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ge-bisnian

(v.)
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Add: to give example of, exemplify Munucregol ðe Benedictus ús gebysnode monastic rule as exemplified by Benedict's, Hml. S. 3, 148

ge-heád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-heád, adj. [heáh high]

Lifted upexaltedexaltātus

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Lifted up, exalted; exaltātus Wæs Bryten swýðe geheád Britain was very much exalted, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 27, MS. B

Linked entry: ge-hýd

ge-rǽþle

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽþle, an; n.

A harness, trappingsphaleræ

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A harness, trappings; phaleræ Hors and his gerǽþlan a horse and his trappings, L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 12

scip-farend

(n.)
Grammar
scip-farend, es; m.
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A ship-farer, sailor Aidan ðám scypfarendum ( nautis ) ðone storm tówardne foresægde, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 16. v. next word

Linked entry: farend

un-cristen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cristen, adj.

Not Christian

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Not Christian Ðeáh ðe hí ðágyta uncristene wǽron thought they were not yet Christians, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 9 note

wyrm-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-wyrt, e; f.
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Worm-grass (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names); sedum album, Lchdm. ii. 94, 18: 104, 3: 128, 3: 308, 16

á-cræftan

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Ealle ðá neáhþeóda ne mehton áþencean ne ácræftan hú hí ðǽm wífmonnum wiðstondan mehten, Ors. 1, 10; S. 46, 29. Add

bismer-full

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Ábúgan tó bismerfullum (bysmor-, v. l.) deófolgylde, Hml. A. 28, 98. Búgan tó þám bysmorfullum godum, Hml. S. 29, 207. Add

drincere

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Add: drunkard, wine-bibber Drinceras, ꝥ synd þá þe druncennysse lufiað ebriosi, Hml. S. 17, 41: Hml. Th. ii. 330, 26

ge-grundstaþelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grundstaþelian, p. ode
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To found, build on a firm foundation Hí ne magon áfyllan mín fæstrǽde geþanc þe is gegrundstaþelod, Hml. S. 8, 21

Linked entry: grund-staþelian

hwæt-scipe

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Gé eówerra gewinna and eówres hwætscipes hwetstán forluran cotem splendoris et acuminis sui perdiderunt, Ors. 4, 3; S. 212, 23. Add

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. (?)

sot-mann

(n.)
Grammar
sot-mann, es; m.
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A foolish person Ús sceamað tó segcenne ealle ðá sceandlican wiglunga þe gedwǽsmenn (sotmen, v. l. ) drífað, Hml. S. 17, 101

Speónisc

(adj.)
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Spanish On Ispánian lánde þǽre Spéoniscan léode (the MS. has the accents on the a's and e's), Hml. S. 37, 1

teran

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Geseah hé ꝥ án wulf genam ꝥ cild; þá tær hé his loccas heófende, Hml. S. 30, 180: Jud. 281. Add

wiþer-rǽde

Grammar
wiþer-rǽde, <b>. II.</b>
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Ꝥ úre nán ne beó wiþerrǽde wiþ þá hálgan drohtnunga, ac wilsumlíce dó ꝥ hé dó, Hml. S. 33, 72. Add

á-dreógendlic

(adj.)

agendus, gerendus

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glosses agendus, gerendus Seó átreógenlice agenda, R. Ben. I. 37, 12. Lífes ádreógen(d)lices vite gerende, Hy. S. 103, 3

bryc

(n.)

a bridgepons

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a bridge; pons Ðæt he dó bryc-geweorc that he do bridge-work, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 2

on-gunnenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-gunnenness, e; f.

An undertaking

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An undertaking Hé bæd ðæt hé ða árfæstan ongunnennysse gefylde pstiit eum pia coepta complere, Bd. 3, 23 ; S. 554, 40

Linked entry: -gun-nenness

on-sinscipe

(n.)
Grammar
on-sinscipe, (?), es; m.

Wedlock

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Wedlock Ðyssum mánfullum onsinscype (gesinscipum, MS. T.) wǽron sǽde gemengde huic nefando conjugio dicuntur admixti, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 22