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hæbbed-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hæbbed-ness, hæbbendness ? v. hæbbend-lic, e ; f.
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, restraint Ꝥ wé ne gefremmon gylta ǽnigne, ac ꝥ þonne se dæg gewít sýn wé clǽne þurh líchaman úres hæbbednysse, Angl. viii. 320, 3

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, <b>; I 2.</b> add: gelíce ... swá as ...
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so Gelíce þá biscopas syndan ... swá syndan þá mæssepreóstas, Ll. Th. ii. 402, 19

tweó

Grammar
tweó, <b>I b.</b>
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Sume martyra lima geáhniaþ, and an tweón is hwæeðer hý martyras sýn alii membra martyrum — si tamen martyrum — venditant, R. Ben. 135, 26. Add

un-gewisness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewisness, e; f.

Uncertaintyignorance

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Uncertainty, ignorance Ða ðe ðurh ungewisnysse ( per ignorantiam) synne fremmaþ ... ða ðe him ne ondrǽdaþ witende (sciendo ) syngian, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 36.

ge-span

Grammar
ge-span, suggestion.
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On ðǽm gespane wé magon ongietan ðá synne, Past. 417, 19-30. Add

heáfod-wind

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-wind, es; m.

A wind from one of the four chief points of the compass

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A wind from one of the four chief points of the compass Feówer heáfodwindas synd se fyrmesta is eásterne wind ... se óðer heáfodwind is súðerne ... se þridda heáfodwind hátte zephirus ... se feórþe heáfodwind hátte septemtrio, Lchdm. iii. 274, 12-23

un-gímen

(n.)
Grammar
un-gímen, un-gímenn, e; f.

Carelessness

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Carelessness Þurh ungémænne synne (ðurh gýmeleáste, col. 1) per culpam incuriae, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 24, col. 2: 2, 7; S. 509, 19. Ungýmenne, 4, 25; S. 599, 20. Ðurh ungýmenne per incuriam, 4, 9; S. 576, 28

Linked entry: un-gýmen

rǽd-bora

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Manega gesibsume synd þé, rǽdbora (consiliarius) sí þé án of þúsendum, Scint. 200, 2. Ne nimð se hláford his ðeówan him tó rǽdboran, ac nimð his holdan frýnd, and him geopenað his willan, Hml. Th. ii. 522, 32. Add

níd-hús

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hús, es; n.
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A necessary room Sýn eác binnan claustre slǽpern, beódern, hǽdern, and ealle þá neódhús þe bróðra beþurfon (cetere habitationes usibus fratrum necessariae), Chrd. 21, 18

ge-þryccan

(v.)
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Sé ðe bið geðryced mid ðǽre hefignesse his synna qui peccati sui pondere premitur, 268, 9.

an-gin

(n.)
Grammar
an-gin, -ginn, -gyn, on-gin, es; n.

A beginningattemptresolvepurposedesignundertakingopportunityinitiumprincipiumconatusinceptumcœptumoccasio

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Synt ðæra sára anginnu sunt dolorum initia, Mt. Bos. 24, 8. Gif ðú ðæt angin fremest if thou perfect that attempt, Cd. 27; Th. 36, 27; Gen. 578.

Linked entries: an-gyn on-gin

freóls

(adj.)
Grammar
freóls, adj.
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Ǽlc hláford his nýdþeówum byrge ... for ðám hí sýn Gode efenleófe and þá ðe syndon freólse. Ll. Th. ii. 314, 11. of places, exempt from jurisdiction, &amp;c.

un-hǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-hǽlþ, e; f.

Bad healthsicknessweaknessinfirmity

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Ne beþurfon lǽces ða ðe hále synd, ac ða ðe unhǽlþe habbaþ ( qui male habent ), Lk. Skt. 5, 31

Linked entry: hǽlþ

wísung

(n.)
Grammar
wísung, e; f.

Directionguidance

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Direction, guidance Scylon hý gán tó heora scriftan and hym hys synna ealle geandettan, and ealle be his wísunge gebétan Homl. Ass. 141, 71. Dathan and Abiron mycelne teónan Móyse gedydon and forsáwon his wísunge, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 224

be-hádian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hádian, p. ode
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To deprive of holy orders Gif mæssepreóst oððe diácon wífige, þoligon hyra hádes; and gif hig æfter þám hǽmedþing begáð, ná ꝥ án ꝥ hig behádod synt (ordine priventur), ac eác swylce fæston .vii. geár, Ll. Th. ii. 196, 14

Linked entry: hádianv

ge-miltsung

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Lýs þíne synna mid ælmessum on þearfena gemiltsunge peccata tua eleemosynis redime, et iniquitates tuas misericordiis pauperum (Dan. 4, 24), Ll. Th. ii. 434, 25. Gemun gemildsunga (miserationum) þínra, Ps. L. 24, 6. Add: —

hírend

(n.)
Grammar
hírend, es; m.

a hearer

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Similar entries v. híran; VII. 4 Synne hýrendra (or pres. part.?) Hismahelitum, Ps. Rdr. 82, 7

leóht-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-lic, of little weight.
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Add: of sin, venial Ðurh ðám streáwe and ðám ceafe sind getácnode leóhtlice synna, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 14. Hú deóp seó bóc ys on gástlicum andgite, þeáh þe heó mid leóhtlicum wordum áwriten sig, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 22

weax-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weax-georn, adj.

Eager to grow (?), eating much with the desire of growing (?)

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Swíþe waxgeorn eart ðú (the boy) ðonne ðú ealle þingc etst ðe ðé tóforan gesette synd valde edax es, cum omnia manducas quae tibi apponuntur, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 31

Linked entry: wax-georn

sin-snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
sin-snǽd, e ; f.
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A huge bit Grendel slǽpendne rinc slát . . . syn*-*snǽdum swealh ( swallowed by huge bits, or by bits that followed each other continuously ? ), Beo. Th. 1490 ; B. 743

Linked entry: snǽd