on-sígan
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Hml. i. 303, 3. of evil that falls upon one For nâhte bið geteald ânes geáres lust ðæ̂r ðæ̂r se swearta deáð onsîgende bið, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 16. Gregorius þæt Rômânisce folc for ðâm onsîgendum cwealme tô behreówsunge tihte, 124, 2.
lencten-líc
Vernal ⬩ lenten
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Ebréi healdaþ heora geáres annginn on lenctenlícre emnihte, 246, 17. On lenctenlícre tíde in spring time, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 3. Nú is ús álýfed ðæt wé ðæghwomlíce on ðyssere lenctenlícan tíde úre líchaman gereordigan mid forhæfednysse and clǽnnysse.
wic-weorc
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Weekly work, work done for the lord by the tenant so many days a week On sumen lande is ðæt hé ( the gebúr) sceal wyrcan tó wicweorc .ii. dagas swilc weorc swilc him man tǽcð ofer geáres fyrst ǽlcre wucan, and on barfest .iii. dagas tó wicweorce, and
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cnucian
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Cnucigende æt þám geate, Hml. S. 10, 110. trans. to knock, strike, hit Þá stánas wendon swá ꝥ ðá cwelleras hí sylfe cnucodon, Hml. S. 11, 101. Hét hé mid stánum ðæs hálgan múð cnucian, Hml. Th. i. 428, 32: 432, 3: ii. 422, 25.
eáþelíce
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geáþ; but for form cf. gearfoþe under earfoþe) forléton Godes gesetnysse fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini, Jud. 3, 7
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geofon
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Ymb geofenes stæð gearwe stódon sǽmearas, El. 227. Ofer geofenes streám across the sea, 1201. Hwá áspyreð ðæt deófol of geofones holte, and hine gebringeð on Crístes cempena fæðmum?, Sal. K. 146, 27. Þes bát glídeð on geofone, An. 498.
on-týnan
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</b> add :-- Þá gyldnan geatu þe bilocen stódan hát ontýnan, Cri. 253. <b>I e.</b> add :-- to open the mouth for food (lit. and fig.), breath, &c. Se mereweard múð ontýneð, wíde weleras, Wal. 53: Rä. 76, 4.
ofer-eáca
an over-plus, a surplus, what remains over when apart has been taken ⬩ an addition, augmentation
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Ðæs geáres ofereácan fæste hé reliquum anni jejunet, L. Ecg. P. ii. 29; Th. ii. 194, 13. an addition, augmentation Oferéce augmentum, Rtl. 85, 33
hwyrft
A turn ⬩ revolution ⬩ going ⬩ course ⬩ orbit ⬩ circuit ⬩ orb ⬩ circle
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Ðá wæs ágangen geára hwyrftum then had passed in course of years, Elen. Kmbl. 2; El. 1
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irþling
a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo
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Geác cuculus, eorþling birbicaliolus, 63, 3-4. Yrþling berbigarulus vel tanticus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 60. Erdling bitorius, 102, 1. Erþling enistrius, 143, 57.
ríp
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Twuga on geáre ǽne tó mǽþe and óðre tó rípe twice a-year, once at hay-time and the other at harvest, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 400, 30. His men beón gearuwe ge tó rípe ge tó huntoþe, v. 162, 28. Huíto sint tó hrippe ( ad messem ), Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 35.
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teóða
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Ðý ilcan geáre gebócude Æþelwulf cyning teóþan dǽl his londes ofer al his ríce Gode tó lofe and him selfum tó écere hǽlo, Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 25: Ex. 29, 40. Ðæs hereteámes ealles teóðan sceat Abraham sealde Godes bisceope, Cd. Th. 128, 5; Gen. 2122.
ge-friþian
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Lch. i. 70, 3. to protect from a feeling of (superstitious) reverence, where sanctity is attributed to a place or object, v. friþ-geard, -splott Wæs án píntreów wið ꝥ templ gefriðed, swíde hálig geteald on þá hǽþenan wísan, Hml.
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weald
perhaps ⬩ may be ⬩ in dependent clauses, with indefinite pronouns or adverbs (cf. gif), in case
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Man sceal wacigean and warnian symle, ðæt man geara weorde tó ðam dóme, weald hwænne hé us tó cyme; wé witan mid gewisse, ðæt hit ðǽrtó neálǽcð people ought to watch and be ever on guard so that they may get ready for the judgement, in case any time it
un-weorþ
of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring
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of no value Mid deórwyrþum reáfum ne beóþ hý gescrýdde, ac mid unweorþum, R. Ben. 137, 9. Ðæt heora heortan mid wácum mettum and unweorþum ne sýn ofersýmede, 138, 11. of no dignity, little esteemed Gif munuc eáðhylde bið, þeáh hine man wácne and unweorðne
twelf
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Twelve. Grammar twelf, adjectival Ða twelf ðíne þeówas sind gebróðru, Gen. 42, 13. Wé twelf gebróðru wǽron ánes esnes suna, 32. Twelf (tuoelf altered from tuoelfo, Lind.: twelf, Rush.)tída ðæs dæges, Jn. Skt. 11, 9. Twelf wintra tíd, Beo. Th. 296; B.
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feónd
FIEND ⬩ enemy ⬩ foe ⬩ the devil ⬩ ōsor ⬩ inĭmīcus ⬩ hostis ⬩ diabŏlus ⬩ διάβoλos
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A FIEND, enemy, foe, the devil; ōsor, inĭmīcus, hostis, diabŏlus = διάβoλos Seó ydelnes is ðære sáwle feónd idleness is the soul's enemy, L. E. I. 3; Th. ii 404, 9. Éhteþ feónd sáwle míne persĕquātur inĭmīcus anĭmam meam, Ps. Spl. 7, 5. Se feónd his
fóre-weard
FORWARD ⬩ fore ⬩ former ⬩ early ⬩ prōnus ⬩ antĕrior ⬩ prior
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Ða sylfan tiid [=tíd] folc habbaþ fóreweard geár at the same time people have the fore [part of the] year, Menol. Fox 12; Men. 6. Fórewearde heáfod the forehead; frons, Wrt. Voc. 70, 28.
eáca
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Ic fíftýne geár þé tó fyrste lǽte ðínum dagum tó eácan, Hml. S. 18, 429. Þæt gástlicum mægenum gearwige eácen ( incrementum ), Scint. 209, 12. Ǽnigne eácan tó úrum friðgildum, Ll. Th. i. 238, 16. <b>I b.
siððan
Afterwards ⬩ since ⬩ since ⬩ after
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Manige geár syndon ágán nú seoððan úre bisceopas tó mé gewreoto sende, Blickl. Homl. 187, 3. where the tense is the same in each clause, after Ðonne biþ his wela for náuht, siððan hí ongitaþ . . . Bt. 27, 3; 100, 2.