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un-gefylled

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefylled, adj.

Unfilledunsatisfied

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Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 26

Linked entry: ge-fyllan

wandlung

(n.)
Grammar
wandlung, e ; f.
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Changing, mutation Hié beheóldon on ðé heora ágen gecynd, and on heora wandlunga hié gecýþdon heora fæstrǽdnesse servavit circa te propriam in ipsa sui mutabilitate constantiam, Bt. 7, 2 ; Fox 16, 31

borh-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
borh-fæst, adj.
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Bound by the giving of security Wolde he gedón ꝥ ic him wære borhfæst . . . and ætfæste hé mé míne efenþeówene [the marriage would be security for continued service], Hml. A. 203, 254

clústor-loc

Grammar
clústor-loc, pl. -locu (not -loca).
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Substitute for citations Clústor*-*loc (clústorlocae, clústerlocae, Ep. Erf. Gll.) clustella, Txts. 51, 481. Clústerloc, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 42: 131, 78. Clústerlocu crustra (ærea portarum clustra, Ald. 148, 30), 90, 57

ge-réþre

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-réþre, adj.
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Constant Hé bið simle ryhtes geðeahtes geðafa, for ðǽm hé bid suíðe arod and sutðe geréðre on ryhtum weorcum dttm rectis persuasionibus acqutescit, constanter se in bono opere dirigit, Past. 306, 15

ge-efenlíc

(adj.)
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For 'Bd. 4, 29; ... Ca' substitute Ꝥ hé swá geefenlíca wǽre (hí swá geefenlíco wǽron, v. l.) mid þá gyfe his þingeres aequatus gratia suo intercessori, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 531, 8

on-scǽgan

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Add: Perhaps onscændon should be read for onscægdon. Cf. Gehyscton ł scęndon subsannauerunt, Ps. L. 79, 7. Gescent (tǽlð, L., hyspeð, Vos. Rdr. Srt.) subsannabit, Ps. Th. 2, 4. See next word

réceleást

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Ðonne wé hwæthwugu steórweorðes ongietað . . . and wé gebǽrað for úre réceliésðe (reccelíste, v. l.) swelce wé hit nyten cum cogitationes nostrae ea, quae . . . arguenda cognoscunt, pigredine deprimente dissimulant, Past. 195, 4. Add

spédig

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Þám sþédigum gedafenað þæt héspende and dǽle; ðám wǽdlan gedafenað þæt hé gebidde for ðane dǽlere, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 30-33. Add

unriht-crafing

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-crafing, e; f.
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Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmanne for his unrihtcræfinge þá and ǽfre mó, Cht. Th. 633, 16-28

Linked entry: crafing

willung

Grammar
willung, desire.
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For ðon wer bið wífe gemenged þonne unálýfedre willunge (inlicitae concupiscentiae) monnes mód in geþóhte þurh lustfulnesse bið geþeóded . . . þæt fýr þǽre unrihtan willunge, Bd. I. 27; Sch. 86, 14-20. Add

riht-wísian

(v.)
Grammar
riht-wísian, p. ode

To direct aright rule

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MS.) a Deo mundum regi non ambigis, Bt. 5, 3 ; Fox 12, 14

út-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
út-líc, adj.

Externalforeign

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External, foreign For ermþo ðære útlecan underþeódnesse (subjection to those without) Bd. 4, 16; M. 308, 30. Hé his ðeóde fram útlícre hergunge (ab externa invasione) álýsde, 4, 26; S. 603, 20

wearrig

(adj.)
Grammar
wearrig, adj.

Callous

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Callous Hé gelóme ðingode for ðæs folces gyltum, bígende his cneówu on gebedum symle, swá ðæt him weóxon wearrige ylas, on olfendes gelícnysse, on his liðegum cneówum, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 26

ge-þwǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-þwǽrlíce, -þwǽrelíce; adv.

Harmoniouslyin accord

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Harmoniously, in accord Sió sunne and se móna rícsiaþ swíðe geþwǽrelíce the sun and moon rule very harmoniously, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 6. Geþwǽrlíce consonanter, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 35

Linked entry: -þwǽrlíce

a-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rǽdan, -rédan; p. -rǽdde, -rédde, -réde; pp. -rǽded, -rǽd, -réd [rǽd counsel] .

to take counselcare forappointdetermineconsilium capereconsulere alicuidecerneredefinireto conjectureguessprophesyinterpretutterconjectaredivinareprophetizareinterpretarieloqui

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Ðá se wísdóm ðis spell arǽd hæfde when wisdom had uttered this speech, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 20, note 8: Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 24; Wand. 5

Linked entries: a-rǽd a-réde

ge-bǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽdan, p. -bǽdde; pp. -bǽded [bǽdan to compel]

To compelconstrainforceimpelurgeoppresscompellĕrecōgĕrepersuādēreimpellĕreurgēreprĕmĕre

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Fox 6, 28; Met. 6, 14. Níþa gebǽded constrained by hatred, Exon. 68 b; Th. 254, 27; Jul. 203. Mon sceal gebídan ðæs he gebǽdan ne mæg a man ought to wait for what he cannot hasten [compel to come], 90 b; Th. 340, 2; Gn. Ex. 105.

Linked entry: ge-béded

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, p. ode(mearc a mark).

to make a mark on anythingto mark outdesign

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Him tó gingran metot mearcode the Lord marked them out for his servants, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 33; Gen. 459

scrincan

(v.)
Grammar
scrincan, p. scranc, pl. scruncon; pp. scruncen.
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Heo scrynketh for shome, P. S. 158, 7.] to contract, shrink Ðá tán scrincaþ (-eð, MS. ) up. Lchdm. iii. 48, 28. Gif sino scrince . . . oððe gif monnes fót tó hommum scrimme and scrince, ii. 6, 13-15

Linked entry: a-scrincan

ge-hæftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hæftan, he -hæft; p. -hæftede, -hæfte; pp. -hæfted, -hæft

To taketake captivecast into prisondetainbindcaptarecaptivarevincire

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On écnesse gehæft for ever binds, Bt. 19; Fox 70, 18. Mid ðý me God hafaþ gehæfted be ðam healse with which God hath fastened me by the neck, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 29; Gen. 385 : Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 11; Jud. 116.

Linked entry: be-hæftan