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cyste-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
cyste-líce, adv. [cyst munificence]

Munificently largiter

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Munificently; largiter Sý wuldor and lof ðam wélegan Drihtne, se ðe his gecorenan swá cystelíce wurþaþ be glory and praise to the bounteous Lord, who so munificently honours his chosen, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 2. Cystelíce largiter, Ælfc.

Linked entries: cystig-líce cystlíce

dígol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
dígol-líce, dígolíce; adv.

Secretlysecrēto, clam

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Se dígolíce lácnod wæs fram his wúndum who was secretly healed of his wounds, 4, 16; S. 584, 30

DILEGIAN

(v.)
Grammar
DILEGIAN, dilgian, dielgian; p. ode; pp. od
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To destroy, abolish, blot out, erase; delēre, abŏlēre Gif se wrítere ne dilegaþ ðæt he ǽr wrát if the scribe does not erase what he wrote before, Past. 54, 5; Hat. MS. Swá swá fenn strǽta is dilgie híg ut lutum plateārum delēbo eos, Ps.

Linked entry: dilgian

for-spillednes

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
for-spillednes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [forspilled, pp. of forspillan to spill; -nes, -ness]

A spillingwasteperditiondestructionperdĭtio

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Se weg is swíðe rúm ðe to forspillednesse gelǽt spatiōsa via est, quæ dūcit ad perdĭtiōnem. Mt. Bos. 7, 13

Linked entry: for-spillendnes

húsel-láf

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-láf, e; f.
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Gange se preóst tó ðam weofode mid ðære húselláfe ðe hé hálgode on Ðunresdæg housel must not be hallowed on Good Friday ... Let the priest go to the altar with what remains of the housel that he hallowed on Thursday, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 358, 22

ÍW

(n.)
Grammar
ÍW, es; m.

Yew

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Se hearda íw, Exon. 114 a ; Th. 437, 18; Rä. 56, 9. On ðone ealde íw ðonan of ðon íwe to the old yew; thence from the yew, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 218, 35. In proper names, vi. 306, col. 2 ; 307, col. 1

Linked entry: eóh

Lunden-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Lunden-ceaster, e; f.

London

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Se wæs Lundenceastre biscop, 2, 7; S. 509, 8. Eác swylce Eást-Seaxum hé gesette Ercenwold biscop in Lundenceastre, 4, 6; S. 573, 43

méég-gildan

(v.)

to pay part of the wergild for a homicide committed by a kinsman

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to pay part of the wergild for a homicide committed by a kinsman Ne þearf se frigea mid ðam þeówan mǽggieldan (or should this be mǽge gieldan? cf. MS. B. which has mid ðam þeówan men gyldan. But the word is supported by L.

mán-swerian

(v.)
Grammar
mán-swerian, p. swór; pp. -sworen

To swear falselycommit perjuryforswear

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To swear falsely, commit perjury, forswear Gif man wát ðæt óðer mánsweraþ (or mán sweraþ, cf. se man ðe swereþ mán, v. 2), Lev. 5, 1. Be mánsworum. Ða ðe mánsweriaþ, L. Edm. S. 6; Th. i. 246, 14. Ne swerige hé ðýlæs hé mánswerige, L. E.

Linked entry: swerian

nigoþa

(num.; adj.)

ninth

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Ymbe ða nigoþan tíd clypode se Hǽlend, 27, 45. 46. Ðý nigeþan dæge, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 9. Nigend half eight and a half, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 194, 11. Nigende, vi. 203, 15. Nióþa, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 16 : 11, 8

Norþan-hymbre

(n.)
Grammar
Norþan-hymbre, pl.

The NorthumbriansNorthumbriathe people or province north of the Humber

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Hér fór se here of EástEnglum on Norþanhymbre, Chr. 867; Erl. 73, 7

Linked entries: Norþ-hymbre Hymbre

ge-winfullíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-winfullíc, -winnfullíc;

Laborioustoilsomelaboriōsus

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Ðæt hí nó má ne mihton swá gewinnfullícum fyrdum swencte beón non se ultra tam laboriōsis expedītiōnibus posse fatīgāri, 1, 12; S. 481, 4

bisceop-þénung

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-þénung, e; f.

The duty or office of a bishopepiscopi officium

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[þénung duty, office] The duty or office of a bishop; episcopi officium Þegnode se árwurþa bisceop Willferþ on ðám dǽlum ða bisceopþénunge árwurþlíce fif geár the venerable bishop Wilfrith exercised the office of a bishop in those parts honourably five

ge-derian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-derian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To injurehurtlædĕre

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To injure, hurt; lædĕre Ðyssum wordum ðá gecwedenum, hine sóna se wind onwearp fram ðære byrig, and dráf ðæt fýr on ða ðe hit ǽr onbærndon, swá ðæt hí sume mid ðam fýre gederede wǽron quo dicto, stătim mūtāti ab urbe venti, in eos qui aecendĕrant flammārum

ge-gada

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gada, an;

A fellow-travellera companionassociatecomescomplexconspirans

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Afeóll se deófoll mid his gegadum the devil fell with his companions, Hexam. 10; Norm. 16,18

geócend

(n.)
Grammar
geócend, es; m.

A preserver, Saviourservator, salvator

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A preserver, Saviour; servator, salvator Wís biþ se ðe con ongytan ðone geócend he is wise who can understand the preserver, Exon. 54 a; Th. 191, 14; Az. 88.

sige-hréðig

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-hréðig, adj.
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Th. 3198 ; B. 1597 : 5505 ; B. 2756. applied to the Deity Se Ælmihtiga . . . gesette sigehréðig sunnan and mónan, 188 ; B. 94

un-crafod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-crafod, adj.

With no claim made upon one

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With no claim made upon one Se ðe sitte uncrafod on his áre on lífe, ðæt nán man on his yrfenuman ne sprece æfter his dæge he that dwells on his property without any claims being made on him in his lifetime, that no man shall bring an action against

Linked entry: un-becrafod

wang-tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
wang-tóþ, es; m.
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.), molar tooth Gif mon óðrum tóð of ásleá, gif hit sié se wongtóð geselle . iiii. Sciłł. Tó bóte, L. Alf. pol. 49 ; Th. i. 94, II. Wangtéð molares vel gemini, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 32. Wongtoeð (-téþ, Ps. Spl. C. ) molas, Ps. Surt. 57, 7:

weorþfulness

(n.)
Grammar
weorþfulness, e; f.
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Nobleness, magnificence Gesceáwode se án engel ðe ðǽr ǽnlícost wæs, hú fæger hé silf wæs, and hú scínende on wuldre, and him wel gelícode his wurðfulniss, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 34.