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út-ácumen

(adj.)
Grammar
út-ácumen, -cymen[e]; adj.

Strangeralienforeign

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Stranger, alien, foreign Démaþ ǽlcon men riht, sí hit burga man, sí hit útácymene (peregrinus) Deut. 1, 16. Se útácymena (útancumena, v. l.) munuc ðe of uncúðum eardum cymð si quis monachus peregrinus de longinquis provinciis supervenerit, R.

bót

mendingrepairremedyimprovementhelpamendmentamendsreparationrepentancepenance

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Him tó laman limseóce cwómon ... symle hǽlo þǽr æt þám bisceope, bóte fundon, El. 1217 : 299. rescue from evil or peril, amendment of condition help Hý tó anlic-nessum hý gebǽdon, and wéndon þæt heom of ðám cóme bót ... ǽlc yfel cymð of deófle and ǽlc

hwanan

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Ongitan hwæt hié send, and hwonan hí send, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 5. ' Wást ðú hwonan ǽlc wuht cóme?' 'Ic wát ǽlc wuht fram Gode cóm, 5, 3; F. 12, 21. Þæt is cúð hwanon þám ordfruman æðelu onwócen, An. 683.

gifu

(n.)
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Gifum, 165, 21. a natural ability or faculty Ǽlc cræft hæfþ his sundorgife, and þá gife hé forgifþ ǽlcum ðára ðe hine lufað, Bt. 27, 2 ; F. 96, 31.

molde

(n.)
Grammar
molde, an;

moulddustsandearthgroundearthlandearth

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Voc. i. 41, 61: humus, 70, 12: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 53. Of ðære moldan tyrf from the grass of the ground, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 8; Ph. 66. God forþ áteáh of ðære moldan ( de humo ) ǽlces cynnes treów, Gen. 2, 9.

ge-strínan

(v.)
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Hé bearn gestrínde be his gebeddan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 21. Gestriéne, Past. 43, 14. Gestríne, 42, 13. Gestrénen procreare, i. generare, An. Ox. 3387. Tó gestriénanne, Past. 399, 4. Ǽlcon men þe on þysan lífe byá gestreóned, Hml. S. 23, 597.

sceamu

(n.)
Grammar
sceamu, e; f.

modesty, bashfulnessshame, confusionwhat causes a feeling of shame, disgrace, shame the private part

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the emotion caused by consciousness of unworthiness or of disgrace in a good sense modesty, bashfulness ; in a bad sense, shame, confusion Sceamu pudor . . . reádnyss oððe sceamu rubor Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21 ; Som. 10, 17-18.

Linked entries: a-swǽrnung sceam-lim

bismer

(n.)
Grammar
bismer, n.

infamyshamedisgraceignominyhumiliationscorncontumelyinsult blasphemy

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Hí wrohten ǽlc þǽra harme and bismere þæs cynges, mannan ... hú hí mihton þæs cynges bismer áwrecan and ealles þeódscipes, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 1-8. Hé sǽde þá sár and ðá bysmra þe hé ádreógan wolde, Bl.

Linked entry: bismer-sprecan

ge-nyhtsumian

(v.)
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Add: to abound, have abundance Ælc þǽra ðe hæfð, him bið máre geseald, and hé genihtsumað ( abundabit ), Hml. Th. ii. 556, 12. Genyhtsumaþ (hé hæfð genóh, W. S.), Mt. R. 25, 29: 13, 12. Þǽm hæbbendum mon sceal ágyfan and hí genyhtsumiað, Ll.

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, p. ge-teóde.
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Ex. 174. to appoint a person or thing to a course, &c. destine Wið þæs gecyndes þe hí Fæder æt frymðe fæste getióde (cf. þǽre gecynde ðe ǽlc gesceaft tó gesceapen wæs, Bt. 25; F. 88, 7), Met. 13, 13.

sceand-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceand-líc, j adj.

infamous, base, viledisgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene disgraceful

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Ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan, Wulfst. 160, 5. Hé sang scandlícu leóþ, and plegode scandlíce plegan, Shrn. 121, 10. Sceondlícum corruptibilibus, Rtl. 24, 36.

ge-þingþu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þingþu, -þingcþu, -þincþ, -þyncþ, e; f.

honourdignityrankhonordignitas

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Godes gecorenan scínaþ on heofonlícum wuldre ǽlc be his geþingcþum; nú is geleáflíc ðæt seó eádige cwén mid swá micclum wuldre and beorhtnysse óðre oferstíge, swá micclum swá hire geþincþe óðra hálgena unwiðmetenlíce sind God's elect shine in heavenly

Linked entries: þyncþ ge-þincð

hremming

(n.)
Grammar
hremming, e;f

A hinderinghindranceobstructionobstacleimpediment

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A hindering, hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, impediment Nú is ðære eorþan sinewealtnys and ðære sunnan ymgang hremming ðæt se dæg ne byþ on ǽlcum earde gelíce lang now the roundness of the earth and the course of the sun is an obstacle to the day being

íðe-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
íðe-líce, adv.

Easily

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Iéðelíce forneáh búton ǽlcon gewinne easily, almost without any struggle, 3, 7 ; Swt. 112, 28. Ýðelíce, Beo. Th. 3116; B. 1556.

Scyttisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Scyttisc, adj.
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Scyttisc gecost gealdor wið ǽlcum áttre, Lchdm. ii. 10, 23. Scyttysces cynnes natione Scottus, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 16. Gif hé hæfþ Scyttisc weax, Lchdm. ii. 114, 11: iii. 46, 17.

Linked entry: Scittisc

byrele

(n.)
Grammar
byrele, es; m.
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Ǽlcan gesettan discðegne and gesettan biriele, C. D. B. iii. 75, 30. Gif wið eorles birele man geligeð . . . wið ceorles birelan, Ll. Th. i. 6, 11, 13. Hét hé þone byrle beódon Martine ǽrest, Hml. S. 31, 632.

ge-ligernes

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Substitute for second line Ǽlcne þára þe hió geácsian myhte þæt kynekynnes wæs, hió tó hyre gespón for hyre geligernesse, and syððan hió hý ealle beswác tó deáðe cum omnes, quos regie arcessitos, meretricie habitos, concubitu oblectasset, occideret.

ge-cneówian

(v.)
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Gesinge hé fíftig sealma and gecneówige æt ǽlcon heora; and gif hé gecneówian ne mæge, singe hundseofontig sealma cantet quinquaginta psalmos et inter singulos eorum in genua procumbat; si in genua procumbere nequit, septuaginta psalmos cantet, Ll.

ge-dræg

Grammar
ge-dræg, ge-dreag.
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Substitute : What is drawn together (v. dragan; ), a concourse, an assembly, of living beings Deófla gedrseg sécan, B. 756. (1 a) a noisy assembly, the tumult made by such an assembly :-- Þǽr bið cirm and cwicra gewin, gehreów and hlúd wóp . . . earmlic ælda

lustfull-nes

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Gehiren hí ðæt ðás andweardan gód bióð from ǽlcre lustfulnesse ( a delectatione) gewítende, 441, 20: Gr. D. 322, 27. Lustfulnes[sa] inlecebras, uoluptates, An. Ox. 50, 6. Add