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bí-geng

(n.)
Grammar
bí-geng, (big-).

practiceexercisedoingcultivationtillageobservanceworship

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Ænigne deófles bígencg tó dónne, 143, 122. ꝥ hiora biggencgas ne wurdon ádwǽscte, Hml.S. 22, 195. Bígencgum ceremoniis .i. legibus divinis, An. Ox. 2224. ꝥá þe Godes beboda mid biggengum ne healdad, Hml. S. 16, 172.

be-þencan

consider

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Beþence hé hine sylfne, and beðence hwæðer hine ne mæge ǽnig man getǽlan, Wlfst. 233, 22. with prep. ꝥ hé ǽfre ne beþence ymbe þá hreówsunge de poenitentia nunquam cogitare, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 25. to entrust to (for examples v. Dict.).

for-sacan

renounceabandonforsake

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Add Ic forsace detracto, ne forsace ic non detracto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 1, 2. Forsooc detractavit, 106, 15. Forsóc, 25, 24. to refuse to receive what is offered Hé forsóc þá feáwa axan (cf. ꝥ hé underfénge þá gerýnu, 46), Hml. S. 12, 58.

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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N. E. D. for-sweal. un-forswǽled

ge-bletsian

(v.)
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ne cunnon ðone geleáfan, ne eác hí gebletsian, Hml. S. 5, 238. to call holy, adore Þé gebletsige . . . weorca gehwilc, Dan. 363. Drihten sí gebletsad. Ps. Th. 65, 18. Gebledsod, An. 540. Sí Godes nama écelíce gebletsod, Ll. Th. i. 374, 33.

ge-tynge

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Ne weorþeð on worulde ǽnig wordsnotera ne on wordum getingra þonne Antecríst wyrðeþ. Wlfst. 54, 21. Hé wæs se getingesta wer erat vir eloquentissimus. Gr. D. 180, 9. of speech Getinge lepida (sermonum series ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 84: 52, 40.

hlúd

noisytalkativeclamorousa blowa crash

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Nǽfre mon þæs hlúde býman ábláweð ðæt ne sý seó beorhte stefn hlúdre, Dóm. 111. of action that makes a sound, e. g. a blow, a crash Heard gebrec hlúd unmǽte. Cri. 954.

Linked entry: hlúde

smyltness

(n.)
Grammar
smyltness, e; f.

Quiet, calm, serenity, tranquillityof physical calmthe quiet of evening, eveninggentleness, quietness in actionquiet, silenceplacidity, calmnesspeace, tranquillity, quiet calmness, composure

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Næhtes smyltnisse noctis quiete Rtl. 37, 35. gentleness, quietness in action Hig hine mid ealre smyltnesse swá gelǽddon and on heora fiðerum bǽron, ðæt hé ne mihte ne on scipe fægeror gefered beón Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 40, 16, 14. quiet, silence Smyltnisse

lufu

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Seó lufu . . . byil geéced þonne þæt andgyt byð gefæstnod on Gode ; ne þare lufu ne byð nán ende, Solil. H. 29, 6-8. Hí feorh ágéfan for Meotudes lufan, Men. 82.

hád

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Ne genéð þú (a priest) nǽfre ꝥ þú gá tó þám hálgan híde (cf. ne geneálǽc ðú Godes ðénungum, Hml.

ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ryne, es; m.

A course, run, running,an orbitcourse, uninterrupted progressa course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood course, cycle, lustrecourse of life

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Þer is mest neod hold hwon þe tunge is o rune, A. R. 74, 21

Linked entry: rine

hǽte

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</b> the sensation caused by contact with fire :-- Ne undergyte gé þæt eówre gléda náne hǽtan mínum líchaman ne gedóð, ac swíðor célinge?, Hml.

sárig-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig-lic, adj.
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Sad, mournful, melancholy sume hwíle wé sprácon ymb unróte and sáriglice bysne; gehwyrfen wé eft tó þám blíþum spræcum interim hoc triste seponentes ad ea laeta redeamus, Gr.D. 290, 6

alýfednes

(n.)
Grammar
alýfednes, -ness, e; f.

Permissionleavegrantpermissio

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Permission, leave, grant; permissio: =a-lýfed, -nes

ed-

(prefix)
Grammar
ed-, prefixed to words, denotes anew, again, as the Latin re- meaning rursus, dēnuo, itĕrum. Edniwian

to renew, to make new againrenŏvāre

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to renew, to make new again; renŏvāre

inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubtquestionoffenceill-willfear

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Ne ic culpan in ðé incan ǽnigne ǽfre onfunde womma geworhtra I found not fault in thee, nor cause of complaint for sins committed, Exon. 10 b ; Th. 11, 29; Cri. 178. Incan scrupulum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 7. Incan causas, 130, 13

mán

(n.)
Grammar
mán, es; n.

A bad, shameful actiona crimecrimeguiltwickedness

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Ne swera ðú mán (cf. O. Sax. ni thú ménes ni sweri) non perjurabis, Lev. 19, 12. Se man ðe swereþ mán, 5, 4. For ǽghwæðerum ðyssa mána utroque scelere, Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 40.

Linked entry: mán-áþ

ed-niwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ed-niwe, ed-neowe; adj.

New, again new, renewedrenŏvātus

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New, again new, renewed; renŏvātus Eft cymeþ feorh edniwe renewed life returns, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 12; Ph. 223: 61 a; Th. 224, 4; Ph. 370: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 77; Met. 11. 39

Linked entry: ed-neowe

þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Ne com ic tó ðon on eorðan ðæt mé mon ðénóde, ac tó ðon ðæt ic wolde ðegnian filius hominis non venit ministrari, sed ministrare (Mt. 20, 28), Past. 41; Swt. 301, 2.

Linked entry: þénian

ge-rád

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Hí wurdon sehte on þá gerád ꝥ hé nǽfre eft Englisce ne Frencisce intó þám lande ne gelógige, 1093 ; P. 228, 28. <b>IV a.