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cáf-scipe

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Substitute: Alacrity, energy, promptness, boldness Mid Godes eges cáfscipe bútú þá þing beóð gefyllede in velocitate timoris Dei ambe res citius explicantur, R. Ben. 20, 6.

un-wiþerweard

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wiþerweard, adj.

Not averse ⬩ not in opposition

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Not averse, not in opposition His folgeras, swá hié unwiðerweardran and gemódran beóð, swá hié fæstor tósomne beóð gefégde tó gódra monna hiénðe sequaces illius, quo nulla inter se discordiae adversitate divisi sunt, eo in bonorum gravius nece glomerantur

Linked entry: wiþer-weard

gest-líðnes

(n.)
Grammar
gest-líðnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Hospitableness ⬩ hospitality ⬩ hospĭtālĭtas

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Hospitableness, hospitality; hospĭtālĭtas Ðá se fóresprecena Godes man fela daga mid him wæs on gestlíðnesse cum præfātus clērĭcus alĭquot diēbus ăpud eum hospĭtārētur, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 6.

ge-sundfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sundfullíce, superl. -lícost; adv.

Safely ⬩ securely ⬩ successfully ⬩ prosperously ⬩ tūte ⬩ prospĕre

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Hió færþ gesundfullícost it goes most securely, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 22

Linked entry: -sundfullíce

tó-ceówan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ceówan, p. -ceaw, pl. -cuwon; pp. -cowen

To chew to pieces, ⬩ break up by chewing ⬩ masticate

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Hit tocheoweð ant touret Godes milce, A. R. 202, 16

á-smorian

(v.)
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Mid ðǽre wilnunge ðisse worlde bið ásmorod (suffocatum) ðæt sǽd Godes worda, Past. 67, 22, Ðǽr hine ongeáton Adam and Eua þǽr hí ásmorede wǽron mid deópum ðeóstrum, Shrn. 68, 13. Add

ge-stígan

(v.)
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(l c) to go on to a ship :-- Ic on ceól gestáh, An. 901. Gestág in scipp ascendens in nauiculam, Mt. L. 9, l.

scríðan

(v.)
Grammar
scríðan, p. scráð, pl. scridon; pp. scriden, scriðen.

to go ⬩ take one's way to a place ⬩ to go hither and thither ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ of the gliding motion of a ship, cloud, etc., or of the motion of a heavenly body in its orbit ⬩ of the increase or decrease of light ⬩ of the coming of times or seasons, of the passage of time

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Com on wanre niht scrídan sceadugenga, 1410; B. 703. to go hither and thither, go about, wander Líg scríðeþ geond woruld wide fire shall spread itself far and wide through the world, Exon. Th. 51, 3; Cri. 810.

cépe-þing

(n.)
Grammar
cépe-þing, pl. n.

Saleable things, goods, ware, merchandise ⬩ venalia, merces

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Saleable things, goods, ware, merchandise; venalia, merces Secgeaþ hí ðæt cýpemen monig cépeþing to ceápstowe brohte dicunt quia mercatoribus multa venalia in forum fuissent conlata, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 4. Cépeþing [MS. cepeþinge] merces, Ælfc.

Linked entry: cýpe-þing

ifig-tearo

(n.)
Grammar
ifig-tearo, n : -tara, an ; m.

Ivy tar

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Dó clǽne ifigtaran ðǽr on gif ðú hæbbe [cf. dó gódne sciptaran tó, 326, 14], 3, 26; Lchdm. ii. 322, 27

cyne-stól

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Add: a throne Hé eall mid reádum golde his cynestól geworhte, H. R. 101, 2. a seat of government, capital Hierusalem, Iudéa cynestól, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 26.

fiþer-hama

(n.)
Grammar
fiþer-hama, an; m.

plumage

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A covering of feathers with wings, plumage Godes engel standande mid gyldenum fyþerhaman, Hml. S. 34, 74. Hé mid deóflicum fiðerhaman fleón wolde. Hml. Th. i. 380, 29.

meord

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For gelícnesse gódra meorda (méde, v. l.) and edleána pro aequalitate praemiorum, 312, 14. Cf. méd. Add

self-cwala

(n.)
Grammar
self-cwala, an; m.
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A suicide Wé sceolan witan ꝥ nán sylfcwala, ꝥ is ágenslaga, ne becymð tó Godes ríce, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 14. Sylfcwalan and hǽðene men ne ðurfon tó þám dóme; ac hié bióð sóna fordémede, Verc. Först. 172. Sylfcwalan biothanatas, An. Ox. 7, 181

Linked entry: cwala

trahtnere

(n.)
Grammar
trahtnere, es; m.

An expositor ⬩ commentator

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Se trahtnere cwið, ðæt ðæt gyftlíce hús wæs ðryflére, for ðan ðe on Godes gelaðunge sind þrý stæpas gecorenra manna, 70, 16: i. 338, 16. Hieronimus se wísa trahtnere, Homl. Ass. 36, 296

á-wendedness

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Hwæt is gódra manna deáð búton áwendednys and færr fram deáðe tó ðám écan lífe?, Hml. Th. ii. 232, 23. Gif hwá rǽde ic bidde ꝥ hé þás áwændednesse (translation) ne tǽle, Ap. Th. 28, 18. On áwændednyssum heora, (commutationibus) Ps. L. 43, 13. Add

Linked entry: -wend(ed)ness

ge-þyncþ

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ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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Ne derode Ióbe náht þæs deófles costnung, ac fremode, for ðan ðe hé wæs fulfremedre on geþincðum and Gode neár æfter ðæs sceoccan éhtnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 450, 2.

un-sib

(n.)
Grammar
un-sib, un-sibb, e; f.

unfriendliness ⬩ unkindliness ⬩ enmity ⬩ strife ⬩ hostilities ⬩ war ⬩ division ⬩ variance ⬩ disagreement ⬩ disunion

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God úslǽrð sibbe and wynsumnesse, and deófol ús lǽrð unsibbe and wróhte, Homl. Ass. 168, 112: Cd. Th. 281, 13; Sat. 271. Ic andette mínes módes morðor and unsibbe and ofermódignesse, L. de Cf. 8; Th. ii. 262, 32.

an-sín

(n.)
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On Drihtnes onsýne wunian to dwell where God could be seen, 103, 33. Hé heora ǽrendracan swá unweorðlíce forseah ꝥ hé heora self onseón nolde legatos Romanorum injuriosissime a conspectu suo abstinuit, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 7.

Linked entry: an-sýn

irfe

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Ürum cildum wé tiochiað úrne eard and úrne éðel and úre ierfe eall ætsomne tó te forlǽtanne pueris tota simul patrímonia heredibus reservamus, Past. 391, 28. property Willa ic gesellan of ðém ærfe ðe mé God forget . . . LX ambra maltes . . . C.