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unriht-gewill

(n.)
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Evil desire Þ hí þý éð mægen heora unrihtgewill forðbringan. Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 26

ofer-ranc

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-ranc, adj.

Over-luxuriant, extravagant, sumptuous

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Over-luxuriant, extravagant, sumptuous: — God lǽteþ reáfian eówere dohtra heora gyrla and tó oferrancra heáfodge-wǽda. Wulfst. 46, 1

hlýd

(n.)
Grammar
hlýd, es; n.

A sound

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A sound Losaþ gemynd heora mid hlýde [MS. hlydne] periit memoria eorum cum sonitu, Ps. Spl. T. 9, 7

Linked entry: hlýden

túdor-spéd

(n.)
Grammar
túdor-spéd, e; f.

Abundance of offspring

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Abundance of offspring Him engla helm tuddor-spéd onleác . . . lét weaxan eft heora rímgetel. Cd. Th. 166,24; Gen. 2752

carited

(n.)

charity ⬩ caritas

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charity; caritas Heóld mycel carited in ðe hús held much charity in the house, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 6

fægernes

ornament ⬩ beauty ⬩ pleasantness

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Voc. ii. 89, 62. of things Hwæt belimpþ þé heora (sun, moon and stars) fægernesse? hwæþer ðú durre gilpan ꝥ heora fægernes þín sié?, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 22. Fægernes venustas (marmoris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 73.

ǽr

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽr, prep.

before a certain time or circumstance ⬩ before the proper time ⬩ ago

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Hí sweltan woldon, ǽr ðan ðe hí wiðsócon Gode, and heora líf áléton ǽr ðan ðe heora geleáfan, 19, 102-3. with acc. :-- God ǽr ealle worulda, Hml. Th. ii. 280, 13: 596, 28. Wæs hé beforan ǽr þá þreó geár gecrístnod, Bl. H. 215, 36

Linked entry: ǽr-ǽt

dóm-ern

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-ern, es; n.

A judgment-place, a court-house ⬩ forum judiciāle, trĭbūnal, prætōrium

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Ðá underféngon ðæs déman cempan ðone Hǽlend on ðam dómerne, and gegaderodon ealne ðone þreát to heom tunc mīlĭtes præsĭdis suscĭpientes Iēsum in prætōrium, congregāvērunt ad eum universam cohortem, Mt. Bos. 27, 27: Jn. Bos. 18, 28, 33: 19, 9: Homl.

ge-derian

(v.)
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Sé ðe heom gederige mid worde oððe weorce, Ll. Th. ii. 240, 6. Gif hit gewierðe ꝥ man gehádedum oþþe ælþeódigum gederode (-ede, v.l.), i. 192, 18. Nán mon ne mæg þám gesceádwísan móde gederian, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 17

spora

(n.)
Grammar
spora, spura, an;m.

spur

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Hé heów ðæt hors mid ðam spuran (cf.Icel. höggva hest sporum), Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 22. .ii. spuran on .iii. pundan, Chart. Th. 503, 8

Linked entry: spura

un-fortredde

(n.)

not destroyed by treading ⬩ knot-grass ⬩ polygonum aviculare

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man proserpinacam and óðrum naman unfortredde nemneþ, heó bið cenned gehwǽr on begánum stówum, Lchdm. i. 112, 4-7

efnan

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Þæt heó his word efnan ( faciant ), 102, 17. Þá þe þíne ǽ efnan nellað contra legem agentes, 70, 3: 88, 27. Dómas efnan judicium custodire, 105, 3. Ne bið swylc cwénlic þeáw idese tó efnanne, B. 1941

ge-hlǽg

Grammar
ge-hlǽg, l. ge-hlæg,
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and add Oft wé gewuniað ꝥ wé þám woruld-mannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge. and þá ylcan sprǽce wé nimað lustlíce, þeáh þe heó sí ús unwyrðelíce and unrihtlic tó sprecane dum plerumque eis ad quaedam loquenda condescendimus, paulisper assueti, hanc

hádung

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Heó wearð þá gefullod and hádunga underféng ( took the veil). . . and manega óðre mǽdenu wurdon Críste gehálgode, Hml. S. 7, 284. Hine man hádode tó mæssepreóste. Þá sóna æfter his hádunga (ordinatione), Gr. D. 225, 23. Add

ge-þwit

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þwit, es; n.

What is cut or shaved off ⬩ shavings ⬩ cuttings ⬩ chips ⬩ assulæ

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What is cut or shaved off, shavings, cuttings, chips; assulæ Heo of ðǽre ilcan styþe spónas þweoton and sceafþan [ðæt geþwit, MS.

Linked entry: þwit

fóster-módor

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His fóstormóder (nutrix) áne wæs him fylgende, for þon þe heó hine swýðe geornlíce lufode, Gr. D. 96, 20: 152, 28. Fóstermóder, Hml. A. 171, 49. fig. Sió fóstermódur ǽlces cræftes virtutum nutrix, Past. 215, 23.

forþ-bylding

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-bylding, e; f.

An instigation ⬩ incitement ⬩ emboldening ⬩ incĭtātio

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An instigation, incitement, emboldening; incĭtātio Heora feónda forþbylding the emboldening of their foes, Chr. 999; Erl. 135, 38

Linked entry: forþ-bilding

óðel

(n.)
Grammar
óðel, es; m.
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Home, native country Abraham ferede æðelinga bearn óðle niór, mægeþ heora mágum, Cd. Th. 126, 7 ; Gen. 2091

ge-scý

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Tó preósta gescý finde man biccene heorðan ... nimon hí heora gescý on Nouembre, Chrd. 48, 25-28. Add

be-streówian

(v.)
Grammar
be-streówian, p. ode; pp. od

To BESTREW ⬩ superspargere

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To BESTREW; superspargere Hí mid duste heora heáfod bestreówodon sparserunt pulverem super caput suum Iob Grn. 2, 12

Linked entry: streáwian