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sicerian

(v.)
Grammar
sicerian, p. ode

To ooze ⬩ to make way through a small opening

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To ooze, of a fluid, to make way through a small opening Swíðe lytlum siceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýð, ðéþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr út áweorpe by very small quantities and

rihtere

(n.)
Grammar
rihtere, es; m.

A ruler, director

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Gesege mé nú ðú cwist ðæt ðú náht ne tweóge ðætte God ðisse worulde rihtere síe ... operi suo conditorem praesidere Deum scio ... Dic mihi, quoniam a Deo mundum regi non ambigis ... Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 5-14

Linked entry: rihtere

andig

(adj.)
Grammar
andig, adj.

Envious ⬩ invidus

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Envious; invidus, Scint. 15

a-styrred

(adj.; part.)

starred ⬩ stellatus

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starred; stellatus, Scint. 58

dǽd-bótnys

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-bótnys, dǽd-bót-nyss,e e; f.

Penitence ⬩ pœnitentia

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Penitence; pœnitentia, Scint. 9

for-bearan

(v.)

to forbear

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to forbear, Scint. 11

bi-gencg

(n.)

worship, observation

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worship, observation, Scint. 7

ge-dafenigendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-dafenigendlíce, adv.

Consequently ⬩ consequenter

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Consequently; consequenter, Scint. 11

ælf-sciéne

Grammar
ælf-sciéne, -sciéno.

Take under ælf-scíne

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Take under ælf-scíne

cræft-wyrc

(n.)
Grammar
cræft-wyrc, es; n.

Workmanship ⬩ artificium

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Workmanship; artificium Scint. 29

forþ-geclypian

(v.)
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Add: Scint. 105, 15

besta

(adj.)
Grammar
besta, m : seó, ðæt beste

the BEST ⬩ optimus

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the BEST; optimus Scipio, se besta Rómána witena Scipio, the best of the Roman senators, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 104, 38; Cot. MS. Tib. B. I. fol. 85 b

Linked entry: betera

gader-tangnys

(n.)
Grammar
gader-tangnys, gæder-tangnys, -nyss, e; f.

A continuation

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A continuation, Scint. 12

hrenian

(v.)

redolere

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redolere, Scint. 28, Lye

lah-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lah-líc, adj.

Lawful

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Lawful, Scint. 9, Lye

geong-lícnys

(n.)
Grammar
geong-lícnys, -nyss, e; f.

Youth ⬩ jŭventus

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Youth; jŭventus, Scint. 32

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, e; f.

Importunate desire ⬩ ambition

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Ðú wást ðæt mé nǽfre seó gítsung and seó gemǽgþ ðisses eorþlícan anwealdes forwel ne lícode scis ipsa minimum nobis ambitionem mortalium rerum fuisse dominatum, 17; Fox 58, 23

Linked entry: mýgþ

ge-fullfremman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fullfremman, ge-fullfremian.
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to accomplish, complete, perpetrate Gefulfreme ꝥ perfice illud, Scint. 201, 5. Þ hé gefulfremige þá gód þe hé beginne, Hml. A. 150, 154. Synn byþ gefullfremmed (perpetratur), Scint. 228, 10

a-fandung

(n.)
Grammar
a-fandung, e; f.

A trying ⬩ probatio ⬩ experientia

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A trying; probatio, experientia,Scint

for-bogen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-bogen, pp. of for-búgan.

avoided

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Scint. Lye;

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