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ge-wyrdelic

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Add: fortuitous Gewyrdelicumgelimpe fortuitu casu An. Ox. 3792. Þá gewyrdelican áwendennessa fortuitas permuta-tiones 190. of narrative, recording events, historical, v. ge-wyrd; Fram gewyrdelicere race ab istorica relatione An. 3028.

Linked entry: -wyrde-lic

sin-

(prefix)
Grammar
sin-, (sine-, seonu-, v. cpds.).
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The form does not occur as an independent word ; as a prefix it has usually the force ever, everlasting ; but in some cases it seems to denote magnitude, e. g. sin-here; cf. O. H. Ger. sin-vluot the deluge

Linked entry: syn-

æfter-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-ryne, es; m.

An encountering ⬩ meeting ⬩ running against one ⬩ occursus

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An encountering, meeting, running against one; occursus Æfterryne his óþ to heáhnesse his occursws ejus usque ad summum ejus, Ps. Spl. 18, 7

dæges

(adv.)
Grammar
dæges, adv. [from gen. of dæg]

Daily ⬩ die

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Daily; die Dæges and nihtes die ac nocte, Ps. Th. 1, 2: Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 7: Chr. 894; Erl. 93. 5

Linked entry: dages

un-andweard

(adj.)
Grammar
un-andweard, adj.

Not present

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Not present Drihten nolde líchamlíce síðian tó ðæs cyninges untruman bearne, ac unandweard mid his worde hine gehǽlde, Homl. Th. i. 128, 17

Linked entry: and-weard

heofonisc

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Hié ne mehton from Galliscum fýre forbærnede weorþan, ac hí hefenisc fýr (e coelo ignis) foibærnde, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 15. Add

ge-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cúþ, adj.

Known

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Known Hine þá monige his gecúdra monna ácsodon, ge æþelcunde ge óðre multi viri noti ac nobiles requirebant, Gr. D. 22, 14 note

lim-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
lim-rǽden, The passage where this word is given as a gloss to chlamide is: Pro chlamide, quam angelicae puritatis liniamento . '. . adsciscebat, Ald. 35, 10. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 47, which refers to the same passage, liniamento is glossed by lim-gelecg : it is probable, then, that lim-rǽden is a gloss to liniamento rather than to chlamide, and has the same meaning as lim-gelecg (q. v.

forþ-spównes

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-spównes, -ness, e; f. [spówan to succeed]

Great success ⬩ An advance ⬩ a growth ⬩ prosperity ⬩ profectus

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Great success, hence An advance, a growth, prosperity; profectus To forþspównesse gedéfenre heánesse ad profectum dēbĭti culmĭnis, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 17

Linked entry: spówness

mann-mirring

(n.)
Grammar
mann-mirring, es; f.

Destruction of men

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Destruction of men Ac man þǽr ne gespǽdde bútan manmyrringe they did not succeed without loss of men, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 29

Linked entry: mirring

be-reáfigend

(n.)
Grammar
be-reáfigend, es; m.

A spoiler ⬩ robber

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A spoiler, robber Eálá þú sǽ, manna be-reáfigend and unscæððigra beswtcend, Ap. Th. ll, 10. Cf. Bereafgende grassatrix, An. Ox. 7, 136

Linked entry: reáfigend

samod-wyrcende

(adj.)
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Nelle þú begýman tó welerum specendes ac samodwyrcendes (cooperantis), Scint. 118, 6. Deófle samodwyrcendum Antecrístes móder geeácnoð on innoðe, Wlfst. 193, 19. Add

út-gemǽre

(n.)
Grammar
út-gemǽre, es; n.

An extreme boundary

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An extreme boundary Of eorðan útgemǽrum a finibus terrae, Ps. Th. 60, 1. Óþ ðysse eorðan útgemǽru ad terminos orbis terrae, 71, 8

hwílwend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwílwend-líc, adj.

Temporary

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A. S. Rdr. 98, 93. Ðæt wé ða heofonlícan þinga mid ðam eorþlícum and ða écelíc mid ðam hwílwendlícum geearniaþ, L. Ath. i. prm; Th. i. 196, 27

Linked entry: hwílend-líc

á-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Dele first passage and add: prep. dat. acc. marking position Stódon him ábútan swearte gástas, Hml. Th. i. 414, 9.

un-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæst, adj.

Not firm ⬩ unstable ⬩ unsteady ⬩ weak

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Hwæt getácnaþ ðonne ðæt flǽsc búton unfæsð weorc and hnesce...? Oft ðeáh gebyreþ ðætte sume on monegum weorcum unfæste beóð ongietene quid per carnes nisi infirma quaedam ac tenera acta signantur?

ge-hendnys

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Add: in a local sense. nearness, neighbourhood Gif hwá feorran cóme and wolde his lác Gode offrian, dæt hé on gehendnysse ( at hand ) tó bicgenne gearu hæfde, Hml. Th. i. 406, 23.

trucian

(v.)
Grammar
trucian, p. ode.

to fail in doing something ⬩ to fail a person ⬩ be wanting in duty to a person ⬩ to fail ⬩ come to an end

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Til domes dai ne sal it troken, Al middelerd ðerinne is loken, Gen. and Ex. 105

hám-fæst

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Ic and míne geféran on Ephesa byrig hámfæste wǽron I and my companions had our home in Ephesus 23, 739. Add: —

ofer-hlifian

(v.)
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Add Tó þám scræfe næs nán weg, for þon þe þǽr oferhlifode micel stánclif (excelsa desuper rupes eminebat), Gr. D. 99, 2. Add Manega trahtnedon ymbe þis angin . . . ac ic hig ealle oferhlifige oððe oferswýðe (ego sublimor), Angl. viii. 307, 8.