inwidda
Guileful ⬩ deceitful ⬩ evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ malicious
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.], no cause to boast had he, old and crafty, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 12 ; Æðelst. 46.
læð
Land
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The Icelandic has the same alliterative phrase, e. g. 'deyr fé; deyja frændr; eyðisk land ok láð.'
leác-tric
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Ðá geseah heó ǽnne leáhtric ðá lyste hí ðæs and hine genam and forgeat ðæt heó hine mid Cristes ródetácne gebletsode then she saw a lettuce and had a longing for it, and took it and forgot to bless it with the sign of the cross, iii. 336, col. 1.
Linked entry: cærse
mægen-cræft
Main force ⬩ great power or might ⬩ mighty power
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Main force, great power or might, mighty power Mægencræft ðe him meotud engla forgiefen hæfde the power which the Lord of angels had given him, Exon. 49 a; Th. 170, 1; Gú. 1105.
munuc-líc
Monastic
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Hé heóld his munelíce ingehýd swá ðeáh betwux mannum he preserved the habit of mind which he had when a monk though mixing with men, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 13. On munuclícum hádum in monachico habitu, Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 21
nihtes
At night ⬩ night
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Ðæra eágan scínaþ nihtes, Nar. 34, 14, Se biþ dæges hát and nihtes ceald, 36, 27. Dæges and nihtes die et nocte, Ps. Th. 1, 2 : Mk. Skt. 4, 27 : Blickl. Homl. 47, 11 : 127, 30 : 137. 22. Deges and naehtes, Ps. Surt. 31, 4
óþ-lǽdan
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Hié óþlǽded hæfdon feorh of feónda dóme life had they withdrawn from the foes' power (cf. Beo. Th. 4288 under óþ-ferian), Cd. Th. 214, 15; Exod. 569. Cf. æt-lǽdan
earfoþ-líce
With difficulty, reluctantly, sorely, hardly ⬩ diffĭcĭle, invīte, ægre
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With difficulty, reluctantly, sorely, hardly; diffĭcĭle, invīte, ægre Earfoþlíce wæs gúþ getwǽfed the contest had been parted with difficulty, Beo. Th. 3318; B. 1657: 3276; B. 1636: Mk. Bos. 10, 23.
ge-wæterian
To water ⬩ irrigate ⬩ adăquāre ⬩ irrĭgāre
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Cot.] that he may be able and know how to irrigate and water the minds of others, Past. 18, 5; Swt. 137, 10; Hat. MS. 27 a, 14. Ic betǽce hig ðam yrþlincge, wel gefylde and gewæterode adsigno eos arātōri, bĕne pastos et adăquātos, Coll. Monast.
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BESMA
A BESOM, broom ⬩ a rod ⬩ scopæ, virga
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Bos. 11, 25 he fyndith it [hous] clensid with beesmes, Wyc. h He [Brutus] hý [his fíf suna] hét gebindan, and mid besman swingan he [Brutus] gave orders to bind them [his five sons], and scourge them with rods [virgis cecidit, Hav.]
be-þurfan
To need, have need, want, to be in want, to require ⬩ opus habere, egere, indigere
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Máre ðonne he beþurfe more than he has need of, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 21
be-wreón
To cover, cover over, protect, clothe ⬩ tegere, contegere, operire, protegere, velare
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Ic wæs nacod, and ge me noldon bewreón I was naked, and ye would not clothe me, Past. 44, 7; Hat. MS. 62 b, 21
ge-clǽnsian
To cleanse ⬩ purify ⬩ mundāre ⬩ purgāre
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Saul ne meahte his wambe geclǽnsigan Saul could not purify his stomach, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 197, 24; Hat. MS. 38 a, 9. Geclǽnsa oððe afeorma me munda me, Ps. Lamb. 50, 4. Ic beó geclǽnsod mundābar, 50, 9 : Mt.
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ge-fylce
A collection of people ⬩ army ⬩ troop ⬩ division
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Send ðǽrto gefylcio send troops against it, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 6; Hatt. MS. Hie wǽrun on twǽm gefylcum they were in two divisions. Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 16, 30 : Nar. 19, 22
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ge-lífan
To believe ⬩ trust ⬩ crēdĕre ⬩ confīdĕre
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To believe, trust; crēdĕre, confīdĕre Gif hie willen geliéfan dætte Godes ríce hiera síe if they will believe that God's kingdom is theirs, Past. 36, 5; Swt. 253, 9; Hat. MS. 47 b, 8.
stefnan
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to regulate, direct, fix, institute Hé stefnde Godes cyrican and Godes gesomnunga on ðære byrig eahta and twentig geára he had the direction of God's church and God's congregations in that town eight-and-twenty years, Shrn. 108, 6.
Linked entries: á-stemnian stefn stefn-byrd stefnian stemnan ge-stefnan ge-stefnan be-stefnan stæfnan
þeód-wrecan
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vengeance for Grendles módor gegán wolde sorhfulue síð, sunu þeódwrecan (Ettmüller would read suna deáð wrecan; but perhaps the force of þeód- here and its composition with a verb may be illustrated by the case of full-, which is compounded with verbs, and has
un-gereclíce
Without order ⬩ tumultuously ⬩ without restraint
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Without order, tumultuously, without restraint Se ðe ungereclíce liofaþ and his gecynd nyle healdan, ne biþ se náuht est enim quod ordinem retinet, servatque naturam; quod vero ab hac deficit, esse etiam derelinquit, Bt. 46, 6; Fox 182, 21.
brýd-lác
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Se cniht þá brýdlác geforþode the young man had the marriage ceremony performed, Hml. S. 34, 21
cemban
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Add: to comb hair Genim þone camb þe heó ána hyre heáfod mid cemde (cæmde, v. l.), and nǽnig man ǽr mid cemde ne æfter cembe. Under ðám treówe cembe hyre feax ... ꝥ bið lǽcedóm þǽre ðe hyre heáfod þǽr cembeþ (cæmbeð, v. l. ), Lch. i. 332, 11-18.