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un-cýðig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cýðig, adj.

Ignorantunacquainted

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Ðá wundrade heó ymb ðæs weres snyttro, swá geleáfful on swá lytlum fæce ond swá uncýðig ǽfre wurde gleáwnysse þurhgoten she wondered at the man's wisdom, how in so little space and (previously) so ignorant he should ever become so full of belief

eówd

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eówd, eówde.
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hét nýtenu faran tó þǽre eówode þe of ádwelodon, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 23. Ðý lǽs ðe án wannhál scép ealle ðá eówde besmíte, i. 124, 33: Gr. D. 109, 11

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Búton gelýfde ꝥ árísan sceoldon, elles offrode on ídel, Hml.

bót

mendingrepairremedyimprovementhelpamendmentamendsreparationrepentancepenance

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sealde him tó bóte, þæs þe his brýd genam, gangende feoh and seolfor, Gen. 2718. ꝥ hire frýnd móton beón bóte nýhst (i. e. bót was to be claimed from the guilty woman's relatives), Ll.

sweltan

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Add: p. sweolt. absolute, to die sweolt, Shrn. 153, 14. cúðe tócnáwan gif cunnode þæs mannes be his ǽdrena hrepunge hweðer hraðe swulte, Hml.

mán-swerian

(v.)
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Nú gýt eástdǽles men swergeað ðurh his noman, and ne geþrístlǽcað ó ꝥ mánswergen on his noman, Shrn. 109, 17. Add

þǽr-big

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-big, adv.
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Thereby, by that (person or thing) Gif hwá gefare and nán bearn ne gestriéne, gif bróðor lǽfe, fó se tó his wífe. Gif ðonne bearn ðǽrbig(-bié, Cott.

Linked entry: be

tún-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
tún-geréfa, an; m.
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Ðá eodon on sumes túngeréfan gestærn and hine bǽdon ðæt onsende tó ðam ealdormen ðe ofer hine wæs . . .

fæsten

firmamentcitadelforta fortificationentrenchmentsfastnessstrongholda prisona sepulchreHellclaustrum

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Hié þone here besǽton on ánum fæstenne (cf. they threw up a fortification, Hen. Hunt.), Chr. 894; P. 87, 21. wícstówa námon on twám stówum . . .

hand-leán

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þonne þá handleán hafað and sceáwað, Hy. 2, 7, 12. Cf. hand-gift. Add

organ

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Ðæs hálgan cantices se gyldena organ, ealle oferhleóðrað, Sal. K. 152, 12. Add

á-snǽsan

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Þene horn þet he asneseð mide alle þeo þet ha areacheð, A. R. 200. Add: —

tó-gædere

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Add þá folc gelǽdde þǽr hié tógædere gecweden hæfde, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 31

for-sceamian

(v.)
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Be his synnum forsceamigean de peccatis propriis erubescere, Scint. 40, 9. with clause forscamað ꝥ [] hit ánan men andette, Angl. xii. 513, 29. Eall þæt forsceamode þæt ǽnigum men gecýdde, Wlfst. 138, 1. with infin.

ymb-seón

(v.)
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to behold, look Ic hine wolde biddan, ðæt sweotole ymbsáwe súð, eást and west (cf. behealde on feówer healfe his, Bt. 19 ; Fox 68, 21), wídgil sint heofones hwealfe, Met. 10, 5

Linked entry: ymb-sewen

ge-dwyldlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dwyldlic, adj.
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. ; ætforan þám wyrcð mænigfealde wundra þæt þurh þæt hy tó gedwolan áwende. Wlfst, 196, 18-197, 5

full

(n.)
Grammar
full, a cup with liquor in it.
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Bæd þone bisceop blætsian his ful; nolde, and se dysiga dranc bútan bletsunge, Hml. S. 12, 70. gesénode án wínes ful, and onsende sumum were, Shrn. 126, 17. Ðreó full gódes wínes, Lch. i. 196, 13.

hwaþerian

(v.)
Grammar
hwaþerian, hwoþerian; p. ode
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Drihten cóm gangende on ðǽre sǽ; þá ýða árison, ac oftræd; se brym hwoðerode under his fótswaðum ( the sea roared beneath his footsteps ) ac swá ðeáh hine bær, wolde nolde , Hml. Th. ii. 388, 19. See next word

Linked entry: hwoþerian

un-witende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-witende, adj.

Unwittingnot knowingnot aware of what is doneunconscious

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Unwitting, not knowing, not aware of what is done, unconscious monig tácen self gedyde, þéh hié unwitende dyde, Ors. 5, 14; Swt. 248, 14. He oft unwitende slóg mid his heáfde on ðone wág, 5, 15; Swt. 250, 12.

drencan

(v.)
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Swelcum mannum deáh ꝥ hié hié selfe drencen, Lch. ii. 224, 1. to plunge into water Heó þǽre róde tácn on þá wætru drencte, Hml. S. 23 b, 684. <b>II a.</b> to plunge, sink :-- Þæt wið deáða duru drencyde wǽran, Ps.