hyð
Advantage ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit
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Uton dón þearfum sume hyððe úre góda let us do some good to the needy with our wealth, Homl. Th. ii. 100, 35. Ða ðe for lirum hwílwendlícra hyðða heófiaþ those who mourn for losses of temporary advantages, i. 550, 29.
Linked entry: hyðe-líc
bile-wit
plausible
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Add: generally in a good sense Biluit mansuetus, Mt. L. 21, 5. Bilwit simplex, Lk. L. 11, 34. Bilewite mitis, Ps. Spl. 85, 4. Bilwite (bylehwit later MS.), Mt. 11, 29. Iacob wæs bilewitte (simplex) man, Gen. 25, 27.
wiþerian
to be against ⬩ be hostile ⬩ to strive ⬩ struggle ⬩ dispute ⬩ to resist ⬩ oppose ⬩ to make hostile ⬩ provoke ⬩ to become provoked
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For ðí synd ða gesibsuman Godes bearn, for ðan ðe nán ðing on him ne wiðeraþ ongeán God, Homl. Th. i. 552, 22. Mislára, ða úrum ongeán wiþeriaþ andgytum suggestiones, quae nostris obstrepunt sensibus, Scint. 33, 20.
forþ-bicuman
To come forth ⬩ provĕnīre
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To come forth; provĕnīre Forþbicwom Godes þegna blǽd the prosperity of God's servants came forth, Exon. 18 a; Th. 44, 28; Cri. 709
mirgan
To be merry ⬩ to rejoice ⬩ be glad
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To be merry, to rejoice, be glad Fægniaþ and myrgaþ Gode mid wynsumre stemne jubilate Deo in voce exultationis, Ps. Th. 46, 1
ge-mearcian
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On þám dæge ys seó forme tíd prima geháten, on þǽre sceolon gemearcode cnihtas geornlíce tó Gode clypian, Angl. viii. 319, 42. Add
fæst-mód
steadfast
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Hé tómiddes þám líge tó Gode ánmódlíce clypode, and on þǽre frecednysse fæstmód þurhwunode, Hml. S. 31, 872. Add
morgen-gebedtíd
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Morning prayer-time; in pl. matins: — Ðá hé þá his morgengebedtída wolde Gode gefyllan cum matutinas laudes Domino impenderet, Guth. Gr. 135, 272
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lícettan
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Add: absolute. to dissemble, pretend, be hypocritical Swá bióð ðá ðe hira gód eówiað beforum monnum and hira yfel helað oninnan him selfum: hí lícettað, and woldon lícian for manna eágum útane búton gódum weorcum innane vitiorum mala inius contegunt,
hwæðer
Whether
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Hwæðer gé willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde? Bt. Met. Fox 19, 9, 29; Met. 19, 5, 15. Hwæðer ðe ðín eáge mánful ys forðam ðe ic gód eom an oculus tuus nequam est, quia ego bonus sum? Mt. Kmbl. 20, 15.
mótan
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þæt hý móston dón swá good swá yfel. swædðer hý woldon, Solil.
felle-wærc
The falling sickness ⬩ epilepsy ⬩ epĭlepsia ⬩ έπιληψία
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The falling sickness, epilepsy; epĭlepsia = έπιληψία Ðæt deáh wið fellewærce it is good for epilepsy, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 178, 8
ge-ildan
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Ne lata þú ꝥ þú tó Gode gecyrre, ne geyld þú hit ( neque differas ) of dæge tó dæge, Archiv cxxii. 258, 34. Add
for-hycgend
A despiser ⬩ contemner
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A despiser, contemner Forhycgend (-hicg-, v. l.) úra goda contemtor diuum, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 21, 13. Forhicgend, R. Ben. I. 55, 13
clǽn-georn
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Add: desirous of cleanliness Góde bæc-yrstran . . . to ǽlcum meteþingum clǽngeorne . . . and wé wyllað þæt þá cócas clǽngeorne beón, Chrd. 19, 19-21
ge-laþung
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Nú syndon ealle Crístene men ánum naman gehátene, . . . seó hálige gelaðung þe gelýfð nú on God, Hml. A. 29, 115-123. Críst ús circean árǽrde, þe is his gelaðung, Ælfc. T.
mæðlan
to speak
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Ic God mæðlan gehýrde; Cd. 26; Th. 33,23; Gen. 524. Ongan wordum mæðlan, 101; Th. 134, 2; Gen. 2218: Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 30; Cri. 1364: 50 a; Th. 174, 10; Gú. 1175. Meðlan, Andr. Kmbl. 2879; An. 1442
piþa
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Þeahtigaþ on hiera módes rinde monig gód weorc tó wyrcanne, ac on ðam piþan biþ óðer gehýded, Past. 9 ; Swt. 55, 23. Nim ellenes piþan, Lchdm. iii. 90, 2
þúr
Thor
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Thor, the god who most nearly corresponded to Jupiter; hence Jupiter is translated by Þúr Þunor oððe Ðúr Joppiter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 33. Þúres módur Latona, 53, 4.
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bismer-nes
disgrace ⬩ pollution ⬩ reproach ⬩ insult ⬩ contemptibleness ⬩ pitifulness
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C. 37, 7. reproach, insult God wolde ðá bysmernyssa úra feónda fram ús ácerron, Hml. A. 126, 321. contemptibleness, pitifulness.