ge-hirwan
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THORN;us gerád gód beón gehyrwed huiuscemodi dehonestari (i. deturpari ), Hpt. Gl. 420, 26. On gemǽnum naman muneca ingehýd byð gehyrewed sub generali nomine monachorum propositum blasphe-matur R. Ben. 136, 5
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ríp
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D. 290, 20. v. bed-, bén-ríp
wyrm
a reptile ⬩ serpent ⬩ a creeping insect ⬩ a worm
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Ben. 29, 13
swæðer
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Ben. 99, 15. Beón swæðer hig beón, swá (þe, other MSS. ) sacerdhádes swá clerichádes, 110, 7. Gewylde man hine swaðor man mǽge, swá cucenne swá deádne, L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 17.
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for-gǽging
Transgression ⬩ excess
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Transgression, excess Hí be hyra forgǽgincgum beóð geþreáde de suis excessibus arguuntur, Scint. 115, 9
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gímeleáslíce
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Ben. 133, 12. without notice or observation Suá giémeleáslíce oft sceacað úre geðóhtas from ús, .ðæt wé his furðum ne gefrédað cogitationes ex sensu negligenti quasi nobis non sentientibus procedunt Past. 139, 19. without care being taken.
ofer-þeón
To thrive beyond others, to excel, surpass
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Ben. 12, 16. Hé oferþeáh biscopes, Shrn. 17, 11. Bútan hwylc óðerne mid geearnunge oferþeó, R. Ben. 12, 21. Bonan mǽndon ðæt hý monnes beam oferþunge. Exon. Th. 128, 10; Gú. 402. Oferþuge praestaret, superaret, superexcelleret, Hpt. Gl. 480, 1.
fæt
A thin plate of metal, gold-leaf, ornament ⬩ lāmĭna, bractea
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A thin plate of metal, gold-leaf, ornament; lāmĭna, bractea Sceal se hearda helm, hyrsted golde, fætum, befeallen the hard helmet, adorned with gold, with ornaments, shall be fallen off, Beo. Th. 4504, note; B. 2256.
ymb-sprǽc
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Speech about a subject, talk Be ðysum is oft mycel ymbsprǽc (ymbe-, emb-, v. ll.) there is often much discussion about this Lchdm. iii. 266, 9.
friþ-bræc
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A breach of the peace concluded between two hostile peoples (English and Danes) :-- Gyf eahta men beón ofslagene, þonne is ꝥ friðbréc, binnan byrig oþþon búton . . . Be friðbréce binnan byrig. Gyf hit binnan byrig gedón bið, seó friðbrǽc, Ll.
Brondingas
The Brondings ⬩ populi nomen
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The Brondings, supposed to be the inhabitants of the island Brännö, lying off the coast of West Gothland in the Cattegat; populi nomen Breca gesóhte swǽsne éðel, lond Brondinga Breca sought his own country, the land of the Brondings, Beo.
ge-dafenlíc
Becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ decent ⬩ convenient ⬩ agreeable ⬩ dĕcens ⬩ congruus ⬩ convĕniens ⬩ hăbĭlis
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Nis ná gedafenlíc ðæt ðes man ána beó it is not fitting that this man be alone, Homl. Th. i. 14, 17. Uæs gedæfenlíc [gidæfendlic, Rush.] oportebat, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 4
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car-leás
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Ben. 2
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fadung
A setting in order, disposing, dispensation ⬩ ordo, ordĭnātio, dispŏsĭtio
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Ben. 65: dispŏsĭtio, 18. Swá swá hit ðære godcundlícan fadunge gelícode as it seemed good to the divine dispensation, Homl. Th. i. 274. 31
dyrst-lǽcan
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Ben. 116, 5: 128, 4. Ne dyrstlǽcen hí þæt hý út of mynstre etan non presumant foris manducare, 79, 16. Add
ge-edstaþelung
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Ben. 61, 2. Þæt teóðe werod forwearð. Þá wæs mancynn gesceapen tó geedstaðelunge ( to supply the loss ) ðæs forlorenan heápes, Hml. Th. i. 342, 25
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láreów-lic
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Ben. 9. 18, 9
speling
The taking the place of another ⬩ the acting as the representative of another
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Ben. 10, 12