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gyltend

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Þá þe nú náne mildheortnesse nabbað wid hyra gyltyndum, Ll. Th. ii. 400, 25. Add

leác-blæd

(n.)
Grammar
leác-blæd, es; n.
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A leek leaf Þis man sceal wið ꝥ gedrif wrítan on þreóm leácbladan, Nap. 41

hete-níþ

(n.)
Grammar
hete-níþ, es; m.

Enmity ⬩ hostility ⬩ malice ⬩ wickedness

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Geheald ðú mé wið heteníþas and wið firenfulles folman custodi me de manu peccatoris. Ps. Th. 139, 4: Exon. 94a; Th. 352, 22; Sch. 101. Grendel heteníþas wæg Grendel bore enmity, Beo. Th. 307; B. 152

gerwan

(v.)
Grammar
gerwan, gerwian, gerwigan; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od
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Gerwigan wífe hús wexinge getácnaþ to prepare [one's] house for a wife betokens increase, Som. 205; Lchdm. iii. 210, 3

Swǽfas

(n.)
Grammar
Swǽfas, Swǽfe; pl.
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Th. 321, 10; Wíd. 44. Mid Englum ic wæs and mid Swǽfum. 322, 10; Wíd. 61. Witta weóld Swǽfum, 319, 34; Wíd. 22

med-trum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
med-trum-ness, <b>, med-trym-ness, met-trum-ness, met-trym-ness</b> e; f.

Infirmity ⬩ ill-health ⬩ sickness ⬩ illness

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Wíf sceolon gemunan hyra mettrumnessa and hyra hádes tyddernessa women must remember their infirmities and the weaknesses of their sex, L. E. I. 6; Th. ii. 406, 12

wiþer-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽde, adj.

Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature

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Ne beó gé wiþerrǽde wið eówerne Drihten nolite este rebelles contra Dominum, Num. 14, 9. Se cásere wolde gewylclan mid wíge ða leóda ðe wiþerrǽde wǽron, and his ríce forsáwon, Homl.

Linked entries: wiþer-rǽdness wiþ-rǽde

twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a
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Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł. ( the article then deals with the case of the former, and concludes: Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón, ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum tealdan.

lícham-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líc [cf. cognates under líc-hama]; adj.

Bodily ⬩ corporeal ⬩ material ⬩ carnal

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Ne geseó wit unc ofer ðæt líchomlicum eágum we shall never see one another after that with our bodily eyes, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 21: Blickl. Homl. 21, 20

geómrian

(v.)
Grammar
geómrian, geómerian, geómran; part. geómrigende, geómriende, geómerigende, geómrende; p. ode; pp. od [geómor sad, sorrowful]
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To be sad, to sigh, groan, murmur, mourn, sorrow, lament, bewail; gĕmĕre, murmŭrāre, ingĕmĕre, ingĕmiscĕre, lūgēre, quĕri Se ðe á wile geómrian on gihða who for ever will mourn in spirit, Salm. Kmbl. 701; Sal. 350.

Linked entries: geómerian gémerian gímran

hrǽcetung

(n.)
Grammar
hrǽcetung, e; f.

Retching ⬩ eructation

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Retching, eructation Wið bitere hrǽcetunge, L. M. 2, 8; Lchdm. ii. 186, 26

ís-geblǽd

(n.)
Grammar
ís-geblǽd, es; m.
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A blister that is produced by ice Wið ýsgeblæd Lchdm. iii. 36, 22

ge-þeahtendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þeahtendlíc, adj.
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Wih. pref; Th. i. 36, 7

weorold-þeówdóm

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-þeówdóm, es; m.
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Secular service Hí hit freódon wið ealle weoruldþeúdóm, Chr. 963; Erl. 121, 31.] [

æt-standende

(adj.)
Grammar
æt-standende, adj.
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By-standing Þá heortan þára æt-standendra wífa, Gr. D. 284, 21

ár-dǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
ár-dǽde, adj.
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Merciful Uton beón ælmesgeorne and árdǽde wið earme men, Bl. H. 131, 2

ge-gaderedness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gaderedness, e; f.
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A gathering of diseased matter Wið gehwylce gegæderednyssæ, Lch. i. 322, 1 note

geoguþ-cnósl

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Before Ic bíde add þǽr ic (a badger) wíc búge, bold mid bearnum

ge-hátan

Grammar
ge-hátan, <b>; IV 1 a.</b>
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Þára landa þe wit geheótan Gode, C.D. iii. 274, 15. Add

DYRNE

(adj.)
Grammar
DYRNE, dierne; def. se dyrna, seó, ðæt dyrne; adj.

close, hidden, secret, obscure ⬩ occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrus ⬩ dark, deceitful, evil ⬩ tenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus

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close, hidden, secret, obscure; occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrus Ðá ðæt wíf geseah, ðæt hit [wíf] him næs dyrn when the woman saw that she [the woman] was not hid from him, Lk. Bos. 8, 47: Elen. Kmbl. 1443; El. 723: Menol. Fox 585; Gn. C. 62.

Linked entries: derne dierne

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