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heofon-tungol

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-tungol, es; n.

A heavenly body

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A heavenly body Hádor heofontungol the sun, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 47; Met. 22, 24. Hǽdre heofontungol bright heavenly bodies. Exon. 18 a; Th. 43, 23; Cri. 693; 56 a; Th. 199, 28; Ph. 32: Cd. 199; Th. 247, 23; Dan. 501

hwítian

(v.)
Grammar
hwítian, p. ode

to whiten

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To be or become white, to whiten Ic hwítige albeo, albesco, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 6: albo, albico, 36; Som. 38, 29-30. Ðæt ðæt fel hwítige that the skin may become white, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 6

Linked entry: hwítan

in-gewitness

(n.)
Grammar
in-gewitness, e; f.

Knowledgeknowingconsciousnessconscience

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Knowledge, knowing, consciousness, conscience Besmitene syndon ge heora mód ge heora ingewitnys coinquinata sunt et mens eorum et conscientia, Bd. 1, 17; S. 494. 42.

Iudéisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Iudéisc, adj.

Jewish

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Crist cwæþ be ðám ungeleáffullum Iudéiscum wá eów Christ said of the unbelieving Jews 'Woe to you,' Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 5

lǽstend

(n.)
Grammar
lǽstend, es; m.
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One who performs or executes Ðara þinga ðe hé óðre lǽrde tó dónne hé sylfa wæs se wylsumesta fyllend mid lǽstend eorum quæ agenda docebat erat executor devotissimus, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 4. Fylgend and lǽstend, 4, 3; S. 568, 15, note

leóþ-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-wyrhta, an; m.

A poet

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Ælfréd cyning Westsexna leóþwyrhta, Bt. Met. Fox introduc. 5; Met. Einl. 3

mónaþ-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
mónaþ-ádl, e; f.

A disease that occurs at intervals of a month

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Mulier dum consuetudinem menstruam patitur, Bd. i. 27; S. 493, 40-43

morþ-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
morþ-wyrhta, an; m.

One who causes death

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One who causes death (by witchcraft or poison) Wiccan oððe wigleras, mánsworan oððe morþwyrhtan, L.E.G. 11; Th. i. 172, 20 (see note): L. Eth. vi. 7, 36; Th. i. 316, 21, 324, 11: L.C.S. 4; Th. i. 378, 7: Wulfst. 266, 25

Linked entry: morþor-wyrhta

mund-heáls

(n.)
Grammar
mund-heáls, -háls, e; f. (?)

Safety which comes from the protection (mund) afforded by another

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Safety which comes from the protection (mund) afforded by another (?) Ðá se ælmihtiga ácenned wearþ siððan hé Marian mundheáls geceás when Christ was born, after he had chosen a safe retreat in Mary's protecting womb, Exon. 14a; Th. 28, 14; Cri. 446

neáh-mann

(n.; prefix)
Grammar
neáh-mann, néh-mann, es; m.

A neighbour

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A neighbour Him se gesíþ eác fultumade and ealle ða neáhmenn juvante etiam comite ac vicinis omnibus, Bd. 4, 4; S. 571, 14. Ða néhmen vicini, 1, 33; S. 499, 10. Úrum neáhmannum vicinis nostris, Ps. Th. 79, 6: Shrn. 73, 35

níw-cumen

(adj.)

newly come (to a particular belief)a neophyte

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Ben. 101, 15. Be nígcumenra (nícumenra, Wells, Frag.) gebróðra andfenge, 97, 2. Tǽce him mon siððan tó nígcumenra manna húse, 97, 11

ge-untreówsian

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

To be offendedscandălīzāri

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To be offended; scandălīzāri Ðeáh ðe hig ealle geuntreówsion on ðé, ic nǽfre geuntreówsige si omnes scandălīzāti fuĕrint in te, ĕgo nunquam scandālīzābor, Mt. Bos. 26, 33.

greáte wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
greáte wyrt, e; f.
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Meadow saffron; colchicum autumnale Ðeós wyrt ðe man hieribulbum and óðrum naman greáte wyrt nemneþ this plant which is called ίεόβoλβos and by another name great wort, Herb. 22, 1; Lchdm. i. 118, 14: L. M. ii. 52, 1; Lchdm. ii. 268, 22

rísan

(v.)
Grammar
rísan, p. rás; pp. risen (different word from preceding?)
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To seize, snatch away, carry off Benjamin is rísende wulf lupus rapax, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 27. Se rísenda rabula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 68. Ðære rísendan rapaci, 79, 83. Wulfas rísænde ł woedende lupi rapaces, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 15

bóc-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-cræft, es; m.

Book-learning, learning, literatureliteratura

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[bóc a book, cræft art, science] Book-learning, learning, literature; literatura Boétius wæs in bóccræftum se rihtwísesta Boëthius, in book-learning, was the most wise, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 13.

ge-fædere

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fædere, ge-federe, an; f.

A godmothercommatersusceptrix

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A godmother; commater, susceptrix Ǽfre ne geweorþe, ðæt Cristen man gewífige on his gefæderan let it never be that a Christian man marry with his godmother, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 17 : L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 22

Linked entry: ge-federe

geónian

(v.)
Grammar
geónian, part. geóniende; p. ode; pp. od

To yawnhiāre

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To yawn; hiāre Fore openre wunde and geóniendre pro aperto et hiante vulnĕre, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 19. Hí todydon heora múþ ongeán me swá swá leó ðonne he geónaþ aperuerunt in me os suum, sicut leo rapiens, Ps. Th. 21, 11

ge-séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-séfte, adj.

Soft, mildmītis

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Soft, mild; mītis Wǽron hyra gongas sméðe and geséfte their ways were smooth and soft, Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 3; Gú. 704, Swá him éðost biþ, sylfum geséftost as to them may be easiest, softest to themselves, Elen. Kmbl. 2587; El. 1295

Linked entry: séfte

singale

(adv.)
Grammar
singale, singala ; adv.
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cf. seó singale gémen, Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 28) gémen gǽle, Met. 7, 50. Singala, Beo. Th. 382 ; B. 190. v. next word

Súþ-hymbre

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-hymbre, pl.
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Hér wæs Ósuuald ofslagen fram Pendan (and) Súþhymbrum (cf. fram ðam ylcan hǽþenan cyninge and ðære hǽþenan ðeóde Myrcna, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 11), 641; Erl. 27, 8

Linked entry: Súþan-hymbre