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on-gitan

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</b> to understand a person, perceive the true character of :-- Ðonne hié hié selfe ongietað ad se reducti, Past. 293, 25. Ongite (-giete, v. l.) hé hine selfne, 115, 4. <b>VI b.

un-beald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beald, adj.

Not boldnot confidentirresolute

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Ðǽm unbealdum is tó cýðanne hú giémeleáse hié bióð ðonne hié hié selfe tó suíðe forsióð aliter admonendi sunt pertinaces, atque aliter inconstantes ... istis intimandum est, quod valde se despicientes negligunt, 42; Swt. 305, 12-16.

HRÓC

(n.)
Grammar
HRÓC, es; m.

A ROOKa ravena jackdaw

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Se selþ nýtenum mete and briddum hróca cígendum hine qui dat jumentis escam ipsorum, et pullis corvorum invocantibus eum, Ps. Spl. 146, 10

cwelan

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Hí libbað óðrum monnum and cwelað him selfum vivunt aliis et sibi moriuntur, Past. 449, 19. Þú scealt ǽrest óðerne geseón drincan and ðǽrrihte cwelan, Hml. Th. i. 72, 15. Ꝥ spere him eóde þurh út, and hé feóll cwelende, Hml. S. 12, 55.

mund-bora

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An ðás rédenne ic hit ðider selle ðe se monn sé ðe Kristes cirican hláford sié, sé mín and mínra erfewearda forespreoca and mundbora and an his hláforddóme wé bián móten, C. D. i. 311, 21. Iulianus úre ciricean mundbora ( defensor ), Gr. D. 71, 12.

gesca

(n.)
Grammar
gesca, geocsa, geohsa, geoxa, gihsa, an ; m.
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Sele him wiþ geohsan ceald wæter and eced drincan, Lch. ii. 62, 13. III. sobbing :-- Mé þiós siccetung hafað ágǽled, þes. geocsa (cf. ic nú wépende and gisciende . ; . misfó, Bt. 2 ; F. 4, 8), Met. 2, 5

FULL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FULL, ful; gen. m. n. fulles, f. fulre: def. se fulla; seó, ðæt fulle: comp. m. fulra, f. n. fulre; sup. fullost; adj.

FULLfilledcompleteentireplēnussătiātusconfertusintĕger

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FULL, filled, complete, entire; plēnus, sătiātus, confertus, intĕger Ðæt se weorþig full sǽte that the street was [lit. sat] full, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 18. Be-yrnþ se móna hwíltídum ðonne he full byþ on ðære sceade ufeweardre the moon, when it is full,

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sweofot

(n.)
Grammar
sweofot, es; n.
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Ðonne hé selþ gecorenum his swefetu (cf. fhe use of swefen in pl.) ł slǽp cum dederit dilectis suis somnum, Ps. Lamb. 126, 3

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wépan

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Hé ormód hine selfne ongan wépan. Bt. I ; F. 4, 4

friclo

(n.)
Grammar
friclo, indecl. f.

An appetiteappĕtītus

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An appetite; appĕtītus Be ðære ofermiclan friclo, ðonne of ðære selfan cealdan ádle ðæs magan cymþ, ðæt sió ofermiclo friclo and gífernes aríst of the excessive appetite, when from the same cold disease of the stomach it comes, that the excessive appetite

Linked entry: fricolo

migoþa

(n.)
Grammar
migoþa, migþa, micgþa, an; m.

Urine

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Mid his selfes migoþan, 11, 42, 1. Swá hwæt swá ðæne migþan gelet, 4, 6; Lchdm. i. 90, 26: 7, 3; Lchdm. i. 98, 8: 152, 1; Lchdm. i. 278, 4

ge-impian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-impian, p. od
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To engraft; fig. to introduce into, mingle in Ðonne hwelc æfter hálgum háde hine selfne fæstlíce geimpað on eorðlicum weorcum cum quilibet post sanctitatis habitum terrenis se actibus inserit, Past. 133, 25.

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fætt

Grammar
fætt, l. fǽtt,

plumpcorpulentobesefattedplumpfull-bodiedsubstantialoleaginousunctuousrichfertileproductiverich

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Sió hæfð fǽtte and þicce ǽdra, ii. 242, 16. containing fatty matter, consisting of fat Genim fǽttes flǽsces, sele twá snǽda, Lch. ii. 268, 30.

hræd-hýdigness

(n.)
Grammar
hræd-hýdigness, e; f.

Precipitancyhastiness

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Ðonne oncann hé hiene selfne for ðære hrædhýdignesse ðe hé ǽr tó fela sealde occasionem contra se impatientiæ exquirit, 4; Swt. 325, 16. For hrædhýdignesse præcipiti festinatione, 49, 1; Swt. 375, 16

drohtnian

(v.)
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Of cyrliscum lífe ... men ... swá micele eáðelícor and sél drohtniaþ ( live as monks ), swá hý stíþlíce áfédde wǽron, R. Ben. 138, 24. Hé cwæð be ðám Hǽlende: 'Mid mannum hé drohtnode,' Hml. Th. ii. 12, 32.

scot

(n.)
Grammar
scot, es ; n.
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</b> a building, v. sele-scot, ge-sceot

Linked entry: sceot

ge-lǽred

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Hond bið gelǽred, wís and gewealden . . . sele ásettan, Crä. 45. Ofer geléredne super eruditum (semita vitae ), Kent. Gl. 534. learned, erudite Uncúð hú longe swǽ gelǽrede biscepas sién, Past. 9, 4.

módigian

(v.)
Grammar
módigian, módigan; p. ode.

to be or become proudto gloryexultto take offence through prideto bear one's self proudlyimpetuously

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Th. ii. 170, 25. to bear one's self proudly, impetuously Flota módgade ( moved proudly ), Cd. 160; Th. 198, 32; Exod. 331. Ðǽr ǽr wegas lágon mere módgode (v. módig, IV.) where before ran the roads, now raged the sea, 166; Th. 206, 27; Exod. 458.

Linked entry: módegian

án-lípe

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípe, (ǽn-); adj.
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single, alone, solitary, by one&#39;s self, not combined with anything else Ne wénen hié ðæt hiera fæsten ánlípe (-lépe, Cott. MSS. ) heálic mægen sié, ðý lǽs hié wénen ðæt hit anlípe micellre geearnunge mægen sié. Past. 315, 9-11.

leán

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Gif hé self drohtað on ðám eordlicum tielongum ðe hé óðrum monnum leán sceolde, Past. 133, 5. Tó gehiéranne suá hwæt suá wé him áuðer oððe leán oððe lǽra[n] wiellen to hear whatever we may dissuade them from or persuade them to 303, 7