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ge-þrístlǽcan

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Nǽfre ic ne míne lástweardas geðrístlaecen þat heó hit onwenden, C. D. i. 114, 22. Hú dorste geþrístlǽcean (for hwon geþrýsstlǽhte, v. l. ) ꝥ héte þone Godes wer swencean, 39, 9. Sceal nán mon geþrístlǽcan ( presumat ) þát sprǽce, R.

adela

(n.)
Grammar
adela, an; m.

Filthcænum

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Filth; cænum Ðæt hér yfle adelan stinceþ that here ill smells filth, Exon, 110b; Th. 424, 1 ; Rä. 41, 32

Mǽs

(n.)
Grammar
Mǽs, e; f.

The Maes or MeuseMosa

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The Maes or Meuse; Mosa Hér fór se here up onlong Mǽse feor on Fronclond, Chr. 882; Erl. 82, 7

limb-stefning

(n.)
Grammar
limb-stefning, The gloss at Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 46 is:
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Comparison with 26, 6, limbus stemning vel hem, suggests (?) that the gloss should read, peripetasma, limbus stefning

for-ðí

(con.)
Grammar
for-ðí, for-ðí-ðe; conj.

For thatforbecausethereforequiaquŏniamĭtăque

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For that, for, because, therefore; quia, quŏniam, ĭtăque Ná forðíðe heó of Moyse sý non quia ex Moyse est, Jn. Bos. 7, 22: Ps. Lamb. 77, 22. Forðiðe he slóh stán quŏniam percussit petram, Ps. Lamb. 77, 20

mynster-clúse

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-clúse, an; f.
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A cloister, monastery, convent His gemæccean mynecyna mynsterclúsan swá unearges mid gewunan hyrdes heó bewerude swýþe wǽrlíce (Edgar) bebeád coniugi suę sanctimonialium mandras [mandra monasterium, Migne] ut impauidi more custodis defenderet cautissime

Linked entry: clúse

Cynegils

(n.)
Grammar
Cynegils, es; m.

Cynegils, sixth king of the West SaxonsCynegilsus

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Hér, A. D. 611, Cynegils féng to ríce on Wesseaxum, and heóld xxxi wintra here, Cynegils succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons, and held it thirty-one years, 611; Erl. 20, 33. Hér, A. D. 635, Cynegils [MS.

niþer-onwend

(adj.)
Grammar
niþer-onwend, adj.
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Down-turned hangode nyþeronwendum heáfde he hung head downwards, Gr. D. 24, 29

ofdúne-onwend

(adj.)
Grammar
ofdúne-onwend, adj.
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Turned downwards hangode ofdúneonwendum heáfde he hung head downwards, Gr. D. 24, 28

ofer-heáfod

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D. over-head]: <b>ofer-heáh.</b> Add: [Orm. oferr-heh] : <b>ofer-hebban.</b> Add: to uplift, exalt. v. ofer-hebbendlic. [Overhofen sal be over Yban his fruyte, Ps. 71, 16. Goth. ufar-hafjan sik to exalt oneself: O. H.

wæl-fill

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-fill, es; m.

Slaughtercarnage

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Hér micel wælfill wæs æt Wóddesbeorge (Wódnes-, MS. E.), Chr. 592; Erl. 18, 30. Blódgyte, wællfyll weres, morð mid mundum. Cd. Th. 92,11; Gen. 1527. Heó underbæc beseah wið ðæs wælfylles the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 154, 29; Gen. 2563

Linked entry: wæl-feall

frymetling

(n.)
Grammar
frymetling, e; f. [frum original, first, primitive]

A younglingyoung cowjŭvenca

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A youngling, young cow; jŭvenca Cúhyrde gebýreþ ðæt he hæbbe ealdre cú meolc, vii niht syððan heó nige cealfod hæfþ, and frymetlinge býstinge xiv niht it belongs to a cowherd that he have the milk of an old cow, seven nights after she has newly calved

ge-dégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dégan, ge-dégean

to pass throughescapepertransīre

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Gif he wille sylf Godes dómas gedégan if he himself wish to be uncondemned, Blickl. Homl. 43, 12

leásere

(n.)
Grammar
leásere, es; m.

hypocritea buffoonjester

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Ðá gesealde ða fǽmnan his leáserum, 154, 23. Ðá hét his leáseres hine lǽdan tó ðæm wuda, 83, 18

cost

(n.)
Grammar
cost, es; m.
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Condition, mode Getíðode ðæs . . . ðæs costes ðe ( on condition that ) heó ðis gelǽste, Cht. Th. 540, 34. Ǽnigum coste ullo modo, Rtl. 113, 34. Unásæccendlicum costum ineffabilibus modis, 108, 27.

bærnett

burningcauterizinga burnburning heatconsuming by fire

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hét gearcian ðá tunnan tó heora bærnette, Hml. S. 4, 301. hét hí forbærnan, ac þá bán belifon æfter þám bærnette, 11, 261. Isaac bær ðone wuda tó his ágenum bærnete, Hml. Th. ii. 62, 22

swilce

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Add Swelce hine wandigende ofersuíðe quasi parcendo superare, Past. 297, 15: 296, 11. Næs þæt cild gecweden hire frumcennede cild swilce heó óðer siððan ácende, Hml. Th. i. 34, 24

be-felgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-felgan, bi-felgan; p. -fealg, -fealh, -felh, pl. -fulgon; pp. -folgen.

To stick or cling tobetake oneselfinhærereinsistereTo delivertransmitconsigntraderecommittere

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Æfter ðon ðe he ðǽr sum fæc hálgum leornungum befealh after he had there for a while betaken himself to holy learning, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 19. Ðæt he ðám hálwendan ongynnessum georne gefeole [befulge MS.

manna

(n.)
Grammar
manna, manna.
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Hét hider rignan mannum tó móse manna cynne, Ps. Th. 77, 25

weorc-stán

Grammar
weorc-stán, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hét niman Claudium and lǽdan tó sǽ and wurpan hine út mid ánum weorcstáne, Hml. S. 35, 226