105; Som. 78, 41; Wrt. Voc. 57, 23
boren-nes
Birth, nativity ⬩ partus, nativitas
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Birth, nativity; partus, nativitas
gehér-nes
Hearing ⬩ auditus
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Hearing; auditus In gehérnesse audiendo, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 6. Dryhten ic gehérde gehérnisse [gehírnesse, Ps. Trin. Camb. fol. 244, 7] ðíne Domine audivi auditum tuum vocem tuam, Cant. Abac. Surt. 189, 2 : Jn. Skt. Rush. 12, 38
ge-náp
darkened
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darkened; p. of ge-nípan
ge-neán
to draw near, cleave, adhere
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to draw near, cleave, adhere Gineá ðú dóast inherere facias, Rtl. 34, 28. Ðes cwom ł geneó hic accessit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 58
Linked entries: -neán ge-néhwian
ge-nec
a light ship, a frigate ⬩ liburnica
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a light ship, a frigate; liburnica, Cot. 120
ge-neh
Enough, sufficiently, abundantly
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Enough, sufficiently, abundantly Ðonne sceolon we geneh geþencean emb úre sáula ðearfa then ought we to consider very much about our souls' needs, Blickl. Homl. 101, 32
ge-nógan
to multiply ⬩ multiplicare
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to multiply; multiplicare, Lye
ge-nýt
compels
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compels
sundor-notu
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A special office:?-Gif ceorl geþeáh ðæt hé hæfde sundornote on cynges healle, L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 17
þeów-níd
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Violence or force that enslaves or subdues, oppression, enslavement His suhtriga ( Lot) þeównýd þolode; bæd hé (Abraham ) ða rincas ðæs rǽd áhicgan, ðæt his hyldemǽg áhred wurde, Cd. Th. 122, 21; 2030. Wé nú hǽðenra þeównéd (þreánýd, Exon. Th. 187, 1
un-nyt
a vain thing ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ iniquity
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a vain thing, vanity, frivolity Ne geríseþ ǽnig unnytt mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 30. Ðú hátodest ða ðe beeodon ídelnesse and ða ðe unnyt worhton odisti observantes vanitatem supervacue, Ps. Th. 30, 6. Wé lǽraþ ðæt man
weorold-níd
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Secular need, need in worldly matters, temporal necessity Se cyngc beódeþ eallum his geréfan, ðæt gé ðám abbodan æt eallum worldneódum beorgan swá ge betst magon, L. Eth. ix. 32; Th. i. 346, 30
brád-nes
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Fyðerscýte brádnys triquadra (mundi) latitudo, Hpt. Gl. 437, 7. On brádnysse in superficie, 451, 1. Brádnysse, vastitatem, 491, 73. Add