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un-gewiss

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un-gewiss, ignorance.
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Hé nyste hwæs he geléfan sceolde, þá hine þá swýþost drehton and on ungewisse gebróhton þe his witan beón sceoldon, Hml. S. 23, 398.

á-wiht

aloneany goodgood for anything

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Gif man þæt fýr sceal tó áhte ácwæncan if the fire is to be effectually extinguished, Wlfst. 157, 9. Ealle þá ðe Crýst áwyht cúðon, Hml. A. 188, 208. Heó nán land hæfde þe him áht tó gebyrede that in any way belonged to him, Cht. Th. 337, 23.

for-gǽgan

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for-gǽgan, <b>; I</b>
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Þá þe þis forgǽgað hoc temptantes. Chrd. 68, 35. Add

freónd-spéd

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Bið þæt ǽghwylcum men sélre þæt hé hine gehealde on his freódóme gesundne, þeáh þe hé his freóndspédum treówige, þænne hé scyle æfter þám bendum þæs freódómes ceápian, Nap. 26. Add

á-feallan

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Þǽm áfeóllan þá eágan of þǽm heáfde, Shrn. 93, 37. Se hreófla wearð nyðer áfeallen, Hml. A. 192, 320. of the approach of night. Cf. night-fall Mé áfeóll seó ǽfentíd þæs dæges, Gr.

tún-cyrice

(n.)
Grammar
tún-cyrice, an; f, A church in a tún
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(q. v. ) Habbe hé þat lond fré his day and his wíues, and after here bothere day meó þe túnkirke, and men fré . . . þat lond schal intó túnkirke . . . and þó men fré, Chart. Th. 572, 20-33. Intó ðe túnkirke on Mardingford, 593, 2

freónd-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
freónd-lufu, e; f.

Friendly lovefriendshiploveintimacyamīcĭtiacārĭtasfamiliārĭtas

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Friendly love, friendship, love, intimacy; amīcĭtia, cārĭtas, familiārĭtas Saga ðæt ðú síe sweostor mín, ðonne ðé leódweras fricgen, hwæt síe freóndlufu uncer twega say that thou art my sister, when the men of the country ask thee what may be the intimacy

deád

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Th. i. 160, 15

gearolíce

(adv.)
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Add: <b>geare-líce, gear-líce</b> well. of sight, perception Þá mihte hé mid þan óþron geseón, and on þám inne hé gearlíce oncneów hwæt þǽr inne wæs, Guth. 98, 5. of knowledge, understanding Ic habbe gearolíce (cúðlíce, v. l. ) ongyten ꝥte

god-dohtor

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'Ic þé wille biddan, Sum geréfman wǽre þára þe onfénge ánum mægdene æt fullwihte ... hé bæd þá ylcan his goddohter, ꝥ heó mid him þá niht wunode, Gr. D. 308, 17. Add

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bletsung

benediction

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Swá Thomas tó þám tíman ágeán férde búton bletsunga (without consecration), Chr. 1070; P. 206, 6. Hé mid his bletsunge þæt wæter tó wíne awende, Hml. Th. i. 58, 13.

sceáwere

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Th. i. 504, 3. Beforan þám eágum þæs úplican sceáweres ( spectatoris ) hé eardode ána, Gr. D. 105, 28. add: one who observes secretly Þá sǽde se sceáwere (cf. wæs sum man . . . behýd þám hǽþenum, 128) þe hit ǽr geseah, Hml. S. 32, 138.

á-wǽgan

to deceiveto make of no effect,to fail to performto invalidatenullify

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Forgyldan ealle þá þing þe wé ofor his bebod gedydon oþþe þæs áwǽgdon þe wé dón sceoldan, Bl. H. 91, 17. Áwǽgdon fefellisset (pollicita). An. Ox. 2, 237. Hí heora fulluhtes behát ðurh forgǽgednysse áwǽgdon, Hml. Th. ii. 338, 9.

ge-gódian

(v.)
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Gegód[ode] indeptam (cirris crispantibus), 4647. (1 a) to endow with property, enrich :-- Se bisceop nýdde þæt folc þæt hí ðone ðriddan dǽl þæs feós underféngon, and hé mid þám twám dǽlum þæt mynster gegódode, Hml. Th. i. 452, 23: Hml. S. 6, 147.

bón

(n.)
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bón, e; f.

Ornament

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Ornament Harold his heáfód þám kynge bróhte, and his scipes heáfod, and þá bóne (ornaturam, Fl. Wig.

á-weorpan

to throwcastcause rapidviolent movement of a body,to throw awayto throw upfoodto throw offfree one's self fromto cast out expelto rejectcast away or offrenounce,to cost downtrouble

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Th. ii. 324, 1. Ic hine (Saul) áwearp, 64, 5. object not a person Manege þára þe mé ne lícodon ic áwearp, Ll. Th. i. 58, 19. Hí áwurpon þá ealdan dysignesse abjecta prisca superstitione, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 419, 13.

earn

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Þæt feórðe nýten wæs fágum earne gelíc, Hml. S. 15, 184. Gif þú gesihst earn fleón wíf þín gegrípan, deáð getácnað, Lch. iii. 214, 11. Add

ge-feálíce

(adv.)
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ge-feálíce, adv.
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Joyously, in joy Þæt wé ealle mótan on þás hálgan tíde ǽghwæðer ge for Gode and for worolde þý gefeálicor and þe blíþelícor lifian, Wlfst. 284, 16

efen-ling

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Add: [Luuien þi cristen euenling alswa þe seoluen to love thy neighbour as thyself, O. E. Hml. i. 57, 39. Þin sunful efenling luue 57, 222.]

nacod

Grammar
nacod, <b>. I a.</b>
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Thw. 2, 30. Add