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stóc-líf

(n.)
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stóc-líf, es ; n.
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Here have we no continuing city, Heb. 13, 14) ða whíle ðe ic on ðisse weorulde beó ge eác on ðam hécan háme ðe hé ús geháten hefþ he can make me dwell more at ease both in this transitory habitation, while I am in this world, and also in that eternal

Linked entry: stóc

un-dóm

(n.)
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un-dóm, es; m.

Unjust judgement

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Wé cýðaþ déman and geréfan, ðæt hig ágan þearfe, ðæt hí unrihtes geswícan and náhwár þurh undóm for feó ne for freóndscipe forgýman heora wísdóm, Wulfst. 267, 28. Wearð ðes ðeódscipe swíðe forsingod þurh undómas, 130, 4

un-forboden

(adj.)
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un-forboden, adj.

Unforbiddennot prohibitedfree from any moral or legal hindrance

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Unforbidden, not prohibited, free from any moral or legal hindrance Ðæt hí móston him beran unforboden flǽsc, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 91.

Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan

un-sméþe

(adj.)
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un-sméþe, adj.

Not smoothroughuneven

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Not smooth, rough, uneven Unsméðe scabra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 13. Unsméðe hrægel birrus, i. 40, 25. Eoh bið útan unsméðe treów, Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 27; Rún. 13. Tunge unsméþe, Lchdm. ii. 242, 10.

Linked entry: sméðe

wíte-rǽden

(n.)
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wíte-rǽden, wíte-rǽdenn, e; f.

punishmentfine

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Náh hé ðǽr náne wíterǽdenne he cannot exact any fines, 50; Th. i. 134, 4

Linked entry: wíte

ymb-cirran

(v.)
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ymb-cirran, p. de
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To turn about, to revolve round Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ (-eþ, MS.) ðone norðende, neáh ymbcerraþ (-eþ, MS.), Met. 28, 14.

á-delfan

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Seó eorðe wæs swíðe heard and hé ne mihte heó ádelfan, Hml. S. 23 b, 768. to dig up a plant Ádelf niþerweardne sláhðorn, Lch. ii. 92, 30: 230, 6. Ádelfe ompran, 78, 1. to dig out, pick out Up ádelfað effodiant (oculum corvi ), Kent. Gl. 1092.

Linked entry: a-dylf

bíme

(n.)
Grammar
bíme, (ié, é, ý), an; f.: bíma; m.?

a trumpeta tabletbillet

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Ne bláu þú béman (nelle ðú béma ł stocc singa, L.) noli tuba canere, Mt. R. 6, 2. Gebreces and biémena dæg dies tubae et clangoris, Past. 245, 6. Býmum classibus, Hpt. Gl. 467, 27. a tablet, billet Beeme thessera, Txts. 101, 2015

Linked entries: býme beám

brún

(adj.)
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N. E. D. brown, 4.] Add

éhtend

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Gyf man méte ꝥ hé geseón ne mæge, lǽre ic hine ꝥ hé him wið his éhtend beorge, Lch. iii. 174, 28. a persecutor Hé ( Nero ) wæs monna ǽrest éhtend crístenra monna, Ors. 6, 5; S. 262, 5. Oehtende persecutore, Rtl. 64, 16.

fágian

(v.)

to vary

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L. 16, 3. to vary Swá hit fágað, Freán eald geweorc þætte winnende wiðerweard gesceaft fæste sibbe forð anhealdað (cf. swá hí hit fágiaþ ꝥ . . .

geárlic

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Voc. ii. 5, 55: 92, 9. that lasts a year Þes geárlica ymbrene ús gebringð efne þá tíd lenctenlices fæstenes, Wlfst. 284, 19. that forms part of a year On ðám dæge wurdon geárlice tída gesette, Hml. Th. i. 100, 3.

ge-fylce

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Dele Nar. 19, 22 at end, and add Gefylce commanipulares, commilitones, socii, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 51: An. Ox. 859. Harold cyningc and Tostig eorl and heora gefylce wǽron áfaren of scipe, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 19. Fram gefylce a manipulo, An.

ge-rǽde

(adj.)
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ge-rǽde, adj.
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Ben. 108, 24. arranged, disposed properly Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wise wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóh gestreón lufað a people's condition will never be well ordered in the land where wrongful gain is loved, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 28.

ge-scý

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'Ne bere gé mid eów . . . gescý (calciamenta)' . . . Hwæt mǽnað þá gescý ?, Hml. Th. ii. 522, 19-25. Gescý calceos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 46. Ic bicge hýda and fell . . . and wyrce of him gescý (calceamenta) mistlices cynnes, Coll. M. 27, 31.

ge-clifian

(v.)
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Rdr. 43, 25. ꝥ þǽr nǽre nán þing on þǽre stówe þe se stántorr on geclyfian mihte (quo inhaerere potuisset ), Gr. D. 12, 19

Linked entry: ge-cleofian

god-borh

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Gif hwá óðerne godborges oncunne and tión wille ꝥ hé hwelcne ne gelǽste þára þe hé him gesealde if any one bring against another a charge in the matter of a pledge whose validity was confirmed by invoking the name of the Deity (where solemn formulae were

hrægel-talu

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., þæt hý þurh neóde náne tale tó syndrigre ǽhte næbben, R.

on-beódan

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add: to command Scipia hit oftrǽdlíce hám onbeád ( sent nome orders) þæt hié hit ne angunnen, and eác self sǽde, þá hé hám of Ispánium cóm, Ors. 4, 12; S. 308, 34.

þolian

(v.)
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</b> to be without what is unpleasant or evil Heora reáfes gyrla swilc beó ꝥ hé þolige ǽlces ýdeles uanitatis occasione careat, Chrd. 65, 13. ꝥ nǽfre þǽr (in hell) ne þoliað þæs wítes þá þe nǽfre in þisum lífe willað þolian þǽre synne and hyre