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cystignes

(n.)
Grammar
cystignes, cystines, cyst-ness, cyst-nyss,e ; f.

Bountifulness, goodness, munificence ⬩ liberalitas, largitas, munificentia

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Bountifulness, goodness, munificence; liberalitas, largitas, munificentia Cystignesse, cystignysse liberalitatis, Mone B. 2511. Cystines liberalitas, 2494.

fore-wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
fore-wrégan, p. de; pp. ed

To accuse strongly ⬩ valde accūsāre

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To accuse strongly; valde accūsāre He bútan leahtrum wæs clǽne geméted ðara þinga ðe hine mon forewrégde he was found without crimes clean of the things of which he was accused; absque crīmĭne accūsātus fuisse inventus est, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 30

Linked entry: wrégan

in-gewitness

(n.)
Grammar
in-gewitness, e; f.

Knowledge ⬩ knowing ⬩ consciousness ⬩ conscience

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Knowledge, knowing, consciousness, conscience Besmitene syndon ge heora mód ge heora ingewitnys coinquinata sunt et mens eorum et conscientia, Bd. 1, 17; S. 494. 42.

níw-cumen

(adj.)

newly come (to a particular belief) ⬩ a neophyte

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Tǽce him mon siððan tó nígcumenra manna húse, 97, 11

bóc-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-cræft, es; m.

Book-learning, learning, literature ⬩ literatura

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[bóc a book, cræft art, science] Book-learning, learning, literature; literatura Boétius wæs in bóccræftum se rihtwísesta Boëthius, in book-learning, was the most wise, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 13.

ge-hæft

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæft, adj.
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Hé mót gehæftne man álýsan, Wlfst. 294, 32. Add

in-ylfe

Grammar
in-ylfe, Add: <b>, in-elfe, in-ifle, in-efle</b>
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Him mon selle góse innefle, Lch. ii. 176, 24. Wiccgan innelbe, 134, 4

giung

(adj.)
Grammar
giung, def. se giunga; adj.

Young ⬩ youthful ⬩ jŭvĕnis ⬩ adolescens

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Young, youthful; jŭvĕnis, adolescens Wæs sum giung mon ĕrat quidam adolescens, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 17, Se giunga the young man, Cd. 224; Th. 297, 3; Sat. 511. Ic ðé giungne underféng I took thee young, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 23

á-stundian

(v.)

To take upon one's self

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Substitute: To take upon one's self Eal hé mót ástundian swá hwæt swá fram his gingrurn, forgýmeleásod bið ad ipsum respicit quicquid a discipulis delinquitur, R. Ben. 61, 7. Búton gé hí ámeldian, gé sceolon heora wíte ástundian, Hml. S. 23, 299

Linked entry: stundian

leóf-tǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
leóf-tǽle, -tǽl; adj.

Loving ⬩ dear ⬩ desirable ⬩ estimable ⬩ grateful ⬩ pleasant ⬩ gracious

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Ða welan beóþ hlíseádigran and leóftǽlran ðonne ðonne hié mon selþ ðonne hié beón ðonne hí mon gadraþ.

Linked entry: -tǽl

twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj.

a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; ⬩ applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank.

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Æt twyhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbóte .xxx. sciłł.,L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 12. Be twyhyndum men . . . Gif mon twyhyndne mon . . . ofsleá, L. Alf. pol. 29; Th. i. 80, 5-7. Cnut cing grét . . . ealle míne þegnas, twelfhynde and twihynde, Chart.

ge-þreátian

(v.)
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Gif mon ceorles mennen tó nédhǽmde geþreáteð, Ll. Th. i. 78, 12. Gif mon wífmon tó niédhǽmde geþreátige, 18. Þæt hí ðá crístenan tó heora mánfullum offrungum geðreátodon, Hml.

ge-bǽran

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Hú mæg mon earmlícor gebǽran þonne mon hine underþeóde his flǽsce, 31, 1 ; F. 114, 23. Add: —

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, (I b)
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Add Ðeáh ðæt mód slǽpe gódra weorca, hit wacað on ðǽm ymbhogum ðisse worlde . . .

heard-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-heort, adj.

Hard-hearted, stiff-necked

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Gé sind ealra folca ungeleáfulluste and heardheorteste ye are of all nations the most unbelieving and most stiff-necked, Deut. 9, 6

æfesen

(n.)
Grammar
æfesen, æfesn, æbesen, æbesn, e; f.

Pasturage ⬩ the charge for pigs going into the wood to fatten on acorns ⬩ pasnagium ⬩ pretium propter porcos in quercetum admissos

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Pasturage, the charge for pigs going into the wood to fatten on acorns; pasnagium, pretium propter porcos in quercetum admissos Gif mon níme æfesne on swínum if [a man] any one take pasturage on swine, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 18

Linked entry: æbesen

gást-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
gást-gedál, gǽst-gedál, es; n.

Separation of soul and body ⬩ death ⬩ anĭmæ et corpŏris divortium ⬩ mors

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Separation of soul and body, death; anĭmæ et corpŏris divortium, mors Ðá he ðas woruld þurh gástgedál ofgyfan sceolde when he must give up this world through death, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 33; Gen. 1127 : Exon. 45 a; Th. 153, 32; Gú. 834

Linked entry: gǽst-gedál

mǽl-mete

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-mete, es; m.

Food to eat

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Food to eat Ne biþ ðec mǽlmete nymþe mores græs no food shall there be for thee but the grass of the moor. Cd. 203; Th. 252, 7; Dan. 575. [Grein, quoting Dietrich, would read mǽl méte ( = obvius), v. Hpt. Zeitsch. x. 358.]

preóst-scír

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-scír, e; f.
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The district in which a priest exercises his duties, a parish Ne spane nán mæssepreóst nánne mon of óðre cyrcean hýrnysse tó his cyrcan, ne of óðre preóstscýre lǽre, ðæt nton hys cyrcan geséce, L. E. I. 14; Th. ii. 410, 31

ge-leofian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leofian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To live ⬩ vīvĕre

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To live; vīvĕre Ne geleofaþ man náht miriges, ða hwíle ðe mon deáþ ondrǽt there is no mirth in life when there is dread of death, Prov. Kmbl. 16. Gyf swá biþ geleofad si sic vīvĭtur, Cant. Ezech. Lamb. fol. 185 a, 16

Linked entry: ge-lifian