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clǽn-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽn-georn, adj.

puritatis amans

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Ne mágon swilce men macian wununge ðam clǽn-geornan Gode on clǽnre heortan no such men can make a dwelling in a pure heart for a God desirous of purity, Basil, admn. 7; Norm. 48, 19

wóh-gestreón

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Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wíse wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóhgestreón and mǽst falses lufað ; þý sculan Godes freónd . . . geþafian ꝥ ðurh fals and ðurh wóhgestreón men tó swýðe forwyrcean hí sylfe, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 27-32.

hwearf

Grammar
hwearf, [The word is neuter in the two instances given in the (late) charter]
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Add: man ne worðe suuá dirsty ðat ðis ilk wharf ( commutationem ) and ðis ilk forward breke, C. D. iv. 242, 29

tempel-hálgung

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Templhálgunga, þæt is symbelnessa hyra eardungstówa wé ne begýmaþ schenofegias, id est sollemnitates tabernaculorum, non obseruamus, An. Ox. 40, 36. Add

be-hwirfan

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add : to barter Hí ne behwyrfon þá reáf þe hí ágifan sceolon uestes quas reddere debent, non commutent , Chrd. 48, 23

ge-dyrstlǽcan

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Nenán þing ne gedyrstlǽcen, ne nǽnne ontige on þám mynstre bútan þǽre mæssan ánre, 140, 9. with a clause Gif hwylc bróðor búton his abbodes hǽse gedyrstlǽcð ꝥ hé nime . . . R. Ben. 50, 10. Hú gedyrstlǽhtest þú ꝥ þú þus oft stalodest ?, Gr.

Lǽden-word

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-word, es; n.
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A Latin word Ðás word ne beóþ lédenword gif se r byþ áweg gedón, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 54

latian

(v.)
Grammar
latian, p. ode

To be slowto lingerloiterdelay

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Ne lata ðú ne cuncteris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 34. Ne yld ðú ł ne lata ðú non tardaveris, Ps. Spl. 39, 24: Ps. Th. 69, 7: Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 23; Cri. 373.

Linked entry: elcian

án-súndnes

(n.)
Grammar
án-súndnes, -ness, e; f. [án, súnd, nes]

Wholenesssoundnessintegrityintegritas

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Wholeness, soundness, integrity; integritas Ánsúndnesse lufigend a lover of integrity, Wanl. Catal. 292, 34

for-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-trúwian, -trúwigan; p. ode, nde; pp. od, ud

To be over-confident, rashto presumepræsúmĕrepræcĭpĭtāre

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To be over-confident, rash, to presume; præsúmĕre, præcĭpĭtāre Ðú ðé fortrúwodest [MS. fortrúwudest] for ðínre rihtwísnesse thou wast over-confident on account of thy virtue, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 13. Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige lest

mægden

(n.)
Grammar
mægden, mǽden, es; n.

A maidengirlvirgin

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Ne nýde man náðer ne wíf ne mǽden tó ðam ðe hyre sylfre mislícige let no woman, whether she have been married before or not, be forced to a marriage which she dislikes, 75; Th. i. 416, 20: L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 2. Mǽdenu virgines, Ps.

Linked entry: mǽden

be-dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dirnan, (-dyrnan, q. v. in Dict.)

to conceal

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to conceal Se hord þe þú oþ bedyrndest, Hml. S. 23, 662. Berníþan, bedyrnan dissimulare, i. occultare (desiderium ), An. Ox. 983. Hí synd bedyrnde ꝥ hí nán man ne mæg gefindan, Hml. S. 23, 290.

Linked entry: be-dyrnan

níþig

(adj.)
Grammar
níþig, adj.
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Envious []þig inuidus, An. Ox. 56, 99. Næs hé ofermód ne níþig . . . Þá níðigan and þá æfstigan (given in note to preceding)

glæsen

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Beó ǽlc calic geworht of myldendum antimbre, gilden oððe seolfren, glæsen oððe tinen; ne beó he hyrnen, ne húru treówen, Ll. Th. ii. 384, 7. Ꝥ glæsene fæt vas vitreum, Gr. D. 104, 28: 103, 13. Ele in ánum glæsenum fæte, 159, 9.

hréman

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>hréman;</b> p. de To vaunt, boast þæt þín aldor ǽfre wolde Godes goldfatu in gylp beran, ne þý hraðor hrémde þeáh þe here brohte Israéla gestreón in his ǽhte geweald, Dan. 756.Hár hilderinc hréman ne þorfte mecga gemánan

tǽling

Grammar
tǽling, <b>. II.</b>
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after 'calumny' add: detraction, derogation Ne wéne ic ꝥ þes wer wǽre gelustfullod on árfæstnysse weorke, ne on þæs bisceopes tǽlinge ( episcopi derogatione ), Gr. D. 76, 17. derision, mockery.

fremednes

(n.; part.)
Grammar
fremednes, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [fremed, pp. of fremman and -ness, -nyss]

An accomplishmentfulfilmentperactio

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An accomplishment, fulfilment; peractio Næfþ ðæt swefen nǽnige fremednesse gódes ne yfeles the dream has no accomplishment for good or evil, Lchdm. iii. 154, 17. Nǽnige fremednysse no fulfilment, iii. 156, 1

ýtan

(v.)
Grammar
ýtan, p. te
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, ne myrre neque prodigus sit, aut stirpator substantie monasterii, R.

Linked entries: útian ýtend

þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
þurfan, prs. ic, he þearf, ðú þearft, pl. wé þurfon; p. þorfte; subj. prs. is þurfe, þyrfe, pl. þurfen, þyrfen; prs. ptcpl. þurfende, þyrfende

To needto be in needhave need of somethingto need to do somethingto be bound to do something because it is rightto be obligedbe compelled by destinyto have good cause or reason for doing somethingto be use, to be good for a person to do somethingto owe

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Syle mé ðæt wæter, ðæt mé ne þyrste, ne ic ne ðurfe hér feccan, Jn. Skt. 4, 15. Ðý læs wé leng sprecen ymbe ðonne wé þyrfon (wé ne þyrfen, Cott.

an-forht

(adj.)
Grammar
an-forht, adj.

Fearfultimidtimidus

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Fearful, timid; timidus Ne þearf ðonne ǽnig anforht [MS. unforht] wesan no one then need be fearful, Rood Kmbl. 232; Kr. 117

Linked entry: on-forht