un-forod
Unbroken ⬩ inviolate
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Wé sceolon healdan ðone bróðerlícan bend unforedne, Homl. Th. i. 260, 29
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wamm-wyrcende
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working iniquity Ðæt weorþeþ þeódum tó þreá, ðám ðe þonc Gode, womwyrcende, ne cúþun ðæs ðe hé on ðone hálgan beám ahougen wæs. Exon. Th. 67, 23 ; Cri. 1093
feld-beó
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Feldbeó, dora adticus, beó apis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 66. Feldbeón hunig, Lch. ii. 308, 6: 313, 4. Feld-beóna hunig, i. 348, 7: 366, 14. Dele'locust,' and add
ge-tred
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Voc. ii. 133, 60. a treading down
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æcer-geard
An enclosure of arable land ⬩ or the fence of a field
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v. geard) On ðone æcergeard; á be ðǽm gearde, C. D. iii. 458, 24
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brádiende
broad, spread out ⬩ Stretching out, extending, reaching ⬩ amplificans, extendens, tendens
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Stretching out, extending, reaching; amplificans, extendens, tendens Fram ðam heofone brádiende niðer óþ ða eorþan reaching from the heavens down to the earth, Ors. 5, 10;Bos. 108, 25
nytan
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Nyte ðín wynstre hwæt dó ðín swýðre, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 3. Nytende, Lchdm. i. 164, 5, Him nytendum, 228, 1. Nytendum weardmannum clam custodibus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 58
ge-beót
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Add: a promise to do great things, a boast, boasting Ðá bóceras gýmaþ tó gebeótes þǽra fíf stafa þe synd vocales gecíged the grammarians make a boast of taking care of the five letters that are called vowels, Angl. viii. 327, 35.
neowol
prone ⬩ prostrate ⬩ deep down ⬩ low ⬩ profound
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In ðone neowlan grund to that profound abyss, 267, 1; Sat. 31 : 270, 16; Sat. 91. In ðis neowle genip, 275, 31; Sat. 180 : 292, 25; Sat. 446.
stocc
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Óþ ðone calewan stoc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 216, 1. Hé gefeól on ðone stocc be ðære stǽnenan strǽte ðe is geháten sacra uia, and tóbærst on feówer dǽlas.
ceorlian
To take a husband, to marry ⬩ nubere
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Spoken of a woman, and opposed to wífian to take a wife Ne wífiaþ híg, ne híg ne ceorliaþ they take not a wife, nor do they take a husband, Mt. Bos. 22, 30.
un-nyt
Ill use ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ hurt
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Lá hwæt fremaþ cyrichatan cristendóm on unnyt see what Christianity can do to the disadvantage of the church's foes, Wulfst. 67, 19
fágettan
to quibble
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(why do you use this word treasures with double meaning?), Hml. Th. i. 422, 34. Similar entries Cf. fágian
ge-drípan
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Gyf þé gedrýptes wínes lyste, þonne dó þú mid þínum scytefingre . . . swycle þú tæppian wille, and wænd þínne scytefingre ádúne and twængc hine mid þínum twám fingrum, swylce þú of sumne dropan strícan wylle, Techm. ii. 125, 17. to wet with drops, moisten
neádian
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Ox. 1621. to force to do something Neádiende compellens (scandere), An. Ox. 2463. Neádod conpellitur, i. angariatur (per vim amittere), 2660.
wincian
to wink ⬩ make a sign ⬩ to close the eyes ⬩ blink
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Se ðe ágímeleásaþ ðæt hé ðence ǽr ðæm ðe hé dó, se stæpð forð mid ðám fótum and wincaþ mid ðǽm eágum qui negligit considerando praevidere, quod facit, gressus tendit, oculos claudit, Past. 39; Past. 39Past. 39.
hræd
Quick ⬩ swift ⬩ speedy ⬩ sudden ⬩ alert ⬩ rapid ⬩ prompt ⬩ active
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Ðú ðe on hrædum færelde ðone heofon ymbhweorfest qui rapido cælum turbine versas, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 31. On hræde sprǽce in prosam, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 22. Hræde weámetta sudden sadnesses, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 32. Hrade [MS. T. hræþe; Ps.
hleótan
to cast lots ⬩ to obtain by lot, ⬩ get a share, ⬩ share in, ⬩ participate, ⬩ obtain
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Hí dóm hlutan eádigne upwæg they obtained glory, a blessed ascension, Menol. Fox 382; Men. 192.
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Lunden-waran
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The people of London Mellitum ðone biscop Lundenwaran onfón ne woldon Mellitum Lundonienses episcopum recipere noluerunt, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 37. Ðá wurdon Lundenware héðene, Chr. 616; Erl. 23, 10
ge-gyldan
To yield ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ requite ⬩ reddere ⬩ tribuere ⬩ retribuere
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To yield, pay, give, requite; reddere, tribuere, retribuere Him God wolde after ðrowinga ðonc gegyldan to him God would, after sufferings, requite favour, Exon. 39 b; Th. 130, 23; Gú. 442