treów-wyrhta
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Se Smiþ andwyrt : Eálá Trywwyrhta, for hwí swá sprycst ðú?, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 9-17. Ic hæbbe treówwyrhtan habeo lignarium, 30, 1
un-tídlíc
Unseasonable
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Ná, swá hit gewuna is, of untídlícan gewideran, ðæt is, of wǽtum sumerum and of drýgum wintrum and of réðre lenctenhǽte, and mid ungemǽtre hærfestwǽtan non, ut adsolet, temporum turbata temperies, hoc est, aut siccitas hiemis, aut repentinus calor veris
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weorþfulness
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For swá miceles freólses wurþfulnesse ob tante festivitatis honori-ficentiam, Anglia xiii. 401, 522. Bróhton Rómáne ðone triumphan angeán Pompeius mid micelre weorþfulnesse (wyrð-, v.l. ), Ors. 5, 10; Swt. 234, 29
ymener
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Hymneres tácen is ðæt mon wæcge brádlinga his hand and rǽre up his litlan finger, Techm. ii. 121, 9. ii. salteras, and se saltere swá man singð on Róme, and .ii. ymneras, Chart. Th. 430, 13
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efes
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Innan hangran; swá forð be æfise . . . be efise (æfisc, efisc, C. D. B. ii. 304), v. 184, 11, 13. Add
ge-sigefæstan
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Se eádiga wer swá gesigefæstod (-ed, v.l.) wearð ( percepto ubique certandi bravio) þæt hé þá bysmornysse forhogode heora costunga. Guth. Gr. 127, 4.
ge-þancol
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Add: mindful Hé þurh þæs gehátes myngunge swíþe geþancol on anginne his ríces began þá stówe tó fyrþrienne, eal swá hé ǽr behét on his cildgeogoðe.
hreówlíce
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Swíþe hreówlíce swá gebend hé wæs wuniende lacrymabile spectaculum praebuit, 5, 2; S. 220, 1: Hml. S. 23, 25: 575: 639. Þá wearð hé hreówlíce deád he died miserably, Hml. Th. i. 478, 14
mersc
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Hí wendon ofer Temese . . . and swá wið Caningan mærsces (mersces, v. l. ), Chr. 1010; P. 141, 6. Segor stód on midwege betweox ðǽm muntum and ðǽm merscum ðe Sodoma on wæs. Add
mód-leást
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Add: despondency Se syxta unþeáw is ꝥ sé þe tó hláforde bið geset, ꝥ hé for módleáste ne mæge his mannum dón steóre, ac bið hin swá mihtleás on his módes strece, ꝥ hé his underþeóddan egesian ne dearr, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 5.
stille
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Wildu deór woldon stondan swilce hí tamu wǽron swá stille, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 2. For other instances see passages given under the adjective
stræcness
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D. 345, 2. cf. stræc; : rigidity Gehýr nú þá ꝥ mín mód is gebéged mid þissere cýðnesse tó geleáffullnesse, ac swá þéh eft onsænded hit hweorfað tó þǽre strecnesse ecce testimonio ad credulitatem flectitur animus, sed dimissus iterum ad rigorem redit,
orped
Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold
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Swá gedafenaþ esnum ðam orpedan, ðonne hé gód weorc ongynþ, ðæt hé ðæt geornlíce beswynce, 324, 17. Orped[n]e, snellne adultum, Hpt. Gl. 485, 25
ge-þénsum
Obsequious ⬩ obliging ⬩ serviceable ⬩ officiosus
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Gif hwilc sibling ðé biþ swá geþénsum swilce ðín ágen fót if any kinsman be as serviceable to thee as thy own foot, i. 516, 15
torn-cwide
A speech that causes grief, ⬩ bitter, grievous, distressing words
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A speech that causes grief, bitter, grievous, distressing words Heora tungan torncwidum serwaþ swá oft nædran dóþ acuerunt linguas suas sicut serpentes, Ps. Th. 139, 3.
wed-loga
One who is false to a pledge or engagement
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One who is false to a pledge or engagement On ðison gére swác Harðacnut Eádulf eorl under his grðle, and hé wæs ðá wedloga. Chr. 1041 ; Erl. 166, 33. Ic ðé eom andetta mínra synna . . . ic eom wedloga, Anglia xii. 501, 19.
mál
an action ⬩ suit ⬩ cause
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Se cyng sealde his lande swá deóre tó mále swá heó deórost mihte made as hard terms as ever he could, 1086; Erl. 220, 8
ge-fremman
To promote ⬩ perfect ⬩ perform ⬩ commit
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Swá hwæt swá he on mycclum gyltum gefremede whatsoever he bath committed in great sins, Blickl, Homl. 107, 14 : 189, 22. Seó stihtung wæs gefremed the arrangement was completed, 81, 29.
sundor-sprǽc
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Swá swá him (Moses) God silf dihte on heora sundersprǽce, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 14. Cornelius Asina gefór tó Hannibale tó sundorsprǽce ad colloquium, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 7. Ðá nam Eugenia hí on sundorsprǽce, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 48.
un-gewunelíc
unusual ⬩ unwonted ⬩ unfrequented ⬩ uninhabitable
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Hé ðá wæs forhtlíce geworden for ðære ungewunelícan gesihþe, Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 94. 23. unfrequented, uninhabitable Seó stów wæs swá wésten and swá dígle, ðæt næs ná ðæt án ðæt heó wæs ungewunelíc, ac eác swilce uncúð ðám landleódum him sylfum, Homl.
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