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mann-menigu

(n.)
Grammar
mann-menigu, f.

A multitude of people

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A multitude of people Manmenio (the tribe of Reuben), Cd. 160; Th. 199, 5; Exod. 334. [Grein reads mán menio but there seems no reason to apply such an epithet to the menio in question.] Ðéh ðe Sciþþie hæfdon máran monmenie cum Scythae numero praestarent

Linked entry: menigu

ge-frǽge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-frǽge, -frége, es; n.

An inquiringa knowingknowledgeinformationhearsaypercontātiocognĭtioaudītio

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An inquiring, a knowing, knowledge, information, hearsay; percontātio, cognĭtio, audītio Míne gefrǽge in my knowledge, as I have heard, as I am informed, Beo. Th. 1557; B. 776 : 1679; B. 837 : Cd. 58; Th. 71, 20; Gen. 1173 : 161; Th. 201, 7; Exod. 368

Linked entries: ge-frége ge-frége

un-biþirfe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-biþirfe, adj.

Uselessvainunprofitable

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Useless, vain, unprofitable Ðú hafast unbiþyrfe ofer witena dóm wísan gefongen you have taken an unprofitable course contrary to the judgement of wise men, Exon. Th. 248, 18; Jul. 97. Ða ( false gods ) sind geásne góda gehwylces, ídle, orfeorme, unbiþyrfe

Linked entry: un-beþirfe

unriht-hǽmere

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽmere, es; m.

An adulterera fornicator

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An adulterer, a fornicator Unrihthémere adulter, Kent. Gl. 169. Se ðe wífaþ on ðam forlǽtenum wífe bið unrihthǽmere geháten fram Gode, Homl. Th. ii. 322, 35. Unrihthǽmeras adulteri, Lk. Skt. 18, 11: Wulfst. 298, 16: Homl. Th. ii. 324, 7: Homl. Ass. 147

Linked entry: hǽmere

fǽmn-hád

(n.)
Grammar
fǽmn-hád, es; m.
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Fǽmnhád líchaman virginitas corporis, Scint. 69, 7. Fǽmnhádes uirginitatis, An. Ox. 574. Fǽmnhádes men hí geneósiaþ apud hos . . . visitatio virginum, R. Ben. 136, 24. Be faemnháde de uirginitate, Scint. 68, 13. Ic mínne fǽmnhád besmát. . . ne forleás

for-rotodnes

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Forrotadnes putredo, Kent. Gl. 395. Forrotodness caries, An. Ox. 18 b, 17. Áfylled mid deádum bánum and forrotodnysse plenus ossibus mortuorum et omni spurcitia (Mt. 23, 27), Hml. Th. ii. 404, 19. Forrotodnesse corruptionem, Ps. L. 15, 10. Wyð þæs múþes

ge-cnyttan

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Dele first two and last two passages (v. ge-cnyccan), and add Gecnyttan adnecterent, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 19. Gibundenne foet and honda gecnyted ligatus pedes et manus institis, Jn. R. 11, 44. Wǽre gecnyt nodaretur, An. Ox. 5005. Gecnytne conexum, 7, 306

glær

(n.)
Grammar
glær, es; n.
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Substitute: <b>glær,</b> es; m. Amber Smilting vel glær electrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 66. Glær succinum, 286, 68. Glæres sucini, An. Ox. 1074: sucine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 26. Glaeres sucini, 121, 63. Glæsas (glæras?) sucina (sucinum est electrum

hefeld

(n.)
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For (f) substitute n., and add Hebeld licium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 5. Hefeld, 51, 13. Hefelda liciorum (filis flamma combustis), An. Ox. 3550. Hefeldurn liciis, 7, 256. Heueldun, 4, 65. Hebild seems a mistake for hebild-gerd in the gloss hebild liciatorium

hrímig

(adj.)
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In Bl. H. 207, 27 the passage is Se munt is styccemǽlum mid hsomige wuda oferwexen, sum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded. Perhaps brómige should be read, rather than hrímige. [On the strength of Bl. H. 209, 32 hrímge has been suggested as an emendation for

leóda

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L(e)ódan ciues, An. Ox. 56, 272. Rómánisce leódan (leóde (-a), v. ll. ) ongynnað heora geár æfter hǽðenum gewunan, Lch. iii. 246, 15. Þǽr mihton geséon Winceastre leódan (leóde, v. l. ) rancne here, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 10. Eádweard bewarede land and leódan

self-willes

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Add Wé sceolan beón eádmóde, wille wé, nelle wé, and hé wolde sylfwilles ús syllan ðá bysne, Hml. S. 16, 121. Scealt þú þínes unþances þone hord ámeldian þe þú sylfwilles ǽr noldest cýðan, 23, 716. Syl(f)willes ultronea (Victoria . . . ultronea spospondit

snide

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Add Ꝥ þǽr ne ætéwde nǽnige swaþe þæs snides ( sectionis) . . . wæs geméted se líchoma swá gesund swylce him nǽfre ne gehrine ǽniges írenes snide (incisio ), Gr. D. 199, 1-5. Add Sniþes (for another reading see snáþ) occisionis, An. Ox. 3070. Scép tó

styreness

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add: <b>I a.</b> of convulsive movement Heó ongan swá manegum styrenyssum beón onstvred coebit tot motibus agitari, Gr. D. 74, 2. add: stirring, shaking of an inanimate body Tó þon ꝥ ús for þæs treówes styrenesse (concussione) wǽre ege æteówed

ǽfen-glommung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-glommung, e; f.

Evening-twilight

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Evening-twilight Swá ðæt oft on middre niht geflit cymeð ðám behealdendum hwæþer hit sí ðe ǽfenglommung ðe on morgen deágung ita ut media saepe tempore noctis in quaestionem ueniat intuentibus, iterum crepusculum adhuc permaneat uespertinum, an iam nduenerit

Linked entry: glómung

ænbręce

(n.)
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This in the facsimile of the MS. seems to be the form in El. 1029, the passage given in the Dict. under an-bróce (q. v.). If æþelu be taken as a noun, the first part of the word might be (?) ǽn (cf. ǽn-lic), and the meaning be unique (?)

ǽrend-raca

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Yldest ǽrendraca a responsis, i. magister responsorum, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 33. Hé ðæs ǽrendes ǽrendraca wæs from Alexandre, Ors. 3, 11; S. 144, 22. Swifte ǽrendracan veltes, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 23. Ǽrendracum gerulis, An. Ox. 7, 281. Ǽrenddracan, Past. 39,

on-springan

(v.)

to burst asunderto spring or burst forth, (of streams), to rise

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to burst asunder Seonowe onsprungon, burston bánlocan, Beo. Th. 1639; 8. 817. to spring or burst forth, (of streams), to rise Ðǽr lagnstreámas, wyllan onspringaþ, Exon. Th. 202, 2; Ph. 63. Ðǽr se flód onsprang, Andr. Kmbl. 3269; An. 1637. Ealle eorþan

streám-racu

(n.)
Grammar
streám-racu, e; f.

The bed or channel of a stream, a water-course

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The bed or channel of a stream, a water-course Streámracu alveus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 26. Streámrace alveum, ii. 4, 59. Him þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, Andr. Kmbl. 3158; An. 1582. Fram streámracum óþ ðysse eorðan útgemǽru a flumine usque ad terminos

ǽg-hwilc

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwilc, -hwelc, -hwylc; adj. [á + ge + hwý + líc]

Everyallwhosoeverwhatsoeverevery onequicunqueunusquisqueomnis

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Every, all, whosoever, whatsoever, every one; quicunque, unusquisque, omnis Ǽghwylc dæg every day, Mt. Bos. 6, 34. Ǽghwylce geáre every year, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 23. Hér is ǽghwylc eorl óðrum getrýwe here is every man true to the other, Beo. Th. 2460;

Linked entries: á-hwylc ég-hwelc