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or-leahtre

(adj.)
Grammar
or-leahtre, adj.

Blameless, faultless

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Blameless, faultless Ðæt wæs án cyning ǽghwæs orleahtre, Beo. Th. 3776; B. 1886. Ǽghwylc mennisc leahter on ðǽm eádigan Sancte Iohanne cennendum gestilled wæs, and hié on eallum heora lífe orleahtre gestódan, Blickl. Homl. 163, 17

Linked entry: leahtre

ge-broc

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Eác swylce hé bróhte eft on óðre dæge þám wyrhtum tó gereordnesse, ac ꝥ þǽr wæs tó láfe of þám gebrocum wæs þá gyt máre þonne þá gebrocu ǽr wǽron . . . efne swylce þá gebrocu þæs hláfes þurh þone ǽt weóxon, Gr.

or-módness

(n.)
Grammar
or-módness, e; f.

Desperation, despair

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Ic habbe ongiten ðíne ormódnesse . . . ðú sǽdest ðæt ðú wǽre bereáfod ǽlces gódes, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 31. Ic eom geunrótsod fulneáh óþ ormódnesse, 41, 2; Fox 246, 14

ge-eácnian

(v.)
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Ǽr ðon þe beó geeácnad wǽre before she conceived, Shrn. 47, 29. Eua cende hire bearn on sáre, for þon þe heó on synnum geeácnod wæs . . . Maria fǽmne cende, for ðon heó wæs fǽmne geeácnod, Bl. H. 3, 13-17, 18, 22.

án-genga

(n.)
Grammar
án-genga, -gengea, an; m. [án unus, solus; gengan ire]

A lone-goera solitarysolivagussolitarius

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A lone-goer, a solitary; solivagus, solitarius Blódig wæl eteþ ángenga the lone-goer will eat my bloody corpse, Beo. Th. 902; B. 449. Fela fyrena atol ángengea oft gefremede many crimes the foul solitary oft perpetrated, 332; B. 165

rif

(adj.)
Grammar
rif, (?); adj.

Fierce

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Fierce Ic wiste ðæt úre fór wæs þurh ða lond and stówe ðe missenlícra cynna eardung in wæs rifra wildeóra ego sciebam per bestiosa loco nobis iter esse, Nar. 10, 5. Ða rifista ferociora, Rtl. 125, 31

tó-féran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-féran, p. de.

to go in different directions,go off separatelyto disperse (intrans.)

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Ðá ðæt gafol gelǽst wæs, ðá tóférde se here wíde swá hé ǽr gegaderod wæs, Chr. 1012; Erl. 147, 27. Hí geswicon ðære getimbrunge and tóférdon geond ealne middangeard, Homl. Th. i. 22, 25: 318, 21.

Linked entry: tó-faran

Iob

(n.)
Grammar
Iob, es; m.

Job

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Job Sum wer wæs geseten on ðam lande ðe is geháten Hus, his nama wæs Iob, Homl. Th. ii. 446, 10. Iobes dóhtra, 458, 32. Tó mínum þeówan Iobe, 456, 30. Be ðan eádigan were Iob, 446. 4

Linked entry: Iofes

þǽr-út

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-út, adv.
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Thereout, outside Moyses oft eode inn and út on ðæt templ, for ðæm hé wæs ðǽrinne getogen tó ðære godcundan sceáwunga, and ðǽrút (ðǽrúte, Cott. MSS.) hé wæs ábisgod ymb ðæs folces ðearfe, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 25

Linked entries: þǽr-inne út

þrítig-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
þrítig-wintre, -wintra; adj.

Thirty years old

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Thirty years old Iósep wæs þrítigwintre triginta annorum erat Joseph, Gen. 41, 46: Lk. Skt. 3, 23: Homl. Th. i. 26, 3. Ðá ðá Crist wæs þrítigwintra ( i-s/>or þrítig wintra), Homl. Th. ii. 38, 25

á-fandod

(adj.)
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Tried, experienced; approved, excellent. v. á-fandian, Se Hǽlend wæs áfandod (-on, MS.) wer ( vir approbatus a Deo ), Past. 443, 5. Hé wæs on forhæfednysse weorcum se áfandedesta geworden, Hml. S. 23b, 24

Linked entry: -fandod

brýd-ealo

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-ealo, -eala; gen. -ealowes; n.

aleA bride-ale, bride or marriage feastnuptiale convivium

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[ealu ale] A bride-ale, bride or marriage feast; nuptiale convivium Ðǽr wæs ðæt brýdealo [Laud; MS. -eala], ðæt wæs manegra manna bealo there was the bride-ale, which was many men's bale, Chr. 1076; Erl. 213, 26

orleg-ceáp

(n.)
Grammar
orleg-ceáp, es; m.

Battle-bargain, fighting

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Ðǽr wæs eáðfynde eorle orlegceáp se ðe ǽr ne wæs níðes genihtsum there might fighting be easily found for the man that before had not had enough of war, Cd. Th. 120, 13 ; Gen. 1994

deorc-full

(adj.)
Grammar
deorc-full, adj.

Darksome, dark tenebrōsus

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Darksome, dark; tenebrōsus Deorcfull wæg via tenebrōsa, Scint. 59

ge-þyncan

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Hé him selfum wæs lytel geðúht, Past. 113, 16, 17, 18. Se leóma wæs swíðe lang geþúht, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 29: Rún. 21. Þeáh ðá gecorenan Godes cempan sind feáwa geðúhte, Hml.

un-gild

(n.)
Grammar
un-gild, -gilde, es; n.

An improper or excessive tax

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Ðis wæs swíðe geswincfull geár þurh manigfeald ungyld, 1098; Erl. 235, 11. Ús ungylda swýðe gedrehton, Wulfst. 159, 12. Ðis wæs swíðe hefigtýme geár ... on ungyldan ða nǽfre ne áblunnon, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 25

Linked entry: un-gyld

ge-lǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽfan, to leave.
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Ginómun ðæt gilǽfed (ofer gelǽfed, L.) wæs ł ꝥ tó láfe wæs of ðǽm screádungum sustulerunt quod superauerat de fragmentis, Mk. R. 8, 8. to be left, remain Genumen wæs ꝥte gehlaefde sublatum est quod superfuit, Lk. L. 9, 17.

ge-trumian

(v.)
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Hé þǽre ealdan untrumnesse getrumad wæs ueterno infirmitatis discusso, Bd. 5, 5; Sch. 572, 10. reflex. Þá getrumade ic mé and gestrangad wæs convalui, 5, 6; Sch. 581, 11

rihtend

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D. 119, 21. a director, one who arranges matters Sum wer wæs on þyssere byrig,.. . sé wæs séma and rihtend manigra manna, Gr. D. 297, 7

mæsse

Grammar
mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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Wæs his gewuna þæt hé wolde ǽlce dæge habban twá mæssan, bútan hit má wǽre . . . Ðá cwæð hé tó his geféran ꝥ hit betere wǽre ꝥ hig þá mæssan hæfdon, Vis. Lfc. 63-67. <b>I b.