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stelan

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Þá gewunode án þeóf ꝥ hé stáh ófer þone hege and dígellíce stæl (stæll, v. l. ) þá wyrta, Gr. D. 23, 24. Gang nú, and æfter þysum ne stel þú nán þing, 25, 19. Hé begann tó stelenne on heora gewunan he began to steal according to their custom, Ælf. T.

þoden

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ꝥ feallende treów wende þá ongeán swilce hit sum fǽrlic þoden þydde underbæc, Hml. S. 31, 416. ꝥ Ðá fǽringa wæs geworden þoden of heofonum tunc repente turbo caelitus factus est, 42, 5. Syndon fram þodene ( turbine ) þá weallas tólýsede, 134, 7. Mid stormum

un-gewiss

Grammar
un-gewiss, ignorance.
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Hé nyste hwæs he geléfan sceolde, þá hine þá swýþost drehton and on ungewisse gebróhton þe his witan beón sceoldon, Hml. S. 23, 398. Rómáne swíþost for þǽm besierede wǽroi þe him þæt land uncúþre wæs þonne hit Somnitum wǽre, and on ungewis on án nirewett

bisceop-hádung

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-hádung, e; f.
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Ordination as bishop Þá underféng se hálga wer bisceophádunge, and þone hád geheóld, Hml, S. 31, 286

Linked entry: hádung

efen-hleóþrian

(v.)
Grammar
efen-hleóþrian, p. ode
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To sing together Gyf þá deóflu þæt ongytað . . . beóð hí ealle efenhleóþriende and swýðe blíðe, Nap. 19

fúl-stincende

(adj.)
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Ðone fúlstincendan migðan, Lch. i. 284, 9. Þá fúlstincendan eá foetentem fluvium, Gr. D. 322, 21. Add

ge-lǽrednes

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Add: erudition Ásprang hire hlísa and wísdóm and gelǽrednys geond ealle þá ceastre, Hml. S. 33, 29

greáte wyrt

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Greáte wyrt beribabum, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 67. Ádelfe þá greátan wyrt, Lch. ii. 270, 16. Add

heofon-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-fýr, es; n.

Lightning

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Lightning, Be ðám muntum . . . þá ðe heáh standað . . . heó beóð genehhe mid heofenfýre geþreáde, Wlfst. 262. 15

Linked entry: fýr

hundred-mann

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þá se hundredman geseah uidens centurio, Lk. 23, 47. Wæs sumes hundredmannes þeówa untrum, 7, 2. Add

hors-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
hors-cniht, es; m.
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A groom Aman gelǽdde Mardochéum geond þá burh swylce hé his horscniht wǽre, Hml. A. 99, 242

mild-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mild-ness, e; f.
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Mildness, gentleness Ne sceal swá líðe mildnes (lenitas) beón ꝥ ne forhæbbe þá syngunge, Chrd. 62, 21

of-seón

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Þá ofseah hé feorran ðá hǽðenan ferian án líc tó eorðan, Hml. Th. ii. 507, 16. Add

on-bring

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Ealle þá yfelan geþanc þe þé on heortan becumaþ þurh deófles onbrincg, Angl. xii. 513, 24. Add

slipor

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Add: uncertain, unsteady, without fixed principles Þá geár þæs slyporan geogoðhádes lubrice etatis annos, Chrd. 54, 33

swǽrness

Grammar
swǽrness, I.
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Þá ðá ic hine bær ne gefrédde ic nánre byrðene swǽrnysse, Hml. Th. i. 336, 25. Add

tó-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
tó-sócn, e; f.
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Visiting Þá forman costunga preósthádes mannon cumað of wífa gelómlicre tósócne ( feminarum frequentes accessus ), Chrd. 67, 36

twiccian

(v.)
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Hé cúðe twiccian þá wæstmas gódra mægna ille virtutum fructus carpere noverat, Gr. D. 256, 19. Add

un-gerǽdlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerǽdlic, adj.
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Ignorant, rough, rude Þá ungerǽdlican (-ge-lǽredlican, v.l.) gebróðru indociles, Gr. D. no, 21. Cf. ge-rǽde

Linked entry: ge-rǽdlic

úp-flór

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Þá gelógode Benedictus hine sylfne on sumes stýpeles úpflóra ( in turris superioribus), Gr. D. 170, 15. Add