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wógung

(n.)
Grammar
wógung, e; f.

Wooing

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Wooing Sum heretoga áwðgode dæs cáseres dohtor; wearð se cásere for ðære wógunge ástyrod, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 301

apostol

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Add: — Petrus se apostolus, Ors. 6, 4; B. 118, 12. Tó ðára apostla fótum, Ll. Th. ii. 370, 36

á-reódian

(v.)
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Se ylca bróðor hálwendlíce geþreád him gesceamode and áreódode idem frater salubriter correptus erubuit, Gr. D. 160, 20. Add

Linked entry: reódian

be-wǽpnian

(v.)
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Hét se cásere hine ungyrdan and bewǽpnian, Hml. S. 30, 409. Add

fore-witol

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Se forewitola Scyppend wiste on ǽr hwæt hé of hyre gedón habban wolde, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 26. Add

Linked entry: -witol

fore-beran

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Þætte nǽnig bisceopa hine óþrum forbere ut nullus episcoporum se praeferat alteri, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 378, 17. Add

gearo-witolness

(n.)
Grammar
gearo-witolness, e; f.
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Sagacity Ongeán þám ingehýde and gearawitolnesse þe of Godes ágenre gife cymð, se deófol sǽwð nytennysse, Wlfst. 53, 16

Linked entry: un-gearowitolness

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, to cleanse.
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Sácerd þe þurh unsýfre sprǽce hine besmíteð, and ne gefeormige ( mundet ) hine, Ll. Th. ii. 138, 5. Add

morgen-steorra

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Add: — Hé cóm beforan Críste on myddangeard swá se morgensteorra cymð beforan þǽre sunnan, Shrn. 95, 13. Ǽr r

myrþra

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Hé sǽde ꝥ hé heora deáðes myrðra wǽre se in eorum morte clamabat homicidam. Gr. D. 207, 21. Add

of-beátan

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Se micela ylp þe þá módigan fearras mid ealle ofbeát mid his egeslican nypele, Hml. A. 63, 286. Add

sunn-lic

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Þonne se fulla móna ðæs sunlican leóhtes bedǽled bið ðurh ðǽre eorðan sceadwunge, Hml. Th. i. 608, 33. Add

tíman

Grammar
tíman, <b>. I 2.</b> add: tíman be
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to have a child by Hwílon eác se fæder týmde be his ágenre dehter, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 4

á-dífan

(v.)

to render inaudible

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to render inaudible Se organ ealle ðá býman oferhleóðrað and ealle ðá óðre hé ádýfeð, Salm. K. 152, 13

Linked entry: dífan

gálian

(v.)
Grammar
gálian, p. ode

To be licentious

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To be licentious (gál) þe gálað, libbende deád hé ys qui luxuriatur, uiuens mortuus est Scint. 87, 10

ofer-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-sǽlig, adj.

Exceedingly fortunate, more than happy

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Exceedingly fortunate, more than happy: — Se biþ gesǽlig and ofersǽlig ðe swylce cwyldas mæg forbúgon, Dóm. L. 16, 246

snytre

(adj.)
Grammar
snytre, adj.

Wise

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Wise Se ðe sigor seleþ snytrum mihtum, and ðín mód trymeþ godcundum gifum Cd. Th. 170, 6; Gen. 2808

Linked entry: un-snyterness

nunne

(n.)
Grammar
nunne, an ; f.

A nuna vestal

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Wæs on ðam sylfan mynstre sum hálig nunne erat in ipso monasterio quaedam sanctimonialis femina, Bd, 4, 23; S. 595, 36. Caperronis wæs hátenu heora goda nunne ( virgo vestalis ), Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 162, 31.

Linked entry: non

of-teón

(v.)
Grammar
of-teón, pp. -togen and -tigen.

to withdrawto take away what a person has, deprive a person of anythingto withhold, keep back, deny a person anythingabstrahere

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Búton seó syncopa ðonei (of the gen. pl.) ofteó, Ælfc. Gr. 10; Som. 14, 55. Nó Ælmihtig ealra wolde Adam and Eve ârna ofteón, Cd. Th. 58, 29; Gen. 953.

talu

(n.)
Grammar
talu, e; and indecl.; f.

a tale, talk, story, accounttalk, discussion, disputea charge, claiman excuse, a defenceas a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action,a tale, list, series

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Ðá sprǽcon hí betwux him, and seó módor sæt hlystende hire tale ... Ðá se gingra bróðor ðis eall gehýrde fram ðam yldran bróðor hé sǽde: &#39;Ic eom ðín bróðor be ðí[n]re tale,&#39; Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 319-337.