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þyncþ

(n.)
Grammar
þyncþ, þyncþu; f.

Honourdignityrank

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Honour, dignity, rank Suá suǽ on ðyncðum (geðyncðum, Cott. MSS.) bið furður ðonne óðre sicut honore ordinis superat, Past. 14; Swt. 81, 23

undern-rest

(n.)
Grammar
undern-rest, e; f.

Rest in the morning

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Rest in the morning Ðá árás on dæge of undernræste (postquam de meridiana quiete surrexerunt, Bede's Vita Cudbercti, c. 35), Shrn. 64, 7

un-cumlíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cumlíðe, adj.

Inhospitable

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Inhospitable Se Hǽlend spræc tó sumum weligum men, ðe ... him wæs láð þearfendum mannum mete tó syllenne, and wæs uncumlíðe, Wulfst. 257, 14

un-ánrǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
un-ánrǽdness, e; f.

Inconstancy

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Inconstancy ( the devil ) nǽnige mehte wið ús nafaþ, búton hwylc man þurh ða unánrǽdnesse his módes him wiðstandan nelle, Blickl. Homl. 31, 34

un-geblýged

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geblýged, adj.

Undismayed

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Undismayed Him fǽringa ádl in gewód; on elne swá þeáh ungeblýged bád beorhtra geháta blíþe in burgum, Exon. Th. 158, 23; Gú. 913

wundor-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-gifu, e; f.

A wondrous giftwondrous capacity

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A wondrous gift, wondrous capacity Sumum wundorgiefe þurh goldsmiþe gearwad weorþeþ, ful oft gehyrsteþ wel brytencyninges beorn, Exon. Th. 331, 23; Vy. 72

á-mánsung

(n.)
Grammar
á-mánsung, e; f.
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Beó on ámánsumunge (-mánsunge, v. l.) excommunicetur, 79, 19

Linked entry: á-mánsod

ge-friþiend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-friþiend, es; m.
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is gefriþiend ǽlces þára þe him tó hopað, 17, 29

Linked entry: friþiend

ge-ræfnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ræfnian, p. ode
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To suffer sorgode má be þám þe þá synne fremede, þonne be him sylfum þe þone æfwyrdlan geræfnode (tolerabaf), Gr. D. 291, 10

Linked entry: ræfnian

gearn-winde

(n.)
Grammar
gearn-winde, an; f.
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sceal habban fela towtóla spinle, reól, gearnwindan, Angl. ix. 263, 11. Add

ge-ásyndrod

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Ben. interl. 43 substitute geásindrod fram geférrǽdene [ealra] reordige ána sequestratus a consortio omnium reficiat solus, R. Ben. I. 77, 13

ge-défelíce

(adv.)
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his bisceophád gedéfelíce for Gode geheóld. Bl. H. 219, 31. Hú mæg ic ðé ána gedéfelíce deáð þénunga gegearwian ?, Nap. 16, 35. Add

middaneardlic

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Add His mód áwrecce of middan-eardlicum gedwyldum. Hml. A. 53, 74

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, the share.
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wearð drepen in þá sceare and þý wæs gelǽded tó deáþe percussus in inguine perductus est ad mortem, Gr. D. 324, 14. Add

þrǽstness

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽstness, e ; f.
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Contrition oð þone dæg his deáðes on micelre þrǽstnesse wunode usque ad diem mortis in conlritione duravit, Ed. 5, 12 ; Sch. 615, 3

þynne

Grammar
þynne, <b>. II.</b> 2.
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Þá fatu þá þe geát ǽr swýðe lytelne dǽl þæs þynnestan wǽtan vasa in quibus tenuissimum liquorem infuderat. Gr. D. 59, 15. Add

wel-besceáwod

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-besceáwod, adj.

Considerate prudent

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á foregleáw and welbesceáwod sit providus et consideratus R. Ben. 121, 15

sliht-swín

(n.)
Grammar
sliht-swín, es

A swine to be killed cattle to be killed

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A swine to be killed Gýme eác swán ðæt æfter sticunge his slyhtswýn wel sæncge L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 16

Linked entries: sleg-neát sliht

wíf-cyþ

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-cyþ, wíf-cyþþ, e; f.

A visit to a womanfamiliarity with a woman

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A visit to a woman, familiarity with a woman Ðá geáscode ðone cyning on wífcyþþe (-cyððan. v. l. ), Chr. 755 ; Erl. 48, 29

be-fæstnian

(v.)
Grammar
be-fæstnian, ; p. ode.

to fixto pledgebetroth

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to fix Búton gé ðá heáfodleahtras him on befæstnian, ne sceal for ðám lǽssan losian, Hml. Th. ii. 336, 21. to pledge, betroth