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and-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
and-weard, -werd, -warde; adj.

Present ⬩ præsens

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Óþ ðisne andweardan dæg usque in hunc præsentem diem, Mt. Bos. 28, 15. On ðis andweardan lífe in this present life, Bt. 10; Fox 26, 30.

Linked entries: and-weardnes and-warde and-werd

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; m. [? or should the passages that follow be put under sand; f.? cf. the later application of witness to a person]
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Dæg byþ Drihtnes sond deóre mannum mǽre Metodes leóht day is the Lord's messenger (or message?) dear to men, God's glorious light, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 9; Rún. 24. On ðís ylcan geáre com ðæs Pápan sande (sand?)

Linked entry: sond

HWÝ

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
HWÝ, hwí; inst.of hwæt.

WHY.

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Ða oðre ða ðe ðǽr nǽron þurh gewrite atíwdon hwí hí ðǽr beón ne mihton the others who were not there shewed by letter why they could not be there, Chr. 1070; Erl. 206, 6

Linked entries: hwí hwig

be-æftan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-æftan, adv.

Behind ⬩ after ⬩ hereafter ⬩ post ⬩ pone ⬩ postea

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Behind, after, hereafter; post, pone, postea Ðǽr beæftan forlét eall left there all behind, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 14. Ðæt ic wille hér beæftan sweotolor gereccan that I will hereafter more clearly shew, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 29

ge-healdsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-healdsum, adj.

Keeping ⬩ sparing ⬩ frugal ⬩ parcus

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Keeping, sparing, frugal; parcus Ðæt he síe gehealdsum on ðæm ðe he healdan scyle oððe dǽlan that he is frugal in what he ought to keep or give away, Past. 20, 2; Swt. 149, 18; Hat. MS. 29 b, 9

Linked entry: healdsum

mis-fadung

(n.)
Grammar
mis-fadung, e; f.

Misconduct ⬩ irregularity

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Misconduct, irregularity For oft hit getímaþ ðæt sacu and ungeþwǽrnessa on mynstre áspringaþ þurh ðæs profostes misfadunge, R. Ben. 124, 5. Þurh ðis beóþ áwecte saca and tala, ungeþwǽrnessa and misfadunga, 124, 18. Misfadunga exordinationes, Wrt.

templ-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
templ-geweorc, es; n.
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A temple-building, temple His þegnas águnnon specan wið hine ymbe ðæt mǽre tempelgeweorc ðe ðǽr geworht wæs Gode tó wyrðmynte, Wulfst. 88, 17. Salomon wes se forma man ðe Gode tó lofe ǽrest on eorðan templgeweorc árǽrde, 277, 25

under-creópan

(v.)

to enter surreptitiously ⬩ surrepere

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to enter surreptitiously; surrepere Ða wæs ðæs wítegan cnapa mid gítsunge undercropen avarice crept into the heart of the prophet's servant, Homl. Th. i. 400, 16. Ðæt ne feónd ús undercreópe ( but the Latin is subripiat), Hymn. Surt. 12, 28

un-cnyttan

(v.)
Grammar
un-cnyttan, p. te

To unknot ⬩ untie

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To unknot, untie Ðæs ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic his sceóna þwanga búgende uncnytte cujus non sum dignus procumbens soluere corrigiam calciamentorum eius, Mk. Skt. 1, 7: Lk. 3, 16. (Wǽron) uncnytte (vinculorum ligamina) enodarentur, solverentur, Hpt.

un-medumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-medumlíce, adv.

Unmeetly ⬩ unworthily

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Unmeetly, unworthily Is swíðe frécendlíc ðæt ðæm húsle hwá ungeclǽnsod and unmedomlíce onfoo, L. E. G. 44; Th. ii. 440, 22. Mínne hád ic hæbbe unmedumlíce gehealden, L. de Cf. 9; Th. ii. 264, 10. Unmeodomlíce, Anglia xi. 99, 60

líht-ness

(n.)
Grammar
líht-ness, e; f.

Lightness ⬩ brightness

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Lightness, brightness Se sunnandæg is wuldorlíc dæg and líhtnesse dæg, Wulfst. 230, 12

norþwest-gemǽre

(n.)

a north-west boundary

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a north-west boundary Ðære Affrica norþ-westgemǽre is æt ðæm ilcan Wendelsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 31

openung

(n.)
Grammar
openung, e; f.
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Manifestation, revelation Seó openung ðæs dæges ( the day of judgment) is swíðe egesfull eallum gesceaftum, Blickl. Homl. 91, 19

wógung

(n.)
Grammar
wógung, e; f.

Wooing

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Wooing Sum heretoga áwðgode dæs cáseres dohtor; wearð se cásere for ðære wógunge ástyrod, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 301

Sadducéas

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Hé geseah ðæt folc Phariséo and Saducia his éhtan . . . ðá Saducie antsacodon ðǽre ǽríste, Past. 363, 1-5. Add

sunn-lic

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Þonne se fulla móna ðæs sunlican leóhtes bedǽled bið ðurh ðǽre eorðan sceadwunge, Hml. Th. i. 608, 33. Add

swelgend

(n.)
Grammar
swelgend, e; f., but also es; m. n. A place which swallows up (lit. or fig.),
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West tó ðære swelgende; ðonne fram ðære swelgende, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 281, 29. Tó swelgende; ðanne fram swelgende, ii. 73, 27. Andlang bróces on ðæt swelgend, iii. 460, 5. Andlang streámes on ðone sweliend; of ðæm sweliende, 464, 27

of-áxian

(v.)
Grammar
of-áxian, -ácsian; p. ode

To find out by asking ⬩ to learn

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Ðá sænde hé his móder tó Hierusalem, tó ðam ðæt hió ðǽr ofáxian scolde ða hálgan róde, 7, 4

ge-scendan

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Ðæt hé ðæt good ðǽre mildheortnesse ne ðyrfe gesciendan (-scendan, v.l. ) mid gídsunge, 341, 14. Ne ús ne gedafenað þæt wé úrne líchaman, ðe Gode is gehálgod . . . mid unþæslicum plegan and higeleáste gescyndan, Hml. Th. i. 482, 10.

wæl-slítende

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-slítende, adj.
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Corpse-rending, that rends the dead Ðæt líc ðǽr ( in the grave ) tó fúlnesse weorðeþ and ðám wælslítendum wyrmum weorðeþ tó ǽte, Wulfst. 187, 14. On helle mid deóflum and mid dracum and mid wælslítendum wyrmum, 241, 12

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