un-clǽnness
uncleanness ⬩ impurity ⬩ foulness ⬩ squalor ⬩ uncleanness ⬩ impurity ⬩ obscenity
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Se reccere sceal beón simle clǽne on his geðóhte, ðætte nán unclǽnnes ( immunditia ) hine ne besmíte, Past. 13; S. 75, 20: Rtl. 97, 29. Wrǽnre unclǽnnysse lascivae obscenitatis, Hpt. Gl. 505, 38. Hwá unclǽnnisse líf álifde, Exon.
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un-mǽne
free from evil ⬩ pure ⬩ without perjury ⬩ free from ⬩ exempt from ⬩ not sharing in
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Fram ealre synne unmǽne ab omni peccato inmunes, Scint. 67, 20. of an oath, without perjury Se áþ is clǽne and unmǽne, L.
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wítegung
prophecy ⬩ divination
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Skt. p. 1, 8. Swá swá Isaias se wítega hit on béc sette on his wítegunge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 22. divination Þurh eorþan wítegung geomantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 23. Þurh deáþes wítgung nicromantia, 62, 30
wiþ-ufan
Above
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Above, Grammar wiþ-ufan, as adverb Sume (adverbs) synd localia . . . super wiðufan, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 225, 5: supra, 240, 9. On ðære bytminge wæs se arc rúm, and wiðufan genyrwed, Homl. Th. i. 536, 15.
weorold-lust
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Be ðam woruldluste Epicurus sǽde . . . ðaet se lust wǽre ðæt héhste gód habes igitur ante oculos propositam fere formam felicitatis humanae, opes, honores, potentiam, voluptates.
yppe
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Icel. pallr for this sense Eode æþeling ( Beowulf ) tó yppan, ðǽr se óþer wæs, Hróðgár grétte, Beo. Th. 3634; B. 1815. the upper part of a house, an upper chamber Yppe (Ep.
clifian
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Se gást sylf cleofað on Gode, Gr. D. 264, 3. Hí mid hyra móde him on clifiað (cleof-, v. l. ), 138, 30. Of þám hege þe hé fæste on clifode (clyf-, v. l. ), 25, 12. Hé cleofode on ðǽre eorðan and ne mihte ná onstyrian his fét tó gánne, 224, 22.
eást-ríce
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Ninus rícsade on ðon eástríce lii wintra, Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 7, 13. Constantinopolis is nú ꝥ héhste cynesetl and heáfod ealles eástríces Constantinopolis nunc imperii sedes et totius caput Orientis est, 3, 7; S. 116, 13.
ést-mete
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Hire þénian of his ágenum þénungum and his éstmetum dare illi de convivio suo, Hml. A. 110, 269. Éstmettas (delicias) mon ne sceal lufian, ac fæsten mon sceal lufian, R. Ben. 16, 23.
fífta
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Þone fíftan dǽl ealra hiora eorðwæstma, Ors. 1, 5; S. 34, 23
fore-spreca
an advocate ⬩ defender ⬩ a sponsor
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A. 101, 317. a sponsor Se godfæder wæs þæs cildes forspreca and borh wið God, Hml. Th. ii. 50, 17. Þá þe æt font*-*bæþe úre forespecan (-sprecan, v. l.) wǽran, Wlfst. 67, 9: 109, 16. Forespræcan, Ll. Th. ii. 338, 8
for-secgan
accuse
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to say ill of a person, accuse (falsely) Sum wer his wíf forsǽde, swá ꝥ heó sceolde hí sceandlíce forlicgan ... Se cniht forsǽde hí bútá. ... 'Hwí woldest þú forsecgan unc unscyldige swá?', Hml. S. 12, 181-198.
fram
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From, snel explicitus, liber, efficatus, 145, 35. Sum from wer uir strenuissimus, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 471, 21. Fra[m] hys æcerweorce agresti bonus [exhibebat arte ] Germ. 391, 60. Sume ..., frame, fyrdhwate, feorh ofgéfon, Ap. 12.
ge-máhlíce
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S. 29, 53. Þá þearfan swýðe gemáhlíce (importune) bǽdon ꝥ se biscop him sum þing syllan sceolde. Gr. D. 63, 30 Sum fugel swíþe gemáglice (importune) gefeól on þæs hálgan mannes andwlitan, 100, 20
ge-midlian
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Swá horsum mídlu synd on tó asettenne, swá heortan úre mid fæstene synd tó gemídligenne (frenanda), Scint. 55, 12. Beón gemídlad frenarier (refrenari ?), Wrt.
ge-risene
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Add: — See man ymbe mínre sáwle þearfe swá hit beón mæge, and swá hit eác gerysne sý, C. D. ii. 117, 2. Ne wére girisen t reht tó unbindanne non oportuit solui, Lk. R. 13, 16.
forþian
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Se cyning betǽhte þám wyrhtan ungerím feós tó forðigenne ꝥ weorc, Hml. S. 36, 105
ge-edcwician
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Hé læg dumb swá oð deáþ beswungen . . . hé þá geedcucode, Hml. S. 25, 794
god-wræc
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Sió godwræce infandum, 48, 19. Þæt godwræce nefandum, 59, 77. Of ðǽre godwræcan a fanatica, 3, 11. Þa forlegenan and þá godwracan, Nap. 50, 7. [Cf. Icel. guð-rækr wicked.] See next word
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gist
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Ne aron gié gestas . . . ah gié aron burgwaro háligra non estis hospites . . . sed estis cives sanctorum, Rtl. 82, 30. a guest, one who is entertained at another's house Si tertia nocte hospitatus fuerit . . . habeat eum ad rectum tanquam de propria