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for-démednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-démednes, -ness, e; f.

Condemnationproscriptioncondemnātioproscriptio

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Condemnation, proscription; condemnātio, proscriptio Þurh tyn winter full Godes cyricena bærnesse, and unsceað*-*ðiendra fordémednesse, and slege háligra martyra unblinnendlíce dón wæs per décem annos, incendiis ecclēsiārum, proscriptiōnĭbus innŏcentum

fór-werd

(n.)
Grammar
fór-werd, e; f.

A fore-wardprecautioncontractagreementpræcautiopactum

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A fore-ward, precaution, contract, agreement; præcautio, pactum Hér swutelaþ ymb ða fórwerda ðe Wulfric and se arcebisceop geworhton here is made known concerning the agreements which Wulfric and the archbishop made, Cod.

weorold-irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-irmþ, weorold-irmþu; f.
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Hí héton eft lóhannes gebringan æt his mynstre, fram ðám woruldyrmþum ðe hé hwíle on wæs, Ors. 6, 10; Bos. 120, 36

ýþ-hof

(n.)
Grammar
ýþ-hof, es; n.
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A wave-house, a vessel Ceólas léton æt sǽfearoðe, ald ýðhofu, oncrum fæste, Elen. Kmbl. 503; El. 252. Ongan ófostlíce ðæt hof (ýðhof is suggested by Grein, which would restore the missing alliteration ) wyrcan, Cd. Th. 79, 25; Gen. 1316

á-hwettan

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His mód wæs mid þǽm bismre áhwet hac contumelia quasi cote ad virtutem usus est, 6, 30; S. 280, 14. Add

Linked entry: hwettan

be-werigend

Grammar
be-werigend, -wergend

a protector

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Paulus wæs bewerigend þǽre ealdan ǽ, Hml. Th. i. 388, 32: Hml. S. 7, 127. Ðæt gé sýn beweriendras Crtstes landáre, C. D. iii. 350, 27. Add

beorhtlíce

(adv.)

splendidlyclearly

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Ic wæs blind bám eágum, nú ic beorhtlíce leóhtes brúce, Hml. Th. i. 422, 7

cǽg-bora

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Sc̃s Heremus wæs cǽgbora in Róme, Shrn. 121, 23. [Cf. N. E. D. key-bearer.] Cf. cǽg-hirde

elnung

encouragementcomfortzeal

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S. 23, 524. zeal Hé mid geornfulre elnunge úp árísende wæs, Hml. S. 31, 251

faðu

(n.)
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Sc̃e Emeliana wæs sc̃e Gregorius faðe, Shrn. 48, 6. Faðu oððe módrige, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 14. Be Tassillan mínre faðan de Tharsilla amita mea, Gr. D. 286, 8. Dele e ; f. : and add

fleswian

(v.)
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Another various reading is fleose-wade. For 'To mutter, whisper' substitute:

fore-wítegian

(v.)
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Wæs forewítegod praefiguratur, An. Ox. 1541. Add

Linked entry: wítegian

ge-span

Grammar
ge-span, suggestion.
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Ðá wæs Adam ðurh gespan ðǽre nǽddran oferswíðed . . . On ðǽm gespane wé magon ongietan ðá synne, Past. 417, 19-30. Add

ge-bréman

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Substitute for the passage Drihten wolde gebréman and geweorðian þá ludéiscan æfter þǽre wísan þe on ðǽre ealdan ǽbeboden wæs, Hml. A. 152, 18. Nónsanges on ðǽre endebyrdnesse sí gebrémod gebed none eo ordine celebretur oratio, R. Ben. 1. 47, 11

hecg

(n.)
Grammar
hecg, hegg, e ; f.

A hedgefence

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Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20

portic

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Hí gesáwon án lang portic on ðám norðdǽle . . . on ðám eástdǽle wæs gesewen micel cyrce . . . Seó cyrce mid hire portice mihte fíf hund manna befón on hire rýmette, Hml. Th. i. 508, 9-14. v. eást-, hálig-portic

riht-gefég

(n.)
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a proper joining Eall þæs scipes fæt wæs ácweht and for ðám mycclum ýþum tólýsed and tósloþen fram eallum his rihtgefégum (rihtgefongum, v. l.) totum vas navis quassatum nimiis fluctibus, ab omni fuerat sua compage dissolutum, Gr. D. 248, 26

Linked entry: ge-fég

rihtlíce

(adv.)
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Add Þá ðe rihtlíce healdað hyra ǽwe, and on álýfedum tíman hǽmed begáð, Hml, Th. i. 148, 21. of direction, directly Ðá áxode ic hwilc se wæg wǽre þe tó Iordane þǽre eá rihtlícost gelǽdde, Hml. S. 23 b, 494

cwide

Grammar
cwide, <b>; IV.</b>
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D. 329, 18. an agreement Hé ná tó him hwearf æfter heora cwyde (gecwide, v.l. condictum ) ... wæs hé gemyndig heora cwydes, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 329, 18

út-lende

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lende, adj.

Foreignstrangenot native

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Iacob útlænde (accola) wæs on eorðan Cham, 104, 21. Hé mǽnde be his feóndum ǽgðer ge inlendum ge útlendum, Ps. Th. 2, arg

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