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íþ

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Add: — pæt hié iéð mehton þá burg áwéstan, Ors. 2, 7; S. 90, 13: 5, 7; S. 228, 20. past hé ðe iéð mehte winnan, 2, 3; S. 68, 14 : 3, l; S. 96, 16: Past. 211, 15: 459, 2

legie

(n.)
Grammar
legie, an; f.
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A legion Þá hét Pompeius þæt mon ꝥ fæsten brǽce and on fuhte dæges and nihtes, simle án leg(ie) æfter óþerre unwérig cum alias aliis legiones dies noctesque succedere sine requie cogeret Ors. 5, 11 ; S. 238, 9. Ealle þá legean, 5, 12; S. 240, 6. Eahta

wilsumness

(n.)
Grammar
wilsumness, e; f.

devotion ⬩ devoutness ⬩ a vow

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devotion, devoutness Byrnende wilsumnes módes ardens devotio mentis Bd. l, 7; S. 478, 11. Hí ánre wilsumnesse wǽron erant unius devotionis, 5, 10; S. 624, 14: 5, 20; S. 642, 14. Hé smyltre willsumnesse (tranquilla devotione) Drihtne ðeówde, 4, 24; S.

Linked entry: wynsumness

frægin

(v.; part.)
Grammar
frægin, = frægn; p. of frignan.

asked

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asked. Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 9: 4, 5; S. 572, 21

ge-bétt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bétt, pp. of ge-bétan.

amended ⬩ reformed

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amended, reformed,Bd. 1, 21; S. 485, 8: 1, 27; S. 492, 17;

ge-sponnen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-sponnen, For ge-sponen; pp.of ge-spanan.

persuaded ⬩ drawn

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persuaded, drawn, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 5: 4, 23; S. 593, 17

un-áræfnendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áræfnendlíc, adj.

Intolerable

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Intolerable Unáræfnendlíc intolerabile, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 38. Unáræfnendlíce fúlnes foetor incomparabilis, S. 628, 25. Weter unárefnendlíc aquam intolerabilem, Ps. Surt. 123, 5. Be ðám tintregum unáræfnendlícum ( intolerabilibus ), Bd. 5, 12; S. 628

Linked entry: ræfnendlíc

Italia

(n.)
Grammar
Italia, e, an (Latin forms also occur) ; f.
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Italy On Ticinis he" wæs áféd Italian landes (cf. hé wæs áféd on Italia, Hml. Th. ii. 498, 24), Hml. S. 31, 12. Hé gefór on Italie (cf. in Italiam, l, ii; S. 50, 24), Ors. S. 2, 3. Hié sendon on Italie æfter Hannibale. . . he sceolde Italiam

ge-treówleásnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-treówleásnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Infidelity ⬩ perfidy ⬩ perfidia

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Infidelity, perfidy; perfidia Hí þrowedon heora getreówleásnesse suæ perfĭdiæ pænas luēbant, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 34. For heora getreówleásnysse for their perfidy, 2, 2; S. 504, 9: 1, 8 ; S. 479, 34

heáh-sangere

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sangere, es; m.

A chief singer, arch-chanter

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A chief singer, arch-chanter Se árwurþa wer Johannes S. Petres cyricean ðæs apostoles heáhsangere vir venerabilis Johannes archicantator ecclesiæ S. Apostoli Petri, Bd. 4, 18; S. 586, 23

nídþearf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nídþearf-líc, adj.

Necessary ⬩ needful ⬩ useful

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Necessary, needful, useful Neádþearflíc operae pretium, Hpt. Gl. 433. 25 : 506, 29 : operae pretium, necessarium, utile, justum, 499, 78 : debitum, necessarium, 424, 51. Is swýðe nýdþearflíc ( necessaria ) gesceád, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 35. Gif ic síe ðínum

in-timbrian

(v.)
Grammar
in-timbrian, p. ede, ode

To instruct

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To instruct Hé hí intimbrade and gelǽrde he instructed and taught them, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 34. Intimbrede, 4, 27; S. 603, 45. In cyriclícum þeódscipum and in mynsterlícum heálíce intimbred ecclesiasticis ac monasterialibus disciplinis summe instructus

for-hwon

(pronoun.)

why ⬩ quāre

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why; quāre, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 14: 2, 12; S. 513, 37

brǽdo

(n.)

breadth, width,

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breadth, width, Bd. 1. l; S. 474, 29: 4, 13; S. 583, 11

weorold-hád

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-hád, es; m.
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A secular, lay condition In weoruldbáde drohtiende in saeculari habitu conversata, Bd. 4, 23; S. 592, 42. In weoruldháde geseted, 4, 24; S. 597, 3. Weoruldhád forlǽtan, 598, 2 : 4, 23 : S. 593, 7

befóran-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
befóran-cweðan, p. cwæþ, pl.-cwǽdon,-cwédon; pp. -cweden

To foretell ⬩ prædicere

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To foretell; prædicere Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 15, note : 5, 2; S. 615, 13, note

Ispánie

(n.)
Grammar
Ispánie, pl.
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Spaniards, Spain From Sceltiuerin, Ispánia folce, Ors. 4, 12; S. 208, 24. He monega gefeoht on Ispánium þurhteáh, 29: 4, 8; S. 188, 19. Scipia geflémde Hasterbal on Ispániun ( in Hispania), 4, l0; S. 198, 14. He for of Ispánium (ab Hispaniis), 22. Wæs

el-reord

(adj.)
Grammar
el-reord, ell-reord, æl-, sell-, eall-; adj.

Foreign-speaking, barbarous ⬩ barbărus

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Foreign-speaking, barbarous; barbărus Wǽron heó mid elreordre dysignesse onbláwne inflāti ĕrant barbăra stultĭtia, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 13: 1, 5; S. 4. 76, 11: 1, 14; S. 482, 12: Ps. Surt. 113, 1

Linked entries: æll-reord æl-reord eall-reord ell-reord ell-reordig el-riord el-reordig -reord

fullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fullíce, comp. -lícor; adv.

Fully ⬩ perfectly ⬩ completely ⬩ plēne ⬩ perfecte

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Fully, perfectly, completely; plēne, perfecte Se ðe Englisc fullíce ne cúðe qui Anglōrum linguam perfecte non nōvĕrat, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 39: 2, 3; S. 504, 32. Fullícor plēnius, 4, 25; S. 600, 10

Lǽdenisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Lǽdenisc, adj.

Latin

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Latin On Lédenisc gereorde ge on Grécisc, Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 33. On Lédennisc, 4, 2; S. 565, 28: 5, 8; S. 622, 1. On lǽddin ł lǽdinisc latine, Jn. Skt. Kmbl. 19, 20

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