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lǽwede

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽwede, adj.

Laylaiclewd

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Hí underféngon ða dígelnyssa ðære láre ðe ðæt lǽwede folc undergitan ne mihte they [the apostles] received the mysteries of the doctrine that the unlearned people could not understand, Homl. Th. i. 190, 13.

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leód-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
leód-biscop, es; m.

a suffragan

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Se hálga Cúðbertus Lindisfarnensiscere gelaþunge leódbiscop [cf. hé wæs tó biscope gecoren ðære cyricean æt Lindisfarena eá, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 7], Homl. Th. ii. 148, 22. Gif hwá arcebisceopes oððe æþelinges borh abrece ...

mund-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
mund-byrd, e; f. (v. mund, mund-bora).

protectionpatronageaidthe fine paid for a violation of mund

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Geornlíce mundbyrde gelýfaþ tó ðære stówe ( a church ), Blickl. Homl. 207, 3. Ðæt folc beág tó Eádwearde cyninge and sóhton his friþ and his mundbyrde, Chr. 921; Erl. 108, 2. Ús gehǽl mid mundbyrdum nos salva patrociniis, Hymn.

ge-feón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feón, -feohan, -feagan, -feagian ; ic -feó, ðú -fehst, he -fehþ, -fiþ, -feaþ, pl. -feóþ; p. -feah, -feh, pl. -fǽgon; pp. -fegen [The Northern Gospels have weak forms]

To be gladrejoiceexultlætaridelectarigaudereexultare

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Ðonne mótan we in ðære engellícan blisse gefeón then may we in angelic bliss rejoice, 83, 3. Gefeage exultare, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 35 : 3, 14. Gifeaga gaudere, Rtl. 34, 3. Gifeagia gaudere, 69, 30.

streám

(n.)
Grammar
streám, es; m.
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Scs Albanus eode tó ðære burnan . . . ðá sóna árúgode se streám fluminis ipsius occupabat pontem . . . Sanctus Albanus accessit ad torrentem . . . illico siccato alveo, Bd. 1. 7; S. 478, 8-13.

under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneathgo lower than a placeto submit to what is laborious or painfulbe subjected to evilundergo punishment

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Ðonne sceal hé underhnígan ðære steóre regollícre láre, R. Ben. 16, 4. Hí sceoldon underhnígan nacodum swurde, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 28. Hét se réða cwellere hine underhnígan swurdes ecge, Homl. Th. i. 428, 8.

un-geweald

(n.)

impotenceinability to controlunintentionallynot wilfullyinvoluntarily

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The word occurs only in the genitive, with the force of an adverb. where an action is done without the actor's intending it, unintentionally, not wilfully, involuntarily Hé wræc his ungewealdes on ðære byrig hiora misdǽda, Ors. 6, 5; Swt. 262, 2.

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cunnan

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To know of Þæt folc ne cúðe ðǽra góda the people knew not of those benefits, Hml. Th. i. 190, 31. cunnan on to be skilled in, have knowledge of Ic þǽr nán þing on ne cann, Hml. A. 182, 42.

eallunga

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Ne ligeð hé eallinga on ðǽre eorðan, ac bið hwæthwugu úp áhæfen, Past. 155, 2S. Templ eallinga Gode weorþe, Bl. H. 163, 14. with a less definite sense, certainly, indeed, now Slápað eallunga dormite jam, Mt. 26, 45: Gr. D. 167, 9: 168, 4: An.

fætt

Grammar
fætt, l. fǽtt,

plumpcorpulentobesefattedplumpfull-bodiedsubstantialoleaginousunctuousrichfertileproductiverich

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Bið swá sélre swá hé fǽttron mete ete, and gif hé mæge gedrincan ge ðǽre buteran, iii. 22, 14. referring to fluids, oleaginous, unctuous: Ðý fǽttan crasso (crassa olei pinguedine, Ald.), Wrt.

for-habban

(v.)

To abstainrefrainabstinentcontinentto abstain fromto restrainkeep awayto keep backnot to mentionto restraincheckstop

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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe hine forhæfð fram unálýfedlicere gesihðe, Hml. Th. Ii. 564, 3. Forhæfde hé hine fram his gebeórscipe, Hml. S. 31, 613. Heó ne mihte hí sylfe forhabban fram hire were a viro suo sese abstinere non potuit, Gr.

ge-nirwan

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ge-nirwan, ge-nirwian.
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Ne spræc hé hit nó for ðý ðe his mód áuht genierwed wǽre mid ðǽre uncýððe ðæs síðfætes neque Moysi mentem ignorantia itineris angustabat, 304, 17. Gif hý for þysum gylte genyrwode ( afflicti ) wurðað, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 28. Cf. ge-nearwian

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full-gán

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Fulgá nú se mete ðǽre wambe willan, and sió wamb ðæs metes, Past. 317, 16.

hǽtu

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Voc. i. 291, 11. the quality or property of being hot On ðǽre sunnan is hǽtu and beorhtnys; seó hǽtu drýgð, Hml. Th. i. 284, 35. Þǽre sunnan hǽtu wyrcð fíf dǽlas on middanearde, Lch. iii. 260, 18 : Ph. 17. Hǽto, Bl. H. 51, 21. Fýres hǽto, Dan. 262.

in-gang

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Th. i. 504, 10. an entering upon action, a beginning, first step Suá mon sceal on ðǽm úpáhæfenum monnum ðone fruman and ðone ingong ðǽre ðreátunga gemetgian ipsa in elatis invectionis exordia sunt temperanda, Past. 303, 18.

racu

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Ðǽm lytegan is betere ðæt hié mid ryhtre race weorðen oferreahte and mid ðǽre race oferswíðde, sapientes plerumque ratiocinationis argumenta convertunt . . . Illis prodest, ut in suis allegationibus victim jaceant, Past. 205, 1-4.

úre

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, adj. pronoun.

ourours

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Be ðære hǽlo úirra sáwla, L. In. pref.; Th. i. 102, 8: Exon. Th. 154, 26; Gú. 848: Blickl. Homl. 131, 1. Úra synna forlǽtnesse, 35, 36. Úrum fæderum, Deut. 5, 3. Forgyf ús úre gyltas, swá swá wé forgyfaþ úrum gyltendum, Mt.

wéna

(n.)
Grammar
wéna, an; m.

suppositionopinionthoughtideaimaginationhopeexpectation

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Gif ðæt ondgit ongiett ðæt hit self dysig sié, ðonne gegrípð hit ðurh ðone wénan ðæt andgit ðære incundan byrhto 11; Swt. 69, 21.

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hosp

(n.)
Grammar
hosp, es; m.

Reproach, opprobrium, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy

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Nú tó dæg ic ádyde ðæra Egiptiscra hosp fram eówrum cynne this day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you, Jos. 5, 9. Hǽðenra hosp, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 30; Jud. 215: Exon. 10 b; Th. 11, 16; Cri. 171: 29 a; Th. 88, 22; Cri. 1444.

Linked entry: hyspan

of-sittan

(v.)

to sit upon, press down by sittingto sit upon, oppressto sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong)to sit about, besiegeto repress, check, present motion

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.; Fox x. 19. to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) Ðæt sió oferflôwnes ðæra geþohta ne meahte ofsittan ðæs sacerdes heortan quatenus sacerdotale cor nequaquam cogitationes fluxae possideant, Past. 13, l; Swt. 77, II.

Linked entry: of-setenness