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Sunnan-dœ́g

(n.)
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In sunnedoeg in sabbato, Jn. p. 4, 9

un-gewuna

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Ic secge nú ꝥ ic hwílon ǽr forsuwade for þám ungewunan woroldlices gesceádes, Angl. vii. 12, 114. Add

sprǽc-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
sprǽc-ærn, ern, es; n.

A place for speaking, court-house

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A place for speaking, court-house In sprécern in praetorium, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 18, 28: 19, 9

Linked entry: sprǽc-hús

wann

(adj.)
Grammar
wann, adj.

Dark ⬩ dusty ⬩ sable ⬩ lurid ⬩ livid ⬩ blue-black ⬩ livid ⬩ swarthy ⬩ dusty ⬩ dark-hued ⬩ dark ⬩ dingy

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Myn is the drenchyng in the see so wan, Chauc. Kn. T. 1598) Ýðgeblond ástígeþ won tó wolcnum the troubled waves mount dark to heaven, Beo. Th. 2752 ; B. 1374. Wonn, Exon. Th. 383, 34; Rä. 4, 20.

Linked entries: wan wanniht

a-breóðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-breóðan, p. -breáþ, pl. -bruðon; pp. -broðen

To unsettle ⬩ ruin ⬩ frustrate ⬩ degenerate ⬩ deteriorate ⬩ perdere ⬩ degenerare

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Hí abruðon ða ðe he toþohte they frustrated that which he had thought of, Chr. 1004; Ing. 178, 1. Eálá ðú abroðene folc degener O populus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 8,10. Hic et hæc et hoc nugas ðæt is abroðen on Englisc Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. ii, 2

Linked entry: a-bruðon

CEALD

(adj.)
Grammar
CEALD, cald; ra; ost; adj.[ceald = cald, q. v.]

Cool, COLD ⬩ frigidus, gelidus

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M. cont. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 160, 7. Forst se biþ fyrnum ceald frost which is intensely cold, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 16; Gen. 809. Ðú ðæm wætere wǽtum and cealdum foldan fæste gesettest thou firmly settest the earth to the water wet and cold, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: cyld cald cald

fóre-sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-sceáwung, fór-sceáwung, e; f.

A FORESHEWING ⬩ foreseeing ⬩ foresight ⬩ providence ⬩ provĭdentia

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Com hit mid Godes fóresceáwunge and bletsunge it came with God's providence and blessing. Homl. Th. i. 92, 22: Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 15. On ðara þinga foresceáwunge in rērum provĭdentia, Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 7.

Linked entry: fór-sceáwung

forþ-faran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-faran, p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faren

To go forth ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ discēdĕre ⬩ abīre ⬩ defungi

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On ðam ilcan geáre he forþfór in the same year he died, Chr. 571; Erl. 19, 18. Forþfaren defunctus, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 31: Wrt. Voc. 85, 58. Ðá Héródes wæs forþfaren defuncto Hērōde, Mt. Bos. 2, 19: Chr. 685; Erl. 41, 34: Homl. Th. ii. 158, 4.

hynden-mann

(n.)
Grammar
hynden-mann, es; m.
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Æðelst. v. 8; Th. i. 236, 1-6

Linked entry: hynden

lícettung

(n.)
Grammar
lícettung, e; f.

Feigning ⬩ pretence ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy

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Hwǽr com seó manigfealde lícetung heora freónda what is become of the manifold flattery of their friends? Blickl. Homl. 99, 33. Innan gé synt fulle líccettunge [MSS. A. B. lícetunge] intus pleni estis hypocrisi, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 28.

lytig-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
lytig-, lyte-líce; adv.

Cunningly ⬩ artfully ⬩ craftily

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Ne weorþeþ on worulde lytelíce swicolra ðonne hé wyrþeþ none in the world is more craftily deceitful than he, 54, 22. Se ðe litelícost cúðe leáslíce hiwian unsóþ tó sóþe he that most cunningly could make untruth appear truth, 128, 9

mann-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
mann-dryhten, es; m.

A lord of men ⬩ liege lord

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Ðá ic ðæt wíf (Sarah) gefrægn wordum cýðan hire mandrihtne (Abraham), 102; Th. 135, 15; Gen. 2243.

mann-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
mann-þeáw, es; m.

A manner ⬩ custom ⬩ practice

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In monþeáwas, Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 15; Az. 190. [Cf. þe hwile hit (a child) is lutel ler him monþewes, Morris Spec. i. 152, 432.]

midl

(n.)
Grammar
midl, es; n.

a bit ⬩ curb ⬩ the thong which bound the oar to the pin

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Voc. ii. 119, 49. the thong which bound the oar to the pin Midla strupiar, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 6. Midlu, 63, 65. [Cf. in the same list of words connected with ships ár-wiððe struppus, 56, 37.]

Linked entry: ge-midlige

nergend

(n.)
Grammar
nergend, nerigend, neriend, es; m.

A saviour ⬩ preserver

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Grn. ii. 291, 39. Dryhten God, nerigend fira, Andr. Kmbl. 2573; An. 1288. Neregend, 581; An. 291. Se Godes cwide is folces nerigend (MS. B. neriend), Salm. Kmbl. 162; Sal. 80. Nergendes hǽs God's command, Cd. Th. 173, 29; Gen. 2863.

ge-recednys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-recednys, -recednes, -recenes, -nyss, e; f.

A narration, history, report, an interpretation, a direction, correction ⬩ narratio, relatio, historia, interpretatio, directio, correctio

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To mǽgwlite andgytes and gástlícra gerecenessa ic to ætýcte ad formam sensus et interpretationis eorum superadjeci, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 35.

ge-namian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-namian, p. ode; pp. od [nama a name]

To name, call, appoint ⬩ appellare, vocare

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Th. i. 282, 20

Linked entry: namian

ge-nihtsumian

(v.)
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ge-nihtsumian, -nyhtsumian; part. -nihtsumigende; p. ode; pp. od

To abound, suffice ⬩ abundāre, suffĭcĕre

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To abound, suffice; abundāre, suffĭcĕre Hí synfulle and genihtsumigende on worulde, hí begeáton welan ipsi peccātōres et abundantes in sæcŭlo, obtĭnuērunt dīvĭtias, Ps. Spl. 72, 12: 127, 3. Ic genihtsumige abundo, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 10.

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsumian

ge-nípan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nípan, p. -náp, pl. -nipon; pp. -nipen.

to darken, become dark ⬩ cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri ⬩ to rise as a cloud, to creep up or come suddenly upon one ⬩ obrēpĕre, sŭpervĕnīre alĭcui

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to darken, become dark; cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri Hú seó þrag gewát, genáp under niht-heltn, swá heó nó wǽre how the time has passed, has darkened under the veil of night, as if it had not been, Exon. 77 b; Th. 292, 8; Wand. 96. to rise as a cloud, to creep

Linked entry: nípan

sund-búend

(n.)
Grammar
sund-búend, es; m.
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A sea-dweller, but the word, which occurs only in the plural, is used for men, mankind; cf. fold-búend Saturnus ðone sundbúende héton, hæleþa bearn, Met. 26, 48.