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un-fremful

(adj.)
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un-fremful, adj.

Unprofitablenot advantageous

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Unprofitable, not advantageous Unfremful bið ðæt folc beó bútan steóre oððe bútan ǽ him eallum tó hearme, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 126. Unfremful imperfectum (incomplete, not of use), Hpt. Gl. 524, 66

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untíd-fyll

(n.)
Grammar
untíd-fyll, untíd-fyllu; f.

Unseasonable repletionexcessive drinking at improper times

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Unseasonable repletion, excessive drinking at improper times Be oferfylle. Ve, qui consurgitis mane ad bibendum, etc. Wá eów, hé cwæð, ðe lufiaþ untídfylla and ǽr on morgen oferdrenc dreógaþ, Wulfst. 46, 14

un-láf

(n.)
Grammar
un-láf, e; f.

A child not left by a father at his deatha child born after the father's deatha posthumous child

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A child not left by a father at his death, a child born after the father's death, a posthumous child Unláb posthumus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 67. Unláf, 69, 2: 93, 70

dunnian

(v.)
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Substitute: To grow dark, become invisible Swá déð se móna mid his blácan leóhte, ꝥ þá beorhtan steorran dunniað the stars become invisible when the moon shines, Bt. 4; F. 6, 35

fore-leóran

(v.)

to precedepass by

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Foreliórað íwih praecedit vos, 28, 7. to pass in front of, pass by Foreliórende praetereuntes, Mt. R. 27, 39

frum-wífung

(n.)
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frum-wífung, e; f.
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First marriage by a man Lǽwede man mót óðre síðe wífian, ac þá canones forbeódaþ þá bletsunga þǽrtó þe tó frumwífunge gesette sýn, Ll. Th. ii. 332, 34, 38: Wlfst. 304, 27

ge-gítsian

(v.)
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to covet and get, to get by unscrupulous means, extort Hié wilniað ðæt hié gegítsien æt ðǽm ungetýdum folce wísdómes naman ut apud imperitum vulgus sciential sibi nomen extorqueant, Past. 365. 22

Linked entry: gítsian

gemynd-dæg

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On ðone twelftan dæg ðæs mónðes (March) bið Sce Gregories geleórnes, Shrn. 62, 18), Ll. Th. i. 92, 5

ge-nídedlic

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Take here <b>ge-nédedlic</b> in Dict., and add: <b>ge-nýdenlic</b> is the form in one MS., Bd. Sch. 59, 15

Linked entries: níded-lic ge-nýdenlic

geoguþhádnes

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Seó stów on þǽre þe þú ꝥ fægereste werod on geogeðhádnesse (geoguð-, v. l.) gesáwe scínan locus iste in quo pulcherrimam hanc iuuentutem fulgere conspicis, Bt. 5, 12; Sch. 627, 19. Add

geond-swógan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-swógan, (?) to rush through or over a surface,
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other readings give on-, in-) ut nullus episcoporum parrochiam alterius inuadat, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 376, 10. Cf. þurh-swógan

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reccend

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Be reccendrum de rectoribus, Scint. 116, 2. Hé gesette gewisse práfostas and reccendas substitutis praepositis, Gr. D. 119, 21

þweorian

(v.)
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Add: to be different Hí ne sceoldon þone gyrlan him tó teón, þá hwíle þe hí þurh þá drohtnunge þwuredon illorum habitum usurpare non debent a quorum proposito distant, Chrd. 63, 23

un-geþwǽrness

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Add: violence, cruelty Þætte se nama ðiǽre Rómániscan ðeóde fram fremdra ðeóda ungeþwǽrnesse fornumen beón ne sceolde ne nomen Romanae prouinciae exterarum gentium improbitate obrutum uilesceret, Bd. l, 12; Sch. 33, 4

boren

(adj.)
Grammar
boren, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Of (such and such) birth Sý swá boren swá hé sý whatever his birth be, Ll. Th. i. 248, 4. Gif borenran (æþel-boren, bett-boren, v. ll. ) þis gelimpe, 70, 1

wǽl-ben

(n.)
Grammar
wǽl-ben, wǽl-benn, e; f.

A wound inflicted by the sea,

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A wound inflicted by the sea, Gársecg wédde ... egesan stódon, weóllon wǽlbenna (wæl- ?) (the reference is to the death of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 208, 30; Exod. 491

or-trúwian

(v.)
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or-trúwian, p. ode

To be without hope of, to despair of

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To be without hope of, to despair of Hé ortrúw-ode his Drihtnys mildheortnysse he despaired of his Lord's mercy, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 25. To ortrúwienne desperandum, Wulck. Gl. 250, 36

ge-stæppan

(v.)

to stepgoireingredi

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Kmbl. 420; Sal. 210: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 279; Met. 20, 140

Linked entry: ge-steppan

á-wreþian

(v.)
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Hé þǽre ýtemestan yldo his lífes mid medmiclum hláfe and cealde wætere áwreþede ultimam uitae aetatem pane cibario et frigida aqua sustentat, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 630, 20

bedecian

(v.)
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bedecian, p. ode

To beg

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To beg Hé bedecað (mendicabit) on sumera, Hml. A. 9, 230. 'Hé wille biddan on sumera...' Hit is swíðe wel be ðǽm gecweden ðæt hé eft bedecige on sumera, Past. 285, 12