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Cumber-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cumber-land, Cumbra-land, Cumer-land , es; n. [Sim. Dun. Cumbreland: Hunt. Hovd. Brom. Cumberland]

CUMBERLAND; Cumbria

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CUMBERLAND; Cumbria Hér Eádmund cyning oferhergode eal Cumbraland in this year [A. D. 945] king Edmund overran all Cumberland, Chr. 945 ; Th. 212, 10 ; 213, 10, col. 1, 2: Cumberland, 213, 10, col. 3 . On ðisum geáre se cyning férde into Cumerlande [

Linked entries: Cumbra-land Cumer-land

ge-gódian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gódian, p. ode; pp. od

To bestow goods uponenrich

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Apollonius ðe ðurh us gegódod is Apollonius who is enriched by us, Th. Ap. 18, 20. Ða sín gegóded utuntur, Hpt. Gl. 447, 494. Gegóded fretus, 503; >acquisitus, adeptus, 513

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dæg-hwámlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
dæg-hwámlíce, every day.
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Ǽne ðrowade Críst ðurh hine sylfne, ac dæghwomlíce bið his þrowung geedníwod þurh gerýnu þæs húsles, Hml. Th. ii. 276, 10. Dæghwonlíce, i. 44, 20: 46, 18. Dæghuǽmlíce, Rtl. 75, 5. Add

Linked entry: -hwámlíce

nædre

Grammar
nædre, l. nǽdre,
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Ðá wæs Adam . . . ðurh gespan ðǽre nǽddran . . . oferswíðed, Past. 417, 26-29. ' Beó gé swá ware suá suá nǽdran . . . For ðǽm . . . sceal ðǽre nǽdran lytignes . . . ðǽre culfran biliwitnesse gescirpan, 237, 20-23. Nédra (nédre, R.) serpentem Lk.

þurh

Grammar
þurh, A. I 2. add: — Nán man ne mihte faran þurh þone weg, Mt. 8, 28. Ill 3.
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Add Ðone gé ofslógon and áhéngon ðurh eówer geðeaht, Past. 443, 8 : 435, 26. add Swá hwelc swá on ǽnigre frécennesse mínne naman þurh þé gecégð, ic hine gehére, Shrn. 73, 10. B. I 2. add :-- Nǽnig mæhte faran þurh wæge þǽm (per viam illam), Mt.

tó-worpenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-worpenness, -worpedness, e; f.

Desolationdestruction

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Ðeós tódrǽfednys (the driving the money-changers out from the temple) getácnode ða tóweardan tóworpennysse ðurh ðone Rómániscan here, Homl. Th. i. 406, 9. Ðæt se Hǽlend beweópe ðære ceastre tóworpennysse, ðe gelamp æfter his ðrowunge, 402, 7: Homl.

deór-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
deór-mód, adj. [deór I. brave, bold; mód mood, mind]

Bold of mind, bravefortis anĭmi

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On felda ðam ðe deórmóde Diran héton in the plain which the brave men called Dura, Cd. 180; Th. 226, 14; Dan. 171. Deórmódra síþ the march of the brave, 147; Th. 183, 25; Exod. 97

ge-mǽn-nes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽn-nes, -ness, e; f. [ge-mǽne communis]

A communion, fellowship, connectioncommunio, consortium, admixtio

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Ðurh flǽsces gemǽnnysse per carnis contubernium, Hymn. Surt. 31, 32

melu

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Orn seó cweorn ðurh godcunde miht. . . and wæs genihtsumnes meluwes, Shrn. 145, 26. Ðeós wyrt mid meoluwe gecnucud, Lch. i. 270, 23. Mid berenum meluwe, 15.

un-wita

(n.)
Grammar
un-wita, an; m.

A foolish, stupid, witless persona fool

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Gif hit unwitan ǽnige hwíle healdaþ bútan hæftum, hit ðurh hróf wadeþ, bærneþ boldgetimbru, Salm. Kmbl. 821; Sal. 410

týnan

(v.)
Grammar
týnan, p. de
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In. 42; Th. i. 128, 6. to close, shut a door, book Miððý hígna fæder týneþ ðæt duro cum paterfamilias cluserit ostium, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 25. Ðonne týnde hé his béc clauso codice, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 10.

wíte-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-dóm, es; m.

knowledgeprophecyforeknowledge

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Se Godes wer ðurh wítedómes gást (per prophetiae spiritum ) ðone storm tówardne foreseah, Bd. 3, 15 ; S. 542, 4. Ðæt heó ðurh wítedómes gást ða ádle forecwéde, 4, 19 ; S. 588, 15 : 4, 28 ; S. 606, 20.

árfæstnes

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Gl. 251, 18. mercy, clemency, kindness Ðurh ðá mildheortnesse his árfæsðnesse per pietatis viscera, Past. 99, 1. Ðone greádan his árfæstnesse and his frófre hé gebrǽt sinum pietatis expandit, 407, 11: Gr. D. 146, 28.

ofer-méttu

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Hé in gǽð ðurh ðá ofermétta, 463, 31: 53, 16. Ofermétto insolentiam, An. Ox. 7, 368. Add

drencan

(v.)
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</b> to plunge, sink :-- Þæt hý wið deáða duru drencyde wǽran, Ps. Th. 106, 17. of water, to drown Hí ne mihte fýr bærnan ne wæter dræncean, Shrn. 66, 17. intrans.

for-lǽran

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Se feónd ðæt mód ðurh ðá bisuiculan olicunga for*-*lǽred animum per blandam inquietudinem exerit, Past. 239, 16. Monigo hiá forlǽræþ multos seducent, Mt. 24, 5, 11.

wǽdelness

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdelness, e; f.

Povertywantindigencepenury

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Ðurh wéþelnysse (wæðelnesse, Bd. M. 68, 4) ex inopia, 1, 27; S. 490, 9. Of wǽdlnysse (wéðelnisse, Ps. Surt.) de inopia, Ps. Spl. C. 106, 41: 87, 10. On wǽdlnysse (wéðelnisse, Ps. Surt.) in mendicitate, 106, 10.

Linked entry: wǽdlness

un-átemedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-átemedlíc, adj.

Untameable

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Untameable Forðon ðe ða men wǽron unátemedlíce and heardes módes and ellreordes eo quod essent homines indomabiles et durae ac barbarae mentis, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 25

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un-þæslícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-þæslícness, e; f.

Unseemlinessimpropriety

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Unseemliness, impropriety Menn dæftaþ heora hús, gif hí sumne freónd onfón willaþ tó him, ðæt nán unðæslícnys him ne ðurfe derian, Homl. Th. ii. 316, 8

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lícung

(n.)
Grammar
lícung, e; f.

Pleasingpleasuregratification

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Pleasing, pleasure, gratification Ðætte hié for ðære lícunga ðære heringe ðe hié lufigeaþ eác geþafigen ða tælinge ut dura admittunt favores, quos diligunt, eliam correptiones recipiant, Past. 41, 4; Swt. 303, 19.

Linked entry: ge-lícung