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heáh-nes

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Add: in a physical sense. height Ǽr þon þe seó heáhnes ( altitudo ) þæs wealles gefylled wǽre, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 170, 19. Egeslicere heáhnysse (heánnesse, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 48) (turrem) minaci proceritate, An. Ox. 4436. Þá triówa heánnisse ic wundrade,

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neb-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
neb-sealf, e; f.
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A face-salve Nebsealfe stibio, An. Ox. 4, 25. Of nebsealue, 8, 269

neb-wlátung

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neb-wlátung, For 'frontositas . . . word'
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substitute Nebwlátung, ǽwyscnes inpudentia, An. Ox. 4306

neb-wlatung

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Dele

neb-wlitu

(n.)
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Add: <b>neb-wlite;</b> es; m. Heora nebwlite þurh ðá mycclan sorhge mid ealle áhlǽnsode, Hml. S. 23, 126. Eall heora nebwlite ongann tó scínenne swilce seó þurhbeorhte sunne, 820. Him gelícode hire fægra nebwlite, Hml. A. 94, 89. Hé beseah

salu-neb

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Add: [Cf. Icel. nef-fölr]

salu-neb

(adj.)
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salu-neb, adj.

Dark-faced

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Dark-faced Se wonna þegn, sweart and saloneb, Exon. Th. 433, 9; Rä. 50, 9

fyl-nes

Similar entry: fyll-nis

gagolbǽr-nes

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Gagolbǽrnesse lascivia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 70. Sé ðe eall his mód bið áflogen tó gæglbǽrnesse qui totis cogitationibus ad lasciviam defluens, Past. 73, 11. Add

Linked entry: gagol-bǽre

hæft-néd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-néd, -niéd, -nýd, e; f.

Captivity, thraldom, custody

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Captivity, thraldom, custody Israhéla folc on hæftnéde Babiloniscum cyninge þeówde the people of Israel served the king of Babylon in captivity, Homl. Th. ii. 84, 27. Lýsan of hæftnéde to release from captivity, Elen. Kmbl. 593; El. 297. On hæftnéde

Linked entry: hæft-nýd

æðel-nes

(n.)
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æðel-nes, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Nobilitynobilitas

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Nobility; nobilitas,Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 7: Ps. Th. 118, 142, [MS. æðeles.]

byrht-nes

(n.)
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brightness, Ps. Spl. 118, 130

folc-néd

(n.)
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folc-néd, e; f.

A people's needpŏpŭli necessĭtas

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A people's need; pŏpŭli necessĭtas Him wísode wolcen unlytel daga ǽghwylce, swá hit Drihten hét; and him ealle niht, óðer beácen, fýres leórna, folcnéde heóld a large cloud directed them every day, as the Lord commanded it; and to them all night, another

inwit-net

(n.)
Grammar
inwit-net, es; n.
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A net of treachery or malice, Beo. Th. 4340; B. 2167

boge-net

(n.)

a bow-net, weel

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a bow-net, weel, Ælfc. Gl. 105; Som. 78, 41; Wrt. Voc. 57, 23

ge-nec

(n.)

a light ship, a frigateliburnica

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a light ship, a frigate; liburnica, Cot. 120

scý-nes

Similar entry: sceó-ness

brád-nes

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Fyðerscýte brádnys triquadra (mundi) latitudo, Hpt. Gl. 437, 7. On brádnysse in superficie, 451, 1. Brádnysse, vastitatem, 491, 73. Add

bismer-nes

disgracepollutionreproachinsultcontemptiblenesspitifulness

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Substitute: disgrace, pollution Seó bysmernes (besmitenes, v. l.) inquinatio, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 95, 13. [Lendenu] mín gefyllede synd on bysmyrnyssum, and nis hǽlo on flǽsce míne, Ps. Spl. C. 37, 7. reproach, insult God wolde ðá bysmernyssa úra feónda

bíg-nes

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Mid bígnysse his ágnes onrǽses reflexione sui impetus, Gr. D. 48, 7. Þæt fenn mid menigfealdan bígnyssum þurhwunað on norðsǽ, Guth. 20, 7. On liþa bígnyssum, 90, 21. Add