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un-níþing

(n.)
Grammar
un-níþing, es; m.

Not a rascalan honest man

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Not a rascal, an honest man He beád ðæt ǽlc man ðe wǽre unníðing sceolde cuman tó him, Chr. 1087; Erl. 226, 2

Linked entry: níþing

wan-scrýd

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-scrýd, wan-scrýdd; adj.
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Imperfectly clothed, ill-clad wæs swíðegeswǽs eallum swincendum, and on mislicum yrmðum mannum geheólp, wǽdligum and wanscrýddum. Homl. Th. ii. 500, 17

á-hrǽcan

(v.)
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to clear out, spit out Sele ꝥ geagl tó swillanne ꝥ þý sél mæge ꝥ yfel út áhrǽcean, Lch, ii. 24, 13

Linked entry: hrǽcan

be-lǽwend

(n.)
Grammar
be-lǽwend, es; m.
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A betrayer Sý Iudas geféra, Crístes be-lǽwendes, C. D. iii. 350, 17. Þurh þone Iudas, Crístes belǽwend, H. R. 15, 6

for-belgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-belgan, p. bealg(-h), reflex.

To get angry

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To get angry, get in a rage Forbealh hine for þon þe ꝥ hrýþer him þúhte on wédenheorte, Bl. H. 199, 10

Linked entry: belgan

for-mengan

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mæg hine formengan tó ðǽm écum mid his willan aeternis se conjungere per desiderium valet, Past. 395, 4. For 'Past. ... Lye' substitute

ge-flog

(n.)
Grammar
ge-flog, es; n.
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Infectious disease Ꝥ nǽfre for gefloge feorh gesealde, syþðan him mon mægðan tó mete gegyrede, Lch. iii. 34, 9. Cf. on-flyge

Linked entry: -flog

hláf-gebrece

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-gebrece, es; n.
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A fragment of bread his cristallum cynnum sendeð swylc swá hláfgebrece mittit crystallum suum sicut frusta panis, Ps. Th. 147, 6. Substitute:

heofonisc

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Hié ne mehton from Galliscum fýre forbærnede weorþan, ac hefenisc fýr (e coelo ignis) foibærnde, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 15. Add

máþum-fæt

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bereáfode Godes templ and fela goldhordasforð mid him gelæhte, and ðá hálgan máðmfatu and ꝥ mǽre weófod, Hml. S. 25, 12. Add

níþig

(adj.)
Grammar
níþig, adj.
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Næs ofermód ne níþig . . . Þá níðigan and þá æfstigan (given in note to preceding)

on-égan

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onégdon þǽre ferelan slegas ictus ferulae pertimescebant, Gr. D. 229, 25. Heó náht næs hire onégende nec verita est, 279, 17. Add

on-hnígan

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Add tó manna fótum onhnáh (-hnág, v. l. ), Hml. A. 151, 9. Nis gedafenlic ꝥ þú tó mínum fótum onhníge, 156, 124

sáwel-leás

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Add eóde him tó þæs forðfarenan mannes húse tó þǽre stówe þǽr se sáwulleása líchama ( corpus exanime) læg, Gr. D. 84, 33

tapor

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Þá gefylde mid wætre þǽre cyrcan cyllan and sette tapor (weocon, v.l.) onmiddan (in medio papyrum posuit ), Gr. D. 44, 14. Add

under-licgan

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Tiburtius wæs sægd ꝥ underlǽge á and hýrde symble þám líchamlicum lustum Tiburtius carnalibus desideriis subjacere ferebatur, Gr. D. 307, 12. Add

un-hlúd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hlúd, adj.
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Not loud, low þone forðfarenan be naman gecígde mid unhlúdre stefne non grandi voce defunctum per nomen vocavit, Gr. D. 85, 5

un-swéte

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Add cwæð. . . ꝥ . . . of þǽre eá wǽre reócende se mist unáræfnedlicre fýlnesse and unswétes stences (intolerabilis foetoris nebula), Gr. D. 218, 29

wéding

Grammar
wéding, wédung.
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Benedictus lǽrde ꝥ scolde gestillan fram þǽre wédunge and ungewittignesse swá mycelre wælhreównysse ( a tantae crudelitatis insaniae), Gr. D. 164, 27. Add

bríþel

(adj.)
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fragile, weak, perishable Eall weornige swá sýre (? syer, MS.) wudu weornie, swa bréðel seó (þeo, MS.) swá þystel, Lch. i. 384, 14

Linked entries: breáþ bréþel