hæft
one seized or taken, a captive ⬩ one taken and enslaved, a slave, servant ⬩ a prisoner, bondman ⬩ joined ⬩ vinctus, captivus
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Wé ðé biddaþ ðæt ðú gehýre hæfta stefne we beseech thee to hear the voice of the captives, Exon. 13 a; Th. 22, 32; Cri. 360.
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hnappian
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Þonne wé gebǽrað for úre réceliésðe swelce wé hit nyten, ðonne hnappige wé. Ac ðonne wé slápað fæste, ðonne . . . Past. 195, 5. Ic hneappode and slépan ongon ego dormivi et somnum coepi Ps. Srt. 3, 6.
full-getreów
Full true ⬩ altogether true ⬩ pĕnĭtus vērax
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Full true, altogether true; pĕnĭtus vērax We synd fullgetreówe sŭmus pĕnĭtus vērāces, Gen. 42, 31
un-sceádwíslíc
Unreasonable ⬩ irrational
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Unreasonable, irrational Gif wé ða unsceádwíslícan styrunga on stæððignysse áwendaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 210, 30
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on-sund
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Swâ mid mîne werode onsunde in Patriacen ꝥ lond wê becwôman, Nar. 17, 15. Add
palm-dæg
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Palm Sunday On þám symbeldæge þe wé palmdæg gewunelíce nemnað, Hml. S. 23 b, 140
twislung
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Add: differentiation Wé nellað náne twislunge habban nánes hádes reclusa personarum acceptione, Chrd. 13, 24
smeáþanclíce
Exactly, at large ⬩ subtiliter
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Exactly, at large; subtiliter Swá wé hér bufan smeáþanclíce áwriten habbaþ Anglia viii. 309, 22
hwilc
which ⬩ who ⬩ any one ⬩ any ⬩ some
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Wé gesáwon oft in cyrcean ǽgðer ge corn ge hig ge hwylce woroldlícn þing beón gehealdene we have often seen in churches corn and hay, and any kind of secular things kept, 8; Th. ii. 406, 31.
wáce
Weakly ⬩ feebly ⬩ faintly ⬩ without boldness ⬩ feebly ⬩ inefficiently ⬩ without energy ⬩ remissly
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Wé tó wáce hýraþ úrum Drihtne we are too remiss in obedience to our Lord, Wulfst. 91, 13: Exon. Th. 50, 13; Cri. 799. Wé rihte getrýwða healdaþ tó wáce we are too remiss in keeping good faith, Wulfst. 91, 17. Hí míne heorde wáce begímdon, 190, 21.
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strácian
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Wildu hors, ðonne wé hié ǽresð gefangnu habbaþ, wé hié ðacciaþ and stráciad mid brádre handa equos indomitos blanda prius manu tangimus, 41, 4 ; Swt. 303, 10. Myd swýþe drígeon handum stráca geornlíce ðane innoþ, Lchdm. iii. 134, 17
ge-fylsta
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Wé sind Godes gefylstan we are labourers together with God; Dei sumus adjutores, 8, 8: Hml. S. 11, 309. Hí tó Antecríste búgað and weorþað his gefylstan eallum heora mihtum, Wlfst. 93, 10. Add
ge-sweotulung
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Take here ge-swutelung in Dict. and add: I. a shewing by signs or symbols, indication, signifying, v. ge*-*sweotulian ; We streowiað axan uppan úre heáfda tó geswutelunge ꝥ we sculon úre synna behreówsian. Hml.
feor
Far ⬩ distant ⬩ remote ⬩ longinquus ⬩ remōtus
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Hér is gefered ofer feorne weg æðelinga sum innan ceastre here a noble is come from a long way off into the city, Andr. Kmbl. 2348; An. 1175: 382; An. 191: 504; An. 252
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for-weoren
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Substitute: <b>for-weoren</b> (-wer-, -wor-); adj. (ptcpl.) Withered away, very old, decrepit, worn out with age Decrepita i. vetula forweren valde senex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 76. Forwered, forworen decrepita, i. inueterata, An. Ox. 2109.
á-wacnian
to awaken ⬩ to arise ⬩ spring
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Áwæcnode se wer of slǽpe, 21, 251. Clypiað . . . ꝥ hé áwacnige, 18, 120. to arise, spring Þæt þeós weoruld mihte of hym áwæcnian, Wlfst. 206, 28. Þanon wæs áwæcnod ꝥ æþeluste cynn, Angl. xi. 3, 56
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þearf-líc
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Sélre ús is and ðearflícre, ðæt wé úre gyltas andetton, 136, 1. Ðarflícro (ðaroflícra, Rush.) is utilius est, Lk. Skt. Lind. 17, 2. Swá swá him þincæ ðæt mǽ þearfliicustþ sí, Chart. Th. 554, 36
a-wyndwian
to blow away ⬩ ventilare
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to blow away; ventilare We awyndwiaþ [windwiaþ, Lamb.] fýnd úre ventilabimus inimicos nostros, Ps. Spl. 43, 7
dríman
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Ús gedafenað ꝥ wé drýmon Godes lof nos decet personare in Dei laudibns, Chrd. 30, 26. Add
unriht-lust
Improper desire
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Improper desire Ðú eart scyldigra ðonne wé for ðínum ágnum unrihtlustum, Bt. 7, 5; Fox 24, 7