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ge-heaþorian

(v.)
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Hæfð geheaðærod heofonríces weard ealle gesceafta, Met. ii. 31

á-reccan

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Ðis wé willað hwéne rúmedlícor áreccean haec paulo latius replicando disseramus, 75, 17. Sié áreaht expolietur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 69

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, adj.
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Ðǽre ǽran hǽle incolomitati pristinae, An. Ox. 4354. On ðá ǽran hǽle, 1875. On ǽrum tídum, Lch. iii. 432, 21: 442, 22. On ðám twám ǽrrum bócum, Hml. S. pref. 41. Hé bebeád ǽrest monna primus statuit, Ors. 6, 30; S. 284, 8: Shrn. 49, 20.

þrili

(adj.)
Grammar
þrili, This word has the form of an i-stem adjective in the glosses
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ðrili trilex, Txts. 35, 29; drili triplex, 115, 158; þrielig hrægil triligium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 53

Linked entry: þrilig

under-irnan

(v.)

to under-runrun beneathsuccurrere

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Ðonne seó sunne hí hæfð ealle underurnen, 246, 10. ¶ As a gloss of succurrere : -- Underiorn succurre, Rtl. 43, 17

ge-mengness

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ge-mengness, Take here the instances given under ge-mengednys, and add: sexual intercourse, copulation, v. ge-mengan ; IV a
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Gif bróðor mid bréðer hǽme þurh his líchaman gemengnysse ( per copulationem corporis ), Ll. Th. ii. 230, 10

Linked entry: -mengness

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

bysmrung

(n.)
Grammar
bysmrung, bysmerung, e; f. [bismer, bysmer infamy, blasphemy]
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Deceit, infamy, blasphemy; illusio, infamia, blasphemia Ðeós bysmrung nis to ondrǽdanne hæc illusio non est timenda, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 39, 41: 497, 6.

Linked entries: bysmerung bismerung

for-ealdian

(v.)
Grammar
for-ealdian, -ealdigean, -ealldian; p. ode; pp. od [for-, eald old]

To grow or wax oldbecome oldsenescĕreveterascĕreinveterascĕre

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Ne forealdige ðeós hand ǽfre nunquam inveterascat hæc mănus, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 24. Ǽlc ánweald biþ sóna forealdod every power soon becomes old, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10: 39, 8; Fox 224, ii. Ðe forealdode wǽron who were grown old, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 4

Linked entry: for-eald

leóþ-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-cræft, es; m.

poetryversea poem

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The art of poetry, poetry, verse, a poem Ðes leóþcræft hoc poema: ðás leóþcræftas hæc poemata [all the other cases are also given], Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 16-21.

líne

(n.)
Grammar
líne, an; f.

a lineropea linerowrulecanon

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Ðǽr sceal wesan se torhta æsc án an línan ácas twegen hægelas swá some 'æ' must occur once, 'a.' and 'h' twice [in forming the words hæn, hana], Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 25; Rä. 43, 10

un-clǽnness

(n.)
Grammar
un-clǽnness, e; f.

uncleannessimpurityfoulnesssqualoruncleannessimpurityobscenity

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in a physical sense, uncleanness, impurity, foulness, squalor Suǽ huæd in húsum ðás ýð eft ástrægde beuærle unclǽnnisse quicquid in domibus haec unda resperserit careat inmunditia, Rtl. 121, 36.

Linked entry: un-clǽne

wiþ-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-hogian, p. ode

To be adverse in thoughtpurposeto be disposed to resist

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To be adverse in thought or purpose, to be disposed to resist Abraham . . . nalles Nergendes hǽse wiðhogode (had no thought of disobeying the command), Cd. Th. 173, 20; Gen. 2864. v. next word

Linked entry: wiþer-hycgende

fore-þingung

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Seó burh hæfð Agathen miccle foreþingunga, 9, 135. Add

feónd-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
feónd-seóc, adj.

Fiend-sickdemoniacdæmŏniăcus

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Fiend-sick, demoniac; dæmŏniăcus Ðætte seó ylce eorþe mihte to hǽle feóndseócra manna and óðra untrumnyssa ut ipsa terra ad ăbĭgendos ex obsessis corpŏrĭbus dæmŏnes grātiæ salutāris hăbēret effectum, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 35

sám-weaxen

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-weaxen, adj.
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Half-grown up Ǽlc man hæfð swáþeáh his ágene lenge on þǽre mycelnesse þe hé man wæs ǽr, oððe hé beón sceolde, gif hé full weóxe, sé ðe on cildháde oððe sámweaxen gewát, Nap. 55

strewung

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Add: bedding Hé læg . . . mid fefore gewǽht . . . on stíþre hǽran licgende mid axum bestreówod. Þá bǽdon þá gebróðra ꝥ hí his bed móston mid wáccre streówunge (strewunge, v. l.) húru underlecgan, Hml. S. 31, 1353

ge-scrýdan

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Hí mid hǽran hí gescrýddon tó líce, Hml. S. 12, 36. Gescrýd circumamicta, An. Ox. 1024. Seó slápolnys byð gescrýdd mid tætticum dormitatio vestietur pannis, Hml. A. 9, 237. Mid hǽran gescrýd tó hire líce, 108, 207.

ælmes-full

(adj.)
Grammar
ælmes-full, adj.

Liberal with alms, charitable

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Wé gehýrdan secgan be ðám ælmesfullan hú góde sáwle hé hæfð, Hml. A. 166, 61. Ælmysfulle eleemosynis largi, Ll. Th. ii. 224, 27

þende

(adj.; con.)
Grammar
þende, conj.
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While Ðendi hé ðæt þóhte engel Drihtnes æteáwde him haec eo cogitante angelus Domini apparuit ei, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 1, 20. Þende hé ðá gespræc adhuc eo loquente, 17, 5. Ðende wæs hé sprecende ł ða hwíle hé spræc adhuc ipso loquente, Lind. 26, 47.