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ge-dweola

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dweola, -dweolda, an; m.

Errorheresyerrorhærĕsis

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Recd. 623; El. 311. Se Arrianisca gedweolda Arriāna hærĕsis, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 27

sidefulness

(n.)
Grammar
sidefulness, e ; f.
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Honesty, modesty, sobriety Clǽnnyss and sideful*-*nys eówres líchaman and sáule castitas atque sobrietas corporis simul et spiritus vestri, Cod. Dip. B. i. 155, 13. Sidefulnysse pudicitiae, Hpt. Gl. 433, 56.

stærced-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
stærced-, sterced-ferhþ; adj.
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Kmbl. 75; El. 38. Stercedferhþe hæleþ, Judth. Thw. 22, 9; Jud. 55. of hard or cruel mind Drógon hine (St. Andrew) ymb stánhleoðo stærcedferðe cruelhearted ones dragged him about the stony slopes, Andr. Kmbl. 2468; An. 1235

un-tǽlwirðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tǽlwirðlíce, adv.

Blamelesslylaudably

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., laudabiliter) gewilnad, and eác swíðe untǽlwierðlíce (laudabiliter ) monige beóð tó geniédde, Past. 7; Swt. 47, 20. Ðæt ilce ðæt hé untǽlwyrðlíce (-wierð-, Cott.

Linked entry: tǽlwirð-líc

be-hamelian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hamelian, p. ode
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Hí áxodon hwæðer hé etan wolde ǽr ðan þe hé behamelod wurde they asked him, will thou eat, before thou be punished throughout every member of thy body? (2 Maccabees 7, 7), Hml. S. 25, 127. v. hamelian in Dict

Linked entry: hamelian

cruft

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Substitute for examples Cruftas (e written over the a: cf. cruftan (es written over the an), Hpt. Gl. 454, 62) crypte, An. Ox. 2046. Cruftan (so Hpt. Gl. 485, 3) (in) crypta, 3350. Crufte, 4907 (so Hpt. Gl. 518, 77). Crufte (scrufte, An.

ge-líþan

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Jul. 677. to go, pass away Synt lífwynne geliden, El. 1269. v. ge-lyðen in Dict

holian

(v.)
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To make a hole in, dig ground Gáþ gé and ꝥ stánclif hwæthugu holiað ite et rupem in modico cavate Gr. D. 113; 5. Hé hét ðá heardnysse swíðe holian on middan ðǽre flóre his botles (cf. fodiamus in medio tuguriunculi mei. Vit. Cuth. c. xviii), Hml.

lǽþ

Grammar
lǽþ, land, <b>lǽþ</b>
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Of Æglesforda and of ellan þám lǽþe þe þǽr tó líþ de Æilesforda et de toto illo lesto quod ad illum manerium pertinet, C. D. B. iii. 659, 25

munt

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Chr. 1095 ; P. 231, 23. special, the Alps Tó Longbeardna londe and tó þǽm londum on þá healfe muntes regnum Longobardorum et alias terras quae sunt ultramontana, Chr. 887 ; P. 80, 26

on-tyhtan

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, eft hé stiérde ðǽre gewilnunge, Past. 53, 8. Nát ic hwí þú sý eallinga onǽled and ontihted (-tiht, v. l.) of þára bysne and wiðmetenysse ex quorum comparatione accenderis ignoro, Gr. D. 7, 10. Ontihtum geþance intente mente, Scint. 27, 2.

stalian

(v.)
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Þæt seofoðe bebod is: 'Ne stala þú' (cf. ne stel þú, Ex. 20, 15), Hml. Th. ii. 208, 24

sweorcan

Grammar
sweorcan, <b>. I.</b>
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Hé ásende þeóstru and swearc misit tenebras et obscuravit, Ps. L. 104, 28. <b>I a.</b> to grow black :-- Sweorcan and sweartian nigrescere, Chrd. 96, 10. Add

tó-swellan

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Hé beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne oð ꝥ eall his andwlita wearð tóswollen and áwannod ei caput ac faciem tutudit totumque illius vultum tumentem ac lividum reddidit, 20, 31: 22, 19

wealh-land

(n.)
Grammar
wealh-land, es; n.

a foreign landNormandy

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Icel. í Vallandi er síðan var kallat Norðmandi) Com Eádweard hider tó lande of Weallande (fram begeondan sǽ, v. l. ), Chr. 1040; Erl. 167, 27

Linked entry: wealand

ofer-slege

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-slege, es; n.

A lintelsuperliminare

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Sprengaþ on ðæt oferslege (superliminare) . . . ðonne hé gesihþ ðæt blód on ðam oferslege, Ex. 12, 22-23. On hyra gedyrum and oferslegum. Homl. Th. i. 310, 29: ii. 40, 12 : 264, l : 266, 8

of-rídan

(v.)

to overtake by riding, overtake

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Se cyng hét rídan æfter, and ne mehte hine mon ofrídan, Chr. 901; Erl. 98, l: 877; Erl. 78, 21

Cneoferis burh

(n.)
Grammar
Cneoferis burh, burg, e; f.

BurghcastleSuffolk villæ nomen in agro Suffolciensi

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lingua Anglorum Cnobheres burg, id est, urbs Cnobheri vocatur Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 22

on-spannan

(v.)

literally, to unfasten, unclaspto open the mind, to speak, disclose the thoughts

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Onspeón, 1342; An. 671: Elen. 172; El. 86: Exon. Th. 247, 16; Jul. 79

Linked entry: un-spannan

hnitol

(adj.)
Grammar
hnitol, adj.

Given to striking, thrusting, pushing, having the head bent [as an animal when it butts (?)]

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Gif se oxa hnitol wǽre si bos cornupeta fuerit, Ex. ii. 29, 36: L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 29