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iacinð

(n.)
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Jacinth Se giem iacinctus hyacinthus, Past. 85, 5.

mór-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
mór-sceaþa, an; m.

A bandit ⬩ a robber who lakes refuge in the moors

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Rush.) gié cwómun ( ad latronem ). Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 55. Tuoge mórsceaþo duo latrones, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 27: Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 33

hwilc-hwegno

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc-hwegno, hwilc-hwegnu, hwilc-hweogne, hwilc-hwoene, hwilc-hwóne.
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Gif huæt gié habbað wið hwelchuóne óðer (hwelchwoegu óðer ðing, R. si quid habetis aduersus aliquem Mk. L. 11, 25. sub-stantival, anything, something Hé gefrægn hine gif hwelchwoegnu ( aliquid ) gisége, Mk. R. 8, 23. Welchwoegnu, Lk. R. II, 54

ge-brúcan

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Gié gebrécon (manducasiis). . . . Fadero úsero gebréicon . . . . Aldro iúero gebrécon, Jn. L. 6, 26, 31, 49. Ðá flégende gebrécon (comederunt) ðá ilco, Mt. L. 13, 4. ꝥte ðú gebrúcca (manduces) eástro, Mk. L. 14, 12. Búta gié gebrúcce, Jn. L.

in-híwan

(n.)
Grammar
in-híwan, -hígan ; pl.
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Gie aron inhígo godes estis domestici Dei, Rtl. 82, 33

Linked entry: in-híréd

eft-gemyndig

(adj.)
Grammar
eft-gemyndig, adj.
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Wosað gié eftgemyndgo reminiscamini, 16, 4

Linked entries: eft-myndig ge-mynig

ge-andwyrdan

Grammar
ge-andwyrdan, Add: -wordan, -weardan, -wærdan
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Huæd gié geonduearde (respondentis), Lk. L. 12, 11. Geondwearde respondere 14, 6

Crúland

(n.)
Grammar
Crúland, Crúwland, es; n. [Interprete Ingulpho crūda et cænosa terra,
  • Gib. Chr. explicatio, p. 22, col. 1
]

CROWLAND or CROYLAND ⬩ Lincolnshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi

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CROWLAND or CROYLAND, Lincolnshire; loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi St. Guthlac, hermit of Crowland, passed a great part of his life and died here in A. D. 714. After his death, king Æthelbald of Mercia founded a monastery at Crowland in A. D. 716 Ðæt

Linked entries: Gúþ-lác Crúwland

hyhtan

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Gif gié sellas ðǽm from ðǽm gié hyhtað tó onfóane, Lk. L. 6, 34. Nóht on ðec hyhtendo nihil in te sperantes, 35. to entertain feelings of joy, to exult ꝥ cild onsprang and ongeán his Hláford hyhte (cf. exultauit in gaudio infans. Lk.

leógere

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Ðú légere ł gié légeras, Mt. L. 15, 7. Mið légerum, 24, 51: Mk. L. R. 7, 6

ge-mynan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mynan, p. de

To remember, remind

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Gemynas gie mementote, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 20

hergian

(v.)

to harry ⬩ plunder ⬩ to harrass

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the inhabitants of hell On þone dæg Críst reste deád on byrgenne, and his sáwl somod and his godcundnes somod hergode geond belle grund, Shrn 68. 3. of things, to harrass Hit is wén ðæt sé ne mæge óðerra monna scylda of áðueán, sé sé ðe hine ðonne giét

ofer-hycgan

(v.)

to despise, contemn, disdain, scorn ⬩ contemnere, aspernere ⬩ to be puffed up

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Wé hine mid swá micle máran unryhte oferhycgeaþ swá hé læs forhogaþ ðæt hé ús ðonne giet tó him spane, siððan wé hiene oferhycggeaþ tanto graviori improbitate contemnitur, quanto contemtus adhuc vocare non dedignatur, 52, 4; Swt. 407, 17-19.

ful-geómor

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-geómor, adj.

Full sad ⬩ very sad ⬩ valde tristis

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Full sad, very sad; valde tristis Ic ðis giedd wrece bí me fulgeómorre I recite this lay of myself very sad, Exon. 115 a; Th. 441, 19; Kl. 1

wiþ-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-winnan, p. -wann, pl. -wunnon

To strive against ⬩ resist

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To strive against, resist Went hé mid ealle cræfte ongén ðæs óðres geðyld, ðe him ðonne giet wiðwind (eum obsistentem fortiter ), Past. 33; Swt. 227, 7.

egeleás-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
egeleás-líce, adv.

Fearlessly ⬩ impăvĭde

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Fearlessly; impăvĭde Hie nú egeleás-lícor and unnytlícor brúcaþ ðære mildheortlícan Godes giefe they now enjoy the merciful gifts of God the more fearlessly and uselessly, Past. 36, 1; Hat. MS. 46 b, 9

and-speornan

Grammar
and-speornan, l. and-spornan, -spurnan,
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Ꝥte gié ne ondspyrniga ut non scandalizemini, 16, 1. Ondspyrnende scandalizatus, Mt. L. 11, 6. Ondspurnendra scandalizantium, Mk. p. 4, 9

in-dryhten

(adj.)
Grammar
in-dryhten, adj.

Noble ⬩ courtly

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Ic wát indryhtne giest, 112 a ; Th. 430, 1 ; Rä. 44. 1. Does indryhten wicg ippus ( = ? ϊππos ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 37 belong here ?

Linked entry: dryhten

rodor-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
rodor-cyning, es; m.
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The king of heaven, Christ Þurh ðæs hýhstan meaht, rodorcyninges giefe, se ðe on róde treó geþrowade, Exon. Th. 269, 8; Jul. 447 : 45, 30; Cri. 727 : Elen. Kmbl. 1771 ; El. 887. Radorcyninges ród, 1245; El. 624

egeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
egeleáslíce, adv.
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Without fear, unconcernedly Ðý lǽs hié siððangeearnigen swá micle hefigre wíte suá hié nú egeleáslícor and unnytlícor brúceð Godes giefe eo postmodum supplicia graviora mereantur, quo nunc largioribus bonis Dei male uti non metuunt, Past. 247, 10

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