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un-tǽllíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tǽllíce, adv.

Blamelesslywithout reproach

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wǽron rihtwíse and heóldon Godes beboda untǽllíce erant justi incedentes in omnibus mandatis Domini sine quaerella (Lk. 1, 6), Homl. Th. i. 200, 35

Linked entries: tǽllíce un-tállíce

un-treówfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-treówfæst, adj.

Unfaithfuluntrustworthy

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cwǽdon tó ðam Hǽlende: 'Wé wyton ðæt ðú of forlygere wǽre ácenned; and óðer ys, ðæt ðýn cynn ys on Bethleem swýþe untreówfæst; and þrydde ðæt ðýn fæder and ðýn módor flugon of Egiptan lande for ðam ðe hig nefdon nánne trúwan tó nánum folce;' Nicod.

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smeálíce

(adv.)
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Add Hé heom getǽhte swýðe smealíce (subtiliter) on gehwilcum stówum hwæt þǽr timbrian sceoldon, Gr. D. 148, 18.

geswinc-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
geswinc-ful, -full; adj.

Full of labourlaborioustroublesomewearisomelăbōriōsusincommŏdus

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Sint ðé geswincfulran they are more troublesome to thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 22, MS. Cot

holian

(v.)
Grammar
holian, p. ode

To hollow out, make hollow, dig, make a holecavare

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To hollow out, make hollow, dig, make a hole; cavare ðá hwæthwega holodon and ðǽrrihte ðæt wæter swá genihtsumlíce út fleów ðæt hit arn streámrynes of ðam munte they then hollowed out [the rock] a little, and straightway the water flowed out so abundantly

fracoþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fracoþ, fracuþ, fracod, fraced; adj.

Vilefilthyunseemlyhatefulabominableworthlessuselessturpisdetestābilisindĕcōrus

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On his fracedum dǽdum in his abominable deeds, Ælfc. T. 34, 25

un-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelíc, adj.

Unlikedifferentdissimilardiverse

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wilniaþ þurh ungelíce earnunga cuman tó ánre eádignesse, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 9. Ealle gesceafta ðú gesceópe him gelíce, and eác on sumum þingum ungelíce, 33, 4; Fox 128, 26; Met. 20, 55

þurh-wunian

(v.)

to continuelastnot to come to an endnot to pass awayto continue in a place, with a personto remain, not to leaveto continue in a conditionnot to changeto perseverepersisthold out

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Hié forþ on heora yfelum þurhwunedon, 79, 8. Ðá hig þurhwunedon ( perseuerarent ) hine áxsiende, Jn. Skt. 8, 7. On ðam gewinne þurhwunian, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 31: Met. 25, 70. Þurhwunian on fulfremedlícum weorcum, Blickl. Homl. 77, 19.

ge-hwæþer

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Gehweþer ge his ágen geweorc ge on his naman gehálgod, Bl. H. 197, 6. adjectival Gehwæðeres promiscui Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 58. Æt gehweðerum múðe, Ll. Th. i. 96, II.

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ge-défe

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Hié bútú wǽron swíþe gedéfe beforan Gode erant justi ambo ante Deum (Lk. i. 6). 30.

ge-sĕþness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sĕþness, e ; f.
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Assertion, affirmation Þæt hé geseah hé gesóðode þurh his geséðnysse, þeáh þe hý sume noldon his láre underfón ne his geséðnysse, Nap. 32

fór-rídel

(n.)
Grammar
fór-rídel, es; m.

A fore-rideroutriderharbingerpræcursor

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A fore-rider, outrider, harbinger; præcursor Cyning Totilla sende his afórrídel cýðan his tocyme ðam hálgan were king Totila sent his harbinger to announce his coming to the holy man, Homl. Th. ii. 168, 10

Linked entries: fore-ridel rídel

stán-hol

(n.)
Grammar
stán-hol, es; n.
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A hole in rocks Hié (serpents and wild beasts) in stánholum hié selfe dígliaþ saxorum latebris occulta, Nar. 6, 1. Ðá flugon hié in ða wæter and hié ðǽr in ðám stánholum hýddon, 22, 13

lange

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Lengde hit man swá lange ꝥ seó scipfyrd eall beláf, Chr. 1052; P. 177, 23. Hé leofode swá lange ꝥ man his cynn nyste, Angl. vii. 44, 417. Hé forweornde swá lange oð his sciperes geféngon hine, Chr. 1046 ; P. 169, 8.

ge-scerpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scerpan, -scirpan, -scyrpan; p. te

To clothe, furnish, adorn, deckvestire, ornare

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Ðá ðæt folc hine geseah swá gescyrpedne when the people saw him so furnished [i. e. with sword and spear, and riding on the king's horse ], Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 10: 5, 19; S. 638, 9, 10. Fugla cynn fiðerum gescyrped volucres pennatæ, Ps. Th. 148, 10.

Winter-fylleþ

(n.)

the month of October

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appellabant, composite nomine ab hieme et plenilunio, quia videlicet a plenilunio ejusdem mensis hiems sortiretur initium . . .

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, -teág, -téh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to drawleadinciteexciteconstrainrestrainbring upinstructbring to an endcompletedraw or bind togetherstring a musical instrumenttrahereducereperducerestringereevaginareexcitareconstringereeducareinstitueread finem perducerecomplerenervis aptare vel instruereto bring as an offering or giftcontributebestowgiveconferre

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Nó ðú him wearne geteóh do not give them a denial, 738; B. 366

Cerdic

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdic, es; m.

CerdicCerdĭcus

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D. dxxxiv, Cerdic forþférde, and Cynríc his sunu ríxode xxvii wintra and hie gesealdon heora twám nefum, Stufe and Wihtgáre, Wihte eáland here, A.

up-áhafenness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhafenness, e; f.

Upliftingelevationexaltationexultationarrogancepride

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His mód bið áfédd mid ðære smeáunga ðære wilnunga óðerra monna hiérnesse and his selfes upáhæfenesse, Past. 8; Swt. 55, 6. exultation Welerum upáhafennysse labiis exultationis, Ps.

ge-myndgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myndgian, ge-myndigian.
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Ðæt his láreów hine suíðe lythwón gemyndgige his unðeáwa quod eis doctor mala sua saltem leniter ad memoriam reducit, 207, 4. IV. to preserve the memory of, commemorate :-- Hió ǽlce gére gemyndgien ðá tíde mínes forðsíðes, C. D. v. 186, 8.