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á-cuman

(v.)
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Th. ii. 184, 12. trans. to bear, bring Hí þurh deófles láre ðá menniscnesse tó deáðe ácóman, Wlfst. 22, 23. to bear, support trouble, &c. Hwá ácymð quis sustinebit, Bl. Gl. Ic ácom certavi (bonum certamen ), An. Ox. 1349.

bi-lihþ

dishonours, defames

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Ex. 65, = be-hlíþ; Similar entries pres. of be-hlígan, q. v

un-áspyrigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áspyrigendlíc, adj.

That cannot be investigatedthat cannot be learnt by inquiry

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That cannot be investigated, that cannot be learnt by inquiry Unásperiendlíc in[inve]stigabilis, Kent. Gl. 91. Unásporiendlíc, Dial. 2, 16

gál-smerc

(adj.)
Grammar
gál-smerc, adj. [smercian to smirk, smile]

Lightlaughinggigglingpĕtŭlans

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Ben. 7

un-þæslícu

(n.)
Grammar
un-þæslícu, indecl. f.

Incongruityabsurdity

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Ben. 124, 13

eorþ-rest

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A bed on the ground: Eordraestae, -restae, -reste caumeuniae, Txts. 48, 219. Eorðreste, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 16. Hlýwþa vel eorðreste caumene, 130, 7. For ' A resting . . . Cot. 31 ' substitute

hæftníd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hæftníd-ness, e; f.
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Captivity Hwylc mihte beón máre wælgrimnes þonne úre hæftnýdnes on helle þeóstrum. Nap. 35. Wé gehýrdon ꝥ sum man wæs geseted in hæftnédnesse ( in captivitate positum), Gr. 0. 346, 22

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un-brosnigendlic

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Add: of material or non-material objects In þǽre wísan mæg beón ongyten hwylc seó cýþnes byþ in þám unbrosnend-lican lífe ( in illo incarruptibili vita), Gr. D. 312, 7

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weorold-rícetere

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-rícetere, es; n.
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Worldly power Wé gesetton ꝥ þá þe ǽne beóð tó preóstháde gedón . . . ꝥ hig ná siððan tó nánon worold-rícetere (dignitatem aliquam mundanam) ne geþrístlácen tó becumenne, Chrd. 68. 34

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sceádwísness

(n.)
Grammar
sceádwísness, e; f.

Reason

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Ben. Interl. 17,6

ofer-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-micel, adj.

Over-much, excessivenimius

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Ben. 65, 17

syn-bót

(n.)
Grammar
syn-bót, e; f.

Amends for sin, penance

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Amends for sin, penance Bisceopum gebyreþ ðǽt hí ne beón tó feohgeorne æt synbóte, ne on ǽnige wísan on unriht ne strýnan, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 32

un-áreht

(adj.)

undiscussednot expounded

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undiscussed, not expounded Nú hæbbe wé gereht be welan and be anwealde, and ðæt ilce wé magon reccan be ðám þrím ðe wé unáreht (unreht, Cott. MS.) habbaþ similiter ratiocinari de honoribus, gloria, voluptatibus licet, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 21

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clerc-hád

(n.)
Grammar
clerc-hád, cleric-hád, cleroc-hád, es; m.

priesthoodsacerdotium, clericatus

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Ben. 60. Clerochád clericatus, Cot. 45

stæððan

(v.)
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to make staid, to stay Saga hwá mec rǽre, ðonne ic restan ne mót, oþþe hwá mec stæðþe, ðonne ic stille beóm, Exon. Th. 387, 4; Rä. 4, 74

un-áteorigendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áteorigendlíce, adv.

indefatigablyunceasinglywithout failing

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Ben. Interl. 22, 13. God ðe wé unátirendlíce ( incessanter ) ondrǽden, Chart. Th. 316, 33

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dæg-hwámlic

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Ben. I. 48, 11. Gemunon wé úre dæghwámlican synna, Bl. H. 25, 15. Add

Linked entry: -hwámlic

drohtung

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Ben. 9, 6. Add

fér-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
fér-rǽden, fér-rǽdenn, e; f.

Societyfellowship

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Ben. I. 10, 2. Férrǽdene consortium, i. communionem, An. Ox. 2662

Linked entry: fǽr-rǽden

ge-swǽsnes

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Ben. 1. 14, 15. Geswǽsnusse blandimenta, i. oblectamenta, An. Ox. 607. Add