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solor

(n.)
Grammar
solor, soler[e?], es; m.

An upper chamber, a solerflat roof of a house an upper room solarium, coenaculum

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Se fugel ofer heánne beám hús getimbreþ, and gewícaþ ðǽr sylf in ðam solere in that upper chamber (its nest) Exon. Th. 212, 2; Ph. 204. [ Soler solarium Wrt. Voc. i. 178, 12. Solere 273, col. 2. Solere or lofte solarium, hectheca Prompt.

Linked entry: solere

slæcorness

(n.)
Grammar
slæcorness, e; f.
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Slackness, laziness, remissness Ic ondette sleacor-nesse and slápornesse, Anglia xi. 98, 40

scyndan

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R. 24, 22. 2. add: v. scynd-ness Hú mon ǽnne mon scyndan scyle ðonne hé yfle costunga manege ðrowað de exhortatione, quae uni adhibenda est contrariis passionibus laboranti, Past. 455, 1

ge-hwearfness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwearfness, ge-hwerfness, e; f.
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Conversion S Paules gehwerf-nes tó Críste, Shrn. 58, 26.

ge-meargian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-meargian, pp. od
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To fill with marrow; medullare Onsægd-nessa gemeargode (medullata) ic offrige þé, Ps. L. 65, 15

Linked entry: meargian

un-gedæftness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gedæftness, e; f.

Importunityunseasonableness

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Importunity, unseasonableness Ðonne sió ungedæftnes hit ne cann eft gedæftan si habere impartunitas opportunitatem nescit, Past. 15; Swt. 97, 19

Linked entry: ge-dæftness

ge-scǽnedness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scǽnedness, e; f.
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A dashing together Gecnosu oððe gescǽned-[nessa] conlisiones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 45. Gescǽningnessa (-scǽnednessa ?: -scǽninga, -scǽnnessa ?) conlisiones, 24, 74

Linked entry: -scǽnedness

ende-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
ende-byrd, e; f. (not es; n.).
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Mid hwilcere endebyrd*-*nesse Drihten gemetgað ealle gesceafta quibus immensum legibus orbem natura servet, Bt. 25; F. 88, 4.) Add:

un-módigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-módigness, e; f.

Pridearrogance

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Pride, arrogance (un- giving a bad sense) Ic ondette ofermétto and unmódennesse (nesse is written above móden), Anglia xi. 98, 33

medum-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
medum-líce, adv.

moderatelyin a small degreeimperfectlyworthilyfitlykindly

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Th. ii. 474, 3. worthily, fitly, kindly Similar entries (cf. mǽþ-líce, medum-ness) Hí nemágon medomlíce (Cott. MSS. medumlíce) þénian ministrare digne nequeunt, Past. 1, 2; Swt. 27, 10.

níd-hǽmed

Grammar
níd-hǽmed, néd-, niéd-, nýd-hǽmed, es; n.

Rape

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Rape, L. Alf. pol. 25, 26; Th. i. 78, 11-18

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.
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Connexion, association, fellowship. v. þeód-ness, þeódan Uton witan hwá hine ðæs wurðscipes cúðe ðe hé sceolde gestandan on ðam rímcræfte. Ic wát gere, ðæt hé ys þeódscipes wyrðe it is entitled to be connected with arithmetic, Anglia viii. 308, 23.

cneord-nys

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Cneorð[nesse] studio, 7, 30

ná-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ná-hwǽr, -hwár, -wér; adv.

no-wherein no placein no caseneverin no respectnot at all

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Nesenese ne náwér neáh, Shrn. 196, 28. No trúige ús swá wel, ne náwér neáh swá ðám, 197, 13

Linked entry: á-hwǽr

spinnan

(v.)
Grammar
spinnan, p. spann, pl. spunnon; pp. spunnen.

to spinto writhetwist

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to spin Neo ic spinne, neui ic spann, neuisti vel nesti ðú spuune, neuistis vel nestis gé spunnon, neuerunt vel nerunt hí spunnon, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 147, 2-4. Ic spinne neo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 13. Spinnaþ neunt, 19: Mt. Kmbl. 6, 28 : Lk.

Linked entry: spornan

ge-wyrdigness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrdigness, e; f.
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nesse facundia An. Ox. 8 b, 10

Linked entry: -wyrdigness

ge-dæftan

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Ðonne sió ungedæftnes hit ne cann eft gedæftan si habere importunitas opportunitatem nescit, Past. 97, 19. Hé hét þí gedæftan ꝥ deófles templ, Hml. S. 4, 369. Add

nǽfre

(adv.)
Grammar
nǽfre, ( = ne ǽfre); adv.

Never

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sceal se him his nest áspringeþ (never shall he thrive whose provision fails him (?). Grein takes nefre = infirmus), Exon. Th. 335, 23; Gn. Ex. 38. Grammar nǽfre, with another negative Ne hit nǽfre ne gewurðe nec unquam fiat, Ælfc.

Linked entry: nefre

for-trúwian

(v.)
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Add: [-trúwan]; p. trúwde; pp. trúwed (cf. fortrúwed-nes) Ðonne hí hié fortrúwiað on ðǽm cræftum ðe hí hæbbað cum de confidentia virium inordinate securi sunt, Past. 463, 7. Ðá fortrúwdes ðú ðé for ðǽm habeas fiduciam in pulchritudine tua, 463, 25.

be-witan

(v.)
Grammar
be-witan, ic. he -wát, ðú -wást, pl. -witon; p. -wiste, pl. -wiston; pp. -witen; v. trans. [be near, witan to know, see, take care of]

To overlook, watch over, superintend, preside, govern, administerpræesse, administrare

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To overlook, watch over, superintend, preside, govern, administer; præesse, administrare Ðe ealle his þing bewiste qui præerat omnibus quæ habebat, Gen. 24, 2. Ne miht ðú leng tún-scíre bewitan jam non poteris villicare, Lk. Bos. 16, 2: Ex. 3, 7: 5,

Linked entry: be-wiste