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ofer-flówedlicness

(n.)
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Ben. I. 101, 15

self-démere

(n.)
Grammar
self-démere, with the same meaning as self-déma, q. v.
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Ben. I. 10, 6. Sylfdémerum sarabaitis, 11, 4

Linked entry: démere

sixtigoþa

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Ben. 37, 6, 16. Add

cræft-searo

(n.)
Grammar
cræft-searo, gen. -searowes; n.

An instrument of wara devicestratagem machina

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Ben. Lye.

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a limitboundterma limitboundarya boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estatea boundaryconfine of a districtborderthe territory within the boundariesfines

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Be rihtre mearce (cf. be gerihtum gemǽre, l. 22) tó ðǽm gemǽrþornan; ðæt tó ðære reádan róde; swá forþ be ealdormonnes mearce; á be mearce ðæt hit cymþ on Icenan, 404, 31-405, 2.

undern-sang

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

The service at the third hour of the daytierce

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Ben. 39, 19: 40, 6: L. Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 6. Undernsanges gebed tertie oratio, R. Ben. Interl. 47, 10. Æt ǽfensonge and æt undernsonge, Chart. Th. 137, 34

ge-sinlíce

(adv.)
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Ben. 127, 9. Hé breác gesinlíce Dúnstánes rǽdes, Lch. iii. 440, 4. diligently Hé georne behogige and gesinlíce (georne, v.l.) gíme hwæþre . . . curiose intendat et sollicitus sit. . . R. Ben. 97, 14

hand

Grammar
hand, also.
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Ben. I. 86, 4) þá ðe on fare synd, R. Ben. 78, 9: 105, 7. Sýn eác hand swá gelíce geþreáde þá ðe on þám sylfum cildum mid ungesceáde gehátheortað, 130, 6

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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Hé nǽfre ne geortreówe be Godes mildse de Dei misericordia nunquam desperare, R. Ben. 19, 2. Þá ðé ne lǽtað geortréwan (-treówan, v. l.) be þýs andweardan lífe quae nec praesentis solamen temporis abesse patiantur, Bt. 10; S. 23, 7.

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the yearwinterwintry weathercolda year

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Twelf wintra tíd, Beo. Th. 296; B. 147. Ðæt swá fyrn gewearð wintra gangum, Elen. Kmbl. 1262; El. 633. Wintra gerímes þreó and þrítig geára, Cd. Th. 296, 15; Sat. 502: Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 26. Ic eom gomel wintrum, Ps. Th. 70, 16. Wintrum fród, Beo.

a-þylgian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þylgian, p. ode; pp. od

To sustainbearbe patientwait patientlysustinere

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To sustain, bear, be patient, wait patiently; sustinere For ǽ ðínre ic aþylgode ðé propter legem tuam sustinui te, Ps. Spl. 129, 4. Aþylgode sáwle min on worde his sustinuit anima mea in verbum ejus, 129, 5

ge-scirpla

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scirpla, -scyrpla, an; m.

Clothing, clothesvestitus

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Hwǽr beóþ ðonne his ídlan gescyrplan where shall his vain garments be then? Blickl. Homl. 111, 35

Linked entry: -scirpla

un-genemnendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-genemnendlic, adj.
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Not to be named (?), unknown (?) Þá semninga wearð hé mid fǽrlicum and ungenæmnendlicum deáile forþ-féred subita et inopinata (has in(n)ominata been read ? the Greek version has ἀγνώστῳ) morte defunctus est, Gr. D. 341, 13

Linked entry: ge-nemnendlic

ilding

(n.)
Grammar
ilding, e; f.

Delayputting offdeferringprolongingconnivance

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Beó ðú on tíd gearu ne mæg ðæs ǽrendes ylding wyrðan be thou at the time ready, the errand may not brook delay, Andr. Kmbl. 430; An. 215. Ðá bæd hé hine yldinge and fyrstes petens inducias, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 7.

Linked entries: yldig ælding eldung

fracoþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fracoþ, fracuþ, fracod, fraced; adj.

Vilefilthyunseemlyhatefulabominableworthlessuselessturpisdetestābilisindĕcōrus

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We bióþ folcum fracoðe we shall be hateful to the people, Andr. Kmbl. 817; An. 409. Fracoðest vilest. Salm. Kmbl. 702; Sal. 350. Wæs úre líf fracuþ and gefrǽge our life has been vile and infamous, Exon. 53 a; Th. 186, 23; Az. 24.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wislíce, -wisslíce; adv.

Certainlyexactlytrulyespeciallybesidesvidelicetscilicetsaneutiqueporro

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Ðæs ðe hie gewislícost gewitan meahton to the best of their knowledge. Beo. Th. 2704; B. 1350

Linked entries: ge-wisslíce wisslíce

efen-heáp

(n.)
Grammar
efen-heáp, es; m.

A fellow-soldier, soldier of the same bandcommănĭpŭlāris

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Ben. Lye

Linked entry: heáp

efen-lǽcung

(n.)
Grammar
efen-lǽcung, e; f.

A matching or making like or equal imĭtātio, æquipărātio

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Ben. Lye

enid

(n.)

a duck, drake, coot, water-fowl ănăs, ănĕta, fulĭca

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Ben. Lye

flyht-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
flyht-cláþ, es; m.

A joiningbinding or tying togethercommissūraconjunctūralĭgātūra

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Ben. Lye