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ormǽtness

(n.)
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ormǽtness, e; f.
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Excess, immensity Hátheorte láreówas þurh wód*-*nysse hátheortnysse láre gemet tó ormǽtnysse wælhreównysse gecyrraþ iracundi doctores per rabiam furoris disciplinae modum ad inmanitatem crudeliíatis convertunt, Scint. 32. Þurh ormǽtnysse ðæs godcundlícan

or-treówness

(n.)
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or-treówness, e; f.
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Want of faith or confidence, mistrust Ortreownes diffidentia, desperantia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 18. Hé æteówde ða wunda ðǽm ungeleáflullum mannum, forðon ðe hé nolde ðæt ǽnig ortrýwnes wǽre embe his ǽriste, Blickl. Homl. 91, 3

Linked entry: treówness

or-trúwung

(n.)
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or-trúwung, e; f.
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Despair Se ðe forgyfenysse be synne ortrúwaþ swýðor be ortrúwunge ðænne be synne áfealþ. Ortrúwung geýcþ synne qui veniam de peccato desperat plus de desperatione quam de peccat cadit. Desperatio auget peccatum, Scint. 34

or-wegness

(n.)
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or-wegness, e; f.
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Inaccessibility, remoteness Orwegnes devta, s. loca secreta et abdita, quasi extra via, vel invia, sine via, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 55

or-wénness

(n.)
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or-wénness, e; f.
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Despair, hopelessness Ðonne biþ him seó orwénnys ( desperatio illa ) tó máran synne geteald, L. Ecg. P. i. 4; Th. ii. 172, 24. Hwí sprecst ðú mid swá micelre orwénnysse? Homl. Th. i. 534, 22. On orwénnysse his ágenre hǽle in despair of his own salvation

Linked entry: wénness

ósle

(n.)
Grammar
ósle, an; f.
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An ousel, blackbird Óslae merula, Txts. 78, 665: Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 1. Ósle, i. 281, 17

owisc

(n.)
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owisc, e; f.
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A margin (?) Ðanon tó gráfes owisce, andlang owisce tó wege, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 388, 25

Linked entry: ofesc

óxn

(n.)
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óxn, e ; f.
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The arm-pit Óxn ascella, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 65 : 64, 70. Under his óxne sub ascella sua, Kent. Gl. 992. Heó ðone fúlan stenc ðæra óxna áfyrreþ, Lchdm. i. 284, 7. [O. H. Ger. uohsana ascella.] Cf. óhsta

panne

(n.)
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panne, an; f.
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A pan Panne patella, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 51. Mid ðisse pannan hierstinge wæs Paulus onbærned, Past. 21 ; Swt. 165, 3. Of brádre pannan de sartagine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 11. Wyl on pannan, Lchdm. ii. 308, 28. Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan, and hé

Pante

(n.)
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Pante, an; f.
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The river Blackwater in Essex Hí Pantan streám bestódon, Eástseaxena ord and se æschere, Byrht. Th. 133, 50; By. 68. Wódon wælwulfas ofer Pantan, 134. 41 ; By. 97. Seó ǽreste stów is on Pante staþe ðære eá prior locus est in ripa Pentae amnis, Bd. 3,

pening-wǽg

(n.)
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pening-wǽg, e; f.
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A penny-weight Wið lúsum; cwic seolfor and eald butere; án pening seolfres, and tú peningwǽge buteran, Lchdm. ii. 124, 24

píl-stampe

(n.)
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píl-stampe, an ; f.
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A pestle; pilum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 51

Linked entry: stampe

pistol-rǽding

(n.)
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pistol-rǽding, e ; f.
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A lesson in the church-service Lucas ús manode on ðisre pistol-rǽdinge, Homl. Th. i. 294, 13 : ii. 380, 23. (Both passages refer to the Acts of the Apostles.)

plúm-blǽd

(n.)
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plúm-blǽd, e ; f.
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Fruit of the plum-tree Plúmbléda ete neahtnestig let him eat plums after his night's fasting, Lchdm. ii. 230, 13

Linked entry: blǽd

plúme

(n.)
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plúme, an; f.
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A plum (fruit or tree) Seó plúme hoc prunum, Ælfc. Gr. 6; Som. 5, 60. Plumae prunus, Txts. 88, 822 : plumum, 87, 1600

Linked entries: plýme plún

plúm-feðer

(n.)
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plúm-feðer, e; f.
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Down Plúmfeðera hnescnyss geonglíce lima ná gehlýwe plumarum mollities iuuenilia membra non foveat, Scint. 43

plýme

(n.)
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plýme, an; f.
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A plum (fruit or tree) Plýme prunum, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 57: prunus, ii. 68, 45

Linked entry: plúme

polente

(n.)
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polente, (?), an; f.
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Parched corn Hig ǽton polentan ( polentam ), Jos. 5, 11

port-cwén

(n.)
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port-cwén, e ; f.
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A harlot, woman of the town Portcuoene ł synnful peccatrix, Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 37. 39. Mið portcuoenum meretricibus, 15, 30. Portcuoenes meretricis, Rtl. 106, 28, Portcuoene meretrici, 106, 30. Portcuoeno meretrices, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 31, 32

port-strǽt

(n.)
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port-strǽt, e; f.
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A town-road, public way In ðære portstrǽt; and swá æfter ðære strǽte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 36, 22. Of ðære portstrǽte, 52, 20. Portstreet occurs as a proper name, vi. 323, col. 2