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líc-tún

(n.)
Grammar
líc-tún, es; m.

a grave-yardcemetery

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nǽfre binnan nánum gehálgodum líctúne ne licge let him never lie in a consecrated graveyard, L. Ath. i. 25; Th. i. 212, 20: L. C. E. 22; Th. i. 372 35

ge-wítnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wítnian, p. ode; pp. od

To punishchastise

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To punish, chastise Se ðe mihte hine sóna on helle gewítnian he that could at once punish him in hell, Blickl. Homl. 33, 30: Homl. Th. ii. 124, 22. Ic gewítnige punio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 57. Hwí wurdon ða synfullan mid wætere gewítnode?

þrym-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þrym-líc, adj.

Magnificentsplendidglorious

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Swá ús mǽrlícor gifeþ, swá wé him mǽrlícor þancian scylon; swá þrymlícre ár, swá máre eádmódnes, Wulfst. 261, 21.

án-wille

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Swá ánwille þæt him leófre bið þæt lybbe ǽfre be his ágenum dihte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 7: Prov. K. 8. Ánwille pervicaci, Germ. 393, 63. þzt yfel þe yfelum mannum becymð for heora ánwillan yfelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 538, 24.

eald-wita

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Manige úre ealdwitan wǽron clǽnsiende ꝥ eáge heora módes multi nostrorum mentis oculum mundantes, Gr. D. 272, 1

eardung-stów

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Uton gebeorgan ús wið swilce eardungstówe ( hell ), Wlfst. 141, 27: 147, 10. Eardungstówe tabernaculum, Ps. L. 18, 6. him sylfum þár ( Canterbury ) eardungstówe sette and his æfterfiligendum eallan, Chr. 995; P. 128, 39.

fore-gísel

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Hié him þǽr foregíslas saldon, swá fela swá habban wolde, and micle áþas swóron, and þá gódne friþ heóldon, 877; P. 74, 20.

Linked entry: gísel

ge-scildnes

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him þone rén tó gescildnesse onsende, Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 30. His sáwle to gescyldnesse, Chr. 959 ; P. 115, 16. Add

gorettan

(v.)
Grammar
gorettan, p. te.
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To stare about. of persons, to let the eyes rove Ðæt hine lǽrð se deófol, þæt stande and gorette and lócige underbæc út; þæt bið gymeleás gebed, Wlfst. 234, 18. of the eyes or looking, to rove Þǽr ( in hell ) wépað ðá eágan þe nú ðurh unálýfedlice

Linked entry: gorian

blódig

(adj.)
Grammar
blódig, def. se blódiga, seó, ðæt blódige; adj.

BLOODYsanguineus, cruentus

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He byreþ blódig wæl he will bear off my bloody corpse, Beo. Th. 900; B. 448. He his mǽg ofscét blódigan gáre he shot his kinsman with a bloody arrow, 4872; B. 2440.

un-gewiss

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, adj.

Uncertainnot having knowledgeignorantnot knownof which there is not certain knowledgenot conveying certain knowledgeignominious

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Voc. ii. 48, 17. of persons, not having knowledge, ignorant Gif hit nát, hwelce gesǽlþa hæfþ æt ðam welan, gif biþ swá dysig and swá ungewiss ðæt ðæt witan ne mæg si nescit, quaenam beata sors esse potest ignorantiae caecitate?

æt-íwan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-íwan, æt-íwian (-eáw-, -eów-, -éw-, -iéw-, -ýw-. In Ps. L. 16, 15 a dis-tinction between the mutated and not mutated forms seems to be made, the former being transitive (cf.
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Hér atéwoden twégen cometan, Chr. 729 ; P. 45, l. with complementary adjective Eall ðá hrægel swá hwít and swá níwe ætýwdon, swá ðý ylcan dæge mid gegearwod wáre, Bd. 4, 30 ; S. 608, 41. Cf. oþ-íwan

Linked entry: æt-eáwan

losian

(v.)
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beorna reáf manige méteð, þǽr hit mannum losað invenit spolia multa. Ps. Th. 118, 162. Eall heora ǽhta losodon, Hml. S. 30, 151.

neowol

(adj.)
Grammar
neowol, nifol, nihol, nihold, neól, niwol; adj.

proneprostratedeep downlowprofound

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Th. 2826; B.1411; Niþer under næssas, neóle grundas (hell ), Exon. Th. 136, 3; Gú. 535

þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
þrymm, es; m.

a hostgreat body of peoplea forcemultitudea great body of waterforcepowermightglorymajestymagnificencegreatnessgrandeur

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Eác wé gelýfaþ ðæt Drihten sylf hire tógeánes cóme all the heavenly host would rejoice at her advent. We believe, too, that the Lord himself would come to meet her, Homl. Th. i. 442, 13.

Linked entry: þrym

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, to mark, <b>mearcian</b> to fix bounds. [These may be taken together; cf. mearc.]
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Hí mearcodon mid ðæs lambes blóde on heora gedyrum Tau, Hml. Th. ii. 266, 7. sylf on þám gewrite róde tácen mearcige signum faciat, R. Ben. 101, 6. Tácna on sǽlicum þá þá mearcode strandum signa in glarigeris cum sulcaret litoribus, An.

ge-féra

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M. 19, l: 31. 2— gegæderaþ frínd and geféran ꝥ hié getreówlíce heora sibbe and heora freóndrǽdenne healdaþ hic fidis sua dictat jura sodalibus, Bt. 21; F. 74, 38. an associate in work, partner, assistant Hæfst þu (the ploughman) ǽnigne geféran (socium

missen-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
missen-, misen-, missend-líc; adj.

Dissimilardifferentdiversevariousdivers

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B.) leahtras, Herb. tit. 165, 3; Lchdm. i. 62, 8. Missendlíce cynno diversitatem gentium, Rtl. 32, 1. gedǽleþ missenlíce ( or adv.? ) leoþocræftas londbúendum, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 4; Crä. 28. ús syleþ missenlícu mód. 89 a; Th. 334, 8; Gn.

ge-brengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brengan, p. -brohte, pl. -brohton; pp. -broht; v. trans, [ge-, brengan to bring]

To bringleadproducebearferredūcĕreprodūcĕre

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To bring, lead, produce, bear; ferre, dūcĕre, prodūcĕre He wénþ ðæt ðone mon ǽr mǽge gebrengan on fǽrwyrde that he thinks may bring the man earlier to a terrible fate, Past. 62; Swt. 457, 11; Hat. MS: Salm. Kmbl. MS. A. 176; Sal. 87: 296; Sal. 147.

Linked entries: ge-bringan ge-broht

ge-gearwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gearwian, -gearwigean; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ad

To preparemake readyprovide withendue

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Gegearwode he ðǽm éce forwyrde he prepared for them eternal perdition, 159, 19 : 233, 33. Gegearewadest, Ps. Th. 64, 10. Gegearwiga we paremus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 12.

Linked entries: ge-earwian earu