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wód

(adj.)
Grammar
wód, adj.

Madravingblasphemousmadragingfurious

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wódum mannum gewitt forgeaf, Homl. Th. i. 480, 14. ða deóflu áfligde of dám wódum wyrhtum, Homl.

wlacu

(adj.)
Grammar
wlacu, and wlæc; adj.

Lukewarmtepid

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Grammar wlacu, in a physical sense Gedó ðæt sió wyrt wlacu (blacu, MS.) sý, and þyge , Lchdm. i. 80, 13. Wlece hyt, ðæt hyt wlæc beó, and habbe on hys múþe swá wlac, iii. 106, 2-4.

heord

keepingcustodycareguard

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Gif hǽðen cild binnon .ix. nihton þurh gímelíste forfaren sí . . . gilde .xii. ór for þáre heorde þe wæs háðen swá lange (i. e. the priest was to pay a fine, because his care of his flock had been such that an infant member of it had been allowed to

dearnunga

(adv.)
Grammar
dearnunga, dearnenga, dearninga; adv. [dyrne secret, obscure]

Secretly, privately, clandestinelyclam, occulte, clandestīno

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Hwæt he dearninga on hyge hogde what he secretly meditated in his mind, Exon. 51 a; Th. 177, 13; Gú. 1226

Linked entries: deornunga dern-unga

ge-healdsum

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Substitute: that takes care of, is protective of Gif bið ákenned on .xxiiii. nihta, sé bið geswincfull on his lífe.

ge-nyht

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Add: sufficiency Ðǽm ðegnum is beboden ðæt hié him ðæt tó genyhte dón ðæt hié him sellen servants are bidden to be satisfied with what is given them, Past. 321, 2. abundance, plenty, opulence For ðǽre genyhte ðæs flówendan welan blissað rerum affluentium

nówend

(n.)
Grammar
nówend, es; m.
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Þý þryddan dæge þá þá se biscop ne geseah ætýwan . . . þone nówent (nautam) . . . hine deádne gelýfde . . . Þá onwegánumenum þám nówende . . . se biscop férde . . . and þá þá cóm tó Rómána hýþe gemétte þone ylcan nówent (nautam), Gr.

Linked entry: nomementa

fyrþran

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Þæt Godes cyrcean fyrðrie and fryðie, Wlfst. 266, 16. hit forseah, sé þe hit fyrþran sceolde æfter hiera ágnum gewunan, Ors. 4, 12; S. 210, 7. Unriht álecgan and rihtwísnysse fyrðrian, Hml. Th. ii. 78, 1: Hml.

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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gesett hys wíngerd myd óðrum tilion, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 41. him tó genym?

leó

(n.)
Grammar
leó, g. león; [a dat. leóne and acc. f. leó are found as well as regular forms león: the dat. pl. leónum is put under leóna q.v.] m. f.

A lionlioness

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hét gelǽdan león and beran, manega and mycele, Homl. Skt. 4, 403

Linked entries: leá león leóna

sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
sníðan, p. snáð, pl. snidon; pp. sniden

to cut, make an incision in anythingto cut as a surgeon does, to lance to amputateto cut up or to piecesto cut so as to kill, to slay an animal to cut stone, to hewto cut hairto cut corn, to reap to reap to cut secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere to cut, prune

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Ic wéne ðæt hiene snide sláwlícor, gif him ǽr sǽde ðæt hiene sníðan wolde . . . se lǽce, ðonne cymþ ðone untruman tó sníðanne 26; Swt. 186, 2-7. metaphorically Ðæt mon mǽge sníþan and bærnan his unþeáwas ut culpae morbos supplicio resecarent

folc-riht

(n.)
Grammar
folc-riht, -ryht, es; n.

Folkrightcommon lawpublic rightthe understood compact by which every freeman enjoys his rights as a freemanpublícum juscommūneτὸ κοινόν

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He him forgeaf wícstede wéligne, folcrihta gehwylc, swá his fæder áhte he had given him the wealthy dwelling place, every public right, as his father had possessed, Beo. Th. 5209; B. 2608.

Linked entries: folc-geriht leód-riht

ge-hýdan

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Hié biddaþ ꝥ seó eorþe hié forswelge and gehýde . . . hié cweþaþ tó; þǽm dúnum : ' Feallaþ ofer ús, and ús bewreóþ and gehýdað, ' Bl. H. 93, 27-33. reflex. Se Hǽlend becierde hié and gehýdde hiene Jesus fugit in montem ipse solus Past. 33, 15: Jn.

a-grafen-líce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
a-grafen-líce, an; n. [a-grafen carved, -lice a body]

That which is carveda carved imagesculptile

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That which is carved, a carved image; sculptile He gebǽdon ðæt agrafenlíce adora verunt sculptile, Ps. Spl. 105, 19

byrigen-stów

(n.)
Grammar
byrigen-stów, e; f.
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A burying-place He sylfa byrigenstówe worhte sibi ipse in locum sepulcri fecerat, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 19

carited

(n.)
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charity; caritas Heóld mycel carited in ðe hús held much charity in the house, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 6

embehtsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
embehtsumnes, -nis, -niss, e; f.

A compliance, kind attention obsĕquium

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A compliance, kind attention; obsĕquium He démeþ embehtsumnisse [MS. embehtsumise] oððe hérnisse arbitrētur obsĕquium, Jn. Lind. War. 16, 2

fracod-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
fracod-líce, adv.

Shamefullyturpĭter

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Shamefully; turpĭter wyllaþ fracodlíce him betwynan sacian they will shamefully quarrel among themselves, Homl. Th. ii. 292, 35

gamnian

(v.)
Grammar
gamnian, part. gamnigende; p. ode; pp. od

To playlūdĕre

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To play; lūdĕre Wæs him geþúht, swilce he gamnigende spræce vīsus est eis quăsi lūdens lŏqui, Gen. 19, 14

ge-æhtung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-æhtung, e; f.

Deliberationcounselconsĭlium

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Deliberation, counsel; consĭlium Ná wel syððan his geæhtunge áhwǽr heóldan non sustĭnuērunt consĭlium ejus, Ps. Th. 105, 11