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a-mǽn-sumian

(v.)
Grammar
a-mǽn-sumian, p. ode; pp. od [a ex, mǽn = gemǽne communis; sumian = samnian congregare]

To excommunicate ⬩ excommunicare

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To excommunicate; excommunicare Síe amǽnsumod let him be excommunicated, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 18

eáþ-hréðig

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-hréðig, adj.

Blessed ⬩ beātus

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Blessed; beātus Seó eáþhréðige Elene the blessed Elene, Elen. Kmbl. 531; El. 266; for eád-hréðig, q.v

Linked entry: eád-hréðig

eardigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
eardigendlíc, adj.

Inhabitable ⬩ habitābĭlis

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Inhabitable; habitābĭlis Seó stów eardigendlíc wæs geworden lŏcus habitābĭlis foctus est. Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 21

magu-dryht

(n.)
Grammar
magu-dryht, e; f.

A band of young men

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A band of young men Óþ ðæt seó geóguþ geweóx, magodriht micel, Beo. Th. 134; B. 67

mere-cist

(n.)
Grammar
mere-cist, e; f.

A sea-chest

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A sea-chest Noe ongan wyrcan micle merecieste ( the ark ), Cd. 66; Th. 79, 26; Gen. 1317

grǽfa

(n.)
Grammar
grǽfa, gréfa, an; m.
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See Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxvii

bísnian

(v.)

to give or set an example

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to give or set an example, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 20: 39, 11; Fox 230, 2

ge-hendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hendan, p. de; pp. ed

To hold ⬩ tĕnēre

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To hold; tĕnēre Me ðín seó swíðre ðǽr gehendeþ tĕnēbit me dextĕra tua, Ps. Th. 138, 8

Linked entry: -hendan

ge-neát-scólu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát-scólu, e; f.

A band of companions

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A band of companions Ða ðegnas seó geneát-scólu, Exon. 75 b; Th. 283, 22; Jul. 684

un-gereclíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gereclíc, adj.

Disorderly ⬩ tumultuous ⬩ ungovernable

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Disorderly, tumultuous, ungovernable Seó menego tácnode ða flǽsclícan willan and ða ungereclícan uncysta, Blickl. Homl. 19, 6

un-áseowod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áseowod, adj.

Unsewed ⬩ without seam

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Unsewed, without seam Seó tunece wæs unásiwod (-seowod, MS. A.) erat tunica inconsutilis, Jn. Skt. 19, 23

Linked entry: á-seówan

á-rǽfan

(v.)
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to set free, unwrap Árǽfdon expedierunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 37. Árǽfdan (printed árǽrdan) expedierant, 29, 64

Linked entries: á-ráfian rǽfan

crano-hawc

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Dele, and see Whitman, p. 45. Cf. O. H. Ger. 'accipiter, quem chranohári dicunt,' Grff. iv. 614

dirne-forlegen

(adj.)
Grammar
dirne-forlegen, adj.
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Guilty of fornication, adulterous Gif man sý fram dyrneforlegenum ( fornicante ) preóste gefullod, Ll. Th. ii. 144, 19

Linked entry: for-legen

ge-beágian

(v.)
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Dele -bégian, and second passage, and add Gebeágað (so the MS.) coronat, Ps. Spl. C. 102, 4

ge-fremednes

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Cýþde ꝥ þá word sóþe wǽron seó gefre-mednes (effectus) Stephanes deáðes, Gr. D. 318, 15. Add

hand-cræft

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Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing heora ( artifices monasterii ) handcræftes, R. Ben. 95, 16. Add

grotan

(n.)
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See preceding word. (?)

hriþian

(v.)
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Dele first citation, and add Hwíle hé riþaþ swylce hé on dueorge sý, Lch. iii. 118, 1

ofer-líþan

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Swá ic strange sǽ and mycele oferlíðe velut transvadato vasti gurgitis aequore, Guth. Gr. 102, 33. Add

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