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on-égan

(v.)
Grammar
on-égan, p. de

To fear

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Ic onégan (onagen, MS.) mæg, ðæt wráðra sum wǽpnes ecge feore beneóte, 109, 28; Gen. 1829. Ni anoegun (anoegu ná?) ic aerigfaerae egsan brógum, Txts. 151, 13

on-bæcling

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Add: of motion, of retreat Gong on bæclinc ł bihionda mec uade retro me, Mk. R. 8, 33. Monige ðegnas his fromfoerdun onbæcling (-bæcc-, L. ), Jn. R. 6, 66. of reversing one's direction Ymbcerred wæs onbæclinc (-bægcling.

of-hreówan

(v.)

to cause grief or pityto feel pity

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to cause grief or pity impers. with dat. of pers. and gen. of the cause ofhríwþ me miseret, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 24. Ðæs sceápes untrumnesse him ofhreáw (-hreów, MS. F. ) R. Ben. 51, 20. Him of hreow ðæs mannes he was sorry for man, Homl.

cígung

(n.)
Grammar
cígung, e; f.
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Calling Ceigung vocatio, Mt. p. 12, 9. Æt þǽre cígingce, Gr. D. 53, 7. Mið ceigunge clamando, Jn. p. 6, 8. Ot ceigeng Petres de uocatione Petri, Mk. p. 2, 10. Ceigunc vocationem, Mt. p. 13, 7

speoftan

(v.)
Grammar
speoftan, (?); p. speaft

To spitconspuetur

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Rush. 9, 6), Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 23. Speufton expuerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 67. Speofton, 27, 30. Speafton (speoftun, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 15, 19

tó-worpenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-worpenness, -worpedness, e; f.

Desolationdestruction

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Ða onsceonunge ðære tóworpennysse abominationem desolationis, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 15. Tóworpednysse (-worpennysse, MS. A.), Mk. 43, 14.

reng-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
reng-wyrm, es; m.

A maw-worm, a worm in the intestines

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A maw-worm, a worm in the intestines Wið ðæt rængcwyrmas (rengc-, MS. B. ; rýnwyrmas with a gloss lumbrici, MS. H.) dergen ymb nafolan, Lchdm. i. 168, 9. Wið ðæt reng-wyrmas ymb ðone nafolan wexen, 218, 14

cifes-gemána

(n.)
Grammar
cifes-gemána, an; m.

Fornication concubinatus

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Fornication; concubinatus We lǽraþ, ðæt man geswíce cifesgemánan [MS. cifesgemanna] docemus, ut cessent concubinatus, L. Edg. C. 21; Wilk. 84, 1

tumbian

(v.)
Grammar
tumbian, p. ode
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Mt. Kmbl. 14, 6. Tumbode, Mk. Skt. 6, 22

un-hirwan

(v.)

to speak very ill ofcalumniate

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to speak very ill of, calumniate MS. C.), Ne ǽnig man óþerne bæftan ne tǽle ne hyrwe (unhyrwe, Wulfst. 70, 15

Linked entry: hirwan

heáfod-weard

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-weard, a title of a section of a book, heading of a chapter.
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Gesaegd aron heáfudwearda ðára réda exbliciunt cabitula lectionum, Mt. p. 20, 9. Onginneð heáfudweardo incipiunt capitulae, Mk. p. 1, 1. Add

æ-leng

Grammar
æ-leng, l. ǽ-lenge, ǽlinge,
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þincþ ðæt . . . tó ǽlenge (MS. -legge) tó gehýranne, Shrn. 195, 21. On ǽlengum ðingum geðyldige, Past. 41, 16. and add

ge-méting

(n.)
Grammar
ge-méting, e; f.

A meeting, an assembly, association, a societyconventus, conventio, conventĭcŭlum, congrĕgātio

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To gemoetingum conciliis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 9

Linked entries: méting ge-méteng

ge-lósian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lósian, l. ge-losian,
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., deficient) on woeg, Mk. L. 8, 3. Sunu mín gelosade (perierat) and gemoeted is, Lk. L. 15, 24. trans. to lose Sé ðe gelosas sául his fore mec, infindes hiá qui perdiderit animam suam propter me, inveniet eam, Mt.

þorian

(v.)
Grammar
þorian, The gloss 'dosmui thorie' may be explained as δος μοι dó mé. v. Angl. xxi. 238 n.

hirwan

to despisescornderisionscorn to blasphemeblame

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Alle ðá geségun herwdun (aspernabantur) , spreocende wérun mid weolerum, Ps. Srt. 21, 8. in contrast with herian: Man eal hyrweð þæt man sceolde herian, Wlfst. 165, 3.

Linked entries: hyrwan herian herwan

eft-forgifnes

(n.)
Grammar
eft-forgifnes, eft-foregifnes
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glosses remissio, Mk. p. 2, 14: L. 3, 29: Lk. L. R. 24, 47: Rtl. 119, 38: reconciliatio, Mt. p. 14, 13

ge-mane

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Add: ge-man (?). The reading of another MS. is gemonu. v. Angl. i. 334. The Latin is; Homines quorum capita capita leonum

hlinung

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Hlynung (hnylung, MS.) accubitus, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 9. Þá forman hlinunga primes recubitus (Mt. 23, 6), An. Ox. 61, 37. Add

spyttan

(v.)

to spit

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to spit Spittas (-es, Lind.) conspuent, Mk. Skt. Rush. 10, 34. Spittadun expuerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 67. Spittende expuentes, 27, 30

Linked entry: spittan