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án-rǽdnes

(n.)
Grammar
án-rǽdnes, -rédnes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [án oue, rǽdnes opinion]

Unanimityconcordagreementconstancysteadfastnessdiligenceearnestnessconcordiaconstantia

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Anrǽdnys gódes weorces constancy of good works, Oct. vit. cap. Scint. 7 : Job Thw. 167, 33

Linked entry: án-rédnes

mǽd-mǽwect

(n.)

the mowing of a meadow

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the mowing of a meadow Eác hé sceal hwíltídum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan tóeácan . . . mǽdmǽwecte also he shall at times be ready for labour of many kinds at his lord's pleasure, besides . . . mowing his meadows, L. R.

Linked entry: mǽwect

on-drǽding

(n.)
Grammar
on-drǽding, e; f.

Dread, terror

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Hé sume hwíle wénde ðæt hine mon gefón sceolde, and hé for ðære ondrǽdinge ðæs ðe swíðor on ðæt weorod þrong, 5, 12; Swt. 244, 12

be-bindan

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Gif hé mid deófles weorcum hine sylfne bebint, Hml. Th. i. 212, 13: 332, 32. Dó on cláþ, bebind fæste, Lch. ii. 34, 25. Bebinde genóh wearme, 270, 9. Þæt Iudéisce cyn is yfele bebunden mid þám ðe hí cwǽdon be Crístes blóde, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 31. Add

á-blinnan

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Hé nǽfre gódes weorces ne áblon, Bl. H. 227, 6. with an infin. Hé beheóld ðone heorot, and áblan his ǽhtan, Hml. S. 30, 39. with a clause Ne áblinnan wé ðæt wé Gode cwémon, Bl. H. 47, 10. with a prep.

Linked entry: on-blinnan

rád

(n.)
Grammar
rád, e; f.
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Gif mon on mycelre ráde oððe on miclum gangum weorðe geteorad, Lchdm. i. 76, 4. Ðæt man funde ǽnne man tó ráde oððe tó gange, L. Ath. v. 4; Th. i. 232, 15. Rynestrong on ráde, Exon. Th. 400, 9; Rä. 20, 7. <b>I a.

á-rǽran

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Th. i. 86, 16. to raise, increase price Gif wé gyld árǽrdon . . . swá man ꝥ weorð up árǽran mihte . . . Gif we ꝥ ceápgild árǽrað, Ll. Th. i. 234, 5, 10, 16.

Linked entry: rǽran

tíder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tíder-líc, adj.
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Weak, frail Se ðe gehielt his unsceadfulnesse and his gódan willan ðeáh hé hwæt tiéderlíces oððe yfelra weorca útan doo hé mæg ðæt æt sumum cierre bétan si mentis innocentia custodilur, etiam si qua foris infirma sunt, quandoque roborantur, Past. 34;

Linked entry: téder-

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.

wituma

(n.)
Grammar
wituma, an; m.

A dowry

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Lócige hé ðæt hió hæbbe ðæt weorð sié hire mægðhádes, ðæt is se weotuma (wituma, v. l.) pretium pudicitiae non negabit (Ex. 21, 10), L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 18.

Linked entry: weotuma

and-lóman

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Sylle him man tól tó his weorce and andlaman tó his húse, Ll. Th. i. 434, 26

myndgian

(v.)
Grammar
myndgian, <b>. II.</b>
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nán gesǽlþ nis on þisse andweardan lífe ut agnoscas in his fortuitis rebus beatitudinem constare non posse, sic collige Bt. 11, 2 ; F. 34, 14. to remind a person of something (gen. ) Wé magon beón suá nyttran æt him, gif wé hié myndgiað hira gódna weorca

wilde

Grammar
wilde, wild.
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Add Wilde weorf, Ll. Th. i. 356, 4. Mettas . . . þá þe gód blód wyrceað, swá swá sint. . . wilda hænna and ealle þá fugelas þe on dúnum libbað, Lch. ii. 244, 25. <b>I a.

rihtere

(n.)
Grammar
rihtere, es; m.

A ruler, director

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A ruler, director Ic wát ðætte God rihtere is his ágnes weorces . . . Gesege mé nú ðú cwist ðæt ðú náht ne tweóge ðætte God ðisse worulde rihtere síe ... operi suo conditorem praesidere Deum scio ...

Linked entry: rihtere

cyrce

(n.)
Grammar
cyrce, gen. cyrcan, cyrcean; f.

A church ecclesia

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Ne sceal cyrcean timber to ænigum óðrum weorce, húton to óðre cyrcean ligna ecclesiæ non debent ad aliud opus poni, nisi ad aliam ecclesiam, L. Ecg. P. A. 16; Th. ii. 234, 16, 17

Linked entry: cyrc

á-bisgung

(n.)
Grammar
á-bisgung, e; f.
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Substitute the following for á-bysgung in Dict. occupation, employment, business. v. á-bisgian, I For ðǽre úterran ábisgunge . . . for ðǽre ábisgunge ðára úterra weorca in exteriorum occupatione . Past. 127, 9, 12.

innera

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Forlǽtan ðá inneran (innerran, v.l. ) giémenne ðæs godcundan ðiówdómes for ðǽre ábisgunge ðára úterra weorca, 127, 8. Forlǽtað ðá úterran sibbe and habbað ðá innerran fæste, 357, 9

rust

(n.)
Grammar
rust, es; m. n. (?)

Rust

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Ǽrest ic wille beón gefremed in litlum weorce, ðæt ic mǽge sum rust (sinnrust (?)) on weg ádrifan of mínre tungan, Shrn. 35, 20. Similar entries v. syn-rust

on-drysne

(adj.)
Grammar
on-drysne, adj.

terrible, dreadful, awfulawful, exciting awereverence, venerable

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Wæs hé for his árfæstum dǽdum eallum his geférum leóf and weorð and ondrysne he was beloved, honoured and reverenced by all his companions for his pious deeds, Blickl. Homl. 213, 12.

fægnian

(v.)

to rejoiceexultwelcome

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Ðý lǽs hé tó ungemetlíce fægenige (faegnige, v. l.) for his gódum weorcum ne in benefactis immoderatius gaudeant, 323, 6. Þæt hé on his gesundfulnysse fægnige, Hml.