un-gerád
stupid ⬩ rude ⬩ unskilled ⬩ foolish ⬩ ignorant ⬩ discordant ⬩ disagreeing ⬩ at variance
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Ðeáh ða dysegan and ða ungerádan his gelýfan nyllan, Wulfst. 305, 14. Se ðe ungerádum oððe ungeðyldigum stýrð, Homl. Th. i. 306, 5. discordant, disagreeing, at variance Ungeráde dissona (sermonum procacitate, Ald. 59), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 20: 26, 69.
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un-strang
Not strong ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble
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Ðeáh hwá anweald hæbbe, gif óþer hæfþ máran, beþearf se unstrengra åæs strengran fultumes si quid est, quod in ulla re imbecillioris valentiae sit, in hoc praesidio necesse est egeat alieno, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 18.
for-spillan
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A. 185, 118. to destroy by extravagant use, consume wastefully, waste. of material objects Hé on ánum dæge mid ungesceáde forspilð þreóra daga oððe feówera andlifene ... ðeáh seó andlifen forspilled wurde, Hml. A. 145, 29-32.
ge-wanian
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Wé forhealdað ǽghwǽr Godes gerihta, and ne dear man gewanian on hǽðenum þeódum ǽnig þǽra þinga þe gedwolgodon tó lácum betǽht bið, Wlfst. 157, 15
út-lah
Outlawed ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ calling for outlawry
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Outlawed; substantively, an outlaw. of a person in respect to his own country Gif hé man tó deáðe gefylle, beó hé útlah, L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, l0: L. Edg. H. 3; Th. i. 258, 19: L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 15: L. C.
ǽne
a first time ⬩ once, at any time ⬩ once, at some former time ⬩ at once
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Gif ðú ǽne behátest Gode hé wyle ðonne habban ðæt ðú him behéte, Hex. 50, 4. of past time, once, at some former time Ðá ðe ǽne mid sygefæstum deáde middangeard oferswíððe, Hml. Th. i. 84, 31. Þurh ðé Freá ǽne ón ðás eorðan út síðade, Cri. 329.
on-secgan
to sacrifice, offer ⬩ to deny, renounce, abjure
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Ger. antsagén renunciare, abjurare, excusare: Ger. ent-sagen) Gif mon síe dumb oððe deáf geboren ðæt hé ne mǽge his synna onsecggan (-sæcgan, MS. H.; ætsacan, MS. B.) ne andettan, béte se fæder his misdǽda, L. Alf. pol. 14; Th. i. 70, 15
sol
Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum
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Swín simle willnaþ licgan on fúlum solum . . . ðeáh hí beswemde weorþon, ðonne sleáþ hé eft on ða solu and bewealwiaþ þǽron Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 26-29. [Cf. sol; adj. filthy Wule a sol cloð et one cherre beon hwit iwaschen? A. R. 324, 1.
reócan
To reek, send forth smoke or steam
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Bútan rénscúrum and reócendum deáwe, 18, 57. Ðæs hreóflian líc mid reócendum stence, Homl. Th. i. 336, 33. Æt hreócendum heorðe, Wulfst. 170, 21. Reócendne (reccendne, MS.)weg, Cd. Th. 177, 19;Gen. 2932. Reócende hrǽw, Judth. Thw. 26, 7;Jud. 314.
twi-hynde
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Twyhyndes mannes wer is twá hund sciłł. ( the article then deals with the case of the former, and concludes: Eal man sceal æt cyrliscum were be ðære mǽðe dón, ðe him tó gebyreþ, swá wé be twelfhyndum tealdan.
dragan
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Hé lét dragan úp þæne deádan Harald, Chr. 1040; P. 162, 3. Hí férdon æfter heom intó þám mynstre and woldon hig út dragan, 1083; P. 215, 6
ge-wemmedness
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</b> corruption, decay, death :-- Gewemmednysse corruptionis, i. mortis, An. Ox. 3999. Hé búton ǽlcere gewemmednysse wuldrað mid Gode ... him nán þing wiðinnan ne eglað ǽnigre brosnunge oððe gewǽcednysse, Hml.
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rúm
local, room, space ⬩ temporal, space of time ⬩ opportunity
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Deáþ ðæs ne scrífeþ ðonne him rúm forlǽt rodora Waldend, Met. 10, 30
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on-búgan
to bend ⬩ to bend in reverence or submission, to bow ⬩ to submit, yield ⬩ to bend aside, deviate
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Ða ðe nolden tó his libbendum líchaman onbúgan, ða nú eádmódlíce on cneówum ábúgaþ tó his deádum bánum, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 20: Ors. 6, 9; Swt. 264, 9. to submit, yield Ðú eart rihtwís and nánum ne onbíhst, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 33.
ge-teohhian
To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ assign ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ assignāre
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Ðe his sylfes sáwle hafaþ deáþe geteohhad who hath assigned his own soul to death, 183, 33. Eall ðæt yfel, ðæt hí him geteohod hæfdon all the evil that they had determined against him, Ps. Th. 9, argument: 14: 16, 13.
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GRAMA
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Ðæne úre yldran for graman to deáþe gedémdon whom our elders for anger doomed to death, H. R. 9, 23. Wel hí sind Dere gehátene forðan ðe hí sind fram graman generode well are they named Dere [ = de ira], for they are saved from wrath, Homl.
æt-wíndan
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Ðám ( death ) ne ætwint nán eorðlic mann, HmL Th. ii. 232,22. Hé ðám wítum ætwunde, Hml. S. 23, 118. Ðám écum wítum ætwindan, 16, 93: Hml. A. 34, 251. with acc. Þá þe middan-geard oferswíðdon and his yrmða ætwundon, Hml. Th. i. 84, 32. v. oþ-windan
hnáh
Bent down, ⬩ low, ⬩ lowly, ⬩ humble, ⬩ abject, ⬩ mean, ⬩ poor
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Wéndon hie wera cwealmes þræge hnágran they expected the death of men, a still worse time, Andr. Kmbl. 3195; An. 1600. Nó ic me hnágran talige ðonne Grendel hine I think myself no worse man than does Grendel himself, Beo. Th. 1359; B. 677.
cwéman
To give pleasure, please, delight, propitiate, satisfy ⬩ placere, satisfacere
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Nǽnig man scile orþances útabredan wǽpnes ecgge, ðeáh ðe him se wlíte cwéme no man should draw forth the weapon's edge without a cause, although its beauty please him, Salm. Kmbl. 332; Sal. 165.
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