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hund-nigontig

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Hé let him behindan ciólas nigon and hundnigontig, Met. 26, 24. where the governed or qualified noun is not expressed Máre bliss bið . . . be ánum synfullan men . . . þonne be nigon and hundnigantigan Þe dǽdbóte ne behófiað, Angl. xi. 114, 68.

láreów-dóm

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S. 5, 269. what is taught by a teacher, a study Bóclicum láreówdómum liberalibus studiis An. Ox. 3100

lustfullung

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I a. pleasure in something (gen. ) :-- Þæt þú on míne heortan getryme þínra beboda lustfullunga, Angl. xi. 101, 28. in an unfavourable sense On þreó wísan bið deófles costnung ; þæt is on tihtinge, on lustfullunge, on geðafunge.

mægen

Grammar
mægen, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þæt eorðlice mægn þe þú hér samnast. . . eall þis mægn wát, þe hér tó gemóte cóm, þæt bín heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 13-18. v. full-, god-, heáfod-, helle-, níd-, stíþ-mægen

ord-fruma

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Add 'Ego sum principium' . . . se Hǽlend be him sylfum spræc ꝥ hé is ordfruma and angin ealra þinga, Hml. S. 1, 12. Gif hí hiora ordfruman (cf. fruman, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 31) ne þiówoden nisi refluant causae quae dedit esse, Met. 29, 96. 1 b.

súþ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-fór, e; f.
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D. i. 235, 8 siith is printed; but suð, Cht. Th. 463, 3, and C. D. B. i. 446, 20. These are all texts of the charter quoted. ] Æt súþfóre ǽlc mon (gilde) .v. pening̃, Cht. Th. 614, 11

treów

Grammar
treów, truth.
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Add Hwæt is ðæt, ðæt mon hreówsige his synna, búton ðæt mon eówað Gode his eáðmódnesse and his treówa? quid est culpam flere nisi humilitatem Deo suae devotionis ostendere ?, Past. 421, 30.

word

Grammar
word, <b>. II</b> I.
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Hié bǽdon þæt hié ðæs gefeohtes geswicen, þæt hié mósten þá deádan bebyrgean . . . þæt is mid Crécum þeáw þæt mid ðǽm worde bið gecýþed hwæðer healf hæfð sige, 3, I; S. 100, 8.

wafung

(n.)
Grammar
wafung, e; f.

amazement, wonder, astonishment

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On openre wafunge (the passage is: Martyres in Circi spectaculocuparum gremiis includuntur, Ald. 48),Hpt. Gl. 488, 71.

Linked entry: wafung-stede

weg-nest

(n.)
Grammar
weg-nest, es; n.

Food for a journey

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. ¶ the word is used of the sacrament administered to the dying Gif se man on his ýtemestan dæge gyrneþ Cristes líchaman tó underfónne, ne wyrne him man ná, . . . ðæt bið his wegnyst (viaticum), and ǽlces ðæra manna ðe tó Godes ríce becymð, L. Ecg.

Linked entry: nest

ǽ-fæst

Grammar
ǽ-fæst, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest).

religiousmarried

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Se weorðscipe ðisse worolde is gecierred tó weorðscipe ðǽm ǽwfæstum, ðæt ðá sindon nú weorðoste ðe ǽwfæstoste sindon; for ðon lícet monig ðæt hé ǽwfæsð láreów sié, Past. 27, 2-5. Ǽfeste (eáwfæste, v. 1.) men R.

hæg-weard

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-weard, hæcg-, es; m.

A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground,agellarius

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The following note is given on this word, p. 234 'Bp.

hǽmed

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed, es; n.

A lying with, sexual intercourse, marriagecoitus

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Mægþhád biþ forloren on hǽmede maidenhead is lost in intercourse, ii. 10, 5 : 220, 4. Be hǽmede de coitu, L. Ecg. C; Th. ii. 128, 26. On unrihton hǽmede in adulterio, Jn. Skt. 8, 4 : Shrn. 132, 6.

Linked entry: dreám

of-gangan

(v.)

to requireto extort, exact what is not dueto acquire, obtain

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Gen. 9, 5. to extort, exact what is not due:- Ofgang ða mádmas extort (from St.

on-wæcnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-wæcnan, p. ede.

to rise, spring, be derived

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'Nú us is tíma ðæt wé onwæcnen of slǽpe.' Ond eft hé cwiþ: 'Onwæcnaþ, gé ryhtwísan,' Past. 63; Swt. 459, 33-461, 1.

Linked entry: on-wacnian

orsorglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
orsorglíce, adv.

without anxietycarelessly, rashlysecurely, safely

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Th. i. 418, 5. carelessly, rashly Ðæt hiera nán ne durre grípan suá orsorglíce on ðæt ríce, Past. 4, 2 ; Swt. 41, 5. securely, safely Forðam ðe hit swá earfoðe is ǽnegum menn tó witanne hwonne hé geclǽnsod síe, hé mæg ðý orsorglícor (tutius) forbúgan

ge-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sirwan, -serwan, -syrwan; p. ede; pp. ed.

to plotcontriveconspiredeliberateto furnish with armsequip

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Ðý ne wricþ Dryhten nó gelíce ða gesiredan synne and fǽrlíce þurhtogenan forðæm sió gesirede syn biþ ungelíc eallum óðrum synnum so the Lord does not punish equally the deliberate sin and the suddenly perpetrated, for the deliberate sin is unlike all

Linked entries: ge-syrwan ge-serwan

á-wirgan

(v.)
Grammar
á-wirgan, á-wirgean.
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. ¶ the most frequently occurring form is the pp. used as adjective:-- Se áwyrgeda malignus, Ps. Spl. 14, 5. Ðá costunga ðæs áwiergdan (-wirg-,v. l.) gástes, Past. 268, 19. Hiera áwiergdan weorc, 268, 19. Áwoergedo >(-wærgede, R.) maledicti, Mt.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Kmbl. 307;El. 154. where the motion is figurative, with words denoting change of condition, marking that to which a thing is changed, what a thing becomes, to what a thing is brought Hé heora wæter wende tó blóde, Ps. Th. 104, 25 : Cd.

Linked entry: -anne

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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Þá gefadunge þe snotorlíce geset is be incúþra þinga endebyrdnysse the disposition which is prudently appointed concerning procedure in the case of strange matters, Lch. iii. 440, 26.