ge-scirpan
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, quae necessitas poscebat itineris, largiter subministratis); and hine hét, þonne hé eft tó his éðle hweorfan wolde, ꝥ hé tó him cóme, ꝥ hé hine wel hám gescyrpte, Bd. 5, 19 ; Sch. 659, 20-25
wiþ-hycgan
To be adverse in thought ⬩ purpose ⬩ to set one's self against
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To be adverse in thought or purpose, to set one's self against Heó ðæs beornes lufan fæste wiðhogde her heart was fast closed against the man's love, Exon. Th. 245, 9; Jul. 42.
hnígan
to bend ⬩ to bend
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Ásitte hé þonne úplang, hníge þonne forð, Lch. iii. 2, 12. to bend in reverence, make obeisance: Heó hnáh ádúne tó Sebastianes fótum, Hml. S. 5, 92. Tó ðám æðelan hnigan him sanctas, Sat. 240.
swæðer
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Hí móston dón swá gód swá yfel, swæþor swá hí woldon, 41, 2; Fox 246, 2
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on-scunian
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Ðystlíce mé ðincð þæt þá ǽágan dón, gyf hý onscuniað þǽra sunnan leóhtes þone dǽl þe hí hys geseón magon, Solil. H. 47, 5-9. Lócian on fýr ǽr ðám hé ongeán þá sunnan lócie.
hund-líc
Doglike ⬩ canine
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Nú sende hé hundas tó mé forðan ðe hé næfþ godcundlíce englas, ac hæfþ hundlíce now has he sent dogs to me, for he has not divine angels, but he has doglike ones, Homl. Th. i. 378, 3
settan
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Hí ðá nó ða studu úton tó ðam wáge tó fultume ne setton, ac hí heó on ða cyricean setton, 3, 17; S. 544, 37. Hié setton hié æt ðære byrgenne dura. Blickl. Homl. 155, 8. Ðá hé bebyrged wæs, hié settan him hyrdas tó, 177, 26.
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ísern
Iron
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Iron, made of iron Hé him tǽhte ðæt hé him genáme áne íserne hearstepannan and sette betweoh hine and ða burg for íserne weall et tu sume tibi sartaginem ferream, et pones eum murum ferreum inter te et inter civitatem, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 7 : Cd.
meornan
To care ⬩ feel anxiety ⬩ trouble one's self about anything ⬩ reck
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Nó mearn fore fyrene he cared not for the crime he committed, 273; B. 136. Lyt ǽnig mearn ðæt hié út geferedon dýre máðmas little anxiety did any feel about bringing out the precious treasures, 6250; B. 3129.
óþ-lǽdan
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Ic þence ðis feóh tó lufianne, næs tó óþlǽdanne . . . hé nǽfre nabbe landes ðæt hé hit óþlǽde. Lchdm. i. 384, 4-9. Ic com óþlǽded gódum excussus sum. Ps. Th. 108, 23.
tǽsan
To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound
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Hwílon hé on bord sceát, hwílon beorn tǽsde; ǽfre embe stunde hé sealde sume wunde, ða hwíle ðe hé wǽpna wealdan móste, Byrht. Th. 139, 47; By. 270. Nint wulle, and tǽs hý, Lchdm. iii. 112, 8
þurh-sceótan
to shoot through ⬩ transfix ⬩ pierce
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to shoot through, transfix, pierce Þurhscét transfigat, Hpt. Gl. 526, 3. Hé his byrnsweord getýhþ, and ða líchoman þurh-sceóteþ, Blickl. Homl. 109, 35.
cum-líþness
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Add: hospitality Ꝥ hé lufige cumlíðnysse, and nánum cuman ne forbeóde ꝥ hé ne móte on his húse gerestan, for ðan ðe manega Gode gelícodon þurh ꝥ ꝥ hí cuman onféngon, Hml. A. 147, 83: Ll.
geornian
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Ꝥ hé on þá wísan hire geornige ꝥ hé hý healdan wille swá wær his wíf sceal, 254, 6. to beg Hé gesaet æt woeg giornade sedebat juxta uiam mendicans, Mk.
ge-unstillan
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To disturb, disquiet Þá scínlác þe him ǽr ætýwdon, ne geunstillað hý hine, Lch. i. 360, 15. Rǽde hé swá þæt hé óþre mid gehlýde ne geunstille ( inquietet ), R. Ben. 73, 14.
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un-gesǽlþ
unhappiness ⬩ illfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ unhappiness which consists in absence of moral good
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Nán man ne dear for árwyrðnesse ðæs ánsetlan leahtras tǽlan; him synt eác ða ungesélþa leófran, ðæt hé hý nyte, ðænne hé hí lácnige, R. Ben. 135, 18
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á-fýlan
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Ðæt ðæt hé mid hreówsunga geclǽnsode hé eft áfýlde, Past. 421, 9. Þæt ǽnig ne áfýle mid fúlan forligere hine sylfne, Wlfst. 69, 14. Áfýlan polluere , Germ. 401, 35. On gefeohte handa áfýlan, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 7: Hml. S. 25, 858: 32, 86.
ge-rýman
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Þú him weg gerýmdest on þǽre reádan sǽ, Hml. S. ll, 184. Hie' gerýmdon þone úpgang and geworhtan, Bl. H. 201, 17. Hé hæfð us gerymed rihtne weg tó écan life. Wlfst. 18, 6. Hé hæfð gerýmed rihtwísum mannum infser tó his rice. Hml. Th. i. 28, 12.
sweotollíce
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- Hié sweotollíce geseón mihten ðære byrig weallas blícan, Judth. Thw. 23, 23; Jud. 136. Hí swutolíce (manifeste) engla sang gehýrdon, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 5. Swutollíce hé sprecþ expresse loquitur, Ælfc.
wærness
Prudence, circumspection, caution
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Hæfde hé miccle lufan and ealle wærnesse tó ælcum men ( he was very considerate to everybody), . . . and ðeáh ðe hé on lǽwedum háde beón sceolde, hweðre hé tó ðon wærnesse hæfde on eallum ðingum (he was so circumspect in all things), ðæt hé munuclífe