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nunn-mynster

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Þæt hine ðám befæste móste beón lǽce þæs nunmynstres (on þám nunmynstre, v. l.) ut eum sanandum monasterio commendaret, Gr. D. 37, 27. Add

putung

(n.)
Grammar
putung, e; f.
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Pushing, impelling, impulse, instigation Hation þurh deófles putunge wæs an belǽd oderint quod instinctu diaboli ingestum est, Chrd. 62, 27. [v. N. E. D. put.] Cf. potian

snytro

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Mid helwarum ne byð ne weorc, ne gesceádwísnes, ne snyttro, ne wísdóm nec opus, nec ratio, nec scientia, nec sapientia erit apud inferos, Gr. D. 328, 2. Add

swaþu

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Add: [a wk. pl. occurs in the compound dolcswaðan, Hpt. Gl. 510, 57] ne mihton on þám fæte nǽnige swaðe findan þæs bryces, Gr. D. 97, 23

tídre

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tídre, <b>. II.</b> dele third passage. <b>II a.</b>
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Ealde menn sweltaþ, and óðre men ádlseóce bióð, and mænigra eágan tédra bióð, Archiv cxx. 298, 22. Þone hád týdera manna infirmantium personam, Gr. D. 267, 18. Add

under-fangennes

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Add: reception, v. under-fón; I Seó forestæppende underfangennys (seó ǽrre feormung, v.l.) nǽs bútan gylte praecedens illa susceplio sine culpa non fuit, Gr. D. 76, 22

un-geþwǽrlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrlic, adj.
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Discordant, at variance Gif þú gemune þín bróðer áht ungeþwǽrlices wið þé gemǽne [hæbbe] si recordatus fueris quiafrater tuus habet aliquid adversunt te, Gr. D. 349, 24

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrlic

wǽne

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Ualerianus wæs swíðe leás man and wrǽne aa wæs oreald Valerianus usque ad aetatem decrepitam levis ac lubricus extitit, Gr. D. 341, 2 : 20. Add

wreþian

(v.)
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Add: , wreþþan þá wreþiende (wreþþende, v.l. sustentans) þá týdran limu betwyh his gingrena handum upp árǽhtum his ágnum handum in þone heofon gestáh, Gr. D. 175, 20

yfelung

(n.)
Grammar
yfelung, yflung, e; f.
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Ill-treatment, injuring Wæs his mód gecyrred mycelre árwurðnesse þæs biscopes, þæs ylcan þe hine ǽr lyste wítes and yflunge ( cujus poenam sitiebat ), Gr. D. 197, 12

brád

(n.)
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the full breadth of the hand Swá mycel swá gód hande brád, Vis. Lfc. 73. [v. N. E. D. broad; &lt;b&gt; B.&lt;/b&gt; 2.]

feórþan-dǽl

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On feówer feórþandǽlas tódǽlde per quadra quatuor partiti, Gr. D. 87, 4. In l. 5 after 30 add: cf. Se feórða dǽl byð quadrans gecíged, 335, 24. Add

Bederices weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
Bederices weorþ, es ; m. [Bederices Bederic's, weorþ worth, town, or residence]

Bederic's worth or townEádmundes burhSt. Edmund's bury

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A. D. 970; 517, 26. At an earlier date, in A. D. 958, Ælfgar records, Ic an ðat lond into Beodricheswrþe to Seynt Eádmundes stówe I give the land at Bedericsworth to St. Edmund's place, Th. Diplm. 506, 12

ge-boned

(v.)
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ge-boned, part.

Polishedburnishedpŏlītus

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A. D. 1050-1073; 429, 11-18. Ic gean Sc̃e Eádmunde twegea gebonedra horna I give to St. Edmund two polished horns, Th. Diplm. A. D. 1046; 564, 12

fisc

a fish

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Add: a fish Gif þú finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebræd swíþe, Lch. ii. 90, 9. Wel meltende mettas, scellihte fiscas, Lch. ii. 196, 22. in a collective sense Ðá munucas habben þriddan dǽl ðæs fisces, and he ðá twá dǽl, C.

for-weornian

(v.)
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Gl. 436, 53) marcescit, i. arescit, An. Ox, 1273. Hraðe se líchama áswint and forweornað, gif him oftogen bið his bigleofa, Hml. Th. i. 266, 3. Róme burh on hire sylfre forweornað (weosnað and brosnaþ, v. l., marcescet ], Gr. D. 134, 2.

ge-hycgan

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Add: to think of, consider, with acc. ic on mínum móde betwih þás eorðlican gedréfednesse hwílum gehicge þá heofonlican þing, Gr. D. I. 20. with clause Sceáwa and gehige heora sáwla lifgiað pensa eorum animae qualiter vivunt Gr.

hnot

croppedpollarded

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Usque la notte stokke, iii. 374, 6), C. D. v. 303, 3. On þone hnottan þom, 289, l. cleared of bushes (?) On hnottan ford, C. D. iii. 25, 23. On hnottan mæræ norðæweardna, v. 112, 27

Linked entry: hnoc

log

(n.)
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water: Mid lande and mid loge cum terra et cum aqua, C. D. iv. 202, l.[The grant in which this phrase occurs is of land that had been held by a ' húskarll' of king Edward.

wác-lic

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Add: poor with regard to physical properties wæs swíðe wáclic on his gewǽdum erat valde vilis in vestibus, Gr. D. 34, I. with regard to mental or spiritual properties Ic sylf, án wáclic man ( homuncio ), Gr. D. 7, 22.