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in-gefeoht

(n.)
Grammar
in-gefeoht, es; n.

Intestinecivil war

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Intestine or civil war Ðætte Bryttas sume tíd gestildon fram útgefeohte and hie sylfe þræston on ingefeohtum ut Brittones quiescentibus ad tempus exteris, civilibus sese bellis contriverint, Bd. 1, 22; S. 485, 12

Mersc-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Mersc-ware, pl.

The inhabitants of marshy land

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The inhabitants of marshy land Myrcena cining oferhergode Cantware and Merscware ( men of RomneyMarsh ), Chr, 796;Erl. 59, 40. Monige on Merscwarum many of the men of the fens, 838; Erl. 66, 12

bisceop-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
bisceop-líc, biscop-líc; def. se -líca, seó, ðæt -líce; adj.
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BISHOPLIKE, episcopal, belonging to a bishop; episcopalis, pontificalis He ðæt biscoplíce líf be-eóde episcopalem vitam exercebat, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 23. On bisceoplícum gerece pontificali regimine, 2, 15; S. 519, 13

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blód-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
blód-ryne, es; m. [ryne a running, course]

A running of blood, an issuesanguinis fluxus

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A running of blood, an issue; sanguinis fluxus Án wíf þolode blódryne twelf geár mulier sanguinis fluxum patiebatur duodecim annis, Mt. Bos. 9, 20. On blódryne in fluxu sanguinis, Lk. Bos. 8, 43

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un-áfunden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áfunden, adj.

not found outundiscoverednot tried

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not found out, undiscovered Hé hæfde ǽnne lícðrowere belocen on ánum clyfan, and hine ðǽr áfédde unáfunden óð ðæt, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 482. not tried Unáfundenum inexperto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 28

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un-fród

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fród, adj.

not oldnot wiseignorantrude

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not old Ðá wæs gegongen guman(-ū, MS.) unfródum (cf. geongum, 5712; B. 2860) earfoðlíce, ðæt hé on eorðan geseah ðone leófestan bleátne gebǽran, Beo. Th. 5635; B. 2821. not wise, ignorant, rude

un-ástyrigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ástyrigendlíc, adj.

Motionless

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Motionless Ic fór of dúne on ða eorðan, and forneáh eallunga unástyrigendlíc bútan gáste læg, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 576. Beón hig unástyriendlíce ( immobiles ) swylce stán, Cant. M. 16. (Ex. 15, 16)

ymb-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hogian, ; p. ode
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To be solicitous, exercise the mind Ic ymbhogige onwundrum ðínum exercebor in mirabilibus tuis, Ps. Lamb. 118, 27. Ymbhochige, 48. Ðeówa ðín ymbhogode on rihtwísnessum ðínum seruus tuus exercebatur in justificationibus tuis, 23

wuldorfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wuldorfullíce, adv.

Gloriously

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Gloriously On eallum ðám ðe wuldorfullíce (gloriose) fram him gewurdon, Lk. Skt. 13, 17. Hí wurdon wuldorfullíce gemartyrode, Homl. Th. i. 80, 29. Heó tó dæg wuldorfullíce of ðam líchaman gewát, 440, 12

wuldorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wuldorlíce, adv.

Gloriously

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Gloriously Hé ðæt setl ðære apostolícan cyrican wulderlíce (gloriosissime) heóld and rehte, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 10. Wuldorlíce, Blickl. Homl. 211, 31. Hié on manegum godcundum mægenum swíþe wuldorlíce áscinon, 161, 19

ágen-slaga

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Add: A suicide Nán sylfcwala, ꝥ is ágenslaga, ne becymð tó Godes ríce, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 14. Ǽlc ágenslaga on écnysse ðrowað. Hml. S. 19, 230: Hml. Th. ii. 250, 22

dún-ælf

(n.)
Grammar
dún-ælf, e; f.
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A mountain fairy Þá castalidas nymphas, ꝥ synt dúnylfa þá þe wunedon on Elicona þǽre dúne, Angl. viii. 325, 27. Dúnælfa castalidas nymphas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 84; 19, 22. Dúnelfa, 129, 33

eald-ness

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eald-ness, old age.
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Seó endlyfte tíd bið seó forwerode ealdnyss, þám deáðe geneálǽcende. ... Sume beóð gelǽdde tó rihtum lífe on forwerodre ealdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 76, 21-26. Ealdnesse vetustatem, R. Ben. I. 91, 16. Add

el-reord

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Mid þý hí þá ellreordan (elreordigan, ell-, v. ll.) ongéton qui cum cogniti essent a barbaris, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 601, 10. Ne myhton ælreorde þeóde hergian on þá, Shrn. 156, 24. Add

ge-sceafan

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Hornes sceafoþan swiþe smale gesceaf, Lch. ii. 132, II. Gif hé þæs stánes gesceafenes hwilcne dǽl on wǽtan onféhð, 298, 6. Hýfa gescafenum getreagede telgrum tuguria cauatis consuta corticibus, An. Ox. 255. Add

horsc

(adj.)
Grammar
horsc, adj.
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Foul, dirty On horscum wyllan (cf. in fúle wyllan, 367, 18: contrast, tó þám fægran wille, C. D. B. iii. 352, 14), C. D. iii. 456, 16. v. horh, horu, horsc-lic, foul

læccung

(n.)
Grammar
læccung, (?), e; f.
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Blaming Ðá forðgáð of welerum mínum ne onsién (faciem seems to have been read) on leccungæ (tó bysmre, Ps. Spl. C.) quae procedunt de labiis meis non faciam irrita, Ps. Cant. 88, 35

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leoþubíg-ness

(n.)
Grammar
leoþubíg-ness, e ; f.
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Supple bending of a joint Hí þone líchaman ealne ansundne, swá hé þágýt lifigende wǽre, and on liþobígnyssum invenerunt corpus totum integrum, quasi adhuc viveret, et lentis artuum flexibus, Guth. Gr. 169, 147

meahtig

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Se láreów sceolde beón miehtig (mihtig, v. l. ) tó tyhtanne on hálwende láre, Past. 91, 14. Ðeáh þe ðá mihtegestan and þá rícestan hátan him reste gewyrcan of marmanstáne, Wlfst. 263, 2. Add

ofer-híwian

(v.)
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to transfigure Oferhíwad (-heówad, R.) wæs transfiguratus est, Mt. L. 17, 2. Oferhíwade, Mk. p. 4, 4 : Lk. p. 6, 8. to put another colour on to Oferhiádum dealbatis, Mt. L. 23, 27