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þeóstru

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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Homl. 17, 36. Ðeós India hæfþ on ánre sídan þeóstru, Homl. Th. i. 454, 14. On ða úttran þýstru (in þeóstra ðæt ýtterre, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 25, 30. Ðara deófla þeóstro hé oforgeát mid his leóhte, Blickl. Homl. 85, 8, 21.

steór-ness

Grammar
steór-ness, stiér-, stýr-ness, e; f.
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Correction, discipline Hine sylfne ðreágian mid stýrnysse ðære gástlícan steóre, Homl. Th. i. 360, 17. Hwílon hé gewítnaþ ðæs mannes gewitleáste mid stýrnysse óðrum tó steóre, Homl. Ass. 62, 259. Stiérnesse disciplinam, Ps. Spl. T. 2, 12

Linked entry: steór

hálig

(adj.)
Grammar
hálig, adj.

Holysanctus, sacerholy

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Háliges wæteres some holy water, 348, 2. Woroldlícra weorca on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne let people carefully abstain from worldly works on that holy day [Sunday], L. Eth. 6, 22; Th. i. 320, 13. On ðone hálgan Ðunresdæg on holy Thursday, L.

Linked entries: hǽlig hálga

ufera

(adj.)
Grammar
ufera, uferra; cpve.: ufemest; spve.

upperhigherupmosthighestlaterafter

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Hé ðé teóþan dæge him ðone Hálgan Gást onsende ... on ðás hálgan tíde ðe nú ðýs uferan Sunnandæge bið he sent them the Holy Ghost on the tenth day ... at the holy time which will be on the Sunday after next, Blickl. Homl. 119, 15.

wóhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wóhlíce, adv.

Wronglyunjustlyperverselywickedly

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Hé cwæð ðæt hé wurde wólíce swá getúcod, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 276. Nú dó wé swýðe wólíce, gif wé ne wurðiaþ God, 13, 180: 17, 233 : Wulfst. 105, 9 : Homl. Ass. 29, 264: 102, 6

un-begunnen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-begunnen, adj.

Without beginning

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Voc. i. 70, 1: Homl. Th. ii. 204, 12: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 16: Homl. Ass. 25, 25. Hé wæs ǽfre unbegunnen Scyppend, Hexam. 1; Norm. 4, 3

þrítig-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig-feald, adj.

Thirty-fold

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Sum berð þrittigfealdne wæstm, Homl. Ass. 21, 175: Mt. Kmbl. 13, 8. Þrítigfealdne, Mk. Skt. 4, 20. Ða habbaþ þrittigfealde méde, Homl. Ass. 21, 179

un-gehírsumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gehírsumness, e; f.

Want of submissiondisobedience

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Want of submission, disobedience Módignys ácenð forsewennysse and ungehýrsumnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 222, 7. [Þane stede þe se deofel of hafel þurh unihersamnesse, O. E. Homl. i. 221, 30. Cf. O. H. Ger. un-gihórsamí inobedientia.]

ge-scafan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scafan, -sceafan; p. -scóf; pp. -scafen

To shave, scrape, planeradere, complanare

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To shave, scrape, plane; radere, complanare Wið innoðes fléwsan gáte horn gesceafen [gescafen, MS. B.] for flux of inwards a goat's horn shaven, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 9; Lchdm. i. 352, 15: 4, 12; Lchdm. i. 344, 23

Linked entry: ge-sceafan

þrítig-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
þrítig-wintre, -wintra; adj.

Thirty years old

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Skt. 3, 23: Homl. Th. i. 26, 3. Ðá ðá Crist wæs þrítigwintra ( i-s/>or þrítig wintra), Homl. Th. ii. 38, 25

un-wiþmetenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wiþmetenlíc, adj.

Incomparablenot to be compared

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Incomparable, not to be compared Is his eádmódnys ús unwiðmetenlíc, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 119. Ðis hálige mǽden, Godes módor, is unwiðmetenlíc eallum óðrum mǽdenum, Homl. Th. i. 442, 29. Hire geðincðu óðra hálgena unwiðmetenlíce sind, 446, 5

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dǽl-nymend

(n.)

a sharer, participator

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a sharer, participator, Homl. Th. ii. 230, 26

fóre-stæpþ

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stæpþ, pres.of fóre-stapan.

steps beforeprecedes

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steps before, precedes, Homl. Th. ii. 82, 18;

ge-borgen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-borgen, pp. of ge-beorgan.

defendedsafesecure

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defended, safe, secure,Homl. Th. i. 56, 18;

scorfed

Grammar
scorfed, l. scorfede,
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and add Scurfede hors, An. Ox. 46, 1

heáfod-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-wyrhta, an; m.

A chief workman

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A chief workman, Homl. Th. ii. 530, 7

notian

(v.)
Grammar
notian, p. ode.

to make use ofemployenjoyto discharge an office

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Homl. Th. ii. 408, 34. Ða ðe ðisses middangeardes notigaþ swelce hí his nó ne notigen qui utuntur hoc mundo, tanquam non utantur, Past. 50, 2; Swt. 389, 1-2.

for-lír

(n.)
Grammar
for-lír, es; m.

a fornicator

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a fornicator, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 17: 324, 7

ge-wénan

Grammar
ge-wénan, <b>; I.</b>
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Gewénedre ǽfentýde estimata uespertina hora, Chrd. 114, 20. Add

tung-full

(adj.)
Grammar
tung-full, adj.
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Loquacious, talkative Tungfull mann linguosus homo, Scint. 81, 9