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þurh-wuneness

(n.)
Grammar
þurh-wuneness, e; f.
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Perseverance Seó þurhwunenes heó is mægen þæs gódan weorces virtus boni operis perseverantia est, Archiv cxxii. 260, 9

Linked entry: wune-ness

ge-drohtnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drohtnung, e; f.

Living, course of life

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Living, course of life Heó hym eallum gebysnode mid góddre gedrohtnunge tó Godes þeówdóme, Hml. S. 2, 126

Linked entry: drohtnung

án-rǽdnes

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For heora ánrǽdnisse and heora trýwðe wið God, Ælfc. T. Grn. 1. 2. Hé on gódum gelimpum ne forlǽt his ánrǽdnesse, Wlfst. 51, 23. Ánrǽdnysse statum (cordis), An. Ox. 4468

lyffetung

(n.)
Grammar
lyffetung, e; f.

Flattery ⬩ adulation

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Ne hlyste gé heora geswǽsan lyffetunge, 404, 29.

eal-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
eal-sealf, e; f. [eal all, sealf salve] The herb called the oak of Jerusalem or the oak of Cappadocia; ambrŏsia, Som. Ben. Lye:=ἀμβροσία a perfumed salve, a plant; ambrŏsia mărĭtĭma, Diosc. 3, 129, L. S. Lex. under ἀμβροσία.

á-lecgan

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Heó álegde ꝥ pælmtwig þe heó ǽr onféng . . . and heó eác álegde hire hrægl, Bl. H. 139, 4-6. Hé his beard áléde, Hml. S. 6, 228. Álege þíne woruldlican gegyrlan, 33, 81. Deóplic dǽdbót bið ꝥ lǽwede man his wǽpna álecgan, Ll. Th. ii. 280, 17.

Linked entry: á-licgan

nán

Grammar
nán, <b>. I b.</b>
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Hí ne magon heom þeáh ná náne góde beón they cannot be of any good to them, Solil. H. 68, 29. Þú þe nelt þé geeówian openlíce nánum óðrum búton þám þe geclǽnsode beóð on heora móde, 5, 20, Þes iunga man ne æfestigað on nánum ðingum ðe hé hér gesihð.

neáh-gebýren

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-gebýren, e; f.

A neighbour

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A neighbour Heó clypaþ hyre frýnd and néhhebýryna (-byrna, MS. A.) convocans amicas et vicinas, Lk. Skt. 15, 9

Linked entry: ge-býren

weorold-prýt

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-prýt, -prýd, e; f.
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Worldly pride Næs heó, swá nú æðelborene men synt, mid oferméttum áfylled, ne mid woruldprýdum, Lchdm. iii. 428, 32

scín-lǽce

(n.)
Grammar
scín-lǽce, an; f.

A woman who practises magic ⬩ a sorceress

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A woman who practises magic, a sorceress Ðá cwǽdon Rómware ðæt heó wǽre drýegge and scínlǽce, Shrn. 56, 13

Linked entry: scín-lǽca

nunn-líf

(n.)
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the life of a nun Þá þá . . . háliges nunlífes drohtoþ (sanctimonialis vitae conversationem) heó sóhte, Gr. D. 199, 16

be-dyppan

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Heó wæs gelǽded tó ánre eá and bedypped in ꝥ wæter (in aquam mersa), Gr. D. 73, 24. Add

weorold-sorh

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sorh, gen. -sorge; f.
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Bæd heó ðæt heó móste weoruldsorge and gýmenne forlǽtan postulans ut saeculi euros relinquere permitteretur, Bd. 4. 19 ; S. 587, 38

corn

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Heó sealde þǽm munucum corn genóg, Ors. 6, 4; S. 260, 11. v. bere-, lyb-, mold-, pipor-corn

tama

(n.)
Grammar
tama, an; m.

Tameness

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Gif heó blódes onbirigþ, heó forgit sóna hire níwan taman, and gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 12

slingan

(v.)
Grammar
slingan, p. slang, pl. slungon

To wind, twist, worm, move as a serpent. ⬩ to move quickly ⬩ to wind ⬩ to wind

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Gif heó (the adder) ðæt heáfod innan ðone man bestingþ ðonne slingþ (= slincþ ?) heó mid ealle inn if it strikes its head into the man, then it winds itself quite in. Boutr. Scrd. 20, 15

tíþe

(n.)
Grammar
tíþe, tíþa (-e, -a; masc.: -u, -a, -e; fem.: -a; pl.)

to obtain one's request, ⬩ to have granted the request for something

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Heó ábæd æt Gode Godes willan tó ðám ðæt heó sunu hæfde, and heó sóna wæs tíðu (other MSS. tíða), Homl. Ass. 38, 357. For swá hwæne swá heó bit, heó biþ tíða simle, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 274. Ðæt ic (a widow) beó ðæs tíðe ðe ic bidde, Homl.

Linked entries: un-tygþa tíþ týþa

be-hrópan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hrópan, p. -hreóp, pl. -hreópon; pp. -hrópen [hrópan to call or cry out]

To scoff at ⬩ rail ⬩ trouble ⬩ sugillare

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To scoff at, rail, trouble; sugillare Ðe-læs heó cume me behrópende ne veniens sugillet me Lk. Bos. 18, 5

sele-gist

(n.)
Grammar
sele-gist, es ; m.

A guest in a hall

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A guest in a hall Heó ofsæt ðone selegyst (Beowulf who was in Hrothgar's hall), Beo. Th. 3094; B. 1545

þegnest

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest, (? related to þegnian as O. Sax. thionost,O. L. Ger. thianust, thienest, O. H. Ger. dionóst, Icel. þjónusta are to verbs thionón, dionón, þjóna respectively; or(?) þénest, þeónest the English form corresponding to the nouns given above. The passage in which the word occurs separately refers to Germany, so perhaps the German form has been borrowed(?): where it occurs as the first part of a compound the form is þeónest; in the same passage, which is late, eó is written where é is the more regular form, as heót for hét; perhaps, however, the Scandinavian form has influenced the English)

Service

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Service Þæs ilcan géres fór Aldréd biscop tó Colne ofer sǽ, and wearð ðær underfangen mid mycclan weorðscipe, and him geaf ǽgðer þéneste ge se biscop on Colone and se cásere, Chr. 1054; Erl. 189, 25. (This passage occurs in only one MS.)

Linked entry: þegnest-mann

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