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gódnes

(n.)
Grammar
gódnes, -ness, e; f.
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Ðæs gódan gódnes biþ his ágen gód and his ágen edleán the goodness of the good is his own good and his own reward, Bt. 37, 3; Fox 190, 14: 33, 4; Fox 128, 15

rísan

(v.)
Grammar
rísan, p. rás, pl. rison; pp. risen.
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Th. 58, 1. to be fitting, becoming (the most usual form is ge-rísan, q. v. cf. come and become, venire and convenire, Ger. fallen and ge-fallen for similar development of meaning) Ne ríseþ non decent, Kent. Gl. 681. Ðér ne ríseþ ubi non debet, Mk.

Linked entries: rísende ge-rís

be-sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sprecan, part. -sprecende, ic -sprece, ðú -sprecest, -sprycst, he -spreceþ, -sprycþ, pl. -sprecaþ; p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen, -spræcen; [be by, sprecan to speak]

To speak to, to tell, pretend, plead, speak against, to complain, charge, accuse, impeachobloqui

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Hit besprecen biþ it is charged, L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 16: Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 39

þunrian

(v.)
Grammar
þunrian, p. ode

To thunder

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To thunder Hé is mægenþrymmes God and hé þunraþ ofer manegum wætertnn Deus majestatis intonuit, Dominus super multas aquas, Ps. Th. 28, 3. Hit ðunraþ tonat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Zup. 128, 17. Hit hwílum þunraþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 44, 34: Met. 28, 55.

þistel-twige

(n.)
Grammar
þistel-twige, an; f.
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Bird Names, p. 58, thistle-finch is given as a name of the goldfinch; Halliwell quotes: 'Carduelis a linnet, a thistle-finch' (1581). Cf. O. H. Ger. distil-finco carduelis: Ger. distel-fink a linnet: O. H.

þreó-teóða

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þreó-teóða, þreotteóða

thirteenth

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Paulus is se ðreotteóða ðyses heápes, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 30. Seó ðreotteóðe mǽigð, i. 396, 4. On ðære þrytteóðan wucan, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 20 rubc. On ðæm þreóteóðon geáre, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 33. Þrytteóðan, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 272

un-deór

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deór, (-deóre?); adj.

Not dearcheapcommon

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Not dear, cheap, common Undeór hit is vile valet, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 61. Ðæt hié mon ná undeórran weorðe móste lésan ðonne hié mon be ðam were geeahtige, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 1.

un-þeáwfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þeáwfæst, adj.

Of bad habitsviciousill-manneredill-conditioned

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Of bad habits, vicious, ill-mannered, ill-conditioned Hit is bysmorlíc dǽd, ðæt ǽnig man ǽfre swá unþeáwfæst beón sceole, ðæt hé ðone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gauge ðæt meox út, Engl. Stud. viii. 62, 15.

wídness

(n.)
Grammar
wídness, e ; f.
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Anglia i. 335) is .cc. míla longitudo eorum .cc. stadia sunt, Nar. 36, 28. Ðæs temples længc waes syxtig fæðma, and seó wídnes wæs twéntig fæþma, and his heáhnys wæs þrítyg fæþma, Anglia xi. 9, 27. Ðæt tempel wæs . . . on wídnysse twéntig fæðma. . .

wistfullian

(v.)
Grammar
wistfullian, p. ode

To feast

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Tíma is ðæt ðú mid ðínum gebróðrum wistfullige on mínum gebeórscipe, Homl. Th. i. 74, 15. Utan wistfullian epulemur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 62.

Linked entry: wist

be-willan

(v.)
Grammar
be-willan, p. de
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Gewyrce gemilscade drincan, ꝥ is micel dǽl bewylledes wǽteres on huniges gódum dǽle, 202, 27

Linked entry: willan

be-norþan

(adv.)
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Him is be-norðan Creticum se sǽ, S. 26, 33. Beeástan him . . . and benorðan, S. 28, I. Gallie benorþan muntum, 4, 7; S. 184, 4. Ne benorðan mearce, ne besúðan, Ll. Th. i. 232, 18

eág-sealf

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Ðis is seó séleste eáhsalf wið éhwærce, Lch. i. 374, 1. Ðeós eáhsealf mæg wiþ ǽlces cynnes broc on eágon, iii. 292, 1: 4, 4. His man brúceþ on eágsealfe, i. 334, 4. Ðis mæg tó eáhsalfe, 374, 14. Nim þǽr góde eáhsealfe, iii. 292, 15, 18.

ealu-scóp

(n.)
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One who recites poetry where there is drinking Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig preóst ne beó ealuscop ne on ǽnige wísan glíwige mid him sylfum oþ[þe mid] óðrum mannum, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 15. Gif preóst oferdruncem lufige, oþþe glíman oþþe ealascop wurðe, 296, 12.

efen-éce

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Godes Sunu is efenéce (efn-, v. l. ) his Fæder and þám Hálgan Gáste, Gr. D. 60, 15: Hml. Th. i. 198, 15: 278, 21. Euenéce, 32, 6. Efnéce, Bl. H. 111, 8: 29, 3. Án Godcundnys and gelíc wuldor and efenéce mægen*-*ðrymnys, Hml. Th. i. 276, 26.

epistol

(n.)
Grammar
epistol, es; m. (not e; f.): epistola, an; m.
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strong forms Hér is seó gesetenis Alexandres epistoles . . . Cwæþ hé in fruman þæs epistoles, Nar. 1, 2, 9. On þǽm ǽrron epistole, 3, 28. weak forms Hé cuæð on his epistolan tó Galatum, P. 117, 7.

forwost

(n.)
Grammar
forwost, es; m.
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Ðe aldormonn ł is cynnes heáfuduærd ł foruost tribunus, Jn. L. 18, 12. Forwostum ðǽra sácerda, Mt. L. 20, 18. Forwostum (forwestum, R.) Galiléæs primis Galilaeae, Mk. L. 6, 21

Linked entry: forwest

frum-cenned

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Dele last passage, and add: first-born Næs þæt cild for ðí gecweden hire frumcennede cild swilce heó óðer ácende, ac for ðí þe Críst is frumcenned of manegum gástlicum gebróðrum, Hml. Th. i. 34, 24.

ge-hlot

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Cf. ge-hleótan; 3 Sweotollíce ús gedyde tó wittane Alexander hwelce þá hǣðnan godas sindon tó weorþianne; ꝥ hit swíþor is of þ ára biscepa gehlote (from what the priest determine stall be said) and of heora gewyrde ꝥ ꝥ hie secgað þonne of þára goda mihte

gemót-stów

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See first passage under gemót-hús. a place where a law-court is held Hé hæfde áne gemótstówe gecweden ymb sume neódþearfe þæs mynstres erat pro utilitate monasterii causa constituta, Gr. D. 21, l