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ed-leán

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Ne bideþ hé æt ús nǽnig óþor edleán, Bl. H. 103, 21. On ðǽm diéglan edleánum in occulta retributione, Past. 105, 11. Edleán retributiones, Ps. Spl. 102, 2: Bl. Gl. Add

efen-fela

(v.)
Grammar
efen-fela, (em-).
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Man ne mihte nánne mete gegyrwan, ꝥ þára wyrma nǽre emfela þǽm mete, Ors. 1, 7; S. 36, 28. Gán inn emfela manna of ǽgðre healfe, Ll. Th. i. 226, 20. Dó béga emfela, Lch. ii. 20, 24. Ealra emfela, 28, 14. adjective Mid efenfealum (-feol-, Hpt.

fore-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-þeón, (for-)

o excel ⬩ surpass

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Sé ðe lǽssan gife hæbbe, ne andige hé on ðám foreðeóndum, for ðan ðe . . . sume englas mid underþeódnysse óðrum hýrsumiað, and sume mid oferstígendre wurðfulnysse ðám óðrum sind foresette, 346, 32

Linked entry: for-þeón

gemót-hús

(n.)
Grammar
gemót-hús, es; n.
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Cyrice is ús gesceapen tó gebedhúse, ná tó nánum gemóthúse. bútan ymbe þæt heofoncunde ríce and láre, Wlfst. 233, l: 303, 2. Forð on pápan holt súðweardne; þonne on ðæt gemóthús ( to the manere; ad manerium, later translations), C. D. B. ii. 246, 2

ge-toge

Grammar
ge-toge, l. ge-tog, ge-toh,
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Fore syna getoge, 110, 25. that with which one draws, a trace Þá múlas þe ꝥ cræt tugon áfyrhte tómengdon þá getogu, ꝥ hí teón ne mihton, Hml. S. 31, 973

hinder-genga

(n.)
Grammar
hinder-genga, an; m.

an apostate

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Manega his leorningcnihtas cyrdon onbæc and ne eódun mid him, Jn. 6, 66. Homo apostata, i. retrogradiens, Kent. Gl. 141) Hindergengena apostatarum. An. Ox. 5, 16

Linked entry: genga

hlútor-ness

sincerity ⬩ simplicity

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Seó eahtoðe miht is seó sóðe eádmódnyss . . . mid módes hlúttornysse; for ðan sé ðe wís byð, ne wurð hé nǽfre módig, Hml. S. 16, 369. Add:

nyttian

(v.)
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Næfð nán man tó þæs unhále æágan þæt hé ne mage lybban be þáre sunnan, and hire (printed hine) nyttian gyf hé énygwiht geseón mæg, 43, 25.

on-hróp

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Þæt hé ná sí geledt óðres mid onhrópe ut non impediatur alterius inprobitate, R. Ben. I. 87, 4 (= R. Ben. 81, 9 in Dict.)

scyndan

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Add Þǽr ne wǽre scynde þá dagas . . . ah beóþ scynde þá dagas nisi breviati fuissent dies illi. . . sed breviabuntur dies illi, Mt.

sóþ

Grammar
sóþ, truth. <b>I b.</b>
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wæs, for þǽm hé hit self ne geseah, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 33. Add

wana

(adj.)
Grammar
wana, adj.
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Add Þára manna mód . . . wát ꝥ þá martyras þǽr in heora líchaman ne licgaþ, and þonne hwæþre nǽron wana fram þǽre gehýrnesse mens . . . illic martyres novit et non jacere corpore, et tamen non deesse ab exauditione, Gr. D. 117, 15.

reónig

(adj.)
Grammar
reónig, ;adj.;

Mournful, sad, gloomy, weary;

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; Mournful, sad, gloomy, weary; Á mín hige sorgaþ reónig reóteþ and geresteþ nó ;ever hath my heart care, mournful laments and hath not rest,; Elen. Kmbl. 2163; El. 1083.

út-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
út-síþ, es; m.

A going out ⬩ excessus ⬩ exitium

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Nágon hwyrft ne swice, útsíþ ǽfre ða ðǽr in cumaþ those who come in there never have have return or escape, never egress, 364, 31; Wal. 79

ge-speornan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-speornan, -spornan; p. -spearn, pl. -spurnon; pp. -spornen

To tread upon ⬩ to perch ⬩ spurn ⬩ calcare

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To tread upon, to perch, spurn; calcare Ðæt heó fótum ne meahte land gespornan so that she might not perch on land with her feet, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 33; Gen. 1458: 72; Th. 87, 11; Gen. 1447.

Linked entries: ge-spearn ge-spornan

ge-sundfulnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sundfulnes, -fullnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Soundness ⬩ healthiness ⬩ prosperity ⬩ sānĭtas corpŏris ⬩ prospĕrĭtas

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Ne breác se árleása Herodes his cyneríces mid langsumere gesundfullnysse the impious Herod did not enjoy his kingdom in long health, Homl. Th. i. 84, 34

hláford-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hláford-leás, adj.

Lordless, ⬩ not having a lord

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Be hláfordleásum mannum concerning men who have no lord, L. Ath. 1. 2; Th. i. 200, 4

Linked entry: þeóden-leás

fracoþ-lic

foul ⬩ filthy ⬩ lucre

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Ne sý seó syn nǽfre tó ðám fracodlic, Wlfst. 135, 13. Ǽlc fracodlic fácn áweorpe man, 73, 16. Hí ongunnon hine onscunian mid máran orwyrðum fracoðlicra (fraceð-, v.l.) worda majoribus hunc verborum contumeliis detestari coeperunt, Gr. D. 251, 1.

scild-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
scild-wyrhta, an; m.

A shield-maker

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Nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld; and gif hé hit dó, gilde .xxx. sciłł., L. Ath. i. 15; Th. i. 208, 9-11.

scimian

(v.)
Grammar
scimian, p. ode

To grow dark ⬩ to be dazzled, bleared

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Swá ðæt nán man ne mihte for ðam mycclum leóhte hire on beseón . . . and swá hí hí geornlícor sceáwodon, swá scimodon heora eágon swíðor, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 153. Beóþ his dagas démde gelíce swá ðú on scimiendre sceade lócige, Ps. Th. 143, 5

Linked entry: scima