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wíf-leást

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-leást, e; f.

Lack of women

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Lack of women Menn hæfdon on frymðe heora mágan tó wífe, and swá wel mósten for ðære wífleáste, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 216

burg-lond

(n.)
Grammar
burg-lond, es; n.

City-land ⬩ urbis solum

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City-land; urbis solum Eálá sancta Hierusalem, Cristes burglond O holy Jerusalem, city-land of Christ! Exon. 8b; Th. 4, 12; Cri. 51

Linked entry: burh-land

in-tinga

(n.)
Grammar
in-tinga, an; m.

A cause ⬩ sake ⬩ plea ⬩ case ⬩ occasion ⬩ matter ⬩ affair ⬩ business

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Ne finde ic nánne intingan on ðysum men nihil invenio causæ in hoc homine, Lk. Skt. 23, 4, 14.

Linked entry: tinga

mann-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mann-bǽre, adj.

Productive of men

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Productive of men Ic tówurpe ðás burh and tó yrþlande áwende, swá ðæt heó biþ cornbǽre swíðor ðonne mannbǽre, Homl. Th. i. 450, 12

pricung

(n.)
Grammar
pricung, e; f.
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Hí sind þornas ðonne hí ða sáwla tóteraþ mid pricungum mislícra geþohta, Homl. Th. ii. 88, 22

ge-býtlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býtlian, [or rather -bytlian, cf. botl]; p. ode; pp. od [býtlian to build]

To build ⬩ ædĭfĭcāre

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To build; ædĭfĭcāre Eal Godes gelaðung is ofer ðam stáne gebýtlod all God's church is built on that stone, Homl. Th. i. 368, 18

ge-hýrnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hýrnes, se; f.

A hearing ⬩ report ⬩ auditus

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Homl. 55, 31

Linked entry: gehér-nes

þrútung

(n.)
Grammar
þrútung, e; f.

A swelling of the mind from anger, etc. ⬩ angry emotion

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., angry emotion Hé befrán mid mycelre ðrútunge, hwæt se brýdguma wǽre, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 76

under-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
under-geréfa, an; m.

An under-officer

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Se undergeréfa the pro-prefect, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 332: 7, 216

un-ánrǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
un-ánrǽdness, e; f.

Inconstancy

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Homl. 31, 34

un-geþwǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrlíce, adv.

Ungently ⬩ crossly

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Homl. Ass. 121, 153

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrlíce

wlitigness

(n.)
Grammar
wlitigness, e; f.

Beauty ⬩ comeliness ⬩ adornment

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Homl. 99, 32. Crist com tó wlitignesse and tó weorþunge his brýde, ii. 31

weorold-hlísa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-hlísa, an ; m.
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Worldly fame, earthly renown Habbon hí ðone woruldhlísan ðe hí sóhton, ná ða écan méde ðe hí ne róhton, Homl. Th. ii. 566, 6

hand-hrine

(n.)
Grammar
hand-hrine, es; m.

A touch with the hand

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A touch with the hand Þurh handhrine Háliges Gástes through a touch with the hand of the Holy Ghost, Andr. Kmbl. 1999: An. 1002

Linked entry: hrine

clywen

(n.)

a clew ⬩ ball of thread or yarn ⬩ ball ⬩ circlet

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Voc. 26, 4; Homl. Th. ii. 514, 2

hirde-belg

(n.)
Grammar
hirde-belg, -belig, es; m.

A shepherd's bag

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Homl. 31, 17

hlystere

(n.)
Grammar
hlystere, es; m.

A hearer, ⬩ listener

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A hearer,listener Ðæt áþweahþ his hlysteras from synna horewum that washes its hearers from the foulnesses of sins, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 7

scip-líðende

(adj.)
Grammar
scip-líðende, adj.

Going in a skip ⬩ sailing

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Going in a skip, sailing Hé sǽde sciplíðendum monnum, Shrn. 85, 28: Homl. As. 117, 17. Ða sciplíðendan navigeros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 35

Linked entry: scip-líðend

býtlung

(n.)
Grammar
býtlung, e; f.

A building, edifice ⬩ structura, ædificium

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[býtl, ung] A building, edifice; structura, ædificium Seó býtlung is ofer Criste gelogod the building is founded on Christ, Homl. Th. i. 368, 22

snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
snǽd, e; f.

A cut, slice, morsel, bit ⬩ a slice

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Seó snǽd ðæs húsles ðe heó þicgan sceolde Homl. Th. ii. 272, 26: Salm. Kmbl. 809; Sal. 404. Hé began tó etenne; hé feóll ðá æt ðære forman snǽde Homl. Skt. i. 12, 62. Ða sweartan snǽd atram offam Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 23: 63, 14.