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stalian

(v.)
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Gang and æfter þissere tíde ne stala (stel, v. l. ) þú her má, Gr. D. 25, 6-20. Þæt seofoðe bebod is: 'Ne stala þú' (cf. ne stel þú, Ex. 20, 15), Hml. Th. ii. 208, 24

ofer-gemet

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Lóca þæt þú ofergemet ne wilnige, ðú hí (God and Alypius) tógædere metest, woldest cunnan God swá swá Alippius vide ergo ne impudenter velis satis Deum nosse, qui Alypium non satis nosti, Solil. H. 17, 9. Add

þeófian

(v.)
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Ne willað gé leng þeófian ne yfeldón ... geswícað fram ðám þweoran þǽre þýfðe, Gr. D. 202, 9-13. Add

tó-twǽman

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</b> add :-- ne wandode ic mínum sceattum þá hwíle þe eów unfrið on handa stód; ic mid Godes fultume ꝥ tótwǽmde mid mínum scattum, Cht. E. 229, 29

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, <b>. I</b> I g.
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Lóca ꝥ þú ofer gemet ne wilnige, Solil. H. 17, 9. Add

mis-faran

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mis-faran, <b>; I.</b>
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secgað sume menn ꝥ him sceole gelimpan swá swá him gesceapen wæs and geset æt fruman, and ne magon forbúgan ꝥ hí misfaran ne sceolan. secge wé gif hit swá beón sceal, ꝥ hit is unnyt bebod . . . 'Declina a malo et fac bonum,' Hml. S. 17, 224.

sám-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-hál, adj.

weak

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Not in perfect health, weak ne beóþ náht fela manna ætsamne, ðæt heora sum ne sí seóc and sámhál, Wulfst. 273, 10

bletsian

(v.)
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Add: <b>I a</b> α. to pronounce the benediction in a religious service Hé hæfeð gemæssod, and bletsað þis folc, Vis. Lfc. 17. Þonne gé bletsiað on Israhéla folc, Num. 6, 23

wæfþ

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wæfþ, wæfþu.
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ne wundriað mæniges þinges þe monnum wæfðo (wærþo, MS.) and wunder þynceð, Met. 28, 82. Add

níd-bád

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Add: figurative Hwæt, wé wǽron fægne þæt wé ne móston bedíglan on ússum scræfum, þæt hé ús ne swencte mid his mægnis nídbáðe, Mod. Philol. 1. 33

weorold-prýt

(n.)
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weorold-prýt, -prýd, e; f.
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Worldly pride Næs heó, swá æðelborene men synt, mid oferméttum áfylled, ne mid woruldprýdum, Lchdm. iii. 428, 32

wóh-gestreón

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Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wíse wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóhgestreón and mǽst falses lufað ; þý sculan Godes freónd . . . geþafian ꝥ ðurh fals and ðurh wóhgestreón men tó swýðe forwyrcean hí sylfe, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 27-32.

ge-heóran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heóran, p. de; pp. ed

To hearaudire

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To hear; audire Geheór hear now, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 116, 21. Ne geheórþ hears not, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 3. Ne geheórdon heard not, 18, 2 ; Fox 64, 12

wíf

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wíf, <b>. I.</b>
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Sceal ic eald wíf cennan ? num vere paritura sum anus ?, Gen. 18, 13. v. bróþor-, forlegis-, forliger-, forþ-, freó-wíf. Add

stuntness

(n.)
Grammar
stuntness, e; f. Foolishness, folly, stupidity
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ðingþ ðam dysegan menn . . . ac hé ne understent his ágene stuntnysse, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 20. Gif hé him sylfum stýrþ fram eallum stuntnyssum, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 23

ofer-fǽtt

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gesetton ðá hálgan fæderas ꝥ wé fæston mid geráde, and ǽlce dæg eton mid gedafenlicnysse, swá ꝥ úre líchama áléfed ne wurðe ne eft oferfǽt tó ídelum lustum, Hml. S. 13, 105. Add

hwíl-wende

(adj.)
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Add: hwílende. of duration, temporary, not lasting long, not permanent Medemmicel hwíl is ꝥ g mé ne geseóð, and eft is lylel fæc ꝥ gé mé eft geseóð . . . Þeós hwílwende gesihð . . . Hml.

efen-gemyndig

(adj.)
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efen-gemyndig, adj.
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Commemorative Ealle þá syndon from heora eágum gewitene, and nǽfre efngemyndige hider eft ne cumaþ ( will never come back here to commemorate them ), Bl. H. 101, 1

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fandung

trialtestingtrialexperiment

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God ne costnað nǽnne mannan; ac hwæðere nán man ne cymð to Godes ríce, búton hé sý áfandod; for ðí ne sceole wé biddan þæt God úre ne áfandige, ac wé sceolon biddan þæt God ús gescylde, þæt wé ne ábreóðon on ðǽre fandunge . . .

be-dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dirnan, (-dyrnan, q. v. in Dict.)

to conceal

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to conceal Se hord þe þú oþ bedyrndest, Hml. S. 23, 662. Berníþan, bedyrnan dissimulare, i. occultare (desiderium ), An. Ox. 983. Hí synd bedyrnde ꝥ hí nán man ne mæg gefindan, Hml. S. 23, 290.

Linked entry: be-dyrnan