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þunorrád-stefn

(n.)
Grammar
þunorrád-stefn, e; f.

A voice of thunder

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A voice of thunder Wæs þunurrádstefn strang on hweóle vox tonitrui tui in rota, Ps. Th. 76, 14

þunung

(n.)
Grammar
þunung, e; f.

A creaking ⬩ a rattle

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A creaking, a rattle Þununge crepitum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 25. Þununga crepundiorum, 23, 64

þurh-lócung

(n.)
Grammar
þurh-lócung, e; f.

A looking through or over, a preliminary examination(?) of a book ⬩ prohemium

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A looking through or over, a preliminary examination(?) of a book; but the word glosses prohemium Ðurhlócung prohemium, forespǽc praefatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 38

þrǽsting

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽsting, e; f.

Torment ⬩ affliction

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Torment, affliction Swá hé sceal etan ðætte hiene sió gewilnung ðære gífernesse of his módes fæstrǽdnesse ne gebrenge, ne eft sió ðrǽsting (ðrǽsðing, Hatt. MS.) ðæs líchoman ðæt mód ne áscrence mid upáhæfennesse ne aut illos appetitus gulae a mentis

þráwing-spinel

(n.)
Grammar
þráwing-spinel, e; f.

A curling-iron ⬩ crisping-pin

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A curling-iron, crisping-pin Þráwincspinle ł hǽrnǽdla calamistro, Hpt. Gl. 435, 7: 513, 75: 526, 46

Linked entry: wealc-spinel

þrútung

(n.)
Grammar
þrútung, e; f.

A swelling of the mind from anger, etc. ⬩ angry emotion

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A swelling of the mind from anger, etc., angry emotion Hé befrán mid mycelre ðrútunge, hwæt se brýdguma wǽre, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 76

þrycness

(n.)
Grammar
þrycness, e; f.

Oppression ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation

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Oppression, affliction, tribulation Biþ ðrycnisse micelu erit tribulatio magna, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 21. In ðrycnisse in tribulationem, 9

þreál

(n.)
Grammar
þreál, e; f.

Correction ⬩ correction by words ⬩ reproof ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correction by acts ⬩ chastisement ⬩ punishment ⬩ discipline

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Correction Þreál correctio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 81. correction by words, reproof, rebuke Ðreál correptio, Kent. Gl. 1061. Þreále invectionis, Hpt. Gl. 448, 52. Hé ( John the Baptist ) ða heard-heortan ðeóde mid stearcre ðreále and stíðre myngunge tó

þreápung

(n.)
Grammar
þreápung, e; f.

Rebuke ⬩ reproof

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Rebuke, reproof Ðæt geðreátade mód bið suíðe raðe gehwierfed tó fióunga gif him mon tó ungemetlíce mid ðære ðreápunga (ðreáwunga, Cott. MSS.) oferfylgð suíður ðonne mon ðyrfe correpti mens repente ad odium proruit, si hanc immoderata increpatio, plus

þridding

(n.)
Grammar
þridding, (?), e; f.

The doing of a thing for the third time

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The doing of a thing for the third time (? Halliwell gives thirding with this meaning as a Suffolk word) Ðirding (but the word has been altered to ðirde. v. Skeat's collation) scipdrincende tertio naufragantem, Rtl. 61, 31

Linked entry: þirding

þynness

(n.)
Grammar
þynness, e; f.

thinness ⬩ slightness of density ⬩ weakness

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thinness, slightness of density. Similar entries v. þynne, II. 2 Metta meltung and þynnes, Lchdm. ii. 198, 3. weakness. Hit gehǽlð ða þynnysse ðære gesihðe, Lchdm. i. 134, 27 (see note)

þynnung

(n.)
Grammar
þynnung, e; f.

Thinning ⬩ making thin

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Thinning, making thin Lǽcedómas ðe þynnunge mægen hæbben and smalunge, Lchdm. ii. 260, 23

úhtan-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
úhtan-tíd, e; f.

The time of early morning

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The time of early morning Úhtan(-en, MS.)-tíd matutinum, Wrt. Voc. i. 53. 7. On úhtan-tíde matutinis horis, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 14. On úhtu-tíd (úhte-, Lind.) galli cantu, Mk. Skt. Rush. 13, 35

Linked entry: úht-tíd

undern-rest

(n.)
Grammar
undern-rest, e; f.

Rest in the morning

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Rest in the morning Ðá hé árás on dæge of undernræste (postquam de meridiana quiete surrexerunt, Bede's Vita Cudbercti, c. 35), Shrn. 64, 7

undern-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
undern-tíd, e; f.

the third hour of the day ⬩ nine o'clock A. M. ⬩ the service at the third hour

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the third hour of the day, nine o'clock A. M. Ðá wæs underntíd erat hora tertia, Mk. Skt. 15, 25: Homl. Th. i. 314, 22 (see Acts 2, 15). Úres andgites merigen is úre cildhád, úre cnihthád swylce underntíd, on ðam ástíhð úre eógoð, swá swá seó sunne déð

under-wreðung

(n.)
Grammar
under-wreðung, e; f.

Support ⬩ sustentation

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Support, sustentation Underwreþung líchaman sustentatio corporis, Scint. 56, 10. Trumre underwreþincge firmo fulcimento, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 69

Linked entry: wreþung

un-eáðelícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-eáðelícness, e; f.

Difficulty

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Difficulty Ðá wæs mycel unéþelícnes geworden be his byrignesse facta difficultate tumulandi, Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 8

un-fæstrǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
un-fæstrǽdness, e; f.

Instability ⬩ inconstancy ⬩ levity

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Instability, inconstancy, levity Hié wéndon ðæt hé nyste hiera leohtmódnesse and hiera unfæstrǽdnesse dum de ipsa levitate motionis praedicatori suo se incognitos crederent, Past. 32; Swt. 214, 2. On heora wandlunga hié gecýþdon heora unfæstrǽdnesse,

un-forhæfedness

(n.)
Grammar
un-forhæfedness, e; f.

Incontinence

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Incontinence Gýfernyss móder ys unforhæfednysse ( incontinentiae ), Scint. 89, 14. Unforhæfdnysse, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 36

Linked entry: for-hæfedness

un-brosnung

(n.)
Grammar
un-brosnung, e; f.

Incorruption

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Incorruption Beód úre líchaman geedcnnede tó unbrosnunge, ðæt is tó écum ðingum, Homl. Th. i. 394, 27. Áwende fram brosnunge tó unbrosnunge, ii. 206, 2