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un-gewisness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewisness, e; f.

Uncertaintyignorance

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Uncertainty, ignorance Ða ðe ðurh ungewisnysse ( per ignorantiam) synne fremmaþ ... ða ðe him ne ondrǽdaþ witende (sciendo ) syngian, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 36. Swá hwæt swá on hyre unclǽnnysse ðurh ungewisnesse ( per ignorantiam ) gelumpe, 4, 9; S. 576,

á-hwettan

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Is mé swíþe earfeðe hiera mód tó áhwettanne necessarium acumen elicere non possum, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 30. His mód wæs mid þǽm bismre áhwet hac contumelia quasi cote ad virtutem usus est, 6, 30; S. 280, 14. Add

Linked entry: hwettan

elnung

encouragementcomfortzeal

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Add: encouragement, comfort Hé æfter þysum geþance teáh him elnunge tó be dǽle after this thought he took comfort to himself in some measure, Hml. S. 23, 524. zeal Hé mid geornfulre elnunge úp árísende wæs, Hml. S. 31, 251

of-stingan

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Hiene mon geceás þý ilcan dæge þe mon Iulianus ofstong (cf. Cóm sum cempa . . . and hyne (Julian) [mid francan] þurhþýddé, Hml. S. 3, 237), Ors. 6, 32 ; S. 286, 26. Hét hé hý mid sweorde ofstingan, Shrn. 143, 12. Add

slaga

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Hé tó þám ylpe cóm, and . . . stung hine æt ðám nafelan ꝥ hí lágon ðǽr bégen heora ǽgðer óðres slaga, Hml. S. 25, 587. Him gewearð ꝥ man funde níwe swurd and níwne slagan (executioner) þǽrtó, Hml. S. 12, 233. Add

ǽr-dæg

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Add Se cyning ne gemunde ðára monigra teónena ðe hiora ǽgðer óþrum on ǽrdagum dudum gedyde, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 23. Ðá burg, seó wæs on ǽrdagum heora ieldrena éðel urbem, auctorem originis suae, 4, 5; S. 168, 10

dagian

(v.)
Grammar
dagian, dagigan; p.ode ; pp.od[dagas days, pl. of dæg a day]

To DAWN, to become day, be daylucescere

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To DAWN, to become day, be day; lucescere Mín leóht me tocymeþ ðonne hit dagian ongynneþ mea lux, incipiente aurora, mihi adventure est, Bd. 4. 8; S. 576, 7: 4, 9; S. 576, 30. Ne ðis ne daraþ eástan this dawns not from the east, Fins. Th. 4; Fin. 3.

Linked entry: dægian

ge-leáfsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáfsum, adj.

Faithfulcrediblecredulousfĭdēliscredĭbĭlis

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Faithful, credible, credulous; fĭdēlis, credĭbĭlis Ðín gewitnes is weorcum geleáfsum testĭmōnia tua credĭbĭlia facta sunt, Ps. Th. 92, 6. Wǽron forþgongende ða cristenan men and ða geleáfsuman the christian men and the faithful went forth, Bd. 1, 8;

fíf-tyne

Grammar
fíf-tyne, l. -tíne,
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and add: with a noun in agreement Þæt wǽron fiéftiéne hund þúsend monna, Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 22. Fífténa stód deóp se drenceflód monnes elna, Gen. 1397. Ofer fýftýne furlang (suælce spyrdum fífténum, L., swelce spyrdas fífténe, R.) quasi stadiis quindecim

lád-teów

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Add: [from lád-þeów]. a leader, guide Ne forlǽt ús, ac beó úre láðeów ( ductor ), ðú cans eal ðis wésten, and wásð hwǽr wé wícian magon, Past. 304, 15. a military leader, general Marcellinus, Iuliuses ládteów. Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 24. Alexandres æfterfolgeras

on-bryrdness

(n.)
Grammar
on-bryrdness, e; f.

Instigation, stimulus, inspiration, compunction

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Instigation, stimulus, inspiration, compunction Mid wíne onbryrdnysse vino compunctionis, Ps. Spl. 59, 3. Mid onbryrdnysse ðæs upplícan éðles with the stimulus that is given by the land on high, Homl. Th. ii. 550, 19. Mid godcundre onbryrdnysse monad

a-biran

(v.)

to bearcarryportare

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to bear, carry; portare, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 31

ágen-nys

(n.)
Grammar
ágen-nys, -nyss, e; f.

An owninga possessionpropertypossessio

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An owning, a possession, property; possessio,S. de Fide Cathol

a-reccende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-reccende, part.

Explainingexponens

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Explaining; exponens, Bd. 1, 27, resp. 8; S. 494, 35

a-sǽd

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-sǽd, pp. of a-secgan, q. v.

said outrelatedtold

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said out, related, told,Bd. 4, 22; S. 590, 32;

a-tuge

(v.)
Grammar
a-tuge, p. subj. of a-teón.

might draw awayabstraheret

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might draw away; abstraheret,Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 19;

berh

(v.; part.)
Grammar
berh, p. of beorgan.

for bearh shunnedvitavit

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for bearh shunned; vitavit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 28;

byrignes

(n.)
Grammar
byrignes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.
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A burying, burial; sepultura. Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 8

Linked entry: an-byrignys

deágolnes

(n.)

hiding-place

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hiding-place, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 22. v, dígolnes

el-þeódian

(v.)
Grammar
el-þeódian, foreigners; barbăros, = el-þeódigan; acc. pl. def.
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of el-þeódig, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 12, note