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un-gebyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebyrde, adj.

Not naturaluncongenial

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Not natural, uncongenial Ǽlc gesceaft flíhþ ðætte him wiþerweard biþ and ungebyrde (? -byde, Fox) and ungelíc, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 23

Linked entries: ge-byrde un-gebyde

ceorl-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ceorl-leás, adj.
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Without a husband, unmarried Ðæt wudewe sitte .xii. mónðas ceorl ǽs. Sitte ǽlc wuduwe werleás twelf mónað, Ll. Th. i. 416, 3

for-ildu

(n.)
Grammar
for-ildu, (-o); indecl.: -ild, e; f.
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Great age Samuhel and Danihel cildgeonge forealdedum mæssepreóstum démdon. For þig . . . ǽlc, forylde (oferylde, v. l.) and iugoðe, healde his endebyrdnysse, R. Ben. 114, 11

hlytman

(v.)

to allot

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to allot (?) Wé sculon tilian þæt wé tó þám écan gefeán becuman móton. þæt bið ǽlc man tó his yldrum hlytmeð(-ed?), Verc. Först. 167

níd-máge

(n.)
Grammar
níd-máge, an; f.

A near kinswomana cousin

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A near kinswoman, a cousin Ǽfre ne geweorðe ðæt cristen man gewífige on ðæs wífes nýdmágan ðe hé ǽr hæfde, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 16. Nédmágan, L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 24

Linked entries: níd-mǽg máge

salwian

(v.)

to make dark, to blacken

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to make dark, to blacken Heó (the dove) nolde ǽfre under salwed bord ( in the ark, which was dark-coloured from the pitch that had been smeared over it) syððan ætýwan, Cd. Th. 89, 15; Gen. 1481

a-sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sprecan, p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon ; pp. -sprecen [a, sprecan]

To speak outspeakeloquiloqui

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To speak out, speak; eloqui, loqui Hwylc mæg ǽfre mihta Drihtnes asprecan and aspyrian quis loquetur potentias Domini? Ps: Th. 105, 2. Ðú asprǽce locutus es, 59, 5 : 58, 12: 73, 21

Linked entry: sprecan

be-niðan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-niðan, adv. [be, neoðan under]

Beneathbelowunderinfrasubter

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Beneath, below, under; infra, subter Ðú bist ǽfre bufan and ná beniðan eris semper supra et non subter: thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath Deut. 28, 13

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ed-wendan

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Substitute: To turn back, cease to affect Gyf him edwendan ǽfre scolde bealuwa bisigu, bót eft cuman if worry from woes should cease to trouble him, better times come again, B. 280

fæst-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
fæst-heald, adj.
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Having fast hold, firmly joined, firmly cemented Hí swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon, and ǽfre swá hí neár and neár eódon hí fundon ǽlcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. S. 23, 423

unriht-crafing

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-crafing, e; f.
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An unjust claim Hér kýð on þissere béc ꝥ Huberd cræfede ánne wífmon mid unrihte . . . Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmanne for his unrihtcræfinge þá and ǽfre mó, Cht. Th. 633, 16-28

Linked entry: crafing

frymþ

(n.)
Grammar
frymþ, e; f.

A harbouringan entertainmentsusceptioreceptio

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A harbouring, an entertainment; susceptio, receptio Ælc mon mót onsacan frymþe every man may deny entertainment, L. In. 46; Th. i. 132, 1

Linked entry: frumþ

un-níþing

(n.)
Grammar
un-níþing, es; m.

Not a rascalan honest man

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Not a rascal, an honest man He beád ðæt ǽlc man ðe wǽre unníðing sceolde cuman tó him, Chr. 1087; Erl. 226, 2

Linked entry: níþing

ofer-tredan

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Flíhð ǽlc hors áfǽred ðurh ðá ylpas, and gif him hwá wiðstent hé byð sóna ofertreden (oftreden, v. l. ], Hex. 16, 14. Add

Englisc

(n.)

(the) Englishthe English language

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Add: adjectival Þǽr ádranc mycel Ænglisces folces, Chr. 1016; P. 151, 18. On Engliscre sprǽce, H. R. 105, 10. In Englisc gereorde (on Englisce reorde, v. l.) in lingua Anglorum, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 12. Ær wǽrun Rómánisce biscepas, siþþan wǽrun Englisce

hús-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
hús-fæst, adj.
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Having a house, being a householder Ǽlc man húsfæst on his ówe land every man having a house on his own land, Chart. Th. 438, 5

riht-fæstendæg

(n.)
Grammar
riht-fæstendæg, es; m.

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A regularly appointed fastday Ǽlc ðara manna ðe yt oððe drincþ on ðam hálgan lenctene oððe on rihtfæstendagum, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 76 : Wulfst. 117, 15

Linked entry: fæsten-dæg

ge-gaf

(n.)
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buffoonery, scurrility Ne geríseþ ǽnig unnytt ǽfre mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig . . . ne cildsung on spǽce, ne ídel gegaf on ǽnig wísan, ne æt hám, ne on síðe, ne on ǽnigre stówe, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 32

ymb-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-ryne, es; m.
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course of a moving body Wǽron sume gedwolmen ðe cwǽdon, ðæt ǽlc man beó ácenned be steorrena gesetnyssum, and þurh heora ymbryna him wyrd gelimpe, Homl. Th. i. 110, 8. course of time, revolution, period Ðes geárlíca ymryne ús gebrincþ efne nú ða clǽnan

æ-léten

(n.; part.)
Grammar
æ-léten, æ-lǽten, a-lǽten; part, [from a-lǽtan to let go]

One let godivorcedrepudiata uxor

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One let go, divorced; repudiata uxor Ne on ælǽten ǽnig cristen mann ǽfre ne gewífige nor with one divorced let any Christian man ever marry, L. C. E. 7 ; Th. i. 364, 23