un-wittig
Without wit or understanding,
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Ass. 29, 122. in a bad sense Wel déd se ðe unwittigum stýrð mid swinglum, gif hé mid wordum ne mæg. Hit is áwriten:'Ne bið se stunta mid wordum gerihtlǽced' Homl. Th. ii. 532, 13. Þeówian unclǽnum deóflum and ðám unwittigum heargum, Homl.
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wǽpnung
Armour ⬩ arms
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Ass. 74, 44: Homl. Th. ii. 302, 4
wel-willende
of good will ⬩ benevolent ⬩ benignant ⬩ kind
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Ass. 80, 186: 101, 329. Wynsum ús byð ðæt wé welwyllende beón 10, 267.
un-mǽþlíce
immoderately ⬩ out of measure ⬩ inhumanely
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Ass. 68, 73. Ǽlc læhte of óðrum ðone mete of ðam múðe swíðe unmægðlíce, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 11
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ymb-hón
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Ass. 202, 220. Seó fone is mid .xii. godwebbum útan ymbhangen, Salm. Kmbl. p. 152, 17
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tó-cyme
A coming to a place, ⬩ coming, ⬩ approach, ⬩ arrival, ⬩ advent ⬩ the coming of Christ to the world, ⬩ the first or second Advent ⬩ the anniversary of Christ's coming, ⬩ Advent
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Ass. 54, 98. Gif se hírédes ealdor wiste ðæs ðeófes tócyme, 54, 100. Ðone tócyme ðæs Hálgan Gástes, Blickl. Homl. 131, 12. Folc sceal gefeón on ðone his (John the Baptist) tócyme, 167, 14.
syferlíce
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Ass. 37, 327. soberly, prudently, circumspectly Ða cild ðe beóþ sýferlíce áfédde (cf. the contrast in l. 9, cild réceleáslíce áfédd), and wið unðeáwum gestýrede, Homl. Th. ii. 326, 17. Biddende séferlíce precantes sobrie, Hymn. Surt. 19, 11
ge-tyrfan
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To assail with missiles (lit. or fig.), to attack, assault Man gecýdde ꝥ seó nunne wǽre getyrfed mid ormǽtum feforádlum nuntiatum est quod sanctimonialis illa immensis febribus aestuaret, Gr. D. 29, 9. Cf. ge-torfian
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tó-worpenness
Desolation ⬩ destruction
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Ass. 46, 548
brǽdan
to roast
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Fisces brédedes piscis assi, Lk. p. 11, 14. to toast cheese: Brǽde man þone cýse and drígne hláf, Lch. ii. 278, 21. to bake bread : Hé hláfas brǽdde and leác sette in pistrino, in horto, gaudebat exerceri, Shrn. 61, 20
on-uppan
upon, on ⬩ besides, over and above
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with dat. adv. upon, on Se Hǽlend rád onuppan ðam assan, Jn. Skt. 12, 14. Stód ǽren ceác onuppan twelf ǽrenum oxum, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 2. Hé wearþ bebyrged, and him læg onuppan fela byrðena eorþan, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 56: 14, 114.
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þys-líc
Such
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Ass. 199, 142. Ðyllecum unrihtum, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 10. Ðyllíce gife and swá mycle tanta taliaque dona, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 13. Ðyllíca giefa, Past. 5; Swt. 41, 13. Ðyllíce gyltas, Homl. Ass. 149, 132. Ðyllíce weorc, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 28.
un-gewitfull
foolish ⬩ insensate ⬩ mad ⬩ insane ⬩ not in one's senses
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Ass. 180, 364
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wælhreówness
Cruelty
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Ass. 9, 222. Sceal his steór beón mid lufe gemetegod, ná mid wælhreáwnysse oferdón, Homl. Th. ii. 532, 13. Wé witon hwelce wælhriównessa Neron weorhte, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 1
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wípian
To wipe
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Ass. 41, 436. Wætercláðas ðe hý heora handa and fét mid wípedan, R. Ben. 59, 8. Lege on hunig ðreó niht, nim þonne and wípa ðæt hunig of, Lchdm. iii. 4, 20
tó-dwínan
To vanish away ⬩ to burst and vanish
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Ass. 175, 200
tow-cræft
Skill in weaving or spinning
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Ass. 126, 339. Cf. 132, 545 sqq. According to the Protevangelion, when a new veil for the temple had to be made, it fell to Mary's lot to spin the true purple, c. ix. 4
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leðeren
Leathern ⬩ leather
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Liðerene trymsas asses corteas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 18. Lidrinae scorteas, Ep. Gl. 2 b, 10
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þǽr-rihte
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Kmbl. 21, 2) getígedne assan, Homl. Th. i. 206, 10 : 494, 13 : Mt. Kmbl. 3, 16 : 27, 51. Ðá cwæð hé : 'Geweorðe leóht.' And leóht wæs þǽrrihte geworden, Lchdm. iii. 232, 9.