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dǽl-numelnes

(n.)
Grammar
dǽl-numelnes, -ness,e ; f. [numol taking, receiving]

A sharing, partaking, participationparticipatio

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A sharing, partaking, participation;participatio Ðære dǽlnumelnes is hire on ðæt sylfe cujus participatio est ejus in id ipsum, Ps. Lamb. 121, 3

felle-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
felle-wærc, es; n.

The falling sicknessepilepsyepĭlepsiaέπιληψία

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The falling sickness, epilepsy; epĭlepsia = έπιληψία Ðæt deáh wið fellewærce it is good for epilepsy, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 178, 8

níd-faru

(n.)
Grammar
níd-faru, e; f.

A journey one is forced to takedeath

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A journey one is forced to take, death Fore there neidfaerae naenig uuirthit thoncsnotturra than him tharf sié, Archaeologia, vol. xxviii. p. 357

ge-brengan

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ge-brengan, <b>; II.</b>
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add: where the action is given by a clause Sé wearð on gebróht ꝥ hé ofsleán wolde þá Iúdéi, Hml. S. 25, 549

ge-lígenod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lígenod, part. p.

Convicted of lying

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Convicted of lying Se apostol Paulus ne biþ gelígenod the apostle Paul is not shewn to be false, Homl. Th. i. 54, 1

sige-bíme

(n.)
Grammar
sige-bíme, an ; f.
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A trumpet which is sounded after victory Sungon sigebýman ( after the Israelites had escaped from the Egyptians ), Cd. Th. 214, 6 ; Exod. 565

sundor-cýþþ

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-cýþþ, sundor-cýþþu f.
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-Riht is ðæt mynecena ǽnige sundorcýþþe tó woruldmannum nabban, L. I. P. 15; Th. ii. 322, 34

un-weorclíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorclíc, adj.

Unsuitable for work

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Unsuitable for work Seó niht hafaþ seofon tódǽlednyssa ... seó feórðe is intempestivum, ðæt ys mid niht oððe unworclíc tíma, Anglia viii. 319, 30

Linked entry: weorc-líc

féþre

(adj.)
Grammar
féþre, adj.

Ladenloaded

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Laden, loaded Sélre byð oft féðre þænne oferféðre better is often loaded than overloaded; meliora plura quam gravia honera fiunt, Angl. ii. 373

Linked entries: ofer-féþre fóþer

forliger-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
forliger-wíf, (-legor-), es; n.

A prostitute

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Þú eart meretrix, þæt is forlegorwíf (-legos-, v. l.), 23

Linked entry: forlegis-wíf

land-bóc

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Ðis is ðǽra feówer hýda landbóc æt Wíðigleá ðe Eádgár cing hæfð gebócod Cénulfe on éce yrfe, C. D. iii. 457, 23. Add

innan-tíderness

(n.)
Grammar
innan-tíderness, e ; f.
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Internal weakness Se petra oleum is gód andfeald tó drincanne wið innantiédernesse and útan tó smerwanne, Lch. ii. 288, 15. Innantýdernesse, 174, 8

Linked entry: innoþ-tyderness

lencten-ádl

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Wið lenctenádle, ꝥ is fefer, Lch. ii. 12, 28

pipat

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Dele: the word is Latin, and describes the cry of the hawk. Cf. Wrt. Voc. ii. 88,80 for another instance of the verb

for-nirwian

(v.)
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The Latin original is: Fructus arborum deficiunt, Archiv cxxviii. 57

bróðor-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
bróðor-lícnes, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

BROTHERLINESSfraternitas

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BROTHERLINESS; fraternitas Ðín bróðorlícnys is on Mynstres reogolum getýd and gelǽred tua fraternitas Monasterii regulis erudita est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 10

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

nightnightdarknessnight

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Án ðæra dǽla is crepusculum, óðer is vesperum, þridde is conticinium, feórþa is intempestum, ðæt is midniht, fífta is gallicinium, syxta is matutinum vel aurora, seofoþa is diluculum, Lchdm. iii. 240, 10-244, 5.

grið

(n.)
Grammar
grið, es; n.
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The peace is now the king's peace; ... the frith is enforced by the national officers, the grith by the king's personal servants: the one is official, the other personal; the one the business of the country, the other that of the court.

ge-wéman

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D. 117, 11. what is wrong, undesirable Hé wæs biddende ꝥ heó Chrisantum gewémde fram Críste mid sprǽce, Hml. S. 35, 86. Gif þú wille þínne sunu gewéman fram Críste, 40

hálwendlíce

(adv.)
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gehǽled hálwendlíce ðurh Críst she is restored to perfect health by Christ, Hml.