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be-irnan

Grammar
be-irnan, <b>II 2</b>.
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ne beam (georn, v. l. ) on synne, Gr. D. 22, 28. Godes yrre on tó beyrnanne Dei iram incurrere , Chrd. 109, 28. Add

un-writen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-writen, adj.

Unwritten

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Unwritten Ne lét ic ðæt unwriten, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 26. Hí for heora slǽwþe forléton unwriten ðara monna þeáwas and heora dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 34

Linked entry: un-gewriten

wealg

(adj.)
Grammar
wealg, adj.

Nauseous

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Halliwell gives wallow = flat, insipid; wallowish = nauseous) Se wearma welð on gódum cræftum, ðý læs hé sié wealg for wlæcnesse, and for ðæm weorðe út áspiwen ( ne evomatur tepidus ) Past. 58; Swt. 447, 18

wíg-plega

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-plega, an; m.

The game of warbattle

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The game of war, battle Hé ne wandode ná æt ðam wígplegan, Byrht. Th. 139, 43; By. 268 : 141, 2 ; By. 316. Hé sumum dǽleþ gúþe blǽd, gewealdenne wígplegan, Exon. Th. 331, 16 ; Vy. 69

tór-begete

(adj.)
Grammar
tór-begete, adj.

Hard to get

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Hard to get Gif hé beget and yt rinde, sió ðe cymþ of neorxnawonge, ne dereþ him nán átter. Ðonne cwæþ se ðe ðás bóc wrát ðæt hió wǽre tórbegete, Lchdm. ii. 114, 3-6

CÝSE

(n.)
Grammar
CÝSE, cése,es; m:an; m.

CHEESEcaseus

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Níwe gáte cýse new goat&#39;s cheese, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 5, 6, 7; Lchdm. i. 352, 5, 7, 9. Ferscne cýse on lege lay on fresh cheese, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 14: 1, 53; Lchdm. ii. 126, 1: Lchdm. iii. 96, 22. Nim cýsan take cheese, 96, 21.

Linked entry: cése

gearo

(adv.)
Grammar
gearo, gearu; adv.

Promptlyreadilyentirelyaltogetherprompteomnīnoprorsus

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Se mec gearo [or geáro; see next word] on bende legde he who altogether laid me in bonds, 105 b; Th. 402, 14; Rä. 21, 29

for-hínan

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Mid þǽm bryne hió (Rome) wæs swá swíþe forhiéned þæt hió nǽfre siþþan swelc næs nec unquam majore incendio vastata est, 6, 1; S. 252, 24. Take here for-hýnan, and add

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nædre

Grammar
nædre, l. nǽdre,
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and add Cóm of ðǽm wætre án nǽdre, seó wæs ungemetlíce micel ( serpens mirae magnitudinis ), and þá men ealle ofslóg þe néh ðǽm wætre cóman, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 4. Sió nǽdre . . . lǽrde Euan on wóh.

ám

(n.)
Grammar
ám, aam, es; m.

The reed or slay of a weaver's loompecten texto-rius

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The reed or slay of a weaver's loom; pecten texto-rius Ne mec óhwonan sceal ámas [Th. uma, Dietr. áma] cnyssan nor shall the weaver's reeds beat me anywhere, Exon. 109a; Th. 417, 22; Rä. 36, 8

Linked entry: aam

æt-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fleón, p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon; pp. -flogen [æt, fleón to flee]

To flee awayescape by flighteschewaufugere

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Nán þing ætfleón ne mihte nothing might remain, Jos. 10, 35 : L. C. S. 78; Th. i. 420, 7

cépe-man

(n.)
Grammar
cépe-man, es; m.

A chapman, merchantmercator

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Hit cépemen ne gefaraþ merchants do not visit it, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 1

cirio-mangung

(n.)
Grammar
cirio-mangung, e; f.
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Church-mongering, the sale or purchase of ecclesiastical offices, simony; sacrorum nundinatio Ǽnig man ciric-mangunge ne macie let no man commit simony, L. Eth. v. 10; Th. i. 306, 28: vi. 15; Th. i. 318, 27

el-lende

(adj.)
Grammar
el-lende, ele-lænde; adj.

Strange, foreignextĕrus, peregrīnus

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Strange, foreign; extĕrus, peregrīnus Nǽnig cépa ne seah ellendne wearod no merchant saw a foreign shore, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 60; Met. 8, 30. In ellende in foreign land, afar, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 33: 25, 14

Linked entries: ele-lænde -lende

ge-neósian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-neósian, <b>; II.</b>
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ne dorston ꝥ hálige hús mid ingange geneósian, ac æt ðǽre dura hí gebǽdon they didn't venture to enter the house when they visited it, but prayed at the door, Hml, Th. i. 504, 10. Add

ge-lustfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lustfullíce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Willingly, earnestly, studiouslystŭdiōse

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-lucor] ne gelustfullícor hine sylfne underþeódde to úra goda bigange ðonne ic nullus tuōrum stŭdiōsius quam ĕgo cultŭræ deōrum nostrōrum se subdĭdit, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 5

searulíce

(adv.)
Grammar
searulíce, adv.
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Ne hí gimreced setton searolíce, Met. 8, 26

un-þrowiendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þrowiendlíc, un-þrowigendlíc; adj.

Incapable of sufferingimpassible

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Seó Godcundnys ne mihte nán ðing þrowian, for ðan ðe heó is unðrowigendlíc, ii. 6, 30. Unðrowiendlíc, 270, 32

castel-burg

(n.)
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[Ne moste na mon cumen wiðinne þon castelburi, Laym. 6714.]

félan

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Gif se maga þæs ne féle, 192, 21. Nédmægn ǽc stences ðínes ł mægn hiá foele vimque odoris tui vel virtutem sentiant, Rtl. 117, 27. Add