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tǽcing

(n.)
Grammar
tǽcing, e; f.

the pointing out of a course to be followed, direction, teaching.teaching, doctrine

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Ass. 144, 2. teaching, doctrine Swá ðæt þurhwunigen on Cristes láre and tǽcinge, R. Ben. 6, 1. x ána ongynþ of ðam stæfe i æfter úðwitena rǽcinge, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Zup. 6, 5. Ðæra sind feówer æfter Priscianes tǽcinge, 24; Zup. 129, 16

un-gewiss

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, adj.

Uncertainnot having knowledgeignorantnot knownof which there is not certain knowledgenot conveying certain knowledgeignominious

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Lamb. 50, 8. not conveying certain knowledge Ðú stunta, on hwilce wísan sceole ðé gelýfan and ðínum ungewissum wordum? Homl. Skt. i. 23, 697. ignominious. Similar entries v. preceding word, III: Ungewis ignominiosus, Kent. Gl. 715

westan

(adv.)
Grammar
westan, adv.
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From the west, marking the direction of movement Ðæm fultume ðe him westan com, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 15. Monige from eástan and westan (weosta, Lind.) cumaþ, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 11. Cymeþ westa (woesta, Lind.), Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 29.

Linked entry: westane

weorold-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-cund, adj.
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On ðás tíd sceolan habban godcunde blisse and eác worldcunde, Blickl. Homl. 83, 20. Mid hú heardum brocum ús swingaþ úre worldcunde fædras, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 25.

brád

(adj.)

broadopenspaciousflat

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hors ðacciað and stráciað mid brádre handa, Past. 303, 11. Bráde hand palmam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 22. of great extent, wide-spread, spacious Ðǽre rúman a(u)guste, brád augustum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 23 : i. 287, 78.

Linked entry: brádlinga

be-sprecan

(v.)

mentionto claimTo complain ofblameTo complain

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Cf. be-secgan, I: Hit is ús swíþor bismre gelíc þæt þæt besprecað erubescant de recordatione praeteritorum, Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 30. Hé begeat sumne ðe hine bespræc tó ðám cásere, Hml.

eahtian

(v.)
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þæt hýrdon hæleð eahtian, déman dǽdhwate, þætte in dagum gelamp Maximianes, Jul. 1. Þæs biscéopes líf swá swíðe swá mannum riht is tó eahtienne (eht-, æht-, v. ll.) uitam illius quantum hominibus aestimare fas est, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 573, 21

lyþre

Grammar
lyþre, l. lýþre,
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sceolon forseón þone lýðran deófol ( the foul fiend ), Hml. Th. i. 270, 13. Hwæt synt þá wyrmas búton lýðre men?, Angl. viii. 323, 31. Hwǽr syndon þá wiðersacan eówre lýðran mágas ( your vile kinsmen ) ?, Hml. S. 23, 296.

hlyt

(n.)
Grammar
hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.

A lot, portion

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Ðú gedydest ðæt mǽtan úre land mid rápum and mín hlyt gefeóll ofer ðæt betste funes ceciderunt mihi in præclaris, Ps. Th. 15, 6. On handum ðínum hlyt mín in manibus tuis sortes meæ, Ps. Spl. 30, 18.

in-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþanc, es ; m. n.

Thoughtthinkingcogitationintentmindheartconscience

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Uton word and weorc rihtlíce fadian and úre inngeþanc clǽnsian georne let us order our words and works aright, and purify our thoughts diligently, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 111, 218.

Linked entry: inn-geþanc

gengan

(v.)
Grammar
gengan, p. de, pl. don; pp. ed

To go, passire, meare, currere, ferri, converti

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He feára sum beforan gengde wong sceáwian he with a few went before to view the plain, Beo. Th. 2829; B. 1412. Him oft betwuh gnornword gengdon words of sadness passed oft between them, Cd. 37; Th. 47, 27; Gen. 767.

þoterung

(n.)
Grammar
þoterung, e; f.
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weóp swíðe biterlíce and hé feóll tó Ióhannes fótum mid geómerunge and þoterunge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 32. Hé symle clypode mid swíðlícere þoterunge: 'And wá ðissere burhware,' Homl. Th. ii. 302, 12

un-tódǽledlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tódǽledlíc, adj.

Indivisibleinseparable

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Ðære Hálgan Ðrynnysse weorc is ǽfre untódǽledlíc, 498, 35. Littera is se læsta dǽl on bócum and, untódǽledlíc ... beóð ða stafas unóödǽledlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Zup. 4, 19-5, 3.

wrǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽt, wrǽtt, e; f.

A work of arta jewelan ornament

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A work of art, a jewel, an ornament Se (the cave) wæs innan full wrǽtta and wíra, weard unhióre goldmáðmas heóld, Beo. Th. 4817; 3. 2413. Wundenmǽl wrǽttum gebunden, 3067 ; 3. 1531. Is ðes middangeard wísum gewlitegad, wrǽttum gefrætwad, Exon.

Linked entry: wrǽtte

cystig-ness

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Ðæt folc wearð fagen his cystignissa, Ap. Th. 10, 10. Sé ðe him for Godes lufon bigwiste foresceáwað, þonne hǽfð hé méde his cystignysse æt Gode, Hml. Th. i. 514, 14. Cystignesse liberalitate, Wrt.

ge-wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrégan, to accuse.
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L. 27, 12. to accuse to somebody Clemens wearð gewréht tó ðám cásere for ðám micclan crístendóme þe hé árǽrde, Hml.

munt-clýse

(n.)
Grammar
munt-clýse, munt-clýsa ?, an; f. (m. ?).
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Efter this Alexander went and closed in a maner of folkes þat are called Gog and Magog wiþin þe hilles of Caspy. . . . He garte close all þe entreeȝ wit stane and lyme and sand. Prose Life of Alexander, p. 104, E. E. T.

Linked entry: clýse

neáhlíce

(adv.)
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Add: nearly, almost Wearð án cnapa þurh nǽddran geslit neálíce ádýd, Hml. S. 31, 951. nearly, closely Hí þeódað hí neálícor and fæstlícor tó þǽre rihtwísnesse justitiae vicinius atque arctius inhaerebunt, Gr.

stician

(v.)
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In l. 4 insert Bt. before 37. add: to project Ðonne niðer andlang strémes onbútan ðone horsgærstún ðæt hit sticað on ðǽre eá sylfre . . . forð be ámyrðlonde ðæt hit sticað on Æðeríces gemǽre; andlang ðæs weges ðæt hit sticað on Húnan wege, C.

wild-deór

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Þá wearð hé gefyrht mid ege þæs unmǽtan wildeóres . . . Hé tó þám león cwæð: 'Eálá þú mǽste wildeór, ' Hml. S. 23 b, 773-780.