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nearu

Grammar
nearu, <b>. I.</b>
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Sume habbað swíðe scortne weg, and þeáh nearone, Solil. H. 44, 9. Ðæt scip bið drifen on swííe nearwe bygeas, Past. 59, 6. <b>I a.

Pater-noster

(n.)
Grammar
Pater-noster, m. n.
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habbað gesǽd embe þæt Paternoster, Hml. Th. i. 274, 19-22: ii. 604, 15-16: Hml. S. 12, 261: Wlfst. 33, 2. Se láreów sceal secgan þám lǽwedum mannum ꝥ andgyt tó þám Paternostre, 265: Hml. Th. ii. 604, 18.

regol

(n.)
Grammar
regol, es; m.

a rulea rule, pattern, standard, normprescript, a canonrule

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On ǽlcum þingum hié sceolon habban ðone regol tó láreówe, 15, 20. Benedictus nam ðone hálgan regol ðe hé mid his handum áwrát, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 66

Linked entries: regol-bryce regul

féðe

(n.)
Grammar
féðe, es; n.

The power of going on footwalkinggoingmotionpacefăcultas pĕdĭbus eundiambŭlātiogressuspassus

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Habbaþ hringa gespong afyrred me mín féðe the clasping of rings has taken from me my power of going, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 17; Gen. 379. He féðe ne sparode he spared not pace, 117; Th. 153, 6; Gen. 2534

Linked entry: an-féðe

nosu

(n.)
Grammar
nosu, neosu; gen. a and e; also an; f.

the nosea nessa piece of land projecting into water

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Ða telgran habbaþ ǽgðer ge eágon ge nosa (nosan, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 318, 11. Nose hí habbaþ nares habent, Ps. Th. 134, 17 : 113, 14. a ness, a piece of land projecting into water Of hliþes nosan, Beo. Th. 3789; B. 1892.

Linked entries: nasu nose leþer-hose

ge-scý

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scý, es; n.

A pair of shoescalceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga

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A pair of shoes; calceamentum, tegmentum pedis, caliga Gif he [man] ðonne cwiþ 'Nelle ic híg habban to wífe,' gá ðæt wíf to him and nyme his gescý of his fótum beforan ðám ealdrum and spǽte on his nebb and nemne hine ǽlc man on Israéla folce ' unsceóda

Linked entries: -scý ge-sceó ge-scóe

weorold-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-cund, adj.
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On ðás tíd wé 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.

fæc

(n.)
Grammar
fæc, (n. and) m.

distanceroom

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Þá lǽcedómas ne sculon on áne þráge tó lange beón tó gedóne, ac sculon fæc habban betweónum, Lch. ii. 186, 13. Ymb lytel fæc paulo post, Past. 283, 1. Ymb tela micel fæc (mycelne fyrst, v. l. ), Chr. 942; P. 110, 26.

fæst-rǽd

Grammar
fæst-rǽd, fæst-rǽde.
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Uton habban fulne hyht and fæstrǽdne geleáfan on úrne Drihten, Wlfst. 282, 5. Ánræ-acute; dne geleáfan and fæstrǽde geþanc tó úrum Drihtne, 101, 23. Hí ne magon áfyllan mín fæstrǽde geþanc they cannot cast down my constant mind, Hml. S. 8, 20

ge-wítnian

(v.)
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Vos. 78, 11. in a clause God gewítnode ealle his wimmen, swa þæt heora nán ne mihte habban ǽnig cild, Gen. 20, 18. to punish, chastise a fault Ne cann Drihten leahtras, ac hé gewítnað leahtras, Hml. Th. ii. 574, 4. Biþ gewí[t]nod multabitur, An.

ge-tyngnes

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Ox. 5403. skill, v. ge-tynge; 4 Getydde on bóclicum cræfte hig witon mid getingnysse heora módes ꝥ ꝥ rihtmeterfers sceal habban feówer and twéntig tíman, Angl. viii. 314, 10. For ðǽra bócra getingnyssum, 300, 3. <b>III a.

scortness

(n.)
Grammar
scortness, e ; f.
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habbaþ gesǽd on ðisre sceortnysse, hú God geswutelode ða sóðfæstan godspelleras, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 219

déma

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habbaþ démena naman and sceaþena dǽda. . . . þonne hié for feós lufan earmne fordémaþ búton scylde, Bl. H. 63, 9. Add

nama

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Naman, Chr. 959; P. 115, 3.. the reputation of some character or attribute, with gen. or clause Hí mé habbaþ benumen mínes naman þe ic mid rihte habban sceolde; þone naman ic sceolde mid rihte habban ꝥ ic wǽre wela and weorþscipe, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 27

on-gildan

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Ne habbað wiht for þæt, þeáh hé wom dón ofer Meotudes bibod: monig sceal ongieldan sáwel súsles, Fä. 71.

Eást

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
Eást, es; m.
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Rufinus wolde habban þone anwold þǽr eást, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, 6, 37; S. 296, 6. Eást mid Crécum, Met. 30, 1. Secga sitlu súð, eást, and west, 9, 42: 14, 7. v. norþ-, súþ-eást; cf. west; adv

here-geatu

Grammar
here-geatu, [The word occurs very rarely in the singular; indeed be hergeate,
    Ll. Th. i. 412, 26,
seems the only instance that number. Plural forms are n. ac. -geatwei,(-a), -geata(-u, -e); dat -geat-wum, -geatum.]
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Hé becwæð ðæt man . . . tilode tó his hergeatwæn ðæs ðe man habban sceolde, C. D. iii. 352, 16 Man selle mínum hláforde ðæt gold tó mínum heregeatum, iv. 300, 20. Ðám cinge mínne hæregeatwa, v. 333, 10.

æf-ést

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ést, l. æf-est(-æst, -ist), æfst, æfstu; m. f.

zeal

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Æfisto invidias Rtl. 25, 25. in a good sense, zeal Be gódum æfste (zelo) ðe munecas habban sceolon, R. Ben. 131, II. Elnung ł æfista húses ðines zelus domus tuae Jn. R. 2, 17

ge-mót

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Ðæt nán scýrgeréfe oððe mótgeréfe ðár habban ǽne sócne oððe gemót (placitum) búton ðes abbudes hǽse, C. D. iv. 200, 10.

lustfullung

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Add: in a not unfavourable sense Gehwilce untrume and forsewenlice on ðissum middanearde swá miccle hraðor Godes stemne gehýrað, swá micclun. swá hí lytle lustfullunge on ðisum lífe habbað, Hml. Th. ii. 376, 6.