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niþerian

(v.)
Grammar
niþerian, niþrian; p. ode.

to bring lowhumiliateto accusecondemn

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Ðæt hiǽ niþradun ( accusarent ) hine, Mk. Skt. Rush. 3, 2. Niþrad damnatus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 3. Wæs neþored damnatur, Hpt. 495, 2

ono

(con.)
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if Ono nú ðæt wíf wel gedyrstgade si igitur bene praesumsit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 19.

or-wéna

(adj.)
Grammar
or-wéna, adj. with gen.
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Ic eom orwéna, ðæt. . .Cd. Th. 134, 10; Gen. 2222. Wǽron orwénan éðelrihtes, 191, 7; Exod. 211. Sindon gé firenum bifongne, feores orwénan, Exon. Th. 139, 27; Gú. 599. v. next word

Linked entry: -wén

reádian

(v.)
Grammar
reádian, p. ode
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Smire ða ófras ðǽr hit reádige, ii. 108, 20. Reádian rubescere, Hymn. Surt. 49, 17. Reádiendum rubente, 91, 33

eal-swá

(adv.)
Grammar
eal-swá, eall-swá; adv.

ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so simĭlĭter, sīcut

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ALSO, so, so as, likewise, even as, even so; simĭlĭter, sīcut Cristenum cyninge gebýreþ ðæt he sý ealswá hit riht is it is the duty of a Christian king to be as it is right, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 8, 22.

Linked entries: swá al-swá eall-swá

ge-offrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-offrian, p. ode; pp. od
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Ðæt hí be hreówsunge Gode geoffrodon that they should sacrifice to God by penitence, Homl. Th. i. 68, 17. Geoffrod sacrificed, Lev. 4, 15

Linked entry: offrian

ge-sóm

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sóm, adj.
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Gesóme and to ðam geþwǽre ðæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid æalle fordón in union and in such accord that none can entirely destroy another, Shrn. 165, 33

rúmlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rúmlíce, adv.
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largely, fully, at large, at length Ðæt hí rúmlíce roccettaþ swíðe, Ps. Th. 143, 16. Ðás þing rúmlíce gecýðan, Anglia viii. 303, 48. Ymbe ðás þing rúmlícor sprecan, 321, 36. Tó-dǽledlícor vel rúm[licor ?] differentius, Wrt.

þafung

(n.)
Grammar
þafung, e; f.
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Ðú wéndest ðæt seó weord ðás woruld wende búton Godes geþeahte and his þafunge, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 32. Ne mæg se deófol mannum derian bútan Godes ðafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 196. Þet weas mid Earnulfes þafunge (geþafunge, MS. A.), Chr. 887; Erl. 87. 3

þeód-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-bealu, wes; n.
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Andrea þúhte þeódbealo þearlíc tó geþolianne, ðæt hé swá unscyldig ealdre sceolde linnan (cf. O. Sax. thiod-quálu, applied to the crucifixion, and to the agony in the garden ), Andr. Kmbl. 2273; An. 1138. Cf. þeód-þreá

þeófian

(v.)
Grammar
þeófian, (and þeófan?
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The Lindisfarne gloss has ðæt ðú ne forstele ł ne forðiófe, Mk. 10, 19; the Kentish Glossary, diófende furtivus; but this might imply the form ðiófian, cf. tácnendi and tácnian: cf. also, for both force and form of the participle styrende agitatam, Mt

þrowiend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þrowiend-líc, þrowigend-líc; adj.

capable of sufferingpassive

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Hélias wæs ús mannum gelíc, ðrowiendlíc, swá swá wé, 330, 16. as a grammatical term, passive Passiva verba, ðæt synd þrowiendlíce word, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 121, 1. Eal swá gáð ða óðre ðrowigendlícan word, 27; Zup. 161, 15

un-scógan

(v.)
Grammar
un-scógan, un-scógian;

to unshoetake off the shoes

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Nyme ðæt wíf his gescý of his fótum, and nemne hine ǽlc man unsceóda ( discalceatus ), Deut. 25, 10. Unsceóde discalciati, Anglia xiii. 416, 735. Unscódum fótum, Wulfst. 170, 16

un-geníd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geníd, un-genídd; adj.

Unforceduncompelled

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Ðæt ealle gesceafta hiora ágnum willum ungenédde him wǽron underþeódde, 35, 5; Fox 164, 29. Ungeniédde (-nídde, Cott.

un-geornful

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geornful, un-geornfull; adj.

Not diligentnegligentcarelessremiss

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Not diligent, negligent, careless, remiss Ðæt ungeornfulle mód hyngreð anima dissoluta esuriet, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 11.

wácness

(n.)
Grammar
wácness, e; f. Meanness of condition, mean estate; vilitas, v. wác, III
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Th. ii. 464, 18, Hí bǽdon, ðæt ða gymstánas ( gems which had been pebbles before a miraculous change ) áwendon tó heora wácnysse, i. 68, 19

Linked entry: wænys

ymb-hón

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hón, pp. -hangen
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Healfnacode on hiora líchaman, búton ðæt hig wǽron mid riftnm ymbhangene. Homl. Ass. 202, 220. Seó fone is mid .xii. godwebbum útan ymbhangen, Salm. Kmbl. p. 152, 17

Linked entry: ymb-hangen

bæc-ern

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Ðæs bæcernes tácen is þæt mon mid bám sámlocone handum tógædere, swilce þú dáh brǽdan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 4. Kycenan and bæcernes (pistrinae), Angl. xiii. 441, 1087. On kycenon oðþe on mynstres bæcerne, R. Ben. 71, 18. Add

cræftiga

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Ðæt wǽron .iiii. stáncræftigan in Róme, þǽr wæs samod .vi. hund cræftigena and xxii, and nǽron náne óðre him gelíce, Shrn. 146, 14. Be mynstres cræftigum ( artificibus ), R. Ben. 95, 2.

dyrstig-líce

(adv.)
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Ox. 753. presumptuously, with temerity On swá hwilcum dæge swá þú dyrstilíce geþrístlǽcst ꝥ þú þone hálgan sácerdhád underféhst quacumque die sacrum ordinem temerare praesumeris, Gr. D. 135, 12.