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or-leahtre

(adj.)
Grammar
or-leahtre, adj.

Blameless, faultless

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Blameless, faultless Ðæt wæs án cyning ǽghwæs orleahtre, Beo. Th. 3776; B. 1886. Ǽghwylc mennisc leahter on ðǽm eádigan Sancte Iohanne cennendum gestilled wæs, and hié on eallum heora lífe orleahtre gestódan, Blickl. Homl. 163, 17

Linked entry: leahtre

or-treówe

(adj.)
Grammar
or-treówe, -triéwe, -trýwe; adj.

despairing, hopelessfaithless, perfidious

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despairing, hopeless Da him eorla mod ortrýwe wearþ, Cd. Th. 18 f, 21; Exod. 154. Wé tó wáce hýraþ Qrum Drihtne, and wg to ortreówe (-trýwe, MS. A. : -truwe, MS. C. ) syndan Godes mihta and his mildheortnesse, Wulfst. gi, 14. Hia æt níhstan wǽron ortriéwe

Linked entry: or-trýwe

or-þanc

(adj.)
Grammar
or-þanc, adj.

Cunning, skilful

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Cunning, skilful Ceastra beóþ feorran gesýne, orþanc enta geweorc, wrǽtlíc weallstána geweorc. Menol. Fox 463; Gn. C. 2. Orþonc ǽrsceaft. Exon. Th. 477, 1 ; Ruin. 16. Mé þurh hrycg wrecen hongaþ under án orþonc píl, óðer on heáfde, Exon. Th. 403, 23;

or-trúwung

(n.)
Grammar
or-trúwung, e; f.

Despair

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Despair Se ðe forgyfenysse be synne ortrúwaþ swýðor be ortrúwunge ðænne be synne áfealþ. Ortrúwung geýcþ synne qui veniam de peccato desperat plus de desperatione quam de peccat cadit. Desperatio auget peccatum, Scint. 34

Linked entry: or-trúwian

cearena

(n.)
Grammar
cearena, of cearu.

of cares or sorrows

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of cares or sorrows, Exon. 22a; Th. 59, 33; Cri. 962;

cearf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cearf, of ceorfan.

carved

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carved, Solil. in præf

hýdig

Grammar
hýdig, of hide.
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Hídig fatu (higdi, MS.) calidilia [perhaps the reading is casidilia. v. Wülck. Gl. 97, 20. Cf. pung cassidele (-lic )], Coll. M. 27, 35. Add

ameos

(n.)
Grammar
ameos, gen. of ammi.

ammibishop-wort

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= ἄμμεως of ammi or bishop-wort;

begea

(pronoun.)
Grammar
begea, gen. of begen

of both

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of both Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 19 ; Jud. 128

ge-wurde

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wurde, of ge-weorþan.

wasthast been

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wast, hast beenAndr. Kmbl. 1100; An. 550 2nd sing. p. of ge-weorþan: ge-wurde happened, Andr. Kmbl. 1115; An. 558; p. subj. of ge-weorþan: ge-wurdon happened, Ors. 5, 10; Bos. 108, 16. p. pl. ;

fugles

(n.)
Grammar
fugles, gen. of fugel.

of a bird or fowl

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of a bird or fowl, Exon. 17 a; Th. 41, 11; Cri. 654;

gníþe

(adj.)
Grammar
gníþe, gnéde; adj. Of persons, frugal, sparing; of things,
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scanty, scarce Gnéþre mediocri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 10. Of gnǽþum parcis, Germ. 391, 31. On ðám mægenum eúðmódnesse and hýrsumnesse nóhte þon lǽssa ne gnéðra (gnédra, v. l.: these forms might be mutated comparatives of gneáþ(-d)) wæs, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 656

Linked entry: gnéþe

leóht-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-lic, of little weight.
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Add: of sin, venial Ðurh ðám streáwe and ðám ceafe sind getácnode leóhtlice synna, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 14. Hú deóp seó bóc ys on gástlicum andgite, þeáh þe heó mid leóhtlicum wordum áwriten sig, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 22

carles wǽn

(n.)
Grammar
carles wǽn, [gen. of carl]
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the churl's wain, the constellation of the Great Bear; Ursa Major Carles wǽn ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ the churl's wain never goes down under this earth, as other constellations do, Bd. de nat.

hroden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
hroden, pp. of hreóðan

Ladenornamentedadorned

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Laden, laden with ornaments, ornamented, adorned Brýd beága hroden a bride adorned with rings, Exon. 12 a; Th. 18, 31; Cri. 292. Ðá wæs heal hroden feónda feorum then was the hall burdened with the lives of his foes [filled with the slain ], Bec. Th.

Linked entries: hreóðan fǽtan

un-scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
un-scrýdan, p. de

To undressstripdivest

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To undress, strip, divest Unscrýdde exfibulat, i. exsolvit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 24. Byþ unscrýdd exuitur, Scint. 226, 9. Unscrídde exutos, nudatos, Hpt. Gl. 423, 52. Unscrýdde, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 146. Grammar un-scrýdan, with acc. of person Baðiendra

galdra

(n.)
Grammar
galdra, gen. pl. of galdor.

of enchantmentsof sorceries

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of enchantments, of sorceries, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 106; Met. 26, 53;

úre

(pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, gen. pl. of personal pronoun of first person.

Of usour

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Of us Adam can yfel and gód, swá swá úre sum ( quasi unus ex nobis ), Gen. 3, 22. Ús is eallum þearf, ðæt úre ǽghwylc óþerne bylde, Byrht. Th. 138, 42; By. 234: Beo. Th. 2776; B. 1386. Úre ealra bliss eardhæbbendra laetantium omnium nostrum habitatio

Linked entries: eówer úrer

baca

(n.)
Grammar
baca, gen. pl. of bæc.

of backs

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of backs;

þyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
þyrstan, p. te

To thirst

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To thirst. Grammar þyrstan, used impersonally, Grammar þyrstan, with acc. of person Mé þyrst (ic ðyrsto, Lind., Rush.) sitio, Jn. Skt. 19, 28. Ne þyrst ðone nǽfre ðe on mé gelýfð (se ðe giléfeð(-es, Lind.) on mec ne ðyrsteð(-es, Lind.) ǽfre, Rush.) qui