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CUNNAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUNNAN, ic can, con, ðú canst, const, he can, con, pl. cunnon; p. ic, he cúðe, ðú cúðest, pl. cúðon; subj. cunne, pl. cunnen; p. cúðe, pl. cúðen; pp. [on]-cunnen, cúþ; v. a.

to be or become acquainted with, to know ⬩ noscĕre, scire ⬩ CAN ⬩ scire, posse

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Hérian ne cúðon wuldres waldend they knew not how to praise the ruler of glory, Beo. Th. 367; B. 182. Dydon swá hie cúðon they did as they could Cd. 187; Th. 232,11; Dan. 258.

Linked entries: can cann cúðe cúðen cúðon con

styltan

(v.)
Grammar
styltan, prs. subj. (wið-)stylte; p. stylte, stylde, (for-)styldte; pp. stylted
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To be amazed, confounded, be at a loss, be doubtful:?-Stylton stupebant, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 51. Styldon (stylton, Rush.), 1, 22. Hiá stylton haesitantes, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 22

Linked entry: a-styltan

hyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrstan, hierstan; p. te; pp. ed

To fry ⬩ roast

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Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan and brǽdan and swá hine mon má hirste swá wæs hé fægera on ondwlitan he ordered him to be stretched on an iron bed and roasted alive; and the more he was roasted the fairer was his face, Shrn

heófan

Grammar
heófan, also strong forms occur, p. heóf, hóf (an Old Saxon form A. S. heáf?); pl. heófon.

To lament ⬩ To be sorry for ⬩ grieve at

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To lament Godes andsacan . . . heófon deóp gehygd . . . þæt heó woldon ben email Críst rodera ríces, Sat. 344. with gen., To be sorry for, grieve at Þæt hié swá gefeón ðissa andweardena góda ðæt hí him ondrǽden ðá écan yflu, ILLIGIBLE and swá ðára yfela

fugeles wíse

(n.)
Grammar
fugeles wíse, fugeles wýse, an; f.

The plant larkspur ⬩ delphīnium ⬩ δελφίνιον

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Ben. Lye. Fugeles wýse delphinion, Glos. Brux. Recd. 41, 69; Wrt. Voc. 68, 4

Linked entry: wíse

leágung

(n.)
Grammar
leágung, e; f.

Lying

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beón gestǽled ne aut fabulæ aut turpi mendacio dignus efficiar, Nar. 2, 21

ge-myndig

Grammar
ge-myndig, <b>; I a.</b>
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., is implied Swá wé úrra synna gemyndigran beóð ( memores sumus ), swá hí swíðor God ofergyt, Chrd. 106, 34

þurhtogenness

(n.)
Grammar
þurhtogenness, e; f.

A religious reading in monasteries ⬩ especially after meals ⬩ collatio

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Ben. Interl. 118, 7

wróht-sáwere

(n.)
Grammar
wróht-sáwere, es ; m.

A sower of strife

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A sower of strife Gehíren ða wróhtsáweras (jurgiorum seminatores) hwæt áwriten is on ðærn godspelle : ' Eádige beói ða gesibsurnan, ' Past. 47; Swt. 359, 9, 18

a-blýsgung

(n.)
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Ben. 133, 11

ár-wesa

(n.)
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Ben. 115, 20

Linked entry: -wesa

efen-lǽcung

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Ben. 139, 7. Þá Judéiscan wǽron ytele ðurh euenlǽcunge, ná ðurh gecynde, Hml. Th. ii. 226, 35. Add

fæstrǽd-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fæstrǽd-lic, adj.

Constant

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Constant Wénst þú ꝥ on ǽnigum menniscum móde mæge áuht fæstrǽdlices beón búton hwearfunga ullamne humanis rebus inesse constantiam reris?, Bt. 8; F. 26, 3

for-ildu

(n.)
Grammar
for-ildu, (-o); indecl.: -ild, e; f.
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Ben. 114, 11

ge-beterian

(v.)
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Ben. 68, 18. Add

ge-lógung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lógung, e ; f.
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Order, arrangement Þǽre gelógunge ꝥ dægrædsangum geendedum sóna beón gecwedene twégen sealmas eo ordine ut matutinis finitis max dicantur duo psalmi, Angl. xiii. 407, 599

Linked entries: -lógung ge-logian

líc-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
líc-lic, adj.
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Ben. 1. 21, ii

tó-wrítan

(v.)
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to describe Ptolomeus tówrát ealles þises middangeardes gemet on ánre béc, Bt. 18, 1; S. 41, 27. Hí synd tówrite[ne] describuntur, An. Ox. 1065

Linked entry: wrítan

þolung

(n.)
Grammar
þolung, e; f.
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Passion Þolunga ( passiones ) and leahtras líchaman úre gif mid hungre fæstena beóð áhlǽnsude, Scint. 57,11. Þá sáwle offeallan mid þolungum animam obruere passionibus, 55, 15

un-hearmgeorn

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Healdan wé þás þeáwas ꝥ wé un-hearmgeorne beón and búton byternysse, Nap. 65. Add

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