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open

(adj.)
Grammar
open, adj.

Opennot shut,allowing ingress or egressof a doorof the eyesnot closed upnot covered, not protecteddeclared, publicnot secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired)without attempt at concealment manifest, clear, plain, evident

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Gif open morþ weorðe ágife man mágum ðone banan if in a case of murder the murderer be discovered, let him be given up to the kinsmen of the murdered man, L. C. S. 57; Th. i. 406, 25. Æt openre þýfþe in case of discovered, theft, 26; Th. i. 392, 3.

streón

(n.)
Grammar
streón, es; n.
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The word is used also in the sense of what is begotten,progeny, lineage, strain :-- Of hire owene streone (race ), Laym. 2737. Streon ( offspring ) of a swuch strunde, Jul. 55, 16.

hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg, es; m.

a backdorsumspinaa ridgerigg

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Th. ii. 310, 31: 416, 10. Pricaþ innan ðán sculdru[m] and on ðan hrigge swilce ðár þornas on sý there are prickings in the shoulders and back as if there were thorns in, Lchdm. iii. 120, 10.

Linked entries: hric hrig hryc

lustfullian

(v.)
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Add: to take delight. absolute, Bd. l, 27; Sch. 96, 20; 97, 11; 96, 7 (in Dict.). to delight in (on), Hml.

MANN

(n.)
Grammar
MANN, man, monn, es; m.

MANa human being of either sexa man who is wnder the authority of anothera servantvassalliege-mana parishioner

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Ath. iv. pref.; Th. i. 220, 12. Eác is mæssepreóstum micel þearf ðæt hig hyra mannum cýðen, L. E. I. 27; Th. ii. 422, 34. the name of the Rune for M, which is sometimes used instead of writing the word man, e.g. ǽnig RUNE quis, Rtl. 11, 41.

Linked entry: manna

ge-fyllednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fyllednes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

A fulnesssatietycompletionfinishingendplēnĭtūdosătĭrĭtasconsummātio

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Cherubin is gereht gefyllednyss ingehydes cherubin is interpreted the fulness of the mind, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 33. On graman gefyllednysse in īra consummātiōnis, Ps. Spl. C. 58, 15.

ysope

(n.)
Grammar
ysope, hysope, an; f.: ysopo, indeclinable, or ysopon
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Wyll ysopon in buteran, iii. 22, 23: Ps. C. 73. Genim ysopo, Lchdm. i. 374, 18: 378, 21

asce

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Th. ii. 516, 31. v. axe, axse in Dict. Add

birhtu

(n.)
Grammar
birhtu, (-o).
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Srt. ii. p. 159, 21. In birhtum in splendoribus, Ps. Srt. 109, 3. Add

Linked entry: beorhtu

heal-stán

(n.)
Grammar
heal-stán, healstan(?), helsta(?)

a crust

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A flat cake with a hard crust, so called because of the hardness of its crust [cf. for similar terms pflasterstein in German, pavé in French, for a hard kind of cake], a crust Crustula similis haalstaan (crustalla halstán), Txts. 55, 604.

ge-swencednes

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-swencednes, -swincednes, -swenctnes, -nis, -nys, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f. [geswencan, pp. of geswencan to disturb, trouble, afflict]

Sorrowafflictiontribulationafflictiotribŭlātio

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Nán ðyssera geswencednyssa ne becom on ðam ende ðæs eardes ðe ðæt godes folc on eardode none of these afflictions came into that part of the country in which the people of God dwelt, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 25

Linked entry: ge-swincednes

cneów

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Th. ii. 284, 31. Cneówa, Hml. S. 23 b, 83. Hí bígdon heora cneów, Mt. 27, 29: Hml. Th. ii. 148, 9. Knéwa, Mk. L. 15, 19. a generation, a degree of descent in a genealogy [v. N. E. D. knee, ll. 11; Grmm. R.

geolstor

(n.)
Grammar
geolstor, gelostr, gillister, es; n.: <b>geolstor,</b> e; <b>gillistre,</b> an; f.
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Take here <b>geolhstor</b> in Dict., and add Gelostr supuratio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 74. Geolstor tabo, i. sanie, An. Ox. 2, 228. Þonne yrnð ꝥ gillister út, Lch. ii. 24, 18. Weaxeð sió yfele gillestre and ꝥ yfele blód, 148, 6.

hrá-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
hrá-wérig, adj.
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Wearied in body, or grievously wearied, wearied to death [cf. hrá-líc] Ic hæle hráwérig gewíte on longne síþ I, a man sore wearied, shall depart on a long journey, Exon. 63 b; Th. 235, 8; Ph. 554

óþ-cirran

(v.)
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to turn away, be perverted Gif sóðfæstra þurh myrrelsan mód ne óþcyrreþ (neod cyrreþ, MS. ) if by seduction the mind the mind of the righteous is not perverted Exon. Th. 262, 26; Jul. 338. Cf. on-cirran; intrans

scip-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
scip-líc, adj.
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Relating to a fleet, naval Ða men ða ðe beóþ winnende in sciplícum gewinne, Shrn. 35, 12. Ðǽm sciplícum classicis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 7. Flotlícum, sciplícum classicis, 131, 63. Sciplícum herium classicis cohortibus, Hpt. Gl. 406, 39

steornede

(adj.)
Grammar
steornede, adj.
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Having a big forehead; fig. bold, active Steornede (the word occurs in a list of adjectives denoting the possession of physical characteristics) frontalis vel calidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 36. Steorrede (steornede ?) frontialis, ii. 38, 55: 151, 25

Linked entry: steorn

un-sláwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sláwlíce, adv.

Not slowlynot sluggishlyactively

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Not slowly, not sluggishly, actively Hié sculon gehiéran ðætte is geháten ðǽm monnum ðe lustlíce and unsláwlíce lǽraþ ðæt ðæt hié ðonne cunnon ( qui in hoc, quod jam obtinuit, corporis vitio non tenetur ), Past. 49; Swt. 381, 1

Linked entry: sláwlíce

weorold-deád

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-deád, adj.
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Dead as far as this life is concerned, dead as regards the body Hí mé on deorce stówe settan, samed aulíce swá ðú worulddeáde wrige mid foldan collocavit me in obscuris sicut mortuos seculi, Ps. Th. 142, 4

bróm

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Voc. ii. 41, 28. Bróma genistarum, miricarum, Hpt. Gl. 408, 60 : An. Ox. 2, 7. ¶ the word occurs in many local names, v. C. D. vi. pp. 263-4. Add