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port-geriht

(n.)
Grammar
port-geriht, es; n.
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A town-due, due paid by a town Ðæs túnes cýping and seó innung ðara portgerihta uillae mercimonium censusque omnis civilis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 138, 10

ge-witfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-witfæst, adj.

Of sound mind

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Of sound mind Nǽnig deófolseóc ðæt he eft wel gewitfæst nǽre no possessed person that was not in his right mind again, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 17

Linked entry: -witfæst

bíding

(n.)
Grammar
bíding, e; f.

A BIDING, abodemansio, statio

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A BIDING, abode; mansio, statio Ðǽr hý bídinge móstun tídum brúcan where they might at times enjoy a biding, Exon. 35 b; Th. 114, 30; Gú. 180

ge-fyllendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fyllendlíc, adj.

Fillingexplētīvuscomplētīvus

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Filling; explētīvus, complētīvus Sume syndon gehátene explētīvæ oððe complētīvæ, ðæt synd gefyllendlíce some are called explētīvæ or complētīvæ, that is filling, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Som. 45, 57

ge-lǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽfan, p. de; pp. ed

To leavederelinquĕre

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Ðæt gelǽfed wæs quod superfuit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 37

ge-nédedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nédedlíc, adj.

Compulsory, forcedcoactus

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Compulsory, forced; coactus He geleornade ðæt Cristes þeówdóm sceolde beón wilsumlíc, nalæs genédedlíc didĭcĕrat servĭtium Christi voluntārium, non coactitium esse debēre, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 18

settend

(n.)
Grammar
settend, es; m.
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An ordainer, appointer Ðæt ðú ána eart éce Drihteu, weroda Waldend, sigora settend (sigeróf settend, Exon. Th. 188, 17 ; Az. 47), Cd. Th. 237, 5 ; Dan. 333

treów-gewrid

(n.)
Grammar
treów-gewrid, es; n.
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Ðǽr synd . . . manige eáland and hreód and beorhgas and treowgewrido, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 7

Linked entry: ge-wrid

un-

(prefix)
Grammar
un-, The prefix

expresses negation

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expresses negation; gives a bad sense, as in un-dǽd, un-dóm, un-lagu, un-lǽce reverses an action, as in un-bindan, un-dón is intensive(?)

un-fricgende

(adj.)

not questioning

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not questioning Mé sægde ðæt wíf hire wordum selfa unfricgendum the woman of her own accord told me without my asking, Cd. Th. 160, 12; Gen. 2649

un-geþinged

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþinged, adj.

Undeterminedunsettled

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Undetermined, unsettled Se egeslíca dæg, se cymð ofer ealle eorðwaran ungeðinged ( the time is not fixed and known beforehand; repentina dies illa), Past. 43; Swt. 317, 12

Linked entries: ge-þingan un-þinged

un-gifu

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

An evil gift

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An evil gift Hæfð se yfela gást hérongeán seofonfealde ungifa ... ða yfelan ungifa ðæs árleásan deófles syndan ðus genamode insipientia, stultitia..., Wulfst. 52, 7-20: 58, 14

un-sliten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sliten, adj.

Unrent

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Unrent Ðæt cyrtel wæs unslitten,... Cuoedon: Ne tóslíte (scindamus) ué hiá the coat was unrent ... They said: Let us not rend it, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 23

wóda

(n.)
Grammar
wóda, an ; m.

Danger

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Ðá gyrnde hé ðæt hé móste macian ǽnne hwerf wið ðon( Kemble reads stone, Cod. Dip. iv. 58, l) wódan tó werianne, Chart. Th. 341, 8

cursung

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Ðǽs onfóæð cursung(e) ( damnationem ), Lk. L. R. 20, 47. In stóue cursungra in locum tormentorum, 16, 28. Add

cnyllsan

Grammar
cnyllsan, Substitute: <b>cnylsian,</b> cnyllsian
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Cnyllsað pulsate . . . ðǽm cnylsanda pulsanti, 11, 9, 10. Cnylsiga pulsare, 13, 25. Cnylsende pulsandum, p. 7, 4

folc-land

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Gif se cyning mínum suna geunnan wille ðes folc-londes tó ðǽm bóclonde, ðonne habbe and brúce, C. D. ii. 120, 35. Cyninges folcland, 65, I. Add

fox-hol

(n.)
Grammar
fox-hol, es; n.
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Æt ðǽm hwítan foxholum, v. 83, 28. On ðá foxhola, 340, 18

ge-dafenlicness

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Gesetton ðá hálgan fæderas ꝥ wé fæston mid geráde, and ǽlce dæg eton mid gedafenlicnysse, swá ꝥ úre líchama áléfed ne wurðe, Hml. S. 13, 103. Add

godsibb-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
godsibb-rǽden, godsibb-rǽden, e; f.
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The condition of 'gossips' (v. god-sibb) Gif gé nellað healdan þá godsibbrǽdenne þe gé habbað for Gode and for Sc̃e Ióhannes dǽle begetene, Wlfst. 228, 3