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þeána

(adv.)
Grammar
þeána, (combined with swá, se); adv. conj.
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Yet Pápa on Róme swá þeána gesette papa Romanus tamen statuit, L. Ecg. C. 7; Th. ii. 138, 36. Lífe ne gielpeþ hláfordes gifum, hýreþ swá þeána þeódne sínum, Exon. Th. 440, 6; Rä. 59, 13: 108, 32; Gú. 81. Nó God wolde ðæt seó sáwl sár þrowade, lýfde se

þyrre

(adj.)
Grammar
þyrre, adj.

drylacking waterlacking sap or moisturedry

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dry, lacking water On þyrran mæræ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 117, 5. lacking sap or moisture Þornas þyre (þyrre? but cf. O. L. Ger. thiori holt), Ps. Th. 117, 12. as a medical term, dry Hine dreceþ þyrre hwósta, Lchdm. ii. 264, 13. Eallum þyrrum líchomum

un-brosnigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-brosnigendlíc, adj.

Incorruptibleimperishable

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Incorruptible, imperishable His líchama wæs grápigendlíc, and ðéahhwæðere unbrosnigendlíc; hé æteówde hine grápigendlícne and unbrosnigendlícne, Homl. Th. i. 230, 26: 300, 10: Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 146. Ðú unscrýddest ðé ðone brosnigendlícan mann and ðé

un-tódǽled

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tódǽled, adj.

Undividedunseparated

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Undivided, unseparated Is ðæt full gód ðæt eall ætgædere is untódǽled, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 28. Hé biþ ánfeald untódǽled, 33, 2; Fox 122, 18, 21. Se God is simle on ánum untódǽled, 34, 6; Fox 142, 22: Wulfst. 21, 19. Willnade se cyning ðæt se wer him

un-treówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-treówlíce, adv.

With bad faithperfidiously

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With bad faith, perfidiously Agothocles gedyde untreówlíce wið hiene, ðæt hé hiene on his wárum beswác and ofslóg per Agathoclem insidiis circumventus, occisus est, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 9. Ðá bæd hé ðæt mon dyde beforan him ðone triumphan. Ac him Rómáne

un-wéned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wéned, adj.

Unhoped forunexpected

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Unhoped for, unexpected Ic him eft his ríce ágeaf, and ðá ðære unwéndan áre ðæs ríces (ðe hé him seolfa nǽniges ríces ne wénde) ðæt hé ðá mé eall his goldhord æteówde regna Poro restitui, qui, ut ei insperatus honor donatus est, mihi thesauros suos manifestavit

Linked entry: un-gewéned

weorþfulness

(n.)
Grammar
weorþfulness, e; f.
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Nobleness, magnificence Gesceáwode se án engel ðe ðǽr ǽnlícost wæs, hú fæger hé silf wæs, and hú scínende on wuldre, and him wel gelícode his wurðfulniss, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 34. For swá miceles freólses wurþfulnesse ob tante festivitatis honori-ficentiam

wócor

(n.)
Grammar
wócor, e; f.

Increasefruitoffspring

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Increase, fruit, offspring Sceal fæsl wesan cwiclifigendra cynna gehwilces on ðæt wudufæsten, wócor gelæded eorðan túdres, Cd. Th. 79, 17 ; Gen. 1312. Féd feora wócre, 81, 9 ; Gen. 1342. Ða gemunde God sunu Larneches, and ealle ða wócre ðe hé wið wætre

weorold-strúdere

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-strúdere, -strútere, es; m.
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A spoiler of this world's goods Ne mót mid rihte nán preóst beón gítsiende mangere, ne worldstrútere on geréfscipe, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 7. Tó helle sculan gítseras, rýperas and reáferas and woruldstrúderas, Wulfst. 26, 17: 165, 36. Cristen cyning

wudere

(n.)
Grammar
wudere, wudi[g]ere, es; m.

A bearer of wood

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A bearer of wood Wuderas calones (the passage is : Ejusdem militiae calones et clientes cum lixarum coetibus ad inferiorem gradum pertinentes, Ald. 13. In another gloss on the same passage is the note : Calones sunt qui ligna militibus portant, Hpt.

wyn-lust

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-lust, es; m.

Sensual pleasure

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Sensual pleasure Ic wilnode mid him tó farenne, ðæt ic ðe má emnwyrhtena on ðære þrowunge mínes wynlustes hæfde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 359. Hér synt ðisse weorolde wynlustas, ac ðǽr synt ða écan tintregu, L. E. I. proem.; Th. ii. 394, 8. Gif hwam hwæt

ymener

(n.)
Grammar
ymener, (ymnere?), es; m.
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A book of hymns; hymnare, hymnarium Thǽr synd twá Cristes béc, and i. mæssebóc, and i. ymener, and i. salter, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 660, 32. Hymneres tácen is ðæt mon wæcge brádlinga his hand and rǽre up his litlan finger, Techm. ii. 121, 9. ii. salteras

Linked entry: hymener

bell-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
bell-tíd, e; f.
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A canonical hour marked by the ringing of a bell (v. preceding word, bel-hringes beácn, and Ll. Th. ii. 346, 29 given under belle) Singuli servorum Dei xxx diebus canonicis horis expleto synaxeos æt vii beltídum Pater Noster pro eo cantetur ( the English

bisceop-hám

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-hám, es; m.
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An episcopal estate Ic gean þes landes æt Hedhám ... intó Paulusbyrig æt Lundænæ tó bisceophámæ, Cht. Th. 520, 14. Tó biscopháme, 523, 23. On ǽlcon bisceopháme ǽlcon men freót þe wíteþeów wǽre, Cht. Crw. 23, 28. Sæ bisceop him dó hira fullan fóstær of

Linked entry: hám

cin-bán

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Add: jaw-bone, jaw Án geswel weóx on hire swuran under þám cinbáne (cynn-, v. l.) (sub maxilla, Bd. 4, 19), Hml. S. 20, 52. Cinbán maxillae, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 45: mandibulas, ii. 77, 42: 86, 76: 56, 26: Hpt. Gl. 520, 73. Þǽra cinbán þú scealt mid brídle

cnotta

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Add: a knot, fastening Hét hé þone wer gebindan and ǽnne mæssepreóst . . . mid heardum cnottum samod, Hml. S. 29, 214. Unbindan þá fæstan cnottan synna, 10, 47. Hé unhand þá rápas and þá cnottan þára bænda, Gr. D. 165, 4. a knotty point, difficulty

dráf

Grammar
dráf, drǽf.
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Hét se hálga wer þæt seó cú gewende tó þǽre heorde, and heó swá bilewite swá scép beáh tó þǽre drǽfe, Hml. S. 31, 1055. Se geneát sceal láde lǽdan, dráfe drífan, C. D. iii. 450, 33. Sum fearhrýþer þæs óþræs' ceápes geférscipe oferhogode . . . Hé þæs hyrdes

eáþ-metto

Grammar
eáþ-metto, l. -métto,
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and add Þá hwíle þe Agustus þá eáðmétto wiþ God geheóld þe hé angunnen hæfde, Ors. 6, 1; S. 254, 7. Heora eáþmétto ne mihton náuht forstandan, ne húru heora ofermétta, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 34. On þǽre dene Drihten selfa þára eáðmétta wunigað, Met. 7, 38

gehæft-world

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>gehæft-weorold,</b> e; f. A world of captivity or bondage, the world before redemption through Christ Eálá Maria, eall þeós gehæftworld bídeþ þínre geþafunga; for þon þe God þé hafaþ tó gísle on middangearde geseted, and Adames

ge-hendan

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Add: to grasp, seize, catch Nyle deáð ǽnig swæð ǽfre forlǽtan, ǽr hé gehende (? gehede, MS., the prose corresponding to the passage is :-- Ǽr hé geféhþ ꝥ ꝥ hé æfter spyreð, Bt. 39, I; F. 212, l) ðæt hé æfter spyrede, Met. 27, 15. Hig beóþ gelæhte ł;