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hættian

(v.)
Grammar
hættian, p. ode; pp. od

To take the hair and skin from a person's head

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In the note Earle quotes Florence of Worcester 'cute capitis abstracta.' Cf. Grmm. R.

latian

(v.)
Grammar
latian, p. ode

To be slowto lingerloiterdelay

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Smeáge húru georne gehwá hine sylfne and ðæs ná ne latige tó lange at any rate let every one examine himself, and not delay in that too long, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 111, 192. latiendum non cunctante, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 22

Linked entry: elcian

un-treówsian

(v.)
Grammar
un-treówsian, p. ode.

to defraudto offend

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to defraud Ne untreówsige gé eów betweoxn nolite fraudare invicem, Past. 16; Swt. 99, 14. to offend Ðonne beóð manega untreówsede tunc scandalizabuntur multi, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 10 note

gilpan

(v.)
Grammar
gilpan, gielpan, gylpan, ic gilpe, gielpe, gylpe, ðú gilpst, gielpst, gylpst, he gilpþ, gielpþ, pl. gilpaþ, gielpaþ, gylpaþ; p. gealp, pl. gulpon; pp. golpen

To gloryboastdesire earnestlygloriari

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Ðæt hí ne gulpan ðæs that they may not boast of it. Ps. Th. 74, 4

Linked entries: gielpan gelpan

deáþ-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-cwalu, e; f.

A deadly pain or plague, agony mortis dolor

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Ne geweóx he him to willan, ac to deáþcwalum Deniga leódum he waxed not for their benefit, but for a deadly plague to the Danes' people, Beo. Th. 3428; B. 1712

reónig

(adj.)
Grammar
reónig, ;adj.;

Mournful, sad, gloomy, weary;

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; Mournful, sad, gloomy, weary; Á mín hige sorgaþ reónig reóteþ and geresteþ ;ever hath my heart care, mournful laments and hath not rest,; Elen. Kmbl. 2163; El. 1083.

hláford-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hláford-leás, adj.

Lordless, not having a lord

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Be hláfordleásum mannum concerning men who have no lord, L. Ath. 1. 2; Th. i. 200, 4

mǽg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽg-líc, adj.

Belonging to kinsmen

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Næfde hé ðæt andgit þurh mǽglíce láre he did not have that intelligence through the teaching of his parents, 368, 10

un-wáclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wáclíce, adv.

not weaklyresolutelywithout falteringnot meanlynoblysplendidly

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Th. 245, 25; Jul. 50. not meanly, nobly, splendidly His aferan eád bryttedon unwáclíce, Cd. Th. 258, 12; Dan. 674

Linked entry: wáclíce

un-fortreden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fortreden, adj.

Not destroyed by treading

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Not destroyed by treading Unfortreden wyrt appoligonius ( = polygonum ), Lchdm. iii. 299, col. 2

Linked entry: for-tredan

un-cenned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cenned, adj.

Not begotten

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Not begotten Wuldor Fæder ðam uncænnedan gloria Patri ingenito, Hymn. Surt. 120, 13

Linked entry: cennan

un-gifeðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gifeðe, adj.

Not granted

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Not granted Ús wæs á syððan milts ungyfeðe, Beo. Th. 5835; B. 2921

Linked entry: gifeðe

un-gréne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gréne, adj.

Not green

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Not green Folde wæs ðágyt græs ungréne, Cd. Th. 7, 36; Gen. 117

un-landágende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-landágende, adj.

Not owning land

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Not owning land Gesíðcund mon unlandágende, L. In. 51; Th. i. 134, 9

on-cígness

(n.)
Grammar
on-cígness, e ; f.
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Invocation Ðerh onceignise (not -ceiunge, see Skeat's collation) per invocationem, Rtl. 114, 3

un-gedwimorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gedwimorlíce, adv.
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Not as a magical illusion, really Ꝥ weolcn underféng hine ungedwimorlíce, Nap. 64

Linked entry: ge-dwimorlíce

ge-swǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swǽtan, p. te

To sweat

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To sweat Heó ná ne geswǽtte she did not sweat, Shrn. 150, 2

un-fúl

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fúl, adj.

Not foulgoodinsulsum

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Not foul, good; but the word glosses insulsum, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 50

Linked entry: fúl

un-libbende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-libbende, adj.

Not livingdead

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Not living, dead Se dyde monig wundor ge lybbende ge unlybbende, Shrn. 127, 22

Linked entry: un-lifigende

un-andgitfull

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Add: not rational Ꝥ unandgitfulle gesceaft þæs wætres elementum irrationabile, Gr. D. 194, 7