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un-gewlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewlitig, adj.

Not bright ⬩ not brilliant

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Not bright, not brilliant Ealle ða ðing ðe beorhte beóð ðonne seó sunne hym on scínaþ, hí lýhtaþ ongeán; ac ða ðe ungewligige (-wlitige?) beóð, ða ne lýhtaþ náwiht ongeán ða sunnan, þeáh heó hym on scíne, Shrn. 180, 15

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ǽ-wyrp

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(an) abortion Wíf seó þe tó ǽwyrpe gedó hire geeácnunga mulier quae utero con-ceptum excusserit , Ll. Th. ii. 154, 15

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bónde-land

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The Latin version of the charter cited is: terram x manentium (manentes inquilini, coloni, sed proprie qui in solo alieno manent, in villis, quibus nec liberis suis invito domino licet recedere, Migne). Substitute:

clæppettan

(v.)
Grammar
clæppettan, to throb.
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Brogdetende vel cleppetende (printed depp-; but see Corp. Gl. H. P. 29) campus, 103, 27. v. preceding word. Add

drugung

Grammar
drugung, l. drúgung, drúwung,
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and add Seó lange drúgung (drúwung, v. l.) mid mycelre hǽte bærnde þá eorðan aestu nimio terram longa siccitas exurebat, Gr. D. 210, 16. Hit wæs ǽr þǽr singal drúwung, and sóna æfter þám cóm geþuhtsum rén, Shrn. 113, 20

geótend-ǽder

(n.)
Grammar
geótend-ǽder, e; f.
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See preceding word

ge-cígednes

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Dele second passage, and add: a call, summons Seó stefn sume hwíle geswigode tó his gecígednysse and hine eft genemde, Gr. D. 53, 8. v. ge-cigan; II. 2. a name or appellation Gecíednysse uocabulo, i. nomine, An. Ox. 1503

ge-cípe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cípe, adj.
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.; ðá tihte seó gítsung þá sácerdas þæt man ðillic orf þǽr tó ceápe hæfde, Hml. Th. i. 406, 17: 412, 1

Linked entry: ge-cýpe

ge-dyngan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyngan, to dung, manure.
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Substitute Seó eá þæt land middeweard oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, and hit þonne mid Sim gedynged wearð fluvius per plana diffusus augmentis ubertatis inpendebalur, Ors. l, 3 ; S. 32, 7. Gedyngde æceras ceratos agros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 22

heofon-flód

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-flód, es; m.
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Flood produced by heavy rain Wæs seó eá for regna micelnesse swíðe réðe, and heofonflód micel on sæt (on gesett, v. l.) fluuius prae inundantia pluuiarum late alueum suum immo omnes ripas suas transierat. Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 18

leóht-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-lic, of little weight.
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Hú deóp seó bóc ys on gástlicum andgite, þeáh þe heó mid leóhtlicum wordum áwriten sig, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 22

mertze

Grammar
mertze, (?) substitute: <b>mertze, myrtse,</b>
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[For instances of such dues see Ll. Th. i. 300] Scipmanna (-e, MS. ) myrtse, céping teloneum (cf. teloneum tributum pro mercibus, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 10. Cf. ciping; <b>I a</b>

æstel

Grammar
æstel, For the first 14 lines in Dict. substitute: This word is of uncertain meaning. In the two instances of its use in which from the context the character of the object denoted by the word may be to some extent inferred, the meanings seem different. In Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 23 it occurs in a list of words connected with the fabric and furniture of a church, chorus chor, gradus stæpe, indicatorium æstel, scabellum sceamul; in Past. 9, 1-3 it is associated with a book. As the word seems adapted from Low Latin aslella, a chip, plank, board, in each case some kind of board may be intended; in the former a notice-board (?), in the latter a board used in the binding of a book, on which the title of the book was inscribed (cf. Latin index = title of a book). For a description of binding see Rá. 27 and Jn. L. p. 48. From the latter, as throwing light on the value of Alfred's
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See a paper by E. J. Thomas in Camb. Philol. Trans. 1916

sceandlícness

(n.)
Grammar
sceandlícness, e ; f.

Shame, disgrace, dishonour

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Shame, disgrace, dishonour Seó hálige ǽ for*-*beódeþ ða sceondlícnysse (turpitudinem) onwreón mǽgsibba, Bd. I. 27; S. 491, 6, 12. Hé [ne] mæg mid weorce begán ða sceondlícnesse (scond-, MS.

fýl-ness

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Seó fýlnes (foetor) þæs stincendan mistes, Gr. D. 319, 11. Mist unáræfnedlicre fýlnesse and unswétes stences foetoris intolerabilis nebula, 318, 28. Fýlnesse fuliginis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 41. Add

ofer-flówan

(v.)

to overflow, cover with water ⬩ to overflow, pass beyond bounds

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to overflow, cover with water Seó eá ðæt land middeweard oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, Ors. 1, 3; Swt. 32, 6. to overflow, pass beyond bounds Gód gemet, geheápod and oferflówende hig syllaþ on eówerne bearm, Lk. Skt. 6, 38

be-gán

(v.)

passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &amp;c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend

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, Deut. 21, 20. to exercise a person; reflex. to behave Se man þe hine swá begǽþ swá hit hér on segð, Lch. ii. 288, 25.

gang-dagas

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Se forma gangdæg, Angl. viii. 329, 24. Add

eficisc

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Zenodotus se eficisca esne, Angl. viii. 334, 17

heáh-steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-steáp, adj.
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Lofty Se hálga heáhsteáp reced timbrede, Gen. 2839

Linked entry: steáp

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