iú-wine
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A friend of old or former times Wát his iúwine eorþan forgiefene knows that his friends of old are committed to earth, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 15 ; Seef. 92
Linked entry: geó-wine
leásmód-ness
Inconstancy
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Inconstancy, want of stability Ðære leóhtmódnesse and ðære leásmódnesse sanctus Paulus hine ládode a quibus [mentis levitas, cogitationum inconstantia] se alienum Paulus fuisse perhibuit, Past. 42, 3; Swt. 308, 6
tallíce
In a way that deserves blame, reprehensibly
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In a way that deserves blame, reprehensibly Tállíce reprehensibiliter, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 46. Ne forseó gé Godes ðearfan, ðeáh ðe hí tállíce hwæt gefremman, Homl. Th. i. 332, 13
þeóden-gedál
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The separation from a lord by his death Ellen biþ sélast ðam ðe sceal dreógan dryhtenbealu, behycgan þeódengedál ... se wát his sincgiefan holdne biheledne, Exon. Th. 183, 8; Gú. 1324
un-geleáfullíc
unbelieving ⬩ incredulous ⬩ unbelievable ⬩ incredible
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unbelieving, incredulous Gif hwá ðises ne gelýfð hé ys ungeleáfulíc, Jud. 15, last line. unbelievable, incredible Ic wát ðæt hit wile ðincan swýðe ungeleáffullíc ungelǽredum mannum, Lchdm. iii. 270, 7
ymb-hygd
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Care, anxiety Wiste úre se heofonlíca Fæder his ða leófan bearn on myclum ymbhygdum wæ-acute;ron æfter him; ðá wolde hé se Hǽlend hié áfréfran, Blickl. Homl. 131, 28
fore-scynian
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to give way before evil, danger, &c. Yflo monigo forescyniga (for this form cf. scyniga, 7, 12: onscynað, Jn. L. 14, 27) mala plurima praecessura, Lk. p. 10, 14
Linked entry: fore-scunian
lár-bóc
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Hé áwearp his lárbóc he flung away the book he was learning from Hml. S. 4, 189. Paulus cwæð on his lárbócum ( in his epistles ), Hml. A. 77, 108. Add
mædere
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Mædere, wád sandix, i. iacinto, 2, 436. Wealhbasu ł mædre uermiculo, 35, 4. On længtene . . . mederan settan, línséd sáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 10. Add
weax-hláf
A cake of wax
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A cake of wax On weaxhláfes wísan on áléd, Lchdm. ii. 46, 2. Dó ðonne weax on ðæt ele ðætte ðæt eall weorðe tó hnescum weaxhláfe, 234, 10: 82, 14
heáh-stefn
Having a high stem or prow
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Heáhstefn scipu high prowed ships, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 2; Wal. 13
Linked entries: -stæfn brand-stefn
sǽl
time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity
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. ¶ On sǽlum, sálum in a state of happiness, happy [cf. þu ware a sele gief ich was wroð, O. E. Homl. ii. 183, 17. Heora færð wes on sæle was prosperous, Laym. 1310. Selden sal he ben on iele (selde wurþ he blyþe and gled, Jes.
Linked entry: sél
hættian
To take the hair and skin from a person's head
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He thinks the form hettian [hættian] has no sense, but may it not be connected with hæt, as it was just that part of the head which the hat covered that was affected? It was giving the victim the appearance of wearing a hat of a most ghastly kind
fæst-hydig
Steadfast in mind ⬩ constans anīmo
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Steadfast in mind; constans anīmo Ic ðé wát fæsthydigne I know thee steadfast in mind, Cd. 67; Th. 81, 18; Gen. 1347: Exon. 90 b; Th. 339, 30; Gn. Ex. 102
langian
To summon ⬩ call
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U. gelangian] God's angel said that he was to summon thee to him, Homl. Skt. 10, 122
þweor-timbre
Cross-grained ⬩ stubborn
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, stubborn Ic wát ðæt ic ǽr ne síð ǽnig ne métte þrístran geþohtes ne þweorhtimbran ( Grein suggests -tímran, v. next word ) mægþa cynnes, Exon. Th. 275, 15; Jul. 550
geócor
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For passage from Beowulf substitute Þæt [he, MS.] wæs geócor síð þæt se hearmscaða tó Heorute áteáh, B. 76, 5. Add: :-- Ne hé sorge wæg, geócorne sefan, dreórigne hyge, Gú. 1111
geong
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Perhaps geong has come from the error of a copyist whose eye was caught by forðgeonge that follows almost immediately?
weax-sealf
A salve made of wax
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A salve made of wax Wexsealf cerotum, unguentum de cera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 41. Weaxsealf wiþ wyrme; weaxsealf; butere, pipor, hwít sealt, meng tósomne, smire mid, Lchdm. ii. 124, 11
Linked entry: weaxhláf-sealf
on-irnan
to yield, give way
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to yield, give way Duru sóna onarn fýrbendum fæst, syððan hé hire folmum [hrán], Beo. Th. 1447; B. 721. Duru sóna onarn þurh handhrine háliges gástes, Andr. Kmbl. 1998; An. 1000