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ge-setednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setednes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A constitution, law, ceremony, religionconstĭtūtio, lex, cērĕmōnia, relĭgio

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To gesetednisse for a law, Gen. 47, 26

sige-folc

(n.)
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sige-folc, es ; n.
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Fox 593 ; Gn. C. 66

þwárian

(v.)
Grammar
þwárian, p. ode

To bring into agreementmake harmonious

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.), hwílum eft unwlitegaþ and on óþrum híwe gebrengþ and eft geedníwaþ elementa in se invicem temperat, et alterna commutatione transformat, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 9

un-forwandigendlíce

(adv.)
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un-forwandigendlíce, adv.

Unhesitatinglyfreelywithout regard to fear or shame

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Unhesitatingly, freely, without regard to fear or shame Gif ðú wundrige ðæt swá scamfæst fǽmne swá unforwandigendlíce ðás word áwrát, ðonne wite ðú ðæt ic hæbbe þurh weax áboden, ðe náne scame ne can, ðæt ic silf ðé for scame secgan ne mihte, Ap.

Linked entry: -wandigendlíce

un-fracodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-fracodlíce, adv.

Not dishonourablyhonourablyvirtuously

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virtuously Ic wilnode andweorces tó ðam weorce ðe mé beboden wæs tó wyrcanne, ðæt wæs, ðæt is unfracoðlíce and gerisenlíce mihte steóran and reccan ðone anweald ðe mé befæst wæs materiam gerendis rebus optavimus, quo ne virtus tacita consenesceret, Bt. 17; Fox

un-gilda

(n.)
Grammar
un-gilda, an; m.

One who is not a full member of a guild

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for a difference between those in the same gild, Hæbbe ǽlc gegilda .ii. sesteras mealtes, and ǽlc cniht ánne, 613, 32), Chart. Th. 606, 16

Linked entry: gilda

un-gímende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gímende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Carelessnegligent

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Careless, negligent Ða ðing ðe se Dryhtnes wer geseah nales eallum monnum suongrum and heora liifes ungémendum [ungemyndum for(?) ungýmendum, Bd.

Linked entry: un-gemyndum

wiþer-leán

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-leán, es; n.

Recompenseretribution

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Wunde wiðerleán retribution for sin, Soul Kmbl. 187; Seel. 94

bord-þaca

(n.)
Grammar
bord-þaca, bord-þaca, -þeaca, an; m.

phalanx

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Substitute: a board for roofing Bordþacan latrariis, fierst laquear, fierste laquearea, hróf lacunar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 52-55. [Cf.

burne

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Ox. 1714: fons, Kent. Gl. 633. Ondlong ðǽre burnan, C.D. iii. 32, 29, Hé eóde tó þǽre burnan accessit ad torrentem, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 24, 6. In ðá burnan, C.D. iii. 33, 8. v. wæter-, wǽðe-burne. Add

cweccan

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For first reference substitute Germ. 397, 504, and add Þá cwehte se déma his deóflice heáfod, Hml. S. 8, 91. Se cwellere slóh swíðe . . . him ætfeóll fǽrlíce his gold þá þá hé swá hetelíce his handa cwehte, 12, 217. Cwahte vibrabit, Ps. Spl.

druncennes

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Ðá ðe wódlíce drincað ... swá þ hí dwǽsiað for heora druncennyssum. ... Úre Hǽlend forbeád þá druncennysse, Hml. A. 6, 148. Gif ðá druncengeornan men heora druncennyssa geswícan nellað, 145, 34. Add

eorþ-hrérness

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-hrérness, e; f.

An earthquake

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Biðon eorðhreoerniso (the first e in -hreoerniso is marked for erasure; -hroernisse, R.), 24, 7. Eorðhroernisso miclo, Lk. L. 21, 11

Linked entry: hrér-ness

ge-lofian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lofian, p. ode
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Heofenan ríce wæs álǽten þisum gebródrum for heora nette and scipe, and ðám rícan Zachéo tó healfum dǽle his ǽhta, Hml. Th. i. 580, 21: 582, 28

Linked entry: lofian

geómrung

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for þæs Módes geómerunge (geómrunga, v. l.) næs náuht gedréfed nihil meis questibus mota, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 26. Add

ge-þrǽstedness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þrǽstedness, e; f.
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Voc. ii. 134, 78. of material. v. ge-þrǽstan; Geunrótsode for geþrǽstednysse (tócwysednysse, v. l.) þæs bróðres contristati contritione fratris, Gr. D. 125, 12. of the mind, contrition In úre heortan geþrǽstednesse in cordis contritione, Gr.

Linked entry: ge-þrǽstnes

ge-wéd

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Menn unwíslíce dóð þá þe dwollíce plegað æt deádra manna líce, ... þonne hí sceoldon swýðor besárgian þone deádan and biddan for his sáwle bútan gewéde, Hml. S. 21, 312

heáh-seld

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Stondað hæleð ymb héhseld, 47. an elevated platform For heáhseldum pro rostris, An. Ox. 2322. Héhseldum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 47

heoru-drync

a wound

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[For the personifying of the sword and its drinking of blood when making a wound cf. such passages as : Gladius Domini repletus est sanguine, Is. 34, 6.] Hréðles eafora hiorodryncum swealt (cf. wundum sweltan, By. 293) bille gebeáten, B. 2358.

hús-bót

(n.)
Grammar
hús-bót, e; f.
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House-repair; wood for the repair of a house; the right to cut such wood Ðis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte and húsbót, C. D. vi. 243, 13. [v. N. E. D. house-bote.]