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eówer

youryouryours

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Ástreccað eówre ágálodan honda and eówru cneówu, Past. 65, 18. predicative, yours Nis ꝥ eówer ꝥ gé witan þá tíde non est vestrum nosse tempora, Bl.

blódig

(adj.)
Grammar
blódig, def. se blódiga, seó, ðæt blódige; adj.

BLOODYsanguineus, cruentus

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BLOODY; sanguineus, cruentus Ne sý him bánes bryce, ne blódig wund let there not be to him a breaking of bone, nor a bloody wound, Exon. 42 b; Th. 143, 33; Gú. 670: Andr. Kmbl. 2945; An. 1475.

un-gebét

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebét, un-gebétt; adj.

unamendeduncorrectednot amended through the penance prescribed by the churchunatoned because 'bót' has not been made

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afterwards, uncleared from this charge and unatoned (i.e. neither was his innocence proved nor was the case settled by the payment of 'bót'), Chart.

grównes

(n.)
Grammar
grównes, se; f.
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Ne com ðǽr nǽnig grównes up ne wæstmas ne furþan brordas nil omnino, non dico spicarum, sed ne herbæ quidem ex eo germinare contigit, 4, 28; S. 605, 34

un-cnyttan

(v.)
Grammar
un-cnyttan, p. te

To unknotuntie

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To unknot, untie Ðæs ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic his sceóna þwanga búgende uncnytte cujus non sum dignus procumbens soluere corrigiam calciamentorum eius, Mk. Skt. 1, 7: Lk. 3, 16. (Wǽron) uncnytte (vinculorum ligamina) enodarentur, solverentur, Hpt.

unriht-wyrcend

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
unriht-wyrcend, es; m.: or -wyrcende; adj. (ptcpl.)

An evil-doerevil-doing

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An evil-doer, or evil-doing Ic ne ineode on ðæt geþeaht unrihtwyrcendra cum iniqua gerentibus non introibo, Ps. Th. 25, 4. Mid ðám unrihtwyrcendum cum operantibus iniquitatem, 27, 3. Belocen ðǽm synnfullum mannum and ðǽm unrihtwyrcendum, Blickl.

sceandlícness

(n.)
Grammar
sceandlícness, e ; f.

Shame, disgrace, dishonour

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Hatt.) qui turpitudinem non exercet opere, Past. 11, 7 ; Swt. 72,5

wín-drync

(n.)
Grammar
wín-drync, es; m.

Wine

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Wé þeáh rǽdaþ ðæt munecum tó wíndrince (-drynce, -drence, v. ll.) náht ne belimpe licet legamus uinum monachorum non esse, R. Ben. 64, 21

Linked entries: wín-drenc wín-gedrinc

hnesc-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hnesc-líce, adv.

Gently, softly, tenderly

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Gently, softly, tenderly Hé his hiéremonna yfelu tó hnesclíce forberan ne sceal subditorum mala tolerari leniter non debent, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 159, 25. Ðonne hé his wambe sua hnesclíce ólecþ dum ventri molliter serviunt, 43, 5; Swt. 313, 12

ÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÞ, es; m.

an OATHa swearingjuramentum

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for envy :-- By the Lord, I accuse not N. neither for hatred nor for envy, nor for unlawful lust of gain; nor know I anything soother; but as my informant to me said, and I myself in sooth think, that he was the thief of my property.'

Linked entries: aaþ ánfeald áþ

hwearfung

(n.)
Grammar
hwearfung, e; f.

A turningrevolutionchangeexchangebarter

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Ne miht ðú ðara woruldsǽlþa hwearfunga onwendan nor canst thou avert the revolutions of worldly happiness, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 37

Linked entry: hwerfung

ge-sceapennys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceapennys, -sceapenys, -scapennys, -nyss, e; f.

A creation, creating, formationcreātio

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Se man ðe deófle ge-efenlǽcþ se biþ deófles bearn, ná þurh gecynd oððe þurh gesceapenysse, ac þurh ða geefenlǽcunge and yfele geearnunga the man who imitates the devil is a child of the devil, not by nature nor by creation, but by that imitation and evil

Linked entry: ge-scapennys

geolca

(n.)
Grammar
geolca, gioleca, geoloca, an; m.

A YOLKovi vitellus

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A YOLK; ovi vitellus Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 28.

Linked entries: gioleca geoloca

eft-sóna

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Ne þincð mé nǽfre ꝥ hit sóð sý ꝥ þis sý Efesa byrig . . . ac ic nát eftsóna, ne ic nǽfre git nyste ꝥ ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende búton Ephese ánre methinks it cannot be true that this is Ephesus, but again I do not know, nor ever yet did I know, that

un-cweþende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cweþende, adj.

not having speechnot having a voiceinanimate

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Kmbl. p. 152, 9. not having a voice, inanimate Hweþer ðú ongite ðæt ða uncweþendan gesceafta wilnodon tó biónne on écnesse swá ilce swá men gif hí mihton ea quae inanimata esse creduntur, nonne quod suum est quaeque simili ratione desiderant?

sceóh

(adj.)
Grammar
sceóh, adj.

shy, timid, fearful: wanton

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Lokeð þet ȝe ne beon nout iliche þe horse þet is scheouh, and blencheð nor one scheadewe . . . To scheowe heo beoð mid alle, þet fleoð nor ane peinture, þet þuncheð ham grislich uorto biholden, A. R. 242, 8-12, Schey or skey as hors, Prompt.

nǽnig-wiht

(adv.)
Grammar
nǽnig-wiht, adv.

Nothingnotnot at all

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Nothing, not, not at all Andreas nǽnigwuht ðú gefirnodest Andrew, thou host nothing sinned, And. 10, 20

Temes

(n.)
Grammar
Temes, Temese the Thames. In the declension both weak and strong forms are found. [In Latin, nom. Temis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 30, 12, Temes, ii. 23, 12: gen. Tamisae, i. 98, 1: dat. Taemise, 216, 25: acc. Tamesim Bd. 1, 2; S. 42, 34 may be cited]
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Neáh ðære ié ðe mon hǽt Temes (Temese, MS. C.) ad flumen Tamesim, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 238, 22. Sý eá hátte Temese, Chr. Erl. 5, 11. Ymbe heora landgemǽra: andlang Temese (on Temese, 8), L. A. G. 1; Th. i. 152, 18. Út on Temese; ðonne ondlong Temese, Cod.

deópe

(adv.)
Grammar
deópe, diópe; comp. -or; sup.-ost ; adv.

Deeply, profoundly, thoroughly, entirely, earnestlyprŏfunde, gravĭter, subtīlĭter, penĭtus, solemnĭter

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Nis mín bán wið ðé deópe behýded non est [pĕnĭtus] occultātum os meum abs te, Ps. Th. 138, 13. Nú ic ðé halsie deópe now I beseech thee earnestly, Exon. 121 a; Th. 465, 22; Hö. 108

Linked entry: diópe

CEALF

(n.)
Grammar
CEALF, celf, calf, es; cealfru, calfru; n. m.

A CALFvitulus, vitula

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Ic ne on-foo of húse ðínum calferu non accipiam de domo tua vitulos, Ps. Surt. 49, 9. On-settaþ ofer wi-bed ðín calfer acc. pl. imponent super altare tuum vitulos, 50, 21