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screncan

(v.)
Grammar
screncan, p. te
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Se screncþ ðone blindan ðe ðone ungesceádwísan mirþ protinus adjunxit: 'Nec coram coeco pones offendiculum' . . . Coram coeco offendiculum ponere est . . . ei, qui lumen discretionis non habet, scandali occasionem praebere.

sige-beác

(n.)
Grammar
sige-beác, [<b>e</b>]<b>n,</b> es ; n.
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a sign or monument of victory gained, a trophy Se palm is sigebeácen, Homl. Th. ii. 402, 10. Ðǽr ðæt heofonlíce sigebeácen ( trophaeum ) árǽred beón sceolde, Bd. 3, 2 ; S. 524, 35.

tíder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tíder-líc, adj.
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In giscæf[te] téderlícum in sexu fragili, Rtl. 51, 7. Tydderlícne líchoman hád fragilem corporis sexum, Hymn. Surt. 139, 13. Ic eom þurh míne tydderlíce gecynd líchamlíc man, Homl. Ass. 156, 123.

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þurh-stingan

(v.)

to stab throughpiercethrust through

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Ðæt hé hine selfne ne ðurhstinge mid ðý sweorde unryhthǽmedes ne luxuriae se mucrone transfigant, Past. 43; Swt. 313, 8. Hé hét hine mid sweorde þurstingan, Shru. 131, 33. Þurhstungen confosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 42

þroht-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
þroht-heard, adj.

strong under afflictionshaving fortitude or endurance in troublegrievously hard

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Þegnas þrohthearde þafigan ne woldon, ðæt hié forléton leófne láreów, 803; An. 402. grievously hard Wæs se leódhete þrohtheard, Andr. Kmbl. 2279; An. 1141

þole-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
þole-mód, adj.
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Ðæt se mann beó geðyldig and ðolomód (þol-, MSS. U. D.), Homl. Skt. i. 16, 335. Geðyldig and ðolmód, 17, 55. On ðære écan worulde, ðe gewelgaþ ða þolmódan, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 2

Linked entries: þol-mód þolo-mód

un-clǽnness

(n.)
Grammar
un-clǽnness, e; f.

uncleannessimpurityfoulnesssqualoruncleannessimpurityobscenity

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Se reccere sceal beón simle clǽne on his geðóhte, ðætte nán unclǽnnes ( immunditia ) hine ne besmíte, Past. 13; S. 75, 20: Rtl. 97, 29. Wrǽnre unclǽnnysse lascivae obscenitatis, Hpt. Gl. 505, 38. Hwá unclǽnnisse líf álifde, Exon.

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un-mǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽne, adj.

free from evilpurewithout perjuryfree fromexempt fromnot sharing in

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Fram ealre synne unmǽne ab omni peccato inmunes, Scint. 67, 20. of an oath, without perjury Se áþ is clǽne and unmǽne, L.

Linked entry: mǽne

wítegung

(n.)
Grammar
wítegung, e; f.

prophecydivination

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Swá swá Isaias se wítega hit on béc sette on his wítegunge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 22. divination Þurh eorþan wítegung geomantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 23. Þurh deáþes wítgung nicromantia, 62, 30

wituma

(n.)
Grammar
wituma, an; m.

A dowry

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Lócige hé ðæt hió hæbbe ðæt weorð sié hire mægðhádes, ðæt is se weotuma (wituma, v. l.) pretium pudicitiae non negabit (Ex. 21, 10), L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 18.

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wiþ-ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-ufan, adv. prep.

Above

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On ðære bytminge wæs se arc rúm, and wiðufan genyrwed, Homl. Th. i. 536, 15. Hér wiðufan on ðyssere rǽdinge, 608, 15: ii. 228, 7. Swá swá wiðufan gecweden hit is sicut supra dictum est, Ath. Crd. 27: Lchdm. iii. 438, 7.

weorold-lust

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-lust, es; m.
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Be ðam woruldluste Epicurus sǽde . . . ðaet se lust wǽre ðæt héhste gód habes igitur ante oculos propositam fere formam felicitatis humanae, opes, honores, potentiam, voluptates.

yppe

(n.)
Grammar
yppe, an; f.
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Icel. pallr for this sense Eode æþeling ( Beowulf ) tó yppan, ðǽr se óþer wæs, Hróðgár grétte, Beo. Th. 3634; B. 1815. the upper part of a house, an upper chamber Yppe (Ep.

yfel-wyrcende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-wyrcende, adj. (ptcpl. )
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Hú ne is se ðonne yfelwillende and yfelwyrcende ðe ðone unscyldgan wítnaþ? Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 8-11. Gif ne wére ðes yfelwyrcende ( malefactor ), ne ðé wé gisaldun hine, Jn. Skt. Rush. 18, 30. Yfelwyrcende nequam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 23: 13, 38.

clifian

(v.)
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Se gást sylf cleofað on Gode, Gr. D. 264, 3. Hí mid hyra móde him on clifiað (cleof-, v. l. ), 138, 30. Of þám hege þe hé fæste on clifode (clyf-, v. l. ), 25, 12. Hé cleofode on ðǽre eorðan and ne mihte ná onstyrian his fét tó gánne, 224, 22.

ést-mete

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Éstmettas þæs écan gereordes, ii. 372, 17. of other things 'Geoffra ðíne lác úrum godum, oððe ðú bist mid eallum ðisum pínungtólum getintregod. ' Se diácon cwæð: ' Þás éstmettas ic symle gewilnode,' Hml. Th. i. 424, 23

fífta

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Fífte dohter adneptis, i. 51, 76. in combination with another numeral wæs fífta eác feówertigum fram Agusto, Bd. 1, 13; Sch. 36, 9. fractional On þám fíftan dǽle healfum (cf. ofer þone teóþan dǽle, 25), Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 22.

fore-spreca

an advocatedefendera sponsor

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A. 101, 317. a sponsor Se godfæder wæs þæs cildes forspreca and borh wið God, Hml. Th. ii. 50, 17. Þá þe æt font*-*bæþe úre forespecan (-sprecan, v. l.) wǽran, Wlfst. 67, 9: 109, 16. Forespræcan, Ll. Th. ii. 338, 8

for-secgan

accuse

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Se cniht forsǽde hí bútá. ... 'Hwí woldest þú forsecgan unc unscyldige swá?', Hml. S. 12, 181-198. Biddað leáse gewitan ꝥ hí Naboð forsecgan ðus: 'Naboð wyrigde God,' 18, 191. ꝥ hig nellan nǽnnne sacleásan man for-secgean Ll. Th. i. 294, 5.

ge-máhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-máhlíce, <b>ge-máglíce, ge-málíce</b>
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Þá þearfan swýðe gemáhlíce (importune) bǽdon ꝥ se biscop him sum þing syllan sceolde. Gr. D. 63, 30 Sum fugel swíþe gemáglice (importune) gefeól on þæs hálgan mannes andwlitan, 100, 20