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þingung

(n.)
Grammar
þingung, e; f.
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Ðǽr nǽnige þingunga ne beóþ, Blickl. Homl. 95, 30. Wé biddaþ þingunga æt hálgum mannum, Homl. Th. i. 174, 9. Mid hira ðingengum, Past. 10; Swt. 63, 15. Þurh bisceopes þingunga ex episcopi interventu, L. Ecg.

un-gerisene

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerisene, es; n., or un-gerisenu; indecl. f.

inconveniencedisagreeablenessunseemlinessindignitydisgrace

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Him is leófre ðæt hé leóge ðonne him mon ǽnigra ungerisna tó wéne eligit falsa de se jactari, ne mala possit vel minima perpeti, Past. 33; Swt. 217, 16.

un-wil

(n.)
Grammar
un-wil, un-will, es; n.

Absence of good willdislikedespiterepugnancereluctanceagainst one's willnot willinglywithout one's consentwithout intentioninvoluntarily

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Unwilles wé magon forleósan ða hwílwendlícan gód, ac wé ne forleósaþ nǽfre unwilles ða écan gód, Homl. Th. i. 576, 7-9: Hexam. 17; Norm. 26, 3. Gif ðú mé unwilles gewemman dést, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 90.

wítnung

(n.)
Grammar
wítnung, e; f.

Punishmenttormentpain

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Swerie hé (a criminal who has been punished) ðæt hé ǽfre wítnunge ne wrece, L. Eth. vii. 17; Th. i. 332, 22. Áwend nú fram mé ðíne wítnunga (plagas tuas), Ps. Th. 38, 11

brád

(adj.)

broadopenspaciousflat

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Innewerdre (printed -ne) handa brádnæ hláf a loaf as big as the flat of the hand. Lch. i. 404, 6. of the hand, open Similar entries (v. brádlinga) Brád hand palma, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 14. Wé hors ðacciað and stráciað mid brádre handa, Past. 303, 11.

Linked entry: brádlinga

brengan

Grammar
brengan, brengean.
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Ne brengende uæstem . . . sé de brengeð ꝥ uæstm . . . ꝥte ꝥ uæstem brenge, Jn. L. 15, 2. Him swelcra má brengan, Past. 9, 14. Tó brenganne. Mt. p. 14, 13. Forð brengende, Kent. Gl. 152. Hit bið bróht (beorht, v. l.) tó lácum, Past. 216, 24.

eahtian

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs hié eahtigen óðerra monna dǽda (cf. that hi ahtóie óðres mannes saka, endi haƀad im selƀo mér firinwerkó gefrumid, Hél. 1716), and forgieten hié selfe ne insequentes aliorum facta se deserant, 371, 3.

earm-lic

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Add: miserable. attended with misery Ne wénaþ hí nó ꝥ ꝥ gód wyrd sié, ac wénaþ ꝥ hió sié swíþe earmlico ( populus judicat esse miserrimam ), Bt. 40, 2; F. 236, 27. Bið earmlic gedál líces and sáwle, Wlfst. 187, 15.

earn

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Se earn úp gewít bufan þá wolcnu styrmendum wederum, ꝥ him þá stormas derian ne mahan, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 4. Þæs earnes gelícnys belimpð tó Jóhanne, for ðan þe se earn flýhð ealra fugela ufemest, and mæg starian on þǽre sunnan leóman, Hml.

fót-lǽst

(n.)
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Fótlǽste, 508, 11. where movement is spoken of, a step Hig ne myhton hig þá git ánne fótlást furður áteón, Shrn. 154, 30.

ge-þyncan

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Add: to seem, appear Him ǽr geþúhte þæt him nán sǽ wiþhabban ne mehte, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 12. Him rǽdlecre geþuhte ꝥ hé frið genǽme, 3, 1; S. 96, 15. ¶ geþúht béon, wesan videri. where the subject of the verb is given and a complementary adj.

gráf

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.] :-- Ic ongyte þæt þá worlde lustas ne sint eallunga áwyrtwalode of ðínum móde, þeáh se gráf gerýd sí (v. ge-ryd), Solil. H. 39, 5. Tó gráfes owisce, C. D. iii. 388, 24. Be Tátan gráfes wurtwale, 405, 29.

hoh-full

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Ne beó ðú hohful, lá wíf, þín sunu leofað, 152, 19. Hé ðá swíðe hohful wearð and feól tó his fótum flówendum teárum (cf. provolutus ejus pedibus fusis cum gemitu lacrimis. Vit. Cuth. c. 28), Hml. Th. ii. 152, 10.

on-tendan

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S. 25, 416. to set on fire what is to give light, light a candle, lamp, &c, Lch. iii. 286, 6 (in Dict.). (2a) of the illumination of the moon by the sun Gyf se môna æfter sunnan setlunge ontend byð. . . ne byð hê nîwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266,

sceatt

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Ne sceall nán Godes þegn for sceattum riht déman, ac healdan þone dóm búton lyðrum sceattum tó rihte, Hml. S. 19, 244. Scethas (= scettas) curunnas (cf. corban, Mk. 7, 11), Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 52

seofon

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Ne secge ic þé oð seofon (seofun, R., seofo. L.) síðas, ac oð seofon hundseofontigon síðon, Mt. 18, 22. (1 a) in combination with decades :-- Twá hundredum and seofon and sixtigum fíftýne geáres getel, An. Ox. 3036.

wyrd

Grammar
wyrd, <b>. IV</b> 2.
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Add Hit ne mæg áberan þá byrðene swá mycelre wyrde ferre talenti pondus non valet, Gr. D. 228, l. a. Add Hé nerede hý of wyrde heora eripuit eos de interitu eorum, Ps. Rdr. 106, 20

be

Grammar
be, <b>. A. 11 b.</b>
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Th. ii. 306, 29. (15) add :-- Gif hé ne geswice be þám si neque sic correxerit, Chrd. 41, 36. (18) add :-- Hé be heora gange hí gecneów, Hml.

Linked entry: bi-wrítan

scearpness

(n.)
Grammar
scearpness, e; f.

Sharpnessroughnessacidity, pungencyefficacy

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Wæs hé náwiht hefig . . . ne hé cnihtlíce gálnysse næs begangende . . . ac on his scearpnysse hé weóx, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 13-20. roughness of surface Ealle wóhnyssa beóþ gerihte and scearpnyssa gesméðode, Homl. Th. i. 360, 34.

Linked entry: scearp

wǽr-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽr-fæst, adj.

Faithful,

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Ne lǽt ðú (Abraham) ðé ðín mód ásealcan, wǽrfæst willan mínes, (faithful in observing my will) 130, 31; Gen. 2168. Wǽrfæstne rinc ( Abel ), 62, 9; Gen. 1011. Wǽrfæstne hæleð ( St. Andrew ), Andr. Kmbl. 2548; An. 1275.