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un-forbærned

(adj.)
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un-forbærned, adj.

Unburntnot burnt upnot consumed by fire

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Unburnt, not burnt up, not consumed by fire Ðær is ðeáw, ðonne ðǽr bið man deád, ðæt hé líð inne unforbærned mid his mágum and freóndum mónad,... hwílum healf geár ðæt hí beóð unforbærned, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 19-24.

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á-heáwan

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Ðá ðornas beóð áheáwene. Past. 411, 17. Add

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andgit-full

(adj.)
Grammar
andgit-full, (-get-).
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Ben. 116, 12. Þá andgytfullan capaces, 11, 15. Andgytfulle sensatos, i. prudentes, Scint. 105, 12. Add

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býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
býtlian, l. bytlian,
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Ben. 4, 12. Man bytlode áne gebytla, Hml. Th. ii. 354, 32. 'Ðá synfullan bytledon uppe on mínum hrycge.' Hé sárette ðætte hié sceoldon bytlan , Past. 153, 9. Hét Harold bytlian on Brytlande, Chr. 1065; P. 190, 26.

dæg-wist

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-wist, e; f.
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Ben. 102, 22. Cf. dæg-mete

elcora

(adv.)
Grammar
elcora, elcra; adv.
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Ben. 113, 12

fégan

to joinconnectto compose

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Wé ceorfað treówu on holte ðæt wé hí úp árǽren on ðǽm botle . . . swá swá hí swíður ádrýgde beóð on eorðan, swá hí mon mæg orsorglícor úp fégean, Past. 445, 3.

foreþanclíce

(adv.)

carefully

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Ben. 15, 18. Hé wærlíce and forðonclíce háwode caute ac sollicite attendit, Gr. D. 203, 17. Add:

gegaf-sprǽc

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gegaf-sprǽc, buffoonery.
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Ben. 22, 4. Add

ge-stæððignes

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Ben. 126, 17. Mid gestæbþig-nesse clypian cum gravitate loqui, 30, 13. Gehwylc tó ðám Godes weorce efste — þæt þonne sý mid mycelre gestæþðignesse, 47, 14: 67, 15. Mid gestæþignesse and nó mid higeleáste, 68, 2

hálettan

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Ic, Béda, Crístes ðeów and mæssepreóst, sende grétan þone leófastan cyning and hálettan Ceólwulf gloriosissimo regi Ceoluulfo Baeda famulus Christi et Presbyter, Bd. praef.; Sch. 1. 3

hleápere

a landleapervagranta horse-man

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Ben. 135, 20. one who mounts a horse, a horse-man, Similar entries v. hleápan ; II a Hleáperas (-es, MS.), rǽdehere, cerethi An. Ox. 775.

riht-raciend

(n.)
Grammar
riht-raciend, es; m.
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Manige men . . . beóð gelǽdede tó ánum dóme þurh gesceád þæs rihtraciendes Salomonis liber Ecclesiastes appellatus est. Ecclesiastes proprie concionator dicitur. In concione vero sententia promitur. . .

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snóca

(n.)
Grammar
snóca, an; m.

A bend, bay forestum, nomine

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A bend, bay (?) Of ðære díc on færscmærus westsnócan; of ðam snócan on fúlan mære eástweardnæ from the dike to the western bay of fresh mere; from the bay to the east side of the foul mere Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 344, 33.

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Myccle swíðor wé sceolan þencan be ðǽm gástlícum þingum ðonne ðǽm líchomlícum, Blickl. Homl. 57, 13. Be ðan morgendæge þencean de crastino cogitare, 213, 23. Onginnaþ ymb ða fyrde þencean, Cd. Th. 26, 18; Gen. 408.

faru

goingpassingsailinga journeyvoyagean expeditionproceedingscoursepathprocedurethe trainthe troopsthe followersthe attendantscarriage

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Micel is þeós menigeo, mægenwísa trum, sé þás fare lǽdeð, Exod. 554. of action or conduct. of persons, proceedings, course of life, path Hí wítegodon be þám Hǽlende and heora béc setton be ealre his fare, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 33.

freónd-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
freónd-leás, adj.

FRIENDLESSabsque amīcis

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Be freóndleásan of the friendless, L. C. S. 35; Th. i. 396, 22, 26

healfunga

(adv.)
Grammar
healfunga, adv.

By halves, partially, imperfectly

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Hit is nyttre ðæt hit mon healfunga sprece it is better that it should be said in part only, Past. 31; Swt. 207, 7: 32; Swt. 209, 22. Gif wé healfunga and be summm dǽle heora gódan weorc secgeaþ si quædam illorum bona ex latere requiramus, 211, 16

ge-helpan

(v.)
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Ox, 4123. to benefit, do good to, be of use or service to. the object a person Ne ðeacute; nán scíncræft ne gehelppe tó;geánes ðisum Godes dóme, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 26. Hié ðára diégelnesse bet trúwigen ðonne ðǽre hú hié óðerra monna mǽst gehelpen.

cús

(n.)

of a cow

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of a cow Cús eáge biþ scillinges weorþ a cow's eye shall be worth a shilling, L. In. 59; Th. i. 140, 4 ; gen. of cú