mete-leást
Want of food
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Ðá wǽron hié mid meteliéste gewǽgde they were reduced by want of food, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 27. For meteliéste heora líf álǽtan, Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 120, 30. Metelǽste inedia, Hpt. Gl. 480, 34. Meteléste, 497, 31. Meteleáste cibi inopia, 517, 66.
betera
BETTER ⬩ melior
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BETTER; melior Ðæt hý wǽron beteran þegnas that they were better thanes, Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 92, 23. Ða betran tída the better times, 4, 9; Bos. 92, 18. To beteran tíde to a better time, Bd. 3. 14; S. 539, 39. Wítodlíce micle má mann ys sceápe betera?
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un-gewitfull
foolish ⬩ insensate ⬩ mad ⬩ insane ⬩ not in one's senses
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Sume ða untruman wǽron dumbe, sume ungewitfulle, Homl. Ass. 180, 364
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blǽstan
to blow ⬩ rush
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Þá deófla þá blǽstan hié ofer þone hálgan Andreas (cf. the same scene in the poem : Hié wǽron reówe, rǽsdon on sóna gífrum grápum. An. 1336), Bl. H. 243, 11
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eág-hringas
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Þá eágan wǽron út ádyde of þám eáhhringum, Hml. S. 21, 280. His blód geglende míne eáhhringas, 7, 48. Se Hǽlend ðá ungesceapenan eáhhringas ( of the man born blind ) mid his hálwendan spátle geopenode, Hml. Th. i. 474, 8
fant-bæþ
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Gelǽstan þæt þæt wé behétan þá wé fulluht underféngan, oððon þá þe æt fontbæþe (fulluhte, v. l.) úre forespecan wǽran, 67, 8. Hé eóde in (ðá eá) nacod. Þá gefullode hine se bisceop . . . and he eóde of þǽm fantbaðe sóna, Hml. S. 3, 76
hám-fæst
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Ic and míne geféran on Ephesa byrig hámfæste wǽron I and my companions had our home in Ephesus 23, 739. Add: —
menigu
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Binnon ðám weallum wǽron ungeríme meniu manna (cf. innumera hominum conuenticula. Bd. Sch. 623), Hml. Th. ii. 352, 10. Ðá gesomnode hé miclo mænigiu bróþra and sweostra. Shrn. 129, 6. Add
tó-sleán
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Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene and þá þylinge tóslægene ( the plants were torn apart ), 284, 24
tow-cræft
Skill in weaving or spinning
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Skill in weaving or spinning Heó (the Virgin Mary) weóx and wearð fulfremed on gódra mægna heányssum, and heó ðá sóna gódum towcræftum onféng, swýðor ðonne ǽnig ðara ðe heora bearn wǽron...
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mál
an action ⬩ suit ⬩ cause
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an action, suit, cause Mál clasma (cf. clasma clam oððe wed oððe wæra. 'This barbarous word meant in medieval Latin, an action at law, for a bond or other obligation,' 21, 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 42 : Hpt. Gl. 496, 4. [Icel. mál an action : O. H.
ge-lícian
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Cf. ge-líc; Þá geceás hé him áne burg wið þone sǽ, Bizantium wæs hátenu, tó ðon þæt him gelícade ꝥ hié þǽr mehten betst frið binnan habban, and eác ꝥ hié þǽr gehendaste wǽren on gehwelc lond þonan tó winnanne maritimam urbem, Byzantium, aptissimam judicavit
ge-wunelic
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Becómon ðicce ðeóstru ofer Egypta lande, swá þæt heora nán binnon ðrím dagum óðerne ne geseah, and on Israhéla ðeóde wǽron gewunelice dagas, 194, 6. customary, in accordance with fixed custom.
gilpan
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Oððe hé for his góda mierringe gielpe ( glorietur ), Past. 149, 20. with clause giving the boast Þá wénde hé þæt hit Godes ágen wǽre; and se deófles man gealp þæt hé eác swá wǽre, Wlfst. 99, 18. Hwæþer ðú durre gilpan ꝥ heora fægernes þín sié?
ge-défe
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Manige hálge and gedéfe wítgan wǽran ǽr Sancte Ióhanne, Bl. H. 161, 12. Hié bútú wǽron swíþe gedéfe beforan Gode erant justi ambo ante Deum (Lk. i. 6). 30.
for-wyrcan
to miswork ⬩ do wrong ⬩ sin ⬩ măle ăgĕre ⬩ delinquĕre ⬩ peccāre ⬩ to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ ruin ⬩ convict ⬩ condemn ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ labefactāre ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ amittĕre
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Se ðe þýfþe oft forworht wǽre openlíce he who has often been convicted openly of theft, L. Ath. v. § 1, 4; Th. i. 228, 25. Ðe forworht wǽre who has been condemned, L. E. G. 10; Th. i. 172, 16.
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un-rǽd
evil counsel ⬩ ill-advised course ⬩ bad plan ⬩ folly ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ prejudice ⬩ hurt
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Wæs gesǽd ðæt hé wǽre on ðam unrǽde, ðæt man sceolde on Eást-Sexon Swegen underfón, Chart. Th. 539, 27. Agathocles gedyde untreówlíce wið hiene... On ðære hwíle ðe hé ðone unrǽd þurhteáh, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 53.
á-brecan
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Hé hét ábrecan ðone weall, ðeáh ðe hé brád wǽre, Hml. S. 25, 448. (1 b) to break off, separate forcibly :-- Ðá ábræc ðæt mægden ðæt gold of ðǽm godgeldum.
flód
flood ⬩ a river ⬩ water ⬩ a flood ⬩ deluge ⬩ the Deluge ⬩ a torrent
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Ðá cwæð Æðelstán ꝥ him leófre wǽre ꝥ hit tó fýre oððe flóde gewurde þonne hé hit ǽfre gebide, Cht. Th. 207, 14. Hǽðenscipe bið ꝥ man weorþige fýr oþþe flód, Ll.
ge-mearcian
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Cf. míl-gemearc Þæt þanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla gemearcodes, Sae. 724. to make a mark on Hú Martirius gemearcode þone hláf, Gr. D. 86, 12.