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a-gǽn

(part.)

gonepastpræteritus

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Uuerfriþ in app. ad Bædam, S. 772, 1, 4

ge-hál

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Ne bæd hé nó ðæt hé hine fortýnde mid gehále wáge, ac hé bæd dura tó, Past. 275, 23. Bróhte him se hræfn gehálne hláf, Shrn. 50, 14.

hwaþerian

(v.)
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hwaþerian, hwoþerian; p. ode
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Drihten cóm gangende on ðǽre sǽ; þá ýða árison, ac hé hí oftræd; se brym hwoðerode under his fótswaðum ( the sea roared beneath his footsteps ) ac swá ðeáh hé hine bær, wolde hé nolde hé, Hml. Th. ii. 388, 19. See next word

Linked entry: hwoþerian

scyldigung

(n.)
Grammar
scyldigung, scyldgung, e; f.
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A criminal charge Be ðon ðe scyldgunge bǽde æt ofslegenum.

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for-bígan

(v.)
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Assiria wearð bælc forbíged, Jud. 267. Take here for-bígan in Dict., and add;

ǽtren-ness

(n.)
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ǽtren-ness, e; f.
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Poisonousness For bǽre lyfte wylme and ǽter-nesse, Lch. ii. 146, 16

fóre-werd

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-werd, adj.

Forwardforeformerearlyprōnusantĕriorpriorprīmus

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On fórewerd ðære bóc oððe on heáfde bǽc awriten is be me in căpĭte libri scriptum est de me, Ps. Lamb. 39, 9

cyssan

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Ǽlc þára manna þe óðerne swíðe lufað, hine lyst bet cyssan ðonne óðerne on bær líc, þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweóna beóð, Shrn. 185, 31. Sylle heom eallum cyssan bóc, Ll. Th. i. 226, 25. Cyssende handa osculans manus, Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Add

ge-ryd

(v.)
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v. á-ryddan); pp. ge-rýd To clear land Ic ongyte þeáh bæt þá worlde lustas ne sint eallunga áwyrtwalode of ðínum mode þeáh se gráf gerýd st though the stumps have not been rooted out entirely, the trees have been cut down and cleared away, Solil.

un-lǽdlic

(adj.)
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un-lǽdlic, adj.
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Miserable Þá Iúdéas bǽdon swíde unlǽdlicre béne,swá him syþþan eall unlǽdlic on becwóm. . Nap. 65

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ge-neósung

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(l a) visiting a sick person :-- Hé wearð fǽrlíce dumb, and his wíf ásende tó þám bisceope and bæd his geneósunge, Hml. S. 22, 74.

hǽðen-gild

(n.)
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hǽðen-gild, -gield, -gyld, es; n.

Heathen worship, idolatryidol

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bæd hig georne ðæt hig búgan ne sceoldon fram Godes bigengum tó ðam bysmorfullum hǽðengilde he prayed them earnestly not to turn from the worship of God to degrading idolatry, Jos. 23, 7.

þurh-burnen

(adj.)
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þurh-burnen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Thoroughly burntburnt through

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Thoroughly burnt, burnt through Bærn swá ðæt hit sí þurhburnen, Lchdm. iii. 40, 11

senatus

(n.)
Grammar
senatus, the senate, senators. The treatment of this word in the translation of Orosius is somewhat exceptional. The Latin form senatus occurs in the nom. and acc. , but in the former senatas, senatum, and in the latter senatum, senatos are also used; in the gen. senatuses, senatusa are found, and in the dat. senatum; in every case but one (?) the word is plural. The Latin senator is also used, though the word
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Ðá bæd his fæder ðæt ða senatum ( altered to senatus in other MSS. ) forgeáfen ðæm suna ðone gylt, 3, 10 ; Swt. 140, 14-16. Se consul bæd ðætte senatus him fultum sealdon, 4, 9; Swt. 192, 22. Ða senatus him hæfden ða dǽd forboden . . .

nytenness

(n.)
Grammar
nytenness, e; f.

ignorancelazinessdisgraceignominy

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Nú ic for ðínre nytennysse geornlíce bæd, i. 66, 30. Se ðe tódrǽfde ealle nytennysse ðære ealdan nihte, 36, 29. Crist mæg ðíne nytennysse (MSS. C. V. nyte-) onlíhtan, Homl. Skt. 5, 200.

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un-árímedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-árímedlíc, adj.

innumerablecountlessboundlessinfiniteshewn in countless instances

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bæd hié ðæt hié gemunden ðæs unárímedlícan freóndscipes ðe hié hæfdon on ealddagum, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 82, 19

freóndscipe

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bæd hié eác ꝥ hié gemunden þæs unárímedlican freóndscipes þe hié hæfdon tó Athéniensum, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 19. 'Wes ús fǽle freónd' ... Abraham onféng freóndscipe be freán hǽse Gen. 2735

hýr

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where the thing is money, interest, usury :-- Hýre fęnoris, usurę, Germ. 389, 45. payment contracted to be made for personal services, wages Gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre I will pay ii you back out of my wages (cf. hé bæd

sprecan

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Gr. 117, 6. add: sprecan fore to speak on behalf of Hé bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca . . . Ðá spæc ic him fore, and þingade him tó Ælfréde cinge, C. D. ii. 133, 16

dearf-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
dearf-scipe, es; m.
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Dearfscipe ł bældo temeritate, 9, 4

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