ge-wemmedness
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</b> of improper sexual intercourse :-- Geheald þás þíne þínena wið ǽlcere gewemmednysse, Hml. Th. ii. 478, 10. <b>II b.</b> an impure action :-- Hí férdon on heora ídelum lustum and on gewemmednyssum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 15
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munan
to remember ⬩ be mindful of ⬩ to be careful of ⬩ to consider ⬩ think
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to remember, be mindful of, to be careful of Til mon tiles and tomes meares a good man thinks of, is careful of, a good and quiet horse, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 12; Gn. Ex. 142. [Cf.
wealcan
To roll, toss. ⬩ of the movement of water ⬩ trans. ⬩ of other movement ⬩ literal ⬩ metaph. ⬩ of action ⬩ of thought, ⬩ trans. To turn over in the mind ⬩ to revolve, consider ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ intrans. ⬩ to turn over, deal with
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Wé witon ðæt iunge clericas ðás þing ne cunnon, þeáh ða scolieras ðisra þinga gýmon and gelómlíce heom betwux wealcun, Anglia viii. 335, 44. Hí nellaþ on heora móde wealcan ðæs Hǽlendes beboda, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 53.
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efesian
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Sceára tácen is þæt þú wecge þínne scytefinger and þone midemistan on þínre swíðran hande ymb þín heáfod swilce þú efysian wille, Tech. ii. 127, 25. with acc. of person, to cut the hair of a person Ne efesiað eów, Deut. 14, 6.
néþan
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.), gif hé þæs ungewunelican þinges tó Gode wilnode he was very much afraid of venturing too far, if he desired that unusual thing of God, Gr.
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þecen
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Þíne þæcene tuum doma, i. tectum, Hpt. 31, 12, 290. Add
æt-fleón
To flee away ⬩ escape by flight ⬩ eschew ⬩ aufugere
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Nán þing ætfleón ne mihte nothing might remain, Jos. 10, 35 : L. C. S. 78; Th. i. 420, 7
þridding
The doing of a thing for the third time
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The doing of a thing for the third time (? Halliwell gives thirding with this meaning as a Suffolk word) Ðirding (but the word has been altered to ðirde. v. Skeat's collation) scipdrincende tertio naufragantem, Rtl. 61, 31
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fægernes
ornament ⬩ beauty ⬩ pleasantness
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Voc. ii. 89, 62. of things Hwæt belimpþ þé heora (sun, moon and stars) fægernesse? hwæþer ðú durre gilpan ꝥ heora fægernes þín sié?, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 22. Fægernes venustas (marmoris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 73.
for-wénan
To ovenween ⬩ think too highly of ⬩ nĭmium æstĭmāre
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To ovenween, think too highly of; nĭmium æstĭmāre Forwéned insŏlens. Cot. 186
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for-warnian
to forewarn
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Ealle þás þing him wǽron ætýwede tó ðám ꝥ hí sceoldon ús forewarnian, ib. to take heed beforehand Forewarna þú uideas, Hpt. 31, 9, 160
end
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Þín bén is gehýred, end þín wíf gebereð sunu, Archiv cxxii. 253, 91
á-libban
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Add: to live, to have life, not be inanimate Wiðsac ðú þíne godas þe synd stǽnene, and gebide þé tó þínum Scyppende þe sóðlíce áleofað, Hml.
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fóster-cild
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Ic eom untýmende; nim míne þínene tó þínum bedde, þæt ic húru underfó sum fóstercild of hyre, Gen. 16, 2. Hér synd þá cnihtas ... þíne fóstercyld, Hml. S. 2, 243. fig. of a disciple, scholar, &c. Hé ( St.
hand-lín
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Ðonne þú handlín habban wille, ðonne stríc þú mid þínre swýðran handa eclinga ofer þíne wynstran, Tech, ii. 120, 1
un-gód
Evil ⬩ ill
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Evil, ill Wá eów ðe taliaþ ungód tó góde and gód þing tó yfele vae qui dicitis malum bonum, et bonum malum, Wulfst. 47, 6. Heó firenaþ mec wordum, ungód gæleþ, Exon. Th. 402, 25; Rä. 21, 35
moþ-freten
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Moth-eaten: — Heora reáf nǽron nán þingc moðfretene, Hml. S. 23, 437
be-beódendlic
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Ealle bebeódenlice þinc cuncta sibi imperata, R. Ben. I. 97, 3. Add
searu-wundor
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A wonderful thing in implements or engines (v. searu, , and cf. searu-píl. The term is applied to Grendel's arm, which had been torn away by Beowulf) Eode scealc monig searowundor seón, Beo. Th. 1844; B. 920
un-geleáflíc
Incredible
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Incredible Ðæt án þing wǽre ungeleáflíc on ðære race geset, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 12. Ðæt wile þincan ungeleáflíc eallum ðǽm ðe ða stówe on uferum tídum geseóð, Lchdm. iii. 438, 14: Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 9
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