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þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.
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Ðæt wé gésine ne sýn Godes þeódscipes, metodes miltsa that we lack not fellowship with God, the Maker's mercies, Cd. Th. 211, 19; Exod. 528.Nǽfre ðú geþreátast ðínum beótum, ðæt ic þeódscype ðínne lufie, Exon. Th. 253, 10; Jul. 178

un-snytro

(n.)
Grammar
un-snytro, (-u); f.

Folly

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Hé his selfa ne mæg for his unsnyttrum ende geþencean, Beo. Th. 3472; B. 1734: Met. 9, 11. Hé unsnytrum ( foolishly, unwisely ) Andreas hét áhón, Exon. Th. 260, 35; Jul. 308. Unsnyttrum, 251, 14; Jul. 145: 153, 25; Gú. 831: Elen. Kmbl.1900; El. 947

á-blácian

(v.)
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Hé dranc átor, and ne áblácode, Shrn. 32, 24. Ðonne hé his síðfæt gemunde, ðonne áblácode hé eall and ábifode, 52, 2. I a. to grow faint :-- Áblácode emarcuit, elanguit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 25: elanguet 142, 76. Áblácodon obriguerunt Ex. 15, 18 (v.

berie

a berrya grape

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Se wíngeard hafað berian (uvas), on ðám bergean beóð cende swylce meregrota, Nar. 37, 28

fæger

(n.)
Grammar
fæger, es; n. (not e; f.).

beauty

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Hwæþer ðú beó á þý fægerra for óþres mannes fægere, 30, 1; F. 108, 28. what is beautiful Þeáh hé mycel áge und feala fægeres, him bið mycel daru gif hé hit geseón ne mæge, Bl. H. 21, 8

ge-lástfull

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Þá Olimpias þæt geáscade, þæt þæs folces wæs swá fela tó him gecirred, þá ne getriéwde hió þæt hiere wolde se óðer dǽl gelástful beón, ac hió fleáh tó ðǽm fæstenne audito aduentu Cassandri, Olympias, diffisa Macedonibus, in urbem concedit, Ors. 3, 11;

ge-nyhtsumlíce

(adv.)
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Þǽr fleów wæter genihtsumlíce egressae sunt aquae largissimae, Num. 20, 11. sufficiently Beón þǽr bed genihtsumlíce ( sufficienter ) ofersprǽdde, R. Ben. 85, 22: R. Ben. I. 90, 7

meox

Grammar
meox, [In 1. 6 after 'meox ?' insert: and swá ðeáh, gif þú his wel notast, hwæt bið wæstmbǽrre?]
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Add: manure Ne forhtige gé for ðæs fyrnfullan þreátum, for ðan þe his wuldor is wyrms and meox, Hml. S. 25, 261. Hit ys bysmorlic dǽd ꝥ ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mettum áfylle and on óðerne ende him gange ꝥ meox út fram, E. S. viii. 62, 16.

on-hrínan

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ne mæg þám sáre mid handa onhrínan, Lch. ii. 198, 24

sagu

Grammar
sagu, saying.
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Gif seó hringe nele úp . . . þonne ne sceall hé þínre sage gelýfan, Hml. S. 21, 48. Æt þises sage (narratione) ic geleornode ꝥ . . . Gr. D. 218, 27: 318, 27. Spellunga ł saga fabulas, An. Ox. 188. <b>I a.

yfel-sacian

(v.)
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H. 189, 24 for mé should probably be read má, the original Latin is: Ne tantas Deo inferret blasphemias. v. Archiv xci. 190) Gé gehýrað hú hé Gode yfelsacað, Nap. 88.

scearp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp-líc, adj.

Sharp, keen, searching, effectual

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Ðonne hé him gecýð mid hú scearplícum costungum wé sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde cum tentationum aculeos nos undique circumdantes innotescit, 21, 5; Swt. 163, 16. Hú ne gesceóp ðé se scaþa scearplíce bysne nonne exempla tibi dabat latro? Dóm. L. 53

wælhreówness

(n.)
Grammar
wælhreówness, e; f.

Cruelty

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Sceal his steór beón mid lufe gemetegod, mid wælhreáwnysse oferdón, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 13. Wé witon hwelce wælhriównessa Neron weorhte, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 1

Linked entry: hreów-ness

weald-leðer

(n.)
Grammar
weald-leðer, es; n.

A rein

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A rein Hí ne móton swíþor styrian ðonne hé him ðæt gerúm his wealdleðeres tó forlǽt, Bt. 21: Fox 74, 8. Se gemetgaþ ðone brídel and ðæt wealdleþer ealles ymbhweorftes heofenes and eorþan orbis habenas temperat, 174, 19.

wend

(n.)

a coursean alternativea case

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Gif hit gebirie ðæt Alhmund swá ða freóndréddene healdan nolde, oððe hine mon oferricte ðæt hé ne móste londes wyrðe beón, oððe þridda wend, gif him ǽr his ende gesǽlde Chart. Th. 141, 13

on-sting

(n.)
Grammar
on-sting, es; m.

Authority

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Ðæt gé nán onsting ne hauuen of ðat mynstre búton swá micel swá ðone abbot wille ut nec tu nec quisquam successorum episcoporum quicquam hujus aecclesiae usurpet praeter abbatis uoluntatem, v. 29, 20

Linked entry: in-sting

on-tyge

(n.)
Grammar
on-tyge, es; m.

What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking

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What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking Gif hwylc abbod geþafaþ ðæt maæssepreóst oððe diácon in tó mynstre gange tó ðý ðæt hý messan singan ... hý nán þing gedyrstlǽcen ne nǽnne ontige on ðam mynstre bútan ðære mæssan ánre if any abbot permit

Linked entry: on-tige

tramet

(n.)
Grammar
tramet, es; m.

A page

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Lá hwylc tramet (pagina) is, oððe hwylc sprǽc ðæs godcundan lareóudómes, áðer oðþe ðære ealdan cýðnesse oþþe ðære níwan, ðæt ne sý seó rihteste bysen úran menniscan lífes, R. Ben. 133, 2. Tramod, R. Ben. Interl. 118, 2.

sprytting

(n.)
Grammar
sprytting, e; f. (but pl. in -as in Ps. Lamb. 79, 12)

A sprigshootsproutplant

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A sprig, shoot, sprout, plant Ne biþ spryttingc on wíngeardum non erit germen in uineis, Cant. Abac. 17. Spryttinc incrementum, spryttincgum ł eácnungum incrementis, fructibus, Hpt. Gl. 491, 56-59. Háligre spryttinge almo germine, Hymn.

be-ceápian

(v.)

to sellto buypurchase

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Ne beceápige hé mid his sáwle ðæs líchaman gesundfulnysse, 474, 26. Hæfde Zacheus beceápod heofonan ríce mid healfum dǽle his ǽhta, 582, 7