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á-ceápian

(v.)
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On ðá gerád ðæt hine náge nán man of tó áceápienne on the condition that no man is to buy him out of the land he holds, i. e. get it by paying a higher rent Cht. Th. 151, 14. [Cf. O. H. Ger. er-kaufen redimere.] Cf. á-bycgan

bócere

a bookmanan authora scholar

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Add: a bookman, an author, a scholar Nán bócere ne mæg, þeáh hé mycel cunne, heora naman áwrítan, Hml. S. p. 6, 67.

forþ-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ-weard, adv.
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A. 181, 17. temporal, continuously Hé þeáh fægere forðwerd he went on thriving, Wlfst. 17, 8. prospectively, looking to the future Þis gemet (the imperative mood) sprecð forðwerd (-weard, v. l.) and næfð nánne praeteritum, for þan þe nán man ne hǽt

be-sorg

Anxiouscareful

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nán þing him inmédre ne lǽten, ne besorhre, þonne hira Drihten Christo omnino nihil preponant, 132, 9.

emn-gód

(adj.)
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emn-gód, adj.

Equally good æque bŏnus

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Equally good; æque bŏnus Nán wuht nis betere ðonne God ne emngód him no creature is better than God nor equally good with him, Bt. 34, 3; Fox 138, 7. Nyton náuht emngód they know nothing equally good, 34, 2; Fox 136, 4

Linked entry: efen-gód

under-gán

(v.)

to undermineruin

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Ne sý nán eorðcund cyning mid gítsunge tó ðæm swíþe undergán, Lchdm. iii. 444, 3

ǽ-menne

(n.)
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Ðá cwæð ic: ‘Ic nebbe nán ðára ne ðonne ǽmenne ne óðera manna fultum ne dýgela stówe,’ Shrn. 165, 8-12

Linked entry: -menne

ge-brot

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brot, es; n. [ge-, brot a fragment]

A fragmentfragmentum

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A fragment; fragmentum Of ðám gebrote hig námon seofon wilian fulle de fragmentis tŭlērunt septem sportas plēnas, Mt. Bos. 16, 37.

Linked entry: ge-brotu

brægde

(adj.)
Grammar
brægde, (?), bregde; adj.

Fraudulent

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Fraudulent, done with fraud Ús ne þincþ nán riht ꝥ ǽnig man ágnian sceole þǽr gewitnysse bið, and man gecnáwan can ꝥ þǽr bregde (bregden, brygde (or dat.? v. brygd) v. ll.) bið (that the matter is conducted with fraud ), Ll. Th. 1. 390, 13

Linked entries: brygd brægden

ceorlian

(v.)
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Nán wer ne wífað, ne wíf ne ceorlað, Hml. Th. i. 238, 1. Gif wíf þriwa ceorlað, Ll. Th. ii. 232, 4. Hit riht nis þæt wíf ceorlige oftur þonne ǽne. Wlfst. 305, 2. Heó hraðor wolde sweltan þonne ceorlian, Hml. S. 7, 303. Add

ge-span

Grammar
ge-span, ge-spann.
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Add: a yoke Hié nán gespann ðæs flǽslican gesinscipes ne gebiégð eos nequaquam jugum copulae carnalis inclinat, Past. 401, 3. a clasp, buckle Gespan, gespon murica, aureum in tunica, Txts. 76, 624 : mauria de auro facta in tonica, 113, 78 : Wrt.

self-cwala

(n.)
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self-cwala, an; m.
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A suicide Wé sceolan witan ꝥ nán sylfcwala, ꝥ is ágenslaga, ne becymð tó Godes ríce, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 14. Sylfcwalan and hǽðene men ne ðurfon tó þám dóme; ac hié bióð sóna fordémede, Verc. Först. 172. Sylfcwalan biothanatas, An. Ox. 7, 181

Linked entry: cwala

tóþ-ece

(n.)
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tóþ-ece, es; m.

Tooth-ache

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Ic wát ðæt manig broc byð mycle strengre ðonne tóðsece, ðeáh ic nǽfre nán strengre ne geðolode, Shrn. 185, 9-16. Lǽcedðmas wiþ ðám uferan tóðece ge wiþ ðám niþeran. Lchdm. ii. 50, 7: 52, 6, 7

Linked entry: tóþ-wærc

gástlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gástlíce, gǽstlíce; adv.

Spirituallyspirĭtāliter

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Ðæt húsel is Cristes líchama, líchamlíce, ac gástlíce the housel is Christ's body, not bodily, but spiritually, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 16 : Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 25; Lchdm, iii. 280, 11 : Cd. 220; Th. 283, 7; Sat. 301

Linked entry: gǽstlíce

ofer-stige

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-stige, es; m.

Astonishment, extasy

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forgeare hú ic hit ðus macige,' Homl.

Linked entries: stige ofer-stigenness

rihtwísness

(n.)
Grammar
rihtwísness, e ; f.

righteousness justice rightness reasonablenessreason

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Hú mæg ǽnig man ryhtwíslíce and gesceádwíslíce ácsigan, gif hé nán grot rihtwísnesse on him næfþ? Nis nán swá swíðe bedǽled ryhtwísnesse, ðæt hé nán ryht andwyrde nyte, gif men ácsaþ.

un-gelífedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífedlíc, adj.

Incrediblemarvellous

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Incredible, marvellous Swá ðæt nán wundor [nis] ne eác ungelýfedlíc þincg, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 39. Nis nán tó ðam ungelýfedlíc spel, gif hé hyt segð, ðæt ic him ne gelífe, Shrn. 196, 18.

be-dǽlan

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Nis nán man swá swíþe bedǽled ryhtwísnesse, ꝥ hé nán ryht andwyrde nyte, 35, 1; F. 156, 7. where what is possessed is taken away Bescyrede vel bedǽlde fraudaverat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 46.

treówa

(n.)
Grammar
treówa, trýwa, an; m. An assurance of good faith, a covenant, v. treów, IV
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Náðor ne wé on ðone here faran, ne heora nán tó ús, búton man trýwan and gýslas betwýnan sylle friðe tó wedde, L. A. G. 4; Th. i. 156, 8. Cf. trúwa

Linked entry: trýwa

un-geendigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geendigendlíc, adj.

Indefiniteinfinitive

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Ðæt fífte gemet is infinitivus, ðæt is ungeendigendlíc, forðan ðe ðær ne byð nán sprǽc geendod, 21; Zup. 126, 7

Linked entry: endigend-lic