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un-þearf

(n.)
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un-þearf, e; f.

Disadvantagehurtharmdetriment

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Hé férde for his bróðær unþearfe intó Normandige he (William) went to Normandy on account of the injury his brother had done him (see Henry of Huntingdon), 1091; Erl. 227, 5.

wistfullness

(n.)
Grammar
wistfullness, e; f.
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Luxury in eating His wistfullnys him wyrðeþ tó biternysse, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50, 25

irfe-numa

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-numa, an; m.

an heir

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Se ðe sitte uncwydd and uncrafod on his áre on lífe ðæt nán man on his yrfenuman ne spece after his dæge he who sits without contest or claim on his property during life, that no one bring an action against his heir after his day, L.

Linked entry: -numa

ge-sibsum

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Hié wǽron swá geþwǽre and swá gesibsume þæt hié ealle forgeáfon þǽm cásere þá fǽhðe, Ors. 6, 4; S. 258, 27. Gesibsume pacatos. Wrt.

for-seárian

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs ðá treówu tó ðǽm forweóxen ðæt hié forseáreden (-oden, v. l.), Past. 293, 7. ꝥ palmtwig tó eorÞan áfyllan, and forsáreden him bégen dǽlas forbrecan, Bl. H. 151, 16. Hé ðá forseáredon bán wecð of deáðe, Hml.

á-spanan

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Læcedemonie him on fultum, and healfe Athenienses Catanenses ab Atheniensibus auxilia poposcunt, at Syracusani auxilium a Lacedaemoniis petunt, Ors. 2, 7;S. 90, 7. Here þára wícinga þe hie him tó fultume áspanen hæfdon. Chr. 921;P. 102, 19.

mis-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-beódan, p. -beád, pl. -budon; pp. -boden

To do wrong toto offendabuseill-use

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Ne misbeóde ǽnig óðrum, forðam eal ðæt ǽnig man óðrum on unriht tó hearme gedéþ, eal hit sceal eft mænigfealdlíce derian him sylfum, Wulfst. 112, 7-11. Misbeódan, 157, 20. Gif him ǽnig man heálíce misboden hæbbe (cf.

ge-wýscan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wýscan, p. te; pp. ed.

to wishdesireoptaredesiderareto adopt

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as his spiritual children, Homl.

Linked entries: ge-wíscan wýscan

nyllan

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Hwæt be him nellendum gewurðan. sceoldon (hwæt sceolan nyllan, v. l.) quid de eis nolentibus fiat, Gr. D. 61, 18. Add

facian

(v.)
Grammar
facian, fácian; p. ode.

To wish forreach

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To wish for, desire to obtain Pirrus him for þám swíþost fylste þe hé him selfum fácode Mæcedonia anweald Pyrrhus helped them chiefly for the reason that he wanted the kingdom of Macedonia for himself; his se Pyrrhus jungit, sperans Demetrium Macedonia

ge-healdan

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Gehealde hé his gefán .vii. niht inne, Ll. Th. i. 90, 5, 7. Gif hé self his wǽpno his gefán út rǽcan wille, gehealden hine .xxx. nihta, 64, 18.

Ecg-bryht

(n.)
Grammar
Ecg-bryht, -briht, -berht, -byrht, es; m. [ecg edge, sword; bryht bright, excellent] Egbert; Ecgbryhtus; king of Wessex for thirty-seven years and seven months, from A.D. 800-837. Egbert chose Swithun [v. Swíþhún] for the preceptor to his son Æðelwulf, the heir to the throne of Wessex
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Hér, A.D. 800, Ecgbryht féng to Wesseaxna ríce here, A.D. 800, Egbert succeeded to the kingdom of the West-Saxons, Chr. 800; Erl. 60, 4. Hér, A.D. 837 [MS. 836], Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, se rícsode xxxvii wintra and vii mónþas here, A.D. 837, king Egbert

ge-sécan

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Gesécæn him sǽmend, Ll. Th. i. 30, 18. Sceal fǽmne hire freónd gesécean, Gn. C. 44. Gié nællað gesoeca hwæd gié geete, Lk. L.

land-ár

(n.)
Grammar
land-ár, e; f.
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Ðæt land æt Boccinge intó Cristes cyrcean, and his óðre landáre intó óðran hálgan stówan, 540, 26. Nimap ðis gold and bicgaþ eów landáre, Homl. Th. i. 64, 12. Ða ðe landáre hæfdon hit beceápodon, 316, 10: ii. 224, 5.

handlinga

(adv.)
Grammar
handlinga, adv.

With the hands

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With the hands Nis be him gerǽd ðæt hé handling ǽnigne man ácwealde it is not read of him that he killed any man with his own hands, Homl. Th. i. 386, 1

be-sárgian

(v.)
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gesáwon ꝥ him næs álýfed unálýfedlic þing tó dónne, and besárgodon ꝥ sceoldon hyra gewunan forlǽtan. Gr. D. 104, 18. Hý ná ne ceorien, ne mid móde besárgien non murmurarent, R. Ben. 65, 9.

Linked entry: sárgian

sulh-geteóh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-geteóh, gen. -teóges; n.
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An implement belonging to a plough Gegaderie hé ealle his sulhgeteógo tógædere let him collect together all the apparatus of his plough, Lchdm. i. 400, 19

þurh-gán

(v.)

to go over or throughto pass throughpierceto penetratepermeatepervade

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Th. ii. 502, 11. of a weapon, to pass through, pierce Hé sette his swurdes ord tógeánes his innoðe, and feól him on uppon, ðæt him ðurheode (or him ðurh eode, under þurh, B. I 1. ), Homl. Th. ii. 480, 15.

in-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþanc, es ; m. n.

Thoughtthinkingcogitationintentmindheartconscience

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Geleornigen eác ða bearn ðæt suá hiéren hira ieldrum suá suá hie selfe wieten on hira inngeþonce beforan ðæs diéglan Déman eágum ðæt hit for Gode dón illi discant, quomodo ante occulti arbitri oculos sua interiora componant, 28, 1 ; Swt. 191, 2.

Linked entry: inn-geþanc

ge-grówan

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Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, Past. 337, 11