weorold-lust
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Hwæt wille ic má cwæðan be mete, oððe be drince, oððe be baðe, oððe be welan, oððe be wyrðscype, oððe be ǽnigum worldlusta ( de cibo et potu, sive de balneis, ceteraque corporis voluptate), Solil. H. 37, 8. Cf. þá worlde lustas, 39, 4. Add
hold
Kind, ⬩ friendly, ⬩ pleasant, ⬩ favourable, ⬩ gracious [of a prince to his subject], ⬩ faithful, ⬩ loyal, ⬩ devoted, ⬩ liege [of a subject to his prince]
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Ðonne biþ se holda þeówa geset ofer manegum gódum then will the faithful servant be set over many goods, Homl. Th. ii. 552, 23. Ic wille beón N. hold and getríwe I will be faithful and true to N., L.
be-swícan
To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade ⬩ decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere
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Ne mæg hit wildeór beswícan a wild beast cannot evade it, Salm. Kmbl. 572; Sal. 285. Ðú hafast ðínra feónda handa beswicene hostium manus evasisti, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 23
a-dón
To take away ⬩ remove ⬩ banish ⬩ tollere ⬩ ejicere
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Ðæt hý God ðanon adó to heora ágnum lande that God will bring them thence to their own land, Ors. 3, 5; Bos. 56, 37. Adó ða buteran remove the butter, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 22. Adó of ða buteran take off the butter, 86, 19.
Linked entry: a-dydest
and-lang
On length ⬩ ALONG ⬩ by the side of ⬩ in longum ⬩ per
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On length, ALONG, by the side of; in longum, per Lǽte yrnan ðæt blód nyðer andlang ðæs weofudes decurrere faciet sanguinem super crepidinem altaris; he will let the blood run down along the altar, Lev. 1, 15.
dryht-scipe
Rulership, lordship, domination, dignity ⬩ domĭnātus, dignĭtas
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For hwam nele mon him on giógoþe georne gewyrcan deóres dryhtscipes why will not man in youth zealously work for himself bold rulership? Salm. Kmbl. 775; Sal. 387.
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deriendlíc
Injurious, noxious, hurtful ⬩ nocīvus, noxius, nŏceus
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Hit ne biþ ðam men derigendlíc it will not be injurious to a man, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 18. Ðæt we forbúgan ǽlc þing derigendlíces vitēmus omne noxium, Hymn. Surt. 14, 13: 37, 16: 93, 3. Afyrsa hǽtan derigendlíce aufer calōrem noxium, 10, 31.
drinca
Drink ⬩ potus
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Drince mylsce drincan sió gebét ða biternesse let him drink a mulled drink which will amend the bitterness, L. M. 1, 42; Lchdm. ii. 108, 2
rǽde-gafol
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Rent that can be paid all at once, as opposed to rent that is discharged by service rendered, and consequently takes time for its payment Gif mon geþingaþ gyrde landes oððe máre tó rǽdegafole and geereþ gif se hláford him wile ðæt land árǽran tó weorce
gítsian
To covet ⬩ desire
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To covet, desire Ða ðe ðæs welan gítsiaþ hí bíþ symle wædlan on hyra móde those who covet [worldly] wealth will ever he poor in their mind, Prov. Kmbl. 50. Gýtsaþ covets, Beo. Th. 3502; B: 1749.
searu-níþ
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Swá wæs Biówulfe, ðá hé biorges weard sóhte, searoníþas (the wily hostilities of the dragon, who used poison to destroy his foe, cf. áttorsceaþa, 5670, and is called inwitgest, 5333.
stóc-líf
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Se ðe égðer wilt ge ðissa lǽnena stóclífe ge ðara écena háma, 164, 9. Cf. cot-, mynster-líf for words in which líf is similarly used ; and see stóc
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temian
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Wilde deór temian, Lchdm. iii. 200, 1: 186, 21. Nýtenu temian, 184, 18. Temma domare, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 4
bóc-cræft
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Ðá ðe nellað heora bóccræftas Godes folce nytte gedón those who will not make their learning profitable to God's people, Wlfst. 213, 24. Add
ge-rǽde
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Ben. 108, 24. arranged, disposed properly Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wise wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóh gestreón lufað a people's condition will never be well ordered in the land where wrongful gain is loved, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 28.
án-wilnes
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Anwielnesse (-wil-, v. l. ), Past. 47, 16. For nánre anwielnesse (pertinacia), 12. Mid ánwilnesse procaciter, R. Ben. 15, 13. Gyt git þurhwuniað on incre ánwilnesse. Bl. H. 187, 33. He hit for his ánwylnysse déð, Hml. S. 12, 6: 13, 92.
þíht
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This word seems to be the second part in each of the two compounds found in the following charm Gehwér férde ic me ðone mǽran magaþíhtan mid ðysse mǽran meteþíhtan ðonne ic mé wille habban and hám gán, Lchdm. iii. 68, 17
wyrmsan
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Gif hit wille wyrsman, Lchdm. ii. 102, 4
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ge-sinlíce
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Substitute: continually, very often Þes regul ic wille þæt gesinlíce (sepius) sié gesǽd, R. Ben. 127, 9.
sceran
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Add Stráca on þín leór mid þínum fingre swilce þú scearan wille, Tech. ii. 127, 3. Add Swá swá lamb þonne hit man scyrð quasi agnus coram tondente, Hml. Th. ii. 16, 22. Swá swá lamb beforan þám scyrendan hit, An. Ox. 40, 33