firen-lic
flagitious ⬩ criminal ⬩ gross ⬩ grievous
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Hé bæd þone Ælmihtigan for ðám árleásum cwellerum, þæt hé him forgeáfe þá fyrnlican synne, 300, 22. Þá fæstan cnottan fyrnlicra synna, Hml. S. 10, 47. Fyranlicra, C. D. iv. 51, 33.
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ge-spelia
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Augustine as a substitute for himself, Lch. iii. 434, 7. Nú syndan biscopas Petres gespelian, Wlfst. 177, 18. Hálige láreówas Drihtnes gespelian sind, Hml. Th. ii. 320, 27
ge-dryhtu
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For sidera as an alternative to elementa, cf. elementa sol et luna et reliqui planetae, Migne. Gedrihtu seems a rendering of fortune, cf. fortunę, gewyrdes, 2628), An. Ox. 2371: 7, 145. Gedryhtu, 8, 119: Angl. xiii. 32, 110
ge-þweorod
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Þeáh ánra hwilc sié gebunden gesiblíce tógædre, ꝥte heora ǽnig óðres ne dorste mearce ofergangan, ac geþweorod sint ðegnas tógædre, cele wið hǽto, hǽt wið drýgum; winnað hwæðre tu numeris elementa ligas, ut frigora flammis, arida conveniant liquidis (for
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híred-mann
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Híredmanna gehwilc sille pænig tó ælmessan, oððe his hláford sille for hine, Wlfst. 181, 16. Be híredmonnum de hero proprio familiae fidejussore, Ll. Th. i. 394, 25.
mildheortlíce
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Wé sceolon déman for úres Drihtnes lufon ǽfre mildheortlíce . . . bútan wælhreównysse, 9, 221.
flacor
Flickering ⬩ vŏlĭtans
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Flickering; vŏlĭtans Flacor flánþracu feorhhord onleác the filtering arrow's force unlocked life's treasury, Exon. 49b; Th. 170, 25; Gú. 1117.
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lafor
A leopard
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Swelce eác laforas ðǽr cwóman unmǽtlícre micelnisse and monig óðer wildeór and eác tigris nec minus apri ingentis forme mixti maculosis lincibus tygribusque, Nar. 15, 1
nép
Lacking ⬩ scanty
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Mægen wæs on cwealme fæste gefeterod forþganges nép the force of the Egyptians was fast fettered in death, they could make no advance (when they were overwhelmed in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 207, 20; Exod. 469. v. next word
orpedlíce
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Boldly, in full force Wé willaþ ámearkian ðás epactas and eác ða regulares lunares, ðæt hig openlíc[r]e and orpedlíce standun beforan ðæs preóstes gesyhþe that they may stand out clearly and boldly in sight of the priest, Anglia viii. 301, 31
ge-sincan
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To sink; delābi Him in gesonc flacor flánþracu the flickering arrow's force sank into him, Exon. 49 b; Th. 170, 22; Gú. 1115. Ðá ne meahton hí on ðæm wætere gesincan then they could not sink in the water, Shrn. 103, 19
on-stellan
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Först. 94, 4. Hire nome . . . þe me ærst hire onstalde, Laym. 7132. Cf. Ger. an-stellen. Add
cýþþu
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Ic ꝥ for ðínre cýððe, and þé weorðne wiste þyses tó gewitanne I send it for your information, and as knowing you worthy to know this, Lch. i. 326, 8. God eal þæt tó cýþþe and geswutelunge bróhte, iii. 432, 14.
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niht
night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night
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For tén nihtum ten days ago, 131, 10. Mid ðon dæge wæs gefylled se dæg ðe is nemned Pentecosten ymb fíftig nihta æfter ðære gecýþdan ǽriste, 133, 14
hangian
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For hwon áhénge þú mé hefgor on þínra honda róde þonne iú hongade?, Cri. 1489: 1457. Wearh sceal hangian, fægere ongildan ꝥ hé ǽr fácen dyde manna cynne, Gn. C. 55.
níd-þeówian
To reduce to servitude ⬩ to compel service from
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To reduce to servitude, to compel service from Gif man cirican nýdþeówige (cf ǽnig man heonan forþ cirican ne þeówige, L. Eth. v. 10; Th. i. 306, 27 : vi. 15; Th. i. 318, 26), L. N. P. L. 21; Th. ii. 294, 1
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syn-wund
A wound inflicted by sin
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A wound inflicted by sin Ne syndon náne swá yfele wunda swá syndon synwunda, forðam þurh ða forwyrð se man écan deáðe, L. Pen. 4; Th. ii. 278, 17. Wé á sculon ídle lustas, synwunde, forseón, Exon. Th. 47, 18; Cri. 757
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wíf-leás
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Without a wife, unmarried: — Gif hwylces weres forme wíf bið deád, ðæt hé be leáfe óðer wíf niman móte, and gif hé ða oferbýt, wunige hé á syððan wífleás (coelebs), L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 3. ] See also next word
á-wemman
to disfigure ⬩ to defile
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to disfigure Decennovennalis ... ys gecíged of þrým áwemmedum dǽlum (component parts altered from the forms of the original words), ꝥ ys of decem and novem and annalis, Angl. viii. 325, 17. to defile ꝥ mín sáwle ne seó áwæmmod Hml. A. 172, 63