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nídling

(n.)
Grammar
nídling, es; m.

one who serves of necessitya slavebondmanone who has to serve on board shipa sailor

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Se æðeling bebeád ðæt hié ða consulas and witan him beforan drifen swá swá niédlingas, ðæt heora bismer ðý máre wǽre, 3, 8; Swt. 122, 7. Hý ealle tó nýdlingum him gedydon, 1, 5; Swt. 34. 34. Wæterberere oððe nédlungum lixarum, Wrt.

ge-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bredan, p. -bræd, pl. -brudon; pp. -broden [ge-, bredan to draw]

to drawunsheathbrandishstringĕreevagĭnārevibrāreto draw breathtake breathinspireinspīrāreto weaveplaitnectĕreplectĕreto feignpretendsimŭlāre

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Gif hwa his wǽpn gebrede if any one draw his weapon, L. Alf. pol. 7; Th. 66, 9. Ic ðý wǽpne gebræd I brandished the weapon. Beo. Th. 3333; B. 1664.

ge-déman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-déman, p. de; pp. ed

To deemjudgedetermineordaindecreedoomcondemnjūdĭcāredecernĕresancīrecondenmāre

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He gedémed hæfde ðæt Ceólwulf æfter him cyning wǽre successōrem fore Ceoluulfum decrēvisset, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 1 : Cd. 186; Th. 231, 11; Dan. 245.

sláw

(adj.)
Grammar
sláw, slǽw, sleáw; adj.
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Se ðe wǽre full sláw, weorðe se unsláw, Wulfst. 72, 14. Ðone sǽnan ðe biþ tó sláw ðú scealt hátan assa má ðonne man segnis ac stupidus torpet? asinum vivit, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 192, 20. Sió sláwe torpens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 2.

Linked entries: slǽw sleáw

un-gecyndelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecyndelíc, adj.

unnaturalnot in accordance with the nature of a thingnot naturalsupernaturalunnaturalcontrary to naturemonstrous

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Hwæt wǽre ungecyndlícre, gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft under his anwealde, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 28

West-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
West-Seaxe, -Seaxan (Wes-); pl. m.
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Wæst-Sæxna, Chr. 836; Erl. 65, 23. West-Sexena landes is hund þúsend hída, Cod. Dip. B. i. 415, 1. On Wes-Seaxum (Weast-, v. l. ), Chr. 560; Erl. 16, 24. Hér Birinus biscop bodude West-Seaxum (Weast-, v. l. ) fulwuht, 634 ; Erl. 24, 9.

yfel-willende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-willende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Hit náuht unriht wǽre ðæt mon ða yfelwillendan men ( vitiosos ) héte nétenu, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 17

hamer

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Þeáh ðǽra manna ǽghwylc hæfde ǽnne hamor on handa, and þeáh man . . . mid þám hameron beóte on þæt ísene þell . . . ne áwacode hé nǽfre for eallum þissum, tó ðám wérig hé wǽre, Wlfst. 147, 3-8. Hameras sleánde mallei percutientes, Scint. 171, 14.

húru-þinga

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Sé ðe on óðrum dagum sleac wǽre tó gódnysse, hé sceal húruðinga on ðisum dagum ácucian on gódum bígengum. Hml. Th. ii. 100, 23 : Hml. A. 141, 87. v. húru; 3 Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man ǽfre húruðinga ꝥ dón ?, Ll. Th. i. 334, 28

hú-lic

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R. 13, 1. predicative, of what sort Ꝥ hí him bróhtan ꝥ heáfod tó, ꝥ hé gesége húlic ꝥ wǽre, Shrn. 76, 27.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Ðes tún (villa) wæs forlǽten, and óþer wæs getimbred, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 11. Hé eode tó ðære cyricean ðæs túnes ( villulae ), 5, 12; S. 627, 20. Hé hæfde ðæt bisc̃ríce .L. wint' æt Scíreburnan, and his líc líþ ðǽr on túne ( or túne = cyrictúne?)

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weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Úre Hǽlend wæs weorþod and hered from Iudéa folce, Blickl. Homl. 67, 4. Hé wæs of cilda múþe gecnáwen and weorþad, 71, 33. to honour, pay respect to, heed, attend to (cf.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

ge-sellan

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Him wæs gǽst geseald, Dan. 533. Ic on þé oncnáwe wísdómes gewit geseald, An. 646

scín

(n.)
Grammar
scín, scinn, es; n.
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Ða hǽþenan deófle offrodon . . . and ða brǽðas ðæs flǽsces stigon upp on ǽlce healfe eall swilc hit mist wǽre . . . ða hǽþenan on swilcon deófolscíne (altered to -scinne) blissedon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 39.

un-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-spédig, adj.

without meanspoorindigentbarrenpoorunproductive

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Gif hwylc wíf tó ðam unspédig wǽre ðæt heó ðás ðing begytan ne mihte, Homl. Th. i. 140, 3. Generigende unspédigne eripiens inopem, Ps. Spl. 34, 12: Blickl. Gl. Hégeendebyrde ðone unspédigan fiscere ætforan ðam rícan cásere, Homl. Th. i. 578, 9.

be-pǽcan

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Wǽgde vel bepǽhte fefellit, i. delusit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 27. Hé bepǽhte hí in tó his búre, Chr. 1015; P. 146, I. Ne bepǽce hé eów mid leásum hopan, Hml. Th. i. 568, 8. Bepǽcan dissimulari, An. Ox. 5348. Þú wylt ealde witan mid þínan lote bepǽcan.

burg-waran

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burg-waran, -ware.
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Hwylcra burgwara for worulde þú wǽre, Bt. 5, 1; F. 10, 4. Þára uplicra burhwara and þæs écean geférscipes, Bl. H. 197, 16. From Hierusolimiscum ðǽm burguærum (burugweorum. R.) ab Hierosolimis, Jn. L. 1, 19. Sé ðá burhware ofercymð, Past. 218, 18

ge-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnan, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt þǽr ǽnig mon wordum ne worcum wǽre ne brǽce, ne þurb inwitsearo ǽfre gemǽnden, þeáh hié hire beággyfan banan folgedon (though they were following the slayer of their lord, this was not to be mentioned with the malicious intent of provoking quarrels

ge-bregdan

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R. 18, 10. to withdraw, take away Nis cúð hú oððe on hwylcere tíde hyre líchama gebróden wǽre, oððe hwider hé áhafen sý, Hml.

ge-tígan

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Ðæt esulcweorn tó ðǽm suíran wǽre getíged (-tigged, v. l., suspendatur ), Past. 31, 18. Gé gemétað getígedne ( alligatum ) assan, Hml. Th. i. 206, 10.