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ge-dál-land

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dál-land, -dæl-land, es; n.

Partible landland belonging to several proprietorssepărābĭlis terra

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Partible land, land belonging to several proprietors; sepărābĭlis terra Gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne, oððe gedálland to týnanne if churls have a common meadow or partible land to fence, L. In. 42 ; Th. i. 128, 6 v. note.

ge-sǽlignes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlignes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.
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Gif ðú wille ðysses lífes gesǽlignysse mid us brúcan si vis pĕrennis vītæ fēlīcĭtāte perfrui, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 35

stric

(n.)
Grammar
stric, es; m.(?)
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Gif hit geweorðe ðæt folce mislimpe þurh stric oððe steorfan, þurh unwæstm oððe unweder, L. I. P. 18; Th. ii. 324, 29

swylt-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
swylt-cwalu, e; f.
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Kmbl. 311; An. 156. of the death of the soul Gif seó sáwl sceal mid deóflum drohtnoð habban . . . on swyltcwale and in sárum sorgum, Wulfst. 188, 4. Cf. deáþ-cwalu

un-trymþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-trymþ, e; f.

Weaknesssicknessinfirmity

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Gif hwylc wíf seteþ hire bearn ofer hróf oððe on ofen for hwylcere untrymðe hǽlo ( alicujus morbi sanandi causa ), L. Ecg. C. 33; Th. ii. 156, 36

Linked entry: trymþ

un-samwrǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-samwrǽde, adj.

Not unitedopposedcontrary

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Not united, opposed, contrary Gif ða gódan ðonne simle habhaþ anweald, ðonne nabbaþ ða yfelan nǽfre nǽnne, for ðam ðæt gód and ðæt yfel sint swíþe unsamwrǽde nam cum bonum malumque contraria sint, si bonum potens esse constiterit, liquet imbecillitas

Linked entry: -wrǽde

un-leáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-leáslíce, adv.

Not falselytruly

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Gif wé ðæt geðyld on úrum móde unleáslíce healdaþ, ii. 546, 1. Hé cwæð ðis unleáslíce, 386,10. Mid ánfealdnysse sprece hé ǽfre unleáslíce, L. Ælfc. C. 30; Th. ii. 354, 5

Linked entry: leáslíce

wer-tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
wer-tihtle, an; f.
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Gif mon sié wertyhtlan betogen . . . bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wer gegolden sié, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 1-4

Linked entry: tihtle

ymb-sǽtnung

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-sǽtnung, e ; f.
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Gl. 525, 40. a sedition Mið ðý gié gehéreþ gefehto and ymbsétnungo (-e, Rush.) ymb burgum (v. ymb, <b>I. 1 e</b>, and sǽtnung: or under ?) cum audieritis proelia et seditiones, Lk. Skt. Lind. 21, 9

Linked entry: ymb-sétnung

á-blindian

(v.)
Grammar
á-blindian, p. ode
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[Gif þet eȝe ablindað, O. E. Hml. i. 109, 8. Ha ablindeð, ꝥ ha nabbeð sihðe nan, Marh. 15, 23. Heo ablindeð in þe inre eien, A. R. 92. O. H. Ger. ar-blindén : Ger. er-blinden.]

eáþ-hylde

(adj.)
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Lit. easy to hold (cf. ge-healden), content Gif munuc eáðhylde bið and geþæf si contentus sit monachus, R. Ben. 29, 2: 109, 6. Ðǽre sáwle miht is ðæt heó . . . beó hire eáðhylde, Hex. 40, 4

fulla

(n.)
Grammar
fulla, an; m.
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The full, the highest stage reached by anything, the perfection, perfect specimen of a kind or class Hwæt mæg beón wóp oððe sárignys, gif þæt næs se mǽsta ǽgðres? oþþe hwæt mæg beón geómrung and wánung, gyf ꝥ næs se fulla ǽgðres?, Hml. S. 23, 104

mete-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
mete-tíd, e; f.
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Gif wé fæstað and ꝥ underngereord tó þám ǽfengifle healdað, þonne ne bið ꝥ nán fæsten, ac bið seó metetíd geuferad, and bið ꝥ æfengyfel getwifealdad, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 30

of-tredan

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Add: literal Gif ðám ylpum hwá wiðstent, hé byð sóna oftreden, Hex. 16, 14. figurative Míne fýnd . . . oftreden (conculcent) on eorðan mín líf, Ps. Th. 7, 5.

un-wine

(n.)
Grammar
un-wine, es; m.

An unfriendenemy

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Gif ic ongén ne cume, þat þú it néfre ne lét weldon mine unwinan æfter mé þe mid unrichte sitteð ðéron and nyttað it mé éuere tó unðanke, Chart. Th. 584, 10

wælt

(n.)

apparently some part of the thigha sinew

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Gif wælt wund weorðeþ, .iii. scillingas gebéte, L. Ethb. 68; Th. i. 18, 19. (The preceding section deals with wounds to the thigh. As regards the form of the word, it might be compared with O.H.Ger. walza decipula, pedica.)

sníðung

(n.)
Grammar
sníðung, e; f.

a cutting, cutslaying, slaughtering

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Gif ða ómihtan þing sýn útan cumen of wundum oððe of sníþingum oððe of slegum Lchdm. ii. 82, 22. slaying, slaughtering Similar entries (v. sníðan, IV.) Offrung sacrificium sníþung mactatio Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 50. Sníðing ii. 59, 10

Linked entry: sníðing

dǽd-bana

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-bana, an; m. [dǽd a deed, bana a killer]

An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murderhomicida

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An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder; homicida Gif man gehádodne mid fǽhþe belecge, and secge ðæt he wǽre dǽdbana if any one charge one in holy orders with enmity, and say that he was a perpetrator of homicide, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26

folc-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
folc-lagu, e; f.

Folk or public lawpublĭca lex

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Folk or public law; publĭca lex Gif hwá folclage wirde if any one corrupt the law of the people, L. N. P. L. 46; Th. ii. 296, 22. Folclaga wyrsedon the laws of the people were corrupted, Lupi Serm. i. 5; Hick. Thes. ii. 100, 19

leáfa

(n.)
Grammar
leáfa, an; m.

Belieffaith

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Belief, faith Hú mæg se leáfa [other MS. geleáfa] beón forþgenge gif seó lár and ða láreówas áteoriaþ how can belief be prosperous if teaching and teachers fail, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 37. Leáfa fides, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 10: 15, 28. Leáfo, 21, 21