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sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb; f.
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Add Fríne hié mon æfter hú monegum wintrum sió sibb gewurde þæs þe hié ǽst unsibbe wið monegum folcum hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 17. <b>V a.

of-fillan

(v.)

to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy

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to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy Gif mon óðerne æt gemǽnum weorce offelle (-fealle, MSS. B. H.), L. Alf. pol. 13; Th. i. 70, 9.

freógan

(v.)

to free

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Mon þá þeówas freóde, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 16. Sume þá men þe hié on ðeówdóme hæfdon, þá þe heora hláfordas freógean noldon ... þá consulas ... freódon, 4, 9; S. 190, 35. Add

ful-gemæc

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-gemæc, adj.

Very suitable ⬩ aptissĭmus

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Very suitable; aptissĭmus Ðá ic me fulgemæcne monnan funde when I found a man very suitable for me, Exon. 115 a; Th. 442, 25; Kl. 18

eall-geleáflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-geleáflíc, adj. [geleáflíc believed] Believed by all, catholic; cathŏlĭcus = καθολικός
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Ðæt monega cyricean on Hibernia, lǽrendum Athamnano, ða eallgeleáflícan Eástran onféngon ut plurĭmæ Scottōrum ecclesiæ, instante Adamnano, cathŏlĭcum Pascha suscēpĕrint, Bd. 5, 15; S. 635, 10

Linked entry: eal-geleáflíc

symbelmónaþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
symbelmónaþ-líc, adj.

comitiales

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Pertaining to a month in which a solemnity was celebrated (?); the word translates comitiales in the gloss Ða symbelmónaðlícan ádla comitiales, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 39

mynet-cípa

(n.)
Grammar
mynet-cípa, an; m.

A money-dealer

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A money-dealer Se ðe him sylfum teolaþ on Godes gelaþunge, and ne caraþ ymbe Cristes teolunge, se biþ mynetcýpa getalod, Homl. Th. i. 412, 16

nytweorþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
nytweorþ-ness, <b>(nytwirð-ness),</b> e; f.

Usefulness ⬩ utility

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Monast. Th. 27, 25

swiftlere

(n.)
Grammar
swiftlere, es; m.

A slipper, shoe

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Monast. Th. 27, 31. Swifteleares, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 19

Linked entry: swyftlere

sele-rest

(n.)
Grammar
sele-rest, e ; f.

A bed in a hall

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A bed in a hall Hine ymb monig sǽrinc selereste gebeáh (of Beowulf and his men when sleeping in Hrothgar's hall), Beo. Th. 1384; B. 690

irnan

(v.)
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Gif mon blóde áne út yrne . . . oþþe gif mon for roppes untrumnysse út yrne, 170, 20-22. to discharge a liquid On ðone yrnendan mór, C.

un-earh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-earh, adj.

Undaunted ⬩ intrepid ⬩ fearless

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Gif mane bið ákenned on .xxii. nihta ealdne mónan se bið unearh fihtling, Lchdm. iii. 158, 11.

Angel-cynn

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Mid wópe Angelcynnes monna, 134, 24. Æðelbryht ǽrest fulluht onféng on Angelcynne, Ll. Th. i. 58, 26.

bísgian

(v.)
Grammar
bísgian, l. bisgian,

to occupy ⬩ employ ⬩ to harass ⬩ trouble

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and add: to occupy, employ Ðæt hé suá micle sorgfulra sié ymb hine selfne, suá hine lǽs óðerra monna giémen bisegað (bisgað, v. l.) tanto circa se sollicitius vivant, quanta eos aliena cura non implicat, Past. 191, 21.

ge-wæterian

(v.)
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For ðǽm is niéddearf ðǽm reccere ðæt hé mæge óðerra monna inngeðonc giendgeótan and gewæterian ( infundere ), Past. 137, 10. to water land Ásende Drihten rénscúras and gewæterode þá eorðan, Hml.

lytig

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Wénst þú þæt seó mengio þínra monna þé mæge dón gesǽligne ? Nese, nese. Ac gif hié yfele sint and lytige, ðonne sint hié þé pleólicran gehæfd þonne genæfd, Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, note 10

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, adj.
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Hé bebeád ǽrest monna primus statuit, Ors. 6, 30; S. 284, 8: Shrn. 49, 20. Æt ǽrestan, Lch. ii. 118, 19

swefnian

(v.)
Grammar
swefnian, p. ode.

To appear in a dream to a person ⬩ To dream ⬩ to fall asleep.

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Surt. 3, 19. with nom. of person, To dream Gif ðú swefnast ðé twege[n] mónan geseón if you dream that you see two moons, Lchdm. iii. 212. 25

un-twifeald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-twifeald, adj.

not double ⬩ simple ⬩ sincere ⬩ honest ⬩ pure ⬩ not double ⬩ united ⬩ without division

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Similar entries twi-feald, IV), simple, sincere, honest, pure Nis nán scild trumra wið ðæt tuiefalde gesuinc ðonne mon sié untwiefeald (-twy-, Cott. MSS.) nil est ad defendendum puritate tutius, Past. 35; Swt. 239, 10.

Linked entry: twi-feald

yfel-willende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-willende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Hit náuht unriht wǽre ðæt mon ða yfelwillendan men ( vitiosos ) héte nétenu, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 17