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lendenu

(n.)
Grammar
lendenu, pl.

The loinsreins

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Beón eówer lendena ymbgyrde ... On ðám ymbgyrdum lendenum is se mægþhád tó understandenne let your loins be girded ... By the girded loins virginity is to be understood, Homl. Th. ii. 564, 25.

wirgþu

(n.)
Grammar
wirgþu, (-o); indecl.: wirgþ, e; f.

condemnationcursepunishmentevilwickednesscursingmaledictio

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Wergðu dreógan to be damned, 422; El. 211: 1901 ;El. 952. Werhðo dreógan Beo. Th. 1182; B. 589. Hý grim helle fýr, gearo tó wíte, seóð, on ðam hí áwo sculon wærgðu dreógan, Exon. Th. 78, 11; Cri. 1272. Wergðu wyrcean to afflict, hurt, Ps.

beard

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Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú þé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime, swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig gehádod man . . . his beard ǽnige hwíle ne hæbbe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 13.

a-wacan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wacan, p. -wóc, pl. -wócon ; pp. -wacen ; v. intrans.

to AWAKEexpergisciexpergefierievigilareto wake into beingto arisebe bornoririprovenirenasci

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Awóc Pharao expergefactus est Pharao, 41, 4, 7. to wake into being, to arise, be born; oriri, provenire, nasci Twá þeóda awócon two nations arose, Cd. 124; Th. 158, 11 ; Gen. 2615

Linked entry: a-wóc

git

(adv.)
Grammar
git, giet, get, gyt; adv.

Stillyet

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Still, yet Hér mon mæg giet gesión hiora swæþ their track may still be seen here, Past. pref; Swt. 5, 15; Hat. MS. Be ðiosum git is swíðe ryhtlíce gecweden to ðæm wítegan about which further is very rightly said to the prophet, Swt. 162, 22; Cot.

Linked entries: giet geot

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.
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have been ever a man on earth, Seel. 79.

ge-beorglic

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Man dóm æfter dǽde medemige be mǽðe swá for Gode si gebeorhlic, 318, 6. Ne tǽce wé ná mid swá gerádum bysenum and gebeorhlicum lárum, þæt hé leahtras fyrðrige, ac þæt hé snotorlíce hý wanige, R. Ben. 121, 7

Linked entries: -beorglic ge-beorhlic

inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

Inwithininsidein-doors

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Béte swá seó dómbóc sæcge gif hit sý hér inne. Gif hit sý eást inne gif hit sý norþ inne béte be ðam ðe ða friþgewritu sæcgan let him make 'bót' as the law says, if it be in this part of the country.

Linked entry: innian

a-striénan

(v.)
Grammar
a-striénan, -strýnan; p. -strýnde; v. a.

To engenderprocreatebegetgignere

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To engender, procreate, beget; gignere Hie ðá ongunnon bearn astriénan they began then to beget children, Cd. 46; Th. 59, 19; Gen. 966. He bearn astrýnde he begat children, 57; Th. 70, 5; Gen. 1148

spelian

(v.)
Grammar
spelian, p. ode

To act as the representative of anotherto representto take, or stand in, the place of another

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Ben. 100, 5. Nán gehádod man ne sceal him tó geteón, ðæt hé Crist spelige ofer his hálgan híréd, búton him seó notu fram Godes láreówum betǽht sý, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 29

Linked entry: speliend

un-synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-synnig, adj.

innocentguiltlesswithout sinundeserved

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Alf. pol. 29; Th. i. 80, 6: 35; Th. i. 84, 2: Beo. Th. 4185, B. 2089. Unsynnige insontem, Wrt. Voc. 11. 46, 22. Ús men secgaþ, ðæt hí unsynnige beón, ðeáh ðe hí mettas him on múð bestingon on swilcum fæstendagum, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 30: Mt. Kmbl.

hringan

(v.)
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Ben. 72, 10-14. Wé lǽrað ꝥ man on rihtne tíman tída ringe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 5: 296, 3

ge-anlícian

(v.)

to make liketo act towards

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Ic beó geanlícod (assimilabor) uiðerstígendum on seáðe, Ps. L. 27, 1. Þe lǽs þe hé sig geanlícod þám hunde ne adsimuletur cani Ll. Th. ii. 136, 16. Ic com yslum and axum geanlícod (I am become like dust and ashes, Job 30, 19), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 13.

hál

(adj.)
Grammar
hál, adj.

Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation

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Kmbl. 1827; An. 916 : Beo. Th. 818; B. 407. Hále wese gé Havete, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 9. Sý ðú hál leóf Iudéiscre leóde cyning hail sir, king of the Jewish people, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 28. Hál beó ðú Have, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 49.

Linked entry: hǽl

niht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
niht-sang, es; m.

the service at the seventh of the canonical hourscomplinea copy of the service

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Ben. 40, 7. Hwænne wylle gé singan nihtsangc ( completorium ), Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 3. a copy of the service Sind .ii. fulle sangbéc and .i. nihtsang . . . Hé ne funde ná má búton áne capitulare and .i. forealdodne nihtsang ... Chart.

seld-hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
seld-hwanne, adv.
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Ben. 21, 16. Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 44. Seld*-*hwonne biþ ðaette áuht manegum monnum ánes hwæt lícige, Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 64, 29

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geond-sprengan

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Ben. I. 12, 1

hæfen-leás

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Ben. 105, 8. Áspende hé his feoh on ælmyssum hafenleásum mannum. Hml. S. 14, 15 : 23, 200: Hml. Th. ii. 400, 1

Linked entry: hafen-leás

weorold-cearu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-cearu, e; f.
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Beóð wære ðæt eówere heortan ne beón ge*-*hefegode mid woruldcarum, 22, 19. Twá mynecena wǽron . . . ðám gewícnode sum eáwfæst wer on woruldcarum, 174, 7.

ful

(n.)
Grammar
ful, full, es; n.

a cuppōcŭlumwhat contains liquidsA collection of waterthe seacloudsreceptācŭlum liquĭdimărenūbes

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a cup; pōcŭlum He ðæt ful geþah he partook of the cup, Beo. Th. 1261; B. 628. Him wæs ful boren to him the cup was borne, Beo. Th. 2388; B. 1192. Onfóh ðissum fulle accept this cup, Beo. Th. 2342; B. 1169.