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ed-cenning

Grammar
ed-cenning, -cynning.
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Edcynninge hét þæt gemǽnelice ǽrist, on ðám beóð úre líchaman geed*-*cynnede tó unbrosnunge, Hml. Th. i. 394, 23-27. Add

ǽr

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ǽr, conj.
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Hit long first wæs ǽr út wolde faran tó gefeohte, ǽr him mon sǽde ðæt hié wolden faran tó Italiam, Ors. 5, 8; S. 232, 4. with subjunctive hét átimbran ðá burg, ǽr ðonan fóre, Chr. 919; S. 100, 14.

Linked entry: ǽr

ou-cnáwenness

(n.)
Grammar
ou-cnáwenness, e; f.

recognition, knowledge (that an object is what it really is)acknowledgment, recognition of a claim

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nolde him æteówian his oncnáwennysse he would not let them recognise him (cf. l. 16, him ne geswutelode hwæt wæs), 284, 12. Ða deóflu æteówiaþ ðære synfullan sáwle hyre mánfullan dǽda ...

á-weg

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Add: á-wege-wege com wund áweg confossus vulneribus evasit, Ors. 4, 6;S. 172, 24. tówearp ꝥ deófolgild and wearð him áwege, Hml. S. 25, 228. hér ys se áwege, Amauisti vel amasti, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 147, 1

Linked entry: on-weg

fearn-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
fearn-leás, -lés; adj.

Fernless, without fern sine fĭlĭce

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Fernless, without fern; sine fĭlĭce, Hem. p. 86

fóre-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-cweðan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To foresaypredictprædīcĕrepropōnĕre

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To foresay, predict; prædīcĕre, propōnĕre Hét he him sillabas and word fórecweðan addĭdit et syllăbas ac verba dīcenda illi propōnĕre, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 13.

stǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
stǽnan, p. de
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Heó wæs stǽned óþ ðæt heó hire gást onsænde; ðá com þunerrád and ofslóh ðone mǽstan dǽl ðæs folces ðe hí stǽnde, Shrn. 57, 34-36. Hig hine stǽndon, Jos. 7, 25. Stǽne hine man mid stánum, Lev. 20, 2. Ðá hét se déma hine stǽnan, Shrn. 48, 28.

un-cýððu

(n.)
Grammar
un-cýððu, un-cýððo; indecl.: -cýðð, e; f.

ignorancea country not one's owna strange land

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[Þe soule is her in uncuððe ... and nout eðcene hwuch heo schal iwurðen in hire owune riche. Þet fleshe is her et home, A. R. 140, 17-20.]

blysa

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hét ontendan blysan (blasan v. l.) æt his sídum, 14, 44. Add

wǽpen-leás

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Þá hét se árleáse healdan þone hálgan ꝥ wurde wǽpnlǽs (ungewǽpnod. Hml. Th. ii. 502, 14) þám hæðenum. Hml. S. 31, 117. Add

efen-eald

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His efenealdan lytlingas ácwealde, Hml. Th. i. 88, 12. substantive, efen-ealda a coeval Efenealda consenior, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 58. his efenealdan ádýlegode, Hml. Th. i. 82, 19

be-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
be-frinan, l. be-frignan, -frinan; p. -frán, pl. -frúnon, -frinon; pp. -frúnen, -frinen,

to ask a person a question,to askquestion,to ask about somethingto ask a person about somethingto ask for some-thingto ask of a person what one wishes to be told

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Cúðberhtus cwæþ þæt ðá sceolde befrínan his nýdþearfnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 7. with prep. :-- befrán be Swýðúne, hwylce wundra worhte, Hml. S. 21, 197. Befrínað be ðám cilde. Hml.

ge-lóman

(n.)
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Se hálga man ágeaf þám Gotan þone gelóman, and cwæð: 'Lóca nú l hér is þín gelóma,' Gr. D. 114, 1-18.

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to bind.
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II. to bind a thing, put a cord, chain, & c. round an object, to secure by binding :-- hét gebindan beam ǽrenum clammum and isernum and gesǽledne in susl don (clamavit: ' Germen radicum alligetur vinculo ferreo et aereo, '.

spannan

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add: to harness or yoke oxen to that which has to be drawn Ðá þá him náht ne speów, þá hét spannan oxan tó, ac hí ne mihton áwecgan ꝥ mǽden swá, Hml.

wringan

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þone cniht ásette on þá wíntreddan and hét hine wringan þá feáwa geclystru þǽra byrgena puerulum in calcatorio deposuit, et calcare ipsos paucissimos racemos fecit, 58, 17.

geáp-scipe

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ríxade ofer Englæland, and hit mid his geápscipe swá þurhsmeáde, ꝥ næs án híd landes innan Englælande ꝥ nyste hwá heó hæfde, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 19

ge-etan

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Heó genam of ðæs treówes wæstme and geæt, and sealde hire were and geæt, i. 18, 9. geæt þone forbodenan æppel, ii. 240, 21. Hwí eódest þú tó þám hǽðenum and on heora húse geǽte?, Hml. S. 10, 175. Gé giétun ( manducastis ) of ðǽm hláfum, Jn.

weorc-stán

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-stán, es; m.
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hét wilian tó ðam scræfe micele weorcstánas ( saxa ingentia ), Jos. 10, 18, 27

ge-neósian

(v.)
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wolde þone hálgan geneósian and wiþ gesprecan veniebat ad verbocinium beati viri, Guth. Gr. 153, 2. <b>I a.</b> to visit the sick :-- Heó untrume menn mihte gehǽlan, swá hwylcne swá heó geneósode licgende on sáre, Hml.