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ende-mes

Grammar
ende-mes, emdenes, emdemes.

togethercoincidence straightwayat once

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Hí ealne middaneard onlíhton, swá swá þá feówer eán ealne þisne embhwyrft endemes wæteriað, Hml. S. 15, 177.

á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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Hié nǽron on hiora ágen geðióde áwritene, Past. 5, 13. where quotation is made:-- Swá swá áwrát ut (Psalmista) cyrografatur, An. Ox. 2789. Moses áwrát, Mk. L. R. 12, 19. to write of or about something :-- Be þám ic áwrát on óðrum gewrite, Ælfc. T.

Linked entry: wrítan

gearo

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Ðætte hié swá micle gearran finde se ýtemesta dæg, ðonne hé cume, swá hí hér ǽmtegran bióð, Past. 401, 6. <b>I a.

under-lecgan

(v.)

to underlaysupportsupponeresubsternere

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Ðeáh hit mid náne anwald ne sié underléd cum nulla potestate fulcitur, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 25.

un-gedafenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedafenlíc, adj.

Unbecomingunseemlyunmannerly

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Wé oft ymb ungedafenlíce wísan smeágeaþ, Past. 18; Swt. 139, 22. Gif preóst on circan ungedafenlíce þingc gelógige, gebéte ðæt, L. N. P. L. 26; Th. ii. 294, 12

Linked entry: un-gecoplíc

Rómánisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Rómánisc, adj.

Roman

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Him leofre wæs ðæt hié Rómánisce cyningas hæfden ðonne of heora ágnum cynne, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 25. Ealle ða Rómániscan men þe Hannibal geseald hæfde, 4, 11; Swt. 204, 7

scyld

(n.)
Grammar
scyld, e: scyldu (o); indecl. f.
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45, 1; Swt. 335, 19.

Linked entry: GYLT

þǽr-ofer

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-ofer, adv.
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Thereover, over that Se fnobeám ofersceadaþ ðæt lond, ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, ne hé self nánne wæsðm dǽrofer ne bireþ, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 12. Hig tódðldon hys reáf, and wurpon hlot þǽrofer, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 35

Linked entry: ofer

heofonisc

(adj.)
Grammar
heofonisc, adj.

Heavenly

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Heavenly Hú ðæt heofenisce fýr forbærnde ðæt lond on ðæm wǽron ða twá byrig on getimbred Sodome and Gomorre how fire from heaven consumed the land in which were built the two cities Sodom and Gomorrah, Ors. tit. 3; Swt. 1, 6

mid-feorh

(n.)
Grammar
mid-feorh, gen. -feores; m. n.

The period of middle age

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Oft biþ on hálgum gewrietum genemned midfeorh (MS. mid feorwe) tó giúguþháde aliquando adolescentia juventus vocatur, Past. 49, 5; Swt. 385, 31. [Cf. Ps. Th. 54, 24 on middum feore:

Linked entries: feorh feorwe

ge-weldan

(v.)

to rulerestrainregerecohibere

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Cot.] so that he then cannot restrain it according to his will, Past. 17, 8; Swt. 119, 17; Hat. MS. 24 a, 6

GREÁDA

(n.)
Grammar
GREÁDA, an; m.
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Ða ðe beraþ on hira greádum ða á libbendan fatu those who bear in their bosoms the ever-living vessels, Past. 13, 1; Swt. 77, 6; Hat. MS

ge-sceádwísnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceádwísnes, ness, e; f.

Reason, discretionratio

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Reason, discretion; ratio Geléf ðínre ágenre gesceádwísnesse believe thine own reason, Shrn. 199, 12: Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 9: Past. 11, 2; Swt. 65, 21; Hat. MS. 14 b, 27: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 375; Met. 188: 393; Met. 20, 197

un-fæstrǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
un-fæstrǽdness, e; f.

Instabilityinconstancylevity

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Instability, inconstancy, levity Hié wéndon ðæt hé nyste hiera leohtmódnesse and hiera unfæstrǽdnesse dum de ipsa levitate motionis praedicatori suo se incognitos crederent, Past. 32; Swt. 214, 2.

un-gefynde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefynde, adj.

Not to be found or provided as food

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the phrase mete findan to provide food) Se æcer ðe stent on clǽnum lande, and bið unwæsðmbǽre oððe ungefynde corn bringð oððe deáf terra, quae exculta sterilem segetem gignit, Past. 52; Swt. 411, 19

Linked entry: ge-fynde

weorold-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wrenc, es; m.
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A worldly wile, a trick of this world Ða ðe woruldmonnum ðynceaþ dysige, ða geciésð Dryhten, for ðæm ðæt hé ða lytegan, ðe mid ðissum woroldwrencium bióð upáhæfene, gescende quae stulta sunt mundi, elegit Deus, ut confundat sapientes, Past. 30; Swt.

wéstan

(v.)
Grammar
wéstan, p. te
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Hié wæron ðæt lond herigende and wéstende, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 20

wóh-hǽmed

(n.)
Grammar
wóh-hǽmed, es; n.

Adulteryfornication

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Sió hreófl getácnaþ ðæt wóhhǽmed per scábiem luxuria designator, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 5. Ða ðe wóhhǽmed begangaþ mid óþerra ceorla wífum, Blickl. Homl. 61, 14

wiþ-scorian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-scorian, p. ode

To refuse

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MS.) ðæm ealdordóme (si omnino renititur ), healde hine ðæt hé ne cnytte ðæt underfongne feoh on ðam swátlíne, ðæt Xrist ymbe spræc, Past. 9; Swt. 58, 12

swimman

Grammar
swimman, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Hú hé þonne swam mid þám ilcan scipe, þonne hit wæs ýþa full qualiter cum carabo undis pleno nataverat, Gr. D. 347, 21. Add Ágeót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele ábrecð úp and swimð bufon, Hml. Th ii. 564, 14