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ge-hwǽdnes

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Add: smallness of size or extent, slenderness Ísen úre sáwle náteshwon byð gelǽdd to gehwǽdnysse scerpnysse ( ad subtilitatem, i. exililatem acuminis ), Scint. 150, 4. fewness of number On gehwédnesse in paucitate (plebis), Kent. Gl. 494.

on-tyhtan

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Ontihtum geþance intente mente, Scint. 27, 2. See next word. Add

be-cípan

(v.)
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be-cípan, (-cýpan, q. v. in Dict.)

to sell

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Becýp (vende) eall þæt þú áhst, Mt. 19, 21: Scint. 59, 1. Gif man hwæt becýpan scyle . . . Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing, R. Ben. 95, 10, 16

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eax

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Swylce ex wendende quasi axis versatilis, Scint. 97, 4. Áhóh þæt heáfod nyþerweard oððæt seó ex sý gesóht hang the head downwards until the vertical axis is reached (until it is hanging vertically downwards? ), Lch. iii. 2, 11. Add

for-dimmian

(v.)
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Þænne his mód ne feóndes hatunge byð fordimmode cum eius animus nec inimici odio fuscatur, Scint. 24, 19. Sé þe gaderað seolfer biþ fordimmod oððe áþýstrod (obscurabitur), 99, 19. For 'R. Conc. 1' substitute Add::

tíd-líc

(adj.)
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tíd-líc, adj.
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Fram tídlícra þinga geþance, Scint. 34, 8. Tídlícum temporalibus, Rtl. 8, 9: 18, 23: Anglia xiii. 381, 230. seasonable, opportune Seó tídlíce oportunus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 27: 80, 41.

þweorness

(n.)
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þweorness, e; f.

crookednessoppositionperversityiniquityevildepravity

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Manna þwyrnyssa hominum prauitates, Scint. 44, 9

hwíl-wende

(adj.)
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Wé forsceamiað nú on lytlum timan dǽdbóte dón, Scint. 49, 9. II. of a person, concerned with the things of time ; of things, temporal, not spiritual or eternal :-- Sé þe hwílende (tempo-rarius ) ys on blisse, éce hé byð on wíte, Scint. 172, 7.

for-hwirfan

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Storm landu forhwyrfð imber arua subuertit, Scing. 51, 17. Hié hiera andgit forhwirfað (-hwerf-, v. l.) mid hiera wóre láre, Past. 369, 18. Forhwerfed bið vertitur, Kent. Gl. 990. Se forhwierfeda (-hwirf-, v. l.) gewuna, Past. 79, 19.

fóster-módor

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Nytenyss leahtra fóstermóder ( nutrix ), Scint. 98, 1

fúl-líce

(adv.)
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S. viii. 62, 13. v. fúl-lic. in a moral sense Gýfernys fúllíce ( turpiter ) on gálnysse tólǽtt, Scint. 106, 13. Fúllícor turpius, 98, 1

ge-fættian

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-fǽttian;</b> p. ode To become fat or to make fat Offrung rihtwíses gefǽttað weófud oblatio justi inpinguat altare, Scint. 166, 12. Gemyndig sié Dryhten ... and onsegdnisse ðíne gefaettie ( pinguefiat ), Ps. Srt. 19, 4.

lor

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Hé þæs scipes geþrowode æfwyrdlan and lore (lyre, v. l.) ealra þára þinga þe in him wǽron navis rerum omnium jacturam pertulit. Gr. D. 141, 14. [v. N. E. D. lore.] Add: —

ærce-biscop

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Ærcebiscepes (erce-, v. l.) burhbryce .xc. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 88, 7. Gif mon beforan ærcebiscepe gefeohte, 70, 18. Ic geliornode æt mínum ærcebiscepe, Past. 7, 21: Chr. 601; P. 20, 21. Ercebisc̃, 625; P. 24, 5. Add

ormǽtness

(n.)
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ormǽtness, e; f.

Excess, immensity

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Excess, immensity Hátheorte láreówas þurh wódnysse hátheortnysse láre gemet tó ormǽtnysse wælhreównysse gecyrraþ iracundi doctores per rabiam furoris disciplinae modum ad inmanitatem crudeliíatis convertunt, Scint. 32.

prút

(adj.)
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prút, adj.
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Proud,arrogant Mægen prútes unnytt Gode virtus superbi inutilis Deo, Scint. 17. Sáwl prútes ( superbi ) byþ forlǽten fram Gode, 17. Wiðerwyrdnyss prúte ( sublimes ) geniþerude, 46. Ðǽr mihton geseón Winceastre leódan rancne (prútne, MS.

hatigend-lic

(adj.)
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hatigend-lic, adj.
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Hateful, detestable Ys hatigendlic (odibilis) sé þe gemáh ys tó specenne ( another by much babbling becometh hateful, Ecclus. 20, 5), Scint. 79, 15.

mánfullíce

(adv.)
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Is sé þe mánfullíce (nequiter) geeádmétt hine (se ), Scint. 19, 14. Þám gelíc . . . þe mangodon mánfullíce in þám temple, Ll. Th. ii. 352, 22: Wlfst. 295, 25. Hí ðone heofenlican Æðeling mánfullíce ácwellan woldon, Hml. Th. i. 402, 9.

ge-mǽnsumian

(v.)
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Sé þe gemǽnsumað mid ofermódigum qui communicauerit cum superbo, Scint. 83, 5. to defile Þás yfelu gemǽnsumiað (communicant, i. contaminant) mann, Scint. 102, 17

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ceorl

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Gesíðcund man gebéte .C. scill. Ceorlisc man gebéte .L. scill., 38, 4-7. Gesiðcund mon landágende geselle .cxx. sciłł. ... unlandágende .lx. sciłł. ... cierlisc .xxx. sciłł., 134, 8-10.