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ymb-hygd

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Paul) bígde his módes eáge þurh ymbhigd and eádmódnesse tó gerihtanne þone gemánan gesinsceppendra manna mentis oculum per compassionem reflectit ad disponendum cubile conjugatorum, Gr. D. 218, 3

út-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
út-færeld, es; n.

A going out

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Hí ǽr Moyse and hys folce ðæs útfæreldes wyrndon, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 19. Útfæreld exitum, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Zup. 193, 8. Ne fare hé út tó gefeohte ne him nán man útfæreld beóde (he is not to be called upon to leave home), Deut. 24, 5

Linked entry: ex-odus

wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
wrecan, p. wræc, pl.wrǽcon; pp.wrecen

To drivepressto driveforce to moveto drive outexpelto drive outto expressutterreciteto drive inimpressinlayto drivepractisecarry outonto drivepress onto wreakto punishto punishto punishto punishto avengeto avengeto avengeto avengeto avengeto take vengeance (on)

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Gif him mon hýran nelle, þonne mót se mæssepreóst hit wrecan, swá hit hér beboden is. Blickl.

wanung

(n.)
Grammar
wanung, e; f.
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(Ia) waning of the moon. v. wanian, II. (1 a) :-- Ǽfre seó sǽ and se móna beóð geféran on wæstme and on wanunge, Lchdm. iii. 268, 13: Homl. Th. i. 102, 28. decline, decay, v. wanian, II.

þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.
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Wǽre þearf ðæt him mon þyngode tó ðam rícum, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 208, 29. Se ðe bitt ðone monn ðæt him ðingie wið óðerne ðe hé biþ eác ierre cum is, qui displicet, ad intercedendum mittitur, Past. 10; Swt. 63, 12.

a-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogode; pp. [ge]-hugod

To devisesearchinventexcogitareperscrutariinvenire

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To devise, search, invent; excogitare, perscrutari, invenire Leóhtor ðonne hit men mǽgen módum ahycgan more clearly than men may in mind devise it, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 20; Cri. 903.

Linked entry: a-hicgan

áne

(adv.)
Grammar
áne, ǽne; adv. [án one, with the adverbial -e]

Onceonce for allonlyalonesemelsolumtantum

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Once, once for all, only, alone; semel, solum, tantum Is ðys áne má this is once more, Andr. Kmbl. 984; An. 492.

Linked entry: ǽne

a-tiefran

(v.)
Grammar
a-tiefran, -tifran; p. ede; pp. ed

To paintdescribe by paintingdepingere

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C. atifreþ] ðæs þinges onlícnesse on his móde ðe he ðonne ymbsmeáþ in corde depingitur quidquid fictis imaginibus deliberando cogitatur, Past. 21, 3 ; Hat. MS. 30 b, 27: 30 b, 26

gælsa

(n.)
Grammar
gælsa, an; m.

Luxuryextravaganceluxusluxŭria

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Ic him monigfealde módes gǽlsan ongeánbere I present manifold mind's extravagances to him, Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 19; Jul. 366 : Homl. Th. i. 544, 28. Gælso sollicitudo, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 22

Linked entries: wrǽnsa gelsa

hengen-wítnung

(n.)
Grammar
hengen-wítnung, e; f.

The punishment of imprisonment

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sý þreóra án for his feore búte man bet geárian wille wergild éce þeówet hengenwítnung if a man who has forfeited his life gain a sanctuary, and thereby secure his life, let there be one of three things instead of his life, unless he obtain remission more

scýan

(v.)
Grammar
scýan, (for scýhan), scýn (?); p. de
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T.) on móde primam culpam serpens suggessit . . . Cum enim malignus spiritus peccatum suggerit in mente, Bd. l, 27; S. 497, 14-20. Wé getǽceþ ł scýaþ him nos suadebimus ei, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 28, 14. Cf. scýhend, scýend maulistis, Txts. 78, 654.

un-sceþþigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sceþþigness, e; f.

Innocenceharmlessness

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Habban ða unscæððignysse on heora móde ðe cild hæfð, i. 512, 18. Ne funde hé on him náne synne ac unscæððignysse, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 25. Unsceaðþignysse, Ps. Spl. 36, 39

Linked entry: sceþþigness

weorold-cearu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-cearu, e; f.
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Worldly care, care about things of this world Woruldcara and welan and flǽsclíce lustas forsmoriaþ ðæs módes ðrotan, Homl. Th. ii. 92, 10. Beóð wære ðæt eówere heortan ne beón ge*-*hefegode mid woruldcarum, 22, 19.

wissigend

(n.)
Grammar
wissigend, es; m.

a directorguidera directorruler

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a director, guider of that which moves Cræt and his wissigend currus et auriga ejus, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 295. a director, ruler Wissiend gubernator, rector(ecclesiae), Hpt. Gl. 459, 54 Gesceafta Sceppend and wissigend. (rector) úre, Hymn.

ge-freólsian

(v.)
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Ox. 1493. to free from an unpleasant condition (e. g. doubt) Þú mé hæfst gefreól-sod (-frýlsod, v.l. ) þǽre tweóunge mínes módes, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 25. to celebrate a festival Is heó wel wyrðe þæt hire ácennednys árwurðlíce gefreólsod sý, Hml.

mǽrlíce

(adv.)
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Hét se cásere hine Críst wiðsacan, and hé móste beón mǽrlíce mid him, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 19. Wæs hyre willa mǽrlícor ꝥ heó wolde hyre sylf hyre mægðhád behátan Gode, Hml. A. 32, 200.

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, es; m.
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Gif man lǽt ǽnne þeóf tó slege . . . nolde hé syllan ealle his ǽhta . . . wið þan þe hé libban móste?, Hml. S. 12, 116. add: a stake Slegeas sudes, Lch. i. lxxi, 3

meaht-leás

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S. 37, 54. non-physical Hé bið him swá mihtleás on his módes strece ꝥ hé his underþeóddan egesian ne dear, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 6

ge-sceþþan

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Hé eów gesceód, þá hé áferede of fæstenne mancynnes má þonne gemet wǽre he did you grievous harm, when he carried off more men than was meet, An. 1178. Þú þæt gehéte . . . þæt ús heterófra hild ne gesceóde, 1422.

Linked entries: sceþþan ge-sceaþan

scearpness

(n.)
Grammar
scearpness, e; f.

Sharpnessroughnessacidity, pungencyefficacy

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Hí ðæs módes eágena scearpnesse náuht gebétaþ tó ðære sceáwunga ðære sóðan gesǽlþe, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 32: Met. 21, 24. referring to the mind On his módes scearpnesse aciem mentis, Past. 16, 1; Swt. 99, 9.

Linked entry: scearp