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niþerness

(n.)
Grammar
niþerness, e; f.

Lownessa low positionthe bottom

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Lowness, a low position, the bottom Ðá geseah swá þýstre dene under him in nyþernesse gesette vidit quasi vallem tenebrosam subtus se in imo positam, Bd. 3. 19; S. 548, 9

ge-eádmódian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eádmódian, -eáþmódian

to humiliatedeign

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Ðæt he ge-eádmódige ut ipse dignetur, 2, 2; S. 502, 19

Linked entry: ge-eáþmódian

þearlwísness

(n.)
Grammar
þearlwísness, e; f.
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hine wæs frignende mid ða apostolícam ðearlwísnesse sciscitabatur apostolica districtione, 2, 6; S. 508, 14

ge-cneordlíce

(adv.)
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Godes beboda gecneordlíce mid weorcum gefylð, ii. 228, 24. Gecnyrdlícost studiosius, Wülck. Gl. 250, 39. Add

ge-efenlíc

(adj.)
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Ca' substitute Ꝥ swá geefenlíca wǽre (hí swá geefenlíco wǽron, v. l.) mid þá gyfe his þingeres aequatus gratia suo intercessori, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 531, 8

hwíl-stycce

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Leáf ꝥ moste him sum hwílstycce gebiddan licentia paululum orandi Gr. D. 254, 24. Þéh þe þes middangeard sum hwílstycce cwéme, 258, 26. Hwílsticcu intervalla . Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 61. Add

slídan

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Add spræc þýsne cwyde be þám wrǽnan and slídendan (slidenan, v. l., cf. slidor) men de luxurioso ac lubrico sententiam protulit, Gr. D. 323, 2. Add Sliden lapsum, An. Ox. 1467

spédig

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Þám sþédigum gedafenað þæt héspende and dǽle; ðám wǽdlan gedafenað þæt gebidde for ðane dǽlere, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 30-33. Add

Súþ-Dene

(n.)
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the South Danes gesóhte Súd-Dena folc, B. 463. Ic wæs mid Súð-Denum, Víd. 58. Ic þé bæd þæt þú léte Súð-Dene sylfe geweorþan gúðe wið Grendel, B. 1996

swífan

Grammar
swífan, <b>. I.</b>
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Se bróc þeáh swífe (swíþe, MS.) of his rihtryne (cf. bróc bið onwended of his rihtryne vagatur defluus amnis, Met. 5, 19), Bt. 6; S. 14, 15. v. ymb-swífan. Add

tó-hwega

(n.)
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a little cóm geornlíce biddende ꝥ him sceolde beón seald tóhwega eles ( aliquantulum olei ), Gr. D. 159, 11. Ꝥ hí þone swétan mete húru geómriende hwæthugu (tóhwega, v.l. ) onbyrgdon, 170, 11

Linked entry: for-hwǽga

wǽdlian

(v.)
Grammar
wǽdlian, <b>. I.</b>
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gesealde wǽdligendum mannum ( captivis et indigentibus ), Gr. D. 179, 17. Add

út-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
út-líc, adj.

Externalforeign

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his ðeóde fram útlícre hergunge (ab externa invasione) álýsde, 4, 26; S. 603, 20

wearrig

(adj.)
Grammar
wearrig, adj.

Callous

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Callous gelóme ðingode for ðæs folces gyltum, bígende his cneówu on gebedum symle, swá ðæt him weóxon wearrige ylas, on olfendes gelícnysse, on his liðegum cneówum, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 26

hǽðen-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-nes, se; f.

Heathenism, paganismgentilitas

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tó hǽðennysse wæs gehwyrfed ad apostasiam conversus est, 3, 30; S. 561, 39

ofer-gíman

(v.)

to neglect, disregard

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Gif áðor dyde, oððe ofergímde, oððe forgeat, 71, 15. Ðæs git ofergýmdon Hǽlendes word, Cd. Th. 295, 14; Sat. 486

Linked entry: ofer-gumian

-swát

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-swát, adj. in ge-swat

sweaty, sweating

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Gebeþe ða hamma mid ðam stánbaðe; ðonne hié sién geswáte, ðonne recce ða bán, 68, 6

tweógendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tweógendlíce, adv.

Doubtinglydoubtfully

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Doubtingly, doubtfully Sume hí twíendlíce be his lífe sprǽcon, and ðæt cwǽdon, ðæt hí nyston hwæðer on Godes mihte ða þing worhte ðe þurh deófles cræft, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 16

Linked entry: twíendlíce

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Forgylde ꝥ ángylde, and ꝥ wíte swá tó þám ángylde gelimpan wylle, Ll. Th. i. 66, 3

yfel

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel, adj.
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He wile gesceáwian wlitige and unclǽne, tile and yfle, Cd. Th. 303, 10; Sat. 610. áraþ ða gódan, and wítnaþ ða yfelan, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 20. of things, bad, not good of its kind Sió yfele gillestre and ðæt yfele blód, Lchdm. ii. 148, 6.