un-gewiss
Uncertain ⬩ not having knowledge ⬩ ignorant ⬩ not known ⬩ of which there is not certain knowledge ⬩ not conveying certain knowledge ⬩ ignominious
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Voc. ii. 48, 17. of persons, not having knowledge, ignorant Gif hé hit nát, hwelce gesǽlþa hæfþ hé æt ðam welan, gif hé biþ swá dysig and swá ungewiss ðæt hé ðæt witan ne mæg si nescit, quaenam beata sors esse potest ignorantiae caecitate?
brengan
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Hié Gode forhæfd-nesse brengað (briengað, v. l.), 314, 21. Briengað, 395, 36. Bre(n)gað conferunt, Kent. Gl. 889. Bren, bryn affer, affer, 1086. Breng (bring, W. S.) ꝥ lác offer munus, Mt. R. L. 8, 4: Lk. L. 5, 14. Brencgas (bringað, W.
ge-cneordnes
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Gecneordnessa, smeáunga argumenta, 3127. study of a scholar Leorninghúses gecneor[d]nesse gymnasii studio, An. Ox. 3224. (4 a) a study, a subject studied, an art practised :-- Mé áwehton þá gecneordnessa þe ic girstandæg gehýrde. Ap. Th. 19, 6.
rúm
roomy, spacious, ample, extensive ⬩ roomy, open, unencumbered. ⬩ long, extended ⬩ ample, great, liberal ⬩ unrestricted, clear, free from conditions ⬩ lax ⬩ ample, far-reaching ⬩ liberal. ⬩ great, noble, august
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Mi nest is holȝ and rum, O. and N. 643. He made ys wey roume ynou, R. Glouc. 303, 28. Make this place rom, Chauc. Reeves T. 206
irfe
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Feó sió néste hond tó þém londe and tó þém erfe, 480, 29-481, 23
hnesce
Nesh, ⬩ soft, ⬩ delicate, ⬩ tender, ⬩ effeminate
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Nesh, soft, delicate, tender, effeminate Hnysce hwítel linna, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 113; Wrt. Voc. 40, 23. Hnesce on móde tó flǽsclícum lustum yielding easily to the lusts of the flesh, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 4.
tó-þindan
To swell ⬩ grow big ⬩ to swell with pride ⬩ be puffed up ⬩ be arrogant
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Gif ǽnig mid tóðunðene módig-nesse si aliquis tumido supircilio inflatus, Chart. Th. 319, 13. Ofer-módignysse tóþondenre tóbláwen, Anglia xiii. 441, 1084. Hé hine mid tóðundenum móde forseah, Homl. Th. i. 330, 20: 450, 33.
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Columba
An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands
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Nú, sceal beón ǽfre on Ií abbod, næs bisceop; and ðam sculon beón underþǽdde ealle Scotta biscopas, forðam ðe Columba wæs abbod, nes bisceop Columba, mass-priest, came to the Picts, and converted them to the faith of Christ; who are now dwellers by the
líc-hama
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Ic. the material body with its properties, corporeal nature :-- Swyltendes líchaman gewǽht tídder[nes] moribundç carnis fessa fragilitas, An. Ox. 1275. For lícuman (líchoman, v. l. ) tiédernesse, Past. 61, 10.
tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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Hé ( the phenix ) getimbreþ tánum and wyrtum nest on bearwe, Exon. Th. 227, 29; Ph. 430. Wudubearwas tánum týdraþ, 191, 6; Az. 84; 435, 17; Rä. 54, 2: 458, 23; Hy. 4, 105.
ge-ortríwan
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<b>I a</b> Ne þú tó wáclíce geortreówe ǽniges gódes spemque fugato nes dolor adsit, Met. 5, 35. with prep. Hé nǽfre ne geortreówe be Godes mildse de Dei misericordia nunquam desperare, R. Ben. 19, 2.
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ge-tynge
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Ox. 3122. skilful, v. ge-tyngnes; III Þá forewittigan ł getincge glǽw[nesse] sagacissimam, i. peritissimam industriam (animi exercere ), An. Ox. 70
ge-metlíce
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Hé wæs lícumlicre untrym-nesse þrycced, hwæþere tó ðon gemetlíce ( adeo moderate) ꝥ hé ealle þá tíd mihte ge sprecan ge gongan, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 488, 14. regularly, in due order.
gíman
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Gémendum correctis 17, to reprove, v. gím-ness ; 2 Gife synngiga in ðec bróðer, geong and gém ( corripe ) hine; gif ðec gehéres boetend ðú bist bróðeres ðínes, Mt.
ge-fremian
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Voc. ii. 68, 39. to effect, accomplish, commit a crime Ic þonne gefremme þæs monnes neádþearf-nesse, Shrn. 77, 8. Eall þú gefremest tu perfecisti eam, Ps. Th. 67, 10. Gefremeþ committat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 37 : efficit, i. perficit, 142, 58.
scíran
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Nes nan mon þat durste word sciren.
higian
in strive after ⬩ to ⬩ towards ⬩ to strive to do
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Hé hiégað (hígað, v.l.) tó andweard-nesse his Scippendes ad auctoris speciem anhelat, Past. 86, 10. Hé hígode tó þǽre lufan þæs heofonlican éþles ad amorem coelestis patriae exarsit, Gr. D. 11, 5.
wác
yielding ⬩ not rigid ⬩ pliant ⬩ fluid ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ wanting mental or moral strength ⬩ wanting courage ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ not of great value or in high esteem ⬩ vilis
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Similar entries v. wác-líc, -ness Mid wáces olfendes hǽrum gescrýdde, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 23. Ðone wácan assan hé geceás, i. 210, 15. ii forealdode rǽdingbéc swíðe wáke, and .i. wác mæssereáf, Chart. Th. 430, 31.
leger
a lying ⬩ dead ⬩ sickness ⬩ death ⬩ a couch ⬩ a lair ⬩ a grave
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Se preóst sceal smyrigan ða seócan symble on legere the priest must always anoint the sick in ill- ness, L. Ælfc. C. 32; Th. ii. 354, 14. Tó hæbbenne and tó syllanne for lífe and for legere to have and to give during life and at death, Chart.
ge-beorg
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Besceáwige hé á his ágene týdder-nesse and þurh þæt gebeorh sý ne forbrýte hé ná þæt tócnysede hreód let him ever consider his own weakness and by that means let there be protection (let him be saved) from crushing the bruised reed (the Latin is : Suam