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nyten-lic

(adj.)
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nyten-lic, adj.
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Ignorant Cúðberhtus, ðá ðá hé wæs eahtawintre cild, arn swá swá him his nytenlice yld tihte plegende mid his efenealdum: ac God wolde stýran þǽre nytennesse Cúðberhtes þurh mynegunge gelimplices láreówes, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 3

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on-sín

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Add: — Ic mîne sâwle sette mid môde, swâ eorðan bið ansŷn wæteres I made my soul feel as want of water is for the ground; anima mea sicut terra sine aqua tibi, Ps. Th. 142, 6

on-weard

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wæs ðám Crístenum onweard (-werd, v. l. ), Hml. S. 5, 369

un-gerýde

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Ðá gehýrde hé ungerýdelic gelýd . . . and wæs áfre swá leng swá hlúddre and ungerýddre, Vis. Lfc. 50. Add

wæter-seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-seáþ, es; m.

A water-pit, well, reservoir

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A water-pit, well, reservoir Ðá wæs ðǽr on óþre sídan ðæs hláwes gedolfen swylce mycel Wæterseát wǽre. 4;Gdwin. 26, 8. Wæterseáðes cisternae, Hpt. Gl. 418, 27. [Myrige wæterseáðes ðǽr ábúten standeþ, Shrn. 13, 17.]

or-treówness

(n.)
Grammar
or-treówness, e; f.

Want of faith or confidence, mistrust

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Want of faith or confidence, mistrust Ortreownes diffidentia, desperantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 18. Hé æteówde ða wunda ðǽm ungeleáflullum mannum, forðon ðe hé nolde ðæt ǽnig ortrýwnes wǽre embe his ǽriste, Blickl. Homl. 91, 3

Linked entry: treówness

ge-þuhtsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þuhtsum, adj.

Abundant

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Abundant Hit wæs ǽr ðǽr singal druwung and sóna æfter ðam com geþuhtsum rén on eorþan there had been there before continual drought, and directly after that came abundant rain on the earth, Shrn. 113, 20

Linked entry: -þuhtsum

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Þǽre gecynde ðe heó tó gesceapen wæs, Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 7.

ge-tenge

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Mec ( an oyster ) ýða wrugon eorðan getenge, 76, 2: 7, 3. where an object stands by another Þára óðrum ( one of the buckets of a draw-well ) wæs án getenge wále, Rä. 53, 5.

Agustin

(n.)
Grammar
Agustin, es; m: Agustīnus, Augustīnus, i; m:

St. AugustineAugustinus

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Sóna ðæs ðe heó gehálgod wæs ðá dyde mon his líchoman in, and on ðære cyricean norþ portice gedefelíce wæs bebyriged. . . .

gleáw

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Hé gleáw ne wæs, réðe and rǽdleás, Dan. 176. Ic andette Drihtne . . . ðám gleáwan forðan ic hine gódne wát confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus, Ps. Th. 105, 1.

ge-anwyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-anwyrde, adj.

Knownmanifestconfessedprofessus

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He ðæs geanwyrde wæs ætfóran eallum ðám mannum he confessed it before all the men, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 5

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rǽd-þeahtung

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd-þeahtung, e; f.
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Counsel Hé wæs gemǽrsad ofer ealle óðere cyningas ǽgðer ge mid his miclan fultume ge mid his rǽdþeahtunge ge mid his wígcræfte ob magnitudinem virium consiliorumque summam belli nomenque traduxit, Ors. 4. 1; Swt. 154, 27

scericge

(n.)
Grammar
scericge, an; f.
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An actress Sc̃a Pilagia wæs ǽryst mima in Antiochia ðære ceastre, ðæt is scericge (scéwicge (?) cf. sceáwere scurra; or scernicge (?), cf. O. H. Ger. scern scurrilitas, spectaculum; scernari scurra, histrio ) on úrum geþeóde, Shrn. 140, 11

ge-heordnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-heordnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

A keepingguardwatchcustōdia

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A keeping, guard, watch; custōdia On geheordnesse ðara edleán manige [is] in custōdiendis illis retrĭbūtio multa [est], Ps. Spl. T. 18, 12. Gesete Driht geheordnysse múþes mínes pōne Dŏmĭne custōdiam ōri meo, Ps. Spl. 140, 3

un-gehírsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gehírsumness, e; f.

Want of submissiondisobedience

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Want of submission, disobedience Módignys ácenð forsewennysse and ungehýrsumnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 222, 7. [Þane stede þe se deofel of hafel þurh unihersamnesse, O. E. Homl. i. 221, 30. Cf. O. H. Ger. un-gihórsamí inobedientia.]

un-murnlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-murnlíce, adv.

Carelesslywithout compunctionwithout anxiety

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Blódig wæl eteþ ángenga unmurnlíce, Beo. Th. 903; B. 449. Se ðe unmurnlíce mádmas dǽleþ, egesan ne gýmeþ, 3516; B. 1756

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wiþ-coren

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþ-coren, adj. (ptcpl.)

Reprobate

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Reprobate Ðá ongeat hé ðæt se wæs Gode wiðcoren, se ðe on ðæt bæþ eode, Shrn. 62, 8. Ðæt yfel wræc cóme ofer ða wiþcorenan ut venire contra improbos malum, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 41

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be-wacian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wacian, p. ode

To bewake

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D. ), to keep watch over Gé him weardas settað þe hí bewaciað wið þeófas, Hml, S. 14, 22. Weardmenn his líc bewacedon, Hml. A. 78, 154. Bewacige excubet, Germ. 388, 80

cneórd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
cneórd-ness, cneóred-ness, e; f.
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A generation, race Drihten sibbe cneórd*-*nesse tódǽlde . . . hé on ðreó tówearp þá cneórdnysse, ꝥ wæs wælisc and on cyrlisc cynn and on gesýðcund cynd, Angl. xi. 3, 59-63. v. ge*-*cneóredness, and following words

Linked entry: ge-cneórednis