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healf-cwic

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For þæm slege feóll ádúne, and hine man healfcwicne (-cwicc-, v. l.) upp áhóf (semivivus levatus est), Gr. D. 63, 1. Healfcwice seminecem, An. Ox. 17, 46. Add

íþ-togen

(adj.; part.)
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God wolde ꝥ hí ðǽr stille reston and on ðám scræfe slépon oþ þás ýðtogenan tíde þe hí eft mancynne geswutelian wolde, Hml. S. 23, 317

líc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
líc-stów, e ; f.
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A place of burial mé sǽde ꝥ se biscop him forgǽfe lícstówe in his cyrcan episcopus locum in ecclesia praebuit, in quo sepeliri debuisset, Gr. D. 340, 35

mildheort-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
mildheort-lic, adj.
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Merciful, compassionate hit má dyde on wælgrimnesse wyllan þonne mid ǽnigre mildheortlicre forgifnesse, Gr. D. 319, 29. Wer ábysgod on mildheortlicum weorcum vir misericordiae aetibus deditus, 301, 18

on-hyscan

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Add Sé þe forsihð þearfan onhyscð (exprobrat) Scyppende his ( he that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker, Prov. 14, 31), Scint. 178, 17. Onhyscan infamare, An. Ox. 17, 23

rǽdere

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Add Rǽdere geornfull má tó gefyllenne þe rǽd þænne tó witenne hræd ys lector strenuus potius ad complendum quę legit quam ad sciendum promptus est, Scint. 219, 16

sárig

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Add bið swíðe sárig dolet, Past. 226, 8. Þæt sárige mancynn, Wlfst. 186, 19. Add Þone sárigestan stefn and þone sárigestan wánunge and gránunge, Verc. Först. 128, 8

sundor-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-wíc, es; n.
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A dwelling standing apart, remote from others Getimbrede sundurwíc nóht feor fram þǽre cyricean fecerat sibi mansionem non longe ab ecclesia remotiorem, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 351, 4

under-gitan

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Þeán ðe se Hálga Gást ne beó swutollíce genemned tó ðám Fæder and tó ðám Suna, swá ðeáh byð symle ðǽrtó undergyten, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 30. Add

ge-sundfullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sundfullian, p. ode; pp. od

To be made prosperousto be successfulprosperari

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To be made prosperous, to be successful; prosperari Swá hwæt swá he déþ beóþ gesundfullode quæcumque faciet prosperabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 1, 3. Gesundfulla prosperare, Ps. Spl. C. 117, 24

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bisceop-scír

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-scír, biscop-scír, e; f.

the province of a bishop, a dioceseepiscopi provincia, diœcesis = διoίκησιs, parochia = παρoικίαthe office of a bishop, episcopateepiscopatus

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Se forlét ða bisceopscíre he left the episcopate; relicto episcopatu, 3, 21; S. 551, 38

un-gebét

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebét, un-gebétt; adj.

unamendeduncorrectednot amended through the penance prescribed by the churchunatoned because 'bót' has not been made

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Gyf ǽnigne gylt ungebét hæfð, L. Ælfc. C. 32; Th. ii. 354, 29.

dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
dirnan, p. de
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Voc. ii. 138, 48. with acc. of thing Gif hit dierneð (dirneð, dyrned, v. ll. ), and weorðeð ymb long yppe, Ll. Th. i. 116, 6. Wá mé ꝥ þú swá lange þé sylfe dyrndest, Hml. S. 33, 308. Gif hit dierne (dyrne, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 124, 8.

ge-feá

Grammar
ge-feá, d. gefeán, gefeáne; d. pl. gefeán, gefeánum.
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Þéh þe úte wǽre belocen fram neorcxnawanges gefeán (gaudiis), gemunde þá ylcan gefeán, for þon þe ǽr heora breác, Gr. D. 261, 3-6. Écum gefeánum wilfægene sempiternis gaudiis compotes, Hy. S. 123, 9.

gyrdel

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Þá begyrde he hine mid his gyrdele (cingulo) . . . Sóna swá wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd, Guth. Gr. 148, 7. stód on ðám wætere tó his gyrdle (usque ad lumbos, Bd 5, 12), Hml. Th. ii. 354, 18. Mid gildenum girdle his breóst wæs befangen, Ll.

hund-nigontig

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wæs nigon and hundnigontic geára nonaginta et novem erat annorum, Gen. 17, 24. Ofer nigon and hundnigontigum (hundneántig, L. hund*-*niontig, R.) rihtwísra super nonaginta nouem iustis, Lk. 15, 7.

word

Grammar
word, <b>. II</b> I.
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Geceás Laurentium tó þám háde þæs biscopes dómes . . . and þurhwunode in his cwide (sententia), 329, 16-18) and wæs wið Simmache in parte Laurentii contra Symmachum sensi. Gr.

wælhreówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wælhreówlíce, adv.

cruellyhorriblyatrociously

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Swá ðæt wælhreáwlíce wurde áhangen, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 22. ðxt suiðe wælhreówlíce (crudeliter) gecýðde on Urias slæge, Past. 3; Swt. 35, 23. Ðæt ne weorðe wælhreó[w]líce (-reówlíce, Cott. MSS.)

twǽming

(n.)
Grammar
twǽming, e; f.

divisionseparationsevering the connection between objectsseparationdistinction

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Úre Drihten forbeád ða yfelan twǽmincge betwux twám ǽwum, ii. 322, 32. separation, distinction cwæð 'ðæs lifigendan Godes' for twǽminge ðæra leásra goda he said 'the living God' to distinguish him from the false gods, Homl. Th. i. 366, 19

á-streccan

to stretch outhold oatto extend:--to prostrate,

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ástrehte middangeardes wuldor, 578, 33. Ær ðan þe se fǽrlica siege ús ástrecce, ii. 124, 21