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híra

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Mid glædum gefance þá underþeóddan leorneras heora ealdrum hýran sceolan, for ðí þæne glædan hýran God lufað, R. Ben. 20, 24. Mid þám gecorenum Crístes hérum (hyrede, v. l.), Wlfst. 256, 19. Take here héra, hýra in Dict. and add

Linked entry: héra

metsian

(v.)
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Add Ǽghwilc hine sylfne metsode swá swá hé mihte oþþe wolde; sum him mid bær þæs líchaman genihtsumnysse, sum þǽra palmtreówa æppla, sum beána mid wætere ofgotene each provisioned himself as he could or would; one carried with him a sufficiency for the

æfesa

(n.)
Grammar
æfesa, (-e; f, f), an; m.

Produce of woods on which swine might be fed

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Produce of woods on which swine might be fed Mid mæste and mid æuesan . . . and ic ann ðæt ðridde swun (?)

Linked entry: æfesn

yfel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-líc, adj.

Bad, foul, rotten

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Twégen león ádulfan his byrgenne on ðæs wéstenes sande; ðǽr resteþ Paules líchoma mid yfelíce duste bewrigen, ac on dómes dæge hé áríseþ on wuldor, Shrn. 50, 18. Seó byrgen is bewrigen mid dimmum stánum and yfellícum, 66, 25

ráp

(n.)
Grammar
ráp, es; m.
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Ðú gedydest ðæt wé mǽtan úre land mid rápum, Ps. Th. 15, 6. Swá swá hé mid gildenum rápum áhafen wǽre, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 36. Ánra gehwilc manna is gewriðen mid rápum his synna, Homl. Th. i. 208, 4.

Linked entry: nip

in-cund

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Gif hé mid eallre heortan and incundre geómerunge clypað tó Gode, Hml. S. 19, 183. Mid sóðre behreówsunge and mid incundum wópe, 192. ꝥ hí í of the inward parts, of spiritual nature Ðæt hí mægen ðǽm inncundan (in-, v.l.)

ge-cneordnes

desire, eagerness ⬩ diligence, earnest endeavour ⬩ study, careful examination ⬩ study of a scholar ⬩ a study, a subject studied, an art practised

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Ox. 295. diligence, earnest endeavour Þone ðe hí lufedon on lífe, þám hí woldon deádum mid menniscre gecneordnysse ðénian, Hml. Th. i. 220, 32. On ǽlcum wíghúse wǽron þrittig manna feohtende mid cræfte and mid gecneordnesse farende, Hml.

á-þweán

Grammar
á-þweán, pp.-þwagen,-þwægen,-þwogen.

to wash ⬩ cleanse an object from impurity ⬩ to wash impurity from an object

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Áðweað iów, ðæt gé sín clǽne, Past. 421, 14. ꝥ hé hí mid fulluhte áðwóge, Hml. S. 5, 126. Mid teárum ongann áðoá foet his . . . and mid smirinise áðuóh (rigare) (ungebat), Lk. L. 7, 38. Áðoá (-ðwǽ, R.) foet lavare pedes, Jn. L. 13, 14.

Linked entry: on-þweán

scotian

(v.)
Grammar
scotian, sceotian; p. ode.

to shoot a person with a weapon ⬩ to shoot a weapon at a person ⬩ to hurl ⬩ to shoot ⬩ to shoot ⬩ move rapidly

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Hí unscyldige mid bogan scotian þenceaþ ut sagittent immaculatum, Ps. Th. 63, 3. Eú scealt mid hálgum Godes wordum ðínne feónd sceotian, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 7.

Linked entries: sceotian scotung

circ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
circ-líc, adj. [circe a church]

ecclesiastical ⬩ ecclesiasticus

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Like a church, ecclesiastical; ecclesiasticus Mid circlícum þénungum with ecclesiastical services, Wanl. Catal. 118, 4, col. 2

eofer-spreót

(n.)
Grammar
eofer-spreót, es; m.

A boar-spear ⬩ contus ad vēnātiōnem ūsĭtātus

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A boar-spear; contus ad vēnātiōnem ūsĭtātus Mid eoferspreótum with boar-spears, Beo. Th. 2879; B. 1437

Linked entry: eofor-spreót

under-crammian

(v.)

to stuff full below ⬩ suffercire

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to stuff full below; suffercire Hí mid byrnendum glédum ðæt bed undercrammodon, Homl. Th. i. 430, 4

un-gemǽte

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gemǽte, adv.

Immeasurably ⬩ immensely

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Immeasurably, immensely Mid ungemǽte miclum ege geslægene timore immenso perculsos, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 14 note

un-ádrysnende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ádrysnende, adj.

Not to be quenched or extinguished

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Not to be quenched or extinguished Mið ðæccille his unádrysnendre cum lampade sua inextinguibili, Rtl. 106, 10

Linked entry: á-drysnan

un-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
un-gestreón, es; n.

Ill-gotten treasure

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Ill-gotten treasure Ða wóhgeornan woruldrícan mid heora golde and seolfre and eallum ungestreónum, Wulfst. 183, 9

un-geswencedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geswencedlíc, adj.

Unwearied ⬩ indefatigable

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Unwearied, indefatigable Mid ungeswencedlíce luste heofonlícra góda infatigabili coelestium bonorum desiderio, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 35

ge-settendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-settendlic, adj.
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Canonical Mid. sange gesettendlices rynes cum decantalione canonici cursus, Angl. xiii. 390, 362. Cf. ge-settan; 2

níd-behéfedness

(n.)
Grammar
níd-behéfedness, e; f.
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A need, necessity Lytles hwega for þæs líchaman nédbehǽfednyssum mid him hæbbende, Hml. S. 23 b, 150

Linked entry: be-héfedness

on-tíned

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Add: An earlier MS. has: Sǽ and ealle eá beóð mid fixum áfylde, Archiv cxxviii. 66, 7

tó-berstan

Grammar
tó-berstan, <b>I a.</b>
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Hé sylf áhreófode and tóbærst mid wundum from ðám heáfde oð Ðá fét, Shrn. 132, 8. Add