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strangung

(n.)
Grammar
strangung, e; f.
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Ðæt lyft gesceóp tó úres lífes strangunge, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 17. vigor Helias lyfaþ git on líchaman mid langsumre strangunge. Homl. Skt. i. 18, 275. v. ge-strangung; strangian

under-feng

(n.)
Grammar
under-feng, es; m.

Undertakingacceptance

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Undertaking, acceptance Ðýlæs for ðý underfenge (the undertaking the office of teacher) his eáðmódnesse forlǽte, oððe eft his líf sié ungelíc his ðénunga, oððe tó ðríste and tó stíð sié for ðý underfenge his láreówdómes ne aut humilitas accessum

un-girwan

(v.)
Grammar
un-girwan, -girian; p. -girwde, -girede

To stripdivest

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To strip, divest gewlitegaþ and gegeraþ æalle gesceafta and æft ungewliteaþ and ungeraþ, Shrn. 198, 13. Gúðlác hine sylfne ungyrede, Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 16. hine ungyrede ðæs godcundan mægenþrymmes, Blickl. Homl. 103, 2.

weorold-sorh

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sorh, gen. -sorge; f.
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Bæd heó ðæt heó móste weoruldsorge and gýmenne forlǽtan postulans ut saeculi euros relinquere permitteretur, Bd. 4. 19 ; S. 587, 38

á-clǽnsian

(v.)
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Add: to cleanse an object from impurity mid hys worde hreóflan áclǽnsode, Hml. A. 152, 45. Ðá deádan árǽran and áclǽnsian ðá hreóflian, Hml. S. 16, 145. Horwum áfeormad, þearle áclǽnsad sordibus ablutus, Dom. L. 157.

á-gíta

Grammar
á-gíta, -giéta.
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MS.) his góda and wilnað mid ðý geearnian ðone hlísan ðæt sié rúmgiful saepe se effusio sub appellatione largitatis occultat , Past. 148, 6.

Linked entries: á-giéta gítav

bisene

(adj.)
Grammar
bisene, adj.

Blind

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Blind On þǽre tíde wæs bysne (bysene, v. l.); þá sealde Drihten him gesyhðe, Gr. D. 275, 3. He áwrít róde tácen ofer þæs bysenan (blindan, v. l. ) mannes eágan, and seó nine þǽre blindnysse gewát fram hám eágum, 77, 28.

corn

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Add: a grain Þǽre lenticula, ꝥ syndon pysan, heó on hire múð sende þreóra corna gewyrde, Hml. S. 236, 716. Hwá gemenigfylt þæt gerip of feáwum cornum, Hml. Th. i. 184, 32. corn Beren gebered corn tipsana, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 27.

eardung-hús

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hús wæs geworden geleáffullra manna eardunghús ( habitaculum ), Gr. D. 185, 16. Of ðǽm eardunghúse his de habitaculo suo, Ps. Srt. 32, 14: ii. p. 188, 29. funde áne wéste stówe, in þǽre him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardunghús, Gr.

for-cúþlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-cúþlic, adj.

infamousignominiousignobledespicabledisgracefulworthlesspoorbad

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infamous, ignominious, ignoble, despicable, disgraceful Forcúðlic hit bið ꝥ cyning beó unrihtwís, Hml. S. 13, 124. cwæþ ꝥ him forcúþlic þúhte, ꝥ se án Iudéisca hine forsáwe, Hml. A. 98, 196. Forcúþlic absurdum, An.

Linked entry: cúþ-lic

fricca

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Sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, onféhð friccan (fryccean, v.l.) scíre and foreryneles ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeaí hira færelt . . .

ge-spanan

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Voc. ii. 45, 15. in a good sense Ðæt ðá medwiisan tó máran angienne mid ðǽre líðelican bisnunga gespóne quatenus hebetes ad majora conscendere imitatio blanda suaderet, Past. 205, 18. in a bad or an indifferent sense gespeón him tó ealle Kentingas

méd

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Funde se his arcedeácon æt þám cnihte þe wæs þæs biscopes byrele mid médum (praemiis) ꝥ þone geættredan drync him tó bær, Gr. D. 186, 22. ¶ tó médes as reward :-- Gyfe him Críst heofona ríce tó médes, C. D. iv. 171, 21 : Hml. S. 12, 139.

réceleáslíce

(adv.)
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Swá hwilc man swá Godes weorc clǽnlíce and behogodlíce wirceð, bið écelíce gehealden. Sé þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, bið áwyrged intó helle, Hml. A. 168, 121. Add

seax

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Ðá gesæt (Cuthbert) æt mýsan, micclum onbryrd beseah tó heofonum, and his sex áwearp (cultellus quem tenebat decidit in mensam, Vit. Cuth. c. 34), Hml. Th. ii. 150, 23. v. ǽder-, græf-, mete-, wíngeard-, writ-seax

stalu

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Add Gehwylce wyrte, þe ǽr mid stale (furto) gewilnode, him sealde, Gr. D. 25, 16. <b>I a.</b> a particular instance of theft :-- Gyf ðú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wite oððe gewita wǽre, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 24.

stíþlíce

(adv.)
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Add Hefelícor steóre ł stýðlícor stíre sí underþeód districtiori discipline subdatur, R. Ben. I. 65, 4. Búton hit hér ǽr his ænde ðe stíðelícor gebéte, C. D. iv. 248, 30

þeówan

(v.)
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to press. [ passages here might be taken to next word, q. v. ] Add Þá scóc án oxa his heafod, and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 786. add stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539.

rúm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-líc, adj.

gracious, liberal, benignliberal, abundant, plentiful

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Se ðe mid fódan ðære upplícan lufe biþ gefylled, biþ swilce sý mid rúmlícum mettum gemæst, Homl. Th. i. 522, 32.. Similar entries v. next word (rúmlíce)

æf-weard

absens

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ðá word ðára æfweardra swá geara wiste swá ðára andweardra, Guth. 70, 4: Gr. D. 311, 1. sægde ðá æfweardan þing andweardum mannum praesentibus absentia nuntiare coepit, 126, 11: Guth. 86, 9. Add

Linked entry: -weard