nefa
a nephew ⬩ nepos ⬩ a grandson ⬩ a step-son
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Ealdra nefena pronepotum, 445, 56. a step-son Nefa prifignus, Wülck. Gl. 41, 28
ge-bígednys
A bending ⬩ inflection ⬩ declining ⬩ declension ⬩ case ⬩ declīnātio ⬩ cāsus
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Ða pronōmĭna ðe habbaþ vŏcātīvum, ða habbaþ six casus, and ða óðre ealle nabbaþ búton fíf gebígednyssa the pronouns which have a vocative have six cases, and all the other have but five cases, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 20, 55.
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ge-cyndelíc
Natural ⬩ according to nature ⬩ natūrālis
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Natural, according to nature; natūrālis Hit is gecyndelíc ðæt ealle eorþlíce líchaman beóþ fulran on weaxendum mónan, ðonne on wanigendum it is natural that all earthly bodies are fuller at the increasing moon than at the waning, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt
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ge-lýfed
One who believed, faithful ⬩ religiosus, fidus, fidelis
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Ealle ðing synd gelýfedum mihtlíce omnia possibilia credenti, Mk. Bos. 9, 23
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ge-myndig
Mindful, remembering ⬩ mémor
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Wæs heó þearle gemyndig, hú heó ðone atolan eáðost mihte ealdre benǽman she was very mindful how she might easiest deprive the fell one of life, Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 23; Jud. 74: Ps. Th. 73, 21: 82, 4.
stípan
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Ðeáh ðe hine mihtig God mægenes wynnum stépte ofer ealle men, Beo. Th. 3438 ; B. 1717.
treówan
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to trust Trnaþ ealle endemes, ða ðe hiora ærninge tréwaþ those who have confidence in their powers of running, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 10. Gehwylc hiora his ferhite treówde, ðæt hé hæfde mod micel, Beo.
un-gewuna
A bad custom ⬩ evil practice
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A bad custom, evil practice Se eorðlíca geférscipe hiene tiéhð on ða lufe his ealdan ungewunan ad vetustatem vitae per societatem secularium ducitur, Past. 22; Swt. 169, 9.
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weorold-hláford
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Wé lǽraþ þæt Godes þeówas beón geornlíce Gode þeówigende . . . and ðæt hí beón á heora ealdre holde and gehýrsume . . . and ðæt hí beón heora worldhláfordum eác holde and getrýwe, L. Edg. C. 1; Th. ii. 244, 5
bóc-land
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An ic (King Eadred) mínre méder ealra mínra bóclanda þe ic on Súð-Seaxum hæbbe, C. D. B. iii. 75, 25. Twelf bóclanda ǽhte (xii possessiones praediorum) hé Gode geaf mynster on tó timbrianne, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 308, 3.
bune
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Andlang ðǽre díc ðæt intó bunon; andlang bunan ðæt tó ðan ealdan forda, C.D. vi. 129, 27. ¶ Buna occurs as the name of a person, Txts. 156, 81 : 161, 277
erian
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Wæs se mere áwend tó felda, swá ꝥ man erode ealne þone fixnoþ, Nap. 22, 28. Þeáh hé erige his land mid ðúsend sula, Bt. 26, 3; F. 94, 14. Þeáh him mon erigan scyle ǽghwelce dæg æcera ðúsend quamvis rura centeno scindat opima bove, Met. 14, 4.
for-glendrad
To devour ⬩ consume
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Ealle heora snytru beóð yfele forgledred omnis sapientia eorum devorata est, Ps. Th. 106, 26. Seó grániende neowelnys and seó forglendrede (-iende(?): -glændrede, -gleddrede, v. ll.) hell, Wlfst. 187, 1.
fox
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Fox is geápest ealra deóra, 14, 19. Ðone leásan lytegan þú scealt hátan fox, næs mann, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 17. Hú Bonefatius ádýdde þone fox þe bát his módor henna ...
ge-brýsed
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Þá stánas nales ꝥ án ꝥ hí his limu tóbrǽcan, ac eác swylce mid ealle his bán gebrýsedon (-brýsdon, tóbrýsdon, v. ll.] saxa non solum cjtes membra, sed etiam ossa contri*-*verant, Gr. D. 125, 23.
gramlic
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Ealle þǽra hǽðenra godas synd gramlice deófla omnes dii gentium demonia, 14, 18. Ne cwæð þú ná goda, ac gramlicra deófla, 8, 59. of things Nǽron hí geneádode tó ðám gramlican geþeahte, Hml. S. 27, 166.
ild
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Hé his ealdan ylde ofergetiligende . . . arn, Hml. S. 23 b, 185.
inn
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Ing tó ealdan mynstre, Che. E. 185, 7. Hé tihð his fét suá hé inmest mæg, Past. 241, 12. See also verbs where in has been taken as a prefix
mǽte
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men onmiddan þám spácan, and þá betran neár þǽre nafe, and þá mǽtran neár ðǽm felgum . . . þá felga longiað on þǽm spácan. . . swá dóð þá mǽtestan (mǽstan, v.l.) men on þǽm midmestum, and þá midmestan on þǽm betstan . . . þá mǽtestan (mǽstan, v.l. ) ealle
líf-lic
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On ánre nihte ealdne mónan ꝥ cild ꝥ swá bið ácenned, ꝥ bið liflic (lang lifes, v. l. ), 21, 7. vital, necessary to life. physical Swilce hí ðone líflican blǽd forðrǽstne ácwellon, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 12. spiritual þurh líflice láre, . Hml.