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neoþan

(adv.)
Grammar
neoþan, adv.

Downbeneathfrom beneath

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Down, beneath, from beneath Nyþan (niþan, neoþan) dedeorsum, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 238, 10. On heofenum and on eorþan neoþan in coelo sursum et in terra deorsum, Jos. 2, 11. Ealle stówa hé neoþan underwreþeþ, Blickl. Homl. 23, 20.

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self-déma

Grammar
self-déma, selfe-déma, an; m.
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One who depends upon his own judgment [cf. ǽlc ídel mon liofaþ æfter his ágenum dóme, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 21], used of a certain kind of monks called sarabaitae, monachi qui nulla regula approbati . . . proprio arbitratu vivunt Þridde cyn is muneca

Linked entry: déma

self-willes

(adv.)
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self-willes, adv.
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Sylfwilles sponte, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 234, 19: ultro, Zup. 237, 2. of persons Drihten ðe on róde Selfwilles þrowode, H. R. 17, 21. Ealle hyra unlustas hí sceolon gebétan sylfwylles on ðyssum lífe, oððe unþances æfter ðyssum lífe, Homl.

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seowian

(v.)
Grammar
seowian, seówan, siwian; p. ode; pp. od, ed. id
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Ic siwige sarcio , Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2 ; Zup. 190, 6. Ic sywige (siwige, MS. R.), 28, 3; Zup. 167, 6. Heó siwaþ (seowaþ, MS. U.) illa suit , 15; Zup. 97, 6. Siwaþ (siuieþ, Lind.: siowes, Rush.) assuit , Mk. Skt. 2, 21. Sum sútere siwode (seowode, MS.

Linked entries: siwian supe

ge-héran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-héran, p. de; pp. ed

To hearaudīre

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To hear; audīre Ic ne sceal ǽfre gehéran ðære byrhtestan béman stefne I shall never hear the brightest trumpet's sound, Cd. 216; Th. 275, 14; Sat. 171 : 220; Th. 284, 27; Sat. 328.

ge-nihtsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsumnes, -nyhtsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, -nis, -niss, e; f.

Abundance, plenty, copiousness, sufficiencyabundantia, ūbertas, cōpia

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Genihtsum nys ūbertas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 10, 7. Gemynd genihtsumnesse wynsumnesse ðínre hí bylcettaþ mĕmŏriam abundantiæ suāvĭtātis tuæ eructābunt, Ps. Lamb. 144, 7. On genihtsumnysse míne in abundantia mea, 29, 7: 77, 25.

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsum-nes

steór-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
steór-leás, adj.
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Voc. ii. 31, 16. without regulation, profligate Ðú cýþdest ðæt ðú nestest hwelces endes ǽlc angin wilnode ðá ðú wéndest ðæt steórleáse men and réceleáse wǽron gesǽlige and wealdendas ðisse worulde quis sit rerum finis, ignoras, nequam homines atque nefarios

un-tweólíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweólíce, adv.

undoubtedlyindubitablycertainlywithout feeling doubtwith certainty

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Untwílíce, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 39. Se Sunu is gást and hálig untwýlíce, Homl. Th. i. 282, 30. Untwýlíce ðú líhst, 378, 6.

Linked entries: un-twílíce tweólíce

un-gerisenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gerisenlíce, adv.

In an unsuitable, unseemly or unbecoming mannerwith indignitydishonourablybasely

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Dauid, ðá hé ðone læppan forcorfenne hæfde, suíðe suíðlíce hreówsade ðæt hé him ( Saul ) ǽfre suá ungeriesenlíce (-risen-, Cott. MSS.) geðénigan, sceolde, 28; Swt. 199, 18.

wiccian

(v.)
Grammar
wiccian, p. ode
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To practise witchcraft Gif hwá wiccige ymbe ǽniges mannes lufe, and him on ǽte sylle, oððe on drince, oððe on ǽniges cynnes gealdorcræftum, ðæt hyra lufu for ðon ðe máre beón scyle . . .

be-sorg

Anxiouscareful

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For Anxious, careful, þæs cnihtes sáwle þe mé besorh ys (cf. hé begann tó lufienne þone cniht. 16, 42), Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 1.

bere

barley

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Beras ordea, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 84, 6. Dele first passage, and add

cwalu

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Hé his sunu ásende tó cwale for ús, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 32. Dón tó cwale to put to death, Hml. S. 21, 372. v. morþor-, súsl-cwalu. Add

deriend-lic

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On ǽlcum mónðe beóð ǽfre twégen dagas þá syndon swíðe derigendlíce ǽnigne drenc tó drincanne. On þám óðrum mónðe se teóða dæg is derigendlic, Lch. iii. 152, 1-12. Wé áwurpon þá derigendlican ealdnesse, Hml. Th. i. 194, 25.

eornostlíce

(adv.; con.)
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Sume (conjunctions) sind gecwedene rationales . . . ergo, igitur . . . tulit ergo Dominus hominem eornostlíce Drihten genam þone mann: igitur perfecti sunt caeli eornostlíce heofenas wǽron fulfremedlíce geworhte, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 263, 8-14.

fana

(n.)
Grammar
fana, fanu(-e) ; f.

a flagfane

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MS. has fæarn gitsana ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 311, 2: An. Ox. 56, 397. Fanu cittasana, Lch. iii. 301, col. 2. Fane, Lch. ii. 136, 30. Fone nioþoweard, 350, 24. Fane, iii. 12, 25. Fanu, 58, 20. Fanan, 24, 6. [v. N. E. D. fane (plant-name). Cf. O. L.

Linked entry: fan-byrd

ge-offrian

(v.)
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Add: to sacrifice, immolate Offrunga þǽre ealdan ǽwe wé ná ne geoffriaþ ( immolamus ), An. Ox. 40, 20. Hé funde him ánne ram Gode tó geoffrigenne, Prud. 1 b. Eástrun úre geoffrud ( immolatus ) is, An.

ge-orwénan

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D. 326, 11. to despair of a person (acc.) in respect to some particular (clause) Se cniht wæs georwéned fram þám lǽcum ꝥ hé ǽfre trum wurde a medicis desperatus, Gr.

mǽþ

Grammar
mǽþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Riht dóm ys þár ná mǽþa (personę) ac weorcu beóþ besceá-wude, 3. add: v. mǽþ-leás, -lic. add: v. mǽþ-full On ðǽre sylfan grétinge ǽlc sí gegearcod him mǽð in ipsa salutatione omnis exibiatur humanitas, R. Ben. I. 88, 6

tó-sceádan

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Ox. 207. (2 h) of the function of the conjunction :-- Hé hwílon geþeót óðre dǽlas and hwílon tóscǽt, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 258, 18. add: to utter(?)