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wésten

(adj.)
Grammar
wésten, adj. Desert
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Ass. 66, 24: 71, 166

trahtnere

(n.)
Grammar
trahtnere, es; m.

An expositor ⬩ commentator

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Ass. 36, 296

pytt

(n.)
Grammar
pytt, es ; m.
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Hwylces eówres assa befealþ on ánne pytt ( puteum ), Lk. Skt. 14, 5. Hé hét ádelfan ǽnne gehwǽdne pytt, Homl. Th. ii. 02, 2.

frigenes

(n.)
Grammar
frigenes, frignes, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [frigen asked, pp. of fricgan to ask; ness, -ness]

An asking ⬩ inquiry ⬩ a question ⬩ inrerrogatio ⬩ quæstio

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An asking, inquiry, a question; inrerrogatio, quæstio þurh his geornfulle frigenesse repĕtīta interrogātiōne, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 4. Wæs Édwine bealdra geworden on ðære frignesse Edwin was become bolder on that inquiry, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 10. Be monigum

Linked entry: frignes

wæstm

Grammar
wæstm, <b>. I</b> 2.
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Þá assan syndon on þám mǽstan wæstme (printed wæstene) onagri forma maxima, Nar. 34, 16

módig-ness

Grammar
módig-ness, <b>. I.</b>
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Hé on assan hricge rád eádmódlíce mannum tó bysne ꝥ hí módignysse onscunion, Hml. S. 27) 99. v. ofer-, un-módigness. Add

un-bliss

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

Unhappiness ⬩ grief ⬩ sorrow ⬩ misery

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Ass. 9, 179

un-clǽnlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-clǽnlíce, adv.

Impurely

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Ass. 168, 121. Wé wilaiaþ mid úrum hláforde clǽnlíce sweltan, swíðor ðonne unclǽnlíce mid eów lybban, Homl. Th, i. 432, 26

Linked entry: clǽn-líce

underling

(n.)
Grammar
underling, es; m. (the word seems to occur only in late texts)

An underling ⬩ a subordinate ⬩ a subject

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Ass. 194, 50. Eádward kyng grét Harald eurl and alle his undurlynges ( omnes meos ministros ) in Herefordeshíre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 218, 14

brǽde

(n.)
Grammar
brǽde, es; m. l. brǽde, an; f.
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Brǽde assura, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 67: frixa, Wülck. Gl. 243, 21. and add

weard-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weard-mann, es; m.

A guard, watchman, keeper

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Ass. 78, 152: Anglia x. 99, 311. Hé heora wæterscipe mid weardmannum besette constituit centenarios per singulos fontes, 94, 172

wódlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wódlíce, adv.

madly ⬩ furiously ⬩ franticly ⬩ blasphemously

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Ass. 6, 145 : Homl. Skt. i. 13, 76: L. Ælfc. C. 35 ; Th. ii. 356, 43. Wódlíce ástyrode wið ðone hálgan. Homl. Ass. 79, 162. Wódlíce geyrsod, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 616. Ðú þus wódlíce wilnast ceorles, i. 3, 396. Hé mót wódlíce derian, Wulfst. 85, 5.

Linked entry: wód

þeósterness

(n.)
Grammar
þeósterness, e; f.
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Ass. 203, 265. Þǽsternes (cf þióstro, Met. 21, 40), Bt. 34, 8; Fox 146, 4. On ðýsternesse in obscuro, Ps. Spl. 10, 2

ge-biddan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-biddan, p. -bæd, pl. -bǽdon; pp. -beden; often followed by a reflexive dative [ge-, biddan to ask, pray]

To pray ⬩ pray to ⬩ worship ⬩ adore ⬩ ōrāre ⬩ adōrāre ⬩ cŏlĕre

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To pray, pray to, worship, adore; ōrāre, adōrāre, cŏlĕre Uton gebiddan us let us pray, Homl. Blick. 139, 30. Ðonne we us gebiddaþ when we pray. Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 21. Ðonne gé eów gebiddon cum ōrātis, Mt. Bos. 6, 5. Ðonne ðú ðé gebidde cum orāvĕris,

Linked entries: ge-beden ge-bitt

ýr

(n.)
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[Icelandic has ýr; gen. ýs a yew, also a bow, ass]

un-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
un-lúcan, p. -leác

To unclose ⬩ open

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Ass. 113, 360

stór-cyll

(n.)
Grammar
stór-cyll, e : -cylle, an ; f.
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Ass. 58, 185. Nime eówer ǽlc his stórcillan, Num. 16, 6. Ðás stórcyllan haec turibula, Ælfc. Gr. 14 ; Zup. 90, 4. Stórcillan, Lev. 10, 1

un-gehealdsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehealdsum, adj.

Incontinent

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Ass. 47, 575

unriht-hǽmere

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽmere, es; m.

An adulterer ⬩ a fornicator

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Ass. 147, 94: fornicarii, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 38

Linked entry: hǽmere

drinc-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
drinc-lagu, e; f.

Drinking-law ⬩ assisa potus

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Drinking-law; assisa potus Statūtum, scilĭcet edictum, lex, vel constĭtūtio de potus vendendi mensūris, Sam. Lye

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