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un-gerád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerád, adj.

stupidrudeunskilledfoolishignorantdiscordantdisagreeingat 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.

Linked entry: ge-rád

un-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
un-strang, adj.

Not strongweakfeeble

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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

(v.)
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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

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lah, adj.

Outlawedan outlawcalling 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.

Linked entries: -lah út-laga

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

(v.)

to sacrifice, offerto 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

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sol, eses; n.: solu, we, e; f.

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

(v.)
Grammar
reócan, p.reác

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.

Linked entries: récan hreócan

twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a
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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.

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m.

local, room, space temporal, space of timeopportunity

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Deáþ ðæs ne scrífeþ ðonne him rúm forlǽt rodora Waldend, Met. 10, 30

Linked entry: rúmian

on-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
on-búgan, p. -beáh.

to bendto bend in reverence or submission, to bowto submit, yieldto 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.

Linked entries: an-búgan on-bígan

ge-teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teohhian, -teohian, -tiohhian, -tihhian; p. ode, ade; pp. od,ad

To appointdeterminedecreeassignstătuĕredecernĕreassignāre

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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.

GRAMA

(n.)
Grammar
GRAMA, an; m.
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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

(v.)
Grammar
æt-wíndan, l. æt-windan; p. -wand, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden,
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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

(adj.)
Grammar
hnáh, adj.

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

(v.)
Grammar
cwéman, part.cwémende ; p.de; pp. ed ; v. a. dat.

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.

Linked entry: cwǽman

þæs-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þæs-líc, adj.
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Náht þæslíces deáðe nihil dignum morte, Lk. Skt. 23, 15. Forbærn mid fýre þæslícum ( congruo ), Hymn. Surt. 29, 25 : Hpt. Gl. 443, 15. Ðæt hí Godes þénunge mid þæslícere endebyrdnysse gefyldon, Homl. Th. i. 508, 29.

Linked entry: his-lic