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and-fenge

(adj.)
Grammar
and-fenge, -fencge; adj.

That which can be receivedacceptableapprovedfitacceptabilisacceptusaptus

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Bos. 4, 19: 4, 24. Nys andfenge Godes ríce non est aptus regno Dei, 9, 62. Andfencge acceptus: andfengra acceptior, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 44, 47

án-wald

(n.)
Grammar
án-wald, es; m.

Sole powerjurisdictionrule

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Bos. 23, 7: Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 15: Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 11

cwylmian

(v.)
Grammar
cwylmian, part.cwylmigende ; p. ode ; pp. od [cwealm pain, torment]

To suffer, suffer torment or pain cruciāri

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Ða mánfullan beóþ ǽfre cwylmigende on helle súsle the sinful shall ever be suffering pain in hell torment, 608, 11. We cwylmiaþ we suffer torment, 416, 5.

CÝF

(n.)
Grammar
CÝF, e; f:cýfe , an; f.

A vessel, vat, cask, bushel dolium, modius

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Se hét afyllan áne cýfe mid ele he commanded a vat to be filled with oil, Homl. Th. i. 58, 25. Under cýfe sub modio, Mt. Bos. 5, 15

Linked entry: cýp

ful-oft

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-oft, full-oft; adv.

Full oftvery oftensæpissĭme

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Sió wyrd fuloft dereþ unscyldegum fate very often injures the guiltless, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 71; Met. 4, 36: Beo. Th. 964; 8. 480: Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 16; Seef. 24: Cd. 216; Th. 274, 11; Sat. 152: Salm. Kmbl. 695; Sal. 347

Linked entries: oft full-oft

geara

(adv.)
Grammar
geara, adv. [gearo? ready]

Utterlyaltogetherwellenoughvery muchpĕnĭtusprorsusbĕnesătisvalde

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Ðú geara canst tu bĕne nosti, Bd. 1, 27; S. 439, 2 : Ps. Th. 75, 1 : 81, 5. Ðonne mon me geofe geara þúsende goldes and seolfres sŭper millia auri et argenti, 118, 72

Lǽden-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-ware, pl.

The Latinsthe Romans

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On Lédenwara gereorde lingua Latinorum, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 4. Sui næfþ nǽnne nominativum náðer ne mid Grǽcúm ne mid Lédenwarum, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 5. Firgilius wæs mid Lǽdenwarum sélest amongst the Romans Virgil was best, Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 5

land-sidu

(n.)
Grammar
land-sidu, a; m.
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Be landside according to the usage of the district, L. R. S. 8; Th. 1. 436, 27. Ealle landsida ne sýn gelíce omnium terrarum instituta non sunt equalia, 4; Th. i. 434, 30

munuc-cild

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-cild, es; n.

A boy that is being brought up to be a monk

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A boy that is being brought up to be a monk Sum munuccild drohtnode on his mynstre, and hæfde micele lufe tó his fæder and tó his méder. Swíðor for ðære sibbe ðonne for Godes dǽle wearþ ðá oflangod, and arn of mynstre tó his mágum, Homl.

ge-hýrsumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýrsumian, -hiérsumian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad.

to obeybe obedient toobĕdīrepărēreto make obedientbring into subjectionsubjĭcĕre

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to obey, be obedient to; obĕdīre, părēre Ic gehýrsumige obĕdio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 56 : păreo, 26, 2; Som. 28, 43. Ðe heora lustum gehýrsumiaþ who obey their lusts, Homl.

sláwian

(v.)
Grammar
sláwian, p. ode
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To be or become slow, sluggish, inactive Hwæs wilnast ðú ðæt dú ne sláwedest swá micel geswinc tó gefremmanne what dost thou desire, that thou hast not been slow to perform so great a labour, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 224.

Linked entry: slágian

tídrian

(v.)
Grammar
tídrian, p. ode.
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Gif mannes fét on sýþe týdrien if a man get footsore while travelling, Lchdm. i. 84, 23. of things, to get or be frail, perishable Ðæt sind ða getimbru eth;e nó týdriaþ those are the buildings that decay not, Exon. Th. 103, 5; Cri. 1683

Linked entries: ge-tídran týdrian

þearl-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þearl-líc, adj.
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Severe, hard to bear Ðá ðæt Andrea earmlíc þúhte, þeódbealo þearlíc tó geþolianne, ðæt hé swá unscyldig ealdre sceolde lungre linnan, Andr. Kmbl. 2273; An. 1138.

wlacian

(v.)
Grammar
wlacian, p. ode.

to beget lukewarmto make lukewarm

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to be or get lukewarm Ic wlacige tepeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Zup. 154, 4.

earmian

(v.)
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[For constructions cf. of-hreówan.] used impersonally with gen. of cause Hwám ne maeg earmian swylcere tíde to whom will there not be pity for such a time?

ebba

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On þís ylcan geáre wæs swa mycel ebba ǽghwǽr ánes dæges swá nán man ǽror gemunde, and swá ꝥ man férde rídende and gangende ofer Tæmese be-eástan þǽre brigge on Lunden, Chr. 1114; P. 244, 13. iii. ebban týne he must put three fences to correspond to the

hód

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Nim þú þé be þínum hode, 129, 4. Gif hé godspel rǽde lecge him þæne hód ofer þá sculdra si evangelium legit, cucullum vel cappam super humeros dejiciat Ll. Th. ii. 140, 25. For ' Cot. 31, Lye' substitute

hyge-méþe

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, B. 2442

pistol

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Add: an epistle, letter Hieronimus áwrát ǽnne pistol be forðsíðe þǽre eádigan Marian tó sumum hálgan mǽdene . . . Hé dihte þisne pistol tó Paulam, Hml. Th. i. 436, 6-21.

stæl

(n.)
Grammar
stæl, Under stalworth (N.
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But in two of these, Reb. 11: Gen. 1113, the word is a 'final lift', of which Sweet remarks 'the quantity is indifferent,' A. S.