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umbor

(n.)
Grammar
umbor, es; n.

A child

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A child Hwæt wit tó willan umbor wesendum ǽr árna gefremedon, Beo. Th. 2378; B. 1187. Ða ðe hine forð onsendon ǽnne ofer ýðe umbor wesende, 92; B. 46.

un-gesewenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesewenlíc, adj.

Invisible

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Wið mínum wiþerwinnam gesewenlícum and ungesewenlícum, Bt. 42; Fox 260, 11. Hé offrige ða ungeswenlícan lác, Homl. Th. i. 584, 3

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wyn-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wyn-líc, adj.

Delightfulpleasingagreeablecharming

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Hé gemon tó oft wynlícran wíc, 444, 24; Kl. 52

bledu

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Man bær þám cásere wín on ánre blede. Hml. S. 31, 631. Hrer on blede, Lch. ii. 314, 3 : 308, 29. Drince hé góde blede fulle, 118, 24. Hæbbe hé blede fulle hwéges, Ll. Th. i. 438, 24. On bleda in pateras (fialas), Germ. 389, 17.

dǽd

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Mid dǽdum gelǽstan to carry into effect, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 34: 76, 25. v. ælmes-, forþ-, fracod-, lác-, sceaþ-, un-, unriht-, weorc-, weorold-, wil-, wóh-, wundor-dǽd. Add

ge-metfæstnys

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Petrus tihte geleáffulle wíf tó eádmódnysse and gemetfæstnysse (cf. the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit; quieti et modesti spiritus, l Pet. 3, 4), Hml.

for-swíþan

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Gif wíf forswýð hire wer hyre fram si mulier virum suum a se rejiciat, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 1

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hreóh

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(For forms with w see hreóh storm, hreóh-nes; ) rough of weather, sea, &c., tempestuous Sió hlúde ýd on ðǽre hreón sǽ procella saeviens, Past. 437, 16.

in-færeld

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Deáð wið infereld gelustfullunc[ge] is mors secus introitum delectationis est, R. Ben. I. 30, 13. Godcundre lage infæreldu eádmódum geopeniað diuine legis penetralia humilibus patent, Scint. 221, 5.

Rómánisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Rómánisc, adj.

Roman

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Ða yfel ðe Þeódríc wið ðam Rómániscum witum dyde, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 15. Him leofre wæs ðæt hié Rómánisce cyningas hæfden ðonne of heora ágnum cynne, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 25. Ealle ða Rómániscan men þe Hannibal geseald hæfde, 4, 11; Swt. 204, 7

sangere

(n.)
Grammar
sangere, es; m.

a singera poet

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Homl. 207, 31. a poet David wæs sangere sóðfæstest, swiðe geþancol tó þingienne þeódum sínum wid ðane Sceppend, Ps. C. 50, 6. Alse þe holi songere seið on his loft songe, O. E. Homl. ii. 117, 22

wǽpned-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-cyn, wǽpned-cynn, es; n.

The male kind or sex

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Wið ðon ðe mon oððe nýten wyrm gedrince; gyf hit sý wǽpnedcynnes . . ., Lchdm. iii. 10, 11. Hwylce wihta beóð óðre tíd wífcynnes, and óðre tíd wǽpnedcynnes, Salm. Kmbl. p. 202, 13: Exon. Th. 419, 22; Rä. 39, 1.

ENDE

(n.)
Grammar
ENDE, es; m. I.

END fīnis, termĭnus

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Ne hæfde wit óðer uncymran hors and óðres endes numquid non hăbuĭmus ĕquos vīliōres, vel ălias spĕcies, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 27

Linked entry: eonde

FÓR

(prep.)
Grammar
FÓR, fóre; prep. dot. acc.

Beforeforeantecŏramin conspectupræsente vel audiente ălĭquopræpriusquam

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He gehálgode fír heremægene wín of wætere and wendan hét he hallowed before the multitude wine from water and bade it change, Andr. Kmbl. 1172; An. 586.

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higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, p. ode

To hiehastenstrive

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Higaþ ealle mægne ðæt hé wolde . . . strives with all his might to . . . Bt. 30, 1; Fox 110, 4: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 130; Met. 13, 65.

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hrif

(n.)
Grammar
hrif, rif, es; n.

The wombbellyuterusventer

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Wið hrifes áþundennesse for puffing of the visceral cavity, Lchdm. iii. 70, 24. Of módur hrife mínre de utero matris meæ, Ps. Th. 138, 11: 70, 5. Of hryfe ex utero, Ps. Spl. 21, 8. On hrife ðære á clǽnan fǽmnan, Blickl. Homl. 33, 15.

Linked entry: in-gehrif

níwan

(adv.)
Grammar
níwan, neówan, neón; adv.

Recentlylatelynewly

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Gif hwá níwan tó mynstres drohtnunge gecyrran wyle if a man's wish to turn to a monastic life is but newly formed, R. Ben. 96, 3. Gelamp nýwan it happened lately, Nicod. Thw. 8, 27 : 19, 37.

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sol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sol, es; n.: solu, we, e; f.
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Sió sugu hí wile sylian on hire sole æfter ðæm ðe hió áþwægen biþ, Past. 54; Swt. 419, 27. Gif swín eft filþ on ðæt sol, Swt. 421, 3. Þonon ðæt cume in ða reádan sole, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 375, 8. In reádan solo, Txts. 431, 6.

stæl-wirðe

(adj.)
Grammar
stæl-wirðe, adj.
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Cf. nyt-wirðe

treówþ

(n.)
Grammar
treówþ, triéwþ, trýwþ, e; f.
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eum fortiter agentibus), in that those who had betrayed their lord were detestable to them, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 17. fidelity Heora gemynd þurhwunaþ for heora trýwðe wið God, Ælfc.

Linked entry: trýwþ