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ge-dreóg

(n.; adj.)
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ge-dreóg, ge-dreóh; adj.
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Lomb is drih, þing and milde agnus est animal mansuetum, O. E. Hml. ii. 49, 9. Maide dreiβ and wel itaucht, 256, 34.)

ge-fyllednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fyllednes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

A fulnesssatietycompletionfinishingendplēnĭtūdosătĭrĭtasconsummātio

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Cherubin is gereht gefyllednyss ingehydes cherubin is interpreted the fulness of the mind, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 33. On graman gefyllednysse in īra consummātiōnis, Ps. Spl. C. 58, 15.

ceaster

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[For the use of burh, ceaster respectively cf. the translation of Orosius, in which burh is always used in speaking of Jerusalem, Sodom, Gomorrah and Babylon (and of other towns), with the passages from the poetry in which ceaster is used of the same.

mis-fadian

(v.)

to misconductorder wrongly

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to misconduct, order wrongly Gif hé his líf misfadige if he do not order his life aright, L. Eth. ix. 29; Th. i. 346, 20. Gif preóst ordál misfadige, L. N. P. L. 39; Th. ii. 296, 9

óþ-cirran

(v.)
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to turn away, be perverted Gif sóðfæstra þurh myrrelsan mód ne óþcyrreþ (neod cyrreþ, MS. ) if by seduction the mind the mind of the righteous is not perverted Exon. Th. 262, 26; Jul. 338. Cf. on-cirran; intrans

un-sláwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sláwlíce, adv.

Not slowlynot sluggishlyactively

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Not slowly, not sluggishly, actively Hié sculon gehiéran ðætte is geháten ðǽm monnum ðe lustlíce and unsláwlíce lǽraþ ðæt ðæt hié ðonne cunnon ( qui in hoc, quod jam obtinuit, corporis vitio non tenetur ), Past. 49; Swt. 381, 1

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weorold-deád

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-deád, adj.
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Dead as far as this life is concerned, dead as regards the body Hí mé on deorce stówe settan, samed aulíce swá ðú worulddeáde wrige mid foldan collocavit me in obscuris sicut mortuos seculi, Ps. Th. 142, 4

bróþor-licness

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Add: A title used in addressing an ecclesiastical brother Ðis mæg geþencean ðín bróþorlicnys, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 7. Is hé tó onbærnanne mid ðínre bróþorlicnysse lufan . . . Ealle Brytta biscopas wé bebeódaþ ðínre bróþorlycnysse, 492, 19, 24

ciric-ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-ǽ, ciric-ǽw
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Ciric is sácerdes ǽwe, Ll. Th. ii. 334, 14, 23

dwǽs-nys

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Insipientia, þæt is dysig oððe dwǽsnyss, Wlfst. 58, 15: Angl. xi. 109, 37. Ic wénde ꝥ þú sceoldest ðín mód fram dwǽsnysse áwendan ... Dyslic bið þæt man hine sylfne tó tintregum ásende, Hml. Th. i. 592, 25. Add

forligerlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
forligerlíce, adv.

Adulterously

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Th. i. 478, 28. Ðǽr is þæs geleáfan mægðhád þe wurðað ǽnne sóðne God, and nele forligerlíce tó leásum hǽðengylde búgan, ii. 566, 10

hlædel

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Wæterseáþes wǽg, þaenne wé mid hlædele, [ꝥ is mid] hlædtrendle úp hladan cisternę limpham, quam anthlia, hoc est rota hauritoria exanthlamus, i. haurimus, An. Ox. 501. Man sceal habban ... cytel, hlædel, pannan, crocca, Angl. ix. 264, 9. Add

hun

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The passage is glossed: Hreófligum wyrmse áwlǽtende, An. Ox. 3585), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 55

bláwan

Grammar
bláwan, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> of a place,
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to have wind blowing in it Seó dene wæs weallende mid lígum on ánre sídan, on óðre sídan mid hagole bláwende búton tóforlǽtennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 9. 3. Add Bytte bláwan fulle windes. Hml. S. 34, 317

Linked entry: blǽd

ancor

(n.)
Grammar
ancor, ancer, oncer; g. ancres; m. [ancŏra = ἄγκυρα : uncus = ὄγκος a hook, v. DER.]

An anchorancora

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An anchor; ancora Ðín ancor is git on eorþan fæst thine anchor is yet fast in the earth, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 5. On ancre fæst fast at anchor, Beo. Th. 611; B. 303. On ancre rád rode at anchor, 3771; B. 1883.

Linked entries: ancer ancra

dál

(n.)
Grammar
dál, es; n.

A division, allotment, portion, DOLE discrimen, divisio, portio

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Is ðes middangeard dálum gedǽled this earth is divided into parts, Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 18; Gú. 25.

seámestre

(n.)
Grammar
seámestre, an; f.
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One who sews, a tailor, sempstress (though the noun is feminine it seems not confined to females, cf. bæcestre) Seámestre sartrix, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 13. Sarcio . . . of ðam is sartor seámystre (-estre, other MSS. seámere) sartrix heó, Ælfc.

Linked entries: sémestre sǽmestre

be-nemnan

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Ðet hié ðiss gelǽsten ðe on ðissem gewrite binemned is, 474, 3

frécen-lic

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Hú frécenlic ðæt is quam perniciosa sintea. Past. 441, 8. Froecenlic dearfscip periculosa praesumtio, Mt. p. 1, 4. Hit ús is frécenlic, ꝥ wé hit eów ne cýðen, Hml. A. 139, 24.

bæc-ern

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Voc. i. 58, 39, 40: pistrinum, 83, 13. Ꝥ ealle neódbehéfness, ꝥ is wæter, myll, orceard, bæcern (pistrinum), oððe mistlice cræftas wiðinnan minstre beón gegánne, R. Ben. I. 112, 15.