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un-scearpsíne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scearpsíne, adj.

Not sharpsighted

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Not sharpsighted Ealdes mannes eágan beóþ unscearpsýno ... Þus mon sceal unscearpsýnum sealfe wyrcean tó eágum, Lchdm. ii. 30, 27-32, 1

Linked entry: scearp-síne

un-leánod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-leánod, adj.

Not repaid

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Not repaid Ic wille, gif ic ǽnigum menu ǽnig feoh unleánod hæbbe, ðæt míne mágas ðæt geleánian, Chart. Th. 491, 5

ge-stala

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stala, an; m.

A thief; ⬩ fur

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A thief; fur Ðæt he ne gestala nǽre that he was not a thief, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 15

Linked entry: stala

gíman

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Sé ðe ne giémð hwæðer hé ðá sibbe healde qui servare pacem non curat Past. 345, 12. Hié ne giémað tó hwon óðerra monna wíse weorðe non aliorum lucra cogitant 41, 24.

DEÁF

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÁF, adj.

DEAF ⬩ surdus

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Ne wirige ðú deáfe curse not the deaf, Lev. 19, 14. Deáf corn deaf or barren corn, Past. 52, 9; Hat. MS

Linked entry: a-deáf

FECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
FECCAN, feccean, fæccan; p.> feahte, fehte; pp. feaht, feht

FETCH ⬩ bring to ⬩ draw ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ tollĕre ⬩ afferre ⬩ haurīre

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B.] if a priest fetch not the chrism, L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 11. Se ðe ys uppan hys húse, ne gá he nyðer ðæt hé ǽnig þing on his húse fecce qui in tecto, non descendat tollĕre alĭquid de dŏmo sua, Mt. Bos. 24, 17: L. Edg. C. 67; Th. ii. 258, 20.

Linked entries: fæccan fetian

æþel-boren

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Ne sceal hé þone æþelborenan settan beforan þane þeówborenan non preponatur ingenuus ex servitio convertenti, R. Ben. 12, 12. in a general sense, noble Æthelboren nobilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 60. Eðelboren, Kent. Gl. 1147.

Linked entry: boren

frécennes

Grammar
frécennes, frécnes.
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Þá þe ne mihton ádreógar þæs hungres frǽcnesse (frécen-, v.l.) qui famis periculum ferre non poterant, Gr. D. 197, 25. Frécnysse discrimen, Hpt. Gl. 443, 71

tiber

(n.)
Grammar
tiber, tifer, es; n.
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Hié Drihtne lác begen brohton; brego engla beseah on Abeles gield, cyning eallwihta, Caines ne wolde tiber sceáwian ( ad munera illius (Cain) non respexit Dominus, Gen. 4. 5), 60, 9; Gen. 979.

Linked entries: teofrian tifer

under-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
under-gitan, p. -geat, pl. -geáton; pp. -giten

To understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know

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A.) ðæt hé tealde him God tó fæder non cognouerunt quia patrem eis dicebat, Jn. Skt, 8, 27. Ne undergéton (-geáton, MS. A.) ( cognouerunt ) hys leorningcnihtas ðás þing ǽrest, 12, 16.

á-cuman

(v.)
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Ðæt hé nánum men máre ne beóde ðonne hé ácuman mæge ut auditoris sui animum ultra vires non trahat, Past. 459, 7. Ne mæg ic ána ácuman ( sustinere ) eall ðis folc, Num. 11, 14

sǽmra

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽmra, adj. (without positive)

Inferior, worse

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Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr ware, ne beóþ ðín winter wiht ðé sǽmran (anni tui non deficient). Ps. Th. 101, 24. Hí dweligende sécaþ ðæt héhste gód on ða sámran (sǽmran, Cote.

Linked entries: sǽmest sám- sámran

mann-swica

Grammar
mann-swica, mán-swica ?. [In favour of mán- it may be noted that mann- does not occur as the first part of this compound, but does occur with -slaga; in Wlfst. 55, 6 the a has the accent in two MSS. (though in one of these mán- is written in mánslagan, Wlfst. 26, 14), and at 114, 13 manswican is a v. l. for mánsworan.]
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In l. 2 read mannslagan, and add: a deceiver, cheat Án unlagu æt ðám ætfengan þe swicigende manswican lufedan be-westan, Ll. Lbmn, 244, 28. Swá geráde manswican (man-, v. ll. ) þe on ðá wísan swǽslíce swiciað on unriht, þæt syndan forbodan Antecrístes

BEÓN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÓN, [bión], to beónne; part. beónde; ic beó [beóm], ðú bist, byst, he biþ, byþ, pl. beóþ; impert. beó, pl. beóþ; subj. beó, pl. beón

To BE ⬩ exist ⬩ become ⬩ esse ⬩ fieri

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To BE, exist, become; esse, fieri Hí ne tweódon férende beón to ðam écan lífe non dubitabant esse transituros ad vitam perpetuam Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 38, 18. Ðe ðǽr beón noldon who would not be there Byrht.

Linked entries: byst byþ beó beóm beóþ beóðan beþ bión bióþ ge-beón

be-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
be-sceáwian, p. ode; pp. od

To look round upon ⬩ look on ⬩ consider ⬩ regard ⬩ watch ⬩ circumspicere ⬩ intueri ⬩ considerare ⬩ respicere ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ providere

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Ðú ne besceáwast nánes mannes hád non respicis personam hominum, Mt. Bos. 22, 16. Ðæt he Alexandres [wisan] besceáwode that he might watch Alexander's conduct, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 82, 22 : R. Ben. 55

Linked entry: sceáwian

for-bryttan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bryttan, -brittan; he -bryteþ, -brytt; p. -brytte; pp. -bryted, -bryt

To break in pieces ⬩ smash ⬩ bruise ⬩ crush ⬩ confringtĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ conquassāre

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To break in pieces, smash, bruise, crush; confringtĕre, contĕrĕre, conquassāre Tocwysed hreód he ne forbrytt arundĭnem quassātam non confringet. Mt. Bos. 12, 20.

Linked entry: for-brittan

ge-cwylman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwylman, p. de; pp. ed [cwelman, cwylman to torment]

To afflict ⬩ torment ⬩ punish ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ pūnīre ⬩ trucīdāre ⬩ mortĭfĭcāre

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To afflict, torment, punish, destroy, kill; pūnīre, trucīdāre, mortĭfĭcāre Ná ðæt án me, ac eác swylce míne geféran mid ánum slege he mæg gecwylman non sōlum me, sed etiam meos sŏcios ūno ictu pŏlĕrat mortĭfĭcāre, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 33.

Linked entry: gw-cwelman

un-gehírsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehírsum, adj.

Inattentive to what is said ⬩ unsubmissive ⬩ disobedient

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Inattentive to what is said, unsubmissive, disobedient Hú lange wylt ðú beón ungehírsum usque quo non vis subjici mihi? Ex. 10, 3. Oððe hé bið ánum gehýrsum, and óðrum ungehýrsum aut unum sustinebit, et alterum contemnet, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 24.

Linked entries: ge-hírsum un-gehýrsum un-hírsum

unfriþ-scip

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-scip, es; n.

a ship which is carrying on hostilities ⬩ a ship belonging to a hostile country

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, þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gyf hit undrifen bið omnis ceapscip, i.e. navis institoris, pacem habeat, quae in portum veniet, licet navis sit inimicorum, si non sit abacta tempestatibus (Lat. vers.), L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 286, 21

ceorung

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Bútan ceorunge non cum murmurio, 20, 19. Mid wóplicre ceorunge with lamentable complaint, Hml. S. 2, 355. Ceorunge (cear-, Hpt. Gl. 514, 67) querimoniam, An. Ox. 4692. Gif ǽnig ongeán sumne hæfð ceorunge ( querelam ), Scint. 24, 3. Add

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