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ge-wundian

(v.)
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Gif hé wígie and man gewundie, Ll. Th. i. 170, 9. Gewundige 202, 21: 404, 8. Gif man óðerne gewundige, for þæs blódes gyte fæste .xl. nihta, ii. 148, 24: 294, 6.

CLǼNE

(adj.)
Grammar
CLǼNE, cléne; se clǽna, seó, ðæt clǽne; m. clǽnra, f. n. clǽnre; clǽnest; adj.

CLEAN, pure, clearmundus, purus, merus, serenuschaste, innocentcastus, innoxius

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Calic on handa Drihtnes wínes [MS. win] clǽnes [MS. clænis] full is calix in manu Domini vini meri plenus, Ps. Spl. 74, 7. Forbærne hit man on clǽnum fíre let a man burn it in a pure fire, L. Edg.

Linked entries: cláne cléne

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.
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Ne wandige ná se mæssepreóst nó for ríces mannes ege, ne for feó, ne for nánes mannes lufon, ðæt hé him symle riht déme, Blickl.

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

pyle

(n.)
Grammar
pyle, es; m.
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Se legeþ pyle under ǽlces monnes elnbogan ... vae his qui consuunt pulvillos sub omni cubito manus, et faciunt cervicalia sub capite universae aetatis.... Pulvillos sub omni cubito manus ponere est ... Past. 19, 1 ; Swt. 143, 13-15.

Linked entries: pile pylu

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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It was a condition that was due to many causes.

ge-riht

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Ealdred . . . dyde ðe ilcan gerihta ðæ man dyde of Nigon hldon . . . of Lidigerde i. circsceatt and eall ðe geilcan gerihta ðe man dyde of Baggabeorge . . . eall ðǽgeylcan gerihta ðe man déð of Cedenon, C. D. iv. 233, 3-34.

steór-ness

Grammar
steór-ness, stiér-, stýr-ness, e; f.
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Hwílon hé gewítnaþ ðæs mannes gewitleáste mid stýrnysse óðrum tó steóre, Homl. Ass. 62, 259. Stiérnesse disciplinam, Ps. Spl. T. 2, 12

Linked entry: steór

þeódisc

(n.)
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þeódisc, es; n.
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A language Ðeáh hit gebyrige ðæt ða útemestan ðióda eówerne naman up áhebban and on manig þeódisc eów herigen licet remotos fama per populos means diffusa linguas explicet, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 30. Þiódisc, Met. 10, 26

un-gelǽredlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gelǽredlíce, adv.

Without instructionignorantlyin an undisciplined manner

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Without instruction, ignorantly, in an undisciplined manner Swíþe unwíslíce and ungelǽredlíce ( indocte ) gé dydon, ðæt gé sceoldan on feówernihte mónan blód lǽtan, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 13.

Linked entry: ge-lǽredlíce

ge-sínelíce

(adv.)
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ge-sínelíce, adv.
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Visibly Hé ꝥ tácen þǽre bærnnesse gesýnelíce (-séne-, v.l.) eallum mannum on his sculdre bær signum incendii uisibile cunctis in humero portauit, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 281, 14. Gisénelíce is gibisnendo visibiliter est informanda, Rtl. 103, 30

herian

(v.)
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herian, hærian, hergan; p. ode, ede; imper. hera and here; pp. ed

To praise

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Hit is áwriten ne hera ðú nǽnne man on his lífe it is written 'Praise no man during his life,' Homl. Th. ii. 560, 13. Ðá silfne ne hera do not praise thyself, Salm. Kmbl. 262, 21. Here ðú, Sion, swylce ðínne sóþne God lauda Deum tuum, Sion, Ps.

Linked entry: hergan

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.

Goodgood thinggood deedbenefitgoodnesswelfare

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Se getreówa man sceal syllan his gód on ða tíd ðe hine sylfne lyste his brúcan each man must in this world deserve that the good that his friend does for him afterwards may conduce to eternal rewards.

cniht

(n.)
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</b> an unmarried man. v. cniht-hád, Hit bið rihtlic líf þæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde, oð þæt he on rihtre ǽwe gewífige, Wlfst. 304, 20: Ll. Th. ii. 332, 28. a servant, man, follower Cniht clitus vel clientulus, Wrt.

hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc, hwylc, hwelc; pron.

whichwhoany oneanysome

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Hwylc man is of eów quis est ex vobis homo? Mt. Kmbl. 7, 12. Hwylc þearf is ðé húsles quid opus est Eucharistia? Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 37. Hwá is úre Fæder? Se Ælmihtiga God. And hwilcera manna Fæder is he? Swutelíce hit is gesǽd, yfelra manna.

irfe-numa

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-numa, an; m.

an heir

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Se man ðe on fyrdunge ætforan his hláforde fealle, beón ða heregeata forgyfene, and fón ðá yrfenuman tó lande and tó ǽhtan, 78 ; Th. i. 420, 16

Linked entry: -numa

ge-sceádwís

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Add: exercising discernment, intelligent, discerning Ǽlc gesceádwís man mæg witan ꝥ hig beóþ full earme, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, ii: 27, l ; F. 96, 6 : 28; F. 100, 30.

líc

(adj.)
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Add: the living body of a man or animal Hí wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 23: Hml. S. 31, 333. Hí mid hǽran hí gescryddon tó líce, 12, 36. Ðý læs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden, Past. 365, 11.

ágen-frigea

(n.)
Grammar
ágen-frigea, -friga, -friá, an; -frige, es; m.

An ownerpossessorpossessor

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Agife man ðam ágen-frigean [-frigan MS. C.] his ágen let his own be rendered to the proprietor, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 7. Ðam ágen-frige to the posessor, L. In. 53; Th. i. 136, 4, MS. H.

a-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-winnan, p. -wan, pl. -wunnon; pp. -wunnen

To labourcontendgainovercomelaborarecontendereacquirerenanciscisuperare

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To labour, contend, gain, overcome; laborare, contendere, acquirere, nancisci, superare Ǽlc wís mon scyle awinnan ǽgder ge wið ða réðan wyrde ge wið ða winsuman every wise man ought to contend both against the severe fortune and against the pleasant,

Linked entry: a-wunnen

eofot

(n.)
Grammar
eofot, eofut, eofet, es; n.

A debt, crimedēbĭtum, culpa

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If a man declare a debt at a folk-mote, L. Alf. pol. 22 ; Th. i. 76, 6. Reht oððe eofut oððe scyld dēbĭtum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 25.

Linked entries: eofet ge-eofot