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ge-niht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-niht, -nyht, es; n: e; f.

Abundance, fulness, sufficiency ⬩ abundantia, ūbertas ⬩ copia, abundantia

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Abundance, fulness, sufficiency; abundantia, ūbertas Wénst ðú ðæt se ánweald and ðæt geniht seó to forseónne thinkest thou that power and abundance are to be despised? Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 22, 24, 26. Hý beóþ oferdrencte on ðære genihte ðínes húses inebriābuntur

Linked entry: ge-nyht

stice

(n.)
Grammar
stice, es; m.
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a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement Se ðe ús gehǽleþ from ðæm stice úrra synna hé geðafode ðæt him mon sette ðyrnenne beág on ðæt heáfud a peccatorum nos punctionibus salvans spinis caput supponere non recusavit, Past. 36, 9; Swt

Linked entry: stic-ádl

þri-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-wintre, -wintra, -winter; adj.

Of three years ⬩ three years old

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Of three years, three years old Thriuuintri (ðriuuintri, Corpus Gl.) steór prifeta, Txts. 86, 780. Þry-wintre (-wintra) triennis, trimus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 287, 13, 18. Þri-winter trimus, vel triennis, vel trimulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 59. Þrywinter triennis

þrýþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þrýþlíce, (?); adv.

Mightily ⬩ deliberately

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Mightily Bissextus ðe on gewunan hæfþ ðæt hé binnan ðam feórðan geáre ealle ðære wucan dagas þrydlíce (þrýþlíce?) æthríne, Anglia viii. 302, 14. Hé oft gesealde healsittendum helm and byrnan swylce hé þrydlícost (þrýþlícost?) óhwǽr feor oððe neáh findan

Linked entries: þrydlíce þrýþig

un-mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽne, adj.

free from evil ⬩ pure ⬩ without perjury ⬩ free from ⬩ exempt from ⬩ not sharing in

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free from evil, pure, of persons Þeáh þe þú welig beó þú ná byst unmǽne fram gylte ( inmunis a delicto ), Scint. 179, 10. Sancta Maria, ides unmǽne, Hy. 10, 14. Fram ealre synne unmǽne ab omni peccato inmunes, Scint. 67, 20. of an oath, without perjury

Linked entry: mǽne

weorold-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wíte, es; n.
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A punishment suffered in this world, a unishment on earth Forgield me ðín líf, ðæs ðe ic ðe mín þurh woruld- wíte weorð gesealde, Exon. Th. 90, 22 ; Cri. 1478. a secular (in contrast with an ecclesiastical) punishment, secular penalty, money-fine Sunnandaga

weorold-wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wlencu, (-o); indecl.: -wlenc; e; f.
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Worldly pride, worldly pomp Bisceopum gebyreþ, ðæt hí woruldwlence ne hédan tó swýðe, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 30. Hí læccaþ of manna begeátum lóc hwæt hí gefón magan . . . Syððan hý hit habbaþ, hí glencgaþ heora wíf mid ðam ðe hí weofoda sceoldan,

wer-hád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-hád, es; m.
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The male sex Werhád oððe wífhad sexus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 78, 16: Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 7: 70, 19. Werhádes man mas vel masculus, 70, 17. Ǽlc werhádes man omne masculinum . . . se werhádes man masculus, Gen. 17, 12, 24. Ealle werhádes men omnes viri, 7, 27

wítegung

(n.)
Grammar
wítegung, e; f.

prophecy ⬩ divination

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prophecy Án ðæra gecýdde Cristes tócyme mid sealmsange, and óðer mid wítegunge. Sind sealmsang and wítegung, swylce hí syflinge wǽron . . . tó ðám fíf ǽlícum bócum, Homl. Th. i. 188, 19. Ðá wæs gefylled Hieremias wítegung, ðe ðus wítegode, 80, 18. Esaias

wísa

(n.)
Grammar
wísa, an; m.

A leader ⬩ director ⬩ captain

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A leader, director, captain Wæs Cainan æfter Enose aldordéma, weard and wísa, Cd. Th. 70, 22; Gen. 1157. Ðú eart eallum eorðbúendum weard and wísa, 251, 19; Dan. 566. Enoch ealdordóm áhó;f, folces wísa, 73, 2 ; Gen. 1198. Leóda aldor, herges wísa, freom

beó-breád

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For meanings given substitute: Honeycomb with honey, and add Beóbreád favus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 65: favum, 284, 70: favi, ii. 37, 62: Beóbréd favus, Germ. 390, 72. Hwæt getácnode ðæs hunies beóbreád ? Beóbreád is on twám ðingum, on weaxe and on hunie,

bissextus

(n.)
Grammar
bissextus, gen. bissexte

leap-year

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The intercalary day of leap-year; also leap-year Sume preóstas secgað ꝥ bissextus cume þurh ꝥ,ꝥ Iosue ábæd æt Gode ꝥ seó sunne stód stille . . . Nis nǽfre þurh ꝥ bissextus . . . Bis is twuwa, sextus se syxta, bissextus twuwa syx, for þám wé cweðað on

Linked entry: bises

bréden

(adj.)
Grammar
bréden, broad.
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Of boards or planks Him ne wiðstent nán ðing, náðerne stænen weall ne bryden wáh, Hml. Th. i. 288, 4. Gewrohte hé (Severus) weall mid turfum and bredweall (breden weall, v. l.) ðǽronufon (cf. Bd. i. 5 where speaking of the vallum made by Sevens it is

eást-ríce

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Substitute: an empire in the east, the East Ðæt eástríce in Asiria gefeóll . . . Ninus rícsade on ðon eástríce lii wintra, Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 7, 13. Constantinopolis is nú ꝥ héhste cynesetl and heáfod ealles eástríces Constantinopolis nunc imperii sedes

fore-spreca

an advocate ⬩ defender ⬩ a sponsor

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Add: an advocate, defender For[e]sprec[a] patronus, An. Ox. 56, 335. Forspeca orator, Germ. 400, 548. Hé bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca, Cht. Th. 169, 26. Þá nyste Paulus ðá gástlican getácnunge ðǽre ǽ, and wæs forðí hyre forespreca, Hml. Th. i. 390

for-sittan

(v.)

to stop up

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Add: trans. to stop up Gif eágan forsetene beóþ ... drýp on ꝥ eáge, Lch. iii. 2, 20. to lose by sitting, to fail to go and do something, neglect or defer a duty Gif preóst fulwihðe untrumes forsitte, Ll. Th. i. 38, 10. Gif hwá burhbóte oþþe bricgbóte

ge-hweled

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-hwelian;</b> pp. ed To inflame with foul matter Sió diégle wund bið sárre ðonne sió opene, for ðám ðæt worsm ðæt ðǽrinne gehweled bið, gif hit bið út forlǽten, ðonne bið sió wund geopenod tó hǽlo ðæs sáres vulnera clausa

geolstor

(n.)
Grammar
geolstor, gelostr, gillister, es; n.: <b>geolstor,</b> e; <b>gillistre,</b> an; f.
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Take here <b>geolhstor</b> in Dict., and add Gelostr supuratio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 74. Geolstor tabo, i. sanie, An. Ox. 2, 228. Þonne yrnð ꝥ gillister út, Lch. ii. 24, 18. Weaxeð sió yfele gillestre and ꝥ yfele blód, 148, 6. Hreófligum wyrmse

ge-risene

Grammar
ge-risene, [7a line 4 /. Bd. i. 26.]
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Add: — See man ymbe mínre sáwle þearfe swá hit beón mæge, and swá hit eác gerysne sý, C. D. ii. 117, 2. Ne wére girisen t reht tó unbindanne non oportuit solui, Lk. R. 13, 16. Æfter gerisenre (-rys-, v. /. ) are his llfes and háda iuxta honorem et vita

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to sharpen.
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Take here <b>ge-scerpan</b> in Dict., and add: to make more active, strengthen. of sight (lit. or fig. ) Þín ꝥ líchamlice eáge ne gesyhð áht líchamlices, búton hit gescyrpe ( acueret ) þá þing tó geseónne seó unlíchamlice wíse, Gr. D. 269