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ǽ-fæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽ-fæstlíce, adv.

Religiously

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Religiously Lifde hé ǽfestlíce his líf religiosam gerens vitam, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 10

æ-fæstnes

Grammar
æ-fæstnes, (ǽw-, eáw-, -fest-, -feast-).
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Ǽfæstnis clǽne religio munda, Rtl. 29, 11. Ege Drihtnes ingehýdes ǽwfæstnyss religiositas Scint. 65, 9. Aefeastnisse religionis, Rtl. 96, 9. Gewítan fram ðám bígange úre ǽfestnysse, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 21. Hí áxode hine hwylcere eáwfæstnysse hé wǽre, Hml

æ-fyrmþa

washing, ablutions

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Dele: washing, ablutions;

ǽ-gewrítere

(n.)
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In Kent. Gl. 245 ‘legum conditores’ is rendered by a word which Zupitza reads as scepttenras. This in Junius’ copy of the MS. is given by ægewriteras. The scept is uncertain, and Zupitza gives egewritteras as a more possible reading than that of Junius

ǽ-gift

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-gift, e; f.

A giving up, return, repayment, restoration

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A giving up, return, repayment, restoration Sigelm ágef Godan .xxx. punda . . . Ðá ætsóc Goda ðæs feós ǽgiftes Goda negavit sibi xxx libras persolutas fuisse Cht. Th. 201, 29: 202, 6. Bæd Ælfsige ǽgiftes his mannes a woman who had been stolen from him

æ-gilde

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
æ-gilde, adv. l. ǽ-gilde; adj.,

Unpaid for, applied to a slain man for whom wergild was not paid

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Unpaid for, applied to a slain man for whom wergild was not paid :-- Gyf þrǽl ðæne þegen áfylle, licge ǽgylde (-gilde, v. l. ) ealre his mǽgðe; and gyf se þegen ðæne þrǽl ðe hé ǽr áhte áfylle, gylde þegengylde, Wlfst. 162, 8. and add

Linked entry: or-gilde

ǽ-gylt

a breach of the law,

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Dele a breach of the law, and add Égylt excesus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 79. Ǽgylt, 30, 7: excessus, i. culpa, delicta, 145, 67

ǽ-híw

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-híw, es; n.

Pallor

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Pallor Ǽhíwum palloribus, An. Ox. 4897

Linked entry: hiw

ǽ-híwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-híwe, adj.

without colour, pallidwithout form, ugly, deformed

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without colour, pallid Ǽhíwe decolor, pallidus, Germ. 392, 69. Óðre hwíle hé bið blǽc and ǽhíwe, An. Ox. 4897, note. without form, ugly, deformed Ǽhíwe deformes (opifices turpi natura corporis ), An. Ox. 2, 498

Linked entry: híwe

ǽ-hlýp

law

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Dele ǽ law

ǽ-hwænne

Similar entry: á-hwænne

ǽ-hwǽr

Grammar
ǽ-hwǽr, = ǽg-hwǽr,
  • Ps. Th. 88, 31
  • .

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ǽ-lǽrende

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-lǽrende, l.ǽ-lǽrend.

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ǽ-lǽten

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ǽ-lagol

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-lagol, adj.

Legislative

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Legislative Ǽlagol legifer, Germ. 397, 363

Linked entry: -lagol

ǽ-lengness

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-lengness, ǽlingness, e; f.

Tedium, weariness

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Tedium, weariness Ǽlengnes fastidium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 46. Ǽlingnysse þolaþ rihtwís tedium patitur justus, Scint. 216, 9

Linked entry: ǽlingness

ǽ-léten

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Dele

ǽ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽ-líce, adv.

Lawfully, legitimately

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Lawfully, legitimately Ǽlíce lybbende, Hml. A. 24, 12. Æwlíce legitime, Angl. xiii. 369, 50

ǽ-melness

want of energy or of interest, slothweariness, tedium, disgust

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Add: want of energy or of interest, sloth Se sixta heáfodleahtor (accidia) is ásolcennys oððe ǽmelnys. Se leahtor déð ðæt ðám men ne lyst nán ðing tó góde gedón, ac gǽð him ásolcen fram ǽlcere dugeðe, Hml, Th. ii. 220, 22. Ǽmylnys, Hml. S. 1, 107. weariness

ǽ-menne

(n.)
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solitude ‘Ðú beþorftest ðæt ðú hæfdest dígele stówe and ǽmanne (-menne?) ǽlces óðres þinges ista solitudinem meram desiderant and fæáwa cúðe men.’ Ðá cwæð ic: ‘Ic nebbe nán ðára ne ðonne ǽmenne ne óðera manna fultum ne dýgela stówe,’ Shrn. 165, 8-12

Linked entry: -menne