un-mǽtness
Immenseness ⬩ excess
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Immenseness, excess Fore unmǽtnysse ðæs gewinnes ob nimietatem laboris, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 31. Mid unmǽtnesse miceles stormes tempestatis impetu, 5, 12; S. 627, 40.
and-cýþness
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Experience Hé wilnade þætte eall seó þeód þe hé fore wæs mid þǽre gife ðæs crístnan geleáfan gelǽred wǽre, þæs geleáfan ondcýðnesse (&-, v. l.) hé swíðust onféng on sigegefeohtum ellreordra cynna desiderans totam, cui praeesse coepit, gentem
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ge-toge
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Fore syna getoge, 110, 25. that with which one draws, a trace Þá múlas þe ꝥ cræt tugon áfyrhte tómengdon þá getogu, ꝥ hí teón ne mihton, Hml. S. 31, 973
ge-stæððig
Steadfast ⬩ firm ⬩ stăbĭlis ⬩ firmus
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Ealle gesceafta onfóþ æt ðam gestæððigan Gode, endebyrdnesse, and andwlitan, and gemetgunge all creatures receive from the steadfast God order, and form, and measure, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 14
ge-sécan
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Ne geséce nán man þone cyng for nánre sprǽce, Ll. Th. i. 266, 9.
mæsse
a service of the church ⬩ mass ⬩ a festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated ⬩ -mas
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Se biscop and se mæssepreóst sceolan húru embe seofon niht mæssan gesingan for eal cristen folc ðe ǽfre ácenned wæs, Blickl. Homl. 45, 31.
clipung
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Clypunga vocabulorum, i. nominum, 878. articulation Þás syndon healfclypiende gecígede, for ðan ðe hí nabbað fulle clypunge, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 6, 3.
hǽþen-scipe
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A. 142, 120. a particular form of heathen belief Þá þrý cnihtas wiðcwǽdon his ( Nebuchadnezzar's ) hǽþenscipe, Hml.
ge-singan
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Þá seó cyrice gehálgad wæs and se bisceop mæssan gesungene hæfde, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 21. to celebrate in words Sculan wé martira gemynd . . . wrecan wordum forð, wisse gesingan, Men, 70. (O.H.Ger. ge-singan canere, psallere.)
here-geatu
military equipment ⬩ heriot
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For the origin and nature of the heriot see Stubbs' Const. Hist. s.v. Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 98
mund-bryce
a breach of mund ⬩ the fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated
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On Centlande æt ðam mundbryce ( for the offence ), Similar entries v. pund ðam cingce, and þreó ðam arcebiscope, L. C.
clǽne
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</b> free from what is shameful, of ground used for burial, hallowed, III
un-geférendlíc
Inaccessible ⬩ difficult of access
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Inaccessible, difficult of access Fóran wé þurh ða ungeférenlícan (-férend-?) eorþan, Nap. 17, 7
lár-sum
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Först. 95, 23
nearu-ness
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For manegum nearonessum ic neálǽhte mínum ende crebris angustiis ad exitum propinquans, Gr. D. 243, 19. <b>II a.
þicness
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Wé ne magon for ðære fyrlynan heáhnysse and ðæra wolcna ðicnysse and for ure eágena tyddernysse hí (heofenan) nǽfre geseón, Lchdm. iii. 232, 16. Ða þicnyssa smíces stigon upp the clouds of smoke rose up, Homl.
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þeów-racu
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Heó næs áfyrht for his þeówracan, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 87. For ðeówracan sweartra deófla, Homl. Th. ii. 142, 32. Hé ondrǽde ða þeówwrace ðe Drihten þurh his wítigan ðýwþ metuat prophets comminationem, R. Ben. 51, 13.
un-rihtlíc
Unrighteous ⬩ unjust ⬩ wicked ⬩ wrongful
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Unrighteous, unjust, wicked, wrongful Unryhtlícu iersung, ðæt is ðæt mon iersige on óðerne for his góde ( on account of his prosperity ), Past. 27; Swt. 189, 8.