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un-girwan

(v.)
Grammar
un-girwan, -girian; p. -girwde, -girede

To strip ⬩ divest

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To strip, divest Hé gewlitegaþ and gegeraþ æalle gesceafta and æft ungewliteaþ and ungeraþ, Shrn. 198, 13. Gúðlác hine sylfne ungyrede, Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 16. Hé hine ungyrede ðæs godcundan mægenþrymmes, Blickl. Homl. 103, 2.

á-gíta

Grammar
á-gíta, -giéta.
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MS.) his góda and wilnað mid ðý geearnian ðone hlísan ðæt hé sié rúmgiful saepe se effusio sub appellatione largitatis occultat , Past. 148, 6.

Linked entries: á-giéta gítav

be-hóf

(n.)
Grammar
be-hóf, es; n.
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behoof, need, use ꝥ hé ǽnne scylling hæfde tó his ágenum behófe (nytte,v. l.) ut unum solidum in expensis propriis haberet, Gr. D. 158, 23.

Linked entry: -hóf

bisene

(adj.)
Grammar
bisene, adj.

Blind

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Blind On þǽre tíde hé wæs bysne (bysene, v. l.); þá sealde Drihten him gesyhðe, Gr. D. 275, 3. He áwrít róde tácen ofer þæs bysenan (blindan, v. l. ) mannes eágan, and seó nine þǽre blindnysse gewát fram hám eágum, 77, 28.

for-cúþlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-cúþlic, adj.

infamous ⬩ ignominious ⬩ ignoble ⬩ despicable ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ worthless ⬩ poor ⬩ bad

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infamous, ignominious, ignoble, despicable, disgraceful Forcúðlic hit bið ꝥ cyning beó unrihtwís, Hml. S. 13, 124. Hé cwæþ ꝥ him forcúþlic þúhte, ꝥ se án Iudéisca hine forsáwe, Hml. A. 98, 196. Forcúþlic absurdum, An.

Linked entry: cúþ-lic

ge-spanan

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Voc. ii. 45, 15. in a good sense Ðæt hé ðá medwiisan tó máran angienne mid ðǽre líðelican bisnunga gespóne quatenus hebetes ad majora conscendere imitatio blanda suaderet, Past. 205, 18. in a bad or an indifferent sense Hé gespeón him tó ealle Kentingas

méd

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Funde se his arcedeácon æt þám cnihte þe wæs þæs biscopes byrele mid médum (praemiis) ꝥ hé þone geættredan drync him tó bær, Gr. D. 186, 22. ¶ tó médes as reward :-- Gyfe him Críst heofona ríce tó médes, C. D. iv. 171, 21 : Hml. S. 12, 139.

réceleáslíce

(adv.)
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Swá hwilc man swá Godes weorc clǽnlíce and behogodlíce wirceð, hé bið écelíce gehealden. Sé þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, hé bið áwyrged intó helle, Hml. A. 168, 121. Add

seax

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Ðá gesæt hé (Cuthbert) æt mýsan, micclum onbryrd hé beseah tó heofonum, and his sex áwearp (cultellus quem tenebat decidit in mensam, Vit. Cuth. c. 34), Hml. Th. ii. 150, 23. v. ǽder-, græf-, mete-, wíngeard-, writ-seax

stalu

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Add Gehwylce wyrte, þe hé ǽr mid stale (furto) gewilnode, hé him sealde, Gr. D. 25, 16. <b>I a.</b> a particular instance of theft :-- Gyf ðú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wite oððe gewita wǽre, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 24.

stíþlíce

(adv.)
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Add Hefelícor steóre ł stýðlícor stíre hé sí underþeód districtiori discipline subdatur, R. Ben. I. 65, 4. Búton hé hit hér ǽr his ænde ðe stíðelícor gebéte, C. D. iv. 248, 30

þeówan

(v.)
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to press. [ passages here might be taken to next word, q. v. ] Add Þá scóc án oxa his heafod, and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 786. add Hé stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539.

rúm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-líc, adj.

gracious, liberal, benign ⬩ liberal, abundant, plentiful

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Se ðe mid fódan ðære upplícan lufe biþ gefylled, hé biþ swilce hé sý mid rúmlícum mettum gemæst, Homl. Th. i. 522, 32.. Similar entries v. next word (rúmlíce)

æf-weard

absens

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Hé ðá word ðára æfweardra swá geara wiste swá ðára andweardra, Guth. 70, 4: Gr. D. 311, 1. Hé sægde ðá æfweardan þing andweardum mannum praesentibus absentia nuntiare coepit, 126, 11: Guth. 86, 9. Add

Linked entry: -weard

ǽrendung

carrying a message, acting as an emisary ⬩ a message, an errand

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Ben. 50, 13. a message, an errand Ðæt wæs hræd ǽrendraca; sé tylode tó secganne hys ǽrndunge ǽr ðon ðé hé lyfde, Shrn, 95, 21

hand-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
hand-þegen, es; m.

An attendant, one of a retinue, servant

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An attendant, one of a retinue, servant Ðá hé ðá ðyder férde ðá wǽron his handþegnas twegen when he journeyed thither, two of his attendants were with him, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 3.

spearnlian

(v.)
Grammar
spearnlian, p. ode

To spurn ⬩ strike out with the feet ⬩ kick

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Se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod in tó ðære eorðan and hé ætforan hire spearnlode mid fótum the nail went through his head into the earth, and he (Sisera) struck out with his feet before her, Jud. 4, 21

ge-span

(n.)
Grammar
ge-span, -spann, -spon, es; n.

A joining ⬩ fastening together ⬩ nexus

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He is on helle hæft mid hringa gesponne he is in hell bound with the clasping of rings, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 17; Gen. 762. Searo-rúna gespon the web of mysteries, Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 20; Sch. 15

homela

(n.)
Grammar
homela, homola, an; m.
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A word of uncertain meaning occurring in the following passage Gif hé hine on bismor tó homolan bescire mid x sciłł. gebéte. Gif hé hine tó preóste bescire mid xxx sciłł. gebéte, L. Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 5.

for-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
for-trúwian, [-trúwan]; p. trúwde ; pp. trúwed
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(cf. fortrúwed-nes)
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Ðæt hié ðencen tó him selfum and ne fortrúwigen hié for óðerra monna weorcum ut ad suum cor redeant, et de alienis actibus non praesumant, 231, 12. Add: