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grápung

(n.)
Grammar
grápung, e; f.
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S. 1, 199. action of touching or handling Hí ne mihton undergitan búton hit wǽre reáf ne mid heora grápunge ne mid heora sceáwunge, Hml. S. 31, 819.

hláf-gang

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Ben. 59, 13-18. of the Eucharistic bread Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man geþencan on his móde ꝥ hé tó sácerdan heáfod áhylde, and heora mæssan on circan gestande, and æt hláfgange (when he goes to receive the consecrated bread) heora hand cysse. Ll.

steór

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Add Né þágýt þá nunnan heora tungan geheóldon mid ðǽre steóre (freno) heora hádes, Gr. D. 151, 31. Se Drihtnes wer ongan hire stýran mid gemetlicre steóre (modesta prohibitione) and þus cwæð, 216, 22

cyle-wyrt

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Dele: cyline heorþ. Dele

eodor-wír

(n.)
Grammar
eodor-wír, es; m.

A wire-enclosurecingulum, sēpiens fīlum mĕtallĭcum

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Grn Ic eom mundbora mínre heorde, eodorwírum fæst I am the protector of my flock, fortified by wire-enclosures, Exon. 105a; Th. 398, 23; Rä. 18, 2

fóre-gewítnys

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-gewítnys, -nyss, e; f.

False witnessfalsum testĭmōnium

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False witness; falsum testĭmōnium Ðæt heora ǽnig on fóre-gewítnysse sý quod eōrum ălĭquis in falso testĭmōnium sit, L. Ath. i. 10; Wilk. 58, 22; Lambd. 49, 12, = wóhre gewítnesse, Th. i. 204, 23;

ge-fér

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fér, es; n.

A companysocietycŏmĭtātus

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Wéndon ðæt he on heora gefére wǽre existĭmantes illum esse in cŏmĭtātu, Lk. Bos. 2, 44

un-gehealdsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gehealdsumness, e; f.

Incontinence

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Incontinence Hí ( a widow or widower marrying again ) sculon dǽdbóte dón for heora ungehealdsumnesse, L. Ælfc. P. 43; Th. ii. 382, 34. Ðes þeódscype þurh ungehealdsumnesse áwyrd is, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 349, 7

wód-frec

(adj.)
Grammar
wód-frec, adj.

Furiously greedyragingravening

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Furiously greedy, raging, ravening Ðæt se wódfreca werewulf (the devil) tó swýðe ne slíte, ne tó fela ne ábíte of godcundre heorde, L. C. E. 26 ; Th. i. 374, 30. Wódfræca, Wulfst. 191, 16

Linked entry: frec

þrafian

(v.)
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</b> to press for (æfter) something, exact, require Nabbon hí æfter máran tó þrafianne þonne heora neód behðfað non plus exigant quam oportet, Chrd. 12, 10

of-linnan

(v.)

to cease, leave offdiscedere

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to cease, leave off Ðæt wæter oflan and má of heora múþe hit ne eode the water stopped, and it no longer came out of the mouth of the image Blickl. Homl. 247, 8

Linked entry: linnan

slidor

(adj.)
Grammar
slidor, adj.

Slippery lubricus

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Sýn heora wegas þýstre and slidore fiant viae eorum tenebrae et lubricum Ps. Th. 34, 7

ge-strod

(n.)
Grammar
ge-strod, es; n.

Plunder[?]wealth

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, wealth Ðæt hí ðý éþ mǽgen heora unriht gewitt forþbringan hí sind mid gifum and mid gestreónum [Cot. gestrodum] gefyrðrode flagitiosum facinus ad efficiendum præmiis incitari, Bt. 3, 4; Fox 6, note 7

forht-mód

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Ástrehte se Riggo hine tó eorðan mid eallum his geférum swíðe forhtigende . .. and gecyrdon tó heora hláforde forhtmóde (trepidi. v. Gr. D. 132, 8 under forht), Hml. Th. ii. 168, 21: i. 504, 31. Add

frum-wilm

(n.)
Grammar
frum-wilm, es; m.
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On þám frumwylme heora gecyrrednesse, R. Ben. 135, 5

gristbitian

(v.)
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Hý gristbitoton ( stridenunt ) on mé tóþum heora, Ps. Rdr. 34, 16. Add

on-middan

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Add: ¶ where the governed noun comes between on and middan Þá wæs þǽr án mycel burh on heora wege middan, Hml. S. 25, 440. Hé wearð forbærned on þám bæþe middan, Hml. A. 60, 209

wealdan

Grammar
wealdan, <b>. V c.</b>
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Add Þonne hié heora willan móton wel wealdan when they could quite do what they wanted, Ors. 2, l; S. 60, 7

róse

(n.)
Grammar
róse, an; f.

A rose

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Ðæra rósena blóstman getácniaþ mid heora reádnysse martyrdóm, Homl. Th. i. 444, 13

tó-tyhting

(n.)
Grammar
tó-tyhting, e; f.

Instigationpromptingsuggestion

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Instigation, prompting, suggestion Ðisses geáres ða Scottas heora cyng Dunecan ofslógan, and heom syððan his fæderan Dufenal tó cynge genámon, þurh des láre and tótihtinge hé wearð tó deáðe beswicen, Chr. 1094; Erl. 231, 2

Linked entry: tyhting