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un-gewítendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gewítendlíce, adv.

Without passing away ⬩ permanently

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et a delectatione citius transitura sunt, et tamen eorum causa ad ultionem sine transitu permansura, Past. 58; Swt. 441, 21

un-gewuna

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewuna, adj.

Unaccustomed ⬩ unused

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Unaccustomed, unused Micel gedál is on ðam mægene ðæs ðe sié gewin (-wun?) þrowungum and ðæs ðe sié ungewuna swelcum þingum, Lchdm. ii. 84, 19. [Cf. O. H. Ger. un-giwon inusitatus, insolens, novus.]

réðness

(n.)
Grammar
réðness, -e; f.

Fierceness ⬩ rage ⬩ cruelty ⬩ severity. ⬩ ferocitas ⬩ austeritas ⬩ feritas, i. crudelitas, inclementia, duritia ⬩ furor ⬩ feria, insania ⬩ savageness ⬩ fierceness ⬩ ferocity ⬩ harshness ⬩ severity

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Síe ðær eác réðnes næs ðeáh tó stíþ sit vigor, sed non exasperans, Swt. 127, 2. Ðonne sió lár wint on réðnesse suíður ðonne mon niéde scyle cum sese increpatio, plus quam necesse est in asperitatem pertrahit, 21, 7; Swt. 167, 8

EÁ

(n.)
Grammar
EÁ, often indeclinable in the sing, but eás is sometimes found in gen; and é, ǽ, eǽin dat; pl. nom. acc. eá, eán; gen. eá; dat. eáum, eám, eán; f; ǽ

indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ⬩ flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua

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L. eás] on the other side of the river, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 20, 3. Be ðære eá ófrun by the banks of the river, Gen. 41, 3: Ors. 1, 3; Bos. 27, 28: 2, 4; Bos. 44, 13. Be ðære eá by the river. Chr. 896; Th. 172, 35, col. 2.

Linked entries: ǽ é eǽ

syn-grin

(n.)

the toil ⬩ snare which a sin constitutes

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the toil or snare which a sin constitutes Ðæt ús deófol of rihtan wege þurh deriende þýstra belǽdan ne mǽge, ne mid syngrinum tó swíðe gehremman not hamper us too much with the snares of sin, Btwk. 196, 19.

freó

free ⬩ not in subjection to a master ⬩ having liberty of action ⬩ free ⬩ not in subjection to sin ⬩ liberal ⬩ at liberty ⬩ not in confinement or custody ⬩ free ⬩ free from work ⬩ disengaged ⬩ free from guilt ⬩ innocent ⬩ unimpeded ⬩ unhindered ⬩ acting of one's own will ⬩ unforced ⬩ free from trouble ⬩ exempt ⬩ immune ⬩ free ⬩ not liable to a tax ⬩ at one's own disposal

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Þeówie hé six gér and beó him freóh on þám seofoðan, Ex. 21, 2. Gif fríg man fréum stelð, Ll. Th. i. 6, 2. Mægðbót sí swá fríges mannes, 20, 9. Eall sió gioguð ðe nú is on Angelcynne frióra monna, Past. 7, 10.

gise

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., and add Wéne gé ðæt ǽgðer sié mid mé ge gise ge nese? ( ut sit apud me est et non ), Past. 308, 9. 'Ne sǽde ic ꝥ . . .?' 'Gyse,' cwæþ ic, 'þú ꝥ sǽdest,' Bt. 34, 6; F. 142, 5. Hwí wolde God swá lytles þinges him forwyrnan . . .?

nosu

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Is sió lytle nosu ðæt mon ne sié gescádwís; for ðǽm mid ðǽre nose wé tósceádað ðá stencas, 65, 19-21. Nosa habbað nares habent, Ps. Vos. 113, 6 second: 134, 17. substitute: <b>nóse,</b> an; f, taking it as a separate word

míl

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For unfriðe man mót freólsǽfenan nýde fulfaran betweónan Eferwíc and six míla gemeta, Ll. Th. ii. 298, 27. Add

ge-sión

(v.)

to see ⬩ behold ⬩ videre

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to see, behold; videre Wénaþ ða dysgan ðæt ǽlc mon síe blind swá hí sint; and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón [gesión, note] ðæt hí gesión ne mágon the foolish think that every man is blind as they are; and that no man is able to see what they cannot see, Bt

wígan

(v.)
Grammar
wígan, [p. wag, pl. wigon; pp. wigen]

to fight ⬩ do battle

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Six hund þúsenda wígendra manna, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 14: Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 367: Homl. Ass. 103, 54

Linked entries: wígende wigian

firen-synn

(n.)
Grammar
firen-synn, e; f.
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Gross sin Fyrnsynna fruma (the devil), Jul. 347

tægl-hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
tægl-hǽr, es; n.

A hair of an animal's tail

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A hair of an animal's tail Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemæstan on síðfæte, bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest, ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð, Lchdm. i. 360, 21

-cund

(suffix)
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Add: -cundd- (v. sió godcundde, Past. 91, 7)

gímen

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Ðæt hé suá geornfullíce sié ymb ðá giémenne ðissa hwílendlicra ðinga suá suá hit niédðearf sié ut curae temporalis sollicitudinis et quantum necesse est prodeant 141, 4.

firen-wyrcende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
firen-wyrcende, part.

Evil-doing ⬩ committing sin ⬩ mălum făciens ⬩ peccans

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Evil-doing, committing sin; mălum făciens, peccans Me of folmum afere firenwyrcendra take me out of the hands of those committing sin, Ps. Th. 70, 3. Ic fyrenwyrcende oft elnade I often emulated evil-doing [men ], 72, 2

Linked entry: fyren-wyrcende

weorold-þing

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-þing, es; n.
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Hwæðer ðæt nú sié tó talianne wáclíc and unnyt, ðætte nytwyrþost is ealra woruldþinga, ðæt is anweald ? num imbecillum, ac sine virtutibus aestimandum est, quod omnibus rebus constat esse praestantius ? Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 17.

firnian

(v.)

to sin

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to sin, Cd. 227; Th. 303, 29; Sat. 621

a-hérian

(v.)
Grammar
a-hérian, to praise, l. á-herian,
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and add ꝥte sié áheredo laudari, Rtl. 105, 5

deáþ-firen

(n.)
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mortal sin Deáðfirenum fordén, Cri. 1207. Cf. deáþ-scyld

Linked entry: firen