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bufan-cweden

(adj.)
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bufan-cweden, adj.
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Aforesaid, above-mentioned Ðæs bufancwedenan mannes mægnu ... se bufancwedena wer, Gr. D. 14, 8. Þá landgemǽro ðæs bufancwedenan landes, C.D. ii. 265, 27. Þysum bufancwedenum gelíce. Gr. D. 90, 27

eár-hring

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Eárhring inauris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 26. Wǽron þá eáran him þurhþyrelode and eárhringas on hongedon of mænigfealdan gimcynne geworhte perforatis auribus, ex quibus uniones dependebant, Nar. 26, 31. Add

ge-mæclic

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Gemæclic conjugalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 32. Þá þe gálnysse flaesces mid gemæclicum (coniugali) wyrþscype gewríþað, Scint. 182, 16. (Ge)mæclican anten[dnyssa] tedas iugales, An. Ox. 18, 27. Add

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geógelere

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Substitute: A magician Fela þinga dydan þá geógeleras on Egypta land þurh drýcræft, Wlfst. 98, 9. Drýas, iúgeleras marsi, An. Ox. 4476. Iúgelera aruspicum, 4020: magorum, i. ariolorum, 4069: 4089

gránian

(v.)
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Þonne grániað and wániað þá þe hér blissedon and fægnedon, Wlfst. 245, 2: Angl. viii. 336, 41. Gránode rugiebam, Bl. Gl. Seó grániende gesceaft, Wlfst. 186, 5: 187, 1. Add

hirde-cnapa

(n.)
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hirde-cnapa, an; m.
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A (young) herdsman Hé let dǽr árǽran his hyrdecnapan cýtan, ꝥ hí ðǽr gehende mid heora hláfordes yrfe lágon. . . . And þá hyrdecnapan . . . ymbe ꝥ wǽron, Hml S. 23, 417-421

ofer-geswincfull

(adj.)
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ofer-geswincfull, adj.
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Excessively laborious or troublesome Þis wæs on eallon þingan swíðe hefigtýme geár, and ofergeswincfull on ungewederan, þá man oððe tilian sceolde oððe eft tilða gegaderian, Chr. 1098 ; P. 234, 2

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snáw-hwít

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Geseah hé mycele weorud swylce on gangdagon, and þá wǽron ealle mid snáwhwítum reáfe gescrýdde, Vis. Lfc. 12. Wé habbað cynehelmas. . . snáwhwíte swá swá lilie, Hml. S. 34, 115. Add

un-lifigende

(adj.)
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Hé gesæt néh þám líchaman þæs unlifigendan mannes (neáh þám deádan líchaman, v.l.) juxta corpus defuncti sedit, Gr. D. 85, 3. Þá word þára unlifigendra verba mortuorum, 346, 10. Add

weorold-rícetere

(n.)
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weorold-rícetere, es; n.
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Worldly power Wé gesetton ꝥ þá þe ǽne beóð tó preóstháde gedón . . . ꝥ hig ná siððan tó nánon worold-rícetere (dignitatem aliquam mundanam) ne geþrístlácen tó becumenne, Chrd. 68. 34

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wilsumlíce

(adv.)
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Wilsumlíce sponte, An. Ox. 1235. Þ úre nán ne beó wiþerrǽde wiþ þá hálgan drohtnunga, ac wilsumlíce dó ꝥ hé dó, Hml. S. 33, 73 : Ps. Vos. 53, 8. Add

fægernes

ornamentbeautypleasantness

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Add: beauty that is visible. of a person. Similar entries v. fæger, I, 1 Se líchoma ealdaþ and his fægernes gewíteþ, Bl. H. 57, 29. Fægernesse venustate (membrorum), Hpt. Gl. 516, 50. Wlitig mǽden*-*mann on wundorlicre fægernysse, Hml. A. 94, 82: 2,

be-nemnan

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Add: to name Wæs genemned ł benemned (Matthaeum) nomine, Mt. L. 9, 9, to appoint, settle On þám mónðe hý bleóton á; ꝥ is þæt hý betǽhton and benemdon (-nemn-don, v.l.) hyra deófolgyldum þá neát þá þe hý woldon syllan, Mart. H. 198, II. Heregýð hafað

drepan

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Drihten hine drep mid líchamlicere untrumnesse Dominus corporali hunc molestia percussit, Gr. D. 325, 26. Heó wearð drepen and gestonden on þá breóst mid cancre þǽre wunde cancri ulcere in mamilla percussa est, 279, 26. Mid cwylde drepen and slægen mortalitate

ealdorlicness

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Ic þé þá wísan secge mid bysene þǽre hálgan ealdorlicnysse ea narro sacrae auctoritatis exemplo, Gr. D. 8, 30. Ealdorlicnesse auctoritate, An. Ox. 216: 40, 3. Æalderlicnessa, 11, 8. Ðæt on his ealdorlicnesse hié ongieten ðæt hié him mægen ondrǽdan, Past

ge-stincan

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We oft gestincað mid úrum nosum ðæt wé mid úrum eágum gesión ne magon rem, quam oculis non cernimus, plerumque odore praevidemus, Past. 433, 20. Hi tugon heorn tó and gestuncon þá swétnesse þæs wundorlican stences suavitatem mirifici odoris trahebant,

ilce

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Sume unðeáwas cumað of óðrum suá ilce suá hié cómon ǽr of óðrum quaedam vitia sicut ex semetipsis gignunt alia, ita ex aliis oriuntur, Past. 306, 19. Þá yfelan hyne geseóð swá ylce swá þá gódan. Solil. H. 67, 16. Weaxe sió bót. . . swá ilce swá sió manbót

líc-rest

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Add: a vehicle or bier in which a corpse is borne Man slóh án geteld ofer þá hálgan ban binnan þǽre lícreste (of. tentorio maiore supra carrum in quo reliquiae (þá bán ) inerant extenso, Bd. 3, ll), Hml. S. 26, 181. a grave, tomb, sepulchre Hé wilnode

saltere

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Add Eálá þú psaltere (psalterium) and hearpe, Ps. L. 56, 9. <b>II b.</b> add :-- This syndon thá cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Thǽr synd twá Crístes béc . . . i. mæssebóc and i ymener and i salter, C. D. B. iii. 660, 32. Mid sange. . . sealteres

meaht-leás

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Add: weak, impotent, powerless. physically Þá fǽringa sáh hé niðer sprǽce benumen and ealre his mihte . . . hé þurh-wunode swá unspecende and mihteleás forð oð þone Ðunresdæg and þá his líf álét, Chr. 1053; P. 182, 24. Hí wǽron mid þǽre meteleáste mihtleáse