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biter-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
biter-líce, bitter-líce; adv.

BITTERLYamare

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BITTERLY; amare He weóp biterlíce [Bos. bityrlíce] he wept bitterly, Mt. Jun. 26, 75. He ongan biterlíce [Smith, 600, 29, bitterlíce] wépan he began to weep bitterly, Bd. 4, 25; Whelc. 337, 43

un-druncen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-druncen, adj.

Not drunksober

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Not drunk, sober suá micle bet his ágen dysig oncnéw suá undruncenra wæs he recognized his own folly so much better as he was more sober, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 8

ge-mangian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mangian, p. ode; pp. od
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Hwæt forstent ǽnegum men, ðeáh he gemangige ðæt he ealne ðisne middangeard áge, gif he his sáule forspildeþ what profits it any man, though he trade so as to obtain all this world, if he destroy his soul? Past. 44, 10; Swt. 332, 9; Cot. MS

Linked entry: mangian

níde

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Add Ðæt ðonne tó fóo, gif niéde sciele coactus ad regimen veniat, Past. 59, 9

scrífan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
scrífan, p. scráf, pl. scrifon; pp. scrifen
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Ne scrífe ðæs hlísan búton hú ryhtosð wyrce opus rectitudinis appetitio ignoret favoris, Past. 44, 3; Swt. 313, 16. with dat.

Linked entry: be-scrifen

nídinga

(adv.)
Grammar
nídinga, (-unga); adv.

By forceagainst a person's will

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Ðá tugon heó hine nýdinga of ðam mynstre illum invitum monasterio duxerunt, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 22. Gif hwá mǽden nýdinga nimþ si quis puellam invitam ceperit, L. Ecg. P. ii. 130; Th. ii. 186, 20

Linked entry: neádunga (-inga)

wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
wyrcend, es; m.

a workerlabourera makera doer.

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Heó wǽron ðám wyrcendum gelíce similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea, Ps. Th. 113, 17. a doer. Similar entries v. wyrcan, III Þurh ða unrótnesse ðe is deáðes wyrcend, Anglia xi. 113, 43.

be-wrítan

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To score round Bewrít þú hý (the mandragora) wel hraþe mid íserne, þý lǽs heó þé ætfleó . . . þú hý bewrít mid íserne, and swá þú scealt onbútan hý delfan swá ðú hyre mid þám íserne ná æthríne make a score in the ground round it at once with iron, lest

sceóh

(adj.)
Grammar
sceóh, adj.

shy, timid, fearful: wanton

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To scheowe heo beoð mid alle, þet fleoð nor ane peinture, þet þuncheð ham grislich uorto biholden, A. R. 242, 8-12, Schey or skey as hors, Prompt. Parv. 444, col. 2

adela

(n.)
Grammar
adela, an; m.

Filthcænum

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Filth; cænum Ðæt hér yfle adelan stinceþ that here ill smells filth, Exon, 110b; Th. 424, 1 ; Rä. 41, 32

Mǽs

(n.)
Grammar
Mǽs, e; f.

The Maes or MeuseMosa

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The Maes or Meuse; Mosa Hér fór se here up onlong Mǽse feor on Fronclond, Chr. 882; Erl. 82, 7

túdor-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
túdor-spéd, e; f.
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Abundance of offspring Him engla helm tuddor-spéd onleác . . . lét weaxan eft heora rímgetel. Cd. Th. 166, 24; Gen. 2752

limb-stefning

(n.)
Grammar
limb-stefning, The gloss at Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 46 is:
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Comparison with 26, 6, limbus stemning vel hem, suggests (?) that the gloss should read, peripetasma, limbus stefning

ælmes-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-gifu, e; f.

What is given as alms, alms

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What is given as alms, alms Ðæt ðæt heom góde men tó ælmesgife for Godes lufan sealdon, Wlfst. 159, 20

Linked entry: gifu

hearding

(n.)
Grammar
hearding, es; m.

A brave man, warrior, hero

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A brave man, warrior, hero, Elen. Kmbl. 50; El. 25: 260; El. 130: Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 1; Rún. 22

nacian

(v.)
Grammar
nacian, p. ode

To strip

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To strip (the clothes off a person) Ðá ðæt nolde wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded when he would not do that (deny Christ), he was stripped and sent to prison, Shrn. 51, 12

ge-módsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-módsumnes, -ness, e; f.

commodus

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Agreement, concord; concordia He cýððe ðæt he nolde habban náne gemódsumnesse wið ða yfelan he proclaimed that he would have no concord with the wicked, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, 4; Hat. MS. 67 a, 21

leás

Grammar
leás, <b>. II.</b>
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Leásum spellum, Met. 26, 1. sham, not genuine Hét Maxentius mid micclum swicdóme oferbricgian ðá eá mid scipum, and syððan ðylian swá swá óðre bricge . . . ne gemunde ðǽre leásan bricge þe álecgan hét, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 27.

un-wís

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Add: mad, insane wénde ꝥ sprǽke on unwís, þá bebeád ꝥ . . . (quod quasi insana praeciperet), Gr. D. 58, I

ánhund-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
ánhund-wintre, adj.
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A hundred years old áxode hyne hú eald wǽre. Þá andswarode : ' Ánhundwintre and þrítigwintre,' Gen. 47, 9