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mád

(adj.)
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Substitute: mád-mód; adj. Senseless (v. ge-mád) Sum on oferhygdo þrymme þringeð, þrintetð him oninnan ungeméde mádmód ( senseless arrogance ), Mód. 25

mynster-hám

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Wé hine cúðon in þám mynsterháme þe hé on wæs nos eum in hac ecclesiastica domo novimus Gr. D. 319, 24. Add

nefe

(n.)
Grammar
nefe, (?), an ; f.
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A grand-daughter Se cyng blissode on his ylde ꝥ hé geseah his nefan (nefenan?) mid hire were, Ap. Th. 27, 9

Linked entry: fór-nefe

of-earmung

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On ofearmunga and mildheortnesse in miseratione et misericordia, Ps. Rdr. 102, 5. Gemyne ofearmunga (miserationum) þínra and mildheortnesse þínre, 24, 6. Add

ríclíce

(adv.)
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In l. 2 l. imperabatis, and Add Þám ælmihtigan tó lofe, sé þe on écnysse ríxað ríclíce mihtig, Hml. S. 36, 424

sculdor

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Add: sculdra, an Hé dó of mæssehacelan and twyfeldende hí onbútan lecgehim on wynstran sculdran (in sinistra scapula), Angl. xiii. 406, 588

un-miltsigendlic

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Gif hwá forsihð þá forgifenisse þe se hálga gást sylð, þonne bið his synn unmyltsiendlic on écnysse, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. II. Add

Linked entry: miltsigend-lic

un-seoflende

(adj.)
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not sighing, glad Hwædere gé bióð unsiofiende, hió gecyrreð eft eów on gefeán sed tristitia uestra conuertit in gaudium, Verc. Först. 176

un-wís

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Add: mad, insane Hé wénde ꝥ hé sprǽke on unwís, þá hé bebeád ꝥ . . . (quod quasi insana praeciperet), Gr. D. 58, I

riht-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
riht-tíd, e; f.

A proper time

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A proper time Hé ða Eástran on heora rihttíde ne heóld Pascha suo tempore non observabat, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 18

wæl-rún

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-rún, e; f.

The secret of approaching slaughter

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The secret of approaching slaughter Fyrdleóð ágól wulf on walde, wælrúne ne máð (proclaimed the coming carnage), Elen. Kmbl. 56; El. 28

gafol-swán

a swineherd who had a herd of swine from the lord on condition of paying a certain part of the stock.

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Add: a swineherd who had a herd of swine from the lord on condition of paying a certain part of the stock

brygdan

(v.)
Grammar
brygdan, he brygdeþ

To turnvertere

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To turn; vertere He hálge láre brygdeþ on bysmer he turneth holy lore to mockery, Exon. 117a; Th. 449, 14; Dóm. 71

á-súgan

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Ic hét hié gebindan ðæt hié on niht wǽron from þǽm wyrmum ásogone ut nocte a serpentibus consumerentur, Nor. 16, 26. Add

á-þenung

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á-þenung, (-ing).
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Sió áþenung þæs magan, (distension) Lch. Ii. 192, 17. On bedde áþeninge mínre in lecto strati mei, Ps. L. 131, 3. Add

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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and add: a family, wife and children Gif hwá stalie swá his wif nyte and his bearn ... Gif hé stalie on gewitnesse ealles his híredes, Ll. Th. i. 106, 15-17. Gif hig (priests) hwylc árwyrðe hýredes fæder tó his húse gelaðige, sé þe wyle mid his wífe

Sunnan-dæg

(n.)
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Sunnan-dæg, es; m.
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Sunday Iúdagum Romani and eác Angli gehálgedon on ðisra tungla gemynde heora dagas, and ðæne forman dæg hig héton Sunnandæg, forðan heó ys ealra tungla wlitegost, and se dæg wæs ealra daga fyrmest on heora dagum, and nú ys on úrum tíman, Gode lof ealles

stów

(n.)
Grammar
stów, e ; f.
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A place. The word remains either alone or in composition in place-names, e. g. Stow in Huntingdonshire, Stowe in Northamptonshire, Chepstow old ceáp-stów q. v. Stów locus, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 31. a place, spot, locality, site Ðeó stów ( Calvary ) wæs gehende

wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
wrecan, p. wræc, pl.wrǽcon; pp.wrecen

To drivepressto driveforce to moveto drive outexpelto drive outto expressutterreciteto drive inimpressinlayto drivepractisecarry outonto drivepress onto wreakto punishto punishto punishto punishto avengeto avengeto avengeto avengeto avengeto take vengeance (on)

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To drive, press Wraec aegit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 43. Uuraec torquet, 122, 50. Wræc egit, i. ducit, compulit, Wülck. Gl. 227, 6. Wrecende, drífende agens, Wrt. Voc. ii. l, 3. to drive, force to move Hwílum mec mín freá sendeþ under sǽlwonge, and on bid

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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Add: a row, series, rank of objects on the same level Ðá xii apostolas and siððan ealle ðá endebyrdnessa ðára biscopa ðe ðǽræfter fylgeað universus pastorum ordo, Past. 105, 6. Heó hæfð on ǽghwylcum leáfe twá endebyrdnyssa fægerra pricena, Lch. i. 188