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un-steaððigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-steaððigness, e; f.

unsteadinessinstabilityinconstancywant of sedatenesslevitywantonness

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unsteadiness, instability, inconstancy Sun munuc mid gemáglícum bénum gewilnode ðæt hé móste of ðam munuclífe ... Ðá wearð se hálga wer geháthyrt ðurh his unstæððignysse, and hét hine áweg faran, Homl.

cora-gesceót

(n.)
Grammar
cora-gesceót, es ; n?

A payment or contribution of corn frumenti solutio vel munus

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A payment or contribution of corn; frumenti solutio vel munus Se wudu beó gelǽst binnan þrým dagum æfter ðam corngesceóte let the wood be supplied within three days after the contribution of corn Cod. Dipl. 942; Kmbl. iv. 278, 10

-hád

(suffix)
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</b> marking office, rank, apostol-, bisceop-, mæsse-preóst-, martyr-, munuc-, pápan-, preóst-, sácerd-hád. cf. hád ; <b>V. V a.

eorl-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-dóm, es; m.

EARLDOM, the province or dignity of an earl, the same as ealdor-dóm, v. Turner's Hist. b. viii. c. 7cŏmĭtis mūnus

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Turner's Hist. b. viii. c. 7; cŏmĭtis mūnus Ælfgár eorl féng to ðam eorldóme ðe Harold ǽr hæfde earl Ælfgar succeeded to the earldom which Harold had before, Chr. 1053; Erl. 189, 14

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lǽce-cræft

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Wæs sum munuc, þám wæs nama lustus, sé waes gelǽred on lǽceræfte ( medicinali arte imbutus ), Gr. D. 344, 6: 11. Hé áxode gif hé cúðe áht on lǽcecræfte, Hml.

sweord-bora

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sweord-bora, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þæs cyningces sweordbora ( spatharius: spatharii munus erat spatham sive ensem principis gerere, ejusque latus custodire) wæs Ricgo geháten, Gr. D. 130, 31. Þæs forecwedenan Narses sweordbora Bulgatisc man, 300, 21.

út-ácumen

(adj.)
Grammar
út-ácumen, -cymen[e]; adj.

Strangeralienforeign

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Se útácymena (útancumena, v. l.) munuc ðe of uncúðum eardum cymð si quis monachus peregrinus de longinquis provinciis supervenerit, R. Ben. 108, 4. Gé wǽron útácymene (advenae) on Egipta lande, Lev. 19, 34: 25, 23.

fram-síþ

(n.)
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Absence on a journey Ne dorste nán þǽra munuca on hyra ealdres framsíþe (æfweardnysse, v.l., in Patris absentia. Cf. hé on færelde wæs, 28, 21) gangan inn tó þǽra fǽmnena gesomnunge, Gr. D. 29, 2. Ful oft mec hér wráðe begeat fromsíð freán, Kl. 33

mynster-líf

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-líf, es; n.

monastic lifea place in which the monastic life is lived

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Munuc-líf

un-stæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-stæððig, adj.

not steadyremissirregularunstableinconstantfickleunsteadyunstaidnot soberlightwanton

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not steady, remiss, irregular Sum munuc wæs unstæððig on Godes lofsangum, Homl. Th. ii. 160, 19. unstable, inconstant, fickle Wé sceolon fyligan úrum Heáfde fram ðissere unstæððigan worulde tó his staðelfæstan ríce, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 21.

Basilius

(n.)
Grammar
Basilius, g. Basilies; m.

Basil, bishop of CæsarēaKαιδάρεια

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Basil, bishop of Cæsarēa = Kαιδάρεια Basilius se eádiga wæs swíðe hálig bisceop, on Cessarean byrig, on Gréciscre þeóde, manegra munuca fæder, munuchádes him sylf.

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m.: wange, wænge, wenge, an; n.
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Benedictus slóh ðone munuc under ðæt wencge mid anre handa, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 10. T him ða wongan briceþ, Salm. Kmbl. 192 ; Sal. 95. Ic ða wangas mid teárum ofergeát, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 556

gifol-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gifol-ness, e; f.
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mildheortlíce sellað . . . ðý lǽs sió gídsung ðæs lǽnan lofes ádwǽsce ðæt leóht ðǽre giofolnesse, oððe eft sió giofolness sié gemenged wið unrót-nesse, oððe eft for dǽm giefum his mód fægnige ne dationis lumen laudis transitoriae appetitio extinguat; ne oblatum munus

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slæc

(adj.)
Grammar
slæc, sleac, slec (v. slæcness); adj.
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Voc. ii. 107, 8 : 29, 18. of things, of physical movement, slow, gentle Sum munuc mid sleaccre stalcunge his fótswaðum filigde, Homl.

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un-staþolfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-staþolfæst, adj.

unsettlednot remaining in one placenot stationaryunsettleddesirous of changenot steadfastunstablenot enduringeasily movedunsettled in mindwavering

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Ben. 9, 23. unsettled, desirous of change Sum munuc wearð unstaðolfæst on his mynstre, and gewilnode ðæt hé móste of ðam munuclífe, Homl. Th. ii. 176, 14. not steadfast, unstable, not enduring, easily moved Unstaðolfest weorc opus instabile, Kent.

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cæppe

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Se munuc bewand þone hreóflian mid his cæppan, Hml. Th. i. 336, 12. Sácerd, þonne hé mæssan singe, ne hæbbe hé on cæppan (cappam), Ll. Th. ii. 140, 9. Ðá dyde Albanus on hine þæs preóstes cæppan (caracallam, Bd. 1, 7), Shrn. 93, 31.

giefu

(n.)
Grammar
giefu, e; gen. pl. -end; f.

A giftgracefavourdonummunusgratia

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A gift, grace, favour; donum, munus, gratia To giefe as a gift, or freely, gratuitously, Exon. 65 b; Th. 241, 19; Ph. 658: 96 b; Th. 359, 32; Pa. 71.

bisceop-hád

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-hád, biscop-hád, es; m.

BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopricmunus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia

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[bisceop a bishop; hád hood, condition, state] BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopric; munus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia Wæs se bisceophád befæsted the bishopric was established, Elen.

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ge-staþelfæstan

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Vos. 143, 12. of a person. to fix in a position to be occupied Munuc gestaþolfæstan mæg abbod on máran þænne in eóde stede monachum stabilire potest abbas in maiori quam ingreditur loco, R. Ben.

hlosnian

(v.)
Grammar
hlosnian, p. ode

To listen, be silent in expectation of hearing, listen for the coming of a person, watch, await, be on the look out

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To listen, be silent in expectation of hearing, listen for the coming of a person, watch, await, be on the look out Ða on sumere nihte hlosnode sum óðer munuc his færeldes and mid sleaccre stalcunge his fótswaðum filigde then one night another monk was

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