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hel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hel-líc, adj.

Hellish ⬩ infernal

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Seó fæstnung ðære hellícan clýsinge ne geþafaþ ðæt hí ǽfre útábrecon the fastening of the enclosure of hell does not permit them ever to break out, i. 332, 20: ii. 80, 6.

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lást-weard

(n.)
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lást-weard, es; m.

a successor ⬩ pursuer

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Ic ne míne lástweardas neither I nor my successors, Chart. Th. 29, 12

middaneard-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
middaneard-líc, adj.

Earthly ⬩ worldly ⬩ mundane ⬩ earthly

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Earthly. in a physical sense Ðæt heó mid hyre hǽtan middaneardes (other MSS. middaneardlíce) wæstmas, ne forbærne, Lchdm. iii. 250, 17. as distinguished from spiritual or heavenly, worldly, mundane, earthly Godes sunu becom tó ðissum middanearde tó

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nihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
nihtes, (gen. of niht, q. v.); adv.

At night ⬩ night

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At night, night Ne mæg ic búton mynstre nihtes wunian I cannot stop out of the monastery at night, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 34. Ðá gestód hé æt ánum éhþyrle óþ forþ nihtes ( far on into the night ), 184, 27.

plantian

(v.)
Grammar
plantian, p. od
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To plant Ðú plantast ( plantes ) wíneard and ne brícst his, Deut. 28, 30. Gé plantiaþ, 28, 39. Gé plantigeaþ, Lev. 19, 23. Hí heora heortan wyrtruman on ðisum andwerdum life plantiaþ,Homl. Th. ii. 132, 7.

be-þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þurfan, bi-þurfan, ic, he -þearf, ðú -þearft, pl. -þurfon; p. -þorfte, pl. -þorfton; subj. -þurfe, pl. -þurfen; p. -þorfte, pl. -þorften; gen. or acc. or v. n.

To need, have need, want, to be in want, to require ⬩ opus habere, egere, indigere

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To need, have need, want, to be in want, to require; opus habere, egere, indigere Wísdómes beþearf he requires wisdom, Elen. Kmbl. 1082; El. 543. Ic árna biþearf I need mercy, Exon. 76 a; Th. 285, 17; Jul. 715: Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 48.

ge-clǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-clǽnsian, -clǽnsigan, -clǽsnian, -clánsian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [clǽnsian to cleanse]

To cleanse ⬩ purify ⬩ mundāre ⬩ purgāre

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Saul ne meahte his wambe geclǽnsigan Saul could not purify his stomach, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 197, 24; Hat. MS. 38 a, 9. Geclǽnsa oððe afeorma me munda me, Ps. Lamb. 50, 4. Ic beó geclǽnsod mundābar, 50, 9 : Mt.

ge-fylgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fylgan, p. -fylgde; pp. -fylged

To follow ⬩ attend upon ⬩ reach by following

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To follow, attend upon, reach by following Ðæt him gefylgan ne mæg drýmendra gedryht so that the flock of rejoicing ones cannot follow him, Exon. 60 b; Th. 222, 12; Ph. 347. Gif gé ðisum leáse leng gefylgaþ if ye pursue this falsehood longer, Elen.

ge-neát

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát, es; m.

A companion, associate, vassal

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A companion, associate, vassal Big-standaþ me strange geneátas ða ne willaþ me æt ðam stríðe geswícan strong companions stand by me who will not fail me at the strife, Cd. 15; Th. 18, 36;Gen. 284. Geneát inquilinus, Cot. 108: parasitus, 152.

ge-nihtsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsum, -nyhtsum; adj.

abundant, abounding, copious, rich, plentiful, fruitful ⬩ abundans, ūber, cōpiōsus, affluus, profluus ⬩ satisfied ⬩ sătiābĭlis ⬩ abundans

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Hladungum genihtsumum haustĭbus affluis, 58, 12. satisfied; sătiābĭlis Se ðe ǽr ne wæs níþes genihtsum who ere was not satisfied with slaughter, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 15; Gen. 1995

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tealt

(adj.)
Grammar
tealt, adj.

in a physical sense, unsteady ⬩ in a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious

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un-geleáfsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáfsum, adj.

Unbelieving ⬩ infidel ⬩ not Christian

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Unbelieving, infidel, not Christian Se ðe ðam suna is ungeleáfsum ne gesyhþ hé líf qui incredulus est filio non uidebit vitam, Jn. Skt. 3, 36. Ða ungeleáfsuman ðeóde gesécan incredulam gentem adire, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 33.

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un-tǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tǽle, adj.

Blameless ⬩ without reproach

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Blameless, without reproach Ðeáh ðe nǽfre ne wurde syððan mancynne gemiltsod, ðeáh wǽre Godes rihtwísnys eallunga untǽle, Homl. Th. i. 112, 19.

un-þinged

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þinged, adj.

Uninvited ⬩ sudden ⬩ unexpected

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Dol biþ se ðe him his Dryhten ne ondrǽdeþ; cymeþ him se deáð un-þinged, Exon. 312, 8; Seef. 106: 335, 18; Gn. Ex. 35

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un-sceþþende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþende, adj.

Innocent ⬩ harmless

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Ðæt hé ðære unsceþþendan ( innocuae ) ylde cilda ne árede, 2, 20; S. 521, 25. Ðone mildheortan and ðone unsceþþendan Crist, Blickl. Homl. 3, 11. Hí ða unscæþþendan ( innoxiam ) ðeóde forhergodon, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 6.

un-snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
un-snotor, -snottor; adj.

Unwise ⬩ foolish

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Ðæt biþ swíþe dysig man and unsnottor on his lífe, se þe lufaþ ðás eorþlícan welan and ne lufaþ God ðe hit him eal sealde, Blickl. Homl. 195, 24. Ðú dysega man and ðú unsnottra, 49, 35. Unsnotterra insipientum, Rtl. 86, 14.

wiþer-cora

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cora, an; m.

an adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ rebel ⬩ a reprobate person

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Ne sý hé sacerd geteald, ac Godes wiþercora (wiþersaca, v. l. rebellio), R. Ben. 113, 13. Freónd hé wæs ðurh geleáfan, and wiþercora þurh weorc, Homl. Th. i. 530, 5.

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á-hwænne

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Spl. 34, 20. at any time Ðí lǽs áhwænne gegrípe ne quando rapiat, Ps. Spl. 7, 2. Áhwanne, Ps. L. 2, 12. Gif hit áhwænne ( aliquando ) swá gelimpð, Ll. Th. ii. 188, 25: 190, 7: R. Ben. 99, 21: 103, 2. Ǽhwænne, R. Ben.

ambehtan

(v.)
Grammar
ambehtan, p. te: embeht(i)an (q. v. in Dict.); p. ode
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Ne embigto wé ðé non ministravimus tibi, Mt. L. 25, 44. Manige cræftigan and eác má óþra weorcmanna þe þám onbyhtan (-behtum, v. l.) and hýrdon artifices multos ac plures subministrantes operarios, Gr. D. 251, 14. Embehtadon ministrabant, Lk.

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cemban

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.), and nǽnig man ǽr mid cemde ne æfter cembe. Under ðám treówe cembe hyre feax ... ꝥ bið lǽcedóm þǽre ðe hyre heáfod þǽr cembeþ (cæmbeð, v. l. ), Lch. i. 332, 11-18.