deád-lícnys
Deadliness, mortality ⬩ mortalĭtas
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Ealle his geféran on ðære deádlícnysse ðæs wæles of worulde genumene wǽron omnes sŏcii ipsōrum mortalitāte [cædis] de sæcŭlo rapti, 3, 27; S. 558, 36. He hæfde ealle deádlícnyssa aworpen he had cast off all mortalities, Homl. Th. ii. 290, 1
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rýmet
space, extent ⬩ clear space, room ⬩ extension, clearance
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fénge, ofeode ðæs óðres mynstres áre mid swilcum þingum swylce ðam híréde, ðæ ða áre áhte, gecwéme wǽre, Chart.
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láð-líc
Hateful ⬩ loathsome ⬩ disgusting ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ detestable ⬩ abominable ⬩ horrible
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Láðlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc mid menigfealdum springum the leper's body is loathsome with manifold ulcers, Homl. Th. i. 122, 21. Ðæt is láðlíc líf ðæt hí swá maciaþ it is an abominable life that they do so, L. I.
un-hlísa
Ill-fame ⬩ evil report ⬩ discredit ⬩ infamy
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Gode swá gecwéme þurh hálige drohtnunge, ðæt him nán unhlísa ne fylge þurh ǽnigne fracodscipe, R. Ben. 141, 4: L. Ælfc. P. 31; Th. ii. 376, 24. Ðǽm hádum ðe mon nánes unhlýsan æt wénan ne þorfte, L. E. I. 12; Th. ii. 410, 9.
ǽ-spryng
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Srt. 67, 27. departure, defection, v. á-springan, II Nǽnig ðæs fród leofað ðæt his ( the sun's ) mæge ǽspringe witan, hú geond grund færeð goldtorht sunne in ðæt wonne genip under wætra geþring. Sch. 77
stenc
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</b> an unpleasant smell, stench, stink :-- Se wólberenda stenc ðære lyfte, Bd. 1, 13; S. 482, 8. Ðǽr slóh út of ðære niwelnysse ormǽte stenc, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 25. Eall forwearð for ðæm stence, Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 226, 13.
seohtre
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Ofer ðone cnol tó ðæn seohtore tó þrubróce, iii. 451, 14. Tó ðám fúlan siðre; of ðone fúlan siðre on ðæt díc, v. 304, 24. [On sihterwíc, vi. 56, 16.]
æle-midde
The exact middle ⬩ just in the middle
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Ðǽre sunnan hǽtu wyrcð fíf dǽlas on middanearde. . . . Án ðǽra dǽla is on ælemiddan, weallende, 260, 20. Wæs óðer treów on ælemiddan paradisum, Hex. 24, 17. Agnes stód on ælemiddan gesund, Hml. S. 7, 223.
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tungol-cræft
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Wé rǽdaþ on tungelcræfte, ðæt seó sunne biþ hwíltídum þurh ðæs mónelícan trendles underscyte áðýstrod, Homl. Th. i. 608, 31
un-styriende
Not moving ⬩ unmoving ⬩ stationary
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Ða styriendan nétenu habbaþ eall ðæt ða unstyriendan habbaþ, and eác máre tó ... For ðæm sint ðás sceafta ðus gesceapene ðæt ða unstyriendan hí ne áhebben ofer ða styriendan, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 20-31
mǽnsumung
communion ⬩ admission to fellowship with others ⬩ participation
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Th. ii. 174, 31. participation Hé ús forgeáfe dǽl on his ríce, and mǽnsumunge on his godcundnysse, i. 140, 11
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of-gangende
derivative
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derivative Dirivativum, ðæt is ofgangende, Ælfe. Gr. 18; Som. 20, 58. Sume (pronouns) synd derivativa, ðæt synd ofgangende, 15; Som. 17, 33. Hwæt sí betwux ðám genitvum ðæra frumcennedra pronomina and ðæra ofgangendra. Som. 19, 41
emb-útan
about, round ⬩ circum, circa
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about, round; circum, circa Guton [MS. geoton; ðæs celfes blód] embútan ðæt weofod they poured [the blood of the calf] round the altar. Lev. 1. 5, 11
énetere
Of a year old ⬩ anniculus
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Of a year old; anniculus Ðú dést ǽlce dæg on ðaet weofod twá énetere lamb făcies in altāri agnos annĭcŭlos duos per singŭlos dies, Ex. 29, 38
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wíc-weg
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Tó ðæm midlestan wíc-wege; ondlong ðæs weges eft tó ceastergeate, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 260, 11. Cf. wíc-herpaþ
líget
Lightning
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Æfter ðæm wolcne cymeþ légetu and þunor, Blickl. Homl. 91, 33. Légitu, Ps. Surt. ii. 196, 19. Légite fulgoris, 190, 15. Men sweltaþ for ðæs þunres ege ánum and ðære lígette, Wulfst. 207, 26. Ðæt fýr ábyrst út þurh lígett [lígette, MS. R.
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æfter-gengness
posterity ⬩ succession in an office ⬩ inferiority of position, occupation of the lowest place
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Ðǽra gesceafta æftergengnyssa, Hml. Th. ii. 206, 10. succession in an office For ðǽre gewissan æftergencgnysse (-gegencgednysse, v. 1.) ðæt is ðæt se sunu sceolde symle fón tó ðám háde æfter his fæder geendunge, Hml. S. 10, 219.
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secgan
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Swá Arculfus sagaþ, ðæt hé gesáwe . . . , Shrn. 95, 31. Ðæs is tó tácne, sæcgeaþ men, ðæt oft .XL. manna . . . ðæt hí hí be handum nóman and of sǽs ófre út feóllan, Bd. 4, 13 ; S. 582, 30. Ic wordum sægde, ðæt Sarra mín sweostor wǽre, Cd.
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munuc-cild
A boy that is being brought up to be a monk
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Swíðor for ðære sibbe ðonne for Godes dǽle wearþ ðá oflangod, and arn of mynstre tó his mágum, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 33. An munuccild wunode on Mauricius mynstre... hæfde ðæt munuccild swíðe mǽrlíce stemne, Wulfst. 152, 7-11 : 22
andetere
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On ðone .V. an dæg þæs móndes biþ ðæs Godes andetteres tíd Sc̃í Quinti, Shrn. 126, 11. Ondetteres, Rtl. 65, 6. Ondeteres, 49, 4: 88, 40. On ðǽra hálgena mæssedagum þe wé hátað confessores, þæt sind andeteras.