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un-ácumendlic

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Add: intolerable Þá gefór on Iulianes mód unácumendlic (intolerabilis) forhtnys, Gr. D. 37, 26. impossible to do Se hláford bær þone cnapan tó Martine trúwigende ꝥ him unácumendlic nǽre þone cnapan tó gehǽlenne, Hml. S. 31, 956

Linked entry: á-cumendlic

for-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
for-síþ, es; m.

A going awaydeparturedeathexĭtiumŏbĭtusmors

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A going away, departure, death; exĭtium, ŏbĭtus, mors Sóna æfter his forsíþe wæs ealra witena gemót on Oxna forda soon after his death there was a meeting of all the counsellors at Oxford, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 12

Linked entry: forþ-síþ

gearo-wyrdig

(adj.)
Grammar
gearo-wyrdig, gearu-wyrdig; adj.

Ready in wordsspeaking with ease or fluencyeloquentverbis promptusfācundus

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Ready in words, speaking with ease or fluency, eloquent; verbis promptus, fācundus Se wítga song, gearo-wyrdig guma ðæt gyd awræc the prophet sang, the eloquent man recited the lay, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 19; Mód. 51

Linked entries: gearu-wyrdig wyrdig

Indisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Indisc, adj.

Indian

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Indian Ðone gársecg mon hǽt Indisc e qua oceanus Indicus vocari incipit, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 8. On indisc sprecende indice loquentes. Nar. 25, 16. Indisce mýs mures indici, 16, 5. Indiscum wordum indico sermone, 29, 8

ge-líðewǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líðewǽcan, p. -wǽhte; pp. -wǽht

To softencalmappeaselēnīre

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His afyrhte mód swíðe fægerlíce mid his frófre he gelíðewǽhte he gently appeased his troubled mind with his comfort, Ælfc. T. 37, 24

ge-nǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nǽtan, pp. -nǽt

To afflict, troubleto maltreat

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To afflict, trouble Ða underðiéddan mon sceal lǽran ðæt hie elles ne sién genǽt ne geirmed illos ne subjectio conterat, Past. 28, 1; Swt. 189, 16; Hat. MS. Ðonne genǽt he hine humiliabit eum, Ps. Th. 9, 30

Linked entry: nǽtan

un-feormigende

(adj.)

inexpiable

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inexpiable Ðá onhrán mín mód hǽlo andgit mid mé sylfre þencende ðæt mé ðone ingang belucen ða onfeormeganda mínra misdǽda the inexpiable circumstances of my misdeeds had closed the entrance for me, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 426

Linked entries: on-feormeganda feormian

dol-líce

(adv.)
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Oft mon rǽsð suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce, and wénað men ðæt hit sié for hwætscipe saepe praecipitata actio velocitatis efficacia putatur, Past. 149, 12. Seó beó dollíce hyre cynesetl gestíhð, Angl. viii. 324, 15. Add

eáþ

(adv.)
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More easily Þæt hé þe eáð (iéð, S. 68, 14) mihte winnan, Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 42, 6: An. 368. Þæt mæg engel þín eáð geféran, 194

hwósta

(n.)
Grammar
hwósta, an; m.

A cough

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Wið hwóstan hú hé missenlíce on mon becume and hú his mon tilian scyle for cough, in what different ways it comes on a man and how it must be treated, 1, 15; Lchdm. ii. 56, 13

be-teón

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Grammar be-teón, crime stated in a clause Ðonne mon monnan betýhð ꝥ hé ceáp forstele, Ll. Th. i. 130, 12 : 132, 8. Sum wer wæs betogen ꝥ hé wǽre on stale, Hml. S. 21, 265

for-bærnan

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for-bærnan, -bernan.

burnscald

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Gif mon sié mid fýre áne forbærned. . . . Gif mon sié mid wǽtan forbærned, ii. 324, 12-14

meolc

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Wyl on eówe meolce, 144, 22,, Sceal mon lácnian mid cú meolcum oððe gáte . . . Eác hylpð gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð, Lch. ii. 218, 21-24.

óþ-cirran

(v.)
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to turn away, be perverted Gif sóðfæstra þurh myrrelsan mód ne óþcyrreþ (neod cyrreþ, MS. ) if by seduction the mind the mind of the righteous is not perverted Exon. Th. 262, 26; Jul. 338. Cf. on-cirran; intrans

ge-feðeran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feðeran, -feðran; p. ede; pp. ed

To feathergive wings toālas addĕre

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To feather, give wings to; ālas addĕre Ic sceal ǽrest ðín mód gefeðeran I shall first give wings to thy mind, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 31, MS. Cot. Gefeðran, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 8; Met. 24, 4

blód-dryncas

(n.)
Grammar
blód-dryncas, blód-drync, es; m.

Blood-drinking

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Blood-drinking, draught of blood Þǽr wæs gesiéne þæt seó eorþbeofung tácnade þá miclan blóddryncas þe hiere mon on þǽre tíde tó forlét . . . merito dicatur tantum humanum sanguinem susceptura terra tremuisse, Ors. 4, 2; S. 162, 3. Substitute:

dwǽs-nys

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Ic wénde ꝥ þú sceoldest ðín mód fram dwǽsnysse áwendan ... Dyslic bið þæt man hine sylfne tó tintregum ásende, Hml. Th. i. 592, 25. Add

leax

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Him mon þá mettas selle þá þe late melten, leax and þá fixas þá þe late meltan. Lch. ii. 176, 23. Add

mynster-clúse

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-clúse, an; f.
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A cloister, monastery, convent His gemæccean mynecyna mynsterclúsan swá unearges mid gewunan hyrdes heó bewerude swýþe wǽrlíce hé (Edgar) bebeád coniugi suę sanctimonialium mandras [mandra monasterium, Migne] ut impauidi more custodis defenderet cautissime

Linked entry: clúse

be-fylgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-fylgan, be-fyligan; p. de

To follow uppersevere with

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Gif mon þisum lǽcedóme befyligð, þonne biþ se man hál, ii. 88, 12

Linked entry: be-filgan