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sceþness

(n.)
Grammar
sceþness, e; f.
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Hurt, harm Hé eft férde bútan sceþnysse ǽniges sáres, Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 27

ge-irnan

Grammar
ge-irnan, <b>; IV.</b>
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Oþ ꝥ hió sié eal tósoden and þicge geurnen, Lch. ii. 230, 8. Add

ge-mǽre

Grammar
ge-mǽre, <b>; I 1.</b>
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Hé æt Somnite gemǽre and Rómáne gesæt, Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 7. Add

ge-bídan

Grammar
ge-bídan, <b>; IX.</b>
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add: to possess Þá druncengeornan ne gebídað ( possidebunt ) hí heofona ríce, Chrd. 74, 35

swara

(n.)
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in áþ-swara Ðes áðswara hoc jus jurandum, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Zup. 88, 6

Linked entry: áþ-swara

twéntig-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
twéntig-wintre, adj.
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Twenty years old Óð hé sý twéntigwintre oð;ðe gyt yldra, Wulfst. 3, 1

þri-geáre

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-geáre, adj.

Three years old

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Three years old Se onféng fulwihte ðá hé wæs þrigeáre cniht, Shrn. 119, 19

Linked entry: ofer-geáre

þrinna

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrinna, This seems a Scandinavian form
[cf.
Icel. þrennar tylftir three twelves; e.g. þrennar tylftir eigu at dæma málit, Njála c. 144
]
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Ládige hé hine mid þrinna .xii., L. Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 296, 29

un-earhlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-earhlíc, adj.

Intrepid ⬩ dauntless

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Intrepid, dauntless Hé cwæð tó ðam cásere unearhlícere stemme, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 164

un-beboht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beboht, adj.

Unsold

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Unsold Hé hæfde tamra deóra unbebohtra syx hund, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 10

Linked entry: be-bycgan

un-swǽslíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-swǽslíc, adj.

Unpleasant ⬩ ungentle

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Unpleasant, ungentle Hé hæfde his ende gebidenne unswǽslícne, Judth. Thw. 22, 17; Jud. 65

Linked entry: swǽs-líc

wundor-beácen

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-beácen, es; n.

A wondrous sign

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A wondrous sign Swá hí on wege wyrcean sceoldon wundorbeácen, Ps. Th. 73, 5

wuldor-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-micel, adj.

Gloriously great ⬩ magnificent

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Gloriously great, magnificent Gewitnesse beóð wuldormicele heofonwaru and eorðwaru, helwaru þridde, Hy. 7, 94

word-loca

(n.)
Grammar
word-loca, an; m.

The storehouse of words

Entry preview:

The storehouse of words Ongan hé reordigan, wordlocan onspeónn, Andr. Kmbl. 940; An. 470

burg-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
burg-biscop, es; m.
Entry preview:

The bishop of a city Hé fulluht underféng æt þám burhbiscope, H.R. 15, 16

fore-þingere

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Hé wæs getreówe on neóde and strang fore*-*þingere, Hml. S. 5, 6. Add

fore-déman

(v.)

to pre-judge

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to pre-judge Ne hé ne foredéme nec prejudicet, R. Ben. I. 105, 6

Linked entry: déman

fore-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-fleón, p. -fleáh

To flee away

Entry preview:

To flee away Hé foreflǽh from ðǽm profugit ab eis, Mk. L. 14, 52

Linked entry: fleón

hát-hirtan

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Hé hiene ne háthierte, Past. 297, 6. Add: —

gund

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Átíhð hió þá yfelan wǽtan út and þone gund, Lch. ii. 44, 23. Add: —

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