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cirpsian

(v.)
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Sume preóstas sýn þe gýmað . . . . . . ꝥ heora loccas mid (nǽdle?) tyrninge cyrpsion (crines calamistri uestigio rotantur), Chrd. 64, 34. Add

in-bryrdness

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Hú manega cynn sýn þǽre inbryrdnesse (on-, v.l.) quot sunt genera compunctionis, Gr. D. 244, 23: 242, 1. Add

Linked entry: on-bryrdness

den-bera

(n.)
Grammar
den-bera, pl. n.
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Ðis synt ðá denbǽra ðe tó ðissum londe belimpað, C. D. ii. 195, 15. Þis synt þá denbǽra on wealda, 216, 4. Þá denbǽro, 265, 33. Mid ðǽm denbǽrum in Limenwero wealdo and in burhwaro wealdo and in bócholte, C. D.

grápung

(n.)
Grammar
grápung, e; f.
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Cunna mid grápunge hwæðer hí stánas synd ... þú miht witan gewislíce mid grápunge gif ðú geseón ne miht ꝥ hí synd stánas, 34, 334, 337. Ðurh his (St. Thomas') grápunge (cf. Lk. 24, 39 under grápian) we sind geleáffulle, Hml. Th. i. 234, 21

ge-yrgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yrgan, -irgan; p. de; pp. ed

To make cowardlyterrify

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To make cowardly, terrify Ealle synd geyrgede ðe eardiaþ on ðisum lande all the inhabitants of the land do faint because of us, Jos. 2, 24: 8, 6: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 123

Linked entry: ge-irgan

ge-mágas

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mágas, pl. m.

Kinsmen, relationsconsanguinei

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Kinsmen, relations; consanguinei Wit synt gemágas we two are kinsmen, Cd. 91; Th. 114, 14; Gen. 1904. God hí gesceóp to gemágum God created them as relations, Bd. 24, 3; Fox 82, 31

un-meahtelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-meahtelíc, (-mihte-, -miht-); adj.

Impossible

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Ða þing ðe mannum synt unmihtelíce, 18, 27

Linked entry: un-meahtiglíc

dún-ælf

(n.)
Grammar
dún-ælf, e; f.
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A mountain fairy Þá castalidas nymphas, ꝥ synt dúnylfa þá þe wunedon on Elicona þǽre dúne, Angl. viii. 325, 27. Dúnælfa castalidas nymphas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 84; 19, 22. Dúnelfa, 129, 33

eorþ-fæst

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Sume men synd swá áblende ꝥ hí bringað heora lác tó eorðfæstum stáne, Hml. S. 17, 130. Hig lǽddon þone cyning tó ánum eorðfæstum treówe and tígdon hine þǽr tó, 32, 109. Add

ge-hwilcness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwilcness, e; f.
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Bútan þissum þingum . . . synt geswutelunga and gehwylcnyssa, Angl. viii. 299, 23

Linked entry: hwilc-ness

íð-belig

(adj.)
Grammar
íð-belig, adj.
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D.] ne sýn, ne tó langsum yrre hæbben, Wulfst. 253, 11

un-ásmeágendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásmeágendlíc, adj.

Unsearchablepast finding outinscrutable

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Ða óðre heofenan, ðe bufan hyre synd and beneoðan, synd mannum unásmeágendlíce ( are beyond the reach of men's investigation ), Lchdm. iii. 232, 23. His lára and his drohtnunga sind ús unásmeágendlíce, Homl. Th. i. 392, 23

Linked entry: á-smeágendlic

freó-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
freó-sceatt, es; m.
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Property entirely at the owner's disposal, property of which the owner has absolute possession Ná þá áne þe freó synt, ac gyt má þá þe ǽhtborene synt and óþera manna freósceattas (freó sceattas?)

Linked entry: freó

tíd-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-weorþung, e; f.
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Worship at a particular time, service at one of the canonical hours Hit nis ná tó gelýfanne, ðæt hý fæstende synd rihtlíce, bútan hý æfter hyra mæssan ðæs ǽfenes tídwurðunga gebíden, Homl. Ass. 140, 67

þrístlǽcness

(n.)
Grammar
þrístlǽcness, e; f.

Boldnessaudacitytemeritypresumption

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Boldness, audacity, temerity, presumption Ic eom ondetta ... ðrístlǽcnesse mínra synna, Anglia xi. 98, 22. Gyf man þurh þrýstlǽcnysse man fullaþ si quis ex temeritate aliquem baptizaverit, L. Ecg. P. addit. 30; Th. ii. 236, 34

on-þwægenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-þwægenness, e; f.
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Þá gástlican onþwægennysse, . . ꝥ is ꝥ hálige fulwihtes bæð and synna forlǽtennysse, 158, 154

Linked entry: -þwægenness

be-irnan

Grammar
be-irnan, <b>II 2</b>.
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Hé ne beam (georn, v. l. ) on synne, Gr. D. 22, 28. Godes yrre on tó beyrnanne Dei iram incurrere , Chrd. 109, 28. Add

bydel

Grammar
bydel, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> a
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</b> of things :-- Gedreccednyssa . . . synd ðá bydelas (heralds) þæs écan forwyrdes, Hml. Th. i. 4, 12

a-wríhan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wríhan, p. -wráh, pl. -wrigon ; pp. -wrigen [a not, un-; wríhan to cover]

To uncoverrevealrevelare

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Awrigene synd grúndweallas [grundfeallas MS.] ymbhwyrftes eorþan revelata sunt fundamenta orbis terrarum, 17, 17 : Lk. Bos. 2, 35

Linked entries: a-wrigen a-wrygen

mearc-béce

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-béce, an; f.

A beech-tree which forms part of a boundary

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A beech-tree which forms part of a boundary Ðis synd ðæra viii. hída landgeméra ... tó ðære mearcbécean; of ðære bécean, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 9. On ða ealdan mearce bécan, 296, 26

Linked entry: béce