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nǽnig-dǽl

(n.; adv.)
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not a particle Ꝥ heó æt nýhstan nǽnigdǽl (nǽnigne dǽl, v. l.) leóhtes scíman geseón mihte ut ne minimam quidem lucis alicuius posset particulam uidere Bd. 4, 10; Sch. 401, 10. Cf. sumdǽl; nǽnig-, nán-wiht

drenc-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
drenc-fæt, es; n. [fæt a vessel]

A drinking-vessel, cupcalix = κύλιξ

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A drinking-vessel, cup; calix = κύλιξ Gást ýsta oððe storma is dǽl drencfætes heora oððe heora calices spīrĭtus procellārum est pars calĭcis eorum, Ps. Lamb. 10, 7: 15, 5: 22, 5

Linked entry: drync-fæt

un-geleáfa

(n.)
Grammar
un-geleáfa, an; m.

Unbelief

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Unbelief Hé wundrode for heora ungeleáfan ( incredulitatem ), Mk. Skt. 6, 6: Blickl. Homl. 77, 27. Ungeleáuon, Chr. 616; Erl. 22, 21. For ungeleáfa heora, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 58: 17, 20

Linked entry: ge-leáfa

ge-earnian

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

To earndeserveenjoymereripromererifrui

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Ðæt heó ðý éþ meahte ðæt éce ríce in heofonum geearnian quo facilius perpetuam in cælis patriam posset mereri, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 12. Ðæt se man sceolde ða myrhþe ge-earnian that man should enjoy the pleasure [gaudium], Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 23.

freónd-rǽden

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Th. i. 248, 33. cf. freónd, Wæs sió fǽmne mid hyre fæder willan welegum biwedded: wyrd ne ful cúðe freóndrsédenne, hú heó from hogde, Jul. 34. cf. freónd, Se geréfa hine ácwællan ne dorste on þæs folces gewytnysse for heora freóndrǽdene, Hml.

sceandlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceandlíce, adv.

disgracefully, shamefully, infamouslyopprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly

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As. 59, 202. opprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly Hiera wíf [sægdon] ðæt hié óðer gener næfden, búton hié on heora wífa hrif gewiton.

swín

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Þá semninga geféldon hí án swýn ( porcum ) yrnende hider and þider betwyh heora fótum, ꝥ sum ꝥ swýn heora hwylc gefélde ... sóhte ꝥ swín þá duru þǽre cyrcan ... and ne mihte hit nán man geseón, and swá þeáh hí hit mihton gefélan, Gr. D. 236, 1-6.

wiþ-gán

(v.)

to go againstact in opposition toin contravention of

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Similar entries Cf. wiþ, II. 13 Nǽfre míne lástweardas geðrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit (a grant ) onwenden oððe ðon wiðgǽn, Chart. Th. 29, 14. v. next word

á-hredding

(n.)
Grammar
á-hredding, e; f.
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Saving, rescue, deliverance Heó bæd God ꝥ hé hire gewissode his folce tó áhreddinge on þǽre frecednysse, Hml. A. 111, 281. Ús tó fullan fultume and tó áhreddingge gyf ús neód byð, Cht. E. 230, 11

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heals-fæst

defiantunsubmissiveproudcontemptuous

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With unbending neck, defiant, unsubmissive, proud, contemptuous Hire (Hagar) mód ástáh þá heó wæs magotimbre eácen worden, ongan æfþancum ágendfreán halsfæst herian (cf. Agar concepisse se videns despexit dominam suam, Gen. 16, 4), Gen. 2238.

un-þrowiendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þrowiendlíc, un-þrowigendlíc; adj.

Incapable of sufferingimpassible

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Seó Godcundnys ne mihte nán ðing þrowian, for ðan ðe heó is unðrowigendlíc, ii. 6, 30. Unðrowiendlíc, 270, 32

mǽre

(n.)
Grammar
mǽre, a boundary.
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Se ilca forwyrnð þǽræ sǽ ꝥ heó ne mót þone þeorscwold oferstæppan þǽre eorþan (mǽru follows eorðan above the line ), Bt. 21 ; S. 49, n. 3. In mǽru Magedan in fines Magedan, Mt. R. 15, 39. Add

EÁCAN

(v.)
Grammar
EÁCAN, p. eóc, pl. eócon; pp. eácen, écen

To be increased, augmented, enlarged, indued augēri, increscĕre

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Heó ongieten hæfde ðæt heó eácen wæs she had discovered that she was pregnant, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 4; Deór. 11. Ælmihtig eácenne gást in sefan sende the Almighty sent an enlarged spirit into his soul, Cd. 198; Th. 246, 27; Dan. 485.

Linked entry: ǽcen

tó-sprǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sprǽdan, p. de

To spread outextendexpandspread in different directions

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Heó tósprǽt hire bósm ðǽr ðǽr ða réðan wuniaþ . . . and heó is genyrwed on ðone ende ðe ða gesceádwísan wuniaþ she expands her bosom where the fierce dwell. . . and is straitened in the quarter where the discreet dwell. Homl. Th. i. 536, 18.

geahl

(n.)
Grammar
geahl, es; m.

The jowljawfauces

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The jowl, jaw; fauces God forbriteþ téþ, heora on múþe heora, tuxlas oððe geahas leóna tobrycþ Drihten Deus contĕret dentes eōrum in ōre ipsōrum, mŏlas leōnum confringet Dŏmĭnus, Ps. Spl. 57, 6

ge-emnettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-emnettan, -emnittan, -emnyttan; p. te; pp. ed

To make even or levelcompareæquāreexæquāre

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Heó hí sylfe to hwelpum geemnette she compared herself to the whelps, 114, 10. Geemnittan exæquāre, Scint. 9. Ðæt heó ðone dæg and ða niht geemnytte that it might make even the day and the night, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 238, 24.

Linked entries: ge-ymnyttan ge-efnettan

for-secgan

accuse

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Heó begann hí tó wrǽgenne and wolde forsæcgan, Hml. S. 2, 184. Add:

ge-wuna

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Æfter heora gewunon hié God gebǽdon, Bl.

ildu

(n.)
Grammar
ildu, indecl. f.

an ageævumageætasagesenectus

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Mid ðí ðe heó bicom tó giftelícre yldo when she arrived at a marriageable age, Th. Ap. 1, 10.

Linked entries: ældu eldo ilda ildo

ge-treówleásnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-treówleásnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Infidelityperfidyperfidia

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Infidelity, perfidy; perfidia Hí þrowedon heora getreówleásnesse suæ perfĭdiæ pænas luēbant, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 34. For heora getreówleásnysse for their perfidy, 2, 2; S. 504, 9: 1, 8 ; S. 479, 34