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emn-sár

(n.)
Grammar
emn-sár, es; n.

Equal sorrow or contritionæquālis dŏlor

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Equal sorrow or contrition; æquālis dŏlor Hie ne mágon ealneg ealla on áne tíd emnsáre hreówan they cannot always repent of all at one time with equal sorrow, Past. 53, 3; Hat. MS

Linked entry: sáre

lǽwed

(n.)
Grammar
lǽwed, léud, es; m.

A layman

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A layman Gif man léud ofsleá an þeófþe licge bútan wyrgelde if a layman be slain while thieving, let no wergild be paid for the slaying. L. Wih. 25; Th. i. 42, 13

Linked entry: lǽd

mǽg-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-lufu, an; f.

Love

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Love Heó sagaþ ðæt heó mǽglufan mínre ne gýme she (Juliana) says that she cares not for my (Heliseus', who wished to marry Juliana) love, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 31; Jul. 70

glædmódnes

(n.)
Grammar
glædmódnes, se; f.

Gladnesscheerfulnessjoyfulnesskindness

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Gladness, cheerfulness, joyfulness, kindness Ac ðonne ðæt mennisce mód Godes glædmódnesse mid gódum weorcum ne geandsworaþ sed cum largientem Deum humana mens boni operis responsione non sequitur, Past. 50, 3; Swt. 391, 6

gleó-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
gleó-dreám, es; m.

Glee-joypleasure caused by musicjubilum

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Glee-joy, pleasure caused by music; jubilum se herewísa hleahtor alegde, gamen and gleódreám now the martial leader has ceased from laughter, sport and joy of music, Beo. Th. 6034; B. 3021

un-meahtelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-meahtelíc, (-mihte-, -miht-); adj.

Impossible

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Impossible Eów ne byð ǽnig þing unmihtelíc nihil inpossibile erit vobis, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 20: Lk. Skt. 1, 37. Unmihtlíc is inpossibile est, 17, 1. Ða þing ðe mannum synt unmihtelíce, 18, 27

Linked entry: un-meahtiglíc

wiss-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wiss-líc, adj.

Certain

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Certain Ne heora wítes bið wislíc trymnes nec est firmamentum in plaga eorum, Ps. Th. 72, 3. Dryhten eorle monegum áre gesceáwaþ, wislícne blǽd, sumum weána dǽl, Exon. Th. 379, 16; Deór. 34

Linked entry: wis-líc

Eald-Seaxe

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Þára cynna monig hé wiste on Germanie wesan, þanon Engle and Seaxan cumene wǽron þe on Breotone eardiað. Wǽron Frysan, Dene, Ealdseaxan (Ald-, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 590, 9. Add

efen-heáfda

(n.)
Grammar
efen-heáfda, an; m.
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A fellow, comrade Ꝥá wæs óðer man, þæs mannes efenheáfda ( unus de conservis suis, Mt. 18, 28), þætte him sceolde án hund peninga . . . hé náne líðe þám his efenheáfdan gedón nolde, Nap. 19

el-reord

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Ne myhton ælreorde þeóde hergian on þá, Shrn. 156, 24. Add

flǽsc-sand

(n.)
Grammar
flǽsc-sand, e; f.
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A portion or dish of meat Gif man næbbe smeámettas, sylle man twám and twám twá flǽscsande; and tó heora ǽfen-þenunge sylle man twám and twám flǽscsande oððe óðre smeámettas, Nap. 23

Linked entry: sand

freó-riht

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Wǽron lange freóriht fornumene and ðrǽlriht generwde now for long the rights of the free have been taken away and the rights of the thrall have been curtailed, Wlfst. 158, 15. Add

ge-fágod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fágod, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Mid deórwyrþum reáfum and gefágedum ne beóþ hý gescrýdde pretiosis vel coloratis vestibus non induantur, R. Ben. 137, 8

Linked entry: fágian

heorþ-pening

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dóð hig æt ǽlcum heorðe tó gecnáw-nisse þám canonicon ánne penig . . . and ealswá æt ǽlcum forðfarenum gildan æt ǽlcum heorðe ǽnne penig tó sáwulsceote, Cht. Th. 609, 6-12. Add:

læccung

(n.)
Grammar
læccung, (?), e; f.
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Blaming Ðá forðgáð of welerum mínum ne onsién (faciem seems to have been read) on leccungæ (tó bysmre, Ps. Spl. C.) quae procedunt de labiis meis non faciam irrita, Ps. Cant. 88, 35

Linked entry: leccung

ofer-druncen

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Ic fela dyde þæs ðe ic dón ne sceolde . . . on oferǽte and on oferdruncenne, Angl. xi. 102, 64. On oferdruncne, 99, 78. Beorge manna gehwylc wið oferdruncen him georne, Wlfst. 103, 8. Add

swefecung

(n.)
Grammar
swefecung, e; f.
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Ic ne sylle swefcunge ( somnum ) mínum eágum, 31, 4. See preceding word

wel-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-boren, adj.

Well-born noble

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Ic nam wíse menn and welborene (nobiles) Deut. 1, 15

hæfting

(n.)
Grammar
hæfting, e; f.

A fastening

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A fastening Belúcaþ ða ǽrenan gatu and ða hæftinga gehealdaþ ðæt wé ne beón gehæfte close the brazen gates and keep the fastening that we be not captured, Nicod. 27; Thw. 15, 16

wine-þearfende

(adj.)
Grammar
wine-þearfende, adj.

Friendless

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Friendless Hé (Guthlac's disciple) ne máð fǽges (Guthlac's) forðsíð wineþearfende, Exon. Th. 183, 2; Gú. 1321. Andreas wineþearfende mǽlde: "Næbbe ic gold... ðæt ic ðé mæge lust áhwettan," Andr. Kmbl. 599; An. 300