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eáþe-lic

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Wyrta sind eáðelice gesceafta, and ðurh winterlicne cyle symle forseariað, Hml. Th. ii. 464, 6.

Linked entry: íþe-lic

sláw

(adj.)
Grammar
sláw, slǽw, sleáw; adj.

Slow ⬩ inert ⬩ sluggish ⬩ slothful ⬩ torpid

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Ðá sláwan (pigri) sint to manianne ðæt hié ne forielden ðone tíman ðe hié tiola on dón mǽgen, 39, l; Swt. 281, 19. Sláwera desidiosorum, Wtr. Voc. ii. 28, 12

Linked entries: slǽw sleáw

yfel-willende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-willende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Ill-disposed, wicked

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Infelices esse, qui sint improbi, liquet, Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 8-11. Mid ðé ne wunaþ se yfelwillenda non habitabit juxta te malignus, Ps. Th. 5, 4: 9, 18. Ðæt yfelwillende mód malitiosa mens, Past. 35; Swt. 243, 7.

un-nyt

(adj.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nyt; adj.

Useless ⬩ vain ⬩ idle ⬩ unprofitable

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Hwæþer ðæt sié tó talianne wáclíc and unnyt num imbecillum, ac sine viribus aestimandum est? Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 16. Ðone ídelan hlísan and ðone unnyttan gilp, 19; Fox 68, 21. Ðone unnyttan þeówan inutilem servum, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 30.

Linked entry: un-net

út-gang

(n.)
Grammar
út-gang, es; m.

A going out ⬩ exit ⬩ egress ⬩ Exitus ⬩ finis ⬩ effectus ⬩ terminus ⬩ egressus ⬩ a going out of a place ⬩ egress, exit ⬩ the right of egress ⬩ a coming out from a position within a body ⬩ evacuation of the body ⬩ the going out of a period ⬩ the conclusion ⬩ end ⬩ an exit ⬩ passage ⬩ a privy ⬩ an evacuation

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Lind. 7, 19. what comes out of a body, an evacuation Sceáwige mon hwylc se útgang sié þe micel þe lytel, Lchdm. ii. 218, 12: 200, 1: 220, 6. Gesceáwa ǽlce dæge ðæt ðín útgong and micge sié gesundlíc, 226, 20, 22.

Linked entries: út-geng forþ-gang

un-ásolcenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-ásolcenlíce, adv.

Not lukewarmly ⬩ heartily ⬩ energetically ⬩ with vigour

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Not lukewarmly, heartily, energetically, with vigour Gif ðæt gebodene bið gefremed unforhtlíce and unsleaclíce and unásolcenlíce si quod jubetur non trepide, non tarde, non tepide efficiatur, R. Ben. 20, 19

bréc-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
bréc-hrægel, -hrægl, es; n. [bréc
breeches
, pl. of bróc, f; hrægel
a garment
]

breeches ⬩ a garment ⬩ lumbare, diplois = ⬩ διπλοίς ⬩ A sort of garment

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lumbare, diplois = διπλοίς A sort of garment; Him si abrogden, swá of bréchrægle [mid twýfealdum mentle, Spl.], hiora sylfra sceamu operiantur [aperiantur ?] sicut diploide confusione sua, Ps. Th. 108, 28

on-þweán

(v.)

to wash, cleanse by washing

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Gif gé willaþ onþwegene beón si vultis ablui, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 16

Linked entry: þweán

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease

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Ne him áhwǽr were ǽnig fultum, ne his steópcildum stande tó helpe non sit illi adjutor, nec sit qui misereatur pupillis ejus, 108, 12.

Linked entry: helpe

æt-hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-hleápan, p. -hleop, pl. -hleopon; pp. -hleápen; v. intrans.

To leap out ⬩ to flee ⬩ escape ⬩ get away ⬩ aufugere ⬩ evadere

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To leap out, to flee, escape, get away; aufugere, evadere Ðéh þráéla hwylc hláforde æthleápe a domino suo servus si quis aufugerit, Lupi Serm. 1, 13; Hick. Thes. ii. 103, 4

for-myrþrian

(v.)
Grammar
for-myrþrian, p. ode; pp. od

To kill ⬩ murder ⬩ destroy utterly ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ enĕcāre ⬩ perdĕre

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To kill, murder, destroy utterly; occīdĕre, enĕcāre, perdĕre Gif wíf hire cild formyrþrige innan hire si mŭlier infantem suum intra se perdidĕrit, L. M. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 268, 5

decan

(n.)
Grammar
decan, decanon, es; m.
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One who has charge of ten monks Fram decane sí boren a decano portetur, Angl. xiii. 414, 701: 433, 980. Þurh decanonas per decanos, R. Ben. 125, 8. Cf. teóþung-ealdor

Linked entries: decanon ge-deccan

for-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sellan, pp. -seald

To give up ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ lose

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To give up, sacrifice, lose Gif hé nylle hý niman, hæbbe forseald ꝥ feoh ꝥ hé sealde si ille eam accipere nolit, perdat pecuniam quam dederat, Ll. Th. ii. 148, 31

sceádlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceádlíce, adv.

Reasonably, rationally

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Reasonably, rationally Gif hé gesceádlíce (sceádelice, Wells Frag.) mid eáðmódnesse and mid sóþre lufe hwilcu þing on mynstre tǽle si qua rationabiliter et cum humilitate caritatis reprehenderit, R. Ben. 109, 8

stræc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc-líc, adj.

Rigorous, strict, severe

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Rigorous, strict, severe Gif hié ne beóþ gebundne mid stræclíce láreówdóme si hanc districtionis severitas non coarctat, Past. 17, 9; Swt. 123, 17. Streclícere hǽse rigido imperio, Hpt. Gl. 437, 4

Linked entry: strec-líc

for-rotian

(v.)
Grammar
for-rotian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [for-, rotian to rot]

To become wholly rotten ⬩ to rot ⬩ putrefy ⬩ computrescĕre

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Ðæt sió réþnes ðæs wínes ða forrotedan wunde clǽnsige that the harshness of the wine may cleanse the corrupted wound, Past. 17, 10; Hat. MS. 25 a, 9

Linked entry: rotian

lyft-lácende

(adj.)
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Síð tugon lyftlácende took their way in flight through the air [of evil spirits], Exon. 34 b; Th. 110, 31; Gú. 117. Hefonfugelas lyftlácende, Cd. 192; Th. 240, 17; Dan. 388

be-tweohsn

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweohsn, -tweoxn; prep.

among ⬩ Among

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with dat. among Ne sié hit ná suá betweoxn eów . . . ond suá hwelc suá wule betweoxn eów mǽst beón, Past. 121, 4-6. Betweohxn (-tweoxn, v. l.) eów . . . betweohxn (-twuxn, v. l.) hǽðnum, 210, 7-8.

Linked entry: tweohsn

bróc

(n.)

a brook

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Hleomoce hátte wyrt, sió wéaxeð on bróce, Lch. ii. 92, 14. ꝥ wæter cymþ up æt ðám ǽwelme, wyrþ ðonne tó bróce, ðonne tó eá, ðonne andlang eá oþ hit wyrþ eft tó sǽ Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 19. Sum micel ǽwelm, and irnon manige brócas of, 34, I; F. 134, 10.

gist-ærn

Grammar
gist-ærn, gist-ern.
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Eódon hí in sumes túngeréfan healle (giæstern, v. l.) intrauerunt hospitium cujusdam uilici, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 600, 7. a place of shelter Gewát sió lió út of þám scræfe . . . and hió unc forgeaf ꝥ gestern, Hml. A. 207, 407