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éstfulnes

luxurylasciviousness

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Add: Similar entries cf. ést-ful, I Devotio, i. obsequio, bonitas, honor éstfulnes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 51: Scint. 29, 11. Éstfulnese deuotione, i. humilitate, An. Ox. 369: Hy. S. 88, 17. Mid éstfulnysse, Gr. D. 138, 18.

spell

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</b> add :-- Nis tó geortrýwanne ꝥ on úre yldo ꝥ beón mihte ꝥ oft geworden getreówe spell cýþað nec diffidendum est nostra aetate fieri potuisse quod aliquoties factum fideles historiae narrant, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 441, 10. <b>I b.

pliht-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pliht-líc, adj.
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Dangerous Plyhtlíc þingc hit ys gefón hwæl periculosa res est capere cetum, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 21.

pundar

(n.)
Grammar
pundar, pundur
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[Cf. punder librilla, &#39; librilla est baculus cum corrigia plumbata, ad librandum carnes,&#39; Prompt. Parv. 416. Halliwell gives punder, to balance evenly, as an East-country word. Icel. pundari a steel yard.]

Linked entry: wiht-mearc

ge-cwémlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cwémlíc, adj.

Agreeablewell pleasedplacitusplacatuscomplacatuscongruusbeneplăcĭtus

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Gecwémlíc is Drihtne on his folce beneplăcĭtum est Dŏmĭno pŏpŭlo suo, Ps. Lamb. 149, 4. In tíde gicuoemlícum in tempore placito, Rtl. 19, 7; 18, 29. Gicuoemlíce placatus, 43, 17; 35, 43. Gicuoemlíc complacatus, 69, 11. Gicuǽmlíc supplex, 166, 5

Linked entry: ge-cwémedlíc

tweógend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tweógend-líc, adj.
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Doubtful, uncertain, where doubt is felt Tweógendlícre ( sine) ancipiti (ambiguitatis scrupulo veraciter credendum est ), Hpt. Gl. 422, 32.

Linked entry: un-tweógendlíce

un-brýce

(adj.)
Grammar
un-brýce, adj. (or subst.?)

Uselessunprofitable

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Nyle hé ða dærstan him dón unbrýce faex ejus non est exinanita, Ps. Th. 74, 8. [But calleth hym yn the gospel ryche, As unkynde and unbryche, Halliwell's Dict. Goth. unbrúkjai skalkós servi inutiles, Lk. 17, 10.]

Linked entry: un-briéce

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.

crycc

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Lituus, baculum augurale in prima parte curvum, id est crycc (cryc), Txts. 72, 571. Cryc baculum, Ps. Srt. 22, 4. Se biscop slóh mid his cricce on ðá eorðan, Shrn. 70, 14. Hé mid twám criccum creáp him tó Wynceastre, Hml. S. 21, 101.

eahtung

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Ꝥ bið seó sóðe æhtung þæs mannes lífes in þám mægne his gódra weorca, nalæs in æteównysse þára foretácna vitae vera aestimatio in virtute est operum, non in ostensione signorum, Gr. D. 90, 29.

el-þeódgian

(v.)
Grammar
el-þeódgian, -þeódian; p. ode
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To be in foreign parts, to travel to or live in a foreign land Foerde fearr ł ellðiódegde peregre profectus est, Mt. L. 21, 33. Ellðeódigde ł fearr færende wæs, Lk. L. 15, 13. Ellðiódade, Mk. L. 13, 34.

Linked entries: -þeódgian -þeódgian

ge-hlǽg

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ge-hlǽg, l. ge-hlæg,
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woruld-mannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge. and þá ylcan sprǽce wé nimað lustlíce, þeáh þe heó sí ús unwyrðelíce and unrihtlic tó sprecane dum plerumque eis ad quaedam loquenda condescendimus, paulisper assueti, hanc ipsam locutionem quae nobis indigna est

ge-fættian

(v.)
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Gefǽttod is incrassatus est, gefǽttod inpinguatus (Deut. 32, 15), Ps. L. fol. 192, 15

hín-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hín-ness, e; f. I.

subjectingdestruction

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R. 10, 19, a laying waste, destruction Godes cyricena hýnnysse (bærnesse, v. l.) and slege martyra unblinnendlíce dón wæs incendiis ecclesiarum, caedibus martyrum incessabiliter acta est, Bd. 1, 6; Sch. 19, I

Linked entries: hýn-ness hé-nis

riht-gelífed

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Factum est, ut crescente institutione catholica, Scotii omnes . . . Bd. 3, 28; Sch. 326, 16-327, 1. Add

tó-stencedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-stencedness, e; f.

dispersiondissipationdestruction

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T.) plurima destructio est, R. Ben. 128, 6. Ungeþyld is ealra mægna tóstencednys, Homl. Th. ii. 544, 6. Cometa, ðonne hé ætýwþ, ðonne tácnaþ hé hungor oððe cwealm oððe tóstencednysse ðæs eardes, Anglia viii. 321, 22

Linked entries: stencedness tó-stencan

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, p. -fánd, pl. -fúndon; pp. -fúnden

To finddetectfeelexperienceinveniredeprehendereexperirisentire

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Ðis wíf wæs afúnden on unrihton hǽmede hæc mulier deprehensa est in adulterio, Jn. Bos. 8, 4: Bt. 35, 5 ; Fox 162, 31

Linked entry: a-fúnden

niht-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
niht-lang, adj.

Night-longa night in length

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Night-long, a night in length Nafa ðú nánes þearfan wedd mid ðé nihtlangne fyrst si pauper est proximus tuus, non pernoctabit apud te pignus, Deut. 24, 12 : Cd. Th. 191, 2; Exod. 208 : Andr. Kmbl. 1668; An. 836 : 2620; An. 1311 : Elen.

ge-deorf

(n.)
Grammar
ge-deorf, es; n.

Labourtroubletribulationlăbortrībŭlātio

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Labour, trouble, tribulation; lăbor, trībŭlātio Micel gedeorf ys hit magnus lăbor est, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 5, 7. Byþ mycel gedeorf ĕrit trībŭlātio magna, Mt. Bos. 24, 21. Hæfst ðú ǽnig gedeorf hăbestu ălĭquem lăbōrem? Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 9.

ge-myltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myltan, -miltan, -mieltan; pp. ed

To cause to melt, soften

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Gemyltyd is eórðe liquefacta est terra, Ps. Spl. C. 74, 3. Woldon ellenrófes mód gemiltan they wished to subdue the bold man's courage, Andr. Kmbl. 2785; An. 1395

Linked entries: ge-mieltan ge-miltan