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for-habban

(v.)

To abstainrefrainabstinentcontinentto abstain fromto restrainkeep awayto keep backnot to mentionto restraincheckstop

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Gif mon innan forhæfd sié if a man be costive, Lch. ii. 276, 4

BOLD

(n.)
Grammar
BOLD, es; n.

a building, dwelling, houseædificium, domicilium, domusa superior house, hall, castle, palace, templeaula, palatium, ædesa builder

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Ne mót ic brúcan burga ne bolda I may not enjoy towns nor palaces, Cd. 216; Th. 273, 19; Sat. 139.

nett

(n.)
Grammar
nett, es; n.

a neta mosquito-netnet- workweb

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Voc. i. 285, 16. Nyt, 73, 41. Ned cassis, ii. 14, 3. Hyra net wæs tóbrocen, Lk. Skt. 5, 6. Úres fisceres nett nostri piscatoris rete, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 19, 57. Feallaþ on nette his cadent in retiaculo ejus, Ps. Spl. 140, 11.

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, ge-cind, acc. ge-cynd, ge-cynde; f. also ge-cynd, ge-cynde, nom. acc; gen. -cyndes; dat. -cynde; pl. nom. acc. -cyndu, -cyndo, -cynd; gen. -cynda; dat. -cyndum; n.

naturekindmannerconditiongendernaturaindolesingeniumproprietasmodusqualitasconditiogenusgenerationnakednessgenerationatalespartesgenitalesverendaoffspringproles

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Is sió þridde gecynd betere the third nature is better, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 373; Met. 20, 187. On ða beteran gecynd into the better nature, Andr. Kmbl. 1176; An. 588. Hú his gecynde biþ what its nature [sex] is, Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 8; Ph. 356.

ceorian

(v.)
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Th. i. 404, 24

ende-néhst

lastlastlowestlastfinallatest

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Th. i. 294, 28. of number, order, last Módignys is endenéxt gesett on getele ðǽra heáfodleahtra, Hml. Th. ii. 222, 3. Ǽr ðan þe þú forgelde þone endenéxtan feórðling (novissimum quadrantem, Mt. 5, 26, where R. has þone nǽhstu feórþan dǽl), Hml.

Linked entry: endemestness

ge-gremian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 50, 51. to irritate a person Se man þe æfter dǽdbóte his mánfullan dǽda geedníwað, sé gegremað God, Hml. Th. ii. 602, 25: S. 12, 163. Hí gegremedon þé irritauerunt te, Ps. L. 5, 11. Gegræmedon, Wlfst. 166, 19.

ge-nirwan

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ge-nirwan, ge-nirwian.
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Th. ii. 164, 28. Cf. ge-nearwian

Linked entry: ge-nyrwian

grǽdig

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Th. ii. 220, 9. ¶ here probably belongs :-- On grǽdigum cupidineo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137. 61. <b>III a.</b> with gen. :--- keen, eager Grédig inians, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 59. Grǽdig inhians, 43, 75.

ge-þungen

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Þǽr ( in heaven ) is geþungen þegnweorud, Cri. 751. Geþungene ( eminent for scholarship ) preóstas, Angl. viii. 305, 8. Æfter geðungenra láreówa trahtnungum, Hml. Th. ii. 2, 8: Hml. S. 3, 151.

bel-hús

(n.)
Grammar
bel-hús, bell-hús, es; n.

A BELL-HOUSEcampanile vel campanariumturris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula

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R. 2; Th. i. 190, 15

Linked entry: bell-hús

nám

(n.)
Grammar
nám, e; f.

Seizure of property belonging to one which is in the hands of another

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S. 19; Th. i. 386, 9-17. Cf. Nullus namium capiat . . . accipiat licenciam namium capiendi, L. W. I. 45; Th. i. 485, 13-17 : L. H. I. 29, 2; Th. i. 533, 7. Nulli sine judicio vel licencia namiare liceat alium in suo vel alterius, 51, 3; Th. i. 550, 5

sundor-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-gifu, e; f.
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Voc. ii. 66, 37. Syndergyfa, Hpt. Gl. 468, 53

Linked entry: synder-gifu

un-wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wéne, adj.

hopelessnot having hope or expectationnot hoped forunexpected

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Forðon hiá unwoene (unwoen, Linda) sint mæhte in him propterea inopinantur uirtutes in illo, Mk. Skt, Rush. 6, 14

ge-stal

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stal, an obstacle.
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Voc. ii. 115, 30: 63, 27. recrimination (?)

ge-wlitegian

(v.)
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with Hé mid þám hræglum þus gewlitegod wæs gangende in ꝥ mynster, Gr.

inweardlíce

(adv.)
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In Bt.

Cristen-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
Cristen-dóm, es; m.

ChristianityCHRISTENDOMthe christian world christianitas

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Eth. v. 22; Th. i. 310, 5: vi. 27; Th. i. 322, 5; L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 370, 32; Ælfc. T. 28, 3. Gif hwá cristendóm wyrde if any one violate christianity L. E. G. 2; Th. i. 168, 1; L. Eth. v. 1; Th. i. 304, 4, 7; L. C. S. 11; Th. i. 382, 7.

ge-þweran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þweran, p. -þwær, pl. -þwǽron; pp. -þworen, -þuren

To stirbeat or mix togetherto churnmake thick [as butter from cream]poeticallyto forgecudere

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Eorþe is hefigre óðrum gesceafum þicre geþruen earth is heavier than the other elements, more closely compacted, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 267; Met. 20, 134

súþ-weard

(adv.)
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súþ-weard, adv.
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Southward, in a southerly direction, towards the south Wilþ seó eá súþweard Eufrates fluvius Euphrates tendens in meridiem, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 14, 10. Heó ( the sun ) cyrþ eft súðweard, Lchdm. iii. 250, 22: 258, 13: 252, 1

Linked entry: súþe-weard