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truma

(n.)
Grammar
truma, an; m.
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Jos. 11. 10: Homl. Ass. 113, 356. Truman aciem, Hpt. Gl. 426, 69. Hé gesette ða menn on ǽnne truman, ðe mon hiora mǽgas ǽr on ðæm londe slóg, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 80, 19.

under-þeód

(adj.)
Grammar
under-þeód, adj. (ptcpl.) used substantively.

Subjectsubordinate

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Se láreów sceal ǽrest on him sylfum ǽlcne leahter ádwæscan, and siððan on his underðeóddum, Homl. Th, i. 320, 30. Landfranc wæs geháded on his ágenum biscopsetle fram eahte biscopum his underðióddum, Chr. 1070; Erl. 206, 5

Linked entry: þeódan

un-forboden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forboden, adj.

Unforbiddennot prohibitedfree from any moral or legal hindrance

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Unforbidden, not prohibited, free from any moral or legal hindrance Ðæt hí móston him beran unforboden flǽsc, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 91.

Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan

un-gelǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelǽred, adj.

Untaughtunlearnedignorantunskilled

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Homl. 179, 14. Ungelǽrede wé syndon idiotae sumus, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 8. Forhwon beóð ǽfre suǽ ðríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láriówdómes ab imperitis pastorale magisterium qua temeritate suscipitur? Past. 1; Swt. 25, 16

Linked entry: un-lǽred

un-sméþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sméþe, adj.

Not smoothroughuneven

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Wé habbaþ hrepunge, ðæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið sméðe, hwæt unsméðe, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 33. His unsméðan ( leprous ) líces, 512, 6. Ne unsméðes wiht, Exon. Th. 199, 15; Ph. 26. Unsmoeði scabro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 24.

Linked entry: sméðe

un-staþolfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-staþolfæst, adj.

unsettlednot remaining in one placenot stationaryunsettleddesirous of changenot steadfastunstablenot enduringeasily movedunsettled in mindwavering

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Ben. 9, 23. unsettled, desirous of change Sum munuc wearð unstaðolfæst on his mynstre, and gewilnode ðæt hé móste of ðam munuclífe, Homl. Th. ii. 176, 14. not steadfast, unstable, not enduring, easily moved Unstaðolfest weorc opus instabile, Kent.

Linked entry: under-staþolfæst

æt-gár

(n.)
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Ætgéro (ægt&e-hook;ro, MS.) falarica, 63, 839. Ategára falarica (v. 8, 312 above), An. Ox. 5023. Ategárum falarica (v. Angl. xiii. 29, 46 above), 786. Ategáras ansatas, 2, 502. Ætgáras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 68

bíme

(n.)
Grammar
bíme, (ié, é, ý), an; f.: bíma; m.?

a trumpeta tabletbillet

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a trumpet (in the first place of wood v. beám: cf. horn) Hefe úp ðíne stefne suá bíme (biéme, v. l. tuba), Past. 91, 20. Béma, Rtl. 5, 14. Býma, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 58. Béme concha, Txts. 53, 571: barbita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 28. Býme salpix, 96, 22.

Linked entries: býme beám

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)
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Ðone þurst wé earfoðlíce ( vix ) ábǽron, Nar. 7, 30: Homl. Th. i. 86, 8, 14.

lácnung

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Add: healing, medical care Studium vel medecina, curatio vel lácnung vel gýmen vel hogu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 59. Ne cann ic náht on lácnunge, Hml. S. 22, 41.

rétan

(v.)
Grammar
rétan, ;p. ; te

To cheer, gladden, comfort

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Homl. 41, 29. Ealle ða óðru gód óleccaþ ðam móde and hit rétaþ, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 24 note. Hú sewísdóm hine eft réte and rihte mid his andsworum, tit. 5; Fox x, 10. Ðæt dolh rét mid ferscre buteran, Lchdm. ii. 354, 5.

sǽ-grund

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-grund, (or sǽ grund), es;m.

The depth of the sea,

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Paulus áwrát be him sylfum, ðæt hé ǽnne dæg and áne niht on sǽgrunde ádruge, Homl. Th. ii. 574, 14. Sǽgrunde neáh (cf. ðis fis (the whale) wuneð wið ðe se grund,Misc. 16, 517), Beo. Th. 1133; B. 564.

sam

(con.)
Grammar
sam, conj.

Whether, or

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Homl. ii. 107, 8.]

Linked entries: ge-sam som

wǽfels

(n.)
Grammar
wǽfels, es; m.

A coveringwrapcloakveil

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Hí wǽdligende on ánum wáclícum wǽfelse férdon, Homl. Th. i. 62, 29. On wǽfelse (tegmine) fyþera ðínra, Ps. Spl. 35, 8. Oferbrǽdels ł wǽfels opertorium, Ps. Lamb. 101, 27. Ðam ðe wylle niman ðíne tunecan, lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels (pallium), Mt.

wearmian

(v.)
Grammar
wearmian, p. ode

To get warm

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Hí (the clothes which he wore while standing in the river ) on his líchaman wearmodon, Homl. Th. ii. 354, 20. Se ðe nyle ðæt wlæce oferwinnan and wearmian óð hé wealle quisquis nequaquam tepore superato excrescit, ut ferveat, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 7.

hǽs

(n.)
Grammar
hǽs, e; f.

A command, hest, behest

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Under abbodes hǽsum under the commands of an abbot, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 29

Linked entry: be-hǽs

heáh-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-fæder, m.

A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. GodGod the Fatherpatriarca

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Be ðam heáhfædere Abrahame concerning the patriarch Abraham, Homl. Th. i. 46, 11. Jacob gestrýnde twelf suna, ða sind gehátene twelf heáhfæderas Jacob begat twelve sons, who are called the twelve patriarchs, ii. 190, 25: i. 396, 9

COT

(n.)
Grammar
COT, cott, es; pl. nom. acc. cotu; gen. cota; dat. cotum, cottum; n.

A COTcottagehousebed-chamberdencasadomuscubiculumcubilespelunca

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We witan ðæt hý ne durran hý selfe æt hám æt heora cotum werian we know that they dare not defend themselves at home in their own houses Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 69, 26. Ingá in cotte ðínum intra in cubiculum tuum Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 6.

Linked entries: eald-cot cott

snód

(n.)
Grammar
snód, e; f.

A snood, fillet, head-dress

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Homl. Th. ii. 28, 16-26. Snóda vittarum Hpt. Gl. 526, 57. Wæs ðæm deóre se hrycg ácæglod swelce snóda (snide?) belua serrato tergo Nar. 20, 27

hnescian

(v.)
Grammar
hnescian, hnexian; p. ode

To make, or to become, soft, to soften

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Ongunnon ða godes cempan hnexian God's warriors began to yield, Homl. Skt. 5, 48, 51: 8, 29