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hlutor-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
hlutor-, hluttor-líce; adv.

Clearly, ⬩ plainly

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Gif hé him ðæt hluttorlíce gecýðan wolde hwæt hé wǽre si simpliciter sibi quis fuisset proderet, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 37: 5, 13: S. 634, 2

byrnan

(v.)
Grammar
byrnan, part. byrnende; he byrneþ.

To burn, to be on fire ⬩ ardere ⬩ To burn ⬩ urere, comburere

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To burn, to be on fire; ardere Sín eówer leóhtfatu byrnende sint vestræ lucernæ ardentes, Lk. Bos. 12, 35: Deut. 9, 15. Ðonne byrneþ gramen his cum exarserit ira ejus, Ps. Spl. 2, 13: Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 36. Grammar byrnan, v. trans.

wirgung

(n.)
Grammar
wirgung, e; f.

Cursing ⬩ a curse

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On wyrigunge: Uae tibi sit wá ðé sí, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 12-16. Wyrgendras, ðæra múð bið mid wyrigunge (wyriunge, v. l.) áfylled, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 43. Hé fordéð his sáwle mid ðære mánfullan wyriunge . . .

Linked entry: wergung

á-niman

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Ǽlc tǽl sié ánumen (tollatur) fram eów, Past. 222, 9. Of his heortan onweg ánumen, Bl. H. 55, 9

ge-hírsumnes

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Hwæðer hé carfull sig tó godcundum weorcum and tó gehýrsumnysse si solicitus est ad opus Dei, ad obedientiam R.

hǽmed-þing

(n.)
Grammar
hǽmed-þing, es; n.

Carnal intercourse, venery, matrimony

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Gif hí him betwynan hǽmedþing fremmen si inter se fornicationem commiserint, 16; Th. ii. 144, 9. Be hǽmedþingnm : eallum þyrrum líchomum hǽmedþing ne dugon of venery : venery does not do for all dry constitutions, L.

ge-háwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-háwian, <b>; II.</b>
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Mon ǽr geháwige ðæt se grund fæsð sié, Past. 308, 3. Add

syn-léw

Grammar
syn-léw, For '
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A sinful injury' substitute : an injury caused by sin. Cf. syn-wund

wráþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wráþlíce, adv.

Cruelly ⬩ direly ⬩ bitterly

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Cruelly, direly, bitterly Sió fǽhð gewearð gewrecen wráðlíce, Beo. Th. 6116 ; B. 3062

þurh-wrecan

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Add: — Bútan hwæs heorte sié mid deófles strǽle þurhwrecen, Verc. Först. 109, 8

segl-rád

(n.)
Grammar
segl-rád, e; f.

The sail-road ⬩ the sea

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The sail-road, the sea Síð on seglráde, Beo. Th. 2863; B. 1429

hlíwung

(n.)
Grammar
hlíwung, e; f.

Shelter ⬩ protection

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Sconde hléwung sive fraceþu ignominium 49, 30. Stów gecwéme . . . þæs fýrhýses hlýwing winterlices cyles . . . wiþerrǽdnes sí gelýht locus aptus . . . cuius caumene refugio hybernalis algoris . . . aduersitas levigetur, Angl. xiii. 397, 461

Linked entry: hleówung

yfel-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
yfel-dǽd, e; f.

an evil deed, misdeed, sin ⬩ an injurious deed, injury, mischief

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Ða gesceafta ðe sind þwyrlíce geðúhte, hí sind tó wrace gesceapene yfeldǽdum, Homl. Th. i. 102, 4.

wer-tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
wer-tihtle, an; f.
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Gif mon sié wertyhtlan betogen . . . bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wer gegolden sié, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 1-4

Linked entry: tihtle

ge-scerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scerian, -scyrian, -scyrigan; p. ede; pp. ed.

to bestow, appoint, provide, ordain, destine ⬩ tribuere, providere, ordinare, destinare ⬩ to number, reckon ⬩ numerare ⬩ to ordain, arrange

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Ic wéne ðæt ðǽr screoda wǽre gescyred ríme siexhundreda I believe that there were six hundred chariots reckoned by number, 122 a; Th. 468, 10; Phar. 5

Linked entries: ge-scyrian ge-scyrigan

ge-píned

(v.)
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Hulco wéro ðrouendo hreáferas suá geearnadon ꝥte hiá wére gepíned scearplice qualia sint passuri raptores sic maerentur puniri tenaces, Lk. p. 9, 4

heáfod-leahter

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-leahter, es; m.

A capital offence, mortal sin

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A capital offence, mortal sin Ǽlc ðara manna ðe mid heáfodleahtre besmiten biþ unusquisque eorum hominum, qui capitalibus criminibus polluti sunt, L. M. I. P. 1; Th. ii. 266, 3.

scofettan

(v.)
Grammar
scofettan, p. te

To drive hither and thither

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To drive hither and thither For ðam hit is openlíce cúð ðætte sió úterre ábisgung ðissa woruldþinga ðæs monnes mód gedréfþ and hine scofett (scofeð, Cott.

wering

(n.)
Grammar
wering, e; f.
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Ac gif sió pynding wierð onpennad, oððe sió wering wirð tóbrocen, ðonne tófléwð hit eall, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 8. v. werian, <b>I a</b>; be-werung

Linked entry: werung

bealo-fús

(adj.)
Grammar
bealo-fús, adj.

Inclined to sin ⬩ peccandi pronus

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Inclined to sin; peccandi pronus, Exon. 94 b; Th. 354, 23; Reim. 50