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eáþ-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-mód, adj.

Humble, lowly, obedienthŭmĭlis, obēdiens

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Humble, lowly, obedient; hŭmĭlis, obēdiens Gif ðú eáþmódne eorl geméte if thou meet a lowly person, Exon. 84 b; Th. 318, 5; Mód. 78. He eáþmóde him eorlas funde he found men obedient to him, Menol. Fox 195; Men. 99.

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edor

(n.)
Grammar
edor, eder, es; m.

A hedge, fence, place inclosed by a hedge, fold, dwelling, housesēpes, dŏmus, tectum

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A hedge, fence, place inclosed by a hedge, fold, dwelling, house; sēpes, dŏmus, tectum Gif fríman edor gegangeþ if a freeman forcibly enter a dwelling, L. Ethb. 29: Th. i. 10, 3. Under edoras under dwellings.

Linked entries: eador edring

fleard

(n.)
Grammar
fleard, es; n.

Triflesnūgæ

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Trifles; nūgæ Gif friþgeard sí on hwæs lande, abúton stán, oððe treów, oððe wille, oððe swilces ǽnige fleard if there be an inclosed space on any one's land, about a stone, or a tree, or a well, or any trifles of such kind, L. N. P.

for-gýmeleásian

(v.)
Grammar
for-gýmeleásian, -gímeleásian, -giémeleásian, -gémeleásian; p. ode; pp. od [for-, gýmeleásian to neglect]

To neglect entirelyomnīno neglĭgĕre

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Gif he forgýmeleásaþ his hláfordes gafol if he neglect his lord's tribute, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 15. Swylc geréfa swylc ðis forgýmeleásie such reeve as may neglect this, L. Ath. iv. 1; Th. i. 222, 2.

forþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-genge, adj.

Progressiveincreasingeffectivepŏtens

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Progressive, increasing, effective; pŏtens Hú mæg se leáfa beón forþgenge, gif seó lár [MS. lare] and ða láreówas ateoriaþ how can the faith be increasing if the doctrine and the teachers fail? Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 34.

freoh

(adj.)
Grammar
freoh, adj.

Freelīber

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Gif he freoh sý if he be free, L. Wg. 8; Th. i. 188, 3: L. Ath. i. 24; Th. i. 212, 14. He gewát freoh fram deáþes sárnysse he departed free from the pain of death, Homl. Th. i. 76, 13

mynster-clǽnsung

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-clǽnsung, e; f.

Purification of a minster

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Purification of a minster (within whose walls a man has been slain) Ðonne béte man ðæt ciricgriþ intó ðære circan . . . and ða mynsterclǽnsunge begite (cf. gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgriþ swá ábrece ðæt hé binnon ciricwágum manslaga weorþe, 11. 6-8), L.

myrten

(adj.)
Grammar
myrten, adj.

That has died by disease

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That has died by disease Gif swýn etaþ myrten flǽsc si porci carnem morticinam ederint, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 164, 18.

Sunnan-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-ǽfen, es; m.
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Gif esne ofer dryhtnes hǽse wyrce an Sunnan-ǽfen efter hire setlgange óð Mónan-ǽfenes setlgang, L. Wih. 9; Th. i. 38, 19. Hí lǽddon hine tó hiora hústinge on ðone Sunnan-ǽfen, Chr. 1012; Erl. 146, 34. [Giester sunneue, Chart. Th. 437, 18.]

þeówet-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeówet-líc, adj.
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Gif wé ðeówtlícera weorca, ðæt sind synna, geswícaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 6. Ðæt Sunnandæg freóls beó fram þeówetlícum weorcum, Wulfst. 292, 7

un-endebyrdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-endebyrdlíce, adv.

In a disorderly mannerwithout orderirregularly

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In a disorderly manner, without order, irregularly Gif hé unendebyrdlíce onet mid ðære sprǽce si inordinate ad loquendum rapitur, Past. 15; Swt. 93, 18.

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weorf

(n.)
Grammar
weorf, es; n.
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Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiaþ. Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. sciłł. . . . wilde weof mid . xii. Sciłł., oxan mid .xxx. p̃, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 4. Ungewylde weorf, nýten ł hors indomitos subjugales, Hpt. Gl. 458, 1. v. next word

wundel

(n.)
Grammar
wundel, e: wundle, an; f.

A woundsore

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.), sore Gif hwylc lǽwede man óðerne wundige, gebéte wið hine ða wunde (wundlan, wundlác, v.ll.), L. Ecg. P. iv. 22; Th. ii. 210, 25. Wið níwe wundela (wunda, v.1. ), Lchdm. i. 8, 14: 10, 9: 92, 21: 100, 1: 108, 19: 296, 6, 17.

Linked entries: wund-lác wyndle

be-reccan

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Add: Berecce hé hine on folcgemóte, and gif hé láðleás beó . . . . Ll. Th. i. 220, 23. Sé þe frióne- forstǽle, . . . and hit hym on bestæled sié, ꝥ hé hine bereccean ne mæg, swelte sé deáðe, 48, 6.

cwacian

(v.)
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Gif sino clæppette and cwacige, Lch. ii. 6, 15. Eal hit bið bifiende and cwaeiende, Wlfst. 26, 1. Cwacende (cuaciende, L.) tremens, Lk. R. 8, 47. Cuacende ł bifigende febricitantem, Mt. L. 8, 14. Þá cwacigendan heortan, Bl. H. 107, 19. Add

dol

(n.)
Grammar
dol, es; n.
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Gif se gilda mid dysie and myd dole stleá, bere sylf ꝥ hé worhte, Cht. Th. 612, 2

dyderung

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Manega drýmen maciað menigfealde dydrunga þurh deófles cræft, and bedydriað menn, swylce hí soðlice swylc þincg dón; ac hit is dydrung mid deófles cræfte, and gif hwá hit bletsað, þonne áblynð seó dydrung, Hml. S. 21, 464-9.

earm-heort

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óðre wísan sint tó monianne ðá ofermódan and ðá úpáhæfenan on hira móde, on óðre wísan ðá earmheortan and ðá wácmódan ( pusillanimes ), Past. 209, 2. pitiful, tender-hearted Hé wæs tó þám earmheort (swá mildheort, v. l. ) ꝥ him ofhreów ꝥ ástépede wíf, gif

ge-tawa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tawa, pl. f.
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Implements, apparatus Gif mannes getawa (instrumenta genitalia ) beóþ sáre, Lch. ii. 70, 7. Ðis syndon þá wǽpena þe deófol mid oferswíðed bið; ꝥ is ofthrædlice rǽdinga háligra bóca and gelómlíce gebedu.

ge-bryttan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bryttan, p. te
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Gif þá finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebrǽd swíþe, and gebryte on drincan and sele þám seócan drincan, Lch. ii. 90, 10. Heorotes lungena ... þonne hié ful wel ádrúgode synd, gebryte and gegníd, and gesomna mid hunige, 216, 9

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