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ful-fremedlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ful-fremedlíce, full-fremedlíce; adj.

Fullycompletelyperfectlyperfecte

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Fully, completely, perfectly; perfecte Ne mæg nán gesceaft fulfremedlíce understandan ymbe God no creature can perfectly understand about God, Homl. Th. i. 10, 2, 4

Linked entry: full-fremedlíce

herigend-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
herigend-, hergend-líce; adv.

Praiseworthily

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Praiseworthily Hé sylf herigendlíce leofode he himself lived praiseworthily, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 14. Hergiendlíce laudabiliter, Rtl. 105, 3. Hergeondlíce, Past. 7; Swt. 49, 193

in-feccan

(v.)

to fetch in

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Homl. 175, 1

Linked entry: feccan

pál

(n.)
Grammar
pál, es; m.
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Voc. i. 84, 69. a kind of hoe or spade Delfísen vel spadu vel pál fossorium, 16, 14

ge-wridian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wridian, p. ode; pp. od

To flourish

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Homl. 199, 2

gif

(n.)
Grammar
gif, e; f: nom. acc. gif [as tíd, dǽd]

A giftgracedonumgratia

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A gift, grace; donum, gratia Hú he his gif cýðde geond woruld how he shewed his grace throughout the world, Andr. Kmbl. 1150; An. 575

scildend

(n.)
Grammar
scildend, es; m.
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Homl. 141, 14

Linked entry: scyldend

un-gehende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
un-gehende, adv.

Not nearat a distancefar off

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Not near, at a distance, far off Se ðe tó ðam ungehænde sý, ðæt hé dæghwamlíce his circan gesécan ne mæge, Homl. Ass. 144, 8

un-geclǽnsod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geclǽnsod, adj.

Uncleansedunpurifed

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Uncleansed, unpurifed Swá hwá swá ungeclǽnsod byð, hé gefrét ðæs fýres ǽðm, Homl. Th. i. 616, 23: L. E. I. 44; Th. ii. 440, 21

Linked entry: un-clǽnsod

wiþer-sínes

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþer-sínes, (-sýnes); adv.

Withershinsbackwards

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Homl. 93, 19

Linked entry: wiþer-sýnes

þeód

Grammar
þeód, <b>I a.</b> add: 'a body of warriors, old and young, attached by personal service to the king ... the comitatus mentioned by Tacitus apparently resembled the þeód in all respects,' Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation, p. 311. Cf. pp. 156, 303, 3, 4. v. þeód-guma, -wita,
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and cf. þeóden; dryht, dryhten Hér is seghwylc eorl ... mandrihtne hold, þegnas syndon geþwǽre, þeód ealgearo, druncne dryhtguman B. 1230. Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250

wæfer-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wæfer-hús, es; n.

A theatreamphitheatre

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A theatre, amphitheatre Hé lǽdde hí tó ðam wæferhúse, ðǽr ða deór wunodon, beran and león, ðe hí ábítan sceoldon, Homl. Skt. ii. 24, 49

of-þ-ryccedness

(n.)
Grammar
of-þ-ryccedness, e; f.

Distress, trouble

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Skt. 21, 23: Homl. Th. i. 608, 24. Fram ofþriccednysse (a refuge) from trouble Blickl. Gl

cniht-gebeorþor

(n.)
Grammar
cniht-gebeorþor, gen. -gebeorþres; n.

A boy-bearingchild-bearing; pueri partus

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A boy-bearing, child-bearing; pueri partus On ðæm cnihtgebeorþre heó á clǽne þurhwunode in child-bearing she continued ever immaculate Homl. Blick. 3, 12

ge-swustra

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swustra, -swustru

sisters,

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Bos. 10, 29: Homl. Th. ii. 458, 29. To mínre méder and mínum geswustrum to my mother and my sisters, Nar. 3, 8

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Homl. 19, 11, 31 : 5, 25. of cause or reason, when, since, as Hí héton hine secgan hweþer hé cristen wǽre, þá hé wilnode þyllíces, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 106.

ile

(n.)
Grammar
ile, es ; m.

callosity

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From his hnolle ufewerdan óþ his ilas neoþewerde from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 27. Mid ísenum pílum heora ilas gefæstnode fastened the soles of their feet with iron nails, Homl.

þurst

(n.)
Grammar
þurst, es; m.

Thirst

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Homl. 59, 35: Homl. Th. i. 392, 7. Drihten ásent hungor on eów and þurst and næcede, Deut. 28, 48. Ðeós wyrt þyrstendon ðone þurst gelíþigaþ, Lchdnt. i. 268, 12

hopa

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Add: expectation of what is desired, desire combined with expectation On hopan ( spe ) hǽle wé beóð gewordene: hope sóðlíce sé þe gesewen ys nys hopa (Rom. 8, 24), Scint. 130, 3. Geanbidung rihtwísra bliss; hopa sóðlíce árleásra forwyrð, 8.

fór-werod

(v.)
Grammar
fór-werod, -wered; part. p. [werian to wear]

Worn outvery oldattrītusvĕtus

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Worn out, very old; attrītus, vĕtus Seó endlyfte tíd biþ seó fórwerode ealdnyss the eleventh hour is very late or very great oldness, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 22. On fórwerodre ealdnysse in very old age, 76, 26.