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un-gewuna

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewuna, an; m.

A bad customevil practice

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A bad custom, evil practice Se eorðlíca geférscipe hiene tiéhð on ða lufe his ealdan ungewunan ad vetustatem vitae per societatem secularium ducitur, Past. 22; Swt. 169, 9. Ða ðe ðone ungewunan hæfdon, ðæt hí heora wíf glengdan swá hí weofoda sceoldan

Linked entry: ge-wuna

wól-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
wól-berende, adj.

Pestiferouspestilentialpernicious

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Pestiferous, pestilential, pernicious, Grammar wól-berende, physical Æteówde wólberende lyft. Nar. 15, 31. Se wólberenda (pestifer) stenc ðære lyfte monigé ðúsendo monna and neáta fordilgade, Bd. l, 13; S. 482, 8. Ne sceþþeþ ðé wólberendes áwiht, Lchdm

beþian

(v.)
Grammar
beþian, beþigean.

To warmfoment

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To warm, foment Beþede fomentat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 57. Hí (two seals) mid heora blade his leoma beðedon, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 13.. Gesæt hé under sunn-beáme and his scencan beðode, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 26. Seóð on wætre, beþe mid . ꝥ lim, Lch. ii. 146, 5

Linked entries: beþan bæþþan

daru

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Add: injury, hurt Máran him hýnþa oþþe dara ( detrimenta) hé déþ . . . þár þár gestreón, þár daru (damnum); gestreón on cyste, daru (damnum ) on ingeþance, Scint. 208, 8-10. Þæt sǽd þe feóll be ðám wege mid twyfealdre dare losode, ðá ðá wegférende hit

drohtnung

Grammar
drohtnung, Dele 'in great renown' l. 10,
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and add Þæt þú fare tó wéstene þǽr ðǽr nánes mannes drohtnung nis ( where nobody lives ), Hml. Th. i. 466, 32. Drohtnunge religionis, i. conversationis, An. Ox. 2567. Se gewuna þisse hálgan drohtnunge ( conversationis ), R. Ben. 5, 18. Angin gódre drohtnunge

ge-lagian

(v.)
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Add: of general regulations, to fix by law, establish as law Iulius se cásere þisne bissextum gelagode on þǽre stówe þe wé nú hine healdað, Angl. viii. 306, 40. Be þǽre steóre þe Eádgár gelagede, Wlfst. 272, 8. Gif hé his ælmessan rihtlíce ne gelǽste

ge-cneordlǽcan

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Add Ic gecnyrdlǽce (gecneordlǽce, gecnerdlǽce, v.ll.) studeo, Ælfc. Gr. 154, 5. to study, endeavour earnestly Hycge hé and gecneordlǽce þæt hine mon lufian mæge swíþor þonne ondrǽdan studeat plus amari quam timeri, R. Ben. 121, 11. Gecneordlǽcan exercere

ge-dafenlic

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Wæs ꝥ eác gedefenlic (-dafen-, v. l.) þætte þæt swefen gefylled wǽre oportebat impleri somnium, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 472, 19. Gedoefenlic is oportet, Jn. p. 4, l. Wæs gidæfendlic oportebat, Jn. R. 4, 4. Hit is nú swýþe gedafenlic tíma, þæt wé ús sylfe clǽnsian

Linked entry: ge-défelic

hǽmed-þing

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Add: with no sense of criminality Þes bisceop sǽde... ꝥ hé nǽfre on his lífe ne cóme neáh wífe þurh hǽmedþing, ac heóld his clǽnnysse, Hml. S. 3, 204. Mycel wundor hit wæs þæt þæt mǽden gebær cild þe nǽfre náhte þurh hǽmedþing weres gemánan, Wlfst. 15

grǽg

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Greig feruginius, Txts. 63, 850. Grei gillus ( = gilvus), 67, 967. Hęuui vel grei, háuui vel grei, heáuui, grei glaucum, 66, 473. Grǽg, hǽwe ísene oþþe sinderóme ferrugine (cf. ferrugine, i. ferreo colore ísengrǽg gesweorf, 31), Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 34.

hin-síþ

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Heard wæs hinsíð . . . þe hý æt þám beorge blídne f[u]ndon hard had been (Christ's) death (on the cross) . . . . . which at the grave (cf. for the meaning of beorg: Wéndon þæt hé on þám beorge bídan sceolde ána in þǽre eásterniht, 14) they found to be

leó

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Add: gen. f. leó pas Grécisce naman . . . hic leon þeós leó ; ac wé forlǽtað þone n on Lédensprǽce and cweðað leó, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 42, 1. Swé swé leá sicut leo;, Ps. Srt. 16, 12: ii. 184, 40. Hé hét áne strange leó lǽtan in tó him . . . þá arn seó leó .

líf-lic

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Add: having life, living, animate God gesceóp .iii. líflice gástas tres vitales spiritus creavit Deus, Gr. D. 263, 11. Ic com se líflica hláf, Hml. Th. i. 34, 16. long-lived Sé þe acenned bid, líflic (vitalis) hé bið, Archiv cxxix. 18, 11. On ánre nihte

ribb

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Gif rib forbrocen weorð iii. sciłł. gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 18, 15. Cóm of ðǽm wætre án nǽdre . . . wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe án ribb forod — hit is nǽdrena gecynd ꝥ heora mægen and hiera féþe bið on heora ribbum, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 3-14. Gif mon óðrum rib

stagan

(v.)
Grammar
stagan, stǽcan ?.(Cf.
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Icel. steikja to roast) to roast Ǽles tácen is þæt mon wecge his swýþran hand and sette syþþan ofer his wynstran earm and ástrehtre his wynstran hande stríce þwyrs ofer mid þǽre swyðran, swylce hé hine corflige swá swá mon ǽl déð þonne hine mon on spite

Linked entry: stǽcan

tó-brítan

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add: to break to pieces a material object Reód forþrést ne sý tó;brýd ( conterendum ), R. Ben. I. 108, 9. to destroy a person or thing, bring to destruction His setl on eorðan þú tóbrýttest sedem eius in terra collisisti, Ps. L. 88, 45. Tóbrýt nú þísne

á-drencan

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Add: where the subject is a person Hí man on sǽ ádrencte, Hml. S. 28, 127. Brettas hié bedrifon út on áne eá and monige ádrencton, Chr. 890; P. 82, 14. Hí ádrengton má ðonne ǽnig man wiste tó tellanne, 1087; P. 224, 19. Hí hig sylfe ádrencton, Jud. p

ge-þýwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þýwan, -þýan, -þíwan, -þéwan, -þeón, -þeówan; p. -þýwde, -þýde; pp. -þýd

To pressimpelurgeforceimpressrebukeoppressprĕmĕretrūdĕreurgērecompellĕreimprĭmĕreincrĕpāreopprĭmĕre

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To press, impel, urge, force, impress, rebuke, oppress; prĕmĕre, trūdĕre, urgēre, compellĕre, imprĭmĕre, incrĕpāre, opprĭmĕre Se snáw geþýþ hý and geþreátaþ the snow presses and afflicts them, Salm. Kmbl. 607; Sal. 303. Ðú Reádne Sǽ ricene geþýwdest

á-smeágan

to investigate,to find out by investigationdevise

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Add: to investigate, where the object is concrete Þá hí hæfdon þá burh ealle ásmeáde, Chr. 1011; P. 142, 2. Ásmeáð requirit, Scint. 42, 16. Ásmeáde exquirit, i. investigat, An. Ox. 2796. Ásmeágian percunctari, Angl. xiii. 366, 11. Sé bið on geþance

Linked entry: smeágan

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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Add Folc populus, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 22. where no dependence is implied, a people, the inhabitants of a state, a nation: Folc, cynn æfter cynne, Exod. 350. Þenden þæt folc (the Hebrews) hiera fæder wǽre healdan woldan, Dan. 10. Hí geridan West-Seaxna