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ǽniht

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L. 19, 11. as adverb Ne forstondes ǽniht wífigæ non expedit nubere, Mt. L. 19, 10: Mk. L. 5, 26: Jn. L. 6, 63

ge-swincfulnys

Grammar
ge-swincfulnys, Add: Labour, difficulty, trouble: — Geswincfulnyss nys menn forlǽtan his it is no trouble to a man to leave his things, Scint. 60, ii. v. ge-swincfull;
I.

deáþ-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-cwalu, e; f.

A deadly pain or plague, agony ⬩ mortis dolor

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Ne geweóx he him to willan, ac to deáþcwalum Deniga leódum he waxed not for their benefit, but for a deadly plague to the Danes' people, Beo. Th. 3428; B. 1712

ofer-hycgan

(v.)

to despise, contemn, disdain, scorn ⬩ contemnere, aspernere ⬩ to be puffed up

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Ðeáh hí hine oferhogden, ne for-hogde hé hí nó, Swt. 405, 31. Ða lytegan sint tó manianne ðæt hí oferhycggen (-hycgen, Cote. MSS.) ðæt hié wieton, 30, 1; Swt. 203, 7. Oferhige hí and ádríf hí fram ðé, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 8 note.

ge-hæft

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæft, adj. [-hæft; pp. of ge-hæftan]

Bound ⬩ captive ⬩ captus

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Nyle he gehæfte ná forhycgan vinctos suos non sprevit, Ps. Th. 68, 34. Ða gehæftan vinctos, 67, 7. Gehæftum captivis, Lk. Bos. 4, 18

Linked entry: hæft

ge-wærlǽcan

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Substitute: To warn Cain wiste his fæder forgǽgednysse, and næs þurh ꝥ gewærlǽht, ac þár tó eácan his ágenne bróðor ácwealde Cain sciebat damnationem praevaricationis primae, et non timuit originali peccato fratricidii superaddere scelus, Angl. vii.

fóre-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-þanc, es; m.

Forethought ⬩ consideration ⬩ considĕrātio

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Náhton fóreþances wísdómes gewitt they had no sense of wisdom's foresight, Elen. Kmbl. 712; El. 356. Ða hát-heortan hie mid náne fóreþance nyllaþ gestillan the furious will not calm themselves with any consideration, Past. 40, 6; Cot. MS

ge-sceád

Grammar
ge-sceád, <b>; IV.</b>
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Add Ne forlǽton heora gesettan tída ne an godcundum þénungum ne an óðrum gesceádum non eos debent preterire hore constitute, tam de officiis diuinis, quam aliunde, Chrd. 34, 27

Linked entry: sceád

slacian

(v.)
Grammar
slacian, slæcian, sleacian; p. ode
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To slacken, relax an effort Gif hé lithwón slacode . . . his handa ne slacedon sin autem paululum remisisset . . . factum est, ut manus illius non lassaréntur, Ex. 17, 11, 12. Ðæt ne ða sleacgiendan ( pigritantes ) hé ofhreóse, Hymn. Surt. 18, 15

Linked entries: slæcian sleacian a-slacian

un-trumian

(v.)
Grammar
un-trumian, p. ode.

to make weak ⬩ weaken ⬩ to be or to become weak

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Gr. 47; Zup. 276, 7. to be or to become weak Ná ic untrumge non infirmabor, Ps. Spl. 25, 1. Ðæs bróðer untrumade cujus frater infirmabatur, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 2

Linked entry: trumian

ge-beótian

(v.)
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Ne mæg ꝥ beón leás ꝥ God gebeótode tó þám unrihtwísum mannum falsum non erit quod minatus est Deus, Gr. D. 334. II. Hé geendode þæt hé lange tó þǽm áwergdum gástum gebeótod hæfde, Bl. H. 83, 26. Add

ge-weddian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weddian, to betroth.
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Ðá geweddodan fǽmnan hire yldran ne moton syllan óðrum men puellam desponsatam non licet parentibus suis dare alteri viro, Ll. Th. ii. 146, 20. Add

ofer-gemet

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Lóca nú þæt þú ofergemet ne wilnige, nú ðú hí (God and Alypius) tógædere metest, woldest cunnan God swá swá Alippius vide ergo ne impudenter velis satis Deum nosse, qui Alypium non satis nosti, Solil. H. 17, 9. Add

wæter-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wæter-leás, adj.

Without water, dry

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Without water, dry Hig dydon hine on ðone wæterleásan pytt miserunt eum in cisternam, quae non habebat aquam, Gen. 37, 24. Hé gáð ðerh stówa (-e, Rush.) wæterleása (-e, Rush.) perambulat per loca inaquosa, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 24

æf-gydel

(adj.)
Grammar
æf-gydel, (?); adj.

Idolatrous, superstitious ⬩ idolum

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; the ide is not clear; v. Angl. vi. :oi: cf. also An. Ox. 3933 (v. æf-gælþ), where the same passage is glossed, and see note there superstitiosa, Hpt. Gl. 498, 77

swician

(v.)
Grammar
swician, p. ode.
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</b> to give offence by words, speak injuriously :-- Ná murcna ðú ná swica ðú non murmures, non blasphemes, Scint. 164, 16

ge-sáwan

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-seów(-seáw, -seáwde in Lindisfarne Gospels). to sow seed, a plant Nó þú gód séd geseówe (-seáw, L.) nonne bonum semen seminasti ?, Mt. R. 13, 27. Þ te ðú ne gesáudes, Lk. L. 19, 22.

un-wáclíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wáclíc, adj.

Not mean ⬩ not poor ⬩ noble ⬩ splendid

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Not mean, not poor, noble, splendid Gegiredon ád unwáclícne, Beo. Th. 6268; B. 3138

Linked entry: wác-líc

geáp

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geáp, glosses cornas, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 39 : ii. 16, 76. [Sievers, Angl. xiii. 325, would read coruas=curuas; but the list of words in which the first example occurs contains no other instance of an adjective, and the second example occurs among a group of words very similar to that in which the first is found: so that cornas seems meant for a noun. Perhaps geáp might be the same form as in earn-geáp; or could it be connected with Icel. gaupa a lynx ?]

un-ágen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágen, adj.

Not one's own ⬩ not in a person's possession or under his control

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Gif man widuwan unágne (a widow of whom he is not the guardian) genimeþ, L. Ethb. 76; Th. i. 20, 13. and see note.

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