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mán-dǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
mán-dǽde, adj.

Doing evilwickedflagitious

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Doing evil, wicked, flagitious Hé sceal mándǽde men þreágean þearle he must sharply rebuke evil-doers. Wulfst. 266, 24: L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 18.

moððe

(n.)
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moððe, an; f.

A moth

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.: mouȝþe, mouȝte, Wick.) hit fornimþ ubi tinea demolitur, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 19, 20: Lk. Skt. 12, 33. Moððe word fræt, Exon. 112 b; Th. 432, 4; Rä. 48, 1. Ðǽr moððan hit áwéstaþ, Wulfst. 286, 32

Linked entry: mohþe

neód-fracu

(n.)
Grammar
neód-fracu, e; f.

Desireappetitethe object of desire or of appetite

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the object of desire or of appetite Wuhta gehwilc hnipaþ of dúne, wilnaþ tó eorþan, sume nédþearfe, sume neódfræce (cf. ealle beóþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan and ðider wilniaþ oððe ðæs ðe hí lyst oððe ðæs ðe hí beþurfon, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 28), Met

bleó-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
bleó-fág, -fáh; adj.

Of various colours, party-colouredversicolor

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[bleoh, bleó color; fág, fáh varius] Of various colours, party-coloured; versicolor Byrne is mín bleófág my byrnie is party-coloured, Exon. 105 b; Th. 400, 18; Rä. 21, 3: Cot. 115.

ge-drencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drencan, p. -drencte; pp. drenced

To drenchdrownsubmergeredemergere

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To drench, drown; submergere, demergere Se wǽg gedrencte [-drecte MS.] dugoþ Egypta the wave drowned the army of the Egyptians, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 16; Exod. 500. Deáþe gedrenced drenched with death, 144; Th. 179, 25; Exod. 34.

ge-gerela

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gerela, -gyrela, -girla, an; m.

Clothingapparelhabitgarmentrobeamiculumstola

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Bos. 15, 22 : Mk. Bos. 12, 38

Linked entries: ge-gyrela gerela

segnung

(n.)
Grammar
segnung, sénung, e ; f.
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Blessing, consecration Ofer hine cymeþ mínre segnunga blóstma super ipsum florebit sanctificatio mea, Ps. Th. 131, 19. Wæs hé lǽded tó Brytta biscopum and hé nǽnige hǽle ne frófre þurh heora segnunge (þegnunge ?)

síþ-from

(adj.)
Grammar
síþ-from, adj.
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Good at travelling, bold in journeying Síþfrome, searwum gearwe, wígend ( Beowulf and his men when ready for their homeward voyage ), Beo. Th. 3630 ; B. 1813 : Andr. Kmbl. 493 ; An. 247. Land Perséa sóhton síþfrome Simon and Thaddeus, Apstls.

stole

(n.)
Grammar
stole, an ; f. : stol, es ; n. (in Northern specimens)
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Geonga in stolum (stollum, Rush.) ł on ofer*-*slopum ambulare in stolis, 20, 46 : Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 38

un-dilegod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dilegod, adj.

Not blotted outnot effaced

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Not blotted out, not effaced Swá se wrítere, gif hé ne dilegaþ ðæt hé ǽr wrát, ðeáh hé nǽfre náuht ne wríte, ðæt bið ðeáh undilegod, ðæt hé ǽr wrát neque enim scriptor, si a scriptione cessaverit, quia alia non addidit, etiam illa, quae scripserat

un-gerýdelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gerýdelíce, adv.

Violentlywith impetus

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MS. v. (?) un-gerǽdelíce), Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 21

un-miltsung

(n.)
Grammar
un-miltsung, e; f.

Want of considerationimpiety towards Godpitilessness towards men

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Want of consideration, impiety towards God, pitilessness towards men Gif hié gemunan willaþ hiora ieldrena unmiltsunge ðe hié tó Gode hæfdon, ge eác him selfum betweónum if they will remember their forefathers' impiety to God, and pitilessness among

ge-lǽððe

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In the second edition of Grein's Bibliothek the reading of the MS. is taken to be gelædde.

handlian

(v.)
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Handlian contrectare (mea membra ), An. Ox. 17, 44. to treat a subject Nú wylle ic bysne ætýwan ymbe þá þing þe wé nú handledon, Angl. viii. 304, 24

henne-belle

(n.)
Grammar
henne-belle, an; f.

Henbane

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Ðeós wyrt þe man symfhoniacam nemneð, and óðrum naman belone, and eác sume men hennebelle (hænne-, v. l.) hátað, Lch. i. 94, 3-6. Beolonan sǽd, ꝥ is hænnebelle, iii. 72, 10. Genim hænnebellan sǽd, 60, 7-

here-nes

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Ðæs lof ł herenis in godspell cujus laus in evangelio, Mt. p. 8, 13. Þǽr is Godes lof and þæs héhstan cyninges herenes, Wlfst. 265, 14. Hernises laudis, Lk. p. 6, 17. Behealden in Godes hyrnessum (here-, v. l.) Dei laudibus intentus, Gr. D. 224, 14.

mán-swerian

(v.)
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Hé swáþeáh mid þám óðrum mánswerige nihilominus cum aliis perjurium facit, 19. Nú gýt eástdǽles men swergeað ðurh his noman, and ne geþrístlǽcað hí ó ꝥ hí mánswergen on his noman, Shrn. 109, 17. Add

ofer-drync

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Add Mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse Godes góda brúcan and ná mid nánre oferfylle and mid oferdrince, Hml. A. 144, 17. Ðá ðe hira ágene sáwle ðurh oferdrinc ofsleáð, 147, 75.

samod-wist

(n.)
Grammar
samod-wist, e; f.
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A being together, common existence Tó þon ꝥ wé sýn swá myccle strangran wið úrum feóndum, swá myccle wé gefremede beóð under eádmódnesse tó þǽre samodwiste þæs ordfruman eallra gesceafta ut tanto nostris hostibus potentiores simus, quanto cum auctore

wyrt-tún

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Hæbbe ma[n] ǽfre on preósta mynstre wynsume wirtúnas ( ortos olerum ), ꝥ man mage þǽrof ǽfre sumne smeálicne ést findan, Chrd. 15, 36. v. ge-wyrttún; wyrt-geard. Add