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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.

be-hreósan

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Þæt wæs ungerím þæt intó helle behreás, Wlfst. 9, I

lǽn

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Þæt þæt þe heó tó lǽne onféng, Gr. D. 97, 12. Add

wundor-hús

(n.)
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wundor-hús, es; n.
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An upper chamber, upper part of a house Þá se mæssepreóst gestód in þám solore þæs mynstres. . . þá þurhwuniendum unonwendedlíce eallum þám getimbre þæs hámes ꝥ wundorhús (solarium) sylf gefeóll, in þám stód se preóst, Gr. D. 119, 27

be-creópan

To creepreach by creeping

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.), þǽr inn tó þám hálgan men sum swýðe unhýre nǽddre, Gr. D. 211, 13. Hí Timotheum ácwealdon þǽr ðǽr hé becropen wæs, Hml. S. 25, 502: Met. 25, 36

eall

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Þæt is ungeliéfedlic tó gesecganne hwæt þæs ealles wæs ( how much there was of it all ), Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 17. Ealle wé witon, Past. 63, 11.

beorþor

child-bearingpartusgestationpartusfoetus

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S. 23 b, 46 gestation Þá ácende heó ðæt bearn on ðone seofoðan mónað þæs beorðres, Shrn. 61, 2. what is born partus, foetus Þæs byrþres líc on hire innoþe, Lch. iii. 146, 14. Mid beorþre foetu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 34.

cwén

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</b> a king's wife :-- Þǽs cyninges nama wæs Eilippus, and his quéne noma wæs Eufenisse, Shrn. 131, 31. <b>III b.</b> a king's daughter :-- Þæs cynges dohtor cwæð: 'Ic gife þé . . .'

lata

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For the passage substitute Þeáh þe heó þæs bearnes lata wǽre, heó þonne Gode (þæs bearnes MS., but see Latin) nóht lata ne wæs erat tarda soboli, sed non tarda Deo Archiv cxxii. 248, 20-22; Bl. H. 163, 8

dwǽs-nys

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Insipientia, þæt is dysig oððe dwǽsnyss, Wlfst. 58, 15: Angl. xi. 109, 37. Ic wénde ꝥ þú sceoldest ðín mód fram dwǽsnysse áwendan ... Dyslic bið þæt man hine sylfne tó tintregum ásende, Hml. Th. i. 592, 25. Add

ge-fæstnian

(v.)
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Þæt gé eówer hús gefæstnige, Jul. 649.

bufan-sprecen

(adj.)
Grammar
bufan-sprecen, adj.
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Aforesaid Þæs bufansprecenan ealdormannes here, Gr. D. 14, 23

ears

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Þæs earses ani, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 30. Add

firen-lic

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firen-lic, (fyrn-).

flagitiouscriminalgrossgrievous

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Hé bæd þone Ælmihtigan for ðám árleásum cwellerum, þæt hé him forgeáfe þá fyrnlican synne, 300, 22. Þá fæstan cnottan fyrnlicra synna, Hml. S. 10, 47. Fyranlicra, C. D. iv. 51, 33.

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for-lǽran

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Far nú geond þǽra manna hús ðe þú mid þínum drýcræfte forlǽrdest, and gebíg hí eft tó heora Drihtne, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 16. Þá beswác deófol and forlǽrde his (Adam's) wíf, and heó hine, Wlfst. 9, 8. Þæt nǽnig eów forlǽre (seducat), Mt. R. 24, 4.

ge-wefe

(n.)
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Gyt ys þridde cynn þǽre rake ... commune ...

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ge-siht

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Ic þé háte þæt þú þás gesyhðe secge mannum, Kr. 96

burg-waru

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Hreám þǽre burhware of Gomorra clamor Gomorrhae, Gen. 18, 20. Mid þisre scildigre burhware in scelere civitatis, 19, 15, Com se cyning mid þǽre burhware tó ðám temple, Hml. Th. i. 462, 6. Hé þá twá burhwara, Sodomam and Gomorram, forbærnde, 246, 25.

fíf

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Þǽr on ríme forborn fíf and hundseofontig hǽðnes herges, Jul. 588. as plural Gif þǽr beóð fíf and feówertig rihtwísra, Gen. 18, 28

æþelo

(n.)
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þǽre sunnan wlite herede æðelo cræftas reahte (cf. hé herede þǽre sunnan gecynd and hiore cræftas and hiore biorhto, Bt. 41, 1; F. 244, 7), Met. 30, 7. Deáde gesceafte ferðgewit of hyra æðelum ǽnig ne cúðen, Cri. 1185.