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án-cænned

(v.)
Grammar
án-cænned, def. se án-cænneda; part.

Only-begotten ⬩ unigenitus

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Only-begotten; unigenitus To árwurþianne [MS. tarwurþienne, v. weorþianne=wurþianne in weorþian I] ðínne, ðone sóðan and ðone áncænnedan, Sunu to honour thy, the true and only-begotten, Son, Te Dm. Thomson 35, 12

Babilónisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Babilónisc, def. se Babilónisca, seó, ðæt Babilónisce; adj.

Babylonish ⬩ Babylōnĭcus

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Babylonish; Babylōnĭcus Dóhtor, seó Babilónisce wræcce [MS. babilonisca wræcca] filia Babilonis misera, Ps. Lamb. 136, 8

DIM

(adj.)
Grammar
DIM, def. se dimma, seó, ðæt dimme; adj.
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DIM, dark, obscure, hidden; obscūrus, tenebrōsus Ðes wída grund stód deóp and dim this wide abyss stood deep and dim, Cd. 5; Th. 7, 12; Gen. 105: 24; Th. 30, 36; Gen. 478. Nǽnegum þuhte dæg on þonce, gif sió dimme niht ǽr ofer eldum egesan ne brohte

el-þeódian

(v.)
Grammar
el-þeódian, foreigners; barbăros, = el-þeódigan; acc. pl. def.
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of el-þeódig, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 12, note

ge-treówleás

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-treówleás, -trýwleás; def. se -leása; adj.

Without faith ⬩ unfaithful ⬩ perfidious ⬩ perfĭdus

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Without faith, unfaithful, perfidious; perfĭdus Se getreówleása cyning rex perfĭdus, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 11

Linked entries: treów-leás ge-trýwleás

healf-cwic

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-cwic, adj.

Half alive, half dead

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Half alive, half dead Halfcwic semivivus; half dead, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 30. Helfcuicne, Past. 17; Swt. 125, 8. Funde hiene ǽnne be wege licgan healfcucne invenit in itinere solum relictum et extrema vitæ efflantem, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 14.

sám-storfen

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-storfen, adj.
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Half-dead Sámstorfenne seminecem, Germ. 401, 50

leófian

(v.)
Grammar
leófian, p. ode

To be dear ⬩ pleasant ⬩ to delight

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To be dear or pleasant, to delight Him leófedan londes wynne bold on beorhge the pleasures of the country were dear to him, the house on the hill, Exon. 34 b; Th. 110, 19; Gú. 110

un-gedæftlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gedæftlíce, -gedæftelíce; adv.

Unseasonably ⬩ unsuitably

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Ðeáh hé cuǽde un[ge]dæftelíce, hé cuæð ðeáh ǽr gedæftelíce ' insta opportune, importune.' Dicturus importune praemisit opportune, Past. 15; Swt. 97, 16

Linked entry: un-dæftelíce

for-grípan

Grammar
for-grípan, fór-grípan (l. for-).

To seize ⬩ To destroy

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Ealle hí se stranga deáð forgrípeð and nymð, Guth. 78, 15. Genom ł forgráp appraehendit, Lk. L. 5, 26. Hé wæs mid hrædlice deáðe forgripen morte immatura praereptus est, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 472, 5. with dat. To destroy, B. 2353: Gen. 1275 (v. Dict.)

for-dón

(v.)
Grammar
for-dón, to for-dónne; he -déþ; p. ic, he -dyde, ðú -dydest, pl. -dydon; subj. pres. -dó, pl. -dón; p. -dyde, pl. -dyden; pp. -dón, -dén.

to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ dēlēre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ to seduce ⬩ defile ⬩ corrupt ⬩ sedūcĕre ⬩ scĕlĕrāre

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Hú oft ic hæbbe fordón ða Egiptiscan quotiens contrīvĕrim Ægyptios, Ex. 10, 2. to seduce, defile, corrupt; sedūcĕre, scĕlĕrāre Ðeáh heó dearnenga fordón wurde mid ligenum though she [Eve] was secretly seduced with lies, Cd. 30; Th. 39, 22; Gen. 629.

Linked entry: for-gedón

efen-blíþe

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-blíþe, adj.
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Rejoicing with another Ne wépað git mé ná swá ic deád sý, ac beóð mé efenblíðe weep not for me as if I were dead, but rejoice with me (rejoice as I do), Shrn. 56, 19. [ Icel. jafn-blíðr.]

býre

(n.)
Grammar
býre, es; m. An event, the time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; eventus, tempus quo accidit aliquid, opportunitas, occasio, = καιρός
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Wæs ðǽr mid him óþ ðone býre ðæt Swegen wearþ deád was there with him until the time that Sweyn was dead, Chr. 1013; Th. 272, 22. Ðá he býre hæfde when he had opportunity, Byrht. Th. 135, 21; By. 121

a-storfen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-storfen, part.

Starved ⬩ like a dead body ⬩ cadaverosus

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Starved, like a dead body; cadaverosus,Wanl Catal. 43, 17

heáp

(n.)
Grammar
heáp, es; m. [generally, but ðeós earme heáp occurs,
  • Cd. 215
    • ;
  • Th. 270, 9
    • ;
  • Sat. 87
    • .
]

A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, company ⬩ a troop, flock ⬩ strues, acervus

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A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, company Galað ðæt is gewitnesse heáp Golaad acervus testimonii interpretatur, Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 5. Se hálga heáp héhfædera and wítgena the holy host of patriarchs

ge-gyltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gyltan, p. -gylte; pp. -gylt

To become guilty ⬩ to offend ⬩ sin ⬩ peccāre

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To become guilty, to offend, sin; peccāre Ðeáh ðe he self gegyltan ne meahte although he himself could not sin, Past. 49; Swt. 385; 17; Hat. MS. Ðeáh ðe hwá gegylte though any one become guilty, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 44

twi-gedeágod

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-gedeágod, adj.
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Double-dyed Twigedeágodre deáge bis tincto cocco, Hpt. Gl 431, 29

Linked entry: twi-deágod

þrowend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
þrowend-lic, adj.
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Passive Þrowendlic deáð apoplexia, passio similis paralisi, Hpt. 31, 15, 410

un-hǽlu

Grammar
un-hǽlu, un-hǽlo.
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Deáh hit wið ǽghwylcre innancundre unhǽlo, Lch. i. 86, 19. Add

ǽr-leóf

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr-leóf, adj.
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Very dear [Æ]rl[e]óf gratus, An. Ox. 56, 296

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