un-fæderlíce
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Hé ábát his suna . . and unfæderlíce macode heora flǽsc him tó mete, Sal. K. 121, 17. Add
be-tellan
exculpate ⬩ excuse
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Hí hí sylfe earhlíce betealdon, Hml. S. 23, 308. Se Hǽlend nolde hine betellan, ðeáh ðe hé unscyldig wǽre, Hml.
weorþ-líce
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Hí swíðe weorðlíce hine of heora gryðe sendon, Chr. 1075; Erl. 212, 33. Hí mid mycclan þrymme and blisse and lofsange ðone hálgan arcebiscop feredon, and swá wurðlíce intó Cristes cyrcan bróhton, 1023; Erl. 163, 30.
med-micel
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Þonne ꝥ moód wile ymb his ágene þæncan, búton tweón hit gehweorfeþ þý medmáre tó his sylfes þearfe cum animus interiora appetit, ad haec proculdubio minor redit, Gr. D. 5, 7.
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just
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Hé þohte on him sylfum hwæt his sóðes wǽre he thought in himself what there was of it true, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 545. Fela spella him sǽdon ðaBeormas . . . ac hé nyste hwæt ðæs sóþes wæs, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 33.
wrǽst
delicate ⬩ elegant ⬩ splendid ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent
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Ðú him his wyrtruman wrǽstne settest, Ps. Th. 79, 8-9. Nolde ic ðíne gewitnesse wrǽste forlǽtan, 118, 157. Hé on his welan spéde wrǽste gelrúwode, 51, 6. Hí ne wiston wrǽstran rǽd they knew not a more excellent way, Cd. Th. 227, 6; Dan. 182
a-mearcian
To mark out ⬩ delineate ⬩ describe ⬩ determine ⬩ annotare ⬩ denotare ⬩ designare ⬩ describere ⬩ definire
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Ðone, ðe grúnd and sund, heofon and eorþan, amearcode mundum sínum him, who land and sea, heaven and earth, marked out with his own hands, 1499; An. 751: R. Concord. 2
for-wrecan
To drive out ⬩ banish ⬩ expel ⬩ expellĕre ⬩ propellĕre ⬩ fŭgāre
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To drive out, banish, expel; expellĕre, propellĕre, fŭgāre Ðý-læs hit ýþa þrym forwrecan meahte lest the force of the waves might drive it out, Beo. Th. 3843; B. 1919. He hine feor forwræc he banished him far, 219; B. 109.
on-bærnan
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Add Mid hira ágenre gewilnunge hié bióð onbærnede (-bærnde, v. l.) sua cupidine accensi, Past. 27, 18. <b>III a.</b> to heat (lit.) :-- Gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð, Lch. ii. 218, 23.
inweard-líce
Inwardly ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ heartily ⬩ earnestly
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Inwardly, thoroughly, heartily, earnestly Heroðes innweardlíce gelearnade from him Herodes diligenter didicit ab eis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 2, 7, 8. Innweardlíce cliopaþ hine invocate eum, Rtl. 10, 26.
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for-spanan
To entice ⬩ seduce ⬩ illĭcĕre ⬩ sedūcĕre
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Hine his hyge forspeón, ðæt he ne wolde Drihtnes word wurþian his mind seduced him, that he would not revere the Lord's word, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 34; Gen. 350. Forspanen beón seductum esse, sedūci, Prov. 30, Lye
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ge-dwellan
To lead astray. ⬩ of matter in respect to which there is error ⬩ the object a thing, to confuse, obscure, give a wrong idea of ⬩ To err
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Hî forþon tiliað ꝥ hí gód dón þe hí willað gedwellan þá gife óðera manna weorces ( ut gratiam alienae operationis obnubilent), Gr. D. 76, 26. intrans. To err -Sé ðe gedweleð qui erraverit, Kent. Gl. 784
ofer-wyrcan
to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay
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to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay Hé hit him eft hám bebeád on ánum brede áwriten and siððan hit áwriten wæs hé hit oferworhte mid weaxe qui omnia civibus suis per tabellas scriptas, et post cera superlitas, enunciabat
slide
A slip, fall ⬩ lapsus ⬩ of an actual slip ⬩ a slip into misfortune or error
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Gr. 11;Zup. 79, 9. of an actual slip Ðá wearþ mé slide and ic him (the horse)of áfeóll lapsus decidi Bd. 5, 6;S. 619, 18. fig. a slip into misfortune or error Forðæm hit ǽr hit nolde behealdan wið unnyt word, hit sceal ðonne niédinga áfeallan for ðæm
be-reáfian
alone
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Aaron hæfde bereáfod (spoliaverat) ꝥ folc æt hira golde, Ex. 32, 25. with acc. of spoil and on with person ꝥ hé him ágeáfe þæt hé ǽr on him bereáfode (ge-, v. l. ), Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 30
ge-mæcca
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God him swylce gemæccean forgeaf, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 33. Þ ic móte þíne þeówene míne gemeccan geseón, Hml. S. 30, 237. Hí him tó nimað mægeð tó gemæccum mínra feónda, Gen. 1259. <b>III a.
synderlíce
apart, away from all others, in private ⬩ separately, severally, apart ⬩ specially, in particular ⬩ only, exclusively, solely, to or by one's self ⬩ specially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly
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Ðonne hié synderlíce ðenceaþ hú hié selfe scylen fullfremodeste weorðan . . . mið ðý hí bereáfiaþ hié selfe ðara góda ðe hié wilniaþ synderlíce habban cum sua lucra cogitant, ipsis se, quae privata habere appetant, bonis privant, Past. 5; Swt. 41, 22-
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ge-æmtian
to empty, remove the material contained in something ⬩ to free ⬩ give leisure to ⬩ to free oneself ⬩ to be disengaged ⬩ to make ⬩ get time ⬩ devote oneself
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Hú hié hié geǽmettian (-ǽmeti-gian, v. l.) scoldon óðerra weorca, Past. 131, 5. with prep. Þonne heó mæg hí fram hyre láre geǽmtigan, Ap.
beátan
to beat with (mid) ⬩ to beat on ⬩ To beat on
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Add: trans. of living creatures Sume hí beóton quosdam caedentes, Mt. 12, 5. Hí beóton his heáfod percutiebant caput ejus, Mt. 27, 30. Hí beóton heora breóst, Hml. Th. ii. 258, 9. Gif man hiné beáte, Ll. Th. i. 348, 5.
un-efn
Unequal ⬩ unlike ⬩ dissimilar ⬩ diverse ⬩ irregular
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Ac ðara monna mód bið suíðe unemn, for ðæm hit gedéð hit self him selfum suíðe ungelíc for ðære gelómlícan wendinge, for ðæm hit nǽfre eft ne bið ðæt hit ǽr wæs cor stultorum dissimile erit ...