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carful-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
carful-líce, adv.
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CAREFULLY, diligently; sollicite, diligenter Se sacerd sceal dón carfullíce Godes þénunga the priest shall carefully do God's services, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 25.

Linked entry: cearful-líce

un-álífed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-álífed, adj.

Unallowedillicitunlawful

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Ne sceal hé náht unáliéfedes dón, ac ðæt ðætte óðre menn unáliéfedes dót hé sceal wépan qui nulla illicita perpetrat, sed perpetrata ab aliis deplorat, Past. 10; Swt. 61, 14. Eall ðæt hié unáliéfedes ðenceaþ, 21; Swt. 155, 12.

Linked entry: á-lífan

or-læg

(n.)
Grammar
or-læg, -leg, es; n. (?)

Fateto 'dree' one's 'weird'

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Th. 446, 29 ; Dóm. 29

Linked entries: -læg or-lege

heort-scræf

(n.)
Grammar
heort-scræf, es; n.
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The heart-cavern, the heart with its dark recesses Ne þǽr ówiht inne ne belífe on heortscræfe heánna gylta nec lateat quidquam culparum cordis in antro, Dóm. L. 39

wiþer-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-steall, es; m.

Resistanceopposition

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Færð ðæt fýr ofer eall, ne byð ðǽr nán wiðersteall ( Similar entries cf. foresteall, Dóm. L. 146, where the Latin is : Ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis), ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne , Wulfst. 138, 6.

Linked entry: wiþ-steall

dégol-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
dégol-ful, adj.

Full of secret, mysterioussecrēti plēnus, mystĭcus

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Full of secret, mysterious; secrēti plēnus, mystĭcus Ic míðan sceal dégolfulne dóm mínne I must conceal my mysterious power, Exon. 127 b; Th. 491, 14; Rä. 80, 14

stellan

(v.)
Grammar
stellan, stillan; p. stealde; pp. steald.
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137, 14) tum superum subito veniet commota potestas, coetibus angelicis regem stipata supernum, Dóm.

ealning

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Ðú wuldres God ealning ábidde ꝥ hé þé ne forlǽte láðum tó handum, Dóm. L. 30, 28. Alning (ealling, v. l. ), Gr. D. 146, 8: 290, 14: 324, 11. Add

ge-brastl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brastl, es; n.
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Crackling sound Ne bið þǽr líges gebrasl, ne se láðlica cyle, Dóm. L. 259: Wlfst. 139, 29. Þǽra lígetta blǽst (gebrastl, v. l. ), 186, 5. Gebrastles salis .Germ. 398, 226

Linked entry: brastl

mold-græf

(n.)
Grammar
mold-græf, es; n.

A grave

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Ǽnra gehwylc from moldgrafum séceþ Meotudes dóm, 63 b; Th. 233, 13; Ph. 524

ge-andwerdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-andwerdian, Add: -weardian
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Hé . . . hine sylfne beheáfdodne æfter ðon ðridan dæge eft geondweardode (-ne, MS.), 181, 2. Þá þá hé wæs geondweardod and gecýðed Benedicte praesentatus Benedicto, Gr. D. 129, 20 note. Swylce hé tó þám egefullan Godes dóme geandweardod (-werded, R.

Linked entry: ge-andweard

un-bryce

(adj.)
Grammar
un-bryce, adj.

Unbrokeninviolateuninjured

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Unbroken, inviolate, uninjured Hwæþre his meahta spéd hálig wunade, dóm unbryce, þeáh hé deáþes cwealm ræfnan sceolde, Exon. Th. 240, 21; Ph. 642. Hyre wæs mægen unbrice, 256, 22; Jul. 235

Linked entry: un-brice

un-stenc

(n.)
Grammar
un-stenc, es; m.

A bad smellstench

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A bad smell, stench Hý mid nosan ne magon náht geswæccan bútan unstences ormǽtnesse foetor ingenti complet putredine nares, Dóm. L. 207. Niht elles gestincan búton unstenca ormǽtnessa, Wulfst. 139, 8

þóht

(n.)
Grammar
þóht, es; m.
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In alle ðóht ðínne in tota mente tua, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 37. In ðon ilco ðócht in eundem sensum, p. 9, 18. Unstaðolfæstnis ðóhta instabilitas mentium, Rtl. 192, 21

þuhsian

(v.)
Grammar
þuhsian, þux[s]ian; p. ode

To make mistydark

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Dóm. L. 8, 105, which has geþuxsað), deorc and dimhíw and dwolma sweart, Wulfst. 137, 9

Linked entry: þuxsian

blíþ-nes

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On eádegum setlum brúcan blíðnesse bútan ende forð sedibus semper gaudere beatis, Dóm. L. 304. Hié mid micelre blíðnesse þæt wín drincende wǽron, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 17. Add

ge-wriþing

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wriþing, e; f.
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Binding Þænne hé unrihtlíce fǽrunga byþ gewriþen þæne gewríþincge his dóm of óþrum gylte geearnige cum iniuste forsitan ligatur, ipsam obligationis suę sententiam ex alia culpa mereatur, Scint. 202, 13

cwild

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Sé þe mid gesyntum swylce cwyldas mæg wel forbúgon qui illas effugiet prospere clades, Dóm. L. 248. Add

a-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bláwan, p. -bleów; pp. -bláwen

To blowbreatheflareefflare

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Nǽfre mon ðæs hlúde býman abláweþ never does a man blow the trumpet so loudly, Exon. 117b; Th. 451, 27; Dóm. 110.

Linked entry: a-bleów

grafet

(n.)
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ðon lytlan grafette úp an wuncges dúne; and ðér west hwón tó ðon norðlangan grafette, 195, 5-7. On ðone miclan hæslwrið wiðneoðan ðæt grafet, 194, 14. Cf. stán-híwet