ge-wittig
Wise ⬩ knowing ⬩ sane ⬩ conscious ⬩ intelligens
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Wise, knowing, sane, conscious; intelligens Heó ðǽrrihte wearþ gewittig she straightway became sane, Homl. Th. ii. 24, 12: 142, 19. Ne forlǽt ðé nán ðe gewityg byt nor does any one forsake thee that is wise, Shrn. 166, 28.
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hafen-leást
Lack of means, indigence ⬩ inopia
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Lack of means, indigence; inopia Wé ne sceolon ða wannspédigan for heora hafenleáste forseón we ought not to despise those who are without means for their indigence, Homl. Th. i. 128, 23. Fela sind þearfan þurh hafenleáste and ná on heora gáste.
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fole-freá
Folk's lord ⬩ lord of a nation ⬩ pŏpŭli dŏmĭnus
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Folk's lord, lord of a nation; pŏpŭli dŏmĭnus Hie ðæt cúþ dydon heora folcfreán they made that known to their nation's lord, Cd. 89; Th. 111, 7; Gen. 1852
frum-hrægl
A first garment ⬩ prīmus vestītus
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A first garment; prīmus vestītus Hét heora sceome þeccan Freá frumhrægle the Lord bade them conceal their nakedness with the first garment, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 8; Gen. 943
un-sceandlíce
Shamelessly
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Shamelessly Ic mé unsceandlíce [ the un- has been erased (properly. v. sceandlíce) in one MS. ], swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tómiddes heora gemengde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 372
yfel-ness
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Add Swá swá manna gódnes ( probitas) hí áhefþ ofer þá menniscan gecynd . . . swá eác heora yfelnes (improbitas ) áwyrpþ hí under ðá menniscan gecynd, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 10
on-sendan
to send off, despatch (an emissary) ⬩ to send forth or out, ⬩ to emit (an odour, etc.) ⬩ to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost)
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Heó hire gást onsænde, and hire líchoma resteþ on Ðæssalonica ðære ceastre, Shrn. 70, 28. Heó onsænde hire gást tó Gode, 107, 31. Hé sceal þurh gáres gripe gást onsendan, Andr. Kmbl. 374; An. 187
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þignen
a female servant ⬩ female attendant ⬩ handmaid ⬩ a mid-wife
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Ðá hét heó hire ðínenne (ministram) gán, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 18-27. Þínenne, Judth. Thw. 24, 4; Jud. 172. Heó hæfde áne þínene (ancillam) Gen. 16, 1. Áne hire þínena unam a famulabus suis, Ex. 2, 5. Þínennum pedisequis, þínenna pedisequas, Wrt.
géme-lést
Negligence, carelessness ⬩ neglĭgentia, incūria
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Þurh heora gémelést through their carelessness, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 34
un-rihte
Not rightly ⬩ unjustly
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Heora sylh unrihte gangaþ aratra eorum non recte incedunt, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 12
wiþer-corenness
Reprobateness
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Reprobateness Swá fela manna gebúgaþ tó geleáfan on ðissere andwerdan gelaðunge, ðæt hí sume eft út berstaþ ðurh wiðercorennysse and leahtrum heora ðwyran lífes, Homl. Th. ii. 290, 19
ymb-frætwian
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To surround with ornament Ðeáh ðe men him háton gewyrcan heora byrgene of marmanstáne, and útan emfrætewian mid reádum golde, Wulfst. 148, 21. Ymbfrætewode circumornatae, Ps. Lamb. 143, 12
á-birgan
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Heora ǽlc ábyrige ðæs háligwæteres. Ll. Th. i. 226, 24. with acc. Hé ábyrgde ðá forbodenan fictreówes blǽda, Sal. K. 182, 34
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cocer
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Hí fyllaþ heora coceras mid flánum, Ps. Th. 10, 2. Add
plega
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Heora biscepas sǽdon þæt heora godas bǽdon ꝥ him man worhte anfiteatra, ꝥ mon mehte þone hǽðeniscan plegan þǽrinne dón suasere pontifices, ut ludi scaenici diis expetentibus ederentur, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102, 12. an implement for a game Geseah hé ǽnne nacodne
CWECCAN
To vibrate, move ⬩ torquēre, quatĕre, vibrāre, movēre
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Hí cwehton [MS. cwehtun] heora heáfod moverunt caput, Ps. Lamb. 21, 8. Ða wegférendan cwehton heora heáfod the passers-by shook their heads, Mt. Bos. 27, 39: Mk. Bos. 15, 29
mynster-mann
A man who lives in a monastery ⬩ a monk
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Mynstermannum gedafenaþ. ðæt hí on stilnysse heora líf ádreógan. Homl. Th. ii. 342, 29 : Ælfc. Gr. pref.; Som. l, 38
prýte
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Sume men for heora prýtan forhogiaþ ðæt hí hýran godcundan ealdran, L. Eth. vii. 21 ; Th. i. 332. 33
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bismer-nes
disgrace ⬩ pollution ⬩ reproach ⬩ insult ⬩ contemptibleness ⬩ pitifulness
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Similar entries v. bismer-lic, Hé forseah þá deófollican láre, for þám þe hé ealle þá ýdele ongeat ... hé þá bysmornysse forhogode heora lára and heora costunga, Guth. 34, 4-12
stán-cræftiga
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A skilled worker in stone Ðæt wǽron .iiii. stáncræftigan ... and nǽron náne óðre him gelíce; hý gesénodon ǽlce morgen heora íserngelóman, and ðonne nǽron hý ná tóbrocene, Shrn. 146, 13