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fracoþ-nes

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Hí gálnysse onscunedon ... and þá fúlan forsáwon for heora fracodnysse Hml. A. 23, 214. Unclǽnnessa, fracedn[essa] squalores, An. Ox. 4455

þearlwísness

(n.)
Grammar
þearlwísness, e; f.

Severity, ⬩ strictness

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Hé hine wæs frignende mid ða apostolícam ðearlwísnesse sciscitabatur apostolica districtione, 2, 6; S. 508, 14

wíf-cild

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-cild, es; n.

A female child

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A female child For wǽpnedbearne sceolde cennende wíf hí áhabban fram Godes húse ingange ðreó and ðrittig daga, and for wífcilde ( femina ) syx and syxtig daga, Bd. 1. 27 ; S. 493, 16

camb

(n.)
Grammar
camb, e; f.

A comb, an assemblage of cells in which bees store their honey ⬩ favus

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A comb, an assemblage of cells in which bees store their honey; favus Hí yrnbþrungon me swá swá beón camba they surrounded me as bees [surround] the combs, Ps. Lamb. 117, 12

castel-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
castel-weorc, es; n.

Castle-work ⬩ castellorum opus

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Castle-work; castellorum opus Hí suencten ðe men of ðe land mid castelweorces [for castelweorcum] they oppressed the men of the land with castle-works [castellis ædificandis], Chr. 1137; Th. 382, 20

ge-cneordlíce

(adv.)
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Þá hǽðenan mid lácum heora leásra goda gecneordlíce munde bǽdon, Hml. Th. i. 504, 19. Hé Godes beboda gecneordlíce mid weorcum gefylð, ii. 228, 24. Gecnyrdlícost studiosius, Wülck. Gl. 250, 39. Add

beátere

a beater ⬩ a boxer ⬩ pugil

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Substitute: a beater Hé hét his cwelleras þone hálgan beátan mid saglum. Þá bærst sum sagol intó ánes beáteres eágan, Hml. S. 4, 143. a boxer; pugil, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 39, 1

clǽn-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽn-heort, se clǽn-heorta; adj.

Clean-hearted, pure in heart ⬩ mundo corde

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Clean-hearted, pure in heart; mundo corde Eádige synd ða clǽnheortan, forðamðe hí God geseóþ beati mundo corde, quoniam ipsi Deum videbunt, Mt. Bos. 5, 8: Homl. Th. ii. 580, 33

Linked entry: -heort

cíding

(n.)
Grammar
cíding, cýdung, e; f.

A CHIDING, reproving, rebuke ⬩ increpatio

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A CHIDING, reproving, rebuke; increpatio For his cídinge for his chiding, Ors. 4, 12; Bos. 99, 8. Of cýdunge ðínre hí fleóþ ab increpatione tua fugient, Ps. Spl. T. 103, 8

Linked entry: cýdung

egsung

(n.)
Grammar
egsung, e; f. [egsa fear]

A terrible act, frightening, threatening ⬩ terrĭbĭle, commĭnātio

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A terrible act, frightening, threatening; terrĭbĭle, commĭnātio Strencþe egsunga oððe egesfulra þinga ðínra hí cweðaþ virtūtem terrĭbĭlium tuōrum dīcent, Ps. Lamb. 144, 6. Mid egsunge by threatening, Jud. Thw. 161, 37

Linked entry: egesung

folc-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
folc-riht, -ryht; adj.

According to folk-right ⬩ lawful ⬩ secundum publĭcum jus ⬩ lēgālis

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According to folk-right, lawful; secundum publĭcum jus, lēgālis Síe he wyrðe folcryhtre [-rihtre MS. G.] bóte let him be worthy of lawful compensation, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 25

hræd-wyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
hræd-wyrde, adj.

Quick ⬩ hasty of speech

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Quick, hasty of speech Ne sceal nó tó hátheort ne tó hrædwyrde he must not be too passionate nor too hasty of speech, Exon. 77 b; Th. 290, 17; Wand. 66

Linked entry: wær-wyrde

in-drencan

(v.)
Grammar
in-drencan, p. te

To soak ⬩ saturate ⬩ inebriate

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To soak, saturate, inebriate Hí ðá sylfe betweónum indrencton mid ðám cerenum ðære gódspellícan swétnysse they mutually saturated each other with the wines of evangelic sweetness, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 72, 7

Linked entry: on-drencan

irfe-

(v.; prefix)
Grammar
irfe-, irf-weardian; p. ode

To inherit

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Hí yrfweardiaþ eorþan hæreditabunt terram, 36, 11. Ðæt ðú yrfweardige eorþan, 36

óþ-éhtian

(v.)
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to drive away Se ðe ðis feoh óþfergean þence, oððe ðis orf óþéhtian þence he that thinks of carrying off this cattle, or of driving it away Lchdm. i. 384, 15

un-besorh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-besorh, adj.

Not the object of care ⬩ that one does not care about

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Not the object of care, that one does not care about Ðá hét se cyning clypian him tó unbesorge men ( men that he didn't care about ), Homl. Th. ii. 486, 9

Linked entry: be-sorg

un-lytel

(n.)
Grammar
un-lytel, es; n.

No small amount ⬩ much

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Hé lǽfde þære wudewan unlytel on feó and on óðrum ǽhtum, Homl. Ass. 108, 200: Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 14

be-héfness

(n.)
Grammar
be-héfness, e; f.
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Lífes éces behéfnyssa ( com-moda ), Hy. S. 5, 21: 114, 9. Behéf[nyssum] commoditatibus, An. Ox. 56, 306

béna

(n.)
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Hé áforhtode for ðǽre geornfullan bénan (for hire hálsiendlican béne, v. l.) and wolde ꝥ wíf forbúgan expavit petitionis illius juramentum, declinare mulierem voluit, Gr. D. 17, 30

dǽdbót-líhting

(n.)
Grammar
dǽdbót-líhting, e; f.
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Mitigation of penance Ðis is mihtiges mannes dǽdbótlíhtingc, ac án unmaga ne mæg swilc geforðian, ac ꝥ hé mót on hine sylfne hit sécan þe geornor, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 21

Linked entry: líhting