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dysig

(n.)
Grammar
dysig, n.
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Bigspellbóc, swilce gé secgað, ac wisdómes bigspell and warnung wið disig, Ǽlfc. T. Grn. 7, 38. Add

on-cýþig

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þú cunnon miht h[wæt on wo]rdum wæs werum oncýðig, Hpt. 33, 73, 12

Linked entry: cýþig

hearm-cwedelian

(v.)
Grammar
hearm-cwedelian, p. ode

To speak ill of, calumniate

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To speak ill of, calumniate hearm-cwedelodon mé ofermóde non calumnientur me superbi, Ps. Spl. 118, 122

dón

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 79, 9. to make (much, nothing) of, to make out to be so and so, consider, esteem Sé ðe conn wel emn bión wið óðre menn, and hé hine bettran ne déð, Past. 113, 23.

hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mindheartsoul

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Næs him blíðe hige no cheerful mind was his, 178; Th. 223, 10; Dan. 117.

CEOLE

(n.)
Grammar
CEOLE, ciole, an; f.

The throat, JOWLguttur, fauces

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Ne cleopigaþ hí, ðeáh ðe hí ceolan habban they [i. e. idols] cry not, though they have throats, Ps. Th. 113, 16

Linked entry: ceoler

dóm-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-bóc, f. [bóc a book, q. v.]

DOOM-BOOK, a book of decrees or laws lĭber judĭciālis

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Ne þearf he nánra dómbóca óðerra cépan he need not heed any other doom books, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 30.

Linked entry: bóc-tǽcing

huntian

(v.)
Grammar
huntian, p. ode

To hunt

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Ne canst ðú huntian búton nettum nescis venari nisi cum retibus, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 21. Ic fare huntian venatum pergo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 10. Huntigendra venantium, Ps. Spl. 90, 3 : 123, 6

inwit-full

(adj.)
Grammar
inwit-full, adj.

Deceitfulguilefulmaliciousevil

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Ne mæg ðǽr inwitfull ǽnig geféran womscyldig mon there may none guileful come, none guilty of sin, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 18; Gen. 498. From ðære inwitfullan yflan tungan a lingua dolosa, Ps. Th. 119, 3.

morgen-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-gifu, e; f.

The gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage

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Gif hió bearn ne gebyreþ fæderingmágas ágan morgengyfe, L. Ethb. 81; Th. i. 24, 2. v. Grmm. R. A. 441

bold-wéla

(n.)
Grammar
bold-wéla, an; m. [bold a house, wéla wealth] .

a dwelling of wealth or happinessprædium, opes domesticæparadise, heavenparadisuscœlum

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a dwelling of wealth or happiness; prædium, opes domesticæ Ne mæg ðé adón ðínne boldwélan thou mayest not take thee thy dwelling of wealth or happiness, Soul Kmbl. 118; Seel. 59. paradise, heaven; paradisus = παράδεισos, cœlum Ðé is neorxna wang boldwéla

slaga

(n.)
Grammar
slaga, an; m.
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ne biþ hé swelce hé sié his slaga (mortis auctor ), ðonne hé hine mæg gehǽtan and nyle ? Past. 38, 4 ; Swt. 275, 9. Gif man þeóf geméte, and hé hús brece, and hine man gewundie, se slaga biþ unscildig, Ex. 22, 2.

ticcen

(n.)
Grammar
ticcen, es; n.
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Ne sealdest ðú mé nǽfre án ticcen (ticgen, Lind.: tycchen, later MS. ), Lk. Skt. 15, 29. Ticcenu beóþ eáðmelte, Lchdm. ii. 196, 24. Bring mé twá ða betstan tyccenu ( hoedos ) . . . Heó befeóld his handa mid ðæra tyccena fellum, Gen. 27, 9, 16.

Linked entry: tyccen

þriwa

(num.; adv.)
Grammar
þriwa, þrywa, þreowa, þriowa, þriuwa, þriga, þrige, þría; adv.

Thricethree times

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Ne sint ðæt þreó godas þriwa genemned, ac is án God, Hy. 10, 44. Þriwa (ðriga, Lind.: þriowa, Rush.) ter, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 34. Þriuwa, Rush. 75. Þriwa (ðría, Lind.: ðrige, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 14, 30, 72. Þriwa (ðriga, Lind.: ðrige, Rush.), Lk.

Linked entries: þría þriga

un-forwandodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forwandodlíce, adv.

without swervingdirectlyunexpectedlysuddenlywith a disregard of fearunhesitatinglyfreelyfearlesslyrashlyrecklesslyinconsideratelyheedlessly

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Gl. 457, 35. with a disregard of fear, unhesitatingly, freely, fearlessly Ne durron ryht freolíce lǽran and unforwandodlíce sprecan loqui libere recta pertimescunt, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 12: 41; Swt. 302, 2.

Linked entry: -wandodlíce

un-synnig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-synnig, adj.

innocentguiltlesswithout sinundeserved

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Lind. 5, 3 note. Ða unsuinnigo innocentes, 12, 7. undeserved Seó his unsynnige cwalu wæs gewrecen, Shrn. 93, 13

untrymness

(n.)
Grammar
untrymness, e; f.

Weaknesssicknessillnessinfirmity

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Se ðe ne mægi giðrouia untrymnissum úsum qui non possit conpati infirmitatibus nostris, 91, 7. Lǽcedómas wið eallum untrymnessum heáfdes, Lchdm. ii. 2, 1

wíde-ferhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíde-ferhþ, -ferþ, long life, an age; the word occurs only in the accusative, alone or with eall, with adverbial force,
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Hié ne wéndon ðæt hié wídeferhð landgeweorc beweredon, 1879 ; B. 937. Ðú scealt wídeferhð ðínum breóstum bern tredan eorðan ( super pectum tuum gradieris cunctis diebus vitae tuae, Gen. 3, 14), Cd. Th. 56, 2 ; Gen. 906.

ymb-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-þanc, es; m. n. : -þanca, an; m.
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Ðætte hé ðone ymbeþonc ðæs wærscipes ne forlǽte ut circumspectionem prudentiae non amittant 35; Swt. 237, 17. Hwæt sceolan ús, oþþe hwæt dóþ ús ðara worda ymb*-*þonc ?

a-fligan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fligan, l. á-flígan, -fífan,
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Þæt hý mid þǽm ungemete áflígede ne sýn ( effugentur ), R. Ben. 75, 10. Áflígde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 66. Áflégedo, Rtl. 147, 17. Áflígedum profligatis , An. Ox. 3886