mitta
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Ðé ele ne áteórað ne melu on þínum mittan (hydria farinae non deficiet, nec lecythus olei minuetur, l Kings xvii. 14), Hml. S. 18, 63.
scóh
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Þára sceóna tácen is þæt þú sette þínne scetefinger uppon þíune fót, Tech. ii. 126, 13. Þá þwangas þára scóna ongunnon heom sylfe tóslupan . . se deófol him hýrde þá scós of tó dónne, Gr. D. 221, 22-25.
gealpettan
to devour, eat greedily
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Sax. galpón Ne galpó thu far thínun geƀun te swíðo do not say too much about your gifts Hél. 1563]
trum
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Th. 55, 15; Cri. 884. of non-material things, firm, stable, strong Ðæt mód ǽgðer ge trum ge untrum animus et infirmus et fidelis, Past. 51; Swt. 395, 3.
ge-wrixl
A change ⬩ interchange ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ turn ⬩ course
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Cépena þinga gewrixle commercium, Ælfc. Gl. 16; Som. 58, 53; Wrt. Voc. 21, 41. Ne wæs ðæt gewrixle til ðæt hie on bá healfa bicgan scoldon freónda feorum nor was the exchange good, that they on both sides must buy with the lives of friends, Beo.
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þearl
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of persons, severe, strict Se ðearla and se ryhtwísa Déma districtus judex, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 22. of things, pain, punishment, effort, and the like, severe Hé ðý wyrs meahte þolian ða þráge, ðá hió swá þearl becom, Met. 1, 77.
feng
a taking ⬩ embrace ⬩ game ⬩ capture ⬩ seizure
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L. 123, 6. of concrete things. that which grasps, embraces, catches Arpax geara feng vel lupus, arpago hooc, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 42. Geara feng peeris (cf. gearufang proceris, 63, 75), 57, 14.
ge-hremmed
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Ox. 3675. ꝥ ús s to prevent from reaching an object, keep from Ús nán þingc on worulde fram Gode ne gehremme, Hml. S. 23, 207. ꝥ heora mód fram Drihtne ne sý gehremmed mens impediri non possit R. Ben. 137, 14
plegan
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Æfter þisum forlét Apollonius þá hearpan and plegode, and fela fægera þinga forðteáh, Ap. Th. 17, 12. <b>II b.</b> add :-- Ágan se cyngc plegan wið his geféran mid þóðere, Ap. Th. 13, 1.
stíþ
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S. 31, 1351. add: of personal qualities or things personified Stíþ dira (ferocitas ), An. Ox. 2208. Swá swá gód láreów . . . swá ꝥ hálige word is swýðe stíð úrum stuntnyssum, Hml. A. 6, 133. Add Stíþre dirae (mortalitatis), An. Ox. 1271.
or-mód
Without courage, hopeless, despairing
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Ðý læs hé ormód sý ealra þinga. Exon. Th. 294, 12; Crä. 14. Ne beó ðú tó ormód ðeáh ðé sí on unriht gedémed be not too much discouraged, though judgement be given wrongfully against thee. Prov. Kmbl. 34.
þafian
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Ic sceal þinga gehwylc þolian and þafian on ðínne dóm I must suffer and submit to everything, as you decide, Exon. Th. 270, 6; Jul. 466.
sníðan
to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune
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[ Tacc Ysaac þin wennchell sniþ itt alls itt wære an shep Orm. 14666.]
næs
Not
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Lufian wé hine næs nó on gesundum þingum ánum, ac eác swylce on wiðerweardum þingum, 13, 7
ge-hycgan
To think ⬩ conceive ⬩ consider ⬩ devise ⬩ reflect ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think about ⬩ care ⬩ intend ⬩ resolve
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To think, conceive, consider, devise, reflect, be mindful, think about, care, intend, resolve Ne mæg ic ðeáh gehycgan hwý him on hige ðorfte á ðý sǽl wesan I cannot, however, conceive why it need be the better in mind for them, Bt. Met.
lytel
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L. 2, 6. mean, vile, of things Tó þám þæt ðú hwylce þénunga mínon lytlan líchaman tó gehýðnysse gegearwige, Hml.
un-geleáful
Unbelieving ⬩ incredulous
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Ne sý mé nán man tó ungeleáfful be ðám þingum wrítende ðe ic gehýrde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 16. Ða deófolgyldan ðe ðágyt ungeleáffulle wǽron, Homl. Th. i. 70, 24. Tó beswícenne ungeleáffulra manna heortan, Blickl. Homl. 189, 8.
ge-wun
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For the passages substitute Micel gedál is on þám mægene þæs þe sié gewun (-win, MS.) þrowungum and þæs þe sié ungewuna swelcum þingum, Lch. ii. 84, 19. Gewune . . . geþæfe stilnesse hí wuniað assuete [delitiis et] contentae quiete commorantur, An.
síde
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Add On sídum húses þínes in lateribus domus tuae, Ps. L. 127, 3. <b>II a.</b> the side of a hill :-- Of þǽre wídgyllan sídan þæs muntes e devexo montis latere, Gr. D. 112, 19. In þæs heán muntes sídan, 121, 14.
un-wynsum
Unpleasant
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Unpleasant Ðeós woruld hwíltídum is myrige on tó wunigenne, hwílon heó is swíðe styrnlíc, and mid mislícum þingum gemenged, swá ðæt heó bið swíðe unwynsum on tó eardigenne, Homl. Th. i. 184, 1.