wác
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</b> of non-material things :--- III. add :-- Hé beleác hine on cwearterne and sende him bigleofan lytelne and wácne, 35, 38. Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum ðonne ðú on healle heálic biscop sitte, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 28.
wiþ-habban
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Úðwitan sǽdan ꝥ heó feólle . . . gif þá dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfdon (-hæfton, v.l.) rueret, ut sapientes dixerunt, si non planetarum occursu moderaretur, Angl. vii. 12, 112.
ofer-fylgan
To pursue, persecute, attack
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Ðonne ða iersigendan menn óðrum monnum oferfylgeaþ tó ðon suíðe ðæt hit mon forberan ne mæg cum ita iracundi alios impetunt, ut declinari non possint, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 10.
weorold-cempa
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A warrior of this world, an earthly (not a spiritual) soldier Se woruldkempa weraþ woruldlíce wǽpna ongeán his gelícan, ac ðú habban scealt ða gástlícan wǽpna ongeán ðone gástlícan feónd, Basil admn. 2 ; Norm. 34, 31. Woruldcempa, 36, 17.
med-micel
not great ⬩ moderate ⬩ small ⬩ not great ⬩ trifling ⬩ venial ⬩ not important ⬩ not great ⬩ lowly ⬩ mean ⬩ poor
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Rush. 10, 30. not great, trifling, venial, not important Gif man medmycles ( exigui ) hwæthwega deóflum onsægþ, fæste i. geár; gif he mycles hwæt onsecge, fæste x winter, L. Ecg. C. 32; Th. ii. 156, 15. Medmycel ǽrende wé ðyder habbaþ, Blickl.
FǼGE
fated, doomed, destined ⬩ prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnet ⬩ dead, killed, slain ⬩ mortuus, occīsus ⬩ accursed, condemned ⬩ execrātus, damnātus
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Nó ðý fǽgra wæs that was not the more fated, Cd. 162; Th, 203, 6; Exod. 399. dead, killed, slain; mortuus, occīsus Todǽlan werum to wiste fǽges flǽschoman to distribute the flesh of the slain to the men for food, Andr. Kmbl. 307; An. 154.
hwerf-líc
Changeable ⬩ shifting
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Changeable, shifting, not enduring Hú hwerflíce ðás woruldsǽlþa sint quam sit mortalium rerum misera beatitudo, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 37
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græft-geweorc
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Carved or graven work, a graven image Ne wirce ðú græftgeweorc thou shalt not make any graven image, Deut. 5, 8
sin-freá
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A perpetual lord, a husband Nǽnig nefne sinfreá none but her wedded lord, Beo. Th. 3873 ; B. 1934. Cf. sin-híwan
un-ádwæsced
Unquenched ⬩ unextinguished ⬩ never extinguished
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Unquenched, unextinguished, never extinguished Þár bið unádwæsced fýr there shall be fire that is not quenched, Homl. Ass. 168, 115, 129
fore-cnyll
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The first signal given by a bell Gewordenum forecnyll þǽre nóntíde facto primo signo hore none, R. Ben. I. 82, 12
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mengung
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Add: a crowd of people Wé þe wǽron gemængde tó þysum folclicum mængungum nos turbis popularibus admixti, Ur. D. 209, 13
un-sadelod
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Add: not saddled, without a saddle Hé geann his hláforde feówer horsa, twá gesadelode and twá unsadelode, Cht. Crw. 23. 5
ǽngan-cundes
In a way that is unique
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Críst stód ofer ádle (alde, MS.) ǽngancundes as none other did Lch. iii. 36, 25
á-wiht
At all ⬩ by any means ⬩ omnino ⬩ ullo modo
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At all, by any means; omnino, ullo modo Ne lata ðú áwiht do not thou tarry at all, Ps. Th. 69, 7: 77, 10, 12: 134, 19.
irfe-stól
An hereditary seat
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Ne þearf ic yrfestól eaforan bytlian ǽnegum mínra ... ne sealdest ðú mé sunu I need not build an hereditary seat for any descendant of mine. .. thou hast not given me a son, 99; Th. 131, 14; Gen. 2176
un-ríce
Not rich or not powerful ⬩ poor ⬩ humble
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Not rich or not powerful, poor, humble Ða ðe unríce synd and hafenleáse þearfan pauperiores, R. Ben. 104, 7. Mín geréfa oþþe ǽnig óðer man ríccre oþþe unríccre, L. Edg. S. 13; Th. i. 276, 26.
un-gesib
not related ⬩ strange ⬩ not at peace at variance
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not related, strange Hé bið fremede Freán ælmihtigum, englum ungelíc (ungesibb, MS. B.) ána hwearfaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 69; Sal. 35. Ic ( the cuckoo ) under sceáte ungesibbum wearð eácen gǽste, Exon.
un-witende
Unwitting ⬩ not knowing ⬩ not aware of what is done ⬩ unconscious
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Unwitting, not knowing, not aware of what is done, unconscious Hé monig tácen self gedyde, þéh hé hié unwitende dyde, Ors. 5, 14; Swt. 248, 14. He oft unwitende slóg mid his heáfde on ðone wág, 5, 15; Swt. 250, 12.
hoppetan
To jump about [for joy], ⬩ leap, ⬩ rejoice, ⬩ to throb [of a wound]
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To jump about [for joy], leap, rejoice, to throb [of a wound] Swá benne ne burnon ne burston ne hoppetan so that the wounds should neither burn nor burst nor throb, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 352, 1.