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medum-ness

Grammar
medum-ness, I.
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Seó gyfu ne bið oncnáwen of þǽre medem*-*nysse, ac gewuna hí is tó getácnigenne of þǽre sáwle dǽdum, Hml. S. 23 b, 240. Ða medomnesse ðǽre strengio se salmscop ongeat hanc dignitatem fortitudinis Psalmista considerat, Past. 85, 22. Add

sigor-fæst

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Add: as an epithet of men Ne byð nǽfre nǽnig leán þæs sigores búton hit sý mid gewinne gecampod. Hwanon beóð hálige men sigorfæste (victores), nymðe hí campian wið þám searwum þæs ealdes feóndes?, Gr. D. 221, 9: 234, 2

ge-tǽse

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, adj.

Meetconvenient suitablemildeasyaccommodusplaciduslenis

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Meet, convenient suitable, mild, easy; accommodus, placidus, lenis Gif him wǽre niht getǽse if he had had an easy night, Beo. Th. 2645; B. 1320. Swá hit getǽsost wæs as was most fitting, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 22; Met. 20, 11

geáp

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geáp, glosses cornas, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 39 : ii. 16, 76. [Sievers, Angl. xiii. 325, would read coruas=curuas; but the list of words in which the first example occurs contains no other instance of an adjective, and the second example occurs among a group of words very similar to that in which the first is found: so that cornas seems meant for a noun. Perhaps geáp might be the same form as in earn-geáp; or could it be connected with Icel. gaupa a lynx ?]

fyrn-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-dagas, gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

Days of oldancient dayspriscæ dies

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Kmbl. 1503; An. 753: 1951; An. 978: Cd. 223; Th. 293, 31; Sat. 463. Swá hine fyrndagum worhte wǽpna smiþ as the armourer wrought it in ancient days, Beo. Th. 2907; B. 1451

húsel-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-hálgung, e; f.
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Úre gástlícan lác sind úre gebedu and lofsang and húselhálgung our spiritual gifts are our prayers and praise and attendance at the Eucharist, i. 54, 27

hand-preóst

(n.)
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a priest at a person's hand (using the phrase as in ' they were first at the kyngis hond', 1 Chron. xviii. 17 (Wicklif), where the A.

ge-leáfa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfa, an; m. [leáfa belief]

Belieffaithconfidencetrustfĭdesfĭdūcia

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Kmbl. 670; An. 335. Eom ic leóhte geleáfan fægre gefylled I am fairly filled with bright belief, Exon. 42 a; Th. 141, 8; Gú. 624 : 62 b; Th. 230, 28; Ph. 479 : 75 a; Th. 281, 28; Jul. 653

neádian

(v.)
Grammar
neádian, p. ode (v. níd, VI)

To forcecompelconstrain

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God hine ne neádode on náðre healfe, ac lét hine habban his ágene cyre, Hexam. 15; Norm. 22, 30. Ne neádige hine man tó fæstene ne cogatur ad jejunium, L. Ecg. P. iv. 25; Th. ii. 212, 5 : L. Ælfc. C. 29; Th. ii. 352, 29. Neádede cogeret, Hpt.

Linked entry: neódian

un-álífed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-álífed, adj.

Unallowedillicitunlawful

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Ne sceal hé náht unáliéfedes dón, ac ðæt ðætte óðre menn unáliéfedes dót hé sceal wépan qui nulla illicita perpetrat, sed perpetrata ab aliis deplorat, Past. 10; Swt. 61, 14. Eall ðæt hié unáliéfedes ðenceaþ, 21; Swt. 155, 12.

Linked entry: á-lífan

betera

(adj.)
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Add Hé conn wel emn bión wið óðre menn, ond hine ná bettran (betran, v. l.) ne déð. Past. 113, 23. Ic me bættran hám ne wéne, Sat. 49.

egesian

(v.)
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Add: to terrify, inspire (with) fear or awe. absolute Oft Scyld Scéfing monegum mǽgðum meodosetla ofteáh, egsode eorl ( the hero inspired (men with) fear ), B. 6. Hé egesiende stiérð terroribus retrahet, Past. 53, 16. with acc.

ge-þúf

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Heó hafaþ leáf swylce wulfes camb, ac hí beóþ mearwran and hwítran and geþúfran, 278, 15

ge-yflian

(v.)
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Add: to injure (physically) Sé þe man ofslehð binnan ciricderum, sylle þǽre cirican .cxx. sciłł. . . . Sé þe cwicne on þǽre mundbyrde geyfelige ( he who in a church injures a man without killing him ), sylle .xxx. sciłł., Ll.

ge-ǽtrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽtrian, ge-ǽttrian.

to poison

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to poison (lit. and fig.). Take here ge-ǽtred, and add Ondrǽd þé þone ðrowend þe geǽttrað mid þám tægle . . . biþ his hiht geǽttrod mid þæs ðrowendes tægle, Hml. Th. i. 252, 9. Nǽddran fela manna tó deáðe geǽttrodon, ii. 238, 12.

Linked entry: ǽtrian

fæst-nes

(n.)
Grammar
fæst-nes, -niss, -ness, -nyss,e ; f.

Firmament, firmness, stability, fastness, fortification firmāmentum, firmĭtūdo, mūnīmen, propugnācŭlum

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Seó [fæstnes] firmamentum tyrnþ symle onbútan us under ðyssere eorþan and búfan, ac ðǽr is ungerím fæc betweox hyre and ðære eorþan the firmament is this ethereal heaven, adorned with many stars ...

Linked entries: fæstennes festnes

dugan

Grammar
dugan, l. deáh, deág,
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and add: subj, prs. dyge, duge. absolute Biþ se wela þý wyrsa, gif sé ne deáh þe hine áh, Bt. 27, 2; F. 98, 15. Gif þú hunig tó dést, ꝥ deáh. Lch. ii. 30, 22. Ne dohte hit nú lange inne ne úte, ac wæs here and hunger, Wlfst. 159, 7.

nídan

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</b> to force in a particular direction, for a particular object :-- Ná ꝥ án gódu gehealt, ac heó áweg nýt (repellit) wyþerwerde, Scint. 13, 10.

hád

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Gerceafte under heofonum hádas cennað micle and mǽte, Gú. 23, an order in a society, a rank, degree, an office Men ǽlces hádes, heáne and ríce men of every degree, high and low, Guth. 66, 6. Swá man bið mihtigra oþþe máran hádes, Ll.

wice

(n.)
Grammar
wice, (and wic?), es; m.
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Genim . . . wice, ác, bircean . . . and ǽlces treówes dǽl, ðe man begitan mæg, Lchdm. ii. 86, 7. ¶ perhaps the word is found in the place name occurring in the following :-- Uno in eo loco cui uocabulum est æt Griman laeg . . . Tertio æt Wican, Cod.

Linked entry: wic