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on-líc

(adj.)
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hæfde twégen gingran suíðe gelíces willan and on eallum ðingum suíðe onlíce, and hié ðeáh lǽrde suíðe ungelíce duobus discipulis non diversa caritate praeditis, diversa tamen adjutoria praedicationis impendit, 291, 14. Add

sceand-full

(adj.)
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sceand-full, adj.

Shameful, infamous, vile

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[Him wule þunche swiðe strong and swiðe scondful þet he scal al aȝeuen and seodðan bisechen milce et þan ilke monne þe he haueð er istolen, O. E. Homl. i. 31, 2.]

clǽnsung

(n.)
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clǽnsung, e; f.

A CLEANSING, purifying, chastening, expiation, chastityemundatio, 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.)
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neorxna wang, es; m.

Paradise

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

To go through, traversepertransīre, 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; . l01.

renc

(n.)
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renc, e; f.

Pride, pomp, vanity, bravery, display

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For oferméttan, 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.)
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wós, es; n.

Moisturejuice

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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 swá gréne, wring ðæt wós, 126, 7: 208, 12: iii. 102, 14. Wring ðæt wós on eced, i. 200, 15.

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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 æðelboren, ne him náht tó þám cynecynne ne gebyrode, Hml. Th. i. 80, 33. 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. 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 cleanseto 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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fédað yfle gliigmenn and beóð tó ungemetlíce kystige effusis largitatibus nutriunt histriones, Past. 327, 7. Swá ðá cystgan on merringe ne gebringe ut prodigis effusionis frena minime laxentur, 453, 27. Add:

ge-blissian

(v.)
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Heó férde hál tó hire fæder and hine geblyssode . . . and ealle for hire hǽle blyssodon, Hml. S. 7, 280. Geblisgende letificantes, Ps. Rdr. 18, 9

ge-háthirtan

(v.)
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ge-háthirtan, ge-heortan; pp. ge-háthirt (ge-hyrt, ge-heort).
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to make angry, anger Se hláford geháthyrt ( iratus ) cwæð tó his ðeówan, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 25. Se hálga wer wearð geháthyrt ðurh his unstæð*-*ðignysse, 176, 18: Hml. S. 8, 112: 22, 220. Philippus swíðe gehátheort hét gefæccan, 2, 191.

ge-hón

(v.)
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ge-hón, ge-hongian.
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Substitute: <b>ge-hón</b> to hang (trans. ). to fasten to an object above Genim þás wyrte, and gehóh tó ðǽre hýfe, Lch. i. 98, i. to fasten to a cross, crucify Gehéngon hine crucifixerunt eum Mt.

ge-nǽgan

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. :-- gewearð þé þus, fæder, ferð gebysgod, nearwe genǽged ?, Gú. 986

geómrian

(v.)
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Geómriende ejulantes, Mk. 5, 38. ¶ geómrian tó to sigh for, long for :-- geómriað tó ðám upplican, Hml. Th. i. 520, 23. Add

ge-witleást

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Þæs cáseres ( Domitian ), witan hine ofslógon for his wælhreównysse and his gewittleáste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 26. Hwílon God gewítnaþ ðæs mannes gewitleáste, Hml.

Linked entry: wit-leást

heóflan

(v.)
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biterlíce on wópe heófodon, Hml. S. 23, 66. For þám earmlican swǽsnyssum þissera heófiendra (-igendra, v.l.) 5, 56. Þ heófige for middan-geardes hryrum . . . þá sceolon heófian for middangeardes tóworpennysse, 612, 20-28. trans.

leásung

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tieligeað ðæt hié ne sculen leásunga secgan ( falsa dicere ), Past. 237, 8. vain or foolish speech Leásung famfaluca Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 75. deceitful action Gereónung, leásung factio, mendacium An. Ox. 2243.