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un-efn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-efn, -efen, -emn, -emne(?); adj.

Unequalunlikedissimilardiverseirregular

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Ac ðara monna mód bið suíðe unemn, for ðæm hit gedéð hit self him selfum suíðe ungelíc for ðære gelómlícan wendinge, for ðæm hit nǽfre eft ne bið ðæt hit ǽr wæs cor stultorum dissimile erit ...

þyddan

(v.)
Grammar
þyddan, p. de

To strikethrustpush

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Se assa þidde his hláfordes fót þearle tó ðam hege junxit asina se parieti et attrivit sedentis pedem, Num. 22, 25.

un-áwendendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áwendendlíc, adj.

Unchangeableunalterableinvariable

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Unchangeable, unalterable, invariable Heora nán nǽfre of ðam háde ðe hé is ne áwent, forðan ðe God is unáwendendlíc, Homl. Th. ii. 606, 27: Bt. 35, 2; Fox 158, 4.

wánung

(n.)
Grammar
wánung, e ; f.
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Se lǽce cyrfð oððe bærnð, and se untruma hrýmð, þeáhhwæðere ne miltsaþ hé ðæs óðres wánunge, Homl. Th. i. 472, 16. Uae getácnaþ hwílon wánunge, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 12. Gesaeh ðæt wánung (tumultum) and woepende and mǽni*-*ende, Mk. Skt.

wóp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wóp-líc, adj.

Mournfuldolefullamentable

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Mid wóplícum siccitungum lacrimosis singultibus, 504, 62. of that which occasions grief Se dæg is heora sóðe ácennednys; wóplíc, swá swá seó ǽrre, ac blissigendlíc tó ðam écum lífe. Homl. Th. i. 354, 10

ymb-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sirwan, p. -sirwde, -sirede.
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Admonendi ergo sunt, ut hinc colligant, qui in culpa etiam se per consilium ligant, Past. 56; Swt. 435, 4-31. to lie in wait for Se ðe hine ne ymbsyrede (-syrwde, ymbesierede, v. ll.) qui non est insidiatus (Ex. 21, 13), L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 24

á-grafan

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A. 92, 16. to grave, carve; sculpere Onlícnessa þe fullfremedlíce ne beóð ágrafene ( sculpta ), Gr. D. 283, 24. Ágrafene ðurh manna handa, Hml. Th. i. 424, 10. Ágotene oððe ágrafene, Hml. S. 4, 136

ceápian

(v.)
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Þæt mon náne burg ne mehte iéð mid feó geceápian, gif hiere ǽnig mon ceápode O urbem venalem, si emtorem invenerit! Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 21. Bochton ł ceápadon emerent, Jn. L. 4, 8. Ceápigan comparare, i. emere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 78.

ceorfan

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Hét ic ceorfan ðá bearwas jubeo cedi nemus, Nar. 12, 18.

crisma

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Ne crismena nec balsamorum (sacris chrismatibu unctum, Ald. 154), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 34: 61, 1. <b>I a.

earm-sceapen

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Ne mihte earmsceapen ( the youth about to be eaten by the cannibals ) áre findan æt þám folce, An. 1131. in a moral sense Saga, earmsceapen unclǽne gǽst, Jul. 418: An. 1347. Earmsceapen on weres wæstmum ( Grendel ), B. 1351.

eástan

(adv.)
Grammar
eástan, adv.
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</b> of light :--- Þis ne dagað eástan, Fin 3. marking direction of measurement, giving quarter from which measurement is made Affrica onginð eástan westwerd fram Egyptum æt þǽre ee þe man Nilus hǽt measured from the east westwards Africa starts

fearr

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Garganus ðone fearr gehwǽr sóhte . . . heora nán ne dorste ðám fearre geneálǽcan, Hml. Th. i. 502, 11-22. Flésc ferra carnes taurorum, Ps. Srt. 49, 13. Se micela ylp þe ðá módigan fearras mid ealle ofbeát, Hml. A. 63, 285.

folc-gefeoht

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Philippuse geþúhte þæt hé leng mid folcgefeohtum wið hié ne mehte, ac he wæs mid hlóþum on hí hergende, 3, 7; S. 118, 18

fore-weard

(n.)
Grammar
fore-weard, e; f.
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Ne mihte hé beón weorðe þǽra forewarde þe him ǽr behátene wǽron, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 2. [Þá þreó þúsend marc þe him seó cyng be foreweard ǽlce geáre gifan sceolde, 1103; P. 238, 24.

for-spanan

(v.)

allureto lureto lureto lure

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Ðe lés ic sió forspanen tó wiðsacenne ne inliciar ad negandum, Kent. Gl. 1079. to lure to destruction Hú fela hé forspanan mæge tó écan forwyrde, Wlfst. 85, 7.

full-fremedlíce

(adv.)
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Add: completely, entirely, to the full extent Heó him ne geþafode fulfremodlíce on þá eorðan ástreccan, Hml. S. 23 b, 606.

ge-receness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-receness, e; f.
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telling, narration Ne magon hý ðǽre tungan gerecnisse áspyrian they cannot follow what the tongue says, Sal.

Linked entries: rece-ness ge-recness

ge-sceádlíce

(adv.)
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Gescádlíce, 328, 18. rationally, in accordance with reason Ic þé náuht ne dwelode, ac sǽde ðé swiþe lang spell swiþe gesceádlíce be Gode, Bt. 35, 5 ; F. 166, 2

heorcnian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Þá hét se bisceop ꝥ hé heorcnode geornlícor; hé siód þá and hlyste . . . and ne mihte nán þing þǽre myrþe gehýran, Hml. S. 31, 1391. Suwian and heorcnian (audire) leorniccnihtum gedafenað, R. Ben I. 26, 10.