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word-laþu

(n.)
Grammar
word-laþu, e; f.

Speechdiscourse

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Speech, discourse Sumum hé wordlaþe wíse sendeþ on his módes gemynd. Exon. Th. 41, 31; Cri. 664. Mín hyge blissaþ þurh ðíne wordlæðe, Andr. Kmbl. 1270; An. 635

for-legniss

(n.)
Grammar
for-legniss, e; f.

A harlot

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Eówer nebb sint suá scamleás suá ðára wífa forelegnissa frons mulieris meretricis facta est tibi, Past. 207, 9

Linked entry: for-legis

freólic

(adj.)
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Add: free as in free will. v. freó, Freólicum cyre libero arbitrio, An. Ox. 1287: 1312. liberal, unstinted in quantity Of frílicum gestrióne fenore liberali, Kent. Gl. 1046

lent

(n.)
Grammar
lent, a lentil.
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[Take thou to thee . . . bene and lent tu sume tibi. . . fabam et lentem, Wick. Ezech. 4, 9.]

tó-scríðan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-scríðan, p. -scráð

To flow in different directionsbe disperse

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To flow in different directions, be disperse Ðæt wæter unstille ǽghwider wolde wíde tóscríþan, wác and hnesce, ne meahte hit on him selfum ǽfre gestandan, Met. 20, 93

á-weódian

(v.)
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Ǽr man áweódige þá unriht and þá mánweorc þe man wíde sǽwð, Wlfst. 243, 19. Ǽlc unriht bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sǽd árǽran, 73, 2. Add

Linked entry: weódian

a-fǽman

(v.)
Grammar
a-fǽman, p. de; pp. ed

To foam outbreathe outexspumareex-halare

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To foam out, breathe out; exspumare, ex-halare Múþ ic ontýnde mínne wide, ðæt me mín oreþ fit afǽmde os meum aperui, et exhalavi spiritum. Ps. Th. 118, 131

un-tweó

(n.)
Grammar
un-tweó, gen. -tweón; m.

Not doubtcertainty

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Not doubt, certainty Bið untweó (-treo, MS.) ðæt ðǽr Adames cyn cwíþeþ gesárgad there is no doubt that Adam's race will lament afflicted, Exon. Th. 59, 31; Cri. 961

Linked entry: tweó

for-mogian

(v.)
Grammar
for-mogian, p. ode

To decay

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To decay Sume cwǽdon ꝥ se líchama þe ǽne bið formogod and tó dúste gewend and wíde tósáwon, ꝥ hé nǽfre eft tógædre ne cóme, Hml. S. 23, 375

Linked entry: mogian

lengþ

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Add: height, v. lang; 2 a Ðone munt ðe sý in ðǽre lengoðe seó líne ðe wile .xxxiii. síþa ealne eorðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Sal. K. p. 152, 5

missenlíce

(adv.)
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geond þisne middangeard winde biwáwne weallas stondað, Wand. 75. Hé gumena cynnes manige missenlíce (under various conditions ? ) men of deáðe áwehte, An. 583. Add

wæterælf-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
wæterælf-ádl, e; f.

Some form of illness

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Some form of illness Gif mon biþ on wæterælfádle, ðonne beóþ him ða handnæglas wonne and ða eágan teárige, and wile lócian niþer, Lchdm. ii. 350, 21 : 304, 8

ofer-gesett

(adj.; part.)

placed above

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placed above (others) On óðre wísan sint tó manianne ða underþióddan on óðre ða ofergesettan aliter admonendi sunt subditi, atque aliter praelati Past. 28, 1; Swt. 189, 15, 23

Linked entry: ofer-settan

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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D. 1016, ðá gelamp hit ðæt se cyning Æðelréd forþférde, and ealle ða witan ða on Lundene wǽron, and seó burhwaru gecuron Eádmund to cyninge then it happened that king Æthelred died, and all the witan that were in London, and the townsmen chose Edmund

ge-cýðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cýðan, p. -cýðde, -cýdde; pp. -cýðed, -cýd.

to make knowntellrelateproclaimannounceinformnuntiareannuntiarereferreeffarimonereto declarerevealmanifestshewperformconfirmtestifyprovedeclararerevelareedoceremanifestaremonstrareperhiberetestariprobareto make celebratedrenownedfamednotum facereinclytum reddere

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He gecýðeþ ðé wisðómes gife he will shew thee the gift of wisdom, Elen. Kmbl. 187; El. 595. Swá ðú hyldo wið me gecýðdest as thou hast manifested grace to me, Andr. Kmbl. 780; An. 390. Ðæt ðíne leóde gecýðdon that thy people shewed, Salm.

cunnian

(v.)
Grammar
cunnian, p. ode, ade , ede; pp. od , ad , ed ; v. a.

to prove, try, inquire, search into, seek for, explore, examine, investigate, tempt, venture probare, tentare, explorare, requirere, experiri, periclitari with gen. To have, experience of, to make trial of periclitari, experiri

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He ðín cunnode he has proved thee, Cd. 163; Th. 204, 16; Exod. 420: Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 15. with gen.

for-helan

(v.)
Grammar
for-helan, he -hilþ; p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; subj. p. -hǽle, pl. -hǽlen; pp. -holen

To cover overhideconcealcelāreoccultāreabscondĕre

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Forhele ic incrum Hérran hearmes swá fela I will conceal from your Lord so much calumny, Cd. 27; Th. 36, 29; Gen. 579. Gif he hit forhilþ if he hide it, Lev. 5, 1.

in-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
in-cund, adj.

Internalinwardintimate

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Wið ǽghwylcum incundum earfoþnyssum for all internal difficulties, Herb. 90, 11 ; Lchdm. i. 196, 21. Tó incundum ad intima, Kent. Gl. 999

mennisc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mennisc-ness, e: f.

humanityhuman natureincarnationhumanenesshumane behaviour

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Æfter ðære drihtenlícan menniscnysse, 1, 6; S. 476, 16. humaneness, humane behaviour Hí syndon fremfulle ( benigni) menn, and gyf hwylc mann tó him cymeþ ðonne gyfaþ hí him wíf ǽr hí hine on weg lǽtan.

missen-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
missen-, misen-, missend-líc; adj.

Dissimilardifferentdiversevariousdivers

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Wið misenlíce (misendlíce, MS. B.) leahtras, Herb. tit. 165, 3; Lchdm. i. 62, 8. Missendlíce cynno diversitatem gentium, Rtl. 32, 1. Hé gedǽleþ missenlíce ( or adv.? ) leoþocræftas londbúendum, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 4; Crä. 28.