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andettan

(v.)
Grammar
andettan, andetan, ondettan, ondetan; p. and-ette [and = Lat. re, contra; Grk. ἀντί; hátan to command, promise]

To confessacknowledgegive thanks or praisefatericonfiteri

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Seó andetnes ðe we Gode ánum andettaþ, déþ hió us ðæt to góde the confession that we confess to God alone, it doth this for our good, L. E. I. 30; Th. ii. 426, 33. Drihtne andette confitebatur Domino, Lk. Bos. 2, 38.

fandung

(n.)
Grammar
fandung, e ; f.

A temptation, trial, proof tentātio, prŏbātio, inquīsītio

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He of earce forlét háswe culufran on fandunga he let out a livid dove from the ark on trial, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 21; Gen. 1452

Linked entry: a-fandung

hider

(adv.)
Grammar
hider, adv.

Hither

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Sittaþ hér óþ ðæt ic gá hider geond sedete hic donec vadam illuc, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 36. Hider and geond huc illucque, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 3. Hider and ðider hac illucque. Past. 9; Swt. 59, 5.

láð-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
láð-wende, adj.

evilhostilemalignant

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Gyf mon méte ðæt hé gǽt geseó ðonne mæg hé wénan ðæs láðwendan feóndes him on neáwyste if a man dream that he sees goats then may he expect the devil in his neighbourhood, Lchdm. iii. 176, 3.

luf-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
luf-líce, adv.

Amiablykindlydearlywillingly

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Ic wylle cýpan luflícor ðonne ic gebicge volo vendere carius quam emi, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 19

mundbyrdness

(n.)
Grammar
mundbyrdness, e; f.

protectionA protectorpatronadvocatea protection of rights granted by charter

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protection Ic fare swá hwyder swá ðú mé tó mundbyrdnysse gerecst I will go whithersoever thou dost direct for my protection, Glostr.

self-déma

Grammar
self-déma, selfe-déma, an; m.
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One who depends upon his own judgment [cf. ǽlc ídel mon liofaþ æfter his ágenum dóme, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 21], used of a certain kind of monks called sarabaitae, monachi qui nulla regula approbati . . . proprio arbitratu vivunt Þridde cyn is muneca

Linked entry: déma

self-willes

(adv.)
Grammar
self-willes, adv.
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Ben. 28, 6. of things Ðonne his wæstmas weaxaþ sylfwilles quae sponte gignet humus, Lev. 25, 5. Sylfwilles ( ultra ) seó eorþe wæstm beraþ, Mk. Skt. 4, 28

Linked entry: self-will

scír-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gemót, es; n.
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Gif hé æt ðam þriddan cyrre náh riht næbbe, ðonne fare hé feórþan síðe tó scírgemðte, L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 14. Hǽbbe man tuwa on geáre scírgemðt, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 3. Habbe man twá scírgemót on geáre, L. C. S. 18; Th. .i. 386, 5.

ge-helpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helpan, p. -healp, -heolp, pl. -hulpon; pp. -holpen; gen. dat.

To assistpreserveto be sufficientadjuvaresubveniresuppetere

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Grammar ge-helpan, cum gen Ðonne hie mágon ðín gehelpan when they can help thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 10. Ðú gehelpest ðysses menniscan cynnes thou shalt help this human race, Blickl. Homl. 9, 8.

Linked entry: ge-heolp

ge-risenlíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-risenlíc, comp. m. -lícra, f. n. -lícre; adj.

Convenient, suitable, befittingconvĕniens, aptus

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Ðé is gerisenlícre ðæt ðú sí mid rihte ofersteled, ðonne ðú oferstele óðerne man mid wóge it is more befitting thee to be overruled with right than to overrule another with wrong, Prov. Kmbl. 8: Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 23

sucga

(n.)
Grammar
sucga, an; m.
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Heges-sugge (q. v.) is used to gloss the same word, vicetula as sucga does.] Sucga, sugga, suca ficetula, Txts. 62, 422. Sucga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 53. Sugga, i. 62, 43. Tó sucgan gráf, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 27

Linked entry: sugga

un-gemetfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetfæst, adj.

immoderateimmodestintemperateimmoderateexcessiveirretentive

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Hwílum of ungemetfæstre hǽto, hwilum of ungemetfæstum cyle, hwílum of ungemetlícre wǽtan, hwílum of ungemætlícre drígnesse, iii. 72, 29. applied to the stomach, irretentive Ðæs hátan magan ungemetfæstan tácn sindon, ðonne hé bið mid ómum geswenced, ðam

wiþ-habban

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-habban, p. -hæfde

To hold out againstto withstandresist

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To hold out against, to withstand, resist Gif ðæs synfullan ingehýd bið gehrepod mid fyrhte ðæs upplícan dómes, ðonne wiðhæfð hé ðám unlustum, Homl. Th. i. 494, 9. Ðæt wæs wundor micel, ðæt se wínsele wiðhæfde heaðodeórum, Beo. Th. 1548; B. 772.

Linked entry: wiþer-habban

gilda

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</b> one who receives pay. v. hýre-, méd-gilda. one who does worship, sacrifice, &amp;c.

glíw-mann

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Suá micle méde . . . suá wé habbað ðæs hleahtres, ðonne wé hliehað glígmonna unnyttes cræftes. Wé herigað hira cræftas, and ðeáh nyllað hí habban sic eis virtutum sanctitas sicut stultis spectatoribus ludicrarum artium vanitas placet.

innor

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D. 114, 32. with reference to position in a room, a place further from the door being a more honourable one. Cf. B. 1976 Hé mót him innor tǽcan stede and setl liceat eum in superiorem constitueret locum, R. Ben. 111, 4

slide

(n.)
Grammar
slide, es; m.

A slip, falllapsusof an actual slip a slip into misfortune or error

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Gr. 11;Zup. 79, 9. of an actual slip Ðá wearþ mé slide and ic him (the horse)of áfeóll lapsus decidi Bd. 5, 6;S. 619, 18. fig. a slip into misfortune or error Forðæm hit ǽr hit nolde behealdan wið unnyt word, hit sceal ðonne niédinga áfeallan for ðæm

snáw

(n.)
Grammar
snáw, es; m.

Snow

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Ðǽr (in Ireland) seldon snáu leng ligeþ ðonne þrý dagas Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 31. Micle rénas and snáwas Bt. 23; Fox 78, 28. Hæglas and snáwas 39, 13; Fox 234, 16. Forstas and snáwas Cd. Th. 239, 31; Dan. 378. Snáwum nivibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 45

ge-þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þyncan, p. -þúhte; pp. -þúht

To seemappear

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Ðonne wǽre geþúht swilce ... then it would have seemed as if..., i. 578, 3. Is me ge-þúht it seems to me, Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 6; Gú. 989: 49 a; Th. 169, 18; Gú. 1096