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un-beden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beden, adj.

Unbidden ⬩ unasked

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Unbidden, unasked Sume preóstas ... unbedene gaderiaþ hí tó ðam líce, swá swá grǽdige ræmmas ðár ðár hí hold geseóð, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 2

Linked entry: biddan

weorold-wǽpen

(n.)
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weorold-wǽpen, es; n.
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A weapon used in this world's warfare Ðá wæs feówer geár ǽr his fulwihte, ðæt hé woroldwǽpno Wæg ( he bore this world's arms ), Blickl. Homl. 213, 4

flíme

(adj.)
Grammar
flíme, adj.

Fugitive

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Fugitive þás biscopas wurdon swá fléme (flýmed, v.l.) oð ꝥ hí becómon tó Constantinopolim þǽre byrig hi itaque profugi ad Constantinopolitanam urbem venerunt, Gr. D. 241, 4

Linked entry: flíman

ge-siglan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-siglan, p. de
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To sail, accomplish a journey by sailing Hé siglde be lande swá swá hé meahte on feówer dagum gesiglan. Ors. l, l ; S. 17, 17: 20: 13

Linked entries: seglan ge-seglian

ge-twin

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Add: -twinn Hý beóð þurh áne idese ácende twégen getwinnas, Sal. 364. In ðǽre cirican þe hý nemnað Scs geminos, æt ðám hálgum getwinnum, Shrn. 134, 23

un-rǽdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rǽdlíce, adv.
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Add: without good counsel Gif se cyning rihtwísnysse ne hylt . . . hé bið eft genyþerad . . . under þám unrihtwísum þe hé unrǽdlíce geheóld, O. E. Hml. i. 303, 19

wǽpned-hád

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Hé fram þǽre costnunge wearð swá fremde swilce hé þone wǽpnedhád on his líchaman næfde ( ac si sextum non haberet in corpore), Gr. D. 26, 30. Add

brýd-lufe

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-lufe, an; f.

love, favour ⬩ A bride's love ⬩ sponsæ amor

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[lufe love, favour] A bride's love; sponsæ amor He ða brýdlufan sceal sécan he must seek a bride's love, Exon. 67 b; Th. 249, 20; Jul. 114

ge-þynge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þynge, es; n.

Growth ⬩ increase ⬩ advancement ⬩ honour

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Growth, increase, advancement, honour Ðætte he hæbbe forþgeong and geþyngo that he may have advancement and honour, Jn. Skt. p. 188, 11. Giþynge provectum, Rtl. 50, 21

Linked entry: þyng

tóweardlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tóweardlíce, adv.

In the future ⬩ in time to come

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In the future, in time to come Hé forecwæþ ðæt hé tówardlíce biscop beón sceolde antistitem eum futurum esse prae-dixerat, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 21

clǽnsung

(n.)
Grammar
clǽnsung, e; f.

A CLEANSING, purifying, chastening, expiation, chastity ⬩ emundatio, purificatio, castigatio, expiatio, castitas

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Biþ heó fremiende to his clǽnsunge erit in expiationem ejus proficiens, Lev. 1, 4. Ðe belumpon to ðære mynsterlícan clǽnsunge quæ monasticæ castitatis erant, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 14

neorxna wang

(n.)
Grammar
neorxna wang, es; m.

Paradise

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Gif hé beget and yt rinde sió ðe cymþ of neorxna wonge, ne dereþ hím nán átter. Ðonne cwæþ se ðe ðás bóc wrát hió wǽre torbegete, Lchdm. ii. 114, 4. Neorxena wang, Gen. 2, 9 : 3, 8. Neorxnewong, Hpt. Gl. 447, 2. Nearxnewang, Hy. Surt. 64, 25.

geond-féran

(v.)
Grammar
geond-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred [geond through, féran to go]

To go through, traverse ⬩ pertransīre, peragrāre

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To go through, traverse; pertransīre, peragrāre Ne móstan ðé geondféran foldbúende earth's inhabitants may not traverse thee, Exon. 121 a; Th. 465, 8; Hö. l01.

renc

(n.)
Grammar
renc, e; f.

Pride, pomp, vanity, bravery, display

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For oferméttan, hé cwæð, and ídelan rencan eówra leóda, Wulfst.45, 21-23. [We ne beoð iboren for to habbene nane prudu ne forðe nane oðre rencas, O. E. Homl. i. 7, 27.]

Linked entry: rænc

wós

(n.)
Grammar
wós, es; n.

Moisture ⬩ juice

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Genim leaf, wyl on wætere and wring ðæt wós (press 'he moisture out of the leaves'), 72, 8. Genim ðás wyrte, cnuca hý swá gréne, wring ðæt wós, 126, 7: 208, 12: iii. 102, 14. Wring ðæt wós on eced, i. 200, 15.

Linked entries: wésan ge-wésan

cyne-cyn

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Ǽlcne þára þe hió geácsian myhte þæt kynekynnes wæs omnes regie arcessitos, Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 30. Næs hé æðelboren, ne him náht tó þám cynecynne ne gebyrode, Hml. Th. i. 80, 33. Hí gecuron heora kynecinn aa on þá wífhealfa, Chr. p. 3, 16.

creópan

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Add: of reptiles Eall ðæt on sǽ and on eáuum crýpð, Hex. 14, 8. Nǽddran crupon on ꝥ hús, Shrn. 152, 28. Wurmas crupon cuce of his líce, Hml.

ele-fæt

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Áfyll ðín elefæt ( imple cornu tuum oleo, 1 Sam. 16, 1), Hml. Th. ii. 64, 6. Hé hét áwurpan út þæt glæsene fæt mid ele mid ealle . . . hét eft áhebban þæt elefæt, 178, 31. Oelefæt full smirinise alabastrum ungenti, Lk. L. 7, 37. Add

feormian

(v.)

to cleanse ⬩ to furbish

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Add: to clean a place Sé þe on Sunnan*-*dæge his hús feormað, Wlfst. 212, 26. Flór feormian, Angl. ix. 262, 23. to cleanse material Lege tó þǽre wunde, ðonne yt heó and fæormað, gyf þǽr hwæt horwes on sý, Lch. i. 100, 3.

cystig

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Hí fédað yfle gliigmenn and beóð tó ungemetlíce kystige effusis largitatibus nutriunt histriones, Past. 327, 7. Swá hé ðá cystgan on merringe ne gebringe ut prodigis effusionis frena minime laxentur, 453, 27. Add: