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balewe

(adj.)

wicked

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wicked Se inc forgeaf balewe geþohtas he inspired you with wicked thoughts, Cd. 224; Th. 295, 19; Sat. 488

lytel-ne

(adv.)
Grammar
lytel-ne, adv.

almostnearly

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All but, almost, nearly lytelne [lytesne?] Breotona ríce forlét Brittaniam pene amisit, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 22

nigon-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
nigon-wintre, adj.

Nine years old

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Nine years old Ðá nigonwintre cniht wæs cum esset novem annos natus, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 186, 10

ge-líffæstan

Grammar
ge-líffæstan, <b>; I 2.</b>
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Add hiene geliéffæsð, Past. 259, 12. Add Genim sumne dǽl þæs gelýffæstan blódes, Hml. S. 23 b, 623

besema

(n.)
Grammar
besema, an; m.

A besomscopæ

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A besom; scopæ He gemét hyt [hús] geclǽnsod mid besemum invent eam [domum] scopis mundatam, Mt. Foxe 12, 44

scotere

(n.)
Grammar
scotere, (?) one who shoots or
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hurls, a warrior Nó ðære feoh*-*gyfte for scoterurn (? scotenum, MS.) scamigan þorfte, Beo. Th. 2056 ; B. 1026

tó-cnyssan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cnyssan, p. te ; pp. ed
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To crush to pieces, smash, shatter Ne forbrýte ná ðæt tócnysede hreód (arundinem quassatam), R. Ben. 121, 6

tó-hlystend

(n.)
Grammar
tó-hlystend, es; m.
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gedéþ ða sprǽce unnytte ðǽm tóhlystendurn. Past. 15 ; Swt. 96, 8, 18

þingan

(v.)
Grammar
þingan, p. de
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To invite, address him thinget invitat se, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 39. Þinge interpella, Hymn. Surt. 127, 14

under-hlystan

(v.)

subaudire

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renders subaudire in: Subaudio ic underhlyste, subaudis ðú underhlyst, subaudit underhlyst, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Zup. 151, 2-4

un-gemolsnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemolsnod, adj.

Uncorruptedundecayed

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Uncorrupted, undecayed healdeþ ða deádan líchoman ungemolsnode under eorðan, óþ ðæt hí eft cuce árísaþ, Shrn. 82, 21

Linked entry: ge-molsnian

un-sceamiende

(adj.)

not being ashamed

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not being ashamed Ðæt mæge fore eágum eorðbúensdra unscomiende éðles brúcan bysmetleás, Exon. Th. 81, 17; Cri. 1325

Linked entry: sceamian

brócian

(v.)
Grammar
brócian, l. brocian,
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bebeád þæt mon Crístene men brocode persecutionem in Christianos exercuit, Ors. 6, 19; S. 272, 7. and add

dréfre

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
dréfre, adj. l. <b>dréfre,</b> dréfere, es; m.
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A disturber, turbulent person Ne sý dréfre (drǽfend, dréfende, v. ll.) non sit turbulentus, R. Ben. 121, 12

fore-witol

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Se forewitola Scyppend wiste on ǽr hwæt of hyre gedón habban wolde, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 26. Add

Linked entry: -witol

forhtung

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forgifð trúwan úre forhtunge, Hml. T. ii. 124, 27. Mid forhtunge eges metu timoris, Scint. 228, 7. Add

ge-gyltan

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gegylte on neorxnawonge, Angl. xi. 1, 15. Ic eom ondetta synne þe hié on gegyltan, 98, 21. Add

ge-hwyrftness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwyrftness, e ; f.
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Return wítegode . . . be his ágenre ge-hwyrftnesse (-hwyrfnesse ? v. ge-hwirfness) of his wræcsíðe, Ps. Th. 22, arg

Linked entry: hwyrftness

git

Grammar
git, ye two.
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Cwæð tó him (cf. handþegnas twégen, 62, 5): 'Ac tó hwon sweriað git mán?', Guth. 64, 6. Add

Hámtúnisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Hámtúnisc, adj.
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Of Northampton Harold sǽde ꝥ Cnutes sunu wǽre and Ælfgyfe þǽre Hámtúnisca[n], Chr. 1035; P. 159, 29