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mis-limpan

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Ic swíðor ceorude þonne mín sáwul behófode þá ðá ic ǽhte forleás . . . oððe mé hwæt mislamp ( any misfortune befell me) on þises lîfes ryne, Angl. xi. 113, 41. Add

tawian

(v.)
Grammar
tawian, <b>. II.</b>
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Hí begunnon tó áxienne hwæt se man wǽre þe hí swá wælhreówlíce beóton ... Hí urnon wépende ꝥ hí þone hálgan wer swá huxlíce tawoden, Hml. S. 31, 997. Add

ǽ-mynde

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-mynde, es; n.

Want of care (?), neglect

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, neglect Funde ic hwæt eorðe mæg wið andan and wið ǽminde and wið ðá micelan mannes tungan . . . beó gé gemindige mínes gódes, Lch. i. 384, 22

Linked entry: -mynde

slítere

(n.)
Grammar
slítere, es; m.

a waster, destroyera consumer of food, a glutton

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a waster, destroyer 'Hwæt is seó ungesǽlige sáwel?' Ðá sǽde hé him, ðæt hé wǽre cyrican slítere Wulfst. 235, 24. a consumer of food, a glutton Slíteras lurcones Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 26

be-þearfod

(adj.)
Grammar
be-þearfod, (-ed); adj.

Needy

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Needy, brought to want Gif þú hwæne on neádþearfe ongitst, and gif þú hwæne on wǽdle beþearfodne (-þreaf-, MS.) ácnǽwst, Engl. Stud. viii. 474, 50

Linked entry: þearfian

lysu

(n.)
Grammar
lysu, wes; n.
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Gif frí wíf leswæs hwæt gedéþ xxx scill. gebéte, 73; Th. i. 20, 7. Lot sceal mid lyswe, list mid gedéfum [v. list], Exon. 92 a; Th. 345. 16; Gn. Ex. 189

glengista

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To ðon ðæt hwæt hwygo to ðære ongietenisse ðissa mínra þinga ðín gelis and glengista geþeóde ut aliquid per novarum rerum cognitionem studio et ingenio possit accedere, Nar. 1, 20. [?]

Linked entry: glenge

séft-eádig

(adj.)
Grammar
séft-eádig, (?); adj.
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In easy circumstances, free from hardships Se beorn ne wát, eft eádig (séfteádig, Grein) secg, hwæt ða sume dreógaþ, ðe ða wræclástas wídost lecgaþ, Exon. Th. 309, 12 ; Seef. 56

Englisc

Grammar
Englisc, <b>; II 2.</b> add: (2 b)
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a passage written in English Ðis Englisc ætýwð hwæt seó forsette rǽding mǽnð, Angl. viii. 298, 9. Mé ys neód ꝥ ic menge ꝥ Lýden ámang þyssum Englisce, 317, 17

oft-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
oft-síþ, es; m.

A time that often occursofttimes

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A time that often occurs Hwæt he hæfde Godes þeówum on oftsíþas tó láðe gedón what he had ofttimes done to hurt God's servants, Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 290, 29

mǽg-cild

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-cild, es; n.

A young kinsman

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A young kinsman Hine áhsode hwǽr hé his mǽgcildum cumen hæfde ðe hé him forstolen hæfde asked him what he had done with his young kinsmen (cousins) whom he had stolen away from him, Lchdm. iii. 424, 37.

nigon

(n.; num.; adj.)

nine

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Hwǽr synt ða nigone (nygene, MS. A : nigona, Lind. : nióne, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 17, 17. Ðá hét se cyng faran mid nigonum ðara níwena scipa, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 20. Grammar nigon, as adj. : Harold wes gewend mid nigon scipon, 1052; Erl. 183, 18.

or-þanc

(adj.)
Grammar
or-þanc, adj.

Cunning, skilful

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Hwǽr com heora snyttro and seó orþonce gláunes, and se ðe gebregdnan dómas démde ? Blickl. Homl. 99, 31

hwerfung

(n.)
Grammar
hwerfung, e; f.

Changemutationvicissitude

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Change, mutation, vicissitude Hwæt singaþ ða leóþwyrhtan óðres be ðisse woruld búton mislíca hwerfunga ðisse worulde quid tragœdiarum clamor aliud deflet, nisi indiscreto ictu fortunam felicia regna vertentem? Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 21

Linked entry: hwearfung

páp-seld

(n.)
Grammar
páp-seld, es; n.
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The papal see Hé hié lǽrede ðæt hié raðost tó Róme sendon tó ðæm pápan, and ðone pápan and ðæt pápseld ðæt hié beáhsodan hwæt him ðæs tó rǽde þúhte, Blickl. Homl. 205, 20

tǽcend

(n.)
Grammar
tǽcend, es; m.

One who prescribes or orders.

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Gif hwylcum bréþer hwæt hefelíces beboden sý underfó hé ða geboda his tǽcendes si cui fratri aliqua gravia injunguntur, suscipiat jubentis imperium, R. Ben. 128, 11. v. tǽcan, IV

forhtlíce

(adv.)
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Gif hwæt bið beboden ne forhtlíce (trepide), ne lætlíce bið geworden, R. Ben. I. 24, 17. Add

gǽling

(n.)
Grammar
gǽling, e; f.

Delay

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Delay Geðencan ne con hwæt him losað on ðǽre gǽlinge ðe hé ðá hwíle ámierreð he cannot consider what loss he suffers in the delay in which he wastes the time, Past. 39, 1

wífa

(n.)
Grammar
wífa, (?),, an; m.

A woman

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A woman Gif ríce wíf and earm ácennaþ tógædere, gangon hí áweig, nást ðú hwæðer bið ðæs rícan wífan (-es ?) cild, hwæðer ðæs earman, Homl. Th. i. 256, 14

magu

(n.)
Grammar
magu, a; m.

A child,sona young persona servanta youngstrong mana man

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Th. 2361; B. 1178. a young person, a servant (cf. cniht, cnapa, geongra) Ongan hismagu frignan (cf. ombehtþegn, l, 9), Exon. 47 b; Th. 162, 30; Gú. 983. a young, strong man, a man (cf. cniht) Hwǽr cwom mearg hwǽr cwom mago where is the steed gone?