self-líce
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Ðýlæs hé sié áhafen on his móde and on oferméttum áþunden and þurh ðæt selflíce his gódan weorc forleóse ne perfecta opera tumor elationis extinguat, proem.; Swt. 25, 7.
weg
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add: means of access Ðý lǽs sió úpáhæfenes him weorðe tó wege micelre scylde ne elatio via fiat ad foveam gravioris culpae, Past. 439, ii. add: [weg seems contrasted with pæþ, and with here-strǽt, -pæþ Of þám wege út æt norðgæte, on þone smalan pæþ
ÆX
what is brought to an edge ⬩ An AXE ⬩ a hatchet ⬩ pickaxe ⬩ securis ⬩ ascia
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H. sió æsc; seó eax B.] biþ melda, nalles þeóf because the axe is an informer, not a thief; quia securis acclamatrix potius est, non fur, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 23
DÍGOL
Concealment, a secret place, secret, darkness, the grave, mystery ⬩ secrētum, abscondĭtum, sepulcrum, mystērium
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Concealment, a secret place, secret, darkness, the grave, mystery; secrētum, abscondĭtum, sepulcrum, mystērium Ðæt ðín ælmesse sý on díglum ut sit eleemosy̆na tua in abscondĭto, Mt. Bos. 6, 4. He wǽt díglu heortan ipse nōvit abscondĭta cordis, Ps.
réceleást
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Ðæt hé swá stiére ðǽm ungeþyldegum irsunga swá hé ðone hnescan þafettere on récceléste ne gebrenge sic ab impatientibus extinguatur ira, ut remissis ac lenibus non crescat negligentia, Past. 60; Swt. 453, 25
be-spanan
To allure, entice, incite, urge, induce ⬩ allicere, illicere, incitare, provocare, inducere
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Gif he ǽnigne man on synne bespeón if he have enticed any man to sin, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 13. Ðæt gewin ðe hió hint on bespón mid manigfealdon firen-lustum the war which she brought upon him by her manifold wicked desires, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 40
scyte-finger
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Gif se scytefinger biþ ofáslegen, sió bót biþ .xv. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 57; Th. i. 96, 1. In Ethelbert's Laws the fine is only eight shillings, L. Eth. 54; Th. i. 16, 10. Scytefingres, Anglia viii. 326, 28.
stig
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cf. stig-weard Gif cniht binnan stig sitte if a servant sit within the hall (?), Chart. Th. 612, 32. Stigo vistrina (suestrina? the word occurs at the head of a list 'de suibus'), Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 41. Stigu auriola (oriola?
burg-geat-setl
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for entry under burh-geat-setl): If burg-geat is used in the sense given under burg-geat, I. the word would mean 'jurisdiction over those belonging to the "burg," the owner's family and tenants'; if as in burg-geat, II, it would mean 'a seat (right to sit
feorran-cumen
stranger
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Hwæt sié freóndlufu ellþeódigra uncer twéga feorrencumenra, Gen. 1836. Ꝥ hí ælþeódige men and feorrancumene ne tyrian, Ll. Th. i. 326, 27
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folcisc
popular ⬩ in common ⬩ secular
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Th. i. 326, 21. of the common people Folcisce men secgaþ ꝥ ǽlce réþu wyrd sié yfel, Bt. 40, 2; F. 248, 6. on folcisc in common, popular language: Lytel fugel, sé is on folcisc (vulgo) þrostle geháten, Gr.
firen-lic
flagitious ⬩ criminal ⬩ gross ⬩ grievous
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flagitious, criminal, gross, grievous (of sin) On þǽre fernlican mándǽde ab originali (i. principali) piaculo (i.peccato). An. Ox. 2005. Fram fyrnlicere synne ðæs frumsceapenan mannes, Hml. Th. ii. 260, 15.
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ge-hrepod
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S. 9, 19. to touch, cause emotion in a person Hé wæs gehrepod ( tactus ) mid heortan sárnisse wiðinnan, Gen. 6, 6. to treat a subject; to treat of (ymbe) a subject, v. hrepian Nú hæbbe wé be dǽle gehrepod ymbe his síð, Angl. viii. 306, 48
ge-bátad
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Lege on þæt gebatod sié, ii. 134, 7. Hire wæs micel wund open ðá heó mon on byrgenne dyde, and þá hí mon eft úp dyde of þǽre byrgenne ðá wæs hit gebatad, ꝥ þǽr næs bútan seó swaðu on (cf.
ge-þyldigian
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Ðonne meaht ðú ðý wyrs geðyldgian óðres monnes yfel pejus tibi sit aliena prava tolerare, 225, 14. intrans. To be patient, have patience Ðá ábǽdan hý uneáðe þæt mon geðyldgode sume hwíle, Wlfst. 100, 8.
hwéne
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Sió lyft bioþ hwéne hnescran gecynde, Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 27. with adv. Þæt is tó heriaune hwéne rihtlícor, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 13. Hwéne æfter hé cuið, Past. 99, 14. Hwéne æfter þon hé cwæð, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 86, 2. with verb (ptcpl.)
mildheortlíce
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Scel bión on ðǽm reccere ðæt hé sié ryhtlíce and mildheortlíce rǽdende his hiéremonnum and mildheortlíce wítniende ergo subditos suos inesse rectoribus debet et juste consulens misericordia, et pie saeviens disciplina, Past. 125, 5.
wearg-brǽde
Some form of disease; ⬩ impetigo, ulcus, carcinoma
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Gif nægl sié of handa and wiþ wearhbrǽdan ( probably πτερύγιον, Cockayne), nim hwǽtecorn, meng wið hunig, lege on þone finger, ii. 80, 20, 24
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brún-wyrt
BROWNWORT or water-betony ⬩ scrofularia aquatica ⬩ wood-betony or brownwort ⬩ scrofularia nodosa
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Genim brúne wyrt take brownwort, 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 268, 9, 13: 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 100, 5: 1, 48; Lchdm. ii. 122, 16. wood-betony or brownwort; scrofularia nodosa [Genim] ða brúnan wyrt brádleáfan, sió weaxeþ on wuda take the broad-leafed brownwort, which
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of-weorpan
to kill by casting (a stone, etc. ) to knock down and kill by a missile
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Gif oxa wer ofslóge, síe hé mid stánum ofworpen, L. Alf. 21; Th. i. 48, 32 note: 50, 5 note