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ge-þegnian

(v.)
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Is áwriten ðætte Dauid suíðlíce hreówsade ðæt hé him ( Saul) suá ungeriesenlíce geðénigan (-ðénian, v. l. ) sceolde, Past. 199, 18. Add

ge-búnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-búnes, ge-búnnes ?.
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habitation Þis is synfulra stów on tó eardianne and hiera gebúnes. ... Hyra gebúnes bið mid deóflum. ... Seó heofonlice gebúnes, Nap. 28

Linked entry: ge-búend

ge-byrgednes

(n.)
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The better reading of the passage given in Dict. under ge-byrigednes is ge-byrgednes, Bd. 4, 32; Sch. 546, 3

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heáfod-weard

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-weard, m.
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Add: One who performs heáfod-weard (see next word), one who is on guard Heáfodweardas excubitores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 16

ildend

(n.)
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The proper reading in the passage given is ylding Næs þá nǽnig ylding tó ðám nec mora, Guth. Gr. 129, 135

hyl-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hyl-lic, (?); adj.
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Hilly Þis syndon þá túnas . . . óþer is hillic lég . . . feórþe healf burhlég, fífte gislic léh, C. D. B. iii. 577, 17

morþ-cræft

(n.)
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deadly art Hwæt is seó micele miht þínre morð-cræfte, ꝥ þú þyllic gefremast þurh feóndlicne drýcræft, Hml. S. 35, 173. (?)

un-gelífen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífen, adj.
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Unbelieving, incredulous Sé ðe ungeléfen is qui incredulus est, Jn. L. 3, 36: 20, 27, Ungeléfenra incredulos, Mt. p. 19, 6

Linked entries: un-gelífness ge-lífen

up-gemynd

(n.)
Grammar
up-gemynd, es; n.

Mindfulness of what is abovethought directed heavenward

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Mindfulness of what is above, thought directed heavenward Hé hæfde hlúttre lufan, éce upgemynd engla blisse, Andr. Kmbl. 2129; An. 1066

wærlícness

(n.)
Grammar
wærlícness, e; f.

>Caution, care, carefulness

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>Caution, care, carefulness Ús is micel wærlícnys getácnad and æteówed on ðære onfangennysse úres Drihtnes líchaman, Homl. Ass. 163, 263

ǽngan-cundes

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽngan-cundes, adv.

In a way that is unique

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In a way that is unique (?) Críst stód ofer ádle (alde, MS.) ǽngancundes as none other did Lch. iii. 36, 25

ǽ-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-sceap, es; n.

What is cut off, a remnant, patcha patch

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What is cut off, a remnant, patch Ðæt ésceapa commissura, Lk. L. 5, 36. Ǽscapo subsiciva, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 34

Linked entry: ǽ-scapo

ge-aforud

Grammar
ge-aforud, l. ge-uferod.
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Spl. 36, 37 exaltatum is glossed by geaforadne, but the correct form, geuferudne, occurs in Ps. Rdr. 36, 35

ge-sundfullíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sundfullíc, adj.

Safesound

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Safe, sound Ne biþ ǽfre ówiht gesundfullíces in ðam deófle there is never aught sound in the devil, Shrn. 38, 35

bannuc

(n.)
Grammar
bannuc, es; m.

A bannockcake

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Voc. ii. 79, 21 where the gloss is cicel) bucellam semiplenam, An. Ox. 2402

for-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
for-þencan, ; p. -þohte, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht

To misthinkdisdaindespisedistrustdespairdedignāridiffīdĕre

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To misthink, disdain, despise, distrust, despair; dedignāri, diffīdĕre Ðæt is nú git ðínre unrihtwísnesse ðæt ðú eart fullneáh forþoht; ac ic nolde ðæt ðú ðé forþohtest; forðam se se ðe hine forþencþ, se biþ ormód it is still thy fault that thou art

Linked entry: fore-þencan

middel

(adj.)
Grammar
middel, superl. midlest; adj.

Middle

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Be ðam midlæstan ( the third in a list of five names ) is nú tó secgenne, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 15.

un-forworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forworht, [different from preceding word.
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v. fór-wyrcan
(l. for-), and cf.
O. H. Ger. furi-wurchen obstruere
]; adj.

Unobstructedwithout hindrancefreeimmunis

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hálgan stowe (the Latin previously in the same charter is: Ad usum primatis in Weogornaceastre redeat inmunis.

wrǽc

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽc, e; f.

Vengeance

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certainly feminine ; where the gender of a nominative wræc is marked it is neuter.

ǽþ-rýt

Grammar
ǽþ-rýt, l. ǽ-þryt[t], -þryte,
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(In any but the first of these passages perhaps ǽþryt is a noun; v. next word, and cf. ǽhþrot is pertesum est, An. Ox. II, 166.)