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ed-níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ed-níwe, adj.
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Tó geeácnienne heora ealdan synna mid edníwum synnum peccatis veteribus jungentes nova, Jud. 10, 6. Add

Linked entry: níwe

hærfest-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
hærfest-tíd, e; f.
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autumn, v. hærfest; I Þú þá treówa on hærfesttíd heora leáfa bereáfast, and eft on lencten óþru leáf sellest, Bt. 4; F. 8, 6. harvest-time, v. hærfest; On sumera and on hærfesttíde, þonne mon wæstmas in somnode tempore aestatis, quo fruges erant colligendae

leóda

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Rómánisce leódan (leóde (-a), v. ll. ) ongynnað heora geár æfter hǽðenum gewunan, Lch. iii. 246, 15. Þǽr mihton geséon Winceastre leódan (leóde, v. l. ) rancne here, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 10.

ge-ancsumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ancsumian, p. ode; pp. od

To make anxiousvexanxiāre

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To make anxious, vex; anxiāre Wæs geancsumod mín heorte anxiārētur cor meum, Ps. Lamb. 60, 3

hræd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hræd-ness, e; f.

Quicknessrapidity

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Se on hrædnesse swá mycele menigo heora fornom quæ in brevi tantam ejus multitudinem stravit, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 30

ge-wéd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wéd, es; n.

A ragingmadnessfŭror insānusrăbies

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He langre tíde ealle heora mǽgþe mid gewéde wæs geondfarende multo tempŏre tōtas eōrum provincias debacehando pervăgātus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 27

Linked entry: -wéd

segnung

(n.)
Grammar
segnung, sénung, e ; f.
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Wæs hé lǽded tó Brytta biscopum and hé nǽnige hǽle ne frófre þurh heora segnunge (þegnunge ?) onféng qui cum oblatus Brittonum sacerdotibus, nil curationis vel sanationis horum ministerio perciperet, Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 502, 26

ge-anwealdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anwealdian, p. ode
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Ne on sweorde heora geanwealdedan ( possede-runt ) eorðan, 43, 4. Geonwældad (-ed. R.) biðon ł ríxað dominantu Lk. L. 22, 25

Linked entry: an-wealdian

ge-wrixlung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrixlung, e; f.
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gewrixlunge þǽra feówer tíman . . . ꝥ ǽlc heora hæfð þrý mónðas three changes of season, spring to summer, summer to autumn, autumn to winter, occur at intervals of three months, . . . so that each season has three months, Angl. viii. 319, 5

Linked entry: wrixlung

þider

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Add Ðá hét hé hí bídan on þám eálande, ... and hé ðider heora þearfe forgeaf, Bd. 1. 25; Sch. 53, 2. Hit gebyreð rihtor intó West-Sexan; þyder hý scylan gafol syllan, Ll. Th. i. 356, 19. Add Far nú þider þe (swá hwider swá, v.l. ) þú wille, Gr.

út-fær

(n.)
Grammar
út-fær, es; n.

A going outegressexit

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On útfærum heora in egressibus suis, Ps. Lamb. 143, 13

ge-ælfremedan

(v.)

to alienate, estrange

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to alienate, estrange Þæt heora nán ne beó geæl-fremod fram ðám micclan húse, Hml. Th. i. 350, 4. Ðá hálgan geseóð þá fordónan swá micclum fram him geælfremode swá micclum swá hí beóð fram Drihtne áscofene, Hml. Th. i. 332, 24.

Linked entry: ælfremedan

ofer-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-þearf, e; f.

Extreme need

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Ágan ða yldran ðæs oferþearfe, ðæt hí heora gingran Gode gestrýnan, 38, 23. For oferþearfe ilda cynnes. Elen. Kmbl. 1039; El. 521. Ða unþeáwas habbaþ oferþearfe hreówsunga. Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 27

hǽr

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Ꝥ fýr heora ne æthrán, ne furþum án hǽr heora heáfdes, Hml. S. 30, 454. Ne mæhtú énne hér (unum capillum) húit geuirce, Mt. L. 5, 36. Him Þá hǽr (his hǽr, v. l.) áfeóllon fills cadentibus, Gr. D. 157, 8. Héras (capilli) heáfdes, Mt. L. 10, 30.

smeortan

(v.)
Grammar
smeortan, p. smeart, pl. smurton; pp. smorten

To smart dolere

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To smart Gnættas cómon mid fýrsmeortendum bitum ignitos ciniphes Ors. i, 7; Swt. 36, 30. [ Þenne akeþ his heorte and smerteð O. E. Homl. ii. 207, 21. Hire ne oc, ne ne smeart 21, 27. Ðenne wile his heorte aken and smerten 207, 34.

Linked entries: smorcenne smeart

ánfeald-nes

(n.)
Grammar
ánfeald-nes, -ness, e; f.

Onenessunitysimplicitysinglenesssimplicitas

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Ðá hwíle ðe hí heora ánrǽdnesse geheóldan him betwénan and ánfealdnysse while they had agreement and simplicity amongst themselves, Ors. 5, 3; Bos. 104, 1

dæftan

(v.)
Grammar
dæftan, p. dæfte; pp. dæft

To make conveniant or ready, put in order apparare, sternere

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Menn dæftaþ heora hús men put their houses in order, ii. 316, 7. Dæfte straverat, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 149, 73

Linked entry: ge-dæftan

mán

(adj.)
Grammar
mán, adj.

Wickedfalsebase

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Heora mænige máne swultan many a wicked one of them died, 77, 30. Náuht ne deregaþ monnum máne áþas nil perjuria nocet ipsis, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 16. Mánum treówum woldon hié ðæt feorhleán, fácne gyldan, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 11; Exod. 149

Linked entry: wamm

port-weall

(n.)
Grammar
port-weall, es ; m.
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Ða heáfodleásan man héngc on ða portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum, and ðǽr flugon hrócas and hremmas intó ðære byrig geond ða portweallas, and tósliton ða hálgan Godes dyrlingas, 23, 73-80

ge-sceádwíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sceádwíslíce, adv.

Rationally, prudently, sagaciously, discreetly, distinctlyrationabiliter

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Rationally, prudently, sagaciously, discreetly, distinctly; rationabiliter Ðú ðe gesceádwíslíce heora welst thou that rulest them rationally, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 6: 21; Fox 74, 20.

Linked entry: sceádwíslíce