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full-cáflíce

(adv.)
Grammar
full-cáflíce, adv.

Full quickly ⬩ very eagerly ⬩ velocissĭme

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Full quickly, very eagerly; velocissĭme Se fullcáflíce bræd of ðæm beorne blódigne gár he very eagerly plucked the bloody dart from the chief, Byrht. Th. 136, 19; By. 153

Linked entry: ful-cáflíce

fúslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fúslíce, adv.

Readily ⬩ promptly ⬩ gladly ⬩ prompte ⬩ lĭbenter

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Readily, promptly, gladly; prompte, lĭbenter Ðæt hí, fúslíce gehýrdon, ða ðe him gelǽrde wǽron ut lĭbenter ea, quæ dīcĕrentur, audīrent, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, note 17, MS. T

fyrenian

(v.)
Grammar
fyrenian, fyrnian; p. ede; pp. ed

To sin ⬩ commit adultery ⬩ peccāre ⬩ mœchāri

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To sin, commit adultery; peccāre, mœchāri Fyrnaþ ðus ðæt flǽschord thus will the body sin, Soul Kmbl. 203; Seel. 103. Ne fyrena ðú non mœchābĕris, Lk. Bos. 18, 20

gár-holt

(n.)
Grammar
gár-holt, es; n. [holt lignum]

A javelin-shaft ⬩ javelin ⬩ hastæ lignum ⬩ hasta

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A javelin-shaft, javelin; hastæ lignum, hasta Ðæt ic ðé to geóce gárholt bere that I may bear the javelin-shaft for thy succour, Beo. Th. 3673; B. 1834

hider-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
hider-weard, adv.

Hitherward

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Hitherward On ðisum geáré menn sǽdon ðæt Cnut cyng fundade hiderward in this year men said that king Cnut was making for this country, Chr. 1085; Erl. 217, 40

maniend

(n.)
Grammar
maniend, es; m.

One who claims

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Se wæs ǽrest theloniarius ðaet is gafoles moniend he (St. Matthew) was first theloniarius, that is a tax-gatherer, Shrn. 131, 24

meld

(n.)
Grammar
meld, e; f.
[
O. H. Ger. melda; f. delatura, delatio, proditio
]

Declaration ⬩ proclamation

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Declaration, proclamation Hé wíde beád Metodes mihte ðǽr hé meld áhte he declared the Lord's power widely, where he could proclaim it, Cd. 208; Th. 256, 30; Dan. 648

preóst-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-lagu, e ; f.
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Ǽlc preóst finde him .xii. festermen ðæt hé preóstlage wille healdan mid rihte, L. N. P. L. 2 ; Th. ii. 290, 1-16

ealu-scóp

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-scóp, eala-scóp, es; m.

An ale-poet

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An ale-poet We lǽraþ, ðæt ǽnig preóst ne beó ealu-scóp we teach that no priest be an ale-poet, L. Edg. C. 58; Th. ii. 256, 15

Linked entry: eala-scóp

ge-dreóh

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dreóh, adj.

Sober

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Sober We lǽraþ ðæt man, æt ciric-wæccan, swíðe gedreóh sí we teach that man, at the church wakes, be very sober, L. Edg. 28; Th. ii. 250, 12

geóguþ-cnósl

(n.)
Grammar
geóguþ-cnósl, es; n. [geóguþ youth; cnósl progeny, a family]

A youthful family, young progeny ⬩ novella famĭlia, libĕri

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A youthful family, young progeny; novella famĭlia, libĕri Ic bíde ðǽr mid geóguþcnósle I abide there with my young progeny, Exon. 104 b; Th. 396, 25; Rä. 16, 10

under-etan

(v.)

to eat away below ⬩ to sap ⬩ subedere

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to eat away below, to sap; subedere Ðæt mennisce mód bið undereten and áweged of his stede ðonne hit se wind strongra geswinca ástyroþ, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 17

under-folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
under-folgoþ, es; m.

An office under a superior

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An office under a superior Hé ( Julian ) sǽde ðæt nán cristen man ne móste habban nǽnne his underfolgoþa (sunder-folgeþa, Swt. 286, 5), Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 24

un-ámánsumod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ámánsumod, adj.

Unexcommunicated ⬩ relieved from sentence of excommunication

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Benedictus hét mæssian for ðám mynecenum; cwæð ðæt hí siððan unámánsumode wǽron, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 28

Linked entry: á-mánsumian

weorold-broc

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-broc, es; n.
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Use for secular purposes Ðes pápa gesette ðæt mæssepreóstas and diáconas ne sceoldon brúcan gehálgodra mæsse*-*hrægla tó nǽnegum woroldbroce, ne nó búton on cyrcean ánre, Shrn. 112, 20

ánfealdnes

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Ðæt hié geícen ðá gód hira ánfealdnesse mid wærscipe ut simplicitatis bono prudentiam adjungant, 237, 16.. —

ár-fæt

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Clǽm on árfæt . . . mylte syþþan on ðǽm árfæte, Lch. iii. 16, 24. Dó on árfæt, lǽt standan on þám árfate, ii. 34, 5. Meng on árfæt, 124, 25. Add

cycgel

(n.)
Grammar
cycgel, es; m.
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A strong stick, a cudgel Mid ðǽm kycglum (kyclum, v. l.) hiera worda worpian verborum jacula reddere, Past. 297, 1. Ic gaderode mé kigclas and stuþansceaftas, Shrn. 163, 5

Linked entry: crycc

costnere

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Sé befealt on ðæs costneres grinu, Hex. 52, 25. Hí gewyldað þá feóndlican costneras, Hml. Th. i. 344, 31. Add

deór-geat

(n.)
Grammar
deór-geat, es; n.
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A gate for deer to pass through Of stapolwege on ðæt deórgeat; of ðám deórgeate, C. D. v. 270, 15. East be hagan tó ðám ealdan deórgeate, 281, 25