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clǽn-heort

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Se unscæððiga on handum and se clǽnheorta innocens manibus et mundo corde, Ps. L. 23, 4. Eádige synd þá clǽnheortan þe on clǽnnysse lybbað. Hí efenlǽcað Críste þe ðá clǽnnysse ástealde, Hml. A. 47, 563: 23, 222. Add

fulla

(n.)
Grammar
fulla, an; m.
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The full, the highest stage reached by anything, the perfection, perfect specimen of a kind or class Hwæt mæg beón wóp oððe sárignys, gif þæt næs se mǽsta ǽgðres? oþþe hwæt mæg beón geómrung and wánung, gyf ꝥ næs se fulla ǽgðres?, Hml. S. 23, 104

munuc-cnapa

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-cnapa, an ; m.
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Sum Benedictes munuccnapana (coiht, wæs munuc, v. l.) quidam Benedicti puerulus monachus 154. 9

for-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
for-drífan, p. -draf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drive awayforcecompeldrive outejectbanishpellĕreprōpellĕrecompellĕrecōgĕreexpellĕre

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Sió wunode on ðam íglande ðe se cyning on fordrifen wearþ she dwelt in the island on which the king was driven, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 21. Hió geseah ðone fordrifenan cyning she saw the driven king, 194, 23.

swangorness

(n.)
Grammar
swangorness, e ; f.
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Non autem dormire, sed dormitare, est quae quidem reprehenda sunt cognoscere, sed tamen propter mentis taedium dignis ea increpationibus non emendare, 28; Swt. 195, l-10

leóma

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Seó sunne hæfð ðreó ágennyssa on hire; óðer is se leóma oððe beorhtnys ǽfre of ðǽre sunnan, seó ðe onlíht ealne middangeard, Hml. Th. i. 282, 9. Þonne se móna beó full, and his leóma ealne middaneard oferscíne, Angl. viii. 323, 6.

líht-ness

(n.)
Grammar
líht-ness, e; f.

Lightnessbrightness

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Lightness, brightness Se sunnandæg is wuldorlíc dæg and líhtnesse dæg, Wulfst. 230, 12

norþ-west

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ-west, adv.

North-west

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North-west Se þridda [gára líþ] norþwest, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24. 5

un-herigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-herigendlíc, adj.

Not praiseworthy

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Not praiseworthy Se bið unherigendlíc ðe unnyt leofaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 406, 17

án-cenned

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Se cniht wæs áncenned sunu his méder, Hml. Th. i. 492, 5. Add

ambeht-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ambeht-ness, e; f.
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Service Embihtnisse hé gefe Gode obsequium se praestare Deo, Jn. R. 16, 2

ge-sadelod

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Add:: — Se nacoda assa bið mid reáfum gesadelod, Hml. Th. i. 210, 30

ge-firenian

(v.)
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ðe willende on slǽpe gefyrenað (peccaverit), Ll. Th. ii. 138, 10. Add

norþ-þunor

(n.)
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thunder in the north Se norðþunor bécnað scépa deáð Archiv cxx. 48, 21

Linked entry: þunor

ymb-sittan

Grammar
ymb-sittan, <b>. II a.</b>
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Se cásere embsæt þá burh útan mid herige. Bl. H. 79, 14. Add

ofer-ild

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-ild, e; f.

Very great age

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Very great age Him se deáþ geneálǽcþ for ðære oferylde, Wulfst. 147, 27

Linked entry: for-ildu

on-dwæscan

(v.)

to extinguish

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to extinguish Se móna ðe byþ andwæsced oððe áteorod, Anglia viii. 316, 38

trúwa

(n.)
Grammar
trúwa, trúa, an; m.
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Skt. 11, 22 : Scint. 127, 1. Gif hopan trúwan wé nabbaþ si spei fiduciam non habemus, 33, 9. Habbaþ eów trúwan habelefiduciam (Mt. 14, 27), Homl. Th. ii. 388, 25.

Linked entry: trúa

hruse

Grammar
hruse, l. hrúse,
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Se þeódsceaða heóld on hrúsan hordærna sum, B. 2279.

tó-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-drífan, p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drive in different directions,drive awayto drive asunderseparateto scatter,disperseto scatter,destroyto drive away,send elsewhereto drive away,dispel,put an end to

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Wurde seó eorbe tódrifen mid ðam winde swá swá dust, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 8: Met. 20, 104. Licgaþ æfter lande loccas tódrifene, Andr.

Linked entry: tó-drǽfan