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teón-full

(adj.)
Grammar
teón-full, adj.
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Hú geswincful and hú teónful ðis líf is how full of travail and trouble this life is, 273, 6. Ða teónfullan infesta, Wrt.

un-gewiss

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, adj.

Uncertainnot having knowledgeignorantnot knownof which there is not certain knowledgenot conveying certain knowledgeignominious

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Ðá ðá ic ðǽr lange stód ungewis mínes færeldes, ii. 350, 26. of things, not known, of which there is not certain knowledge On ðínes lífes ryne ðe ðé is ungewiss, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 52, 8.

wíc-geréfa

(n.)
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wíc-geréfa, an; m.
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As a wícgeréfa of Winchester is mentioned in the Chronicle, wíc cannot be confined to small towns Wícgeréfa publicanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 47. Se (St. Matthew) wæs theloniarius, ðæt is gafoles moniend and wícgeréfa, Shrn. 131, 24.

ge-sceþþan

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. ¶ where the particular, in respect to which injury is done, is marked Hié fela folca feore gesceódon, Dan. 15. Ǽr him fǽr Godes þurh egesan gryre aldre gesceóde, 593. Add

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geár-gerím

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Substitute: Reckoning by years. where duration is measured and the year is taken as the unit. v. geár; Bootes cymeð on þone ilcan stede eft ymb þrítig geárgerimes (cf. ymb þrittig wintra, Bt. 39, 3; F. 214, 15), Met. 28, 30.

hwónlíce

(adv.)
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Þá þe hwónlíce understandan magan hú micel wíte is þæt man on ámánsumunge sié qui minus intelligere possunt quanta pena excommunicationis, R. Ben. 54, l.

seofon

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Add: when used without an immediately following noun the nominative is seofon or seofone. .vii. fiscas sélaes fyllu, sifu sélas hronaes fyllu, sifu hronas hualaes fyllu, An. Ox. 54, 1. Þǽra eádigra seofon slǽpera ðrowung, Hml. S. 23, 1.

wearn

(n.)
Grammar
wearn, es; m. (?)

A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal

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Þeán ðe ða ealle ðe mé áfeódon wordum wyrigen and wearn sprecan si is, qui oderat me, super me magna locutus est, 54, 12.

Linked entries: un-wearnum wirn worn

openian

(v.)
Grammar
openian, p. ode.

to open, to become opento become manifestto open, uncloseto disclose, manifest

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Byrgen opnigende (patens) is race heora. Ps. Spl. 5, 10. Openiendum heofonum caelis patentibus, Bd. 4, 9 ; S. 576, 37. Opniendum, Hpt.

sliht

(n.)
Grammar
sliht, sleaht, sleht, slieht, sliét, slyht (see the cpds.), es; m.

a striking of coin a stroke, flash of lightningslaughter, death by violencethe deadly stroke of diseasewhat is to be killed, animals for slaughter a blow, mortal blow; stamp, coining strages, occisio mowing ; striking of an instrument

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Th. ii. 124. 10. what is to be killed, animals for slaughter Similar entries v. sliht-swín (cf. Icel. slátr butcher's meat; slátra to slaughter cattle) Gafolswáne gebyreþ ðæt hé sylle his slyht be ðam ðe on lande stent.

tó-sceád

(n.)
Grammar
tó-sceád, es; n.

a separating,distinguishing,distinctionthe faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the minddiscriminationdiscerningdifference,diversity

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Betwuh ðám þrím is swíþe micel tósceád, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 21. Dó sum tósceád betwuh mé and unrihtwísum folce discerne causam meam de gente non sancta, Ps. Th. 42, 1

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Micel is tó secgan, ðæt hé ádreág, Exon. Th. 134, 4 ; Gú. 502. Long is tó secganne, hú . . . , 421, 23 ; Rä. 40, 22 : Andr. Kmbl. 2961 ; An. 1483.

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder atto regard with surpriseadmirationto make wonderfulmagnify

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Is se godcunda anweald tó wyndrianne, 32, 2; Fox 116, 16. Tó wundranne (uundranne, Lind.) is mirabile est, Jn. Skt. Rush. 9, 30. Nis ðæt tó wundrigende, þeáh ðe hé wǽre costod, Blickl. Homl. 33, 12. Ða leóda beheóldon swíðe wundrigende, Homl.

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ge-réfa

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H. 61, 25-31. foreign Se árleása geréfa ( he is called se ealderman þára sácerda, 153, l), Bl. H. 151,13 (2 a) where the district is given :-- Tarquinius ð'ære burge geréfa, Shrn. 120, 12. Ð'ære ceastre gerefa, 123, 24

EARM

(adj.)
Grammar
EARM, ærm, arm; comp. earmra; sup. earmost; adj.

poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretchedpauper, mĭser the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision paupĕres

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Earm biþ se him his frýnd geswícaþ miserable is he whom his friends betray, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 22; Gn. Ex. 37. Se wæs ord-fruma earmre láfe who was the chief of the poor remnant, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 11; Dan. 152.

wana

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wana, an; m.
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Ðonne is sum gód full ǽlces willan and nis nánes gódes wana, 34, I; Fox 134, 27 : Homl. Th. i. 272, 13: ii. 400, 11: Ps. Th. 33, 9: Shrn. 202, 11. Gif hwæm ðara twégra hwæðeres wana biþ, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 176, 7.

Linked entries: ge-wana wan wan

ge-endebyrdan

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ge-endebyrdan, ge-endebyrdian.
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Paulus is geendebyrd tó Petre, 522, 2. Seó bóc hátte Liber Ruth and heó is geendebyrd on úre bibliothécan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 33: 10, 41: 11, 3. Wé beóð geendebyrde tó heora weredum æfter úrum geearnungum, Hml.

þæt

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Ðá wæs ymb clxxxviii wintra fram Drihtnes menniscnysse ꝥ Severus cásere ... sé wæs seofonteogeða fram Agusto, ꝥ hé ríce onféng, 1, 5; Sch. 17, 6-11: 1, 4; Sch. 16, 8. 2. add: where the verb in the main clause is passive Ne wæs hé forlǽten ꝥ hé ofer him

ríman

(v.)
Grammar
ríman, p. de.

to count, number to enumerate, recount, describe in succession to calculate, compute, count up to account, esteem as

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Hwæt sceal is má ríman yfel endeleás? Exon. Th. 272, 27; Jul. 505.

FÆST

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆST, adj.

FAST, fixed, firm, stiff; solid, constant, fortified fixus, firmus, sŏlĭdus, constans, mūnītus

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Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on fæstum stówum this herb is produced on solid places, Herb. 20, 1; Lchdm. i. 114, 12: 45, 1; Lchdm. i. 148, 5. On fæstum landum on stiff lands, 36, 1; Lchdm. i. 134, 18.