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be-wépendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
be-wépendlic, adj.

Lamentabledeplorable

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earn, and hú bewépendlic is þǽra manna líf, þe ofer ꝥ riht onginnað, Hml. A. 146, 66

inne-weard

(n.; adj.)
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</b> as adj. physical Inneweard eáre auris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 22. Inneweard þeóh femina, 36, 48. non-physical Swá hwá swá wille dióplíce spirigan mid inneweardan móde æfter ryhte quisquis profunda mente vestigat verum.

eorþ-weard

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-weard, es; m.

An earth-guardterræ custos

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An earth-guard; terræ custos Hæfde lígdraca eorþweard forgrunden the fire-dragon had destroyed the earth-guard, Beo. Th. 4658; B. 2334

ufe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
ufe-weard, uf-weard; adj.

upperupper part ofupper partlaterlatter part of a time

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Ufeweard eáre pinnula, i. 282, 62. Ufweard eáre, 43, 15. Uleweard lippa labium, niðera lippe labrum, 43, 24-5. Ufeweard exle ðæs æftran dǽles ola, 43, 46. Eal ufweard nosu columna, 43, 18.

ge-costian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-costian, -costnian; p. ode; pp. od. [costian to tempt]

To tempttryprovetentāreprobāre

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Ne eart ðú clǽne gecostad thou art not thoroughly proved, Exon. 41 a; Th. 136, 36; Gú. 552 : 40 b; Th. 134, 13; Gú. 507

Linked entry: ge-cost

ge-scyndan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyndan, p. de.

to hastento cause to hasten, to drive

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to hasten Heofon-torht swegl gescyndeþ the heaven-bright sun hastens, Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 2; Sch. 74. to cause to hasten, to drive Ða twegen drýmen wurdon gescynde of ðam earde the two wizards were driven from the land, Homl. Th. ii. 476, 8

ár-weorþnes

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Þú eart úres folces árwurðnyss, Hml. A. 114, 391. Be gebedes árweorðnesse de reverentia orationis, R. Ben. 6, 27. Tó árweorðnesse þǽre hálgan þrynesse, 33, 17. Mid ealre árwurðnisse, Chr. 1012; P. 143, 2: 1054; P. 184, 20.

and-fenga

(n.)
Grammar
and-fenga, -fengea, -fencgea, [ond-], an; m.

A receiverundertakerdefendersusceptor

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Ðú me, God, eart and-fengea tu, Deus, susceptor meus es, 58, 18: 143, 2. Andfencgea, 58, 9

Linked entries: an-fenga -fenga

erfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
erfe-weard, es; m.

An heir hēres

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An heir; hēres Ðú eart erfeweard ealra þeóda tu hērēdĭtābis in omnĭbus gentĭbus, Ps. Th. 81, 8. Forleórt he ðæs hwílewendlícan ríces erfeweardas his suna þrié tres fīlios suos regni tempŏrālis hērēdes relīquit, Bd. 2, 5; Whelc. 121, 41

fals

(n.)
Grammar
fals, es; n.
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Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wíse wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man mǽst falses lufað, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 26-29. Buton ǽlcon false, Wlfst. 272, 3. Add

mild-heort

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Þú eart mín Drihten God dǽdum mildheort tu, Domine, Deus meus, miserator et multum misericors, Ps. Th. 85, 14

mold-stów

(n.)
Grammar
mold-stów, e; f.

A place on the eartha site, or a place in the eartha grave

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A place on the earth, a site, or a place in the earth, a grave Moldstówe, stówlícere moldan situ i. sepulcro, Germ. 391, 195

self-ǽta

(n.)
Grammar
self-ǽta, an; m.
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An eater of those belonging to its own species, (applied to man) a cannibal, anthropophagus Ðú scealt féran . . . ðǽr sylfǽtan eard weardigaþ . . . swá is ðære menigo þeáw, ðæt hié uncúðra ængum ne willaþ feores geunnan, Andr. Kmbl. 350; An. 175

ge-scildend

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Add: a defender, saviour Þú eart mín friðiend and mín gefultumend and mín gescyldend adjutor meus et liberator meus es tu, Ps. Th. 39, 21. Gescyldend ultorem, Ps. Spl. 8, 3: defensorem, Ps. Rdr. 8, 3. Gescyldendas protectores, p. 291, 38

hosp-word

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'Wé oncnáwað þæt þú eart wód,' Hml. Th. ii. 232, 16. Add

eorþ-weall

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-weall, es; m.

An earth-wall, mound agger

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An earth-wall, mound; agger Under eorþweall under the earth-wall, Beo. Th. 6171; B. 3090. Mid eorþwealle with an earth-wall, Bd. 1, 5; S. 476, 10: 4, 28; S. 605, 24

ǽr-deáþ

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-deáþ, es; m.

Early deathmors immatura

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Early death; mors immatura Regnþeófas dǽlaþ yldo, oððe ǽr-deáþ the great thieves find age, or early death, Cd. 169; Th. 212, 14; Exod. 539

drǽfan

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Æþelréd man drǽfde út of his earde, Wlfst. 160, 14. Tó drǽfene pulsaturam, An. Ox. 4865. Add

ælmes-georn

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Ælmesgeorne and árdǽde wið earme men, 131, 2. Mildheorte and ælmesgeorne, 95, 26: Wlfst. 109, 12. Add

of-sendan

(v.)

to reach by sending, send for, summon

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to reach by sending, send for, summon Ofsænd se cyng Godwine eorl the king sent for earl Godwin Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 7.