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ge-haldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-haldan, pp. -halden

To keeppreserveholdservārerecondĕretĕnēre

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Mid ðý hine ðá nǽnig man ne gehaldan ne gebindan mihte cum a nullo vel tĕnēri vel ligāri pŏtuisset, 3, 11; S. 536, 16. Ðǽr hí nú gehaldene syndon in qua nunc servantur, 3, 11; S. 535, 11 : 3, 6; S. 528, 29

ge-met-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-met-fæst, adj.

Moderate, modestmoderatus, modestus

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Man gemetfæst vir modestus, Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 18: 4, 28; S. 606, 33: Exon. 48 b; Th. 168, 19; Gú. 1080: 95 b; Th. 357, 19; Pa. 31

sin-fulle

(n.)
Grammar
sin-fulle, an ; f.
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Genim ðás wyrte ðe man sempervivum and óðrum naman sinfulle nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 236, 20. Genim sinfullan, ii. 190, 2. Nim ða miclan sinfullan, 240, 8. See Lchdm. iii. 305, col. 1 : ii. 405, col. 1

sund-corn

(n.)
Grammar
sund-corn, es; n.
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man saxifragam and óþrum naman sundcorn nemneþ. . . . Wið ðæt stánas on blǽdran wexen, genim ðás wyrte, Lchdm. i. 212, 7-11 (see the plate at the beginning of the volume). Sundcornes leáf, ii. 342, 9.

tǽlend

(n.)
Grammar
tǽlend, es; m.

a reprovera scorner, mocker, derider

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Skt. p. 2, 17. a slanderer, backbiter, detractor Swíþe seldon ǽnig man wile beón andetta, ðæt hé æféstig sý oððe tǽlend, Blickl. Homl. 65, 4. Ðone tǽlend detrahentem, Ps. Lamb. 100, 5. Mid télendum cum detractoribus, Kent.

Linked entry: télend

tó-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sígan, pp. -sigen
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Binnon feówertig geára fæcenæs nán man gelegerod on eallum ðam folce, ne heora reáf næs tósigen (cf. vestimentum tuum nequaquam vetus*-*tate defecit, et pes tuus non est subtritus, en quadrigesimus annus est. Deut. 8, 4), ii. 196, 14

un-scógan

(v.)
Grammar
un-scógan, un-scógian;

to unshoetake off the shoes

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Nyme ðæt wíf his gescý of his fótum, and nemne hine ǽlc man unsceóda ( discalceatus ), Deut. 25, 10. Unsceóde discalciati, Anglia xiii. 416, 735. Unscódum fótum, Wulfst. 170, 16

un-geornful

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geornful, un-geornfull; adj.

Not diligentnegligentcarelessremiss

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Hyne nán man geseah ungeornfulne tó Cristes þeówdóme, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 92, 19

á-fleón

(v.)
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Se þorn of þám man áfleáh, Guth. 68, 22. Bearn áfleóndra (? printed aflundra) filii excussorum , Ps. Spl. M. 126, 5. Se mæssepreóst andswarode ꝥ hé wǽre on niht onweg áflogen hunc presbyter fugisse respondit, Gr.

earm

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Sum man feóll on íse ꝥ his earm tóbærst, Hml. S. 26, 34. Wearð Pirrus wund on óþran earme Pyrrhus transfixo brachio saucius, Ors. 4, 1; S. 158, 2. Earma lacertorum, An. Ox. 5458. Hé áþenedum earmum ongan fleógan, Bl.

frec

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Gyf fríg man swá fræc sý þæt hé þæt fæsten ábrece. Wlfst. 172, 2. Frecces ambronis, An. Ox. 11, 106. Fræcum gulosa, 2445. Þý frettan (freccan?) gulosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 64.

heáfod-leás

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Ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, Hml. S. 23, 74. Add

íþe-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
íþe-lic, adj.
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Gif ðú ne wilt ús geðafian in swá ýðelicum (ǽðelicum, v. l.) þinge (in tam facili causa ), Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 3. of a material object, inconsiderable, slight, of moderate size Man swá mearcað mid éþelicum (medmicelum, v. l. ) treówe þeorfe hláfas ꝥ

Linked entry: eáþe-lic

líc-rest

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Add: a vehicle or bier in which a corpse is borne Man slóh án geteld ofer þá hálgan ban binnan þǽre lícreste (of. tentorio maiore supra carrum in quo reliquiae (þá bán ) inerant extenso, Bd. 3, ll), Hml.

mægþ-hád

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Add: virginity as regards man or woman Mægdthád is sé þe wunað on clǽnnysse ǽfre fram cildháde ge wǽpmenn ge wífmenn. Hml. A. 20, 162. Ðás hálgan nǽron nǽfre mid wífum besmitene. Hí sindon mægðháde gehealdenre clǽnnysse ( virgines sunt; ), 19, 125.

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searu

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Add Man áhéhþ mid searwum mycle sweras pendere magnas in machinis columnas, Gr. D. 270, 4. Þá sóhtan heora gewinnan him sarwe and worhtan him hócas non cessant uncinata hostium tela, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 34, 27

út-hleáp

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Substitute : The fine to be paid by a man who goes from his lord without leave Si quis a domino suo sine licentia discedat, útleipa emendetur et redire cogatur, ut rectum per omnia faciat, Ll. Th. I. 543 13. Cf.

wilsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wilsumlíce, adv.

willinglyvoluntarilyspontaneouslydevoutlydevotedly

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Surt. 53, 8. devoutly, devotedly Lifde se man his líf Gode swýþe willsumlíce ducens vitam multum Deo devotam, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 29

pening

(n.)
Grammar
pening, penning, pending, penig, pennig, es; m.
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Man ðysses wyrttruman genime týn penega gewihte, i. 260, 17. Hý man wegeþ, swá man déþ gold wið penegas, and gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold, ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe,Wulfst. 240, 2-4

Linked entry: pending

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, ge-trýgian.
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Cf. ge-treówian; III. ge-tríwan; III Sé þe óðres mannes man underfó þe hé for his yfele him fram dó, and him [hine ?] getrúwian ne mæge his yfeles ...