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un-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scyldig, adj.

innocentguiltlessinnocent of a crime, chargeguiltless in relation to (wið) a personinnocentnot accountable for an ill resultnot responsible

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Ðǽm wǽre máre þearf ðe ða óþre unscyldige yfelaþ, ðæt mon bǽde ðæt him mon dyde swá micel wíte swá ðám óþrum unscyldegum dydon, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 208, 30: Met. 4, 36. unscyldige scotian þenceaþ ut sagittent immaculatum, Ps. Th. 63, 3.

ǽ-lǽrende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ǽ-lǽrende, part.

Teaching the lawlegem docens

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Teaching the law; legem docens Siððan him nǽnig wæs ǽlǽrendra óðer betera since there was none other of those teaching the law better than he. Elen. Kmbl. 1009; El. 506

ágend-frió

(n.)
Grammar
ágend-frió, -freo; indecl. m.

An ownerpossessorpossessor

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B.] ðone monnan let him give up the man to the owner, L. In. 53; Th. i. 136, 4

gár-heáp

(n.)
Grammar
gár-heáp, es; m.

A spear-bandarmed bandhastĭfĕra turma

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A spear-band, armed band; hastĭfĕra turma Hæfdon him beácen arǽred in ðam gárheápe they had a signal reared in the armed band, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 11; Exod. 321

húsian

(v.)
Grammar
húsian, p. ode

To house

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To house, give shelter in a house Féde þearfan and scrýde and húsige let him feed the needy and clothe and house them, L. Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 15

Linked entry: ge-húsed

milte-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
milte-seóc, adj.

Splenetic

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Wið milteseócum men, him mon sceal sellan eced, L. M. 2, 39; Lchdm ii. 248, 9: 2, 41; Lchdm. ii. 252, 5

mis-lǽdan

(v.)

to misleadlead astray

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to mislead, lead astray Gif hé láre ne can, ne hé leornian nele, ac mislǽt his hýrmen and hine silfne forþ mid, L. Ælfc. P. 46; Th. ii. 384, 22

ge-tyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tyhtan, p. te; pp. ed

To educateteachinstructerŭdīredŏcēreinstruĕre

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To educate, teach, instruct; erŭdīre, dŏcēre, instruĕre Ðe ðú hine getyhtest quem tu erŭdiĕris, Ps. Th. 93, 12. Byþ his heorte getrymed and getyhted confirmātum est cor ejus, 111, 7

Linked entry: ge-tihtan

steórere

(n.)
Grammar
steórere, es; m.
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Hit wǽre swelce se stióra slépe on midre sǽ . . . Ðæm stiórere biþ gelícost se mon ðe ongemong ðisses middan*-*geardes costungum hine ágímeleásaþ

stán-cræftiga

(n.)
Grammar
stán-cræftiga, an; m.
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A skilled worker in stone Ðæt wǽron .iiii. stáncræftigan ... and nǽron náne óðre him gelíce; hý gesénodon ǽlce morgen heora íserngelóman, and ðonne nǽron hý ná tóbrocene, Shrn. 146, 13

un-gebeorhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gebeorhlíce, adv.

Not safelyrashly(?)intemperately(?)

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Lufiaþ, gé weras, eówere wíf on ǽwe; ne beó gé bitere him ungebeorhlíce ( polite amari esse ad illas, Col. 3, 19), Homl. Th. ii. 322, 26

Linked entry: ge-beorglíce

woffung

(n.)
Grammar
woffung, e ; f.

Ravingblasphemy

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Ðás word wǽron geþúhte beforan him swá woffung (deliramentum), Lk. Skt. 24, II. Hwæt is ðes ðe sprycþ woffunga (blasphemia), 5, 21

for-eáþelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-eáþelíce, adv.

Very easily

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Very easily, without inconvenience Hú mihtú for sceame ǽniges ðinges æt Gode biddan, gif ðú forwyrnst ðínum gelícan þæs ðe ðú foreáðelíce him getíðian miht?, Hml. Th. i. 256, 7

Linked entry: eáþe-líce

ge-þeáwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þeáwe, adj.
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In accordance with habit, customary Sume dæge sænde se hálga wer þǽra muneca sumne, swá him geþeáwe (-þýwe, v. l.) wæs quadam die misit ex more, Gr. D. 142, 33

Linked entries: -þeáwe ge-þíwe

gistern-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
gistern-lic, (<b>gysternlic,</b> q. v. in Dict.); adj.
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Of yesterday Ðám dæge ne fyligð merigenlic dæg, for ðan ðe him ne forestóp se gysternlica, Hml. Th. i. 490, 20. Dæg se georstenlica dies hesterna, Hy. S. 47, 10

Linked entry: georsten-lic

un-gyrdan

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Gif hé ǽnigne þearfan nacodne gemétte, þonne wæs hé hine sylfne ungyrdende ( se exspolians), and mid his hrægle hé þone þearfan gescrýdde, Gr. D. 68, II. Cf. on-gyrdan. Add

un-micel

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him worhte tela unmycel eardunghús sibi humili habitaculum construxit, 201, 5

weorþ-mynd

Grammar
weorþ-mynd, <b>. I.</b>
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Se apostol mid manegum tácnum gerehte hwylcne weorþmynd hé be him haefde ut apostolus signis ostenderet quam de illo haberet aestimationem, Or. D. 228, 8. v. sundor-, synder-weorþmynd. Add

bréc-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
bréc-hrægel, -hrægl, es; n. [bréc
breeches
, pl. of bróc, f; hrægel
a garment
]

breechesa garmentlumbare, diplois =διπλοίςA sort of garment

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lumbare, diplois = διπλοίς A sort of garment; Him si abrogden, swá of bréchrægle [mid twýfealdum mentle, Spl.], hiora sylfra sceamu operiantur [aperiantur ?] sicut diploide confusione sua, Ps. Th. 108, 28

heáh-wita

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-wita, an; m.

A chief councillor

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A chief councillor Férde se cyng him hám and ða ealdormenn and ða heáhwitan the king went home and the aldermen and the chief 'witan,' Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 10