nyt-líc
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ beneficial
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Ic ne gýmde ðara nytlícra geþeahta mínra freónda utilia consilia spreveram amicorum, Nar. 6, 26. Monig nytlíco þing multa utilia, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 19
racent-teáh
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Hine nán man mid racenteágum (raceteágum, MS. A.: racantégum, Rush.) ne mihte gebindan. For ðam hé oft mid racenteágum (racontégum, Rush.) gebunden tóslát ða raceteága (racontége, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 5. 3-4.
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ge-sceamian
To blush, be ashamed, be confounded ⬩ erubescĕre, confundi ⬩ To shame, cause or bring shame to, confound ⬩ pūdēre, confundĕre ⬩ to be ashamed
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To shame, cause or bring shame to, confound; pūdēre, confundĕre Nú mæg ðám Cristenan gescomian now may the Christians blush, Ors. 4, 12; Bos. 99, 12. Ne gesceamaþ hý it shall not confound them; non confundentur, Ps. Th. 36, 18: 30, 1.
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wringan
To wring ⬩ to twist ⬩ to squeeze out
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Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter. Bt. 5,2; Fox 10, 31. Tó wringen[n]e ad exprimendos, Hpt. Gl. 468, 32. [O. H. Ger. ringan rixari, luctari.]
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arod
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Beó arod and ne ondrǽd þé nó deáþ, Shrn. 119, 26. Tó ðám arod so bold, Jud. 275. Arude strenua (luctamina ), An. Ox. 5, 1. Ꝥ wíf wæs á siððan þý aredra on hire béne, Shrn. 99, 36. Add
á-lynian
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Ne mæg nán man of mínre handa út álinian ( eruere ), Deut. 32, 39. Út ályniende eiciens, An. Ox. 4424. Sí ðú út álened eruere, Kent. Gl. 127. Út áleoned euulsam, An. Ox. 3464. Út álynedum extirpatis, 1134 (and see note). Add
hrútan
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Ne mé hrútende (v. Angl. xxxii. 386) hrísil scelfaeð, ni mec óuuana aam sceal cnyssa (cf. nec radiis carpor, duro nec pectine pulsor, Ald. 257, 23), Txts. 151, 7. to snore (perhaps this is a different word. v. N. E.
land-leód
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Næs ná ꝥ án ꝥ seó stów wæs ungewunelic, ac eác swilce uncúð þám landleódum him selfum, Hml. S. 23 b, 107. Landleóde indigenas An. Ox. 17, 18
mæsse-sang
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Add: celebration of mass Nán mæssesang beón ne mæg bútan þǽm þrím þingum, ꝥ is ofiǽtan and wín and wæter (cf. panis et vinuin et aqua sine quibus nequaquam missae celebrantur, III. 30, Ll. Th. ii. 406, 2.
ofer-irnan
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</b> of a fluid, to spread over or throughout Gif of þǽre wambe ánre þá yfelan wǽton cumen, and ne oferyrnen ealne þone líchoman . . . Gif sió yfele wǽte of þǽre wambe oferyrneþ ealne þone líchoman, Lch. ii. 178, 16-20.
reócan
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Sume hús ná gehrán seó fýlnes þæs reócendan and stincendan mistes alia habitacula exurgens foetor e flumine minime tangebat, Gr. D. 319, 11. Eóde forð feórðe healf geár bútan rénscúrum and reocendum deáwe, Hml. S. 18, 57. Add
wealdende
Ruling ⬩ powerful
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Se anweald ne mæg gedón his wealdend wealdendne, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 3, 17. Hwæþer ðú nú wéne ðæt ðæs cyninges geférrǽden and se wela and se anweald ðe hé gifþ his deórlingum mæge ǽnigne mon gedón weligne oððe wealdendne?
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ǽ-melness
want of energy or of interest, sloth ⬩ weariness, tedium, disgust
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Se leahtor déð ðæt ðám men ne lyst nán ðing tó góde gedón, ac gǽð him ásolcen fram ǽlcere dugeðe, Hml, Th. ii. 220, 22. Ǽmylnys, Hml. S. 1, 107. weariness, tedium, disgust Ǽmelnes fastidium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 46.
orpung
breathing, breath ⬩ a breathing-hole (? cf. preceding passage), a pore
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Nán mann ne nýten næfþ náne orþuage búton þurh ða lyfte, Lchdm. iii. 272, 22. Óþ ða nýhstan orþuncge until his latest breath, L. Ælf. E. 4; Th. ii. 392, 10. God on ábleów on hys ansíne lífes orþunge (spiraculum vitae), Gen. 2, 7. a breathing-hole (?
ge-swencednes
Sorrow ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ afflictio ⬩ tribŭlātio
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Nán ðyssera geswencednyssa ne becom on ðam ende ðæs eardes ðe ðæt godes folc on eardode none of these afflictions came into that part of the country in which the people of God dwelt, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 25
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tó-gangan
to go in different directions, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass away
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M. 372, 20) wǽron digredientes ab invicem, S. 607, 36. to go away, pass away Ne tógongeþ gumena hwylcum eáþe ðæt ic ðǽr ymb sprice what I speak of does not easily pass away from any man (it is a bow that speaks, and the reference is to a wound from a
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á-tyhtan
to stretch ⬩ tendere ⬩ attendere ⬩ extendere ⬩ in-tendere ⬩ to persuade ⬩ incite
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Þænne geþanc ná tó bebodum só;ðre lufe byð átiht (tenditur), 53, 7. Átyht, Past. 301, 19. Óðer bið tó ungemetlíce átyht inordinate extenditur, 293, 13. ¶ Átyht intent :-- Átiht mid bígenge his gebedes orationis studio intentus, Gr.
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mægþ-hád
maidenhood ⬩ virginity ⬩ celibacy ⬩ chastity ⬩ a body of young persons
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maidenhood, virginity, celibacy, chastity Ðú cennest cyning ealra clǽnnessa and ðinne mægþhád nó ne gewemmest, Blickl. Homl. 7, 36: Exon. 12 a; Th. 18, 25; Cri. 289: 9 a; Th. 6, 16; Cri. 85 : Homl. Th. i. 460, 4.
swangorness
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Non autem dormire, sed dormitare, est quae quidem reprehenda sunt cognoscere, sed tamen propter mentis taedium dignis ea increpationibus non emendare, 28; Swt. 195, l-10
un-medume
Unmeet ⬩ unfit ⬩ unworthy
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Gestíran ðære wilnunge ðǽm unmedemum, ðæt hiera nán ne durre grípan on ðæt ríce ne imperfecti culmen arripere regiminis audeant, 4; Swt. 41, 5. Ða ðe hé unmedume gemétte ðes Godes geleáfan, Anglia x. 141, 18
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