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líf-freá

(n.)
Grammar
líf-freá, an; m.
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The Lord of life [epithet of God], Exon. 8 a; Th. 2, 7, 30; Cri. 15, 27: Beo. Th. 32; B. 16: Cd. 40; Th. 53, 28; Gen. 868: 1; Th. 2, 9; Gen. 16: 86; Th. 108, 18; Gen. 1808: 156; Th. 195, 3; Exod. 271: 192; Th. 240, 33; Dan. 396

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, e; f.

Importunate desireambition

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Cf. Ðú wást ðæt mé nǽfre seó gítsung and seó gemǽgþ ðisses eorþlícan anwealdes forwel ne lícode scis ipsa minimum nobis ambitionem mortalium rerum fuisse dominatum, 17; Fox 58, 23

Linked entry: mýgþ

neód-fracu

(n.)
Grammar
neód-fracu, e; f.

Desireappetitethe object of desire or of appetite

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Desire, appetite, the object of desire or of appetite Wuhta gehwilc hnipaþ of dúne, wilnaþ tó eorþan, sume nédþearfe, sume neódfræce (cf. ealle beóþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan and ðider wilniaþ oððe ðæs ðe hí lyst oððe ðæs ðe hí beþurfon, Bt. 41,

ræpsung

(n.)
Grammar
ræpsung, e; f.
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Raepsung interceptio (v. preceding word, and cf. O. H. Ger. rafsunga correptio, invectio, increpatio ), Txts. 69, 1068. an interval Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ...

Linked entries: hrepsung repsung

ge-drencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drencan, p. -drencte; pp. drenced

To drenchdrownsubmergeredemergere

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To drench, drown; submergere, demergere Se wǽg gedrencte [-drecte MS.] dugoþ Egypta the wave drowned the army of the Egyptians, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 16; Exod. 500. Deáþe gedrenced drenched with death, 144; Th. 179, 25; Exod. 34.

scyld-full

(adj.)
Grammar
scyld-full, adj.
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Guilty, criminal, sinful, wicked Ic ( Adam ) wreó mé scyldfull, Cd. Th. 53, 30; Gen. 869. Bearn Godes on wergum folce wíf curon, scyldfulra mægð, scýne and fægere, 76, 4; Gen. 1252.

segnung

(n.)
Grammar
segnung, sénung, e ; f.
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onféng qui cum oblatus Brittonum sacerdotibus, nil curationis vel sanationis horum ministerio perciperet, Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 502, 26

þurh-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wund, adj.

Wounded by a weapon which has passed quite through

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[Cf. Sinness þatt stinngenn and þurrhwundenn all þatt bodig and tatt sawle, Orm. 17443.]

fen-ýce

(n.)
Grammar
fen-ýce, fen-ýce, -úce, an; f.

A snailtortoise

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Fænúcæ testudo (cf. limax snægl, testudo gehúsed snægl, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 5; lumbricus rénwyrm, chelio, testudo sǽsnǽl, 32), Txts. 100, 997.

for-dimmian

(v.)
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Þænne his mód ne feóndes hatunge byð fordimmode cum eius animus nec inimici odio fuscatur, Scint. 24, 19. Sé þe gaderað seolfer biþ fordimmod oððe áþýstrod (obscurabitur), 99, 19. For 'R. Conc. 1' substitute Add::

ge-hwirfedness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfedness, e; f.
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cf. ge-hweorfan ; ) Þone bryne þǽre flǽsclican gehwyrfednysse, Hml. S. 23 b, 523. conversion Seó sóðe gehwyrfednes ( conversio ) mæg beón on þǽre ýle-mestan tíde, Ll. Th. ii. 172, 31.

ge-regnong

(n.)
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A preparation of drugs, & c. Geregnong confectio (cf. robetae et spalangii pestifera confectio, Ald. 25, 16). [The gloss to this passage in Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 45 is gereohnung (l. geregnung? or geréonung? v. gereónian)], Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 12

ge-sǽlig

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlig, es; m.
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Cf. fertur sǽd, An. Ox. 4, 2.]

ge-wén

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wén, p. ge-wéde; pp. ge-wéd
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Cf. obuncabat, i. reflectebat beclypte, gebígede, An. Ox. 2956), Angl. xiii. 33, 155. Gewéd obliquus, Lch. i. lxi, 7; Hpt. 31, 9, 168

hohful-ness

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Gl. 404, 72. trouble, sadness, anxiety Þá eahta leahtras . . . hohfulnes (cf. se fífta leahtor is tristitia ꝥ is þissere worulde unrótnyss, Hml. S. 16, 289), Wlfst. 188, 37

mán-swerian

(v.)
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Hé swáþeáh mid þám óðrum mánswerige nihilominus cum aliis perjurium facit, 19. Nú gýt eástdǽles men swergeað ðurh his noman, and ne geþrístlǽcað hí ó ꝥ hí mánswergen on his noman, Shrn. 109, 17. Add

munuc-líf

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Add Ðá mynstra on Wintancestræ Eádgár cining tó munuclífe gedyde (cf. Chr. 964 ; P. 116, 3 under munuc), C. D. iii. 128, 20. add On ðám munuclífe þe is Lindisfarneá geháten, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 6.

un-wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wíd, adj.
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(cf. seó hell ys twá swá deóp, and heó ys ealswá wíd. Wlfst. 146, ll), Verc. Först, 109, 5

Linked entry: wíd

ælmes-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-riht, es; n.

A right or obligation in reference to alms

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A right or obligation in reference to alms (cf. Riht is ðæt man betǽce . . . þriddan dǽl (folces ælmessan) ðám þearfum,) (Ll.

gás-ríc

(n.)
Grammar
gás-ríc, es; m.

An impetuous creature, a furious animal

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An impetuous creature, a furious animal (used of the whale ; cf. the description in Wal. 5 : Se micla hwæl biþ unwillum oft geméted frécne and ferðgrim fareðlácendum) Fisc (a whale) flódu áhóf on fergenberig; warþ gásríc grorn þǽr hé on greút giswom