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wrǽn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽn-ness, e ; f.

Wantonnesslicentiousnesslasciviousnesslust

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Se anga ðære wrǽnnesse aculei libidinis, Past. 43; Swt. 309, 16. Ðæt mód hæfð fulfremedne willan tó ðære wrǽnnesse ejus animus voluptate luxuriae delectatur, 11; Swt. 73, 7.

worms

(n.)
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worms, worsm, wurms, wursm, es; n.

Corrupt matter

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Bið seó micge lyswen swilce worms, Lchdm. ii. 198, 27. Se swile and ðæt worms, 208, II. Wið ða gerynnincge ðæs worsmes (wormses, v. l. ), i. 292, 8. On ða ádle ðe mon wormse spíweþ, ii. 200,. 21 : 208, 5. Hreófeligum wormse elephantino tabo, Hpt.

Linked entries: worsm wurms wursm

afor

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afor, l. áfor.
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Gif se maga þæs ne féle, lege óþra on-legena on strengran and áferran, 192, 21

á-fyllan

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áfylde ealle þá stówe, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 25. Wynsum brǽð þá lyfte áfylde, Hml. S. 27, 111. Áfyl ðá wunde. Lch. ii. 22, 20. Þá hié heora cawelas áfylled hæfdon, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 27. <b>I a.

ege-full

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Seó sǽ is hwílon swíðe hreóh and egeful on tó beónne, Hml. Th. i. 182, 33. Tó þám egefullan Godes dóme tremendo judicio Dei, R. Ben. 31, 10.

freólíce

(adv.)
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Add: without constraint or reluctance, willingly Þonne se man syngað freólíce bútan ǽlcere sceame, Angl. vii. 40, 451: Cri. 1291.

ge-leánian

(v.)
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(gen. ) Þá þá seó tíd neálǽhte ꝥ him sceolde beón geleánod his swá mycelre þrowunge and geþylde cum tempus esset, ut tanta ejus patientia remunerari debuisset, Gr. D. 282, 5. to repay, requite injury, wrong-doing, &amp;c.

ge-regne

(n.)
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ge-regne, ge-réne, es; n.
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Linked entries: -regne ge-réne

ge-bregdan

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Icel. bregða sér sjukum), Hml. S. 2, 151

hédan

to have a care fortake notice of to care fortake notice ofto take care thatto observetake note of

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Th. ii. 116, 4 in Dict.] to take care that (with clause) Héde ðe scíre healde ꝥ hé friðige and forðige ǽlce be ðám ðe hit sélest sý, Angl. ix. 259, 13. to observe, take note of (gen.)

liccian

(v.)
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Se bera ongan liccian (lambere) þæs biscopes fét, 195, 4. <b>I a.</b> to lick the dust, suffer defeat :-- Feónd his eorðan liciað inimici ejus terram lingent, Ps.

mist

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</b> a fog, steam, haze :-- Of þǽre eá wǽre reócende se mist unáræfnedlicre fýlnesse and unswétes stences foetoris intolerabilis nebulam exhalans fluvius, Gr. D. 318, 28.

stede

(adv.)
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</b> official position :-- On his styde se ðe is wyrðe efterfylige in loco eius (decanus) qui dignus est succedat, R. Ben. I. 54, 9. Mathias wæs gecoren on Iúdan stede, Ælfc. T.

Linked entry: welig-stedende

Crist

(n.)
Grammar
Crist, Krist, es; m.

CHRIST Christus

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חַישִׁמָ Messiah Se Hǽlend, ðe is genemned Crist Iesus, qui vocatur Christus ᏸεσοῦς, ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός Mt. Bos. 1, 16. Crist wæs acenned, Hǽlend geháten Christ was born, called Jesus [Saviour] Menol. Fox 1-7.

Linked entry: Cristes bóc

Æ

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Æ, The short or unaccented Anglo-Saxon æ has a sound like ai in main and f
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Læt late; g. m. n. lates; d. latum; se lata the late; latost, latemest, latest: Smæl small; g. m. n. smales; d. smalum; se smala the small, etc.

mynster

(n.)
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mynster, es; n.

a monasterya place where a body of monks or of nuns resideda churchminster

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(See also sections 2 and 5. ) Óswold fullworhte on Eferwíc ðæt ǽnlíce mynster ðe his mǽg Eádwine ǽr begunnen hæfde, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 90

ge-hálgian

(v.)
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Se gehálgoda Hǽlend, Cri. 435. to keep holy a day Gehálga þone reste*-*dæg, Ex. 20, 8

gegninga

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Þæt hit gegnunga from Gode cóme, 683. directly to an end, without modification, completely, simply Þæt mæg secgan þe wyle sóð sprecan, þæt se mondryhten, eów geaf eóredgeatwe . . . génunga gúðgewǽdu forwurpe ( that he simply threw away the weapons

un-gestæððigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gestæððigness, e; f.

Unsteadinesslevitywant of firmness

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Unsteadiness, levity, want of firmness Se hæfð singalne sceabb se ðe nǽfre ne blinð ungestæððignesse jugem habet scabiem, cui carnis petulantia sine cessatione dominatur, Past. 11; Swt. 70, 3.

be-hlídan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hlídan, p. -hlád, pl. -hlidon; pp. -hliden [hlídan to cover]

To cover overto coverclosetegereclaudere

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Seó eorþe siððan togædere behlád the earth then closed together Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 56, 6

Linked entry: hlídan