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ge-swencness

(n.)
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ge-swencness, e ; f.
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Labour, hardship, trouble, distress Ús wæs swælc geswencnis mid deórum becymen tantus oriebatur tumultus, Nar. 14, 30. Ne sprǽce hé . . . be Lazares geswencnesse (contritione), þá þá hé cwæð ꝥ hé onféncge manige yfel on his lífe. Gr. D. 310, 27.

líc-wyrþe

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S. 23 b, 371. v. ge-lícwyrþe, un-lícwyrþe

on-teón

(v.)
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to withdraw, pull away, extract Ðonne þû wîn habban wille, þonne dô þû mid þînum twâm fingrum swilce þû tæppan of tunnan onteón wille, Tech. ii. 120, 10. to pull apart, untie Gewunedon þá þwangas . . . of mycclum dæ̂le ontogone (un-, v. l.) magna ex

riftere

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Hé wearð ofslagen . . . on hærfestlicre tíde úte mid his rifterum þe rípdon his corn, Hml. A. 108, 199. Add

riht-ryne

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Hé sǽde ꝥ Pad seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þǽre cyrican yrðland úp yrnende . . . 'Cym tó ðínum ágenum rihtryne' nuntiavit quod cursus sui Padus alveum egressus ecclesiae agros occupasset. . . 'Ad proprium alveum redeas,' 193, 15-20.

sceádan

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Eást úp suae ðet ealden fæstan scáðe; andlang ðes fǽstenes, 70, 30. (1 a) to remove from association or companionship :-- Mið ðý menn sceádas iúih cum homines separauerint uos, Lk. L. 6. 22.

stille

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Add Sege ús nú ꝥ sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, and wé nellað þé ámeldian, ac hit eall stille lǽtan, Hml. S. 23, 591. 2 b. Add On þǽre nihte, þá hit stillost wæs, Gr. D. 238, 11.

welwillendness

(n.)
Grammar
welwillendness, e; f.

Benevolencebenignitykindness

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Benevolence, benignity, kindness God wolde for his welwillendnysse ús earmingas álýsan Hexam. 18; Norm. 26, 27. Se cyngc blissode on his dohtor welwillendnesse Ap. Th. 16, 11. On ðínre welwyllendnysse Homl. Th. ii. 598, 17.

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, hom, hamm, e; f.

The ham, the inner or hind part of the kneewith bent kneesthe ham or haunch of a horsepoples, suffrago

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Monegum men gescrincaþ his fét tó his homme ... gebeðe ða hamma with many a man the feet shrink up to the ham ... warm the hams, L. M. 1, 26; Lchdm. ii. 68, 3-5

wíg-trod

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-trod, (?), es; n. : -trodu (? v. wíg-rád), e; f.

A war-trackthe road along which an army has passed

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A war-track, the road along which an army has passed Wítrod ( = wígtrod) gefeól heáh of heofonum handweorc Godes on to the track where the host of Israel had passed fell from the heavens the lofty walls raised by God's hand (cf. se ágend up árǽrde reáde

Linked entry: wí-trod

ge-þóht

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Suá giémeleáslíce oft sceacað úre geðóhtas ( cogitationes ) from ús, Past. 139, 20. Hiora geðóhtas beóð áweallene on hiora móde, 271, 15: Seef. 34. Druncne geþóhtas, Dan. 18. Mid hǽtum his geþohta, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 155, 11: Bl. H. 19, 15.

Linked entry: þóht

á-drýgan

to dry upto extract the moisture from materialto dry up a fluidto dry up moisture on material, wipe offto dry material on which there is moisture, wipe dry

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Swá swá treówu swíður ádrýgde bióð on eorðan quo plus in infimis humor excoquitur, Past. 445, 3. to dry up a fluid Ðú ádrýgdes exsiccasti flódas, Ps. Srt. 73, 15. Hé ðone Reádan Sǽ ádrígde, Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 29.

Linked entry: á-drígan

dwolma

(n.)
Grammar
dwolma, dwolema, an; m.

Chaos, a chasm, gulph chaos, n.= χάos, τό, hiātus

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Betweox us and eów is mycel dwolma getrymed inter nos et vos chaos magnum firmātum est, Lk. Bos. 16, 26. Ða twegen tregan teóþ to-somne wið ðæt mód fóran mistes dwoleman the two vexations draw together before the mind a chaos of darkness, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: dwolema for-dwilman

borh-leás

(adj.)
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borh-leás, adj.

Void of securityfidejussore carens

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Void of security; fidejussore carens Gif hwá borh-leás orf habbe ... agife ðæt orf, and gilde xx oran if any one have cattle borhless [i.e. for which no borh has been given] ... let him give up the cattle, and pay twenty oran [which at 1s. 4d. each,

stán-beorh

(n.)
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stán-beorh, -beorges; m.
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A stony elevation, rocky hill On gerihte wið ðæs lytlan stánbeorges up on hæslhille; of ðam stánbeorge ofer ða ðene ... tó ðon lytlan stánbeorge; of ðam stánbeorge tó ðon óðerum lytlan stánbeorge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 194, 15-18.

syn-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
syn-leás, adj.

Sinless, without sin

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Úre Drihten gescóp Adam háligne and clǽnne and synleásne, Wulfst. 153, 13

þorf-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
þorf-fæst, adj.
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Sié ðor[f]fæsta ús prosint nobis, 91, 27. [Cf. All þatt hemm wass purrfe, Orm. 9628. Icel. þurf—samr helping.] Cf. þearf, V, þearf-líc, II, and next word

Linked entry: un-þorffæst

and-cýþness

(n.)
Grammar
and-cýþness, e; f.
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Cf. un-andcýþigness

Linked entry: cýþ-ness

á-fréfran

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á-fréfran, -fréfrian.
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Þes man ús áfréfrað ( consolabitur ), Gen. 5, 29. Áfroebirdun lenirent , Txts. 75, 1210. Þín gyrd and þín stæf mé áfréfredon, Ps. Th. 22, 5 : Past. 125, 24. Þéh þe hé ꝥ mód áfréfrie (-fréfre, v. l, ), Gr. D. 258, 27. Áfréfrige, Bl. H. 37, 30.

ár-fæst

(adj.)
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Gif Drihten ús árfæst ( propitius ) bið, Num. 14, 8. Þú ǽrfæstosta Hǽlend, Angl. xi. 114, 75