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un-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
un-þearf, e; f.

Disadvantage ⬩ hurt ⬩ harm ⬩ detriment

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Hé gegaderode his folc tó ðæs cynges unþearfe, ac hé wæs gelet (hé gaderode his folc þan cyngce tó unþearfe hé þóhte, ac hit wearð heora seolfan tó mycclan hearme, MS. D.), Chr. 1075; Erl. 213, 27.

ge-wífian

(v.)
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Substitute : absolute to marry, take a wife Æfter heora gewunan hé gewífode. Hml. A. 95, 105. Hé sǽde ꝥ hé gewiifad hæfde se uxoreo uinculo conligatumfvisse respondit, Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 456, 3.

hunta

(n.)
Grammar
hunta, an; m.

A hunter

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Chaucer's Monk: 'He ȝaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been noon holy men'], L. Edg. C. 64; Th. ii. 258, 7. Eal wéste búton ðǽr huntan gewícodon oððe fisceras, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29.

án-rǽdnes

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Hé on gódum gelimpum ne forlǽt his ánrǽdnesse, Wlfst. 51, 23. Ánrǽdnysse statum (cordis), An. Ox. 4468

hergian

(v.)

to harry ⬩ plunder ⬩ to harrass

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Sum his folc hé sende gind þæt lond tó bærnanne and tó hergenne, 4, 8; S. 188, Þá unrihtwísan déman beóð wyrsan þonne herigende here, Ll.

willes

(adv.)
Grammar
willes, adv.

Willingly, voluntarily, of one's own accord

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Hé willes deáð þrowade, R. Ben. 26, 15. Geneádod tó ánre míle gange, gang willes twá, 28, 3. Hwílum willes, hwílum geneádode, Homl. Ass. 145, 45.

mis-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
mis-gelimp, es; n.

Mishap ⬩ misadventure

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Mishap, misadventure Hé sende misgelimpu on manna bearn, Wulfst. 211, 30

Linked entry: ge-limp

gang

Grammar
gang, <b>; II.</b>
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Hé betýneð ... þá fét fram gange, Verc. Först. 90, 7. Add

un-lǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽde, adj.

Stray

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Ðá forstæl hé ða unlǽdan oxan, Chart. Th. 172, 21

Linked entry: un-lǽttu

un-lífes

(adv.)
Grammar
un-lífes, adv.

Not alive

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Not alive Hé is nú unlífes, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 203

Linked entry: un-líf

druncen-wille

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Hé drincð him mid ðǽm druncenwillum monnum, Past. 120, 13. Add

fæger-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
fæger-líce, adv.

Splendidly ⬩ sumptuously

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Splendidly, sumptuously Hé gehriordade fegerlíce epulabatur splendide, Lk. L. 16, 19

Linked entry: fægere

firm

(n.)

cleansing

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cleansing Hú hé yrde mæge fyrme geforðian, Angl. ix. 261, 5

Linked entry: fyrm

grammatic

(adj.)
Grammar
grammatic, adj.
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Grammatical, of grammar Hé leornode grammatican cræft, Hml. S. 35, 14

Linked entries: gramatic grammatisc

hundnigontig-wintre

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þá hé wæs nigon-and-hundnigon*-*ligwintre, Gen. 17, 1. Add

stígan

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2 Add Hé ofer þone geard stáh, Gr. D. 23, 26

ǽht

Grammar
ǽht, <b>. I d.</b>
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Hé wæs riht ǽht tó Hǽðfelda, Cht. E. 276, 18. Add

á-feorrian

(v.)
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Hé bið áfeorrod (prolongabitur) fram hire, Ps. Vos. 108, 18. Add

Linked entries: á-feorsian á-firran

for-stregdan

(v.)
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to destroy Ðý lǽs hé forstrugde hié, Ps. Vos. 105, 23

sceáp-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
sceáp-scearu, e; f.

Sheep-shearing

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Sheep-shearing Ðá fór hé tó his scépscere, Gen. 38, 12

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