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hláford-scipe

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Gange ðæt land tó ðám ðe sé wylle ðe ðonne bisceopríces wealde on Wigeraceastre; and hig sýn ǽfre under-þeódde and ðám hláfordscipe folhgien ðe ðonne bisceop beó, C. D. iv. 137, 22.

middan-geard

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Ðeáh ðe seofon middangeardas sýn ealle on efn ábrǽdde on þisses ánes onlícnysse, 29. Add Ðeáh ðe eal middangeard sý fram Adames frymðe edniówe geworden, and ánra gehwylc. . . móte lifigan ðreó hund wintra, Sal. K. 148, 33

rǽdfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdfæstness, e; f.
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Readiness to follow good counsel, adherence to right courses Eahta sweras syndon ðe rihtlícne cynedóm up wegaþ ... rǽdfæstnes ( persuabilitas ), L. I. P. 3; Th. ii. 306, 20

ge-tucian

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

To tormentvexpunishpūnīre

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To torment, vex, punish; pūnīre Swilce he for his synnum swá getucod wǽre as if he was so tormented for his sins, Job Thw. 167, 14

DÆL

(n.)
Grammar
DÆL, gen. dæles; dat. dæle; pl. nom. acc. dalu, dalo; n. A

DALE, den. gulf vallis, barathrum

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We synd aworpene on ðás deópan dalo we are cast into these deep dens [hell], Cd. 22; Th. 27, 21; Gen. 421. On ðæt deópe dæl deófol gefeallaþ devils shall fall into the deep gulf, Exon. 30 b; Th. 93, 26; Cri. 1532

be-spanan

(v.)
Grammar
be-spanan, bi-spanan; p. -spón, -speón; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans.

To allure, entice, incite, urge, induceallicere, illicere, incitare, provocare, inducere

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Gif he ǽnigne man on synne bespeón if he have enticed any man to sin, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 13. Ðæt gewin ðe hió hint on bespón mid manigfealdon firen-lustum the war which she brought upon him by her manifold wicked desires, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 40

Linked entries: be-speón bi-spanan

ge-riht-wísian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-wísian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a.

To justifyjustificare

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synt gerihtwísode justĭfĭcāta sunt, Ps. Th. 18, 8. Gerihtwisud justificatus, Mt. Bos. 11, 19

stánig

(adj.)
Grammar
stánig, stǽnig; adj.
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Ðǽr synd swýðe scearpe wegas and stánige (stánihte, Laud. MS.), Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 16, 32. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on stánigum stówum, Lchdm. i. 102, 3. Stǽnigum, 212, 9 note: 216, 20 note: 256, 22

Linked entry: stǽnig

un-ámeten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ámeten, adj.

Unmeasurednot having determined limitsvery greatimmenseboundless

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Ne synt þrý unánetene ... ac is án unámeten immensus Pater, immensus Filius, immensus Spiritus Sanctus ... Non tres immensi ... sed unus immensus, Ath.

Linked entry: á-metan

ge-wefe

(n.)
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Sé þe wylle ymbe þæs gerímes deópnyssa spyrian, þonne mæg hé gemétan þisra þreóra cynna rake on þám gewefe ꝥ wé willað ꝥ se sceáwre wite mid fullum geráde þe þis gewrit áspyrað ꝥ on þám bóccræfte fela híw synt ámearcode, Angl. viii. 330, 35-331, 2

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mis-lic

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mis-lic, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt synt mistlice geearnunga fulfremedra manna, Ps. Th. 44, 15. Gode tó þancunga his mislicra and manigfealdra gesceafta, 18, arg. Þá wyrtgemang tácniað mistlicu mægen Crístes, 44, 10

steng

(n.)
Grammar
steng, es; m.
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Wið wunda som hý sýn of íserne, som hý sýn of stence (stæncge, MS. H.), 166, 10. Ðá hét se déma hí nacode gebindan tó ánum stænge, Shrn. 115, 13. Heáfod on steng (stipitem) ásettan, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 34. Stengcum fustibus, Hpt. Gl. 487. 48.

Linked entry: stæng

clipung

(n.)
Grammar
clipung, e; f.
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Clypunga vocabulorum, i. nominum, 878. articulation Þás syndon healfclypiende gecígede, for ðan ðe hí nabbað fulle clypunge, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 6, 3.

Linked entries: cleopung clepung

hǽþen-scipe

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Idele leóð þe ymbe hǽðenscipe geworhte syndon, Hml. A. 142, 120. a particular form of heathen belief Þá þrý cnihtas wiðcwǽdon his ( Nebuchadnezzar's ) hǽþenscipe, Hml.

ge-swencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swencan, -swæncan; p. -swencte; pp. -swenced, -swenct [swencan to disturb, vex]

To disturbagitatetroublevexfatigueoutwearyafflictharassoppresspulsāreagĭtāretrībŭlārevexārefătīgāreafflīgĕreaffĭcĕreopprĭmĕre

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Synnum geswenced oppressed with sins, Beo. Th. 1954; B. 975: 2741; B. 1368: Andr. Kmbl. 788; An. 394. He wæs geswenced mid grimmum gefeohte he was wearied with fierce fighting, Chr. Erl. 5, 30.

Linked entries: swencan ge-swæncan

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [Halliwell gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In Jamieson's Dictionary the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]
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His wǽpna syndon swǽre tó berenne, ac Cristes geoc is wynsum, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 14. Sorh biþ swǽrost byrðen, Salm. Kmbl. 623; Sal. 311. Gif míne synna wǽron áwegene on ánre wǽgan, ðonne wǽron hí swǽrran gesewene ðonne sandcorn on sǽ, Homl.

Linked entry: swár

be-scerian

(v.)
Grammar
be-scerian, -scirian, -scyrian, -scyrigan; p. ede; pp. ed

To deprive, separate, defraudprivare, separare, fraudare

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Syndon hí to bescyriganne Cristes líchoman and blódes corporis et sanguinis Domini privandi sunt, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 34.

a-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -cufon; pp. -corfen

To cut offabscideresuccidereconcidere

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To cut off; abscidere, succidere, concidere Of his ansýne ealle ic aceorfe, ða ðe him feóndas syndon concidam inimicos ejus a facie ipsius. Ps. Th. 88, 20

un-gifu

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

An evil gift

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An evil gift Hæfð se yfela gást hérongeán seofonfealde ungifa ... ða yfelan ungifa ðæs árleásan deófles syndan ðus genamode insipientia, stultitia..., Wulfst. 52, 7-20: 58, 14

samod-swégende

(adj.)

consonantes

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translates the Latin consonantes Ða óðre stafas syndon gehátene consonantes, ðæt is, samodswégende, forðan ðe hí swégaþ mid ðám fíf clypiendlícum, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 2, 49