ou-cnáwenness
recognition, knowledge (that an object is what it really is) ⬩ acknowledgment, recognition of a claim
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recognition, knowledge (that an object is what it really is) Wé habbaþ ðæt éce líf þurh geleáfan, and oncnáwennysse ðære Hálgan Þrynnesse, gif wé ða oncnáwennysse mid árwurþnysse healdaþ.
hnappian
To slumber, ⬩ sleep, ⬩ doze
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Gif hé hwón hnappode ðǽrrihte hine drehton nihtlíce gedwimor if he dozed a little, straightway nightly phantoms tormented him, Homl. Th. i. 86, 18. Ic hnæppode ego dormivi, Ps. Spl. 3, 5.
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self
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His freónda forspǽc forstent him eal ðæt sylfe, swylce hit sylf spǽce, Wulfst. 38, 17. alone Ic mé on múþe mægene hæbbe, and ic sódfæst word on sylfan healde, Ps. Th. 118, 43. On selfe wísan in the same fashion, Lchdm. ii. 72, 17
nyt-líc
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ beneficial
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H. netlíc) . . . and hí on him habbaþ wundorlíce mihte, Lchdm. i. 204, 11. Móna se feórþæ wercu onginnan nytlíc ys the fourth day of the moon is advantageous for beginning works, iii. 184, 28.
geongor-dóm
Youngership, minority, subjection, obedience, service, vassalage ⬩ juvĕnīlis status, obsĕquium, obēdientia, ministĕrium
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Youngership, minority, subjection, obedience, service, vassalage; juvĕnīlis status, obsĕquium, obēdientia, ministĕrium Hwý sceal ic búgan him swilces geongordómes why shall I submit to him in such vassalage? Cd. 15; Th. 18, 34; Gen. 283.
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bildu
Boldness ⬩ confidence
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Byldum fiducia, i. confidentia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 74
be-lǽfan
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To remain [for intrans. use in later English v. N. E. D. s. v. bielieve] Án of him ne beláf (-lǽfde, MS. C), Ps. Spl. 105, II. Hé hét t
cíne
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Voc. ii. 23, 61. Cinum cavernis, Germ. 399, 272. <b>II a.</b> fig. a deep subject (?) :-- Ic warnige þæne þe þás cinan þengð tó áspyrianne, ꝥ hé gelóme sceáwige þás seofon rǽdinga, Angl. viii. 333, 8
for-þryccan
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Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg, for ðon ðe ic eom forseted and forðrycced ( premor ) mid þám scyllum þisses dracan, 325, 5. to torture Beóð þá earman sáwla áhangene ofer þá hátestan lígeas, and þǽr þonne beóð forþriccende (-ede?)
hrútan
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Voc. ii. 139, 17. Ðá hé þæne cyrcward gehýrde ofer eall hrútan, Vis. Lfc. 31. Hrútende stertens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 30
meolc
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Hé lifde be þára wildeóra meolcum, Shrn. 118, 17. ( ) of a woman Genim wífes meoluc þæs þe cild habbe, Lch. ii. 28, 8: 42, 5. ( ) figurative Ic sceal sellan eów giét mioloc drincan, nalles flǽsc etan.
mete
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Add: food Gif mete sý áwyrd, Lch. ii. 142, 14. Nys ríce Godes meta ( esca ) and d inc, Scint. 153, 7. Ǽgþer ge hrægles ge metes ge drinces, Bt. 26, 2 ; F. 94, 4. Wið genumenum mete, Lch. ii. 142, 7. Wermód drincan ǽr þon þe hié mete þicgan, 32, 1.
reócan
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In þǽre stówe þǽr þá hátan wæter reócað and swá mycele ǽþmas wyrcað in loco in quo aquae calidae vapores nimios faciunt, Gr. D. 343, 4.
sǽd-leáp
a seed-leap(Essex), seed-lip (Oxford) ⬩ seed-lop ⬩ a seed lepe ⬩ satorium, saticulum ⬩ sedlepe ⬩ saticulum
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Gl. 609, 28: semilio, 611, 11 Sǽdleáp, Anglia ix. 264, 13. [ Ðæt acersǽd hwǽte, ðæt is twegen sédlǽpes, and ðæt bærlíc, ðæt is þré sédlǽpas, and ðæt acersǽd áten, ðæt is feówer sédlǽpas,s. Chr. 1124; Erl. 252, 34-36. ]
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heáh-burh
A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation
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Ic wát heáhburg hér áne neáh lytle ceastre I know that near here is a town placed on high, a little city, Cd. 117; Th. 152, 8; Gen. 2517
snegel
A snail
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Voc. i. 78, 63. Snægl 24, 4: ii. 51, 4. Snegel se ðe hæfþ hús testudo i. 78, 64. Snegl, snægl, snægel Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 37, 8. Gehúsed snægl Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 5. Snegl, snægl marruca Txts. 77, 1283:: Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 50: coclea 22, 3.
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swealwe
A swallow
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Voc. ii. 43, 5. Swalowe, swaluwe, swalewe, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 37, 7. Storc and swalewe, Homl. Th. i. 404, 25. Genim swealwan nest, Lchdm. ii. 100, 18. Swolwan, iii. 44, 13. Genim swealwan, gebærn tó ahsan, ii. 156, 8.
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ge-setnes
Position, foundation, tradition, an institution, constitution, composition, ordinance, decree, law ⬩ pŏsĭtio, sĭtus, fundātio, trādĭtio, instĭtūtio, constĭtūtio, compŏsĭtio, lex, pactum
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ðonne Cristes gesetnys sý it is known to every intelligent man that the old law was easier than the institute of Christ is, Homl.
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ge-nirwan
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Th. ii. 164, 28. Cf. ge-nearwian
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