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un-gesceád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesceád, adj.

Indiscreetunreasonableirrational

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Indiscreet, unreasonable, irrational Hwá is manna tó ðam ungesceád and ungewittig, ðæt ðæm cyninge his áre ætrecce for ðí ðe his geréfa forwyrht biþ? Lchdm. iii. 444, 7

un-geþeahtendlíce

(adv.)
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un-geþeahtendlíce, adv.

Inconsideratelyunadvisedly

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Inconsiderately, unadvisedly Nalæs sóna and ungeþeahtendlíce ðám gerýnum onfón wolde ðæs Cristenan geleáfan non statim et inconsulte sacramenta fidei Christianae percipere voluit, Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 6

á-birgan

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ábyrgde ðá forbodenan fictreówes blǽda, Sal. K. 182, 34

Linked entry: a-byrgan

á-scíran

(v.)
Grammar
á-scíran, p. de
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H. 109, 36. fig. Þæt hálige godspel ne áscýrde gefreatwode wǽron, Hml. Th. i. 298, 33

Linked entry: scíran

derung

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Swilce nǽfre náne derunge (-inge, v. l., laesionem) his líchaman ne þolode, Gr. D. 82, 33. Swylce hit fleónde wǽre þæs Godes weres deringe ( laesionem ), 214, 1. Add

eáster-fæsten

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Add: Ercenbriht . . . ǽrost Engliscra ciningagesette Eástorfeasten (Eásterfæsten, v. l. ) (cf. bebeád þæt feówertiglice fæsten ǽr Eástrum, Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 219, 20), Chr. 639; P. 27, 19

frécnian

(v.)
Grammar
frécnian, p. ode
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To endanger, imperil On his heortan unhǽlo cymð, and bið frǽcnoð, E.S. 39, 328. Moni wíf sweltað and scíp beóð frécnode and ciningas forwearðað, Lch. iii. 164, 1

for-mogian

(v.)
Grammar
for-mogian, p. ode

To decay

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To decay Sume cwǽdon ꝥ se líchama þe ǽne bið formogod and tó dúste gewend and wíde tósáwon, ꝥ nǽfre eft tógædre ne cóme, Hml. S. 23, 375

Linked entry: mogian

ge-drehtness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drehtness, e; f.
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Affliction, contrition on swá micelre þrǽstnesse (gedrehtnessum, v. l.) and forhæfednesse módes and líchaman áheardode in tanta mentis et corporis coniritione duravit, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 615, 3

Linked entry: -drehtness

ge-fleógan

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His gást sceolde gefleógan tó heofena heáhnysse, Shrn. 112, ii. Se earn on ðám ófre gesæt, mid fisce geflogen, þone ðǽrrihte geféng, Hml. Th. ii. 140, 3. Add

hrif-wund

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For passage substitute Gyf mon rifwund (on hrife wund, gewundod v. ll.) bið . . . gif ðurhwund bið si quis in ilibus uulneretur . . . si transforatus sit, Ll. Lbmn. 82, 23

missenlíce

(adv.)
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gumena cynnes manige missenlíce (under various conditions ? ) men of deáðe áwehte, An. 583. Add

of-hyrian

(v.)
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to imitate Ic seó in þám forðgelǽddan wætere of þám stáne ꝥ ofhyrede (on-, v. l.) Móysen in aqua ex petra producta Moysen video, Gr. D. 120, 14

Linked entry: hyrian

on-setl

(n.)
Grammar
on-setl, es; n.
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Cf. setl; þæt hors mid his onsetle him sylfum tô æ̂hte æ̂r gehâlgode equum juri suo sedendo dedicaverat Gr. D. 183, 16. Cf. on-sǽte

wróht-bora

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wróht-bora, <b>. I.</b>
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mid þý geweorðe úre wrégend and wróhtbora (-bera, v.l. accusalor) beforan þám dóme pæs écan déman, Gr. D. 221, 13. Wróhtborena excussorum, Ps. Rdr. 126, 4. Add

rów

(adj.)
Grammar
rów, adj.

Quiet, calm, mild

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Quiet, calm, mild Se cleweþa (itch ) biþ suíðe rów, and ðeáhhwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ, Past. 11, 6; Swt. 71, 19

hám-weorþung

(n.)
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hám-weorþung, e; f.

Honour or ornament to the house or home

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Honour or ornament to the house or home Eofore forgeaf ángan dóhtor hámweorþunge he gave Eofor his only daughter, an ornament of his home, Beo. Th. 5988; B. 2998

rihtend

(n.)
Grammar
rihtend, es; m.

A ruler

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gehýreþ cyning mæðlan, rodera ryhtend sprecan, Exon. Th. 50, 10; Cri. 798

Dún-stán

(n.)
Grammar
Dún-stán, es; m.

Dunstan Dunstānus

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Dunstan; Dunstānus Hér S. Dúnstán wearþ geboren in this year [A. D. 925] St. Dunstan was born, Chr. 925; Th. 199, 4, col. 3. Hér Eádmund cing betǽhte Glæstinga beri S. Dúnstáne, ðár he siððan ǽrest abbod wearþ in this year [A.

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, &#39;the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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Þolige heáfdes let him lose his head, L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 13. His heáfdes segl his head&#39;s sun [the eye], Andr. Kmbl. 100; An. 50.