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ge-wilwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wilwan, ge-wilwian, ge-wylian.
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to roll Hé hine sylfne nacodne áwearp and wylede (wylewede, v. l.) on þǽra þorna ordum, and wæs þǽr gewylwed (welwed, v. l.) lange nudum se in spinarum aculeis projecit, ibique diu volutatus, Gr.

helle-fýr

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Cwælmed in þǽm méstan hellefýre, Wlfst. 218, 15. Hé ne fédde hellefýrum náht lytel synfullne qui non parvulum peccatorem gehennae ignibus nutrisset, Gr. D. 290, 4. Add

dihtan

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Wé andbidodon ðín þæt þú ús þæs mynstres gebytlu dihtan ( disponere ) sceoldest, Hml. Th. ii. 172, 23. Sculon bisceopas mid worulddéman dómas dihtan, ꝥ hí ne geþafian ꝥ ǽnig unriht úp áspringe, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 36.

feþer

a feathera winga penquill

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Voc. ii. 66, 61. a feather Þæt gafol bið on deóra fellum and on fugela feðerum . . .

Linked entries: fedes féþu

hálsung

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. ¶ of a form of prayer used in the church service :-- Hálsung, þæt is Kyrieleison letania, R. Ben. 37, 1 : 38, 12. Hálsunge bén, þæt is Kyrieleison supplicatio letanie, id est Kyrieleism, 34, 2. (1 a) where the appeal is emphasized by an oath.

cwic-súslen

(adj.)
Grammar
cwic-súslen, adj.
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Of hell, of Hades Gif ǽnig andgit sý on helle, lǽt þú þæt cwicsúslene hús, and gehír ðu ðínes fæder stæfne, Ap. Th. 26, 12

Linked entry: súslen

ed-cenning

Grammar
ed-cenning, -cynning.
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Edcynninge hé hét þæt gemǽnelice ǽrist, on ðám beóð úre líchaman geed*-*cynnede tó unbrosnunge, Hml. Th. i. 394, 23-27. Add

fæþm-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fæþm-lic, adj.

embracingencompassingsinuous

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embracing, encompassing Sý þín þæt fæþmlice hrif mid eallum fægernessum gefrætwod, Bl. H. 7, 28. sinuous Ðǽm fæðmlice sinuosis (flexibus), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 65

for-bod

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Þæt forbod húslganges and inganges intó cyrican, Wlfst. 155, 2. Godes forboda wé forbeódað, Ll. Th. ii. 290, 6. Add:

Linked entry: for-boda

ge-syndig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-syndig, adj.
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Fair, favourable Tó þon þæt gesyndge windas ús set lande gebróhte adeo ut secundi nos uenti ad terram comitarentur, Bd. 5, 1 ; Sch. 553, 13

Linked entries: -syndig ge-sundig

mǽne

Grammar
mǽne, <b>; II.</b>
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Þá synleahtras þe ús forbodene synd, þæt is . . . leásunga and mǽne áþas, Wlfst. 135, 3. Ic eom anddetta mǽnra áða, Angl. xi. 101, 35. Add

of-scotian

(v.)
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þæt deór unsófte mid strǽlum and eác mid longsceaftum sperum ofscotadon and hit ofslógon bestia uix ipsis defixa est uenabulis, Nar. 15, 28. Add

á-wendedlicness

(n.)
Grammar
á-wendedlicness, e; f.

Changeablenessmutability

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Changeableness, mutability Ǽlc gesceaft is ýdelnesse underðeód, þæt is, áwendedlicnysse, for ðan ðe hí beóð áwende fram brosnunge tó unbrosnunge, Hm. Th. ii. 206, 1

Linked entry: -wendedlícness

geond-líhtan

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Þǽr becóm seó beorhtnys . . . ꝥ wé ealle eondlýhte wǽron . . . þǽr wæs fǽringa geworden on ansýne swylce þǽr gylden sunna onǽled wǽre, and ofer ús ealle eondlýhte, Nic. 12, 20-23. Add

synderlicness

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Add: peculiar excellence Heó weóx betweoh hire óðer twá sweostor tó heáhnesse þæs háligdómes ǽgðer ge mid þám mægne þæs singalan gebedes ge mid gestæþþignesse and synderlicnysse þæs fæstenes inter duas alias sorores suas virtute continuae orationis,

for-dilgian

(v.)
Grammar
for-dilgian, l. for-dílgian,
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Swá þæt hý þonne on ðǽm hálgum dagum fordíligen þæt hý ǽr on óþrum tídum mid gémeléste forléton omnes negligentias suas aliorum temporum his diebus sanctis diluere, R. Ben. 76, 6.

ge-wríþan

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Hé hét hí gewríðan on ðám breóste mid þǽre hencgene, Hml. S. 8, 122

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

un-sorh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sorh, adj.

Without carewithout anxietysecure

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Without care, without anxiety, secure Ðá ongeat hé þæt ðǽr wæs godcundlíc mægen ondweard, and hé ðære mildheortnesse unsorh ábád, Blickl. Homl. 217, 29

ed-staþelian

(v.)
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Beó sé áwirged þe ǽfre gedó [þæt man?] edstaðelige þás burh Hiericho maledictus vir, qui suscitaverit et aedificaverit urbem Iericho, Jos. 6, 26. Add

feald

Grammar
feald, (?)
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Lyt muneca wæs on feáwum stówum þe be rihtum regule lifdon; næs þæt ná fealdre (manigfealdre ?) þonne on áre stówe, Lch. iii. 438, 22