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un-meahtiglíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-meahtiglíc, adj.

weakimpossible

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weak biþ unmehtiglíc, Lchdm. ii. 60, 8. Uumihtiglíc, iii. 74, 23. impossible Unmæhtiglíc (-iclíc, Lind.) inpossibile, Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 37: 17, 1. Suíðe unmæghtiglíc, Lind. 18, 24

Linked entry: un-meahtelíc

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, p. ode
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Waraþ windes full, Salm. Kmbl. 49 ; Sal. 25

wamm-wyrcende

(adj.)
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working iniquity Ðæt weorþeþ þeódum tó þreá, ðám ðe þonc Gode, womwyrcende, ne cúþun ðæs ðe on ðone hálgan beám ahougen wæs. Exon. Th. 67, 23 ; Cri. 1093

dæg-steorra

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wæs ásend tóforan Drihtne, swá swá se dægsteorra gǽð beforan ðǽre sunnan, Hml. Th. i. 354, 33. Ðú geworhtest dægsteorran ( auroram ) and sunnan, Ps. Spl. 73, 17. Add

fóre-þencan

Grammar
fóre-þencan, l. fore-þencan,
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smeáþ ł foreþæncð meditabitur, Ps. Rdr. 1, 2. Ne gié foreðencgæ non praemeditari, Lk. L. 21, 14. Nælle gié foreðence nolite praecogitare, Mk. L. 13, 11. and add

full-secgan

(v.)
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fulsǽde his síð him eallum, Hml. S. 4, 284

ge-lícweorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lícweorþ, ge-lícweorþe, ge-lícwirþe, ge-lícwyrþe; adj.
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Ðonne mæg eówian ðǽr Gode suíðe gelícweorðe (lícwyrðe, v. l. ) forhæfdnesse, Past. 315, 19. v. wel-gelícwirþe

gram

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beforan þone graman cyning ( tyrannum ) gelǽd wæs, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 22. See next word. Add

heolorian

(v.)
Grammar
heolorian, heolrian, holrian
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to weigh in a balance heolrede pensauit. An. Ox. 1597. Holrede, Hpt. Gl. 443, 75. Heolrode trutinabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 4. Heolorende librantis, 78, 23: 52, 29

healf-cwic

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For þæm slege feóll ádúne, and hine man healfcwicne (-cwicc-, v. l.) upp áhóf (semivivus levatus est), Gr. D. 63, 1. Healfcwice seminecem, An. Ox. 17, 46. Add

íþ-togen

(adj.; part.)
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God wolde ꝥ hí ðǽr stille reston and on ðám scræfe slépon oþ þás ýðtogenan tíde þe hí eft mancynne geswutelian wolde, Hml. S. 23, 317

líc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
líc-stów, e ; f.
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A place of burial mé sǽde ꝥ se biscop him forgǽfe lícstówe in his cyrcan episcopus locum in ecclesia praebuit, in quo sepeliri debuisset, Gr. D. 340, 35

mildheort-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
mildheort-lic, adj.
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Merciful, compassionate hit má dyde on wælgrimnesse wyllan þonne mid ǽnigre mildheortlicre forgifnesse, Gr. D. 319, 29. Wer ábysgod on mildheortlicum weorcum vir misericordiae aetibus deditus, 301, 18

on-hyscan

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Add Sé þe forsihð þearfan onhyscð (exprobrat) Scyppende his ( he that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker, Prov. 14, 31), Scint. 178, 17. Onhyscan infamare, An. Ox. 17, 23

rǽdere

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Add Rǽdere geornfull má tó gefyllenne þe rǽd þænne tó witenne hræd ys lector strenuus potius ad complendum quę legit quam ad sciendum promptus est, Scint. 219, 16

sárig

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Add bið swíðe sárig dolet, Past. 226, 8. Þæt sárige mancynn, Wlfst. 186, 19. Add Þone sárigestan stefn and þone sárigestan wánunge and gránunge, Verc. Först. 128, 8

sundor-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-wíc, es; n.
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A dwelling standing apart, remote from others Getimbrede sundurwíc nóht feor fram þǽre cyricean fecerat sibi mansionem non longe ab ecclesia remotiorem, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 351, 4

under-gitan

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Þeán ðe se Hálga Gást ne beó swutollíce genemned tó ðám Fæder and tó ðám Suna, swá ðeáh byð symle ðǽrtó undergyten, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 30. Add

ge-sundfullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sundfullian, p. ode; pp. od

To be made prosperousto be successfulprosperari

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To be made prosperous, to be successful; prosperari Swá hwæt swá he déþ beóþ gesundfullode quæcumque faciet prosperabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 1, 3. Gesundfulla prosperare, Ps. Spl. C. 117, 24

Linked entry: -sundfullian

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Hér se cyng heóld his híred on Winceastre tó þám Eástran, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 32.