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hund-nigontig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-nigontig, num.

Ninety

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Se sumor hafaþ hundnygontig daga ... Se winter hæfaþ tú and hundnigontig daga, Shrn. 83, 33; 146, 7. Hundteóntig geára wæs Abraham and his gebedda hundnigontig Abraham was a hundred years old and his consort ninety, Homl. Th. i. 92, 21.

Linked entry: nigontig

leger-teám

(n.)
Grammar
leger-teám, es; m.

Matrimony

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Matrimony, sexual intercourse [lawful or unlawful] Matheus him sægde ðæt hé wǽre swá synnig wið God gif hé ða gehálgodan fǽmnan tó legerteáme onfénge swá se þeów wǽre se ðe fénge on kyninges quéne tó unryhtum hǽmde Matthew said to him, that he would

glǽm

(n.)
Grammar
glǽm, es; m.

Brightnesssplendourradiance

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Brightness, splendour, radiance Se æðela glǽm the noble brightness [the sun], Exon. 51 b; Th. 178, 31; Gú. 1252: Th. 179, 18; Gú.1263. Sunnan glǽm the sun's radiance, 59 b: Th. 215, 15; Ph. 253.

ge-dyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyrnan, -diernan, -dirnan; p. de; pp. ed

To concealhidekeep secretcēlāreoccultāre

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To conceal, hide, keep secret; cēlāre, occultāre Se ðe forstolen flǽsc findeþ and gedyrneþ he who finds stolen flesh and keeps it secret, L. In. 17; Th. i. 114, 2.

Linked entries: ge-diernan ge-dirnan

unriht-hǽman

(v.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽman, p. de

To cohabit unlawfullyto commit adultery or fornication

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To cohabit unlawfully, to commit adultery or fornication Hé déð ðæt heó unrihthǽmð; and se unrihthǽmð ðe forlǽtene genimð facit eam moechari; et qui dimissam duxerit, adulterat, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 32. Se unrihthǽmð moechatur, Lk. Skt. 16, 18.

un-sláw

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sláw, -slǽw, -sleáw; adj.

Not slownot sluggishactivereadyquick

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Se ðe wǽre full sláw, weorðe se unsláw tó cyrican, Wulfst. 72, 15. Ðone ðe him on weorcum gecwémde elne unsláwe, Exon. Th. 159, 7; Gú. 923. Wígan unsláwne ( St. Andrew ), Andr. Kmbl. 3419; An. 1713. Hí slógon tógædere unsláwe mid wǽpnum, Homl.

Linked entries: sláw un-sleáw

án-setla

(n.)
Grammar
án-setla, an; m.
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An anchorite, a hermit jÞǽr eardode sum swíþe myccles mægnes wer, wæs ánsetla in wéstenne illic vir quidam solitarius magnae virtutis habitabat, Gr. D. 306, 1.

ge-synto

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D. 50, 2. of favourable condition Eála bið ofersǽlig þe mid gesyntum swylce cwyldas and wítu mæg wel forbúgon felix o nimium qui illas effugiet poenarum prospere clades, Dóm. L. 248

hám-fæst

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Sum deácon wæs feor þanon hámfæst (living far from the place; longe positus), gewilnode féran tó him, Gr. D. 208, 13. 'Gefyrn ic hine cúðe, leóf, ac hé férde heonon, and ic nát tó gewissan hwǽr hé wunað nú.'

hýr-mann

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Se hýrman his edleánes anbidað, Hml. Th. ii. 454, 31. 'Ǽnne man ic ofslóh of þínre híwrǽdene' . . . Wæs án hýrman tó wuda áfaren; læg gewundod, Hml. S. 31, 783.

ge-ǽbiligan

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Hwæt geearnige þe geǽbylið (scandali-zauerit) énne þára lǽstena þe on God behycgað, R. Ben. 55, 14. ðe bepǽhð ǽnne Godes þeówena, hé geǽbiligð ðone Hláford, Hml. Th. i. 516, 20.

grund-weall

(n.)
Grammar
grund-weall, es; m.

A foundation

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Se cræft is eallra bóclícra cræfta ordfruma and grundweall that art is the beginning and foundation of all literary arts, 50;Som. 51, 2;Wrt. Voc. 81, 6. Se grundweall ðara munta fundamenta montium, Ps. Th. 17, 7;Lk. Skt. 6, 48, 49;Homl.

neoþor

(adv.)
Grammar
neoþor, nioþor, niþor; adv.

Lowerin an inferior position

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Ðá heó ðá hié in ðæm gefeohte neoþor geségon qui dum se inferiores in bello conspicerent, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 16. Ðé læs ðe ðæt mód sý neoþer ðonne se líchoma, Homl. Skt. 1, 58. Nioþoror, Bt. 41. 6; Fox 254. 31.

Linked entry: niþor

weorold-sǽlþa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sǽlþa, pl. f.
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This world's goods, earthly blestings Eálá hwæþer gé nétenlícan men ongiton hwelc se wela sié and se anweald and ða woruldsǽlþa ? Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 50, 36 note.

Linked entry: weorold-gesǽlþa

dysegian

(v.)
Grammar
dysegian, dysigan, dysian; part. dysigende, dysiende; he dysegaþ; p. ede, ode ; pp. ed, od; v. intrans. [dysig foolish] .

to be foolish, act foolishly, err ineptīre, errāreto talk foolishly, blaspheme blasphĕmāre

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He dysegaþ, se ðe wile sǽd óþfæstan ðám dríum forum he does foolishly, who will sow seed in the dry furrows, 5, 2; Fox 10, 30. Ðæt ða dysegien that they are foolish, 24, 4; Fox 86, 9, MS. Bod. Ðæt hí on heortan hyge dysegedon hi errant corde, Ps.

Linked entry: dysian

wending

(n.)
Grammar
wending, e; f.

Turninga turning roundrevolutionchangingmutation

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Hit gedéð hit self him selfum suíðe ungelíc for ðære gelómlícan wendinge mutabilitate se varium exhibet Past. 42; Swt. 306, 17. Orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse búton wendinge (cf. unonwendendlíce, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24) Met. 7, 41

cyric-sangere

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-sangere, es; m.

A church-singerecclesiæ cantator

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A church-singer; ecclesiæ cantator He sumne æðelne cyricsangere begeat, se wæs Mafa háten he got a famous church-singer, who was named Mava, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 5

ed-niwe

(adv.)
Grammar
ed-niwe, adv.

Anew, again dēnuo

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Anew, again; dēnuo Swá se fugel weorþeþ gomel æfter geárum geong edniwe thus the bird becomes old after years and young again, Exon. 59 b; Th. 215, 25; Ph. 258

FEOHAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEOHAN, feón; part. feónde; p. feah, pl. fǽgon; pp. fegen

To rejoicebe gladexultgaudērelætāriexultāre

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To rejoice, be glad, exult; gaudēre, lætāri, exultāre Se feónde [MS. feond] gespearn fleótende hreáw the exulting [raven] perched on the floating corpses, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 11; Gen. 1447

Linked entry: feón

fóre-wítigian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-wítigian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To foresayprophesyprænuntiāre

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To foresay, prophesy; prænuntiāre Se mycla hunger, ðe wæs fórewítegad on Actĭbus Apostŏlōrum the great famine, which was foretold in the Acts of the Apostles, Chr. 47; Erl. 7, 24