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þri-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-wintre, -wintra, -winter; adj.

Of three yearsthree years old

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Hé ásende him tó án ðrywintre cild, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 7

un-gerisene

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerisene, -gerisne; adj.

unsuitableinappropriateunseemlyindecent

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Homl. 189, 31. Ungerysenre æfsna indecens obscenitas, Hpt. Gl. 492, 62

Linked entry: ge-risene

un-pleólíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-pleólíc, adj.

Not dangerouswithout risk

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Kmbl. 29. as regards moral hurt Augustinus cwæð, ðæt unpleólíc sý þeáh hwá lǽcewyrte ðirge; ac ðæt hé tǽlþ tó unálýfedlícere wíglunge, gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte, búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge, Homl. Th. i. 476, 3.

unriht-wrigels

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-wrigels, es; n.

A veil of error

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Homl. 105, 30

wítegung

(n.)
Grammar
wítegung, e; f.

prophecydivination

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Sind sealmsang and wítegung, swylce hí syflinge wǽron . . . tó ðám fíf ǽlícum bócum, Homl. Th. i. 188, 19. Ðá wæs gefylled Hieremias wítegung, ðe ðus wítegode, 80, 18. Esaias wítegung (wítgiung prophetia,Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 14.

wiþ-ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-ufan, adv. prep.

Above

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On ðære bytminge wæs se arc rúm, and wiðufan genyrwed, Homl. Th. i. 536, 15. Hér wiðufan on ðyssere rǽdinge, 608, 15: ii. 228, 7. Swá swá wiðufan gecweden hit is sicut supra dictum est, Ath. Crd. 27: Lchdm. iii. 438, 7.

wuldor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-líc, adj.

gloriousorthodoxus

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Homl. 117, 3. Þurh wuldorlícne martyrdóm, Shrn. 30, 32. Hé wæs hæbbende wuldorlícne beág on his heáfde, 106, 10. Wuldorlícne wlite, Salm. Kmbl. 115; Sal. 57. Wǽrun wuldurlíce wið ðe ácweðene gloriosa dicta sunt de te, Ps.

yppe

(n.)
Grammar
yppe, an; f.
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Homl. 133, 26

yfel-wyrcende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-wyrcende, adj. (ptcpl. )
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Hé hataþ ða yfelwyrcendan and ða unrihtwísan, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 48. of things, noxious, hurtful, mischievous Ðerh wyrto yfelwyrcendo per herbas malificas, Rtl. 103, 1

lǽþþ

Grammar
lǽþþ, lǽþþu.
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Hí mé sǽdon ꝥ sum wer wunne on þǽre hefigestan hatunge his gesacan, þæs lǽþþu (lǽðð, v. l.) and feóndscipe forð weóx tó þon swíðe ꝥ . . . quidam vir gravissima adversarii sui aemulatione laborabat, cujus ad hoc usque odium prorupit, ut . . . Gr.

sanct

(n.)
Grammar
sanct, es; m.

A saint

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Homl. 163. Sancta Maria, 5, 30. Sancta Marian (gen. ), 165, 27

up-heáh

(adj.)
Grammar
up-heáh, adj.

tallloftyloftynobleupright

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Homl. 219, 20. Ðám treówum ðe him gecynde biþ upheáh tó standanne, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 22

Linked entry: up-lang

hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽtan, p. te; pp. ed

To heat, make hot

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To heat, make hot Ðæt fýr ðe man ðæt ordál mid hǽtan sceal the fire with which the ordeal is to be heated, L. Ath. 4, 7; Th. i. 226, 11 : 14. Tó hǽtanne magan to heat the stomach, L. M. 2, 10; Lchdm. ii. 188, 16.

Linked entry: ge-hǽt

hafen-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hafen-leás, adj.

Lacking means, poor, indigentinops

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Hé wæs swíðe welig wædlum and þearfum and symle him sylfum swíðe hafenleás he was very wealthy for the poor and needy, and ever very indigent for himself, Homl. Th. ii. 148. 34.

Linked entry: hæfenleás

ófostlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ófostlíce, adv.

Hastily, speedily, in haste

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Ongan ófostlíce ðæt hof wyrc-an. Cd. Th. 79, 24; Gen. 1316. Gewít ðú ófestlíce féran, 172, 24; Gen. 2849. Mé ófestlíce gehýr velociter exaudi me Ps. Th. 101, 2. Ófstlíce cursim, velociter Hpt. Gl. 446, 48.

smiþþe

(n.)
Grammar
smiþþe, an; f.

A smithy, a smith's workshop officina, fabrica

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Gáþ tó smiððan and fandiaþ ðises goldes and ðissera gymstána Homl. Th. i. 64, 6. Ðæt wíde geat be-eástan Welandes smiððan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 332, 23

ge-þafung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þafung, e; f.

Permissionallowanceassentconsentpermissioassensusconsensus

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Be his geþafunge gecyrde se apostol by his permission the apostle returned, Homl. Th. i. 60, 6: Th. Ch. 526, 21. On húse Godes we eodon mid geþafunge in dŏmo Dei ambulāvĭmus cum consensu, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 15: Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 25.

Linked entry: þafung

tó-teón

(v.)
Grammar
tó-teón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon;. pp. -togen.

to pull to piecestear to piecesto pull away

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Homl. i. 9, 21. O. H. Ger. zi-ziohan distrahere, detrahere

burh-geat

(n.)
Grammar
burh-geat, -gat, burg-, es; pl. nom. acc. u. a. o; n.
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Kmbl. 1679; An. 842: Exon. 120a; Th. 461, 20; . 38

Linked entries: burg-geat burh-gata

forþ-onettan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-onettan, p. te; pp. ed

To hasten forthporro festīnāre

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He forþonette he hastened forth, Exon. 120 a; Th. 461, 26; . 41: Wald. 77; Vald. 2, 10