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mund-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
mund-bryce, es; m.

a breach of mundthe fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated

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Gif hwá cynges mundbrice gewyrce, gebéte ðæt mid v. pundum, L. Eth. vii. II; Th. i. 330, 29. On Centlande æt ðam mundbryce ( for the offence ), Similar entries v. pund ðam cingce, and þreó ðam arcebiscope, L. C.

lǽnan

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Gif hwá his wǽpnes óðrum onlǽne (lǽne, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 74, 1-3. <b>I a.

óþ-wítan

(v.)
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Hwý óðwíte gé wyrde eówre, ðæt híó geweald nafaþ? Met. 27, 4. Wé sindon cumen tó ðǽm gódan tídun ðe ús Rómáne óþwítaþ we are come to the good times that the Romans taunt us with, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 182, 15. Óþwát improperavit, Ps. Spl. M. 73, 19.

murcian

(v.)
Grammar
murcian, p. ode

To grievecomplainrepine

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To grieve, complain, repine Hwí murcnast (MS. Bod. murcas) ðú wið mín quid tu reum me quotidianis agis guerelis? Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 3. Murcaþ forðý ðæt hé Gode nolde þeówian gemunt homines quod Deo servire noluerunt Past. 36, 3; Swt. 250, 16.

Linked entries: murcen be-murcian

þreodung

(n.)
Grammar
þreodung, þridung, e; f.

deliberationhesitation

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hwí nelt ðú út gán?' Wulfst. 140, 13. Tweógendlícere tweónunge þrydunge ancipiti ambiguitatis scrupulo, Hpt. Gl. 422, 34

Linked entries: þridung þrydung

seófung

(n.)
Grammar
seófung, e; f.
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Lamenting, complaining, complaint Hwí biþ elles swelc seófung and swelce dómas unde forenses querimoniae ? Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 16. Ðis is seó ealde siófung ðe ðú longe siófodost (siófodes, Cott. MS.) vetus haec est querela, 41, 3 ; Fox 246, 25.

un-lǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lǽred, adj.

Untaughtunlearnedignorant

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Hwá unlǽredra ne wundraþ...? Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 15: Met. 28, 1

Linked entry: un-gelǽred

dys-lic

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Dyslic bið þæt hwá woruldlice spéda forhogige for manna herunge and beó on Godes dóme geniðerod, Hml. Th. i. 60, 32: Bt. 34, 3; F. 136, 28. Dys(e)lic dyrstignes. v. dyrstignes. Hit ðincð ungelǽredum mannum dyselig tó gehýrenne, Hml. Th. i. 94, 35.

girn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
girn-ness, e; f.
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Gif hwá of giernesse and gewealdes ofsleá his þone néhstan si quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum (Ex. 21, 14), Ll. Th. i. 46, 26. Girnesse operam, Wrt.

Linked entry: gyrnes

wæter-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-pyt, wæter-pytt, es; m.

A water-pit, well

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Gif hwá ádelfe wæterpyt (cisternam, Ex. 21, 33), oþþe betýnedne ontýne, Alf. 22; Th. i. 50, 6. Ofer ealle wæterpyttas super omnes lacus aquarum, Ex. 7, 19. Hig dulfon wæterpyttas they dug for water, 7, 24

wíf-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-lác, es ; n.

Intercourse with women

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Intercourse with women Gif hwá openlíce Lengcten*-*bryce gewyrce . . . þurh wíflác (concubitum, Lat. vers. Cf. qui in Quadrigesima ante Pascha nupserit, .i. annum peniteat, L. Ecg. E. 108; Th. ii. 113, 3.

cwudu

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. ¶ hwít cwudu mastich :-- Huuít quidu, huít cudu mastice, Txts. 78, 655. Hwít cweodu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 53. Hwit cudu mastica, i. 286, 33. Hwit cwudu mastix, 68, 8. Add

un-þancol

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þancol, adj.
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Ungrateful For hwan lá man, forlurðú þis eal þe ic for þé þrowode ? For hwan wǽrðu swá unþancul þínre onlýsnesse ? . . . Tó hwan eart ðú mé swá unþancul mínra góda and mínra gifa ?, Nap. 66. v. un-geþancfull

FALS

(n.)
Grammar
FALS, es ; n.

FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit falsum

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Hwí tíhþ úre hláford us swá micles falses why doth our lord accuse us of so great a fraud? Gen. 44, 7

HREÓD

(n.)
Grammar
HREÓD, es; n.

A REED

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A REED Hwí férde gé on wéstene geseón ðæt hreód ðe byþ mid winde ástyred quid existis in desertum videre harundinem vento moverí, Lk. Skt. 7, 24: Mt. Kmbl. 11, 7. For cynegyrde him hreód forgeáfon gave him a reed for a sceptre, Homl.

Linked entry: hreódeum

sealf

(n.)
Grammar
sealf, e: sealfe, an (?); f.
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For hwí wæs ðisse sealfe forspillednes? Ðeós sealf mihte beón geseald, Mk. Skt. 14, 4, 5: Jn. Skt. 12, 3, 5. Wyrc tó salfe (sealfe, MSS. H. B.), Lchdm. i. 110, 18. Sealfe fotu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 74. Lǽcedómnessa oððe sealfe cataplasma, 18, 31

Linked entry: salf

ǽtrig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽtrig, ǽttrig; adj.
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Gif hwá mid his fet ofstepð ǽttrig bán snacan oððe nǽddran, Lch. i. 152, l. Ǽttrige venenata , Hpt. Gl. 450, 38. Ǽttrigera (-ia, MS.) virulentorum , 423, 41. Stíðran leáfum and eác ǽtrigum, Lch. i. 94, 9. Fram ðám ǽttrigum synnum gehǽlede, Hml.

Linked entry: ǽttrig

brémel

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brémel, brémer
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Hwá gaderað fícæppla of brémelum (tribulis) ?, ii. 406, 3. Sécende geond þýfelas and brétnelas (brémblas, brýmelas, v. ll.), Hml. S. 32, 143. . Add

ofer-fyll

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Þeáh hwá on dæg gefæste ful lange, gyf hé syððan hine sylfne gedweleð mid gedrynce and mid oferfylle, eal him bið þæt fæsten ídel geworden, 103, 12. Þá þe hér on unrihttídum on oferfyllo bióð forgriwene, Nap. 27, 30.

swician

(v.)
Grammar
swician, <b>.
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Hwí woldest ðú swician on ðínum ágenum? ( cur tentavit Satanas cor tuum ... fraudare de pretio agri?, Acts 5, 3), Hml. Th. i. 316, 27. Add Eádig ys sé ðe ne swycað on mé beatus est qui non fuerit scandalizatus in me, Mt. 11, 6