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un-strang

(adj.)
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un-strang, adj.

Not strongweakfeeble

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Cristes gelaðung ne mæg beón búton strangum, ne búton unstrangum. Ðá ðá him twýnode, ðá getácnode hé ða unstrangan. Hwæt sind ða unstrangan? Ða sind unstrange ðe sláwe beóð tó gódum weorcum, Homl. Th. ii. 390, 15-25.

for-spillan

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Hé ðæt land ne mæg náðer gifan ne syllan, ne forspecan ne forspillan ( forfeit. Cf. nec cogi debet rectum ejus forspeken nec forspillen, Ll. Th. i. 562, 1) út of ðám minstre, C.

ge-sceádwísness

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Sé þe gesceádwísnesse hæfð, sé mæg déman and tósceádan hwæt hé wilnian sceal and hwæt hé onscunian sceal quod ratione uti naturaliter potest, id habet judicium, quo quodque discernat; per se igitur fugienda optandave dignoscit, 40, 7; F. 242, 17: 13;

Linked entry: sceádwísness

ge-dwimor

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Ox. 3269. delusion, deception Sume swefna beóð of deófle tó sumum swicdóme . . . ac his gedwimor ne mæg derian þám gódum, Hml. S. 21, 408. Gedwimeres (-dwomeres, Hpt. Gl. 514, 72) nebulonis (atrum nebulonis phantasma, Ald. 66, 31.

ge-weorpan

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Add: to throw, cast Mann hæfð inngang swá micelre brǽdo swá man mæg mid liþeran geweorpan habet ingressum amplitudinis quasi iactus fundae, Bd. 4, 13; Sch. 421, 16. <b>Ia.

haga

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E. 239, 16. v. bóc-haga, deór-haga, gemǽr-haga (v. gemǽre; ¶), heáfod-haga, imb-haga, mǽr-haga, wulf-haga; hæg

Linked entry: hecge

híhþ

Grammar
híhþ, híhþu, híhþo.

altitudea summittopthe highest point extreme degreethe heavens

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Heáhþo, 6. the highest point, extreme degree Mæg[en] sóðes gebedes ys hýhð (celsitudo) sóðre lufe, Scint. 4, 20. the regions above, the heavens Þænne hýhð heofenlic (celsitudo caeleslis) byð openud, Scint. 180, 15.

Linked entries: heáhþu héhþu

hefig-ness

oppressivenessburdensomenessa troubledullnessdiseaseoppression

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Seó sául þá hwíle þe heó on þám lícuman byð ne mæg God geseón swá swá heó wilnað for þæs lícuman hefenesse and gedréfednesse, Solil. H. 29, 14. disease Ðe ilca úsra untrymnise í hefignise gebær ipse nostras aegrotationes portavit, Mt.

ǽrendian

(v.)

to go on an errand (acc.), act as emissary or advocate in a matterto go on an errand to (tó) a personto go on an errand for a person (dat.) to (tó) another, intercedeto go on a mission for an object (gen.), negotiate for

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Gif hé mé cúð ne bið, ic wille him cueðan: 'Ne mæg ic ðæt ǽrendigean (ǽrendian, Cott.

lilie

(n.)
Grammar
lilie, lilige, an; f.

A lily

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Genim ða twá wyrta, ðæt is, lilie and róse; ber tó bearneácenum wífe ... gif heó nimþ lilian, heó cenþ cnyht; gif heó nimþ rósan, heó cænþ mǽden, 144, 10-13.

lyffetung

(n.)
Grammar
lyffetung, e; f.

Flatteryadulation

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Ðæt mǽden ne mihte beón bepǽht þurh ǽnige lyffetunge fram hire leófan drihtne, Homl. Skt. 7, 86. Hwǽr beóþ ða líðan lyffetunga ðe hine forlǽddon ǽror where are the fair flatteries that formerly seduced him? Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50, 27.

or-wéne

(adj.)
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or-wéne, adj.
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with gen. not having ground for hope, without hope, despairing Biþ orwéne ðæt hé ne mǽge ða bóte áberan desperet posse se emendationem perferre, L. Ecg. P. i. 4; Th. ii. 172, 23. Hé wearþ his lífes orwéne. Homl. Th. i. 86, 28.

Linked entries: wéne orenum

be-smítan

(v.)
Grammar
be-smítan, p. -smát, pl. -smiton; pp. -smiten; [be, smitta smut]

To BESMUT, defile, dirty, pollute, contaminatepolluere, inquinare, coinquinare, contaminare

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To BESMUT, defile, dirty, pollute, contaminate; polluere, inquinare, coinquinare, contaminare Ðæt hine besmítan mǽge quod possit eum coinquinare, Mk.

Linked entry: smítan

ge-brengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brengan, p. -brohte, pl. -brohton; pp. -broht; v. trans, [ge-, brengan to bring]

To bringleadproducebearferredūcĕreprodūcĕre

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To bring, lead, produce, bear; ferre, dūcĕre, prodūcĕre He wénþ ðæt ðone mon ǽr mǽge gebrengan on fǽrwyrde that he thinks may bring the man earlier to a terrible fate, Past. 62; Swt. 457, 11; Hat. MS: Salm. Kmbl. MS. A. 176; Sal. 87: 296; Sal. 147.

Linked entries: ge-bringan ge-broht

un-sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-sǽlþ, e; f.

Unhappinessmisfortunemisery

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Him wǽre ealra mǽst unsǽlþ ðæt, ðæt se fyrst wǽre óþ dómes dæg licentiam infelicissimam, si esset eterna, 38, 4; Fox 204, 16. Hwelc mug him máre unsǽlð becuman quid eorum mente infelicius? Past. 45; Swt. 340, 4.

Linked entries: ge-sǽlþ un-gesǽlþ

wánian

(v.)
Grammar
wánian, p. ode
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Ongan hé sár cwánian, wyrd wánian, wordum mǽlde . . . 274, 24; Jul. 538. with reflex dat. and acc.

bísgu

Grammar
bísgu, l. bisgu,

occupationtrouble

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Gif hwá for bisgan oftor ne mæge, Btwk. 194, 7. Martha hí (Mary) wolde habban tó hire bysegan, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 21. Ongemang óðrum bisgum ðisses kyneríces, Past. 7, 18.

earming

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S. 3, 382. with idea of contempt, a poor thing Gé sind earmingas gewordene, gé ðe wǽron mǽre and strange, Hml. Th. i. 64, 24. ¶ The word seems to occur in local names :-- Þrý hámas . . . þus gehátene . . . Earmingaford, C. D. iii. 60, 34.

eást-ern

(adj.)
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Se wer ( Job ) wæs swíðe mǽre betwux eallum Eásternum, Hml. Th. ii. 446, 15. marking direction of the wind, east, from the east Feówer heáfodwindas synd: se fyrmesta is eásterne wind, Lch. iii. 274, 13: Gen. 315

hlid

fencea gatedoor

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Hí gemétton áne mǽre þrúh . . . and ꝥ hlid (hlyd, v.l.) ðǽr tó gelimplíce geféged, 20, 82. Þrýh hlid sarcophagi tumbam, i. tumulum An. Ox. 3970. Ðonne þú cuppan wylle . . .