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un-brosnigendlic

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Add: of material or non-material objects In þǽre wísan mæg beón ongyten hwylc seó cýþnes byþ in þám unbrosnend-lican lífe ( in illo incarruptibili vita), Gr. D. 312, 7

Linked entry: un-gebrosnendlic

wine-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wine-mǽg, s; m.

A loving kinsman

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Th. 131; B. 65: Byrht. Th. 140, 50; By. 306: Elen. Kmbl. 2029; El. 1016. Hé winemága lyt, freónda hæfde, Cd. Th. 158, 31; Gen. 2625. Winemǽga hryre, Exon. Th. 287, 1; Wand. 7: 184, 2; Gú. 1338. Winemǽgum bidroren, 306, 31; Seef. 16.

ofer-mód

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-mód, es; n.

pride, arrogance, over-confidencea high stylesuperbia

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Ðá se eorl ongan for his ofermóde álýfan landes tó fela láðere þeóde, Byrht. Th. 134,25; By. 89. [Gif hwa nulle for his ouermoð, oðer for his prude . . . his scrift ihalden, O. E. Homl. i. 9, 30.] a high style (?) Ofermód coturnus Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 5

Linked entries: mód ofer-méde

ge-tyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tyhtan, p. te; pp. ed

To educateteachinstructerŭdīredŏcēreinstruĕre

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Byþ his heorte getrymed and getyhted confirmātum est cor ejus, 111, 7

Linked entry: ge-tihtan

ge-fullfremman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fullfremman, ge-fullfremian.
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Synn byþ gefullfremmed (perpetratur), Scint. 228, 10

ge-wriþing

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wriþing, e; f.
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Binding Þænne hé unrihtlíce fǽrunga byþ gewriþen þæne gewríþincge his dóm of óþrum gylte geearnige cum iniuste forsitan ligatur, ipsam obligationis suę sententiam ex alia culpa mereatur, Scint. 202, 13

snǽd-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
snǽd-mǽlum, adv.

By bits, a bit at a time

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By bits, a bit at a time Pusla snǽdmǽlum pick them out by a bit at a time Lchdm. ii. 356, 13

for-trúwung

(n.)
Grammar
for-trúwung, e; f.

Over-confidencepresumptionpræcĭpītātio

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Over-confidence, presumption; præcĭpītātio On ðære fortrúwunga and on ðam gilpe by presumption and by arrogance, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 6, 4

ge-ascung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ascung, e; f. [acsung asking]

An askinginquiryinterrogātioinquīsītio

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An asking, inquiry; interrogātio, inquīsītio Búton be gemynde and be geascunga except by memory and by inquiry, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 25

Linked entries: geacsung áscung

hand-geswing

(n.)
Grammar
hand-geswing, es; n.

Stroke given by the hand

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Stroke given by the hand Ðǽr wæs heard handgeswing there were hard blows dealt by the hand, Elen. Kmbl. 229; El. 115

Linked entry: ge-swing

hreóh-full

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Januarius gif hé byþ on Mónandæg, þonne biþ . . . windig sumor, and hreóhfull geár (cf. estas uentuosa et tempestuosa, 12) biþ, Archiv cxx. 297, 46. See next word

on-tíned

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
on-tíned, (-tímed ?)

well-supplied

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Gif ðí .x. dæge sunne scýneþ, ðonne byþ sé and ealle æá mid fixum ontíned, Lchdm. iii. 166, 13

Linked entry: -tíned

lǽrig

(n.)
Grammar
lǽrig, A word of doubtful meaning occurring only twice
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Bærst bordes lǽrig, Byrht, Th. 140, 6; By. 284. Ne him bealubenne gebiden hæfdon ofer linde lǽrig, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 29; Exod. 239.

Linked entry: ymb-lǽr(i)gian

mere-torr

(n.)
Grammar
mere-torr, es; m.

A tower formed by the sea (the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea)

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A tower formed by the sea (the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea), Cd. 167; Th. 208, 16; Exod. 484

a-cumend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
a-cumend-líc, adj.

Tolerablebearabletolerabilis

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Tolerable, bearable; tolerabilis Acumendlícre byþ Sodoma lande and Gomorra on dómes dæg, ðonne ðære ceastre tolerabilius erit terræ Sodomorum et Gomorrhæorúm in die judicii quam illi civitati, Mt. Bos. Io, 15

hráca

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Hráca of breóste flegma ex pectore, Chrd. 23, 7 Flegmata, ꝥ byð hráca oððe geposu, deriað þám ealdan, Angl. viii 299, 36. Hráca ł snofol flegmata, An. Ox. 31, 3. Add

hyge-bend

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-bend, es; m: e; f.
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A tie or bond which is furnished by the mind Hygebendum fæst fixed firm by the mind's chains, Beo. Th. 3761; B. 1878

heáh

(adv.)
Grammar
heáh, adv.
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Hí woldon þone stán heár and gerysenlícor ásettan ut lapis amoueretur et altius reponeretur, Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 224, 9. fig, in an exalted position : — Swá micelum swá hé deóppur byð ásliden swá micelum swá hé hégur (excelsius) byþ upp áhafen, Scint. 84,

FEALLAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEALLAN, to feallanne; part. feallende; ic fealle, ðú feallest, fealst, felst, fylst, he fealleþ, fealþ, felþ, fylþ, pl. feallaþ; p. feól, feóll, pl. feóllon; pp. feallen; v. intrans.

FALL, fall down, faildefĭcĕre

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Th. 5830 ; B. 2919: Byrht. Th. 135, 16; By. 119: Andr. Kmbl. 1835; An. 920: Ps. Th, 77, 27. Feónda feorh feóllon þicce the lives of the foes fell thickly, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 20; Gen. 2065: Beo. Th. 2089; B. 1042: Byrht. Th. 135, 1; By. 111: Elen.

Linked entries: feallend-lic ge-feallan

eá-ófer

(n.)
Grammar
eá-ófer, es; m.

A river-bank rīpa flūminis

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A river-bank; rīpa flūminis Be sǽwaroþe, and be eá-ófrum by the sea-shore, and by river-banks. Bt. Met. Fox 19, 43

Linked entry: ófer