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æt-feorrian

(v.)
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Ne ætfeorrige man hine sylfne ( se substrahat) þám godcundlican lofum, Chrd. 93, 3.Cf. oþ-feorrian. Add

un-wrǽne

(adj.)
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un-wrǽne, adj.

Not lustful

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Not lustful Lǽcedómas gif man tó wrǽne sié oþþe tó unwrǽne, Lchdm. ii. 14, 25: 144, 20

Linked entry: wrǽne

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

fals

(adj.)
Grammar
fals, adj.

False

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False (of weight or coinage) Fals pening (printed flas pennig) (or? fals-pening, cf. Icel. fals-penningr) paracaraximus, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 34. Swicollice dǽda and láðlice unlaga áscunige man swýðe; ꝥ is false gewihta and wóge gemeta, Ll. Th. i. 310, 13

for-gyltan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gyltan, p. -gylte; pp. -gylt
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To make guilty (occurs as reflexive or in passive) Þá ðe on openlican synnan (mid openan heáfodgyltan) hý sylfe forgyltan, Wlfst. 104, 12: 153, 10. Ꝥ man freóge ǽlcne wítefæstne man þe on his tíman forgylt wǽre, Cht. Th. 551, 15. Þone cwide þe se apostol

ǽ-breca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-breca, (ǽw-breca,) (q. v. in Dict.), an; m.

An adulterer; of a man in orders, one who does not observe celibacy

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An adulterer; of a man in orders, one who does not observe celibacy Se man ðe his rihtǽwe forlǽt and óðer wíf nimð, hé bið ǽwbreca, adulter Ll. Th. ii. 184, 22. Ðá ǽwbrecan ðe þurh heálicne hád ciricǽwe underféngan, and syððan ðæt ábrǽcan, 334, 14. Ǽwbrecan

wíte-þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-þeów, adj.

In slavery as a consequence of crime

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In slavery as a consequence of crime Be wíteðeówes monnes slege. Gif wíteþeów Englisc mon hine forstalie, hó hine mon, L. In. 24; Th. i. 118, 6. Gif ðǽr hwylc wíteðeów man sý ðe hió geðeówede, hió gelýfð tó hyre bearnon ðæt hí hine willon lýhtan for

esne

a servanta man

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Add: a man of the servile class (cf. esne-cund, -wyrhta, and see Andrews' Old English Manor, pp. 192 sqq.) On esnes ham, of esnes hamme, C. D. iii. 425, 21. in a more general sense, a servant Nis esne (servus) ofer láferd his. Genóh biþ ꝥte esne sié

seohhe

(n.)
Grammar
seohhe, an; f.
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A strainer Seohhe colatorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 52. Man sceal habban seohhan, Anglia ix. 264, 18

Linked entry: ge-seohhian

un-fæstende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæstende, adj.

Not fasting

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Not fasting Ðæt ǽnig unfæstende man húsles ne ábirige, L. Edg. C. 36; Th. ii. 252, 1

Linked entry: fæstan

un-behelendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-behelendlíce, adv.

Without the possibility of concealment

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Without the possibility of concealment Ðæt bið eallum open unbehelendlíce, ðæt man ǽr hæl, Wulfst. 138, 3

Linked entry: be-helendlíce

wudu-docce

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-docce, an; f.

Sorrel

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Sorrel Wududocce. Genim ðás wyrte ðe man lapatium, and óðrum naman wududocce nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 132, 215

dirne-forlegen

(adj.)
Grammar
dirne-forlegen, adj.
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Guilty of fornication, adulterous Gif man sý fram dyrneforlegenum ( fornicante ) preóste gefullod, Ll. Th. ii. 144, 19

Linked entry: for-legen

earfoð-fynde

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoð-fynde, adj.
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Hard to find Earfoðfynde wæs ðár se man þe swilc ne mihte hreówan, Hml. S. 23, 82

Linked entry: fynde

nítenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nítenlíce, adv.
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Like an animal Þæt man móte æfter luste nýten-líce (níten-, v. l. ) libban, Wlfst. 55, 18

wóger-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
wóger-lic, adj.
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Wooerlike, amorous Mæssepreóstas ne beón an þám geférscypum þǽr man wógerlíce (amatoria) leóð singe, Chrd. 78, 34

æ-gilde

(adv.)
Grammar
æ-gilde, æ-gylde, a-gilde, a-gylde; adv. [æ without, gild payment]

Without compensationsine compensatione

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Without compensation; sine compensatione Gif he gewyrce ðæt hine man afylle, lícge ægilde if he so do that any man fell him down, let him be without compensation, L. Eth. vi. 38; Th. i. 324, 24: L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170,13: L. C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 14:

bed-ryda

(n.)
Grammar
bed-ryda, an; m.

A bedridden manclinicus

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A bedridden man; clinicus Se bedryda wearþ gehǽled sóna; and eóde him ðá hám, hál on his fótum, se ðe ǽr wæs geboren on bǽre to cyrcan the bedridden man was soon healed; and he then went home, whole on his feet, who before was borne on a bier to church

CEÁS

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁS, e; f: es; n.

A quarrel, strifelis

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A quarrel, strife; lis Gif man mannan wǽpnum bebyreþ ðǽr ceás weorþ if a man supply another with weapons where there is strife, L. Ethb. 18; Th. i. 6, 19. On ceáse in strife, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 17. Mearh mægen samnode to ceáse the horse collected

Linked entry: or-ceás

for-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
for-lǽtan, ic -lǽte, ðú -lǽtest, -lǽtst, he -lǽteþ, -léteþ, pl. -lǽtaþ; p. -lét, -leórt, -leót, pl. -léton; pp. -lǽten [for, lǽtan].

to let gopermitsufferpermittĕreto relinquishforsakeomitneglectrelinquĕreomittĕreprætĕrīre

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to let go, permit, suffer; permittĕre Sum eorþlíc ǽ forlǽtaþ some earthly law permits, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 2. to relinquish, forsake, omit, neglect; relinquĕre, omittĕre, prætĕrīre Forlǽt se man fæder and móder, and geþeót hine to his wífe the man shall

Linked entries: for-lǽting for-lǽtnes