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scearpþancfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
scearpþancfullíce, adv.
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Efficaciously Spǽc and gesceád hálbǽre scearpþancfullíce byþ geleornud, gif geþyldelíce ꝥ byþ geleornud byþ gehýred sermo et ratio salutaris efficaciter discitur, si patienter quod discitur audiatur, Scint. 206, 14

riht-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
riht-hláford, es; m.

A rightful lord

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A rightful lord Gif wíf ofer hire rihthláford óðerne man hæbbe si mulier, praeter dominum suum legitimum, alium habet virum, L. Ecg. P. ii. 7; Th. ii. 184, 19

full-sleán

(v.)

to effect the death of a person ⬩ kill outright

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to effect the death of a person, kill outright Gif Petrus móste þone man fulsleán, þonne ne héte hine Críst ná geswícan þæs weorces, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 30

wífa

(n.)
Grammar
wífa, (?),, an; m.

A woman

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A woman Gif ríce wíf and earm ácennaþ tógædere, gangon hí áweig, nást ðú hwæðer bið ðæs rícan wífan (-es ?) cild, hwæðer ðæs earman, Homl. Th. i. 256, 14

scyrting

(n.)
Grammar
scyrting, e; f.

A shortening ⬩ an abridgement

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A shortening, an abridgement Gif hwilc gelǽred man ðás race (the homily on Job) oferrǽde, ðonne bidde ic ðæt hé ðás scyrtinge ne tǽle, Homl. Th. ii. 460, 6

ge-lygnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lygnian, ge-lygenian; p. ode; pp. od
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Gif hwá furðon ǽnne man hatað, swá hwæt swá hé tó góde gedéð, eal hé hit forlýst; for ðan ðe se apostol Paulus ne bið geligenod (will not be charged with lying) þe cwæð: 'Þeáh ic áspende ealle míne ǽhta . . . gif ic næbbe ðá sóðan lufe, ne fremað hit

nunne

(n.)
Grammar
nunne, an ; f.

A nun ⬩ a vestal

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Gif heó leng libbe ðonne se ðe hié út álǽdde, náge hió his ierfes ówiht. Gif hió bearn gestriéne, næbbe ðæt ðæs ierfes, L. Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 14-20. Be nunnena onfenge.

Linked entry: non

rád-stefn

(n.)
Grammar
rád-stefn, e; f.
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Gif þegen geþeáh ðæt hé þénode cyning, and his rádstefne rád on his híréde, L. R. 3 ; Th. i. 190, 19

un-gesegnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesegnod, -gesénod; adj.

Not marked with the sign of the cross

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Not marked with the sign of the cross Gif ðæt deófol méteþ ungesénodes mannes múð and líchoman, and hit ðonne on forgitenan mannes innelfe gewíteþ, Salm. Kmbl. p. 148, 10

Linked entry: ge-segnian

wicel

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the next article is: Gif ðú lytel drencefæt habban wylle) blede tácen is ðæt ðú árǽre up ðíne swýþran hand and tósprǽd ðíne fingras, Techm. ii. 125, 9

ge-strýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strýdan, p. de
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To rob something from a person (dat. ) Gif man óðrum men ǽht gestrýde si quis alium bonis spoliaverit, Ll. Th. ii. 238, 4. [O.H.Ger. ge-strúten exterminare.] See preceding words

Linked entry: strýdan

leahter-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
leahter-lic, adj.
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Vicious, faulty, defective Ic bidde þone gelǽredan and þone geleáfullan, gif hé hér hwylc hleahterlic word onfinde obsecrans, si illic vitiosus sermo aures eruditi lectoris perculserit Guth. Gr. 101, 11

riht-gesetedness

(n.)
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Gif hwá angeán þás gesetednyssa oððe óðre swilce rihtgesetednyssa beó tóþunden ( huic institutioni contumax), 61, 12

rihtwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rihtwíslíce, adv.

Rationally ⬩ justly

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Rationally justly Hú mæg ǽnig man ryhtwíslíce and gesceádwíslíce ácsigan, gif hé nán grot rihtwísnesse on him næfþ Bt. 35, 1 ; Fox 156, 5 : Met. 22, 45. v. preceding word

Linked entry: rihtwís-líc

sám-soden

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-soden, adj.

Half-cooked

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Half-cooked Gif man áwiht blódiges þicge on healfsodenum (sámsodenum, MSS. X. Y.) mete si quis cruentum quid comederit in semicocto cibo, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 2

of-þencan

(v.)

to remember

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to remember Gif ðú ofþence hwæthwugu ðæs ðe ðín niéhsta ðé wiðerweardes gedón hæbbe si recordatus fueris, quia frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te, Fast. 46, 4; Swt. 349, 10

tó-slite

(n.)
Grammar
tó-slite, es; m.

A rent ⬩ lear ⬩ laceration ⬩ wound made by scratching, cutting, or biting,

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A rent, lear, laceration, wound made by scratching, cutting, or biting, v. slítan, slite Gif hwá tóbrýsed sý, genim ðás wyrte . . . Eác swylce tóslite heó gehǽleþ, Lchdm. i. 122, 3

Linked entry: slite

scín-cræftiga

(n.)
Grammar
scín-cræftiga, an; m.

A magician ⬩ sorcerer

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A magician, sorcerer Gif wiccan oððe wigleras, scíncræftigan oððe hórcwénan on earde wurðan ágitene, fýse hí man georne út of ðysan earde, L. Eth. vi. 7; Th. i. 316, 20

á-þindung

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Gif þonne sió áþindung þæs windes semninga cymð, þonne ne magon þás þing helpan, (the swelling up from wind) Lch. ii. 248, 5. Add

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from tíhan; but the verb seems to have almost entirely given up the conjugation to which this form would belong and to take that of teón from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tygen
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Gif hine hwá hwelces teó, L. Alf. pol. 17; Th. i. 72, 6: 11; Th. i. 68, 19: L. In. 30; Th. i. 120, 18. Gif hine man ǽniges þinges teó, L. C. S. 31; Th. i. 394, 28. Gif hine mon tió gewealdes on ðære dǽde, L.