wed-bryce
Breach of a pledge or engagement
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Breach of a pledge or engagement Gif hé ðæs weddie, ðe hym riht sý tó gelǽstanne, and ðæt áleóge . . . béte ðone wedbryce swá him his scrift scrífe, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 6-21.
of-lícian
to displease, be displeasing
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Gif hwam seó lár oflícige, 216, 23
Linked entry: lícian
oftrǽdlíce
Frequently, often, habitually
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Gif man hine oftrǽdlíce (ex consuetudine) ofer drince, L. Ecg. P. iv. 33; Th. ii. 214, 12. Ǽghwæðer óðerne oftrǽdlíce út drǽfde, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 12. Hé oftrǽdlíce fór mid miclum gefeohtum on Sciððie, Ors. l, 2; Swt. 30, 2: 4, 12; Swt. 208, 33
snaca
A reptile, a snake
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Gif ðú gesihst snacan ongeán ðe cuman, ongeán yfele wýfmen ðé bewerian mynegaþ Lchdm. iii. 214, 9. Snacan colubros Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 37: scorpiones Lk. Skt. 10, 19
for-syngian
To make sinful ⬩ to sin ⬩ burdened with sin ⬩ sinful
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Substitute: To make sinful ; reflex, to sin Gif hé hine sylfne wið God forsyngað, Wlfst, 280, 8. ¶ forsyngod burdened with sin, sinful Swá se man sý swýðor forsingod, swá he geornor Godes hús séce, Wlfst. 155, 8.
Linked entry: for-singian
ge-wealdes
Of one's power ⬩ of one's own accord ⬩ willingly ⬩ sponte
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Of one's power, of one's own accord, willingly; sponte Gif man hine sylfne gewealdes ofslihþ si quis sponte seipsum occiderit, L. M. I. P. 13; Th. ii. 268, 15. Se ðe his gewealdes monnan ofsleá he who slays a man of his own accord, L.
wídgilness
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Geond þá wídgelnysse (-gil-, v.l. ) þæs muntes per devexum mantis latus, Gr. D. 12, 10. Add
late
Slowly ⬩ late ⬩ at length ⬩ at last
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Gif heó gǽþ late .. gif heó hraþe gǽþ, Lchdm. iii. 144, 7: Exon. 49 b; Th. 172, 2; Gú. 1137. Ic ðæt gecneów tó late too late I perceived it, 72 a; Th. 269, 2; Jul. 444: Elen. Kmbl. 1412; El. 708.
cræft
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Wíf gif heó mid hwylcum cræfte ( molimine ) hire hǽmed gerénað, Ll. Th. ii. 156, 7. Gif hé þurh druncen oððe þurh óðerne cræft ( alio artificio ) man ofsleá, 150, 34. a machine, instrument, engine Æþele cræft ( of a medicine ), Lch. ii. 28, 10.
BIDDAN
To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, require ⬩ petere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere
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Gif he bit æg si petierit ovum, 11, 12. Gif hit [cild] æges bitt if he ask for an egg, Homl. Th. i. 250, 9. Gif hit [cild] hine hláfes bitt if he ask him for bread, 250, 8. Gif he byt fisces if he ask for a fish, Lk. Bos. 11, 11.
for-gifung
A giving ⬩ gift ⬩ donation ⬩ dōnātio
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A giving, gift, donation; dōnātio Forgifung dōnātio, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 115; Wrt. Voc. 20, 52
Linked entry: gifung
wær-lic
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Add: — Hí þurh ꝥ swýþur cunnedon þǽre Godes gife þonne hit wærlic wǽre, Gr. D. 27, 12
þegnian
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Iósep hæfde mycele gife æt his hláforde and þénode ( ministrabat ) him, Gen. 39, 4: 40, 4. Englas him þegnedan, Blickl. Homl. 27, 22. Þegnedon, 33, 34. Þéna me ministra mihi, Lk. Skt. 17, 8.
Linked entry: þénian
ge-leánian
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Ox. 42, 1. to give remuneration for well-doing (acc.) to a person (dat. ) :-- Drihten ealle þá gód mannum geleánað mid twyfealdre méde éces lífes, Bl. H. 101, 23. to give recompense for loss, suffering, &c.
for-beran
to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bear with ⬩ tolerate ⬩ to bear with ⬩ put up with ⬩ to do without ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ desist from ⬩ to abstain ⬩ to restrain
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Gif on gebeórscipe hié gecíden, and óðer hiora mid geþylde hit forbere, Ll.
Linked entries: fór-beran fóre-beran
healf
a half
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Gif mon spere selle, healfne. Gif hé horses onlǽne, ealne hé hine gylde, 120, 14. Gielden þá mǽgas þæs weres þriddan dǽl . . . Gif hé mǽgas náge, gieldan þá gegildan healfne (dǽl weres? or wer?), for healfne hé fleó, 78, 24.
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híd
familia
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Gif Wylisc mon hæbbe híde londes, his wer bið .cxx. scill.; gif hé hæbbe healfe .lxxx. scill, 122. 9. Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, 190, 15: 188, 5.
georn-full
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Huæd of óðrum geornfullo ( solliciti ) gié sínt, Lk. L. 12, 26. with clause Nallað gié gearnfulle ( solliciti ) wosa huu gié geonuearde, Lk. L. 12, 11. Geornfullo, Lk. L. R. 12, 22
be-neoðan
BENEATH ⬩ below ⬩ under ⬩ infra
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Gif se sconca biþ þyrel beneoðan cneówe if the shank be pierced beneath the knee L. Alf. pol. 63; Th. i. 96, 16, 17 : 66; Th. i. 96, 31. Nis nán wuht benyðan [him] no creature is beneath him [beneath God's notice] Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 18
cleweða
A clawing, scratching ⬩ scalpturigo, scalpurigo
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Oth. clæweða] biþ swíðe rów, and ðeáh-hwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, he wundaþ, and wund sáraþ the itch is very free from pain, and the scratching is very comfortable, and yet if it be kept up too long, it produces a wound, and the wound is painful
Linked entry: clæwetða