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a-yrnan

(v.)
Grammar
a-yrnan, he -yrnþ ; p. -arn, pl. -urnon ; pp. -urnen [a out, yrnan to run]

To run overto pass or go overpassgopræteriredecurrere

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To run over, to pass or go over, pass, go ; præterire, decurrere To náhte híg becumaþ swá swá a-yrnende wæter ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens, Ps. Lamb. 57, 8.

Linked entry: a-urnen

un-nytlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-nytlíce, adv.

uselesslyvainlyto no purposeto ill purpose

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Ðý læs hié unnytlíce forweorpen ðæt ðæt hié sellen for hira hrædhýdignesse ne praecipitatione hoc, quod tribuunt, inutiliter spargant, Past. 44; Swt. 321, 17: 15; Swt. 95, 24.

Linked entry: nytlíce

eówan

Grammar
eówan, eówian.
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Eóweð (-að, v. l.) hé útan eádmódnesse, Past. 313, 2. Ðæt ðæt hé útan eówað (iówað, v. l.), 55, 13. Eáuað ostendit, Lk. L. 3, 7. Hé eówode þǽm hundum þone hláf, Bl. H. 181, 22.

for-lǽran

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Hé (the devil) tiolode menn forlǽran, Past. 233, 22. Add

óleccung

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Add Ðæt hé náuðer ne nánum men ne ólicce, ne hé nánes monnes óleccunga ne réce, Past. 383, 12

oþ-wítan

(v.)
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D. 129, 24. with charge only Ðæt ilce oðwát Dryhten, ðá hé cwæð, Past. 89, 16

Linked entry: æt-wítan

á-sláwian

(v.)

to become dull of hearingto become torpidsluggish inert

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Ox. 18b, 64. physical, to become dull of hearing Ðá eáran ásláwiað þá þe ǽr wǽron swifte tó gehýrenne, Wlfst. 148, of conduct, to become torpid, sluggish, inert Swá ðeáh hé ásláwað quamvis torpescat, Past. 282, 7.

ge-frédan

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Past. 139, 16-20. of the sense of easte Ðý lǽs hé ðá bieternesse ðǽre wyrte gefréde, Past. 303, 15. to be sensible of a state or condition Hé swilces nán þing ofer ꝥ on him sylfum ne gefrédde (ongæt, v.l. ), Gr. D. 102, 4.

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, l. hígian,

in strive aftertotowardsto strive to do

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Past. 178, 17. wiþ (gen.): Hé hígað wið ðæs ðæt hé wolde hú hé eallum monnum wunderlicost dúhte satagit ut mirabilis cunctis innotescat, Past. 463, 36. Wiþ þæs ic wát þú wilt hîgian.

in-geþanc

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in mente, Past. 155, 21. intention, purpose; intentio Ðæt innegeðonc (in-, v. l.) ðǽre heortan cordis intentio, Past. 141, 7.

un-gewitfull

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewitfull, adj.

foolishinsensatemadinsanenot in one's senses

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Past. 31; Swt. 207, 14.

Linked entry: ge-witfull

fore-lǽrende

(adj.)
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[Þá cwæð hé], 'Ealle þá þe ymbe standaþ hié syndan betran þonne ic; and þú eart forelǽrende on ðára apostola gebede then said Peter to Paul, 'Brother Paul, do thou arise and pray first . . . ' [Then said he], 'All those that stand about me are better

menigu

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Hú micel menigu ðǽra getreówfulra byð, Past. 403, 21. Mengeo (menigu, v. l. ), 5, 11. Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 80, 11. For ðǽre menige (menge, v. l. ) ðæs folces, Past. 113, 19.

on-hrínan

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Ær ðú his onhriéne (-hríne, v. l. ), Past. 241, 13. Gif man mid unclǽnum handum hwylces metes onhrine, Ll. Th. ii. 164, 8. with dat. Hé ne mæg þám sáre mid handa onhrínan, Lch. ii. 198, 24

leásmód-ness

(n.)
Grammar
leásmód-ness, e; f.

Inconstancy

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Inconstancy, want of stability Ðære leóhtmódnesse and ðære leásmódnesse sanctus Paulus hine ládode a quibus [mentis levitas, cogitationum inconstantia] se alienum Paulus fuisse perhibuit, Past. 42, 3; Swt. 308, 6

leóhtian

(v.)
Grammar
leóhtian, p. ode

be relieved

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To grow light, become less heavy, or easy, be relieved Ðonne leóhtaþ him se líchoma his body will be relieved of the pain, Herb. 1, 16; Lchdm. i. 76, 2

mid-spreca

(n.)
Grammar
mid-spreca, an; m.

One who speaks on behalf of another

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One who speaks on behalf of another Paulus wæs midspreca and bewerigend ðære ealdan ǽ Paul was an advocate and defender of the old law, Homl. Th. i. 388, 32

þeóh-gelǽte

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-gelǽte, es; n.
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A thigh-joint, the meeting of the thigh with the part of the body above it Ersendu mid ðám ðeóhgelǽtum (þeóhsconcum, lxxiv, 19) nates cum femoribus, Lchdm. i. lxx, 10

Linked entry: ge-lǽte

un-clǽnsod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-clǽnsod, adj.

Not purified

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Not purified Ðý læs ǽnig unclǽnsod dorste on swá micelne háligdóm fón ðære clǽnan ðegnenga ðæs sacerdhádes ne non purgatus adire quisque sacra ministeria audeat, Past. 7; Swt. 51, 1

Linked entries: clǽnsian un-geclǽnsod

un-treówsian

(v.)
Grammar
un-treówsian, p. ode.

to defraudto offend

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to defraud Ne untreówsige gé nó eów betweoxn nolite fraudare invicem, Past. 16; Swt. 99, 14. to offend Ðonne beóð manega untreówsede tunc scandalizabuntur multi, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 10 note