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ge-wǽpnung

(n.)
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ge-wǽpnung, e; f.
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næfde náht bútan his gewǽdum and his gewǽpnunge, 67. spiritual, v. ge-wǽpnian; 2 Feohtan mid Godes gewǽpnunge ongeán ðone ungesewenlican feónd, Hml. Th. ii. 402, 18

Linked entry: wǽpnung

híwcúþlíce

(adv.)
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híwcúðlíce mid him wæs ei familiarissimus fuit, 14, 10. Þá þe Gode híwcúþlícor (hiówcúðlucor, v. l.) and freóndlícor þeówiað qui Deo familiarius serviunt, 164, 31. Add

híwere

a pretendera decoy

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Similar entries v. híwian; cwæð ꝥ Críst sylf wǽre ... and sum bisceop ... gelýfde þám híwere, Hml. S. 31, 838. a decoy (?) Híweres (hireres, MS.) aucupis, Kent. Gl. 129

Linked entry: híwian

híw-scipe

a housefamily

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geann þæs landes æt Sandforda in tó þám mynstre ... and ánes híwscypes geann Godríce þǽrof, Cht. Crw. 23, 4

hwilc-hwegno

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
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hwilc-hwegno, hwilc-hwegnu, hwilc-hweogne, hwilc-hwoene, hwilc-hwóne.
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adjectival,some, any hyhtade bécon hwelchweogne from him gesegen wére (bécon hnoelchuoene tó geseánne signum aliquod uidere L.), Lk. R. 23, 8.

lustbǽre

(adv.)
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lustbǽre, adv.
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Sum eáwfæst ðegen bæd ðone hálgan wer . . . and lustbǽre ðæs getíðode, ii. 172, 9. efne mode and gladum þá ðénunga lustbǽre gefylle ipso aequo animo impleat officium, R. Ben. 55, 17

mód-leást

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Add: despondency Se syxta unþeáw is ꝥ sé þe tó hláforde bið geset, ꝥ for módleáste ne mæge his mannum dón steóre, ac bið hin swá mihtleás on his módes strece, ꝥ his underþeóddan egesian ne dearr, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 5.

ofer-findan

(v.)
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þóhte, siþþan ꝥ folc oferfunden wǽre, ꝥ hié siþþan wolde eall þæt wolde, Ors. 6, 37 ; S. 296, 6

Linked entry: ofer-fundenness

scrífan

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</b> add :-- ná ne scrifan (hogodon, v. l. ) þéh eallinga hire sáwle ádwǽsctan, Gr. D. 73, 19

stregdan

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þæt wæter stregde (sprengde, v. l.) ofer his limu 'benedictam aquam super corpus projice'. . . Benedictam aquam super membra illius aspersit, Gr. D. 82, 17-22

un-gewitness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewitness, e ; f.
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Þám fét wiðbrægd þý lǽs hit gelumpe ꝥ hwæt unrihtes hine gehrine of his ágenum geþóhte and ungewitnesse, and þonne sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (the original Latin, which has been misunderstood, is: Retraxit pedem; ne si quid

rúmness

(n.)
Grammar
rúmness, e; f.

breadthbreadth, amplitude, abundance

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the holy belief, and he had besides so great love for God, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 8

sacerd-hád

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd-hád, es; m.

Priest-hood

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Ðæt gesette on sacerdhád Judas ðam folce tó bisceope that he might ordain Judas bishop of the people, Elen. Kmbl. 2108; El. 1055. Bisceophádas vel sacerd-[hádas] flaminea, i. episcopali gradu, Wülck. 239, 23

sand-corn

(n.)

a grain of sand

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beóþ ofer sandcorn manige super arenam multiplicabuntur, Ps. Th. 138, 16

sáwlung

(n.)
Grammar
sáwlung, e; f.

expiring

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wert thou, for ever hadst thou this hour (the hour of death) before thine eyes.'

Linked entry: sáwlian

coorta

(n.)
Grammar
coorta, an; m.

A band of soldierscohort cohors

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A band of soldiers, cohort; cohors He hæfde eahta ond hund-eahtatig coortena [MS. coortana], ðæt we nú truman hátaþ, ðæt wæs, on ðám dagum, fíf hund manna, and án þúsend he had eighty-eight cohorts, which we now call bands, each of which was, in those

orped

(adj.)
Grammar
orped, adj.

Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold

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Swá gedafenaþ esnum ðam orpedan, ðonne gód weorc ongynþ, ðæt ðæt geornlíce beswynce, 324, 17. Orped[n]e, snellne adultum, Hpt. Gl. 485, 25

snotorness

(n.)
Grammar
snotorness, e; f.

Prudence, wisdom, sagacity

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Salomon gesette þreó béc þurh his snoternesse Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 36

hold-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hold-scipe, es; m.

Loyalty, fealty, allegiance

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Sægdon ðæt hit dyden for ðes mynstres holdscipe said that they did it on account of the loyalty of the monastery, 1070; Erl. 209, 15

áþ-swaru

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mid áþsware him tó cwæð, Gr. D. 17, 19. Be áþsware . . . þú ágylst Drihtne áðswara þíne, (juramenta) Scint. 135, 3-5. þurh áþsware per juramentum, Confess. Pecc. 183, 1. Áðsware swór, (jus jurandum) Cant. Zach. 73.