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ge-beterian

(v.)
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Ben. 68, 18. Add

líc-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
líc-lic, adj.
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Ben. 1. 21, ii

on-stingan

(v.)
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Ben. I. 115, 16

relic-gang

(n.)
Grammar
relic-gang, es; m.

A going to visit relics

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Letanias, ðæt is ðonne béne and relicgongas, 79, 29

ge-eáþmódgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eáþmódgian, ge-eáþmódigian, ge-eáþmódian, ge-eáþmódigan.
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God hine geeáðmódað (-æád-, v. l.) ꝥ hé gehýreð þára béne exaudire preces dignatur Deus, Gr. D. 70, 17. Críst giéðmódade (humiliavit) hine seolfne, Rtl. 21, 26. Ðg ðe hine suelc lytel cild geéðmódade (humiliaverit), Mt. p. 18, 5. Add

un-ácumendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ácumendlíc, adj.

Unbearable ⬩ intolerable ⬩ impossible to be borne ⬩ excessive

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Ben. Interl. 114, 5) injunguntur, R. Ben. 128, 9-11. Ða wiðercoran unácumendlíce hǽtu þrowiaþ, Homl. Th. i. 532, 1. Unácumenlícum inextricabili, infatigabili, inextinguibile, Hpt. Gl. 497, 68.

ge-cyndelíce

(adv.)
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Ben. 32, 1) gehealde per quam universa ... absque ullo labore velut naturaliter ex consuetudine incipiet custodire, R. Ben. I. 36, 15

staþolfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
staþolfæstness, e; f.
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Ben. Interl. 23, 3: Ps. Lamb. 103, 5: firmamentum, 18, 2: status, Rtl. 108, 38. Steaðulfestnisse stabilitatem, Ps. Surt. 103, 5

freóls-dæg

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Ben. 39, 4-9. Add

lof-sealm

(n.)
Grammar
lof-sealm, es; m.
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Ben. 36, 18: 38, 9

on-scuniendlic

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Sé þe onweg ácyrreð his eáre ꝥ hé ne gehýre þá Godes ǽ, þæs bén byð onscuniendlic (-scunodlic, v. l., execrabilis), Gr. D. 210, 3. Add

Linked entries: -scuniendlic á-scuniendlic

swíþrian

(v.)
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Ben. I. 59, 14. Swýðrenda, prevalens, 12, 16. Add

ealdor-gewinna

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-gewinna, an; m. Vital adversary; adversārius qui vitæ insĭdiātur, Beo. Th. 5799; B. 2903: Exon. 40b; Th. 134, 10; Gá. 505.

gende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gende, = gengde,
  • Beo. Th. 2806
    • ;
  • B. 1401
. Grein however compares Icel. gana to rush.

cræftiga

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Ben. I. 94, 10. Ðæt wǽron .iiii. stáncræftigan in Róme, þǽr wæs samod .vi. hund cræftigena and xxii, and nǽron náne óðre him gelíce, Shrn. 146, 14. Be mynstres cræftigum ( artificibus ), R. Ben. 95, 2.

hrægel-þegn

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Ben. 91, 13. Be hrægelþénum gebróðra de vestiariis fratrum, R. Ben. I. 91, 9

bæc-ern

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Ben. I. 112, 15. Ðæs bæcernes tácen is þæt mon mid bám sámlocone handum tógædere, swilce þú dáh brǽdan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 4. Kycenan and bæcernes (pistrinae), Angl. xiii. 441, 1087. On kycenon oðþe on mynstres bæcerne, R. Ben. 71, 18. Add

forht-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
forht-líce, adv.

Fearfully ⬩ tremblingly ⬩ trĕpĭde

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Ben. interl. 5

niht-waru

(n.)
Grammar
niht-waru, e; f.

Night-wear

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Ben. 90, 4

Linked entry: waru

tender

(n.)
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Ben. Interl. 75, 17

Linked entry: tynder

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