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freónd-líþe

(adj.)
Grammar
freónd-líþe, adj.

Gentle with friends or relations

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Gentle with friends or relations Gif hé bið on .xxix. nihta ealdne mónan ákenned, se bið gód and freóndlíþe, Lch. iii. 158, 19. v. E.S. 39, 340

scrúd-waru

(n.)
Grammar
scrúd-waru, e; f.

Habit ⬩ dress

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Habit, dress Ðæt hé (a monk) healdan wille his clǽunisse and munuclíce scrúdware, L. Eth. v. 6; Th. i. 306, 9: vi. 3; Th. i. 314, 27

Linked entry: waru

ge-witfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-witfæst, adj.

Of sound mind

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Of sound mind Nǽnig deófolseóc ðæt he eft wel gewitfæst nǽre no possessed person that was not in his right mind again, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 17

Linked entry: -witfæst

þanc-metung

(n.)
Grammar
þanc-metung, e; f.

Deliberation, ⬩ consideration

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Deliberation, consideration Gif hé mid ðancmetuncge (-metegunge, MS. B.: þoncmeotunge, Bd. M. 88, 4) and ðreodunge geþafaþ si ex deliberatione consentit, Bd. 1, 27; S, 497, 23

byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, es; n.

A mulberry-tree ⬩ morus

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A mulberry-tree; morus He ofslóh byrig heora on hagule occidit moros eorum in pruina, Ps. Spl. 77, 52: L. M. 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 17

ge-dyn

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dyn, m. l. ge-dyne; n.
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Hit anginne eal ætgidre brastligan, and ðá hameras beátan and for eallum ðysan gedene ne mæg sió sáwle hí gerestan. Sal. K. p. 85, 21. and add

gefeá-lic

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Gyf him þince ꝥ hé mid cyninge sprece, him cumeð gefeálic gifu tó and gód, Lch. iii. 172, 3. Fæger and gefeálig fugles tácen, Ph. 510. Add

ymb-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-faran, p. -fór

To surround

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To surround Hé hét ðæt fæste lond útan ymbfaran, ðæt him mon sceolde an má healfa on feohtan þonne on án, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 80, 26

áþ-wyrþe

Entitled to make oath

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Add: Entitled to make oath Sé þe mánáð swerige, and hit him on open wurðe, ꝥ hé nǽfre eft áðwyrðe ne sý, Ll. Th. i. 212, 19

bæc-bord

(n.)
Grammar
bæc-bord, n. (not m.).
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Hé lét him þá wídsǽ on ðæt bæc-bord, Ors. 1, 1;Swt. 17, 11, 27: 19, 17, 35, 30. On bæcbord him wæs Langaland, 35. Add

a-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
a-niðerian, p. ode; pp. od [a intensive, niðerian to thrust down]

To put down ⬩ condemn ⬩ damn ⬩ deorsum trudere

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To put down, condemn, damn; deorsum trudere Ðá wurþe he aniðrod mid Iudas then let him be cast down with Judas, Chr. 675; Ing. 52, 12

be-hydig

(adj.)
Grammar
be-hydig, bí-hidig; adj.

Careful ⬩ vigilant ⬩ wary ⬩ watchful ⬩ solicitous ⬩ anxious ⬩ sollers

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Careful, vigilant, wary, watchful, solicitous, anxious; sollers He wæs se behydegesta [MS. behydegæsta] erat sollertissimus Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 13 : 4, 7; S. 574, 33

Linked entries: big-hydig bí-hydig

earhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
earhlíce, adv.

Fearfully, timidly, disgracefully, basely ⬩ trepĭde, remisse, ignāve, turpĭter

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Hí hine earhlíce ofslógon they basely slew him, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 9

Linked entry: arhlíce

ferþ-gewit

(n.)
Grammar
ferþ-gewit, -gewitt, es; n.

Mental wit ⬩ understanding ⬩ mentis intellectus

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Mental wit, understanding; mentis intellectus Ðeáh hí ferþgewit ǽnig ne cúðen though they knew not any mental wit, Exon. 25 a; Th. 73, 4; Cri. 1184

Linked entry: ferhþ-gewit

hýrling

(n.)
Grammar
hýrling, es; m.

A hireling

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A hireling, one who works for hire Hí heora fæder on scipe forléton mid hýrlingum relicto patre suo in navi cum mercenariis, Mk. Skt. 1, 20

niht-waru

(n.)
Grammar
niht-waru, e; f.

Night-wear

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Night-wear Genóh byþ ðam munuce ðæt hé hæbbe twá cúlan and twegen syricas for ðære nihtware and for ðæs reáfes þweále, R. Ben. 90, 4

Linked entry: waru

ge-mǽrsung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽrsung, -mérsung, e; f.

Magnificence ⬩ magnĭfĭcentia

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Magnificence; magnĭfĭcentia Ðæt hí cúðe wyrcan wuldor gemǽrsunge ríces ðínes ut nōtam făciant glōriam magnĭfĭcentiæ regni tui, Ps. Spl. 144, 12. Gimérsung celebritas, Rtl. 48, 20

un-fulworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fulworht, adj.

Unfinished ⬩ uncompleted ⬩ imperfect

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Unfinished, uncompleted, imperfect Ða ðe ... swá hwylce bysiga swá hý on handa hæfdan unfulworhte lǽtaþ ex occupatis manibus quod agebant inperfectum relinquentes, R. Ben. 20, 3

Linked entry: full-wyrcan

un-milts

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

Sternness ⬩ wrath

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Sternness, wrath Hæbbe hé Godes unmiltse may the wrath of God abide on him, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii, 4, 2: Cod. Dip. B. ii. 315, 21

Linked entry: milts

wiþ-ceósan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-ceósan, p. -ceás, pl. -curon; pp. -coren

To reject

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To reject Hé wiðceóseþ (-císt) reprobat, Blickl. Gl. Stán ðone widcurun timbrende lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes, Ps. Surt. 117, 22. Wiðcurun, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 42