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on-setenness

Grammar
on-setenness, <b>on-seteness, on-setness.</b>
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Th. ii. 232, 19. Þurh biscopa handa onsetenesse. Shrn. 85, 19 (in Dict.) institution. Take here Lk. L. R. II. 50 (from on-setness; in Dict.)

wág-rift

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Ic geann intó þiére hálgan stówe . . . ánes hricghrægles þæs sélestan ðe ic hæbbe, and ánes beddreáfes mid wáhryfte, Cht. Th. 529, 12. Hé geann . . . Wulfgáre his mǽge twégra wáhryfta and twégra setlhrægla, Cht. Crw. 23, 15. Add

ǽ-menne

(n.)
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Ðá cwæð ic: ‘Ic nebbe nán ðára ne ðonne ǽmenne ne óðera manna fultum ne dýgela stówe,’ Shrn. 165, 8-12

Linked entry: -menne

nyt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nyt-líc, adj.

Usefulprofitablebeneficial

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H. netlíc) . . . and hí on him habbaþ wundorlíce mihte, Lchdm. i. 204, 11. Móna se feórþæ wercu onginnan nytlíc ys the fourth day of the moon is advantageous for beginning works, iii. 184, 28.

geongor-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
geongor-dóm, geonger-dóm, es; m.

Youngership, minority, subjection, obedience, service, vassalagejuvĕnīlis status, obsĕquium, obēdientia, ministĕrium

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Youngership, minority, subjection, obedience, service, vassalage; juvĕnīlis status, obsĕquium, obēdientia, ministĕrium Hwý sceal ic búgan him swilces geongordómes why shall I submit to him in such vassalage? Cd. 15; Th. 18, 34; Gen. 283.

Linked entry: geongerdóm

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lustfullian, p. ode; pp. od.

To be delighted, be pleased, rejoicedelectāri, lætāriTo delight, pleasedelectāre, jŭvāre

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Th. ii. 88, 20 : 130, 9

sweþel

(n.)
Grammar
sweþel, sweoþol, es; m.
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Voc. ii. 34, 74. Sueðelas suedilas instites, Txts. 69, 1060. Sweþelas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 48. Sweoþolas fascia [e? ], 93, 69. Suuoeðles institis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 44. Suaeðila fasciarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 18. Sweþila, 34, 76. Sweþela, 82, 36.

þende

(adj.; con.)
Grammar
þende, conj.
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Ðende ðonne (mid þý þonne þende, Rush.) wæs ðe Hǽlend in Bethania cum autem esset Jesus in Bethania, 26, 6.

bildu

(n.)
Grammar
bildu, (-o); indecl.: bild, e; f.

Boldnessconfidence

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Byldum fiducia, i. confidentia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 74

Linked entries: byld bældu

cíne

Grammar
cíne, l. cine (-u), take here passage in Dict. under cínu,
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Voc. ii. 23, 61. Cinum cavernis, Germ. 399, 272. <b>II a.</b> fig. a deep subject (?) :-- Ic warnige þæne þe þás cinan þengð tó áspyrianne, ꝥ hé gelóme sceáwige þás seofon rǽdinga, Angl. viii. 333, 8

meolc

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Hé lifde be þára wildeóra meolcum, Shrn. 118, 17. ( ) of a woman Genim wífes meoluc þæs þe cild habbe, Lch. ii. 28, 8: 42, 5. ( ) figurative Ic sceal sellan eów giét mioloc drincan, nalles flǽsc etan.

mete

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Add: food Gif mete sý áwyrd, Lch. ii. 142, 14. Nys ríce Godes meta ( esca ) and d inc, Scint. 153, 7. Ǽgþer ge hrægles ge metes ge drinces, Bt. 26, 2 ; F. 94, 4. Wið genumenum mete, Lch. ii. 142, 7. Wermód drincan ǽr þon þe hié mete þicgan, 32, 1.

wed-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wed-lác, es; n.

a pledge, securitywedlock, espousals

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Voc. i. 20, 7. Wedlác arrabo, 50, 31. in reference to marriage, v. weddian, II, wedlock, espousals Wedlác wiðsacende pacta sponsalia refutans, Hpt. Gl. 498, 44. [The latter is the usual sense in Middle English Under wedlac iboren, Laym. 395.

heáh-burh

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-burh, gen. -burge; f.

A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation

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Ic wát heáhburg hér áne neáh lytle ceastre I know that near here is a town placed on high, a little city, Cd. 117; Th. 152, 8; Gen. 2517

ceaster

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[For the use of burh, ceaster respectively cf. the translation of Orosius, in which burh is always used in speaking of Jerusalem, Sodom, Gomorrah and Babylon (and of other towns), with the passages from the poetry in which ceaster is used of the same.

leoþu-wácung

(n.)
Grammar
leoþu-wácung, e; f.

compeditorum

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In Ps. Spl. T. 78, 11 compeditorum is glossed by liþewácunga

Linked entry: wácung

níd-behóf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-behóf, adj.

Necessaryneedful

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Necessary, needful Án þing is nýdbehóf, Homl. Th. ii. 440, 9

Linked entries: níd-behéfe be-hóf

ge-hrorenlic

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Ic eom deádlic mann and gehrorendlic, Verc. Först. 147, 3. Add

bi-þearf

I need

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ic I need,Exon. 76 a; Th. 285, 17; Jul. 715

stealdan

(v.)
Grammar
stealdan, p. steóld
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To possess Ic staðolǽhtum steóld, Exon. Th. 353, 33; Reim. 22