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yfel-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-cund, adj.
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Of evil nature, malignant Se yfelcunda malignus, Ps. Lamb. 14, 4. Yfelcundra malignantium, 21, 17

yfel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-líc, adj.
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Bad, foul, rotten. v. yfel, II. Ðysse worulde wela is gebrosnadlíc and yfellíc and forwordenlíc, Wulfst. 263, 13. Twégen león ádulfan his byrgenne on ðæs wéstenes sande; ðǽr resteþ Paules líchoma mid yfelíce duste bewrigen, ac on dómes dæge hé áríseþ

yfel-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-sprǽce, adj.
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Of evil speech, evil-speaking Ða yfelsprǽcan tungan linguam maliloquam, Ps. Th. 11, 3

á-cennendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
á-cennendlic, adj.
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In the glosses Ácennendlicum genuina, An. Ox. 1243: nascentibus 2419

be-hammen

(adj.)
Grammar
be-hammen, adj.
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Clouted, patched Gescód mid behammenum (ge-, geclútedum, v.ll.) scón clavatis calcealus caligis, Gr. D. 37, 13

Linked entry: -hammen

be-heáfodlic

(adj.)
Grammar
be-heáfodlic, adj.
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Capital Beheáfodlicne dóm capitalem senten-tiam, An. Ox. 4042

be-healden

(adj.)
Grammar
be-healden, adj.
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(ptcpl.). cautious, reserved Ðonne hé wilnað ðæt hé sciele rícsian, hé bið swíðe forht and swíðe behealden; ðonne hé hæfð ðæt hé habban wolde, hé bið swíðe ðríste, Past. 57, 4. intent, assiduous Hé wæs geornfull and behealden (intentus) in Godes hýrnessum

be-héflic

(adj.)
Grammar
be-héflic, adj.
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Useful, needful, necessary Ús þingð wel behéflic ꝥ; wé hine gehandlion, Angl. viii. 308, 15. Hé ys behéflic tó cunnane, 314, 18

be-hogodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
be-hogodlíce, adv.
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Carefully, diligently Swá hwilc man swá Godes weorc clǽnlíce and behogodlice wirceð. . . . . Sé þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, Hml. A. 168, 120. Hé ongan hí geornlícor and behogodlícor cwencean eas sollicitius extinxit, Gr. D. 237, 2

be-ládiendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
be-ládiendlic, adj.
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Apologetic; apologeticus, excusabilis, An. Ox 2299: 2793: 2957: 4233

be-leórendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
be-leórendlic, adj.
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Past Synne biliórendlica ( praeterita ), ondueardlica, and tóueardlica, Rtl. 170, 11. Of bileórendlicum de preteritis, 123, 27

Linked entry: -leórendlic

be-næced

(adj.)
Grammar
be-næced, adj.
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(ptcpl.) Stripped Benæced expeditum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 71

Linked entries: be-neced -næced

bícnol

(adj.)
Grammar
bícnol, adj.

Indicatingindicative

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Indicating, indicative Bícnole indices, Germ. 398, 193

borh-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
borh-fæst, adj.
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Bound by the giving of security Wolde he gedón ꝥ ic him wære borhfæst . . . and ætfæste hé mé míne efenþeówene [the marriage would be security for continued service], Hml. A. 203, 254

bor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bor-líce, adv.

Eminentlyexcellentlywell

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Eminently, excellently, well Hyt geríst borlíce wel it is eminently suitable, Angl. viii. 302, 5. Wel borlíce hé forð stæppeð full nobly he steps forth, 307, 28. Hé geswutelað borlice he shews admirably, 329, 24. Þá híw rímcræftige esnas borlíce foregylpað

bósmig

(adj.)
Grammar
bósmig, adj.

Sinuous

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Sinuous Bósmigum bí(g)um sinuosis (laterum) flexibus, Hpt. Gl. 405, 35 ; An. Ox. 8, 2

beorgiht

(adj.)
Grammar
beorgiht, adj.
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Hilly Þá lond sindon swíþe beorhtte (beorhte, v. l.) situ terrarum montoso, Ors. I. I; S. 10, 24

blerig

(adj.)
Grammar
blerig, adj.

Bald

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Bald Bleri pittel scoricarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 6. Blerea pyttel soricarius, 63, 8 (cf. bald as an epithet of birds, v. E. D. S. Bird-names). On Ælfstánes ðys blerian gewitnesse, Cht. Th. 174, 7

Linked entry: blere

blissigend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
blissigend-lic, adj.

Joyous

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Joyous Se dæg is heora sóðe ácennednys; ná wóplic swá swá seó ǽrre, ac blissigendlic tó ðám écum lífe, Hml. Th. i. 354, 11

blóden

(adj.)
Grammar
blóden, (?); adj.

Bloody

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Bloody Of blódene de cruente, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 15