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for-myrþrian

(v.)
Grammar
for-myrþrian, -myrþran
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Þǽr (at doom's day) swutelað ǽlc cild hwá hit formyrðrode, Wlfst. 137, 28. Add:

ga-máhnes

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Add: boldness Gemín inperbitas (=?gemáhnes improbitas), Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 57. Gemágnesse inprovitatem (v. Lk. II, 8), 74, 48. Gemáhgnesse (printed -mang-), 46, 55. Þá unfordyttan [ánwillan) gemágnysse obstinatam inportunitatem i. garrulitatem, An.

háls

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In l. after 'forgeaf' add: gefreóde and gefreoðade folc under wolcnum, and at end: v. mund-heáls: <b>háls-bóc</b>. v. heáls-bóc: <b>halscod</b>

grunde-swelge

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grunde-swelge, Add: <b>gunde-swelge, grund-swelge</b>
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Grundeswylie senicia, An. Ox. 56, 379. Grundswylige senecio, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 42

þurh-seón

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Hé þurhseah swá þone preóst for ðon gesealdne deófle, gif hé gedyrstlǽhte ꝥ hé underféngce ðone hálgan sácerdhád perspexit hunc clericum idcirco diabolo traditum, ne ad sacrum ordinem auderet accedere, Gr. D. 136, 6. Add

úp-áhafenness

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úp-áhafenness, <b>. I.</b>
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Swylce hit þolode þáre úpáhefenesse (úphefnesse, v.l.) ac si sublevatione caruisset, Gr. D. 249, 17. II (a). add :-- For þí þe [Dryhtnes] is úre úpáhafennys quia domini est assumptio nostra, Ps. L. 88, 19. Add

wǽden

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽden, adj.
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Blue, purple Wǽden iacinthina, An. Ox. 8, 374: 7, 372. Wið ðý wédenan áttre, wið ðý geolwan áttre. . . wið ðý wonnan áttre, wið ðý wédenan áttre . . . wií ðý basewan áttre, Lch. iii. 36, 18-20

Linked entries: wéden cyne-wǽden

be-irnan

Grammar
be-irnan, <b>II 2</b>.
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Þú an ꝥ druncen beyrnst in ebrietate incurris , Chrd. 74, 30. Hé ne beam (georn, v. l. ) on synne, Gr. D. 22, 28. Godes yrre on tó beyrnanne Dei iram incurrere , Chrd. 109, 28. Add

manigfealdian

(v.)
Grammar
manigfealdian, p. ode
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To multiply, become numerous, abundant, &amp;amp; c. v. manig-feald; Weahsað gé and monigfealdiað crescite et multiplicamini, Past. 109, 6. Þte gié monigfaldiga ut abundetis, Rtl. 13, 17. Mænifeal[dian] amplificare, An. Ox. 5215

on-worpenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-worpenness, e; f.

An injection; fig. of a feeling which has been inspired

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An injection; fig. of a feeling which has been inspired Ðá ic getihtode bi ðære gítsunge onworpennesse and ðá wæs ic gesprecende ðone man and sécende wæs ðæs þinges cúðnesse æt him, Shrn. 36, 19

ge-tácniendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tácniendlíc, -tácnigendlíc; adj.

Bearing a signsignificativetypicalsignĭfĭcātīvus

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Bearing a sign, significative, typical; signĭfĭcātīvus Ðæt getácniendlíce [getácnigendlíce, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 14] lamb wæs geoffrod æt heora Eáster-tíde the typical lamb was offered at their Easter-tide, Homl. Pasc. Lisle 11, 18

hinderling

(n.)
Grammar
hinderling, es; m.

A mean, base, contemptible person

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A mean, base, contemptible person Occidentales Saxonici, scilicet execastre, habent in proverbio summi despectus, quod summa ira commotus, unus vocat alterum hinderling, i. ab omni honestate dejectum, L. Ed. C. 35; Th. i. 459, 36

tún-land

(n.)
Grammar
tún-land, es; n.

Land of an estate or a farm

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Land of an estate or a farm Ðis sindon ða londgemǽra ðæra túnlonda ðe intó Perscóran belimpaþ these are the boundaries of the lands forming the estate of Pershore, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 76, 28

foxung

(n.)
Grammar
foxung, e; f.

A foxlike trick

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A foxlike trick Cwæð se Hǽlend him tó: 'Foxas habbað holu' ... Críst geseah his prættas, for ðan þe hé mid sóðfæstnysse ne sóhte þone Hǽlend, ac foxunga wǽron wunigende on him, Hml. S. 16, 162

bǽl

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Bǽl focus, An. Ox. 17, 49. Pyre béle, id est fýr, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 42. Bǽla pyrarum, 85, 39. On bǽl gearu, B. 1109. On bǽl dón, hladan, áhebban, 1116: 2126: Gen. 2903. Add

be-ceorian

(v.)

to murmur atcomplain of

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Substitute: to murmur at, complain of Gif hé hit mid múðe beceorað ore si murmuraverit, R. Ben. 21, 1. His ríce men hit mǽndon, and þá earme men hit beceorodan, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 13

cýþþu

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cýþþu, (-o).
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., and add: knowledge of, acquaintance with, a matter, subject, &amp;amp;c. Cýð notitia, Scint. 139, 8. Cýððe notitiae, An. Ox. 4214. Cýþþe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 72.

Linked entry: cýþ

ge-þanc

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Add Geðanc cogitatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 37. Mód vel geþanc animus, 33. Geþancge cogitatione, An. Ox. 56, 3. a thought, what a person thinks Ne wyrð þǽr bedíglod þæt dígleste geþanc þe sénig mon ǽfre geþóhte, Wlfst. 25, 14.

open

(adj.)
Grammar
open, adj.

Opennot shut,allowing ingress or egressof a doorof the eyesnot closed upnot covered, not protecteddeclared, publicnot secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired)without attempt at concealment manifest, clear, plain, evident

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Se ðe mánaþ swerige and hit him on open wurðe he that commits perjury, and the crime is clearly proved against him, L. Ath. i. 25; Th. i. 212, 18.

ealdor-mann

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Add: I. in a general sense. used of a person of high position, a prince, ruler, leader, magistrate Ealdorman princeps vel comes, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 12. Eoldorman princeps, 72, 59.