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for-hwirfedness

(n.)
Grammar
for-hwirfedness, e; f.

Perverseness

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Perverseness Ðú lufodest ealle forhwyrfednesse word, Nap. 24

Linked entry: -hwirfedness

ge-deáðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-deáðian, p. ode; pp. od

To killmortificare

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To kill; mortificare Gedeáða ðú mortifica, Rtl. 48, 14

un-geþungen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþungen, adj.

Vilebaseignoble

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Vile, base, ignoble Ðú ungeþungena hund, Nar. 42, 12

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. ede, de; pp. ed; v. a.

To fillfulfilmake a totalcompletefinishaccomplishsatisfyimpleresaturare

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gefyldest foldan and rodoras wuldres ðínes thou hast filled earth and skies with thy glory, Exon. 13 b; Th. 25, 29; Cri. 408. Óð ðæt ðú gefylle ðíne ðegnunge until thou fulfil thy business, Blickl. Homl. 233, 28, 12 : Guthl. 5; Gdwn. 40, 25.

ge-þearfan

(v.)
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to be need Ne myr ðú eal ðaet ðú hæbbe, ðý lǽs ðé geðearfe tó óðres mannes ǽhtum do not waste all you have, lest there be need to you of another man's property, Prov. K. 73

smale

(adv.)
Grammar
smale, smæle; adv.

finely not loudly

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Ðeáh ðú hié smale tódǽle swá dust Bt. 13; Fox 38, 33. Ic hí tódǽlde swá smæle and swá swá dust beforan winde comminuam eos ut pulverem ante faciem venti Ps. Th. 17, 40. Ðæs dustes smæle gecnucudes Lchdm. i. 286, 2. Gegníd smæle on mortere ii. 60, 1.

Linked entries: smæl smæle

HÝR

(n.)
Grammar
HÝR, e; f.

HIREinterest

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HIRE, payment for service done or money lent, interest Ne nim ðú ná máre æt him tó hýre ðonne ðú sealdest. Ne syle ðú ðín feoh tó hýre computabuntur fructus ex tempore, quo vendidit, et quod reliquum est, reddet emptori.

Linked entries: hýre hír

feorh-leán

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Woldon hié (the Egyptians) þæt feorhleán (what was due in consequence of the saving of life effected by Joseph when famine threatened, the reward for life saved) fácne gyldan, Ex. 141-150. Substitute:

mynster-stede

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-stede, es; m.
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A monastic edifice, monastery (as a building) Eall his mynsterstede full fæste gestód, búton þám gebedhúse ánum in þám hé læg seóc; eall hit ábifode dum ejus omnis domus in sua soliditate persisteret, cubiculum in quo jacebat aeger contremuit Gr.

ge-somnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-somnian, p. ode; pp. od

To assemblecollectcongregarecolligere

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Gesomna cúe mesa collect cow's dung, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 5

éðelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
éðelíce, adv.

Easilyfacĭlĭter

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Easily; facĭlĭter Ðú eall þing birest éðelíce búton geswince thou bearest all things easily without labour, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 552; Met. 20, 276. Ðæt ðú mǽge cumon éðelícost that thou mayest most easily come, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 17

spildan

(v.)
Grammar
spildan, p. de

To wastedestroymake away witheffundere, expendere

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Ðú wilnast, ðæt ðú ðíne feore spilde, Andr. Kmbl. 568; An. 284

a-worden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-worden, pp. of a-weorþan; def. m. awordena

become worthless

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become worthless Ðú awortlena raca, Mt. Bos. 5, 22

for-gitelian

(v.)
Grammar
for-gitelian, (-geot-); p. ode

To forget

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To forget Ðú forgeotelas oblivisceris, Ps. Srt. 43, 24

CWYSAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWYSAN, p. de; pp. ed

To crush, QUASH, shake, bruise, dash against quassare, terere, allidere

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Ðú genyðeredest oððe ðú cwysdest me allisisti me, 101, 11

þríst-hycgende

(adj.)
Grammar
þríst-hycgende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Thinking or intending boldlyfirm of purposehaving bold resolve

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Thinking or intending boldly, firm of purpose, having bold resolve Ðú geþóhtest þrísthycgende, ðæt ðú ðínne mægðhád Meotude sealdes bútan synnum, Exon. Th. 18, 24; Cri. 288. On þeóde geþeón, ðæt hé wese þrísthycgende, 336, 17; Gn. Ex. 50

be-delfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-delfan, p. -dealf, pl. -dulfon ; pp. -dolfen

To dig in or aroundto buryintercircumfoderesepelire

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To dig in or around, to bury, inter; circumfodere, sepelire Óþ i hine bedelfe usque dum fodiam circa illam, Lk. Bos. 13, 8. Bedealf hyt on eorþan he buried it in the earth, Mt. Bos. 25, 18. Bedolfen, Elen. Kmbl. 2159; El. 1081

Eádmundes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmundes burh, gen. burge; dat. byrig; f. [Eádmundes Edmund's, burh the town]

St. Edmundsbury, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk

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D. 1046, forþférde Æðelstán abbot on Abban dúne and féng Spearhafoc munuc to of Sc̃e Eádmundes byrig here died Æthelstan, abbot of Abingdon, and monk Spearhawk of St. Edmundsbury succeeded, Chr. 1046; Erl. 170, 15

Linked entry: Bederices weorþ

mónaþ-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
mónaþ-ádl, e; f.

A disease that occurs at intervals of a month

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Mulier dum consuetudinem menstruam patitur, Bd. i. 27; S. 493, 40-43

þost

(n.)
Grammar
þost, es; m.
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Dung, ordure; with this meaning thoste (according to a MS. glossary cited by Halliwell) is used in Gloucestershire Wyrc drenc of hwítes hundes þoste, Lchdm. i. 364, 5. Bærn hundes ðost and gníd smale, 7. Nim drígne hundes þost, 11: ii. 48, 8