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un-þæslíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þæslíc, adj.

Unsuitableunseemlyunbecomingunfit

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Th. ii. 134, 13. Ús ne gedafenaþ ðæt wé úrne líchaman, ðe Gode is gehálgod on fulluhte, mid unþæslícum plegan gescyndan, i. 482, 9. Onunþæslícum tíman horis incompetentibus, R. Ben. 74, 23. Tó ðan unþæslícum ad ineptas, Hpt. Gl. 510, 35.

un-sprecende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sprecende, adj.

Not speakingunable to speakwithout speechspeechless

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Skt. i. 3, 481. Ða unsprecendan cild, Homl. Th. ii. 116, 14: 50, 15

Linked entry: sprecende

wíd-wegas

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-wegas, pl. m.
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Blǽd is árǽred geond wídwegas, ofer þeóda gehwylce, 3412 ; B. 1704. Cf. síd-wegas

bismer-lic

disgracefulignominiouscontemptibleridiculousfrivolous

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Voc. ii. 150, 81: ridiculosum (phantasma), Hpt. Gl. 459, 35. Ꝥ is swíðe bysmærlic ridiculum est valde, Gr. D. 321, 12

bendan

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Th. ii. 386, 23-26. Gif man gehádodne man bænde oþþe beáte, i. 348, 5. Bende, 400, 19, 21. [Icel. benda to bend

ceás

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ceás, e; f.
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Th. ii. 89, 26, Ðá wróhtgeornan ðe ceáse wyrceað (cf. ða ðe wróhte sáwað, 357, 14) seminantes jurgia, Past. 177, 11. Cǽsa insectationes, rixas, An.

Linked entry: ceást

dwolma

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Voc. ii. 73, 65: 17, 56. Dwolman (in antiquum) chaos, An. Ox. 2483

ele-greófa

(n.)
Grammar
ele-greófa, an; m.
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The glosser may have thought of the fire as fed by oil from cans, or by tow soaked in oil), An. Ox. 7, 87: 8, 99

Linked entry: greofa

firen-full

a sinner

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Th. ii. 136, 27

cystig-ness

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Th. i. 514, 14. Cystignesse liberalitate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 21. abundance Hé metta mid cystignysse wealð aescarum largitate feruescit, Scint. 56, 2

geohhol

(n.)
Grammar
geohhol, gehhol, gehol, geól; n. pl. (cf.
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Take here <b>geól</b> in Dict., and add Þý twelftan dæge ofer geohhel (geohol, ge(o)h(o)l (the o's above the line), geochol, v. ll.) epifaniae, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 9. On Gehhol (Geól, Geohhol, v. ll. ), Ll. Th. i. 64, 23.

Linked entry: geól

ge-dwimorlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dwimorlic, adj.
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Th. ii. 166, 4-11

hwæt-hwoegno

Grammar
hwæt-hwoegno, l. hwæt-hwegno, hwæt-hwegnu
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<b>II a.</b> with an adjective clause, v. hwæt-hwega; 3 a α Habbað gé hér hwæthwoegno ꝥte ettlic sié?, Lk. R. 24, 41

án

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
án, <b>. I</b> I 2 a.
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S. 35, 281. v. án; &para; in Dict. <b>VI a.</b> made definite by the demonstrative Hí ealle stódon, ðá dá se án ðé týnde, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 12. l a. Add On ǽlcum ánum geáre. Shrn. 63, 29. 2d. add: v. for án. [Cf. Goth, þat ain ei.]

dœ́g

(n.)
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Is ðirddan doege tertia dies. Lk. L. 24, 21. On ðǽm æfterra doege, 9, 37: Mt. L. 27, 62. Of doeg ðǽm die illo, Jn. I. 1, 39. Oð ðone doege usque in diem illum, Mt. L. 26, 29: 27, 64: Mk. p. 5, 8. Énne doeg unum diem, Lk.

rómian

(v.)
Grammar
rómian, p. ode;

with gen. To strive after

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Ic eom ríces leás as marking the inability for further striving on the part of Lucifer, 24, 3; Gen. 372), Cd. Th. 23, 15; Gen. 350

rúm-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-heort, adj.

liberal, munificentuntroubled

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Se weg ðe tó lífe lǽt is ús tó gefarenne mid rúmheortum móde and mid gódum and glædum geþance dilatato corde curritur via mandatorum Dei, R. Ben. 5, 22. Similar entries v. rúme III

of-þryscan

(v.)

to beat down, repress, suppress

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to beat down, repress, suppress Concutit i. turbat, terreat tóscæcþ, ofþrysceþ percutit. Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 48. Ða ðe ofþryscaþ ða styringe ðæs flǽsclícan lustes qui compressis motibus carnis, Past. 52, 6; Swt. 409, I.

on-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
on-scyte, es; m.

an attack, assaultan attack in words, a calumny, backbiting

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Th. ii. 578, 23. an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting Mǽst ǽlc óðrum derede wordes and dǽde; and húru unrihtlíce mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan [and mid wróhtlácan, MS. E.], Wulfst. 160, 5.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Ic hine cúðe cniht wesende, 750; B. 372. with a predicative adjective or participle Hé edgeong weseþ, Exon. Th. 224, 10 ; Ph. 373. Ðú ðé wǽre reód, and ic mé wæs blác; ðú wǽre glæd, and ic mé wæs unrót, L. E. I. proem. ; Th. ii. 398, 14.