þreátian
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II. add ; — Sió mengu ðreáttan hiǽ turba increpabat eos, Mt. R. 20, 31
or-þanc
Cunning, skilful
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Menol. Fox 463; Gn. C. 2. Orþonc ǽrsceaft. Exon. Th. 477, 1 ; Ruin. 16. Mé þurh hrycg wrecen hongaþ under án orþonc píl, óðer on heáfde, Exon. Th. 403, 23; Rá. 22, 12.
án-lípig
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Add: Single; singulus Ǽnlípige men singuli homines, Ælfc. Gr. 284, 5. single, sole, by one's self, alone Ánlípig aldormon one or other alderman acting by himself; MS. E has ealdormen ) and cyninges þegnas oft ráde onridon, Chr. 871; P. 72, 14.
be-witan
watch over
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Add: in a general sense, to take charge of, watch over Wén is ꝥ hé wille bewitan á his menn ge on lífe ge on deá ðe, Hml.
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þætte
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And ðæs embe fíf niht ðætte fulwiht tiid éces Drihtnes tó ús cymeþ, Menol. Fox 22; Men. 11, and often. Eálá ꝥte ðis moncyn wǽre gesǽlig, gif heora mód wǽre riht Bt. 21; Fox 74, 40.
freó-man
A freeman ⬩ free-born man ⬩ lībĕræ conditiōnis hŏmo ⬩ vir ingĕnuus
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Hwæt gifest ðú me freómanna to frófre what givest thou me for men's comfort? Cd. 99; Th. 131, 12; Gen. 2175
Linked entries: freóls-man frig-man frí-man
hwem-dragen
Sloping
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Sloping, not perpendicular Wæs ðæt ilce hús hwemdragen nalas æfter gewunan mennisces weorces ðæt ða wagas wǽron rihte ac git swíðor on scræfes onlícnesse ðæt wæs æteówed that same house had sloping walls, not at all after the custom of men's work so
wlanc
proud ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ bold ⬩ proud ⬩ bold ⬩ arrogant ⬩ haughty ⬩ insolent ⬩ proud ⬩ elate ⬩ exultant ⬩ splendid ⬩ great ⬩ high ⬩ august ⬩ magnificent ⬩ rich
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Wlance þegenas, unearge men, Byrht. Th. 137, 53; By. 205: Cd. Th. 188, 19; Exod. 170. Wlance wígsmiðas, eorlas árhwate, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 21. Men módum wlonce, Exon. Th. 325, 4; Víd. 106.
Linked entry: wlencu
be-lisnian
To evirate ⬩ emasculate ⬩ castrate ⬩ castrare ⬩ belisnod ⬩ belistnod ⬩ emasculated ⬩ A eunuch
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Sóþlíce synd belistnode, ðe of hyra módor innoðum cumaþ, and eft synt belistnode ða men ðe man belistnaþ, and eft synd belistnode ðe híg sylfe belismodon for heofona ríce sunt enim eunuchi, qui de matris utero sic nati sunt, et sunt eunuchi, qui facti
ge-winna
An enemy ⬩ adversary ⬩ a foe ⬩ rival ⬩ hostis ⬩ inĭmīcus ⬩ æmŭlus
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An enemy, adversary, a foe, rival; hostis, inĭmīcus, æmŭlus Cwom semninga hæleþa gewinna the foe of men suddenly came, Exon. 69 a; Th. 257, 7; Jul. 243. Gesaca vel gewinna æmŭlus, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 17; Wrt. Voc. 60, 51.
ge-myndig
Mindful, remembering ⬩ mémor
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Gemyndigra monna of mindful men, 34b; Th. 111, 11; Gú. 125
stípan
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Ðeáh ðe hine mihtig God mægenes wynnum stépte ofer ealle men, Beo. Th. 3438 ; B. 1717.
treówe
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Hié ne beóþ nánum men getreówe (ne treówe. Bod. MS. ), Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 17. Búton hé habbe twégra trýwra manna gewitnesse, L. Eth. iii. 9; Th. i. 296, 18. Man namige . ii. trýwe þegnas, L. N. P. L. 57; Th. ii. 298, 31.
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wól-berende
Pestiferous ⬩ pestilential ⬩ pernicious
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Wæs ðæra wyrma oroð swíðe deáðberende and ǽterne (quorum halitus erat pestifer) and for hiora ðæm wólberendan oroðe monigé men swulton, Nar. 14, 17: 16, 2. Hé onsent ofer hig wólberende windas. Ps. Th. 10. 7.
be-stingan
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Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þám men bestincð (-stingð, v. l.), Angl. vii. 28, 259. Bestang se hálga his hand him on múð, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 34. Hire man bestang sweord on ðá hracan, Shrn. 56, 13. Hé bestang þone hláf on þ sealtfæt, Hml. A. 163, 254.
ge-sibbian
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Add: to reconcile those who are at variance Sibba þá cídenda[n] men and þú hié gesibbast try to reconcile disputants and you will reconcile them, Lch. iii. 176, 26. On ðisum wræcfullum lífe wé sceolon ðá ungeðwǽran gesibbian, Hml.
ge-sylhþ
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for a plough Ágife hé ꝥ land þám híréde mid swá myclum swá se híréd him on hand sette; ꝥ synd . xii. þeówe men, and .II. gesylhðe oxan, and .I. hund sceápa. Cht. Th. 435, 6. [Cf. Hé geann án sylhðe oxna, Cht. Crw. 23, 4.
leód
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Gé Rómániscan leóda ye men of Rome, Hml. S. 35, 291 : Hml. A. 65, 7 : Lch. iii. 246, 15. Se wer gebirað mágum, and seó cynebót þám leódum, Ll. Th. i. 186, 5. Forwearð se consul mid eallum his folce from Etusci þǽm leódum L.
on-innan
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Þonne hit hát wǽre, and mon þá earman men oninnan dón wolde, Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 54, 25.
staþol
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Add Þá hé geseah ꝥ manie men wǽron gelaðode tó staðole beteran lífes cum conspiceret multos ad statum vitae melioris vocari, Gr. D. 117, 24: 205, 7.