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stuntlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stuntlíce, adv.
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Foolishly, stupidly Stuntlíce fæst se ðe hine sylfne mid gálnysse befýlþ, Homl. Th. ii. 100, 16. Hí nellaþ understandan hú stuntlíce hí dóþ, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 132. Hwæt is stuntlícor quid est stultius? Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 279, 11

templ-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
templ-geweorc, es; n.
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Salomon wes se forma man ðe Gode tó lofe ǽrest on eorðan templgeweorc árǽrde, 277, 25

wudu-holt

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-holt, es; m.

A grove

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A grove Ðǽr is se fægere wuduholt ðe is on bócurn geháten Radians sallus, Engl. Stud. viii. 477, 12. Sunbearo, wuduholt wynlíc solis nemus, et consitus arbore multa Iucus, Exon. Th. 200, 1; Ph. 34. Wuduholtum, 223, 20; Ph. 362

æt-fón

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Substitute: To arrest, apprehend, attach stolen or lost property Gif man óðrum mæn feoh forstele, and se ágend hit eft ætfó. Ll. Th. i. 30, 8. Gif feoh man eft æt þám mæn in Cent ætfó, 34, 6. Cf. 160, 8

crúc

(n.)
Grammar
crúc, es; m.
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A cross Nime hé his ( of petroleum ) dǽl and wyrce Crístes mǽl on ǽlcum lime, bútan crúc on þám heáfde foran sceal on balzame beón, Lch. ii. 288, 22. Hine ymbwrít mid sweorde on .iiii. healfa on crúce, 346, 27

féging

a joiningcomposition

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Voc. ii. 112, 16. as a grammatical term, composition Ealle ðá eahta dǽlas underfóð féginge, búton interjectio ána, and gif se nama bið geféged of twám ansundum dǽlum. . . Ælfc. Gr. Z. 88, 3: 266, 11

fíc-beám

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Se fiicbeám, Past. 337, 6. Fícbeám (-beóm, R.) ficus, Mk. L. 11, 21. Ðone fícbeóm fici arborem, . . . fícbeám ficulnea, Mt. L. 21, 19. Tíd ðára fícbeáma (-beóma) tempus ficorum, Mk. L. 11, 13. Fýcbeámas ficos, Mt. L. 7, 16. Add

folc-dryht

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Þonne sió býman stefen and se beorhta segen . . . folcdryht wera biforan bonnað, sáwla gehwylce when the voice of the trumpet and the bright banner . . . summon to the presence the multitude of men, every soul, Cri. 1067. For first passage substitute

ge-máhlicnes

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Substitute: Importunity, inconvenience Ðý lǽs ðurh ðá wilnunga ðissa eorðcundlicra ðinga ðæt mód áðístrige se for-hwierfda gewuna gemálicnesse ne mentem per terrenarum rerum cupidinem importunitas pulvereae cogitationis obscuret, Past. 79, 19.

ge-fæd

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fæd, adj.
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Discreet, well-regulated.Add: hæfð módes strencðe þe on gódum gelimpum ne forlǽt his ánrǽdnesse, ac bið aa gefædd on ǽghwylce wísan, swá þæt hé ne bið ne on gefeán tó fægen ne on weán tó ormód, Wlfst. 51, 24

ge-weaxness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weaxness, e; f.
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Increase; interest on money, usury Se sláwa þeów þone onfangenan talent from his hláforde bútan geweaxnysse (cf. mid þám gafole cum usura, Mt. 25, 27; mid gestreóne cum usuris, Lk. 19, 23) áhýdde on eorþan, Hml. S. 23 b, 15

Linked entry: weaxness

hirde-mann

(n.)
Grammar
hirde-mann, es; m.

A herdsmanshepherd

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Se engel cýdde Crístes ácennednysse hyrdemannum, i. 36, 9. Sacu betwux Abrames hyrdemannum (inter pastores gregum) and Lothes, Gen. 13, 7

hyspan

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ðe hespð . . . hespð his wer[h]tan qui calumniatur (egentem), exprob[r]at factori eius, Kent. Gl. 497-499. Hespð exprobrat, 591. Hyspð subsannat, 1089. Hý hypston exprobrauerunt, Ps. Rdr. 41, II. Hyspendes bysmeres subsannantis ganniturę, An.

mæsse-dæg

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Se cyng hét ofsleán ealle ðá Deniscan men þe on Angelcynne wǽron on Bricius messedæg, 1002 ; P. 135, 2. Add

manna

(n.)
Grammar
manna, manna.
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On ðǽre earce ðá stǽnenan bredu . . . and se swéta mete ðe hié héton moinnaa . . . sceal bión on ðǽmbreóstum ðæs monnan swétnes, Past. 125, 23. Hét hé hider rignan mannum tó móse manna cynne, Ps. Th. 77, 25

miltsiend

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L. 110, 4,, þæt se árfæsta miltsigend eówere behreówsunge underfó, Hml. Th. ii. 420, 17. Þ hé sý úre mildsigend and úre fréfrigend, Verc. Först. 137, 3. Add

sceád-wís

(adj.)
Grammar
sceád-wís, adj.
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Se scádwís geréfa sceal ǽgðer witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 3. Mid hú sceádwísre lufe manncynna ealdor for úre edstaðelunge þǽre róde gealgan underféng, Hml. Th. i. 588, 88

scyttel

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Se scyttel (scyttels, v. l. ) ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 419. Hé þá cyrican beleác and mid scyttelum (scyttelsum, v. l.) besceát . . . wurdon þá scyttelas onweg áworpene ecclesiam clausit, seris munivit. . . abjectis seris, Gr.

wæl-niþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-niþ, es; m.

Deadly hatemortal enmity

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Deadly hate, mortal enmity Ðæt ys sió fǽhðo, and se feóndscipe, wælníð wera, Beo. Th. 5992; B. 3000. Æfter wælníðe, 170; B. 85. Áwehte ðone wælníð Nabochodonossor, Cd. Th. 218, 28; Dan. 46. Weallaþ wælníðas, Beo. Th. 4136; B. 2065

Winedas

(n.)
Grammar
Winedas, pl. m.

The Wends

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Se port Hǽþum stent betuh Winedum, and Seaxum, and Angle, Swt. 19, 23. Mid Winedum, Exon. Th. 322, 8; Víd. 60. Winedas and Burgendan, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 16, 30

Linked entry: Weonod-land