forhtra
more fearful
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more fearful Ne beóþ gé ðý forhtran be ye not the more fearful, Cd. 156; Th. 194, 11
ge-wuna
A custom ⬩ wont ⬩ manner ⬩ use ⬩ rite ⬩ consuetudo
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Æfter úron gewunon nostro more, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 13. Of gewunan from custom, R. Ben. interl. 7. Ofer míne gewunan contrary to my custom. Ælf. T. Lisle 43, 7
leóht
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear
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Eác wǽre ðam earman leóhtne on móde gif hé ðæs rícan mannes welan ne gesáwe also the poor man would have been more cheerful, if he had not seen the rich man's wealth, Homl. Th. i. 330, 11.
GE-DÉFE
Becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ proper ⬩ seemly ⬩ convenient ⬩ agreeable ⬩ decent ⬩ quiet ⬩ mild ⬩ meek ⬩ gentle ⬩ kind ⬩ benevolent ⬩ congruus ⬩ convĕniens ⬩ dĕcens ⬩ opportūnus ⬩ hŏnestus ⬩ quiētus ⬩ mansuētus ⬩ bĕnignus
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Ealra démena ðam gedéfestan to the most benevolent of all judges, Exon. 93 a; Th. 350, 4; Sch. 58
Linked entry: deáf-líc
munuc-heáp
A band of monks ⬩ the monks of a monastery
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A band of monks, the monks of a monastery Án abbod... mid eallum his munucheápe, Anglia viii. 325, 43
ceorlian
To take a husband, to marry ⬩ nubere
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Ne nán preóst ne mót beón æt ðam brýdlácum áhwǽr, ðǽr man eft wífaþ, oððe wíf eft ceoriaþ no priest may be at a marriage anywhere, where a man marries a second wife, or a woman a second husband, L. Ælf. C. 9; Th. ii. 346, 19
Clofes hoo
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Ðá wæs sionoþlíc gemót on ðære mǽran stówe ðe mon háteþ Clofes hóas then there was a synodal meeting in the famous place which is called Cliff, Th. Diplrn. A. D. 825; 70, II
Linked entry: Cleofes hoo
cyme
Becoming, convenient, suitable, lovely, beautiful, splendid ⬩ commŏdus, conveniens, aptus, splendĭdus
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Ðæt ðú sí cymast ceastra Drihtnes that thou may be the most beautiful of the cities of the Lord, Ps. Th. 86, 2
ful
Full ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus
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Kmbl. 1534; El. 769: 1875; El. 939: Cd. 166; Th. 206, 11; Exod. 450: Exon. 74 b; Th. 279, 12; Jul. 612: 78 b; Th. 294, 33; Crä. 24: 84 a; Th. 316, 4.Mód. 43. Æfþancum ful filled with grudges, Salm. Kmbl. 992; Sal. 497.
leóhtmód-ness
levity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ inconstancy
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Mon hine bewarige wið ða leóhtmódnesse ... Paulus cwæþ 'Wéne gé nú ðæt ic ǽnigre leóhtmódnesse brúce' ... hé ðære leóhtmódnesse unþeáwes nánwuht næfde cum prius radicem levitatis abscidunt ... Mentis levitas caveatur ...
Linked entry: leóht-mód
líþ
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Ðá bær unc mon líþ forþ oblato poculo, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 31
mægen-cræft
Main force ⬩ great power or might ⬩ mighty power
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Is ðæt mægencræft micel móda gehwylces ofer líchoman (cf. hit is micel cræft ðæs módes for ðone líchoman, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 10), Bt. Met. Fox 26, 209; Met. 26, 105. Ðæt hé þrittiges manna mægencræft on his mundgripe hæbbe, Beo. Th. 765; B. 380.
mann-þeóf
A man-stealer
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Gif mon forstolenne man befó æt óðrum, L. In. 53; Th. i. 134, 16. Gif þeówne man man forstǽle, L. Æðelst. v. 6; Th. i. 234, 4.
neowolness
A deep place ⬩ an abyss
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Moys. 5. Neólnessa, Blickl. Homl. 93, 12. On þa neowólnesse ðæs seáþes in profunda, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 21. Neólnisse abyssos, Ps. Surt. 32, 7, Nywolnessa, Ps. Th. 103, 7
be-scyrian
to deprive, separate, defraud
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Spl. 83, 13: Exon. 111 b; Th. 427, 34; Rä. 41, 101: Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 38: Cd. 21; Th. 25, 12; Gen. 392: 21; Th. 25, 16; Gen. 394: Exon. 83 b; Th. 314, 2; Mód. 8 : Andr.
Linked entry: be-scyred
ge-martyrian
To martyr ⬩ marty̆rem făcĕre
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Wæs heáfde beslegen and gemartyrad se mon decollātus est mīles, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 39. Ðus wearþ gemartirod se mǽra apostol thus was martyred the great apostle, Homl. Th. ii. 300, 24 : 478, 22 : 496, 22
Linked entry: martyrian
Sunnan-niht
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On Sunnandæge mon sceal hraðor árísan tó úhtsange, R. Ben. 35, 2: 42, 15: Wulfst. 305, 23
Linked entry: Wódnes-niht
Temes
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Neáh ðære ié ðe mon hǽt Temes (Temese, MS. C.) ad flumen Tamesim, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 238, 22. Sý eá hátte Temese, Chr. Erl. 5, 11. Ymbe heora landgemǽra: andlang Temese (on Temese, 8), L. A. G. 1; Th. i. 152, 18.
un-þinged
Uninvited ⬩ sudden ⬩ unexpected
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Hí ofer cume unþinged deáð, ástígon heó on belle lifigende veniat mors super eos, et descendant in infernum viventes, Ps. Th. 54, 14. Dol biþ se ðe him his Dryhten ne ondrǽdeþ; cymeþ him se deáð un-þinged, Exon. 312, 8; Seef. 106: 335, 18; Gn. Ex. 35
Linked entry: un-geþinged
weorold-ǽht
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Hé mót his fæstan álýsan, mid his worldǽhton ( mundanis suis possessionibus ), L. Ecg. P. iv. 60; Th. ii. 220, 27: 63; Th. ii. 224, 13. Micclode God his woruldǽhta, Homl. Ass. 119, 59. [Weorelldahhtess spedd, Orm. 12079.]