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lám-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
lám-pytt, es; m.

A clay-pit

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A clay-pit Swá andlang mearce on lámpyttas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 252, 24

þurh-burnen

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-burnen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Thoroughly burntburnt through

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Thoroughly burnt, burnt through Bærn swá ðæt hit sí þurhburnen, Lchdm. iii. 40, 11

weorc-úhta

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-úhta, the hour of matins on a day that is neither a Sunday nor a Saint's day (excepto Dominus diebus et festivitatibus sanctorum, Chrd. 23, 21)
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: — Weorcúhtan besceáwige se bisceop ꝥ se intervallum beó swá lang ꝥ . . . , Chrd. 24, 7

un-forht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forht, adj.

Not frightenednot afraidfearlessintrepid

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Not frightened, not afraid, fearless, intrepid Ðæt geðyld stent unforht betweónan ðara leahtra truman patientia inter acies vitiorum intrepida stat, Gl. Prud. 17 b. Hwæt eart ðú, ðú ðe swá unforht ús tó eart cumen? Nicod. 28; Thw. 16, 33: Homl. Skt.

un-myndlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-myndlinga, adv.

undesignedlywithout meaning to do somethingunexpectedly

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where an act is not intended or expected by the doer of it, undesignedly, without meaning to do something Nis hit nán wundor ðeáh hwá wéne ðæt swylces hwæt unmyndlinga gebyrige, þonne hé ne can ongitan for hwí God swylc geþafaþ nec mirum, si quid ordinis

Linked entry: myndlinga

un-forboden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forboden, adj.

Unforbiddennot prohibitedfree from any moral or legal hindrance

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Unforbidden, not prohibited, free from any moral or legal hindrance Ðæt hí móston him beran unforboden flǽsc, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 91. Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unforboden ( no one had a right to forbid the entering into

Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan

CROCCA

(n.)
Grammar
CROCCA, an; m.

A CROCKpitcherearthenware pot or pan vas fictiletestaolla

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A CROCK, pitcher, earthenware pot or pan; vas fictile, testa, olla Mín mægen ys forseárod, swá swá lǽmen crocca exaruit velut testa virtus mea Ps. Th. 21, 13. Crocca olla Ps. Lamb. 59, 10; Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 53; Wrt. Voc. 82, 56 Wyl wæter on croccan

Linked entries: chroa crohh cryccen

án-hoga

(n.)
Grammar
án-hoga, an; m. [án-wuniende]

A lone dwellerrecluse

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A lone dweller, recluse Geworden ic eom swá swá spearwa ánhoga oððe ánwuniende on efese oððe on þecene factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto, Ps. Lamb. 101, 8. Se ánhoga the recluse, Exon. 60b; Th. 222, 10; Ph. 346: 47a; Th. 162, 3; Gú. 970

rípe

(adj.)
Grammar
rípe, adj.
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Ripe, mature Rípe deáþ matura mors, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 19. Swíðe rípe matura satis, ii. 58, 36. Swá swá rípe yrþ quasi maturam segetem, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 35. Se westmbǽra hærfest bringþ rípa bléda, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 15 : Met. 29, 63

Linked entry: rúpe

un-gebrosnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebrosnod, adj.

Uncorruptedundecayed

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Uncorrupted, undecayed Ungebrosnad incorruptus, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 29. Ðá wæs heó swá ungebrosnad geméted swá heó ðý ilcan dæge wǽre forðféred, Shrn. 94, 36. His handa siondan ungebrosnode in ðære cynelícan ceastre, 114, 1: Chr. 641; Erl. 27, 11: Homl

weorold-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-þearf, e; f.
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What is needed for the life of this world Swá swá hé gehét him andlyfne and heora weoruldðearfe forgifan, eác swylce lýfnesse sealde ðæt hí móstan Cristes geleáfan bodian eis, ut promiserat, cum administratione victus temporalis, licentiam quoque praedicandi

earning-land

(n.)
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The passage is: Ðá nam Ealdulf hit and sealde ðám ðe hé wolde tó earningclaude. Cf. the expression in the same charter: Wé wrítað him ðone croft . . . ðæt hé hæbbe hit swá rúm tó bóclonde, swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, C. D. iii. 258, 27

eln

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Eln ulna, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 10. Cubitum fæðm betwux elboga[n] and handwyrste, palmus span vel handbred, ulna eln vel spanning betwux þúman and scitefingre, 43, 51-53. Hé geseah hí úp áhefene swá swá mannes elne fram þǽre eorðan, Hml. S. 23 b, 274. Add

heáfod-beorg

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-beorg, es; m.
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A chief hill (?) On cissan beorg middanweardne . . . ; swá tó heáfodbeorge westeweardon, C. D. v. 179, 26-30. Ðis synt ðá landes meǽre tó Bryningtúne. Ǽrest on heáfdbeorh; ðonne on wyrtwalan . . . swá tó herpaðe; andlang herpaðes tó Imman beorge ; of

un-gesceádwísness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesceádwísness, e; f.

Unreasonablenessfoolishness

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Unreasonableness, foolishness Hwæt segst ðú ðæt sié forcúþre ðonne sió ungesceádwísnes? hwí geþafiaþ hí ðæt hí bióð dysige? hwí nyllaþ hí spyrigan æfter cræftum and æfter wísdóme? quid enervatius ignorantiae caecitate? an sectanda noverunt? Bt. 36, 6

Linked entry: ge-sceádwísness

duru-weard

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Duruweard janitor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 10. Hwæt mín fæder þé gedyde þá hé wæs duruweard, Bl. H. 151, 25. Dureweard janitor, An. Ox. 5147. Ðe duruard ostiarius, Jn. L. 10, 3. Ðegn cuæð ðǽm duruuardæ (duroworde, R. ostiariae ) ... cuoeð dureweard, Jn. L.

Linked entry: dor-weard

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to mean. I a.
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Hé cýðde hwæðer hé mǽnde, ðe ðæs módes fóster ðe ðæs líchoman qui pastionem cordis an corporis suaderet aperuit, Past. 137, 18. I b. add :-- 'Ne sele eldiódigum. ' Hé mǽnde ðá áwiergedan gǽstas ' nec sint alieni participes tui. ' Alienos malignos spiritus

sárigness

(n.)
Grammar
sárigness, e; f.

Sadness

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Sadness Hwæt mæg beón wóp oððe sárignys, gyf ðæt næs se mǽsta ǽgðres, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 102. Hé hig funde slǽpende for unrótnesse (later MS. sárignesse) dormientes prae tristitiam, Lk. Skt. 22, 45. Tristicia þet is þissere worlde sarinesse, O. E. Homl

a-gǽþ

happens

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happens Hit agǽþ eall swá it happens so as [also], Deut. 13, 2

(adv.)
Grammar
wó, adv.

Wronglyperverselyunequally

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Wrongly, perversely, unequally Hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40