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un-gehealdsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehealdsum, adj.

Incontinent

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Incontinent Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger oððe gálnyss, ðæt is ðæt se man ungehealdsum on hǽmede, and hnesce on móde tó flǽsclícum lustum, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 4.

Æ

Grammar
Æ, The short or unaccented Anglo-Saxon æ has a sound like ai in main and f
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Læt late; g. m. n. lates; d. latum; se lata the late; latost, latemest, latest: Smæl small; g. m. n. smales; d. smalum; se smala the small, etc.

wyrm-galdere

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

A serpent-charmersorcerer

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A serpent-charmer, sorcerer Hé hét sumne wyrmgaldere micle næddran hire in tó gelǽdan, ðæt seó hí ábítan sceolde. Ðá stód seó fǽmne forð on hire gebede, and seó næddre stód be hire; ðonne seó fǽmne onleát, ðonne onleát seó næddre.

un-gehende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
un-gehende, adv.

Not nearat a distancefar off

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Not near, at a distance, far off Se ðe tó ðam ungehænde , ðæt hé dæghwamlíce his circan gesécan ne mæge, Homl. Ass. 144, 8

tindiht

(adj.)
Grammar
tindiht, adj.

Having spikes or teeth,beaked

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Se cásere hine (St. Romanus) hét stingan mid írenum gyrdum tyndehtum, Shrn. 115, 25

Linked entries: tyndeht tindect tindig

húsel-hálgung

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Nis se mæssepreóst on worulde swá synfull, gyf hé ðǽra þénunga áþere déð, swá swá ðǽrtó gebyreð, . . . ne byð seó þénung þæs ná þe wyrse. Ne eft nis ǽnig swá mǽre þæt áðor ðǽra þénunga gegódian mæge, Wlfst. . 34, 3-11

earfoþnes

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Sýn him gebodod eal seó stíðnes and seó earfoðnes þe tó Gode lǽt predicentur ei omnia dura et aspera per que itur ad Deum, R. Ben. 97, 19.

wær-sagol

(adj.)
Grammar
wær-sagol, adj.

Cautious in speech, careful of what one says

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Cautious in speech, careful of what one says Se ðe wǽre leássagol, weorðe se sóðsagol; se ðe wǽre bæcslitol, weorðe se wærsagol; se ðe wǽre stuntwyrde, weorðe se wíswyrde, Wulfst. 72, 17

teld-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
teld-sticca, an; m.
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A tent-peg Gelǽhte seó wífman án ðæra teld-sticcena geslóh ðá ... ðæt se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod ...

Linked entry: telde

án-cyn

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
án-cyn, g. m. n. -cynnes; f. -cynre; adj. [án one, only; cyn proprius]

Onlyunicus

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Only; unicus Ðé seó [MS. se] hálige andett gelaðung, — ðínne sóðan and áncynne sunu te sancta confitetur ecclesia, — tuum verum et unicum [ = proprium] filium, Te Dm. Lye

neáhlǽcung

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Seó tówearde woruld mid hire neálǽcunge byð gecýþed, Gr. D. 330, 26. þe ne blissað on neálǽcunge middan-geardes geendunge, Hml. Th. i. 612, 23. Add

áþ-wyrþe

Entitled to make oath

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Add: Entitled to make oath þe mánáð swerige, and hit him on open wurðe, ꝥ hé nǽfre eft áðwyrðe ne , Ll. Th. i. 212, 19

brim-líðende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
brim-líðende, part. [brim, líðende; part. of líðan
to go, sail
]

to go, sailSea-faring per æquora navigans

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Sea-faring; per æquora navigans Se beót abeád brimlíðendra he declared the threats of the sea-faring [men], Byrht. Th. 132, 37; By. 27. Hie ymb brontne ford brimliðende ne letton they have not hindered sea-faring [men] about the deep ford, Beo.

hláford-dóm

jurisdiction

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An ðás rédenne ðe se monn, ðe Krístes cirican hláford sié, mín and mínra erfewearda mundbora, and an his hláforddóme wé bián móten, C.D. i. 311, 21.

eádig-ness

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þe þæt éce líf begyteþ, þon bið éce eádignes geseald, Bl. H. 97, 30. Seó upplice eádignes, 101, 35. Seó eádignes þæs heáhengles tíde, 197, 3. Éces eádignisse meardo aeterne beatitudinis premia, Rtl. 51, 19.

land-mann

(n.)
Grammar
land-mann, es; m.
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Gyf se landman ǽniges fácnes gewita ðonne hé wítes scyldig, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 23-7. Landmanna cyme the coming of the men of the country, Cd. 151; Th. 189, 4; Exod. 179

wuldor-mága

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-mága, an; m.

A man who will attain the glory of heavenan heir of heaven

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A man who will attain the glory of heaven, an heir of heaven Se wuldormága (St. Guthlac), Exon. Th. 167, 28; Gú. 1067. v. next word

stíþ-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ-mód, adj.
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Him ( the people of Sodom) tó sende stíðmód cyning (God ) áras síne, Cd. Th. 146, 16 ; Gen. 2423. Se þeóden wæs strang and stíðmód, 279, 34 ; Sat. 248. Cyning stíðmód wið yfele, L. I. P. 3 ; Th. ii. 306, 26.

sceard

(n.)
Grammar
sceard, es ; n.

A gap,notch

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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic

of-féran

(v.)

to overtake

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to overtake (an enemy) Pharao tengde æfter mid eallum his here and offérde hí æt ðære Reádan Pharaoh pressed after with all his host, and overlook the Israelites at the Red Sea, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 16: Chr. 948; Erl. 118, 19.

Linked entry: of-faran