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un-ábeden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ábeden, adj.

Unbidden ⬩ unasked

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Unbidden, unasked God beád mancynne ðæt hí hine biddan sceoldon, and hé wile syllan unábeden ðæt ðæt wé ús ne wéndon þurh úre béne, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 16: L. O. 8; Th. i. 180, 28

Linked entry: á-biddan

FELT

(n.)
Grammar
FELT, es; m?

FELT ⬩ pannus ⬩ lāna coactĭlis ⬩ impĭlia

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Ben. Lye Felt centrum? vel filtrum? Ælfc. Gl. 21; Som. 59, 59; Wrt. Voc. 23, 20

for-hycgend

(n.)
Grammar
for-hycgend, es; m.

A despiser ⬩ contemner

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Ben. I. 55, 13

feówertigeða

(n.)
Grammar
feówertigeða, feówertigoða; m: -tigoðe, f. n; adj.

Fortieth ⬩ quadrāgēsĭmus

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Ben. 25. On ðam feówertigóðan [MS. feówerteóðan] geáre in the fortieth year; quadrāgēsĭmo anno, Deut. 1, 3

práfost-scír

(n.)
Grammar
práfost-scír, e ; f.
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Ben. 124, 16

sýfer-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
sýfer-ǽte, adj.
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Ben. 119, 25

full-bétan

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Ben. 70, 8, 18: 71, 2. Add

leásettan

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Ben. 125, 2. Add

bi-þryccan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-þryccan, p. -þrycte, pl. -þrycton; pp. -þrycced

To press on ⬩ imprimere

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[þryccan to press] To press on; imprimere Hí hwæsne beág ymb mín heáfod gebýgdon, þreám biþrycton they bent a sharp crown around my head, pressed it on with reproaches, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 26; Cri. 1446

Linked entry: be-þryccan

húdenian

(v.)
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in the following passage Húdenige ǽrest hine selfne, óþ hé wacige and áhrisige siððan óðre tó geornfulnesse gódra weorca prius se per sublimia facta excutiant, et tunc ad bene vivendum alios sollicitos reddant, Past. 64; Swt. 461, 16

wealdend-god

(n.)
Grammar
wealdend-god, es; m.

The Lord God

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The Lord God Ic cleopige tó Heáhgode and tó Wealdendgode ðe mé wel dyde clamabo ad Deum altissimum, et ad Dominum qui bene fecit mihi, Ps. Th. 56, 2. Se is wealdendgode wellícendlíc beneplacitum est Deo, 67, 16

on-windan

(v.)

to unwind, unfasten, loosen ⬩ to retire, retreat

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to unwind, unfasten, loosen Ðonne forstes bend Fæder onlǽteþ, onwindeþ wælrápas, Beo. Th. 3224; B. 1610. Báncofan onband, breóstlocan onwand, Elen. Kmbl. 2498; El. 1250. to retire, retreat Hærn eft onwand ... wædu swæðorodon, Andr.

práfost-folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
práfost-folgoþ, es; m.
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Ben. 126, 5

á-mánsung

(n.)
Grammar
á-mánsung, e; f.
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Ben. 52, 5. Beó hé on ámánsumunge (-mánsunge, v. l.) excommunicetur, 79, 19

Linked entry: á-mánsod

bletsung-sealm

(n.)
Grammar
bletsung-sealm, es; m.

The Benedicite

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Ben. 36, 18

ge-mimorlíce

(adv.)
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Ben. I. 44, 4. Add

hwilc-ness

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Ben. I. 16, 4: Chrd. 96, 22. For þeáwa hwylcnysse pro qualitate morum 95, 22. Add

tweó

Grammar
tweó, <b>I b.</b>
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Ben. 135, 26. Add

wel-besceáwod

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-besceáwod, adj.

Considerate ⬩ prudent

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Ben. 121, 15

ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &amp;c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
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to be due from, a person Gif mon on folces gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot (þeófðe, v.l.), and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand ( let him make the charge good upon one who more justly may be charged; pertrahat hoc ad rectiorem manum

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