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tó-stencedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-stencedness, e; f.
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Cometa, ðonne ætýwþ, ðonne tácnaþ hungor oððe cwealm oððe tóstencednysse ðæs eardes, Anglia viii. 321, 22

Linked entry: stencedness

tweógend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tweógend-líc, adj.
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on tweógendlícan onbide wæs ( quem cunctantem ), hwæðer winnan dorste, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 204, 28. where doubt is caused Is tweógendlíc ðysse worulde wela, Wulfst. 263, 11. Tweógendlícra gewrita Apocryphorum, Hpt. Gl. 522, 48

Linked entry: un-tweógendlíce

un-týd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-týd, adj.

Ignorantuninstructedunskilled

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Ignorant, uninstructed, unskilled Dysig bið se lǽce and untýd ðe wilnaþ ðæt óðerne mon gelácnige, and nát ðæt self bið gewundad improbus et imperitus est medicus, qui alienum mederi appetit, et ipse vulnus, quod patitur, nescit, Past. 48; Swt.

wit

(n.)
Grammar
wit, witt, es; n.

right mindwitswitintelligenceunderstandingthe mind

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Th. 1183; B. 589. the mind Ðeós gítsunc hafaþ gumena gehwelces mód ámerred, ðæt máran ne récð, ac hit on witte weallende byrnð, Met. 8, 45

cwéming

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Ðonne ðæt selflíce gegriépð ðæt mód ðæs recceres, and wilnað ungemetlíce lícigean, ðonne berǽst oft on ungemetlíce cuéminge and bið hwílum tó ungemetlíce sméðe amor proprius, cum rectoris mentem ceperit, aliquando hanc inordinate ad mollitiem rapit

efen-sárig

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Substitute: feeling compassion or pity Þá þá geseah his fóstormóder wépan wæs sóna hire sáre efensárig ( ejus dolori compassus ), Gr.

metsian

(v.)
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Add Ǽghwilc hine sylfne metsode swá swá mihte oþþe wolde; sum him mid bær þæs líchaman genihtsumnysse, sum þǽra palmtreówa æppla, sum beána mid wætere ofgotene each provisioned himself as he could or would; one carried with him a sufficiency for the

hogu

(n.)
Grammar
hogu, e; f.

Care, anxiety, solicitude

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næfþ nán andgit ne hoga embe Godes beboda he hath no understanding nor cares about God's commandments, 132, 13

Linked entry: heort-hogu

ge-streón

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Þ of his yldrena gestreóne hine sylfne fercian móte. Hml. S. 23, 597. æfter him tó eallum his gestreónum féng haereditalem ejus adsumsit, Ors. 5, 13; S. 244, 23. <b>IV a.

ealla

(n.)
Grammar
ealla, an; m.

Gall, bile fel

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H.] togotennysse for effusion of the bile, Herb. 146, 2; Lchdm. i. 270, 4: 141, 2; Lchdm. i. 262, 12

toweht

(n.)
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Calatum is explained in Du Cange by lignum piscatorum seu piscama e lignis con-fecta, a meaning which seems not to belong to the word here). Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 17: ii. 16, 35

ge-grápian

(v.)
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Add: to lay hold of with the hand; to reach Seó clǽne beó oft wíde and síde blósman gegrét . . . and hig grimme windas gemétað, and þá wreccan geswencað, ꝥ heó earfoðlíce cýððe gegrápað ( that hardly can she reach home ), Angl. viii. 324, 15.

ge-sweðerian

(v.)
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Take here ge-swiðrian in Dict., and add ꝥ fullfremede mód geswyðrode (-swiðrade, v. l. ) ymbe hine fram þǽre heánnesse þára oferhygda erga ilium ilia mens effera ab elationis fastu detumuit, Gr. D. 188, 3.

handlian

(v.)
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Add: to touch with the hands Sé ðe handlað wífhádes mannes líc, Hex. 50, 11. Handla contrecla, i. palpa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 35. Handlian contrectare (mea membra ), An.

hornnaap

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Could naap (= náp) be p. t. of nípan, used here figuratively of mental gloom? Further could horn = orn (ran) ? ; and could two quite different glosses have been suggested for the same Latin word, because the glosser was uncertain whether to connectt]

wyrms

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Heó ne mihte bedýglian ꝥ weaxende wyrms (wyrmsi, v.l.) and wídl (increscentem saniem), Gr. D. 157, 10.

ge-andswarian

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

To answerrespondēre

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To answer; respondēre Ðá ne geandswarode he hyre qui non respondit ei verbum, Mt. Bos. 15, 23

hysping

(n.)
Grammar
hysping, e ; f.

Reproachrevilingcontumely

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Reproach, reviling, contumely Siððan his hyspinge gehéred hæfde acceptaque contumelia, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 35

íð-dǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
íð-dǽde, adj.

Easy to do

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Easy to do Hit wæs Gode ýðdǽde, ðá hit swá gedón habban wolde, Wulfst. 15, 18

óþ-sceacan

(v.)
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to run away, escape Gif óþsceóce (-seoce, MS. ), L. Ath. v. 6; Th. i. 234, 11

Linked entry: óþ-seóce