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hymen

(n.)
Grammar
hymen, es; m.

A hymn

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A hymn Be ðam hymene ðe wé be hire geworhton of the hymn that we composed about her, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 16

Linked entry: ymen

meter-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
meter-geweorc, es; n.

Verse

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Verse Paulinus béc of metergeweorce on geráde sprǽce ic gehwyrfde I turned Paulinus' books front verse into prose, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 21

Linked entry: ge-weorc

mis-tídan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-tídan, p. de (used impersonally)

To turn out badly

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To turn out badly Gif æt láde mistíde if the attempt at exculpation prove a failure, L. C. S. 57: Th. i. 406, 27

myl

(n.)

dust

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dust Ðát ðære ylcan stówe myl wið fýre wæs freomigende ut pulvis loci illius contra ignem voluerit, Bd. 3, 10, tit.; S. 534, 16

neód

(n.)
Grammar
neód, ( = neád)

necessity

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necessity. The distinction in form between the word = Goth. nauþs, and the preceding word seems not to have been observed in A. S. MSS

onweg-álǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
onweg-álǽdness, e; f.
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A taking away, removal Ond for ðære gelómlícum onwegálǽdnesse ( frequenti ablatione ) ðære hálgan moldan wæs mycel seáþ geworden, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 31

Linked entry: á-lǽdness

on-wrecan

(v.)
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to avenge Ðý læs on him gesewen sí ðás þing onwrecen beón ne in eis illa ulcisci videantur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 28

gíferlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
gíferlíce, adj.

Greedilyeagerlyavide

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Greedily, eagerly; avide Ongan gíferlíce ðæt gærs etan virecta herbarum avidius carpere cæpit, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 41. Gíferlíce pertinaciter, Hpt. Gl. 424

gýmung

(n.)
Grammar
gýmung, e; f.
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A marriage, nuptial To gýmungum ðæs heofonlícum brýdguman eádig fǽmne ineode ad nuptias sponsi cælestis virgo beata intravit, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 6

Linked entry: gémung

sliht-swín

(n.)
Grammar
sliht-swín, es;

A swine to be killed

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A swine to be killed Gýme eác swan ðæt hé æfter sticunge his slyhtswýn wel sæncge, L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 16

un-geeahtendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geeahtendlíc, adj.

Inestimable

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Inestimable Mid ða sylfan mycelnysse ðes ungeæhtendlícan (ungeendedlícan and [un]geeahtendlícan, MS. B.) gerýnes ipsa inaestimabilis mysterii magnitudine, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 11

un-gewyrht

Grammar
un-gewyrht, in the phrases be ungewyrhtum

undeservedlynot according to one's desertsgratis

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undeservedly, not according to one's deserts; gratis, Ps. Surt. 34, 7, 19: 68, 5: Ps. Spl. C. 108, 2: 118, 161

Wuffingas

(n.)
Grammar
Wuffingas, pl. m.

The patronymic of the royal house of East-Anglia

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The patronymic of the royal house of East-Anglia Wuffa fram ðam Eást-Engla cyningas Wuffingas wǽron nemde, Bd. 2, 15 ; S. 518, 38

á-loccian

(v.)
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Hét hé sum his folc feohtan on þæt fæsten þæt hié mid þǽm þæt folc út áloccoden, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 3. Add

Linked entry: loccian

deorce-grǽg

(adj.)
Grammar
deorce-grǽg, adj.
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Dark grey Deorcegrǽg elbus, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 48 : ii. 32, 56. Elbus, i. medius color dyrcegrǽg, s. inter nigrum et album, 143, 20

Linked entry: dyrce-grǽg

dumb

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Sum þegn wearð fǽrlíce dumb, Hml. S. 22, 73. Dumbre swígan mutae taciturnitatis, An. Ox. 1936. Spǽcleáse ł dume elinguia, Germ. 398, 72. Add

feccan

(v.)
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Hé hét hí ardlíce feccan, Hml. S. 8, 39. Men gesóhton þone stede heora hǽle feccende, 26, 238. Dele: "p. feahte . . . feht," and add

for-hergung

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Forheriunge (printed sor-) infestatione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 43. Hwæt forwearþ . . . on þeóda forhergiunge nationes vastationibus terebantur, Ors. 5, 11; S. 238, 5. Add

frum-spræc

Grammar
frum-spræc, l. -sprǽc,
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and add: First words of a discourse Seofon hálige men ðǽra naman wé áwriton on ðǽre frumsprǽce heora hálgan ðrowunge, Hml. S. 23, 120

ge-untrum

(adj.)
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sick, ill Fíf and twéntig manna myslíce geuntrume (-trumede? v. ge-untrumian; <b>I a</b>), Hml. S. 21, 187. (?)

Linked entry: un-trum