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á-blácian

(v.)
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Hept. p. 30, at end). of material, to get dull or tarnished, lose colour Ðæt fægere híw ðæs goldes sié áblácod ( pallescit ), Past. 135, 2

gísel

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siex hund gísla on his geweald underféng sexcentis equitibus in obsidatum receptis, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 3. Man gíslas, (gýslas, v. l. ) sylle friðe tó wedde, Ll. Th. i. 156, 5. In tó West-Sexan þyder hý scylan gafol and gíslas syllan, 356, 20. Add

ofer-méttu

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Sió scyld ðára ofermétta superbiae culpa, 311, 23 : 271, 23 : 439, 3. Mid ðǽm oferméttum oferswíðed languore superbiae victus, 439, 6. Fær oferméttum áworpen per superbiam reprobatos, 113, 7. On ofermétum (-méttum, v. l. ), 19.

on-hrínan

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Add: with gen. or uncertain Is wén ðæt sió (fennege) hond ðá óðre besmíte gif hió hire anhrínð, Past. 77, 1. Gif his mon onhrinð mid buccan blóde, 271, 3. Heó mid hire ýtemestan fingrum þǽre lenticula onhrán, Hml. S. 23 b, 715.

gif

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Gif hwá óðres sunu sleá . . . sié sió mǽgbót and sió manbót gelíc, Ll. Th. i. 150, 11-14 ( and often ). Gif þé þæt gelimpe . . . þonne þú gecýð, El. 441. Gib Eádwald leng lifige . . . geselle et ðém londe .x. ðúsenda, C. D. i. 256, 5.

weorþ-full

(adj.)
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weorþ-full, adj.
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Ðe læs sum weorðfulra (wurð-, v. l.) sig yn gelaðod fram hym ne honoratior te sit inuitatus ab eo, Lk. Skt. 14, 8. <b>II a.

georn-full

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Ðæt hié ymb hié selfe swǽ geornfulle sién ðæt hié tó sláwlíce ðǽra ne giémen þe him befæste sién ut sic in propria sollicitudine ferveant, ut a commissorum custodia minime torpescant, Past. 190, 23.

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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Gif his wergield sié .cc. sciłł., gebéte mid .l. sciłł., and ða ilcan riht dó man be ðám deórborenum, L. In. 34; Th. i. 124, 1. Twelfhyndes mannes áð forstent .vi. ceorla áð, for ðam . . . his wergyld bið six ceorla wergyld, L.

árlíce

(adv.)
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árlíce, honourably.
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Ꝥ hé cume and micle árlícor þonne hé ǽr wæs, Shrn. 204, 9. Add

rǽd-bora

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Manega gesibsume synd þé, rǽdbora (consiliarius) þé án of þúsendum, Scint. 200, 2. Ne nimð se hláford his ðeówan him tó rǽdboran, ac nimð his holdan frýnd, and him geopenað his willan, Hml. Th. ii. 522, 32. Add

un-wlitigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wlitigness, e; f.

Uglinessdisfigurement

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Ugliness, disfigurement Semninga gehrán hé his eágan; ðá gemétte hé hit swá hál swá swá him nǽfre nǽnig swyle oððe unwlitignes on ætýwde (ac si nil unquam in eo deformitatis ac tumoris apparuisset), Bd. 4, 32; S. 612, 7

Linked entry: wlitigness

ge-feohtan

(v.)
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ge-feohtan, p. -feaht, pl. -fuhton; pp. -fohten.

to fightpugnareto obtain by fightingpugnando acquirere

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Ðeáh hit sié on middurn felda gefohten though it be fought on mid-field, L.

twǽde

(adj.)
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twǽde, adj.
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Wylle óþ ðæt se wǽta sié twǽde on bewylled (cf. 266, 31) boil till the liquor be boiled down to two thirds, 332, 17. Dó twǽde ðæs wínes and þriddan dǽl ðæs huniges put two parts of wine to one of honey, 306, 26.

Linked entry: þridda

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; n.

sand, gravel sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore

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Sume men secgen ðæt seó eá síe eást irnende on ðæt sond, and ðonne besince eft on ðæt sand, and ðǽr néh síe eft flówende up of ðám sande, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 12, 20-23.

ge-þeaht

(n.)
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ge-þeaht, m. (e. g. geþeahtas, Gr. D. 137, 20), f. (e. g. mid bróþorlicre geþeahte. Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8), n. (e. g. ðæt ryhte geðeaht. Past. 287, 14).
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Þiós wandriende wyrd færþ æfter his foreþonce and æfter his geþeahte, swá swá hé tiohhaþ ꝥ hit sié, 39, 6; F. 220, 7. Hwæþer þú on ǽngum geþeahte swá twiórǽde sié ꝥ ðé helpe hwæþer hit gewyrþe þe hit nó ne gewyrþe, 41, 3; F. 250, 8.

ge-þyncþ

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ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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Gif heálicere eádmódnesse wé wylláð geþincðe hreppan si summe humilitatis volumus culmen adtingere, R. Ben. I. 27, 13. v. leód-geþincþ, leód-geþincþu, weorold-geþincþ, weorold-geþincþu

wiþer-rǽdlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽdlíc, adj.

Adversative

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Adversative Sume (conjunctions) sind adversativae, ðæt sind wiþerrǽdlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Zup. 264, 1

wund

(n.)
Grammar
wund, e; f.

A woundvulnusa woundan injury caused by a blowa sore caused by disease

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Hé (the itch) wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 20. Se deófol slóh Iób mid ðære wyrstan wunde ... Iób sat eal on ánre wunde, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 25-28.

hreówsian

(v.)
Grammar
hreówsian, hrýwsian; p. ode

To be sorrygrieverepentdo penance

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Ðaet se rihtwísa man hreówsige hine sylfne swylce hé wið God forwyrht sig ut justus homo pœnitentiam agat eorum, quæ erga Deum deliquerit, L. Ecg. P. i. 5; Th. ii. 174, 6. Heora synna hreówsian and dǽdbóte dón, Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 256, 13.

Linked entry: hrýwsian

tǽcing

(n.)
Grammar
tǽcing, e; f.

the pointing out of a course to be followed, direction, teaching.teaching, doctrine

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Ðæra sind feówer æfter Priscianes tǽcinge, 24; Zup. 129, 16