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plegol

(adj.)
Grammar
plegol, adj.
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Playful, sportive, jocose Hwílon wacodon menu ofer án deád líc, and ðǽr wæs sum dysig mann plegol ungemetíce, and tó ðám mannum cwæþ swylce for plegan, ðæt hé Swýðun wǽte, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 292

cúþ

Grammar
cúþ, <b>; I.</b>
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Manige his cúðra manna, ge æþelcunde ge óðre, þá þe hine swíðe árodon, Gr. D. 22, 14

be-weardian

(v.)
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Englas beweardiað manna gehwylcne, Wlfst. 144, 18. Add:

missenlic-ness

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Seó missenlicnes (diversitas) manna líchamena . . . seó missenlicnes manna synna, 333, 23. Add

níþan

(v.)
Grammar
níþan, p. de
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To envy Þweora manna þeáw is ꝥ hí æfestiað óþra manna góddǽde and hefelíce níþað þá hí selfe nó ðý ǽr habban willað mos pravorum est invidere aliis virtutis bonum quod ipsi habere non appetunt, Gr. D. 117, 5

-es

(suffix)
Grammar
-es, is the termination of adverbs in many cases where the noun is not so formed; as nihtes by night, nightly; nédes

of necessity, necessarily

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of necessity, necessarily

ambyht-secg

(n.)
Grammar
ambyht-secg, es; m. [ambeht an office, command, message; secg a man, messenger]

An official man ⬩ a messenger ⬩ ambassador ⬩ minister ⬩ nuncius ⬩ legatus

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An official man, a messenger, ambassador; minister, nuncius, legatus Ðæt ic seó gramum ambyhtsecg, nales Godes engel that I am a minister to the malignant one, not God's angel, Cd. 27; Th. 36, 35 ; Gen. 582

Linked entry: ambeht-secg

mis-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
mis-gelimp, es; n.

Mishap ⬩ misadventure

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Mishap, misadventure Hé sende misgelimpu on manna bearn, Wulfst. 211, 30

Linked entry: ge-limp

sib-fæc

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Binnan syx manna sibbfæce, Wlfst. 308, 6. Sibfæce, 271, 9. Add

-ere

(suffix)
Grammar
-ere, -er, es; m. as the termination of many nouns, signifies a person or agent, v. fulwer and fullere a fuller, bleacher, Mk. Bos. 9, 3: from wer a man; plegere a player; sǽdere a sower; wrítere a writer.

á-sprungen

(adj.)
Grammar
á-sprungen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Defunct

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Defunct Is þeáw ꝥ ásprungenra manna líc and ǽwfæstra manna man byreð on ciricean consuetudo est monachorum et hominum religiosorum cadavera (cf. monachos vel homines religiosos defunctos, 53, 9) in ecclesiam portare, Ll. Th. ii. 160, 24

æf-éstian

(v.)
Grammar
æf-éstian, -éstigan.

to envy ⬩ to grow envious

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Substitute: to envy Hit þweora manna þeáw is ðæt hí æfæstiað óþra manna góddǽde mos pravorum est invidere aliis virtutis bonum Gr. D. 117, 4. to grow envious Æfestian libescant Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 41.

hirwing

(n.)
Grammar
hirwing, e; f.

Evil-speaking ⬩ blasphemy

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Evil-speaking, blasphemy Of heortan manna ... forðstæppað ... hyrwincga (blasphemia), Scint. 137, 12

þearfan

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¶ Add Heura ǽlc án .c. þearfendra manna gebaðige, Cht. Th. 616, 24

Flemisc

(adj.)
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Flemish Án hund manna, Frencisce and Flemisce, Chr. 1080; P. 214, 10

á-dysigian

(v.)
Grammar
á-dysigian, p. ode

To become foolish

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To become foolish Manna mód syndon earmlíce áþýstrode and ádysgode, Wlfst. 185, 12

Linked entry: dysegian

be-byrignys

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Gangað tó deádra manna bebyrignesse, Verc. Först. 128, 8. Add

un-weorþung

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Add: dishonouring Unwurþung (inhonoratio ) góddra manna, unwurðung mága, Sunnandaga unwurþung, Chrd. 40, 29-31

and-wreþian

(v.)
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to support Stæf ꝥ hí mægen manna untrumnyssa and-wreðian (sustentent), Chrd. 62, 29

Linked entry: wreþian

lád-rinc

Grammar
lád-rinc, For 'The word, ... vehicularius' substitute: In attempting to determine the meaning of this word it should be noticed that lád in all its other compounds, lád-mann, -scipe, -teáh, -teów, has the force of leading, guidance. The
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lád-rinc seems to be a guide, and his special character in the passage given above may be inferred from the following passage Si aduenae de aliis regionibus aduenirent, debebant ducatum habere ad aliam regalem uillam quae proxima fuisset in illorum uia

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