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unriht-gítsung

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-gítsung, e; f.

Greedcovetousness

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Hé woruldsǽlþa ðé onlǽnde æfter his bebodum tó brúcanne, nallas ðínre unrihtgítsunga gewill tó fulfremmanne, Bt. 7, 5; Fox 24, 10. Ðæt wé gescildan ús wiþ ða eahta heáhsynna ... ðæt is morþor and stala, máne áþas and unrihtgítsunge..., Engl.

un-leás

(adj.)
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un-leás, adj.

Not falsetrue

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Gelýf hys hálgum, for ðam hí wéron swíðe unleáse gewitan, Shrn. 199, 24. Unleásra manna sægena, 195, 29. Hweðer ðé ðince Honorius wísra oððe unleásera ðonne Crist, 196, 27. Wísran and unleáseran ðegnas, 197, 8

Linked entry: leás

be-swincan

to labour at

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Add: to labour for Laboratores synd þá þe úrne bigleofan beswincað, Hml. S. 25, 815. Nim þín gold, þe lǽs þe hit þé losige ꝥ þú lange beswunce, 12, 219. to labour at, perform with labour Beswanc desudat, An. Ox. 8, 257.

be-nemnan

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Heregýð hafað ðás wísan binemned Heregyth makes the fol-lowing dispositions by her will, Cht. Th. 473, 22. Ðet hié ðiss gelǽsten ðe on ðissem gewrite binemned is, 474, 3

broþ

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Ǽlc broþ is tó forgánne, for þon þe hit biþ þindeude, Lch. ii. 210, 21. Gif mon sýþ gárleác on henne broþe, 276, 16. Haran lifer gesoden . . . mid þám broþe ðá eágan tó beþianne, i. 346, 19. Selle drincan mintan broð oþþe moran, 62, 5.

cyre-líf

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For 'A choice . . . eligunt' substitute: the condition of life which allows a person to choose his lord, the state of dependence on a lord whom a person has chosen Gehicgon hig eác ꝥ hig gehealdon heora clǽnnysse, oððe beón geférlǽhte þǽre gefæstnuncge

freógan

(v.)
Grammar
freógan, to free.
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Þys sint þára manna naman ðe man freóde for Ordgár ðá hé læg on ádle, Cht. E. 255, 7. Mon þá þeówas freóde, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 16.

ge-trahtnian

(v.)
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., and add Manega men wénað ꝥ þes middaneard scule standan on six þúsend wintrum, for ðan þe God gescóp ealle þing binnan six dagum; ac þaet getæl wíse witan on óðre wísan getrahtnedon, Wlfst. 244, 4.

hád-bryce

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hád-bryce, Dele ' a violation of holy orders'.
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For Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 148 substitute Þurh hádbrycas, Wlfst. 164, 4: 130, 4

hæfen-leás

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For yrmþe hæfenleásra (inopum), ii. 6. Helpað earmum and hæfenleásum, Wlfst. 48, 23. as adjective Þá þe unríce synd and hæfenleáse (hafen-, v. l.) þearfan pauperiores, R. Ben. 105, 8. Áspende hé his feoh on ælmyssum hafenleásum mannum. Hml.

Linked entry: hafen-leás

ríca

(n.)
Grammar
ríca, an; m.

A powerful personruler

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Ðonne gesihst ðú ða unrihtwísan cyningas and ða ofermódan rícan bión swíðe unmihtige, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 27

sand-beorh

(n.)

a sand-kill, sand-tank

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Se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian ne sceall hé hit nó settan up on ðone héhstan cnol and eft se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian ne sette hé hit on sondbeorhas quisquis volet perennem caucus ponere sedem, montis cacumen alti, bibulas vitet arenas, Bt. 12; Fox 36

ofer-sceáwian

(v.)

to overlook, superintend

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[Episcopus . . . is on Englisc scawere, for he is iset to þon þet he scal ouerscawian mid his ȝeme þa lewedan, O. E. Homl. i. 117, 7.]

smicere

(adv.)
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smicere, adv.

Finely, fairly, elegantly

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Fox 150; Men. 76. Ðonne singþ hé smælor and smicror minutas ac tenues voces format Past. 63; Swt. 461, 3

trahtnung

(n.)
Grammar
trahtnung, e; f.

Expositionexplanationcomment

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Exposition, explanation, comment Uton nú fón on ðæs godspelles trahtnunge ðǽr wé hit forléton let its resume the exposition of the gospel, where we left it, Homl. Th. i. 114, 35: ii. 72, 22.

áwríþan

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áwríþan, Add: I
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Gif þú geótendǽdre ne mæge áwríþan . . . lege on þá ǽdre ꝥ dust and áwríð swíþe, 148, 12-19. for awríðe, l. áwriðe,and add Áwriþe (or -wríþe ?) solueret [altered from soluat], Bl. Gl

neoþe-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
neoþe-, nioþo-, niþe-weard; adj.

Lowsituated beneathbottom of

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Low, situated beneath, bottom of (the noun with which the adjective agrees) Niþeweard fót planta; hóh niþeweard calx, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 73, 75. Is se hals gréne nioþoweard and ufeweard, Exon. Th. 218, 23; Ph. 299.

hring

(n.)
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Occurs four times, in poems by the same author Ðá cwom wópes hring þurh ðæs beornes breóst blát út faran weóll waðuman stream, Andr. Kmbl. 2558; An. 1281. Ðá wæs wópes hring hát heáfodwylm ofer hleór goten nalles for torne teáras feóllon, Elen.

Linked entry: wóp

set

(n.)
Grammar
set, es; n.
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Fox 221; Men. 112.

Linked entries: seotu set-gang siota

hátian

(v.)
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., cf. hát; I Mín gást mé hátað spiritus meus aestuat Först. Verc. 137, 10. Þá ongan he hátian on his geþance aestuare coepit in cogitatione, Gr. D. 64, 2.