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mótan

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Hú mǽg sé beón gessǽlig, sé ðe on ðám gesǽlþum ðurhwunian ne mót, 2 ; F. 4, 15. þǽr ic móste ( was permitte) þín mód gefiþerigan . . . ꝥ þuacute; mihtest (wast able ) mid mé fliógan, 36, 2 ; F. 174, 6. þá bǽdon hí í God sealde frídom manna sáulum,

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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Swá swá gé eów innan ne geðiéden tó ðǽm áwiergedum gǽstum te immundis spiritibus non conjungas, 375, 6. Ǽnig him gebróðra on ǽnigre sí geþeód geférrǽdene nullus ei fratrum in ullo jungatur consortio, R. Ben. I. 57, 2.

a-wyrt-walian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wyrt-walian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [a out, wyrtwalian to root, to fix roots]

To root uperadicateextirpateexterminateeradicaresupplantare

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Ðelæs ge ðone hwǽte awyrtwalion ne forte eradicetis triticum, 13, 29: Lk. Bos. 17, 6 : Bt. Met. Fox 12, 51; Met. 12, 26 : Ps. Th. 36, 9. Awyrtwala hine supplanta eum, Ps. Spl. 16, 14

Linked entry: a-wurtwarian

hreáðe-mús

(n.)
Grammar
hreáðe-mús, e; f.

a bat

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Swilce eác cwóman hreáðemýs ... hæfdon hie eác ða hreáðemýs téþ in monna gelícnesse sed et vespertilionum vis ingens ... habentes dentes in morem hominum, Nar. 15, 5-8

Linked entry: hrére-mús

Læsting

(n.)
Grammar
Læsting, Læstinga
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Getimbrede ðǽr mynster ðæt is gecýged Læstinga eá, 3, 23; S. 555, 3. Hé gewát tó his mynsterscire ðæt is on Læstinga eá, 5, 19; S. 639, 14. On Læstinge, 4, 3; S. 566, 28

ge-byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-byrde, -bierde; adj.

Inborninnatenaturalinnatusingenitusnaturalis

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Inborn, innate, natural; innatus, ingenitus, naturalis Ne him nis gebyrde ðæt hí ðé folgien it is not natural to them that they should follow thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 34.

Linked entry: ge-bierde

sincan

(v.)
Grammar
sincan, p. sanc, pl. suncon ; pp. suncen.
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Th. 86, 27 ; Gen. 1437. to act as an aperient Gif ðæt sié ómihte wǽte innan, tyhte hié mon út mid líþum mettum sincendum, and ne lǽt inne gesittan on ðam líchoman, Lchdm. ii. 218, 14

Linked entry: be-sincan

un-gefrǽgelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefrǽgelíc, adj.

Unheard ofunusualextraordinary

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Anglia i. 332) lyblác, Nar. 34, 3. Ða deór habbaþ eahta fét, and wælkyrian eágan, and twá heáfda...; ðæt syndon ungefrǽgelícu (-fregelicu, MS. T.) deór, 34, 8

un-týd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-týd, adj.

Ignorantuninstructedunskilled

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Ignorant, uninstructed, unskilled Dysig bið se lǽce and untýd ðe wilnaþ ðæt hé óðerne mon gelácnige, and nát ðæt hé self bið gewundad improbus et imperitus est medicus, qui alienum mederi appetit, et ipse vulnus, quod patitur, nescit, Past. 48; Swt.

wan-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
wan-hygd, -hygdu(-o) [cf. ofer-hygd]
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Grendel for his wonhýdum wǽpna ne récceþ ; ic ðæt ðonne forhicge ðæt ic sweord bere, Beo. Th. 872; B. 434. [Cf. Icel. van-hyggja want of forethought.]

wit

(n.)
Grammar
wit, witt, es; n.

right mindwitswitintelligenceunderstandingthe mind

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Th. 1183; B. 589. the mind Ðeós gítsunc hafaþ gumena gehwelces mód ámerred, ðæt hé máran ne récð, ac hit on witte weallende byrnð, Met. 8, 45

célan

(v.)
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Wolde ic mínne þurst célan, Nar. 8, 28. Seó ádl mid cealdum þingum biþ tó célanne ... scealt þú ǽrest þá hǽto célan midcellendre, Lch. ii. 82, 3-6

cís-ness

(n.)
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Wé gelýfað þæt genóh sý twá gesodene sufel for missenlicra manna untrumnesse; gif hwá for hwylcre císnesse þæs ánes brúcan ne mæge, brúce húru þæs óðres ut forte qui ex uno non potuerit edere ex alio reficiatur, R. Ben. 63, 12

efnan

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Ne bið swylc cwénlic þeáw idese tó efnanne, B. 1941

lor

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Nar. 12, 25. Tó lore (lose, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 595, 13 (v. los). Hé þæs scipes geþrowode æfwyrdlan and lore (lyre, v. l.) ealra þára þinga þe in him wǽron navis rerum omnium jacturam pertulit. Gr. D. 141, 14. [v. N. E. D. lore.] Add: —

manna

Grammar
manna, man.
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'Ne hera ðú nǽnne man on his lífe'. . . Sé ðe herian wille háligne mannan, herige hine. . . æfter his geendunge, Hml. Th. ii. 560, 18. 'Þú ácenst sunu.' Oncnáwað þurh þás word sóðne mannan ácennedne of mǽdenlicum líchaman, i. 198, 10. Add

medum-lic

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Ne beó gé tó creásum reáfum gefrætwode, ac medemlicum (simplici modo), 90, 13. <b>I a.</b> of middle rank. Cf. medume; <b>II a</b> :-- On medomlicere stówe loco mediocri, R. Ben. I. 101, 8

þeódan

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Sege úrum bróþrum ꝥ heora nǽnig hine ne þýde tó þám seócan bréþer nullus ex fratribus se ad eum morientem jungat, Gr. D. 344, 27. Utan þýdan ús tó þám úplican ríce, Verc. Först. 112, 10

wearglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wearglíce, adv.

Vilely, meanly, wretchedly

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ne is ðæt sum dǽl ermþa, ðæt mon swá wærelíce (werelíce, v. l.) scyle culpian tó ðám ðe him gifan scyle qui praeire ceteros honore cupis, poscendi humilitate vilesces, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 15

Linked entries: wærelíce wearg-líc

ǽ-mód

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Man sceal lǽwedum mannum secgan be heora andgites mǽðe, swá ðæt hí ne beón ðurh ðá deópnysse ǽmóde, Hml. Th. ii. 446, 8. Add