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dim-nes

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Utan geþencan dómes dæg and dimnessa helle grundes, Hml. A. 168, 113. a dark place On sweartum dimnessum latibulis carceralibus, An. Ox. 3144. dimness of sight Wiþ eágena dymnysse, Lch. i. 176, 16. darkness, evil Dimnesse gástas chao, Wrt.

eft-gemyndig

(adj.)
Grammar
eft-gemyndig, adj.
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Eftgemyndig aron, Mt. L. 27, 63. Eftgemyndigo (-myndge, R.), Lk. L. 24, 8: Jn. L. (R.) 2, 17. Eftgemyndgo (-e, R.), 22. Wosað gié eftgemyndgo reminiscamini, 16, 4

Linked entries: eft-myndig ge-mynig

ge-prician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-prician, p. ode.
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gepricud ( stimulatus ) on unrótnysse gyltes, Scint. 79, 8. to mark with dots Seó forme ábécédé ys bútan pricon, and seó óðer ys gepricod on þá swýðran healfe, and seó þrydde on þá wynstran healfe, Angl. viii. 332, 43. to note Se lust ys tó witanne swá

Linked entry: prician

ge-swencness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swencness, e ; f.
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For þám þingum swá monigra geswencnissa ꝥ ealle þá niht férdon mid þurste gewǽcte, Nar. II. 29. Swá monigra geswencnissa and earfeðo, 14. 23

ge-þeahtere

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. ¶ rendering the Latin consul :-- Hwæt wule cweþan be þínum twám sunum, þá sint ealdormen and geþeahteras quid dicam liberos consulares?, Bt. 10; F. 28, 31. Add

lungre

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Flódwylm ne mæg manna ǽnigne ofer Meotudes ést lungre gelettan, An. 518 : 1423: 1474. of unchecked action Ne magan him lungre láð ætfæstan (cf. hine God forstód, 1337), An. 1349. See preceding word

lettan

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Ox. 8b, 6. the action from which one is hindered given in genitive þé þæs nú nellað lettan þæs þú ǽr geþóht hæfdest propositi tui ortnonomias dirumpere nolumus, Guth. Gr. 123, 20

stille

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Add Sege ús nú ꝥ sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, and nellað þé ámeldian, ac hit eall stille lǽtan, Hml. S. 23, 591. 2 b. Add On þǽre nihte, þá hit stillost wæs, Gr. D. 238, 11.

full-gearwian

(v.)
Grammar
full-gearwian, p. ode.

to completefinishto equip fully

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Oð ðæt gé weorðen fullgearowode mid ðǽm gǽsðlican cræfte . . . fullgearowode weorðað . . . quoadusque induamini virtute ex alto . . . induimur . . ., Past. 385, 4-7

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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Ðeáh fela smeán (smeágen, Cote. MS.), habbaþ litellne gearowitan búton tweón Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 9. Ðæt ic smeáde (meditarer) sprǽce ðíne Ps. Spl. 118, 148. Ðú woldest míne láre smeágean 22, 1; Fox 76, 25.

Linked entry: smeán

ful-gere

(adv.)

full wellfullythoroughly

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full well, fully, thoroughly, Elen. Kmbl. 1717; El. 860

ge-weddian

(v.)

to weedherbis noxiis purgare

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to weed; herbis noxiis purgare, Cot. 178, 188, Lye

scocere

(n.)
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Innan scocera wege, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 107, 9

ungemet-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
ungemet-ceald, adj.

Excessively cold

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Excessively cold Winter bringeþ weder ungemetcald, Met. 11, 59

Linked entry: ceald

CWELLAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWELLAN, ic cwelle, ðú cwelest, cwelst, he cweleþ, cwelþ, pl. cwellaþ; p. cwealde , pl. cwealdon; pp. cwelled, cweled, cweald ; v. a.

To kill, slay = QUELL? necare, trucidare, occidere, mactare

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We cwellaþ we kill, Ex. 8, 26. Cwealde had killed, Andr. Kmbl. 3247; An. 1626. Hí stearcferþe cwellan þohtun the stern of mind resolved to slay her, Exon. 75a; Th. 280. 31; Jul. 637. Ðú Grendel cwealdest thou didst slay Grendel, Beo.

Linked entries: cwoellan cuellan

gif

(con.)
Grammar
gif, gief, gyf, gib; conj. with indic. or subj.

Ifthoughwhether

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Ðú wást gif hit is swá we secgan hýrdon thou knowest if it is as we heard say, 550; B. 272

un-tígan

(v.)
Grammar
un-tígan, p. de

To untieunbindloose

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Ðonne sind gelaðode, ðonne sind untígede, Homl. Th, i. 210, 7, 9

cyn

(adj.)
Grammar
cyn, adj.
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Hit is cynn ( justum est ) ðæt ðæs gemǽnelíce brúcen, 337, 3. Hit is cyn ðæt úre scomigen debemus erubescere, 407, 15. Þonne is hit cyn ꝥ gé þone mid eádmédum gesécen, Ll.

holt

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For ðǽm ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðaelig;t hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle, Past. 443, 36. Hwá áspyreð ðæt deófol of geofones holte, Sal. K. p. 146, 28. Hé rád þurh ǽnne heáhne holt, Hml. S. 19, 219. On pápan holt súðweardne, C. D.

manian

(v.)
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maniað ꝥ man Sunnandæges freóls mid eallum mægene healde, Cht. E. 231, 18. Add Gif mid rícan mannan hwæt embe úre neóde manian willað si cum hominibus potentibus volumus aliqua suggerere, R. Ben. 45. 20.