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gránung

(n.)
Grammar
gránung, e; f.
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GROANING, lamentation; gemitus Me ymbhringdon sár and sorga and gránung circumdederunt me gemitus mortis, Ps. Th. 17, 4. Mín gránung ðé nis na forholen gemitus meus a to non est absconditus, 37, 9. Wununga on ðam ne ablinþ gránung dwellings in which

pínung

(n.)
Grammar
pínung, e; f.
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Torment, torture, pain Ród[e] pínung crucis tormentum, Rtl. 24, 11. Tó pínunge ad poenam, 103, 17. For his gylta pínunga in criminum suorum cruciatum, L. Ecg. P. ii. 5 ; Th. ii. 184, 8. Pínunge, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 268, 19. Mid ungemetlícre pínunge

ypping

(n.)
Grammar
ypping, e; f.
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manifestation Ypping manifestatio (epiphania ), Rtl. 195, 24, what mounts up (?), applied to the water of the Red Sea which had risen up on either side of the track followed by the Israelites. Cf. Holmweall ástáh, merestreám módig, Cd. Th. 207, 16; Exod

sprenging

(n.)
Grammar
sprenging, springing, e; f.
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Sprinkling Tó hálgunge sprengincge ad consecrationem conspersionis, Angl. xiii. 388, 328. Sprincginge and bletsunge conspersionem et benedictionem, 408, 614.[Cf. N. E. D. springing; II.9. sprinkling; spring; 13. to sprinkle.] Cf. spring; 3

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weorold-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ǽht, e; f.
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Worldly property, worldly possession or good Is nýd ðæt sume mid wonunge heora woruldǽhta synd gerihte necesse est ut quidam damnis corrigantur, Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 490, 10. Ðone teódan dǽl his woruldǽhta gesyllan, Wulfst. 283, 26: Bt. 13; Fox 38, 2. Ðæt

un-þwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-þwǽrness, e; f.

Discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement

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Discord, dissension, disagreement Ðǽr wæs micel unþuǽrnes (-ðwǽrnesse, MS. E.) ðære þeóde betweox him selfum, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 8. Unðwérnesse discordias, Kent. Gl. 155

Linked entry: un-geþwǽrness

dál-mǽd

(n.)
Grammar
dál-mǽd, (w)e; f.
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Meadow-land held in common and divided into doles or shares among the holders Gebirað se fífta æcer ðǽre dálmǽd*-*we tó ðǽre híde, C. D. iii. 260, 3. [v. N. E. D. dole-meadow.] Cf. gedál-land

un-sidefulness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sidefulness, e; f.

Immodesty ⬩ immorality

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Immodesty, immorality Se fífta unþeáw is ðæt wíf beó unsydefull. Unsydefulnys bið sceamu for worulde, and ðæt unsydefulle wíf bið unwurð on lífe, O. E. Homl. i. 300, 30

Linked entry: sidefulness

tǽsl

(n.)
Grammar
tǽsl, tǽsel, e; f.

Teasel, teazle

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Teasel, teazle Ðeós wyrt ðe man camelleon alba, and óþrum naman wulfes tǽsl (tǽsel, MS. B.) (cf. wolf's-thistle, E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) nemneþ, hafaþ leáf wiþerrǽde and þyrnyhte, and heó hafaþ on middan sumne sinewealtne crop and þyrnyhtne, Lchdm

Linked entry: wulfes-tǽsl

freólsung

(n.)
Grammar
freólsung, e; f.

A feasting ⬩ celebrating a feast ⬩ sollennĭtas

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A feasting, celebrating a feast; sollennĭtas On middele freólsunga ðíne in mĕdio sollennĭtātis tuæ, Ps. Spl. 73, 5. Healdemon ǽlces Sunnan dæges freólsunge let a man keep every Sunday's festival, L. C. E. 14; Th. i. 368, 11: L. Edg. i. 5; Th. i. 264,

un-sóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-sóm, e; f.

Disagreement

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Disagreement Gyf hyra ǽnig wið ǽnigne mon ǽnige unsóme hæbbe, ðæt hé wið ðone geþingie ... Man sceal ǽlce unsóme and ealle geflytu gestyllan, L. E. I. 36; Th. ii. 434, 2-7

Linked entry: sóm

flód-weard

(n.)
Grammar
flód-weard, e; f.

A flood-guard ⬩ sea-wall ⬩ măris custōdia ⬩ măris mūrus

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A flood-guard, sea-wall; măris custōdia, măris mūrus Flódwearde slóh he struck the sea-wall [i. e. the wall caused by dividing the Red Sea ], Cd. 167; Th. 209, 3; Exod. 493

mód-þwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
mód-þwǽrness, e; f.

Gentleness ⬩ meekness ⬩ patience

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Gentleness, meekness, patience módþwǽrnes (patientia vel geþyld, MS. E.), Wulfst. 69, 1

friþ-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-sócn, e; f.

A peace-refuge ⬩ an asylum ⬩ asȳlum

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A peace-refuge, an asylum; asȳlum Ðæt he friþsócne geséce that he may seek a refuge of peace, L. Eth. ix. 1; Th. i. 340, 8: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 25

þunor-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
þunor-wyrt, e; f.

Thunder-plant ⬩ house-leek ⬩ sempervivum tectorum

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Thunder-plant (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names), house-leek; sempervivum tectorum Nime þunorwyrt, Lchdm. ii. 118, 2. [On plants that were a protection against thunder, see Grmm. D. M. pp. 167, 1147.]

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, e;
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f Drynessfrom /teat, parched condition Mycel hǽte ferfor, swaloð cauma, drúgað oððe hǽð siccitas, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 77. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ] See next word, and hǽþung, for-hǽþan

racu

Grammar
racu, e.
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Add: an Worhte hé him áne lytlan racan (rastrum) . . . geteáh hé þá racan æfter þǽre eorðan, Gr. D. 192, 24-193, 1

un-gehírsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gehírsumness, e; f.

Want of submission ⬩ disobedience

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Want of submission, disobedience Módignys ácenð forsewennysse and ungehýrsumnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 222, 7. [Þane stede þe se deofel of hafel þurh unihersamnesse, O. E. Homl. i. 221, 30. Cf. O. H. Ger. un-gihórsamí inobedientia.]

súþ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-fór, e; f.
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A journey south, a pilgrimage to Rome. [Cf. Icel. suðr-ferð, -för, -ganga a pilgrimage to Rome. Such pilgrimages are often mentioned, e. g. Flosi fór suór um sjá ok hóf þá upp göngu sína ok gekk suðr ok ljetti ekki fyrr enn hann kom til Rómaborgar, Njala

un-gerǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerǽdness, e; f.

Discord ⬩ disagreement ⬩ variance

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Discord, disagreement, variance Betux Agathocle and his folce wearð ungerǽdnes in exercitu Agathoclis orta est seditio, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 15. Sóna swá hié him betweónum ungerǽdnesse up áhófon swá forwurdon hié ealle discordia exitio fuit, 5, 3; Swt