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ge-weder

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weder, -wider, -wyder, es; pl. nom. acc. -wederu; n. [weder weather]

Weatherthe temperature of the airtempestascæli tempĕries

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Weather, the temperature of the air; tempestas, cæli tempĕries Se sceortigenda dæg hæfþ líðran gewederu ðonne se langienda dæg the shortening day hath milder weather than the lengthening day, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 9, 21; Lchdm. iii. 252

Linked entries: ge-wider ge-wyder

un-cwíd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cwíd, un-cwídd; adj.

Undisturbed by chargesin undisputed possession

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Undisturbed by charges, in undisputed possession Se ðe sitte uncwýdd and uncrafod on his áre on lífe, L. Eth. iii. 15; Th. i. 298, 9. Ðǽr se bónda sæt uncwýd (-cwýdd, MS. G.) and unbecrafod (cf. ubi bunda manserit sine calumpnia, L. H.

Linked entry: cwíd

un-gesceádwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gesceádwíslíce, adv.

Indiscreetlyunreasonablyfoolishly

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Se gítsere and se ðe wotuldwelan lufaþ ungesceádwíslíce. Swt. 331, 8. Ðonne wé biddaþ ongeán úre ágenre þearfe, ðonne forwyrnð God ús ðæs ðe wé ungesceádwíslíce biddaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 528, 9. Ongesceádwíslíce inrationabiliter, R. Ben. Interl. 61, 11

be-reccan

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þe frióne- forstǽle, . . . and hit hym on bestæled sié, ꝥ hé hine bereccean ne mæg, swelte deáðe, 48, 6. Of ðære scylde ðe hé hine berecc(e)an ne mæge ex eo quod defendere nequeunt, Past. 209, 23

burg-geréfa

Grammar
burg-geréfa, (burh-).
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Þá frægn se burhgeréfa (cf. Rómeburge geréfa, 28) hyne, Shrn. 96, 30. Se burhgeréfa (cf. ðǽre burge geréfa, 12), 120, 14. Ðæs burhgeréfan (cf. Rómeburge geréfa, 6) sunu ( praefecti filius, Ald. 60, 5), 56, 10: Hml. S. 23, 770.

cancer

Grammar
cancer, (-or).
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.,' and add Hine æt se cancor, and his weleras wǽron áwlǽtte mid ealle, and eác his nosu fornumen mid áttre, Hml. S. 6, 284. Hym of þám andwlytan nyðer áfeóll se cancer þe hyne ǽr swýðe ámyrred hæfde, Hml. A. 183, 70.

brosnung

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Se Hǽlend hæfde ðá ( after the resurrection ) oferfaren ðá brosnunga ðises andweardan lífes, Hml. Th. i. 222, 17. Add

dol

(n.)
Grammar
dol, es; n.
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ðe eall his mód bið áflogen tó gæglbǽrnesse and tó dole qui totis cogitationibus ad lasciviam defluit, Past. 73, 12. Gif se gilda mid dysie and myd dole stleá, bere sylf ꝥ hé worhte, Cht. Th. 612, 2

ge-tǽse

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, adj.
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Ne mæg se man him nánre mild*-*heortnesse wénan, se þe nú forleósað þá getǽsan tíde þǽre dǽdbóte, Archiv cxxii. 259, 45

gewil-bod

(n.)
Grammar
gewil-bod, es; n.
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Se bydel þe forsweogað his hláfordes gewilboda, 191, 22

hand-full

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Þá underféng se hálga þá handfulle, Hml. S. 3, 218. ðe gripa ł handfulla gæderaþ qui manipulos colliget, Ps. L. 128, 7. Genim þreó handfulla mucwyrte, þreó sealtes. Lch. ii. 38, 10

hól

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Se feónd cwæð : ' Maledicte, non Benedicte', and ꝥ swá gecwæð se deófol for hóle and for æfste, Gr. D. 122, 19. Add

ofer-sceadwian

(v.)
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Se Hálga Gást hý mid his mihte ofersceadewode, Wlfst, 193, 13

Wæwærðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
Wæwærðlíce, adv.

Well, successfully (?)

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Of ðissum syx tídum wihst se quadrans swýðe wæwerðlíce, and forð stæpð wel orglíce swylce hwylc cyng of his giftbúre stæppe geglenged, Anglia viii. 298, 34.

Linked entry: wæwærð-líc

toln

(n.)
Grammar
toln, e; f.

Toll

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Heore is ðæt scip ... and se tolne of ealle scipen eorum est navicula ... et theloneum omnium navium, 318, 1

Linked entry: tolnere

un-gerád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerád, adj.

stupidrudeunskilledfoolishignorantdiscordantdisagreeingat variance

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Ðonne se abbod and se práfost ungeráde beóð and him betwyx sacaþ dum contraria sibi invicem abbas prepositusque sentiunt, R. Ben. 124.

Linked entry: ge-rád

dóere

(n.)
Grammar
dóere, es; m.
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A doer, worker; opĭfex Dóere, ðæt is Gást se hálga opĭfex, id est Spīrĭtus sanctus, Rtl. 198, 13

ellen-gǽst

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-gǽst, es; m.

A bold or powerful spirit pŏtens spīrĭtus

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A bold or powerful spirit; pŏtens spīrĭtus Se ellengǽst the powerful spirit [Grendel ], Beo. Th. 172; B. 86

fór-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-yrnan, p. -arn, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen

To run beforepræcurrĕre

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To run before; præcurrĕre Se óðer leorningcniht fórarn Petrus ille ălius discĭpŭlus præcŭcurrit Petro, Jn. Bos. 20, 4

gál-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
gál-mód, adj.

Light-mindedlicentiouslibīdĭnōsæ mentislascīvus

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Light-minded, licentious; libīdĭnōsæ mentis, lascīvus Se galmóda the licentious [Holofernes], Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 12; Jud. 256