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un-gesǽliglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gesǽliglíce, adv.

unhappilymiserablywickedly

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Similar entries v. un-gesǽllíce Swá ungesǽliglíce Iudas ðam láreówe deáð sǽtade, swá him eall his líf tó ungesǽlðum wearð, Homl. Ass. 161, 225

Linked entry: ge-sǽliglíce

fold-ræst

(n.)
Grammar
fold-ræst, fold-rest, e; f.

a grave

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A resting-place in the earth, a grave; or rest in the earth (of the buried dead) Þonne eall Adames cynn onfehð flǽsce, weorðed foldræste, eardes æt ende then (at the resurrection) all the race of Adam shall receive flesh, it will be at end with the grave

on-uppan

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Add Ælfwold gesealde Eádwolde and his sunum .c. panæga anuppan eall ðis óðer, C. D. B. iii. 491, 16

seomian

(v.)
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Add Á his lof standeð mycel and mǽre ond his miht seomaþ éce and edgiong ofer eall gesceaft, Hpt. 33, 73, 27. Add Heó wæs gestelled mid líchamlicre mettrumnesse and seonode (seomode,?)

tó-geótan

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Wearð swá mycelu wynsumnes þæs æþelestan stences tóstrogden and tógoten ( aspersa ) geond eall ꝥ hús, 282, 19

ofer-flédan

(v.)

to overflood, overflow, inundate, cover with water

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L.) eall ðæt Egiptisce land, and stent oferfléde hwílon mónaþ hwílon leng the river Nile floods all the land of Egypt, and continues in a state of overflow sometimes a month, sometimes longer, Lchdm. iii. 252, 23

Linked entry: flédan

on-cweðan

(v.)

of animate beings, to reply, respondto echo back, give back a sound, reply

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Swilce ealle ða anlícnyssa ðe on ðære byrig tó godon gesette wǽron, ðæt hí ealle ætgædere oncwǽdon and ánre stemne clypedon, ðæt hí áweg ðanon woldon . . . and swilce ða strǽta ealle eác oncwǽdon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 93-98.

under-irnan

(v.)

to under-runrun beneathsuccurrere

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to under-run, run beneath Hé underyrnþ ealle ða twelf tácna, Lchdm. iii. 248, 1. Ðonne seó sunne hí hæfð ealle underurnen, 246, 10. ¶ As a gloss of succurrere : -- Underiorn succurre, Rtl. 43, 17

weorold-níd

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-níd, -neód, e; f.
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Secular need, need in worldly matters, temporal necessity Se cyngc beódeþ eallum his geréfan, ðæt gé ðám abbodan æt eallum worldneódum beorgan swá ge betst magon, L. Eth. ix. 32; Th. i. 346, 30

hwilfan

(v.)
Grammar
hwilfan, p. te
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To arch, vault, make hwealf (q. v. ) Ðonne þú hlid habban wylle, bonne hafa þú þíne wynstran hand sámlocene, and eác swá þá swýþran, and hwylf hý ofer þá wynstran eal swylce þú cuppan hlíde, Tech. ii. 125, 7

scímian

(v.)
Grammar
scímian, p. ode
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Be hiora. hiwe . . . beóþ ǽblǽce and eal se líchoma áscímod (shiny), Lchdm. ii. 232, 2

Ter-finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Ter-finnas, pl.
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Ac ðara Terfinna land wæs eal wéste ... Finnas, him þúhte, and ða Beormas sprǽcon neáh án geþeóde, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29

út-lah

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lah, adj.

Outlawedan outlawcalling for outlawry

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Se cyng cwæð hine útlage and ealle his suna, Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 10. I a. Sý hé útlah (-laga, MS. B.) wið God and wið men, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 398. 25. Beó se þeóf útlah wið eall folc, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 9: L. C.

Linked entries: -lah út-laga

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.
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Mid ealre þoncunga, Blickl. Homl. 31, 21. Hé underféng ða lác mid ðancunge, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 16. [Be] ðæncunge ðǽm ðe wið ðýfðe fylstaþ, L. Edm. S. 5; Th. i. 250, 3.

smeoru

(n.)
Grammar
smeoru, smeru (o, a), wes; n.

Fat, grease, suet, tallow adeps, arvina, unctura grease, fat, butter

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Eal ðæt smeru hig forbærndon Lev. 8, 25. [ Smeredd sallfedd þurrh nan eorþliȝ smere Orm. 13244.]

Linked entries: smera smeru

innera

(adj.)
Grammar
innera, innra ; adj.

Innerinterior

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Eall mín inneran omnia interiora mea, Ps. Th. 102, 1. Ealle míne ða inneran, Blickl. Homl. 89, 2.

Linked entries: inra útera

nyt-weorð

(adj.)
Grammar
nyt-weorð, -wirðe; adj.

Usefuladvantageousprofitable

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Se biþ on eallum þingum nytwurðe, Lchdm. iii. 158, 6. Nytwyrðe, 188, 14. Se nytwyrða bróðor, R. Ben. 24, 18. Fleóþ ðonne ða nytwierðan (nyttwyrðan, Hatt.

offrung

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</b> the bread and wine offered in the Eucharistic service :-- Gyf þú offrunga habban wille, þonne wege þú þín reáf and hefe úp þíne twá handa, Tech. ii. 120, 3. v. ǽfen- (Chrd. 30, 21), eall-, ídelgild-offrung

of-sleán

(v.)

to kill or wound by a blow, to kill, slayto slay

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Ðû ofslôge (percussisti) ealle ða ðe mé wiðerwearde wǽron, Ps. Th. 3, 6. Hí willaþ mé ofsleán interficient me. Gen. 20, II. Eall his weorod ofslegen wæs, Bd. I, 34; S. 499, 33. Wurdon begen ofslægene ða aldormen. Chr. 800; Erl. 60, 8.

Linked entry: of-gesleán

twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a
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Cnut cing grét . . . ealle míne þegnas, twelfhynde and twihynde, Chart. Th. 308, 16. v. six-, twelf-hynde