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folc-leásung

(n.)
Grammar
folc-leásung, e; f.

Folk-leasingpublic lyingslanderpublĭcum mendäciumcălumnia

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If a man commit slander, let him make amends with no lighter thing than that his tongue be cut out, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 80, 19-82, 1

Linked entries: leásung folc-lǽsung

FRUM

(adj.)
Grammar
FRUM, def. se fruma; adj.

Originalprimitivefirstnātīvusprīmĭtīvusprīmus

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Ðone fruman sceaft geþencan to remember the first creation, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 17, 21. Frūmes primæ, Rtl. 35, 13. Æt fruman at first [cf. æt ǽrestan], H. R. 103, 34

earfeðe

(adj.)
Grammar
earfeðe, earfoþ; adj.

Hard, difficult, troublesome diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus

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Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 7. Earfoðest most difficult, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 15

god-wrac

(adj.)
Grammar
god-wrac, -wrec; adj.
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Gangaþ út git godwrecan and gongaþ út git ródewyrðan come out ye two wretches that deserve to be hanged, 43, 8

ge-býsnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-býsnung, e; f. [býsnung an example]

An exampleexemplum

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Má manna beóþ gecyrrede þurh his gebýsnunge to Godes hérunge more [of] men will be turned through his example to the praise of God, Homl.Th. i. 494, 23. Ne dó ge ná be his gebýsnungum do ye not according to his examples, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 35

Linked entry: ge-bisnung

ge-nihtsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsumlíce, -nyhtsumlíce; comp. -lícor; adv.

Abundantly, plentifully, copiously, sufficientlyabundanter, abunde, ūbertim, suffĭcienter

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Spl. 30, 30: Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 48. Genihtsumlíce abunde, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 10. Ðǽr genihtsumlíce is sǽd ubi ūbertim indĭcātum est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 36: 4, 28; S. 605, 12. Genihtsumlícor abundantius, 3, 27; S. 559, 7

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsumlíce

Súþan-hymbre

(n.)
Grammar
Súþan-hymbre, -humbre; pl.
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Æþelréd Myrcna cyning, Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 14), Chr. 697; Th. 67, cols. 1, 3. Hér Cénréd féng tó Súþanhymbre ríce (cf. Cénréd Myrcna ríce fore wæs. Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 24), 702; Th. 67, col. 1. Úre cynecynn and Súðanhymbra eác, 449; Erl. 13, 21

Linked entries: Súþ-hymbre Hymbre

wirpan

(v.)
Grammar
wirpan, p. de

To recover

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Sóna ic wæs wyrpende and mé sél wæs statim melius habere incipio, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 34. Ðá sóna gefélde ic mé b[e]ótiende and wyrpende (batiende and werpende, Bd. M. 404, 1) confestim me melius habere sentirem, 5, 6; S. 620, 12

Linked entry: wurpte

á-láþian

(v.)
Grammar
á-láþian, p. ode.
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to be hateful, odious. v. láþ, <b>I </b>Dýpe stencum áláþode fundus fetoribus horrebat, An.

Linked entry: láþian

créda

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Se mæssepreóst sceal secgan Sunnandagum . . . be þám Paternoster and be þám crédan eác, swá hé oftost mage, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 30. Gif hé song his crédon oððe Paternoster on untrumne mon, hé wæs sóna hál, Shrn. 116, 20. Add

gewit-loca

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Gif þú áwyrtwalast of gewitlocan (cf. of ðínum móde, Bt. 23; F. 78, 33) leása gesǽlþa, Met. 12, 26. Þone wísan on gewitlocan scamian (cf. hine scamian, Bt. 19; F. 68, 23), 10, 12.

réceleáslíce

(adv.)
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Swá hwilc man swá Godes weorc clǽnlíce and behogodlíce wirceð, hé bið écelíce gehealden. Sé þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, hé bið áwyrged intó helle, Hml. A. 168, 121. Add

súþan

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Add Be-westan him is se beorh Athlans oð ðone gársecg, and súþan ðá beorgas þe man hǽt Æsperos; and be-súþan him Aulolum sió þeód ab occidente Atlantem montem et Oceanum Atlanticum, sub Africo Hesperium montem, a meridie gentes Aulolum, Ors. 1, 1; S.

wegan

Grammar
wegan, <b>. A I.</b>
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B. Perhaps in Exod. 180 wǽpn might be inserted before wǽgon, aud the passage be removed to <b> A. III</b> 1

horsc-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
horsc-líce, adv.

Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudentlynaviter, strenue, agiliter

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Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudently Biþ seó tunge tótogen forðon heó ne mæg horsclíce [MS. horslíce] wordum wrixlan wið ðone wergan gǽst the tongue shall be rent asunder, therefore it will not be able to converse readily

toll-freó

(adj.)
Grammar
toll-freó, adj.

Free from toll,exempt from payment of toll

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Free from toll, exempt from payment of toll Tolfreó ofer ealle Engleland, wiðinne burhe and wiðútan, æt gárescépinge and on ǽfrice styde be wætere and be lande per totam Angliam infra ciuitatem et extra, in omni foro et annuis nundinis et in omnibus

freónd

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Hwæt forstód seó mengu þára freónda ... þá friénd cumaþ mid ðám welan, Bt. 29, 2; F. 106, 8. His freónd him ætfeallað, oððe his feoh him ætbyrst. Wlfst. 142, 6. Ǽghwylcum men biþ leófre swá hé hæbbe holdra freónda má. Bl. H. 123, 1.

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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Ðǽr mé gifeðe ǽnig yrfeweard æfter wurde if any heir to follow me had been granted me, Beo. Th. 5455 ; B. 2731 : Cd. 83; Th. 103, 33 ; Gen. 1727. Óðres ne gýmeþ tó gebídanne yrfeweardas cares not to await another heir, Beo. Th. 4897; B. 2453.

ge-þinge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þinge, es; n.
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<b>II a.</b> as a legal term :-- Be diernum geðinge.

Linked entries: ge-þingio ge-þynge

hǽtu

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Hǽto, Bl. H. 51, 21. Fýres hǽto, Dan. 262. Swíðe sweartes líchaman heó wæs for þǽre sunnan hǽto, Hml. S. 23 b, 176. From haeto ( calore ) his, Ps. Srt. 18, 7.