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un-geleáffull

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Add: infidel, adjectival Ungeleáful wiþer-cwyda incredulus, i. infidelis negator, An. Ox. 1892. (l a) with gen. Hml. Th. i. 234, 20 (in Dict.). (l b) with dat. :-- Þa wearit hÉ un-geleáfful þæs engles bodungum, Hml. Th. i. 202, 5. (l c) with prep.

metgung

(n.)
Grammar
metgung, metegung, e; f.

moderationtemperancemeditation

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moderation, temperance Wísdóm is se héhsta cræft, and se hæfþ on him feówer óðre cræftas, ðara is án wærscipe, óðer metgung, þridde is ellen, feórþe rihtwísnes, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 34. meditation Mé is metegung hú ic ǽ ðíne efnast healde lex tua meditatio

Linked entry: ge-metgung

ge-dwimorlíce

(adv.)
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Add: in appearance only, not really Wearð án mǽden forbróden (changed to a mare) þurh drýmanna dydrung, ge-dwimorlíce swá deáh . . .

hús-carl

(n.)
Grammar
hús-carl, es; m. [A word apparently taken from the Scandinavians, as the English form would be hús-ceorl.]
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A member of the king's bodyguard Ðurstán mín húskarll præfectus meus palatinus Ðurstanus, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 202, 4. Urk mín húskarl, 221, 6. On gewitnesse eallra ðæs kynges húscarlan [-carla?], 291, 15.

hune

Grammar
hune, l. hune, and add: — Húnae vel bióuuyrt marrubium, Txts 78, 657. Húne marubium, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 32 :
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prassion, 68, 32

ge-bísgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bísgian, l. ge-bisgian, take here <b>ge-bysgian</b> in Dict., and add: — Gebysgian
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Se Hǽlend wæs gebysgod betwux micelre menigu on ánum wéstene, Hml. Th. ii. 384. 17

þorian

(v.)
Grammar
þorian, The gloss 'dosmui thorie' may be explained as δος μοι dó mé. v. Angl. xxi. 238 n.

þreodian

(v.)
Grammar
þreodian, þridian; p. ode.

to deliberatetake thoughtto deliberatehesitate

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Ne þreodode hé fore þrymme ðeódcyninges ǽniges on eorðan, ac him éce geceás líf he did not hesitate before the glory of any king on earth, but (at once) chose life eternal, Apstls. Kmbl. 35; Ap. 18

fox

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His módor gewunode tó fédenne henna, ac hig gelómlíce áweg bær and ábát án fox cumende of þám neáhlande ... Þá cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne, Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2.

horu

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Add:: n. [A weak form occurs, Hml. S. 7, 129.] of physical impurity (or uncertain) Fúles horewes squalentis ceni, An. Ox. 3598. Mixe, horwe ceno, i. luto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 71. Fúle horewas putidos (ergastuli) squalores, An.

un-gesib

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesib, un-gesibb; adj.

not relatedstrangenot at peace at variance

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Th. 391, 20; Rä. l0, 8. not at peace at variance Ða twá mǽgþa ða ðe betwih him ungeþwǽre and ungesibbe wǽron provinciae quae ab invicem discordabant, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 32: Blickl. Homl. 225, 6

ge-sǽlignes

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<b>I a.</b> a hap, fortune, an event :-- Gesundfullum gesǽlinessum secundis successibus, An.

Linked entry: sǽligness

un-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wérig, adj.

Not wearyfresh

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Hé hét ðæt mon ðæt fæsten brǽce and on fuhte dæges and nihtes, simle án legie after óþerre unwérig cum alias aliis legiones dies noctesque succedere sine requie cogeret, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 238, 9

gléd-stede

(n.)
Grammar
gléd-stede, es; m.

A place for a firean altar

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A place for a fire, an altar On ðam glédstyde at the altar, Cd. 86; Th. 108, 22; Gen. 1810. On ðæm glǽdstede gild onsægde made an offering on the altar, 137; Th. 172, 10; Gen. 2842

Linked entry: glǽdsted

tír-eádíg

(adj.)
Grammar
tír-eádíg, adj.

Glorious

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Torhte and tíreádige (the twelve apostles), Apstls. Kmbl. 7; Ap. 4: Andr. Kmbl. 4; An. 2; 1329; An. 665. Tíreádige, hæleþ heaðurófe on Brytene, Menol. Fox 26; Men. 13. Tíreádge, Exon. Th. 366, 10; Reb. 10.

sceaþenness

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþenness, e; f.

Injury, damage

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Hé oft stormas fram his sylfes sceþenisse and his geférena scylde and wiðsceáf tempestates a sua suorumque laesione repellere consueverat, 2, 7; S. 509, 32

Linked entry: sceþeness

bonde-land

(n.)
Grammar
bonde-land, es; n.

Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writingtributaria terra

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the alderman Cuthbriht ten 'boude-lands' at Swineshead, with leasow and with meadow, and with all lying thereto, and so that Cuthbriht should give to the abbot fifty pounds for it, and every year one night's entertainment, or thirty shillings in pennies

árung

(n.)
Grammar
árung, e; f.

an honouringa reverencehonoratioa regardingsparingpardoningremissio

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an honouring, a reverence; honoratio. a regarding, sparing, pardoning; remissio. Similar entries v. ár honour, árian

íren-byrne

(n.)
Grammar
íren-byrne, an; f.
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An iron byrnie Námon írenbyrnan, heard swyrd hilted, and his helm, Beo. Th. 5965; B. 2986

Linked entry: ísern-byrne

god-sprǽce

(n.)
Grammar
god-sprǽce, es; n.
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An oracle Wæs sum godsprǽce and heofonlíc onwrigenes oraculum cæleste, Bd. 2, 12; S. 512, 23