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mynster-gang

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Heora ǽgðer mót ódrum lýfan mynstergang ( licentiam dare in monasterium ire ), LI. Th. ii. 152, 4. Add

unrǽd-síþ

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Substitute Ic dysge dwelle ond dole hwette [on] unrǽdsíþas, óþrum stýre nyttre fóre, Ru. 12, 4. v. hwettan; <b>II 2a.</b>

gealga

(n.)
Grammar
gealga, (?), an ; m.

Sadness, gloom

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Sadness, gloom Ðæs sweartan galgan (cf. the gloss to the same passage in An. Ox. 2960 :--Sweartes geallan) melancoliae Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 8 : 56, 72

ge-streáwian

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

To strew

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To strew Swylc hit eall gestreáwod wǽre mid wynsume blóstmen and wyrtgemangum as if it all were strewed with pleasant flowers and spices, Shrn. 15, 31

loc

(n.)
Grammar
loc, es; n.

A lockboltbarenclosurefoldA closeconclusionsettlement

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Ðonne wé sittaþ innan ceastre ðonne wé ús betýnaþ binnan ðǽm locum úres módes in civitate quippe considemus, si intra mentium nostrarum nos claustra constringimus, Past. 49, 4; Swt. 385, 6 : L. E. I. 45; Th. ii. 442, 13.

Linked entry: loca

un-rótness

(n.)
Grammar
un-rótness, e; f.

Sadnesssorrowtroublegloominess

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Se fífta leahtor is tristitia, ðæt is ðissere worulde unrótnyss; ðæt is ðonne se man geunrótsaþ ealles tó swýðe for his ǽhta lyre ... Twá unrótnyssa synd; án is ðeós yfele, and óðor is hálwende, ðæt is ðæt se man for his synnum geunrótsige, Homl.

Linked entry: rótness

treówian

(v.)
Grammar
treówian, triéwian, trýwian; p. ode.
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On ealdor-inen tó treówianne sperare in principibus, 9. to be true to a person Dóþ swá ic háte ic eów treówige gif gé ðæt tácen gegáþ sóð geleáfan do as I bid; I will be true (or gracious, v. treów, ) to you, if you use that sign (circumcision), true

Linked entry: trýwian

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Voc. ii. 32, 44. Add: giving emphasis to interrogation or exclamation Lá whǽr nú þá ... lá whǽr sind ubi nunc ... ubi sunt, Wülck. Gl. 253, 34, 37. Lá hú, ne mót ic dón þæt ic wille?, aut non licet mihi quod volo facere?, Hml. Th. ii. 80, 25.

swipu

(n.)
Grammar
swipu, e; swipu(-e), an; f.: swipa (?), an; m.
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Voc. ii. 71, 22. Swipa (-n?) anguilla vel scutica, i. 21, 16. Sweopan fla[g]ri, ii. 37, 64. Áwundenre suipan, suiopan verbere torto, Txts. 104, 1051. Nim mere*-*swínes fel, wyrc tó swipan, swing mid ðone man, Lchdm. ii. 334, 2.

Linked entries: swipa swipe

á-hwanon

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwanon, adv.
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Óhwonan, Rä. 36, 8. in any direction, anywhere Mid þý ic on þám wealle nǽnige duru ne ánig eághþyrl áhwonon (óhwanun, onhwonan, v. ll.) on ǽnige healfe geseón mihte cum in muro nullam januam vel fenestram alicubi conspicerem, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 623, 11

Linked entry: á-hwonan

ge-wǽgnian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 34, 25

weá-mét

(n.)
Grammar
weá-mét, weá-métt, e: -méttu(-o); indecl. f.

Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility

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Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility Se feórða heáfodleahter is weámét, Homl. Th. ii. 218, 21. Se feórða leahtor is weámét, ðæt se man náge his módes geweald, ac búton ǽlcere foresceáwnnge his yrsunge gefremaþ, 220, 12.

heorcnung

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Th. ii. 564, 4, the faculty of heartening, power of hearing: Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlic on hlyste, swá micel swá on ðǽre heorcnunge is voice is stricken air perceptible by the sense of hearing so much as is within the capacity of a person to

seld

(n.)
Grammar
seld, es ; n.
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a seat, that on which one sits, a throne ; sedes In heofene seld his his throne is in heaven (A. V.), Ps. Surt. 10, 5 : 44, 7. Dóm gegearwung seldes ðínes, 88, 15 : 96, 2. Of dúne sette maehtge of selde, ii. p. 200, 20 : Cd.

Linked entry: sæld

hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
hýnan, hénan; p. de

To abusehumiliaterebukecorrectdespiseoppressafflictill-treat

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Ic eom frymdi tó ðé ðæt hí helsceaþan hýnan ne móton I am suppliant to thee that fiends of hell may not evil entreat it [the soul ], Byrht. Th. 137, 3; By. 180

Linked entry: hénan

Gregorius

(n.)
Grammar
Gregorius, gen. Gregories; dat. Gregorie; acc. Gregorium; m.
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Gregorius is a Greek name which in the Latin tongue signifies Vigilantius, that is in English Watchful, Homl. Th. ii. 116, 24; 118, 8, 12. Æt Gregories ǽrendracan from Gregory's messenger, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 29.

swán-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
swán-geréfa, an; m.
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See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 177; 81: and cf. the later swain-mote, which is a court touching matters of the forest

cyn

(adj.)
Grammar
cyn, adj.
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Hit is cyn ðæt wé úre scomigen debemus erubescere, 407, 15. Þonne is hit cyn ꝥ gé þone mid eádmédum gesécen, Ll. Th. ii. 410, 25. ¶ as substantive, a worthy, proper proceeding :-- Is hit swýðe micel cyn ꝥ gehwylc crísten man þone dæg weorðige, Ll.

mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, ic, hé mót, ðú móst; wé móton; p. móste (

to be allowedmaymoteto be inferred otherwiseto be obligedmust

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[This verb is one of the small class of verbs called preterite-present. The infin. does not occur in any of the dialects, but in the forms which are found the conjugation is the same as that of the A.S. verb. Goth. ga-mót; p. -mósta: O.

gód

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Th. i. 246, 20.