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hete-líce

(adv.)
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hete-líce, adv.

Fiercelyviolentlyvehemently

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Ús Godes yrre hetelíce on sitt, God's anger presses on us fiercely. Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 109. Hit sáh hetelíce swíðe it sank with great violence, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 34. Hé hine hetelíce þídde he stabbed him violently, Jud. 3, 21: Homl.

on-sundrum

(adv.)
Grammar
on-sundrum, -sundran, -sundron; adv.

separately, severally, separated one from the other, apartin retirement from others, apartmaking distinction from others, especially

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separately, severally, separated one from the other, apart Onsundron separatim, onsundron hé sit singillatim sedet, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 39. Onsundran altrinsecus, hine et inde, Hpt. Gl. 410, 2.

Linked entry: sundor

irfe-numa

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-numa, an; m.

an heir

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Se ðe sitte uncwydd and uncrafod on his áre on lífe ðæt nán man on his yrfenuman ne spece after his dæge he who sits without contest or claim on his property during life, that no one bring an action against his heir after his day, L.

Linked entry: -numa

wérig-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
wérig-mód, adj.
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Mín freónd siteþ under stánhliðe, . . . wine wérigmód . . . dreógeþ se mín wine micle módceare, Exon. Th. 444, 18; Kl. 49. Gewíteþ wérigmód, wintrum gebysgad, 227, 24; Ph. 428. Gewítaþ áwyrgde, wérigmóde, 117, 19; Gú. 226

cyne-bearn

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Add: a prince Ðǽr sitte sum cynebearn, Sal. K. p. 85, 38: Lch. iii. 166, 28. Siððan ríxadon West-Seaxna cyne*-*barn (-béarn, v. l. ) of þám dæge, Chr. 519; P. 17, 3.

ge-wrixl

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wrixl, adj.
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Substitute: alternate. v. gewrixl(e); <b>I a</b> Gewrixlum síþum alternis uicibus, An. Ox. 7, 216: 8, 163.

un-gedafenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedafenlíc, adj.

Unbecomingunseemlyunmannerly

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Ðæt hit ungedafenlíc sig quod indecorum sit, L. Ecg. P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174, 22. Ðæt man intó circan ǽnig þingc ne lógige, ðæs ðe ðártó ungedafenlíc sí, L. Edg: C. 27; Th. ii. 250, 11.

Linked entry: un-gecoplíc

fǽcne

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Ne sý hé fǽcne non sit nimis suspiciosus, R. Ben. 121, 13. Fǽcne unriht iniquitas, Ps. Th. 72, 6. Se fǽcna the devil, Wal. 71. Þæs fǽcnan strofose, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 29: 76, 43. Faecnum veterno, 123, 43. Þý fǽcnan strophosa, 89, 65.

ge-hlinian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlinian, ge-hleonian; p. ode.
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of a person, to recline, rest, sit at table Sé ðe gehlinað (-hlionað, R.) . . . sé ðe gehrestað (gihlionað, R.) qui recumbit . . . qui recumbit Lk. L. 22, 27. Gehlionade discubuit, 7, 36: recubuit II, 37.

un-cwíd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cwíd, un-cwídd; adj.

Undisturbed by chargesin undisputed possession

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Undisturbed by charges, in undisputed possession Se ðe sitte uncwýdd and uncrafod on his áre on lífe, L. Eth. iii. 15; Th. i. 298, 9. Ðǽr se bónda sæt uncwýd (-cwýdd, MS. G.) and unbecrafod (cf. ubi bunda manserit sine calumpnia, L. H.

Linked entry: cwíd

ÆLMESSE

(n.)
Grammar
ÆLMESSE, ælmysse, an ; f.

ALMSalmsgivingeleemosyna

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Ðæt ðín ælmesse sý on díglum ut sit eleemosyna tua in abscondito, Mt. Bos. 6, 4. Sóþlíce ælmessan dó sic facias eleemosynam, 6, 3. Ðonne he ælmessan dǽleþ when he deals alms, Exon. 62 a; Th. 229, 10; Ph. 453.

Linked entries: ælmes ælmysse

bletsung

(n.)
Grammar
bletsung, bledsung, e; f.

A BLESSINGbenedictio

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A BLESSING; benedictio Sí bletsung Drihtnes ofer eów sit benedictio Domini super vos, Ps. Spl. 128, 7: Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 12; Cri. 100. He onfón sceal mínre bletsunge he shall receive my blessing, Cd. 106; Th. 140, 22; Gen. 2331.

Linked entry: bledsung

wíte-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-rǽden, wíte-rǽdenn, e; f.

punishmentfine

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punishment Ðes cyning bebeád ðæt feówertiglíce fæsten healden beón ǽr Eástrum be wíterǽdenne jejunium quadraginta dierum observari praecepit . . . in transgressores dignas et competentes punitiones proposuit, Bd. 3, 8 ; S. 531, 11. fine. v. wíte, I b Ut sit

Linked entry: wíte

hogu

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Sý seó mǽste hogu þǽm abbode þæt hý forgýmeleásede ne sýn cura maxima sit abbati ne aliquam negligentiam patiantur 60, 18. Beó ðám abbode seó mǽste hogu (cura) þæs andfencges þearfena, 84, l.

hreówsung

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ðáre hreówsunga hine ryhtlíce nyle gehealdan . . . sé ðe áðwihð mid hreówsunga his unclǽnnesse ipsam, quam flendo potuit impetrare, veniam contemnit . . . dum fletibus suis vitae munditiam subtrahit . . . post fletum committere, quod rursum necesse sit

sittan

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Add Swá micle swá sé bið beforan ðe on ðǽm stóle sitt ðǽm óðrum ðe ðǽr ymb stondað, Past. 435, 27. <b>I α.</b> to sit on an animal, to ride :-- Þá hé on þám horse sæt when he was riding on the horse, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 257, 10.

ge-setnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setnes, -setenes, -setednes, -ness, -nis, -niss, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Position, foundation, tradition, an institution, constitution, composition, ordinance, decree, lawpŏsĭtio, sĭtus, fundātio, trādĭtio, instĭtūtio, constĭtūtio, compŏsĭtio, lex, pactum

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Be gesetnysse Breotene de sĭtu Brĭtanniæ, 1, 1; S. 473, 6: Nar. 1, 5. Ǽr middaneardes gesetnysse before the foundation of the world, Homl. Th. ii. 364, 27: Mk. Bos. 7, 5.

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

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Th. 106, 40. a fixed position, station, place, site Staþol wæs wyrta wlitetorhtra (the plain) was the site of beauteous plants, Exon. Th. 484, 4; Rä. 72, 2. Be ðære stówe staðole secundum positionem loci, R. Ben. 59, 1. Staðele, 88, 4.

Linked entry: scaþel

ge-háwian

(v.)
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Ðreó þing sint neódbehéfe ðám eágan élcere sáwle: án is þæt hál sién; óðer þæt heó háwien ðes þe heó geseón wolden; þridde þæt hí magen geseón þæt þæt hí geháwian tria ad animam pertinent, ut sana sit, ut aspiciat, ut videat, 30, 5. to notice a circumstance