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un-tǽlwirðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tǽlwirðe, adj.

Not blameableirreprehensiblepraiseworthy

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Not blameable, irreprehensible, praiseworthy Is geteald hwelc hé beón sceal, gif hé untǽlwierðe bið quae sit irreprehensibilitas ipsa, manifestat, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 11. Æew Dryhtnes untélwyrðe ( inrepraehensibilis ), Ps. Surt. 18, 8.

Linked entry: tǽl-wirðe

wesle

(n.)
Grammar
wesle, an ; f.
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Gif on hwylcne mycelne wǽtan mús oððe wesle ( mustela ) on befealle, and ðǽr deád sig, sprenge mid háligwætere and þycge, L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 11 : 40; Th. ii. 166, 6, 9

Linked entry: weosule

wiþer-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-cwide, es; m.

Resistanceoppositioncontest

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Gif hwá openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht gewyrce, L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 8. Ðǽr hí wiðercwyde wæteres hæfdon ad aquas contradictionis, Ps. Th. 105, 25. Ic on unriht lócade and wiðercwyda wearn gehýrde vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem, 54, 8

ǽþryt

(n.)
Grammar
ǽþryt, ǽþrytt, es; n.
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Th. ii. 520, 5. wearisomeness, tediousness Ic ðóhte þæt hit wǽre lǽsse ǽðryt tó gehýrenne, gif man ðá áne bóc rǽt on ánes geáres ymbryne, and ðá óðre on ðám æftran geáre, Hml. Th. ii. 2, 11

bræc-seóc

Grammar
bræc-seóc, (brǽc-?).
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Gif mon sý bræcseóc (epileptic), Lch. ii. 284, 31. Bræcseóca caducus, demoniacus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 36. Wiþ bræcseócum men, Lch. ii. 138, 8. Bræcseóce lunaticos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 74. Bræcséc, Mt. L. 4, 24.

créda

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Gif hé song his crédon oððe Paternoster on untrumne mon, hé wæs sóna hál, Shrn. 116, 20. Add

eálá

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Eálá ðú láreów O magister ... eálá, gif hé gecyrde intó ðǽre byrig pro, si remeasset in urbem, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 4-8. Eálá reówlic tíd wæs þæs geáres, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 26. Eálá hú leás is þysses middaneardes wela, 219, 6.

felawyrd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
felawyrd-ness, e; f.

Talkativeness

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Talkativeness Ac hú byð ꝥ gif hit gelimpeð ꝥ se man ꝥ wyrignesse word ne gecwið tó his þám néhstan for hete and níþe, ac hit sceóteð forð þurh his tungan (for his felawyrdnesse and his tungan, v. l.) gýmeleásnesse quid si homo non fortasse ex malitia

fricca

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Gif se sácerd bið ungerád ðæs láreówdómes . . . hwæt mæg hé bodigean má ðonne se dumba fryccea praeconis officium suscipit quisquis ad sacerdotium accedit . . . sacerdos si praedicationis est nescius, quam clamoris vocem daturas est praeco mutus ?

geflit-georn

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Gif hira hwylc geflitgeorn (contentiosus) bið, R. Ben. 130, 20. Ne ǽnig man ne sý tó sacfull ne éalles tó geflitgeorn, Wlfst. 70, 19 : Lch. iii. 428, 34.

Linked entry: flít-georn

gewit-loca

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Gif þú áwyrtwalast of gewitlocan (cf. of ðínum móde, Bt. 23; F. 78, 33) leása gesǽlþa, Met. 12, 26. Þone wísan on gewitlocan scamian (cf. hine scamian, Bt. 19; F. 68, 23), 10, 12.

hinder

(adv.)
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T 9, 2. where there is inversion of proper order Bið þæs mannes líf on hinder gefadad, gif ꝥ flǽsc sceal gewyldan þone gást, Hml. S. 17, 12

mús

Grammar
mús, <b>; I.</b>
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Se micela ylp . . . ondrǽt him for þearle, gif hé gesihð áne mús, ðeáh ðe seó mús ne mage his micelnysse derian. Hml. A. 64, 258. Wiþ weartum, genim hundes micgean and múse blód, meng tósomne, smire mid, Lch. ii. 322, 12.

sweord

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And þeáh hé geþeó ꝥ hé hæbbe helm and byrnan and golde fǽted sweord (ofergyldene sweord, 22), gif hé ꝥ land nafað, hé bið ceorl swáþeáh, Ll. Th. i. 188, 9. v. birn- (byrn-), hilt-sweord. Add

sceaþian

(v.)
Grammar
sceaþian, p. ode

To hurt, harm, spoil, rob

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Gif hwylc þeódsceaþa sceaþian onginneþ, Th. ii. 310, 24: L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 29. Scaðian, Wulfst. 191, 19. Se ðe wǽre sceaþigende (scaþiende), weorðe se tiligende on rihtlícre tilþe, 72, 12

æf-þanc

Grammar
æf-þanc, &c.
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Gif hwylc yfeldǽde man þurh ǽnigne æfþancan óþerne begaleþ, Lch. i. 190, 9. Sé ðe lǽrð sunu his on æfþuncan (in zelum) hé ásent feónd he that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy (Ecclus. 30, 3), Scint. 176, 12.

ǽrendung

carrying a message, acting as an emisarya message, an errand

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Substitute: carrying a message, acting as an emisary Gif hwylc bróðor gedyrstlǽcð ðæt hé ǽnige geþeódrǽdene nime wið ðone ámánsumedan, oðþe þurh ǽnige sprǽce oðþe þurh ǽniges óþres mannes ǽrendunge by any other man's carrying a message R.

handlian

(v.)
Grammar
handlian, p. ode; pp. od

To handle, feeltractare

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To handle, feel Gif mín fæder mé handlaþ si attrectaverit me pater meus, Gen. 27, 12. Hý ða spǽce swá lange handledon they handled the suit so long, Th. Chart. 302, 31. Hálige béc handligan sacros libros manu tractare, L. Ecg.

hnappung

(n.)
Grammar
hnappung, hnæppung, e; f.

Slumbering, dozing, drowsiness

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Slumbering, dozing, drowsiness Ǽresð mon hnappaþ gif hé ðonne ðære hnappunge ne swícþ ðonne hnappaþ hé óþ ðæt hé o wierþ on fæstum slǽpe dormitando vero oculus ad plenissimum somnum ducitur, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 195, 11.

Linked entry: hnæppung

tó-þundenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-þundenness, e; f.

swollennesspridearrogancecontumacy

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Gif hé on tóþundennesse þurhwunaþ si contumax fuerit, 131, 8. For geþances toþundennysse propter mentis tumorém, Scint. 183, 13. Ða eádmódan ðe náne tóðundennysse nabbaþ. Homl. Th. i. 550, 1

Linked entry: -þunden-ness