mis-grétan
to affront ⬩ insult
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to affront, insult Se gylda ðe óðerne misgrét ... gebéte hé ðæt wið ðone man ðe hé mysgrétte, Chart. Th. 606, 22-27. Gif hwilc gegilda óðerne misgréte, 612, 18
druncnian
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Add Drinc þe man of druncnian mæg, Chrd. 74, 7. Add Druncengende inebrians, Ps. Rdr. 22, 5. Beóð druncnude inebriabuntur, 35, 9. v. for-druncian, fore-druncian, ge-druncian
declínian
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To decline (in grammar) Mæg man on ǽgðrum ende hine ( a compound noun ) declínian, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 88, 6. Wé habbað nú declínod þá eahta frumcennedan pronomina, 100, 6
heorþa
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Ǽlce geáre tó preósta gescý finde man biccene heorðan (pelles buccinas), Chrd. 48, 26. Add
tawian
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Hí begunnon tó áxienne hwæt se man wǽre þe hí swá wælhreówlíce beóton ... Hí urnon wépende ꝥ hí þone hálgan wer swá huxlíce tawoden, Hml. S. 31, 997. Add
uppe-land
Up-country ⬩ country as opposed to town ⬩ rural districts
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Up-country, country as opposed to town, rural districts Ðæt ǽlc man ðe wǽre unníðing sceolde cuman tó him of porte and of uppelande, Chr. 1087; Erl. 226, 3
on-stæl
Arrangement, disposition
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Arrangement, disposition Ðá ( at the creation of man ) wæs fruma níwe ælda tudres, onstæl wynlíc, fæger and gefeálíc fæder wæs ácenned Adam ǽrest, Exon. Th. 151, 17; Gú. 796
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tunsing-wyrt
White hellebore
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man elleborum album, and óðrum naman túnsincgwyrt nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 258, 21-23: iii. 302, col. 1. Tún[s]ingwyrt, ii. 68, 25
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feormend-leás
Wanting a polisher ⬩ pŏlītōre cărens
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Wanting a polisher; pŏlītōre cărens Geseah he orcas stondan, fyrnmanna fatu, feormendleáse, ðǽr wæs helm monig eald and ómig he saw bowls standing, vessels of men of yore, wanting a polisher, there was many a helmet, old and rusty, Beo.
trahtnere
An expositor ⬩ commentator
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Se trahtnere cwið, ðæt ðæt gyftlíce hús wæs ðryflére, for ðan ðe on Godes gelaðunge sind þrý stæpas gecorenra manna, 70, 16: i. 338, 16. Hieronimus se wísa trahtnere, Homl. Ass. 36, 296
á-wendedness
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Hwæt is gódra manna deáð búton áwendednys and færr fram deáðe tó ðám écan lífe?, Hml. Th. ii. 232, 23. Gif hwá rǽde ic bidde ꝥ hé þás áwændednesse (translation) ne tǽle, Ap. Th. 28, 18. On áwændednyssum heora, (commutationibus) Ps. L. 43, 13. Add
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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. Út on Temese; ðonne ondlong Temese, Cod.
HORS
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Ðá wæs Hróðgáre hors gebæted wicg wundenfeax then for Hrothgar was a horse bitted, a steed with plaited mane, Beo. Th. 2803; B. 1399.
earfoþnes
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For þissum earfoðnessum þe wé þissum mannan dydon for the hardships we have inflicted on the man, 247, 18. Be þisse worlde earfoþnessum about the troubles of this world, 109, 6.
Pater-noster
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Se láreów sceal secgan þám lǽwedum mannum ꝥ andgyt tó þám Paternostre, 265: Hml. Th. ii. 604, 18. Seofon gebedu sint on þám Paternoster, i. 262, 21: 270, 17. Wrít on ǽgðere sticcan án paternoster oð ende, Lch. i. 386, 6
scot
a shot ⬩ a shooting ⬩ a shot ⬩ missile ⬩ a rapid movement ⬩ a rush ⬩ dart ⬩ a scot ⬩ a shot ⬩ a contribution ⬩ tax ⬩ a building
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No man ... No maner schot, ne pollax, ne schort knyf Into the listes, sende, Ch. K. T. 1686. See also the cognate words.] a rapid movement (v. sceótan, IV, III, ge-sceót (read -sceot), II.) a rush, dart Leax sceal on wǽle mid sceote scríðan, Menol.
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dys-líc
Foolish, stupid ⬩ stultus
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Foolish, stupid; stultus Hit biþ swíðe dyslíc ðæt se man beorce oððe blǽte it is very foolish that the man bark or bleat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 11: Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 11. Oft ge dyslíce dǽd gefremedon often ye have done a foolish deed, Elen.
for-weaxan
To overgrow ⬩ grow immoderately ⬩ swell ⬩ excrescĕre ⬩ turgescĕre
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Wið ðon ðe man on wambe forweaxen sý in case that a man be overgrown in the belly. Herb. 2, 4; Lchdm. i. 80, 22. Forwexen overgrown, 40, 1; Lchdm. i. 140, 16: 53, i; Lchdm. i. 156, 9: 69, 1; Lchdm. i. 172, 7
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full-gán
To fulfil ⬩ perform ⬩ go after ⬩ follow ⬩ aid ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ perăgĕre ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ adjŭvāre
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Se lyðra man fullgǽþ deófles willan the wicked man fulfils the devil's will, Homl. Th. i. 172, 18. Sceaft fláne fulleóde the shaft went after the arrow, Beo. Th. 6230, note; B. 3119.
mǽgþ-hád
Kinship ⬩ relationship
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Ne gedyrstlǽce nán man be mǽgþháde bútan sóðre lufe 'he who loveth not his brother continueth in death' ... All we are brethren that believe on God, and we all say 'our Father that art in heaven.' Let no man presume on kinship without true love.