ilding
Delay ⬩ putting off ⬩ deferring ⬩ prolonging ⬩ connivance
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Hwæt is ðæt líf elles ðysses middangeardes búton lytelu ylding ðæs deáþes what else is the life of this world but a little deferring of death? Blickl. Homl. 59, 27.
for-tendan
To burn off or away ⬩ sear ⬩ inūrĕre
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-cildan], ða wíf fortendon ðæt swýðre breóst fóran, ðæt hit weaxan ne sceolde, ðæt hí hæfden ðý strengran scyte; forðon hí mon hét on Creácisc Amázanas, ðæt is on Englisc fortende from the female children, the women burnt off the right breast so far that
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in-hold
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Thoroughly loyal, loyal from the heart Abbodissum wé tǽcaþ ðæt hí inholde sín and ðæs hálgan regoles gebodum eallum móde þeówigen we teach abbesses to be heartily loyal, and to be subservient to the commands of the holy rule with all their mind, Lchdm
on-wille
Desired
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Desired 'Ac gé hine gesundne ásettaþ ðǽr gé hine sylfne genóman' ... Ongon ðá leófne síð dragan Dryhtnes cempa tó ðam onwillan eorþan dǽle to the hermitage to which he (Guthlac) desired to go, and from which the fiends had removed him, Exon.
þancol-mód
Having the mind addicted to thought, ⬩ of acute mind, ⬩ wise, ⬩ intelligent
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Ealle witen eorðbúende þoncolmóde ðæt hí ðǽr ne sint, Met. 19, 14
ge-syngian
To sin ⬩ perpetrate crime ⬩ commit adultery ⬩ peccāre ⬩ mæchāri
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To sin, perpetrate crime, commit adultery; peccāre, mæchāri Ðæt ǽlc ðæra ðe wíf gesyhþ and hyre gewilnaþ, eallunga ðæt se gesyngaþ on hys heortan quia omnis, qui vīdĕrit mŭliĕrem ad concŭpiscendum eam, jam mæchātus eam in corde suo, Mt. Bos. 5, 28.
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horsc
Quick, ready, active, valiant, ⬩ wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted ⬩ wise ⬩ alacer, celer, præproperus, volucer, promtus, sagax,
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Hwylc is hæleþa ðæs horsc and ðæs hygecræftig ðæt ðæt mǽge ásecgan who amongst men is so quick and cunning of mind as to be able to declare that, Exon. l01 a; Th. 380, 36; Rä. 2, 1.
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strang-líc
strong, robust ⬩ strong, firm, solid, able to resist force ⬩ requiring strength, laborious, hard ⬩ hard to bear, severe
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Hwæðer ðæt landfolc sí tó gefeohte stranglic oððe untrumlíc populum, utrum fortis sit an infirmus, Num. 13, 20. of things, strong, firm, solid, able to resist force Næs nán ðæs stronglíc stán gefæstnod, ðæt mihte ðam miclan mægne wiðhabban, Cd.
óleccan
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Suá micle líðelecor hé sceal ólecan (óleccean, v. l.) ðǽm welegan eáðmódan . . . eác ðá wódðraga ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gehǽlð mid ðǽm ðæt hé him ólecð æfter his ágnum willan tanto lenius humilitatem divitum mulceat. . . et furor insanorum ad
gegninga
Plainly ⬩ wholly ⬩ altogether ⬩ certainly ⬩ directly ⬩ omnino
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Ðæt hit gegnunga from Gode cóme that it came directly from God, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 35; Gen. 683 : Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 27; Gú. 785
wering
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A dam Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit bið gepynd, hit fundaþ wið ðæs ðe hit ǽr from com . . . Ac gif sió pynding wierð onpennad, oððe sió wering wirð tóbrocen, ðonne tófléwð hit eall, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 8. v. werian, <b>I a</b>; be-werung
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wrencan
to tarn ⬩ twist ⬩ to practise wiles ⬩ use tricks
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to tarn, twist (intrans. ) Is ðæs horderes tácen, ðæt mon wrænce mid his hande, swilce hé wille loc unlúcan, Techm. ii. 118, 12. to practise wiles, use tricks, Similar entries v. wrenc Biþ óþer swice, . . . wrenceþ hé and blenceþ, worn geþenceþ hinderhóca
hláford-dóm
jurisdiction
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Wiib and cild ðǽm hláforde and hígum and ðǽre stówe befestan tó mundbyrde and tó hláforddóme on ðǽm ðingum ðe him ðearf sié, 316, 11. On ælcum ðǽra gerihta ðe tó heora hláforddóme gebyrað, v. 142, 33.
norþ-sǽ
a northern sea
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Of Japhet com ðæt norþerne mennisc be ðære norþsǽ, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 38. Án geweorc on Defnascíre be ðære norþsǽ, Chr, 894; Erl. 91, 8
gang-wuce
Rogation week ⬩ the week of holy Thursday ⬩ perambŭlātiōnis septĭmāna
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Ðys Gódspel gebýraþ on Wódnes dæg, on ðære Gang-wucan to ðam uigilian this Gospel belongs to the vigil on Wednesday, in the Rogation week, Rubc. Jn. Bos. 17, 1-10, notes, p. 580
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lyb-lác
Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft
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Wé cwǽdon be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum gif ðǽr man ácweald wǽre ... we have ordained concerning witchcrafts and sorceries, if in such cases anyone were killed..., L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 10. Be liblácum.
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sáwan
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Hú ne bið hé swelce hé sǽwe (sáwe, v. l.) good and him weaxe of ðǽm ǽlc yfel? peccatorum seges quasi ex virtute seminatur, 341, 7. Ðæt yfel hí ne dyrren sǽwan on óðrum monnum, 427, 18.
þicce
closely ⬩ thickly, ⬩ densely, ⬩ closely ⬩ thickly
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Voc. i. 40, 11. marking closeness of separate objects, thickly, densely, closely Ðá flugon ða légetu swylce fýrene strǽlas tó ðæm þicce ðæt...,Blickl. Homl. 203, 10.
or-wirðlíc
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Ignominious, shameful God hine forlét in ðisse nyþerlícan worulde swá orwyrþlícne déþ þrowian, ðæt hé hine wolde in ðære heán worulde gelǽdan, Shrn. 123, 10