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ge-bytlu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bytlu, indecl. f.

A building

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A building Man bytlode áne gebytlu, and ða wyrhtan worhton ða gebytlu on ðam Sæternes-dæge, and wæs ðá forneán geendod they were building a building, and the workmen were making the building on the Saturday, and it was then very nearly finished, Homl

ge-rinnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rinnan, p. -ran; pp. -runnen

To run, run together, congeal, joincoagulare, coagularito run togethercoagulare

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To run, run together, congeal, join; coagulare, coagulari Nis ná gerunnen togædere seó Godcundnys and seó menniscnys the divinity and the humanity are not mingled together, Homl. Th. ii. 8, 5.

Linked entries: ge-irnan heofon-setl

ge-mong

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mong, es; n.

A mixture, crowd, throng, companycommixtio, turba, cætus

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A mixture, crowd, throng, company; commixtio, turba, cætus Ðǽr is sib bútan níþe hálgum on gemonge there is amity without envy among the holy, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 19; Cri. 1661: 59 b; Th. 216, 9; Ph. 265. On gemonge in the throng, Beo.

ge-nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nemnan, p. -nemde; pp. -nemned, -nemnod

To namenominare

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Hí Angle ge-nemnode wǽron they were named Angles, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 29

stéran

(v.)
Grammar
stéran, p. de.
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Ozias wolde offrian and stérde æt ðam weofode ( Uzziah went into the temple to burn incense upon the altar of incense, 2 Chron. 26, 16), Homl. Ass. 58, 185. Nim ǽlc his stórcillan and stére ætforan Gode, Num. 16, 7.

Linked entries: stéring stór stýran

sweord-bora

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-bora, an; m.
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Totila ásende his swurdboran, Riggo geháten, gescrýdne mid his cynelícum gyrelum, Homl. Th. ii. 168, 12

Sunnan-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-niht, e; f.
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His líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht . . . and hé árás of deáðe on ðone Eásterlícan Sunnandæg, Homl. Th. i. 216, 27-33. Se ðe stalaþ on Sunnanniht. . . oððe on ðone Hálgan Ðunresdæg, L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 22.

Linked entry: Wódnes-niht

þanane

(adv.)
Grammar
þanane, adv.
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Ðá gewát ic þanone, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 422. Ðanonne, Judth. Thw. 23, 21; Jud. 132. temporal, after that Rursum, dein vel þonane, Wrt.

Linked entry: þanone

þrægan

(v.)
Grammar
þrægan, (cf.
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Ic seah hors swíþe þrægan, Exon. Th. 400, 4; Rä. 20, 3

under-þeódness

(n.)
Grammar
under-þeódness, e; f.

Subjectionsubmission

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Him gehýrsumiaþ óðra engla werod mid micelre underðeódnysse, Homl. Th. i. 342, 34: 346, 34: Ælfc. T. Grn. 1, 31. Hí him gehétan eáþmóde hýrnysse and singale underþeódnysse subjectionem continuam promittebant, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 27

un-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-berende, adj.

not bearingbarrensterileunbearable

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Homl. 93, 30. Unberende telgan spadones, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 58. unbearable Byrðenna unbærende onera importabilia, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 4

un-beweddod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beweddod, adj.

unbetrothedunmarried

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Gif Maria unbeweddod wǽre and cild hæfde, ðonne wolde ðæt folc mid stánum hí oftorfian, Homl. Th. i. 196, 11

Linked entry: be-weddian

un-geleáfsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáfsum, adj.

Unbelievinginfidelnot Christian

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Homl. 129, 24. Ðám ungeleáfsumum ( infidelibus ) nóht biþ clǽne, Bd. 1, 27; S.494, 40. Hé ungeleáfsume ( incredulos ) tó Cristes geleáfan getrymede, 3, 19; S. 547, 10

Linked entry: ge-leáfsum

un-sceþþende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþende, adj.

Innocentharmless

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Homl. 3, 11. Hí ða unscæþþendan ( innoxiam ) ðeóde forhergodon, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 6. Unsceaþþiendra fordémednesse proscriptionibus innocentum, 1, 6; S. 476, 25. Ðæt hé mæge fordón ða unsceðþendan ut interficiat innocentem, Ps. Th. 9. 28

un-snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
un-snotor, -snottor; adj.

Unwisefoolish

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Homl. 195, 24. Ðú dysega man and ðú unsnottra, 49, 35. Unsnotterra insipientum, Rtl. 86, 14. Unsnoterum insipientibus, Ps. Lamb. 48, 21: L. Ælfc. C. 23; Th. ii. 352, 2

un-hírlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hírlíc, adj.

fiercesavagedismaldoleful

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Homl. 203, 7. dismal, doleful Ic forht and unrót ðás unhýrlícan fers onhefde mid sange carmina prae tristi cecini haec lugubria mente, Dóm. L. 11

Linked entries: un-heórlíc hír-lic

wésten-setla

(n.)
Grammar
wésten-setla, an; m.
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Wé willaþ wrítan be sumum wéstænsetlan ( solitarius quidam ), Homl. Ass. 195, 1. Óþer cyn is muneca, ðæt is wéstensetlan, ðe feor fram mannum gewítaþ, and wéste stówa and ánwunung gelufiaþ. . .

weorold-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ǽht, e; f.
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Micclode God his woruldǽhta, Homl. Ass. 119, 59. [Weorelldahhtess spedd, Orm. 12079.]

wiþer-breca

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-breca, an; m.

An adversary

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Homl. 175, 8. Nis ðé wiðerbreca nymðe Metod ána, Cd. Th. 251, 20; Dan. 566. Se (Ishmael) bið wiðerbreca wera cneórissum, 138, 7; Gen. 2288. Wæs ðu geðafsum wiðerbracæ (adversaria) ðínum; ðý læs gesellæ ðec ðe widerbracæ tó dóme, Mt. Kmbl.

ge-fyrht

(v.)
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L. 34, 37. to be afraid (of), fear Ꝥte ǽlc man ondréde and gefyrhtiga nome Drihtnes ut omnis homo timeat et contremescat nomen Domini, Rtl. 101, 1. [O. H. Ger. ge-furhten terrere.?