sárlíce
sorely, painfully ⬩ sorely, grievously, lamentably ⬩ sorely, bitterly, heavily
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Hit oft swíðe sárlíce gebyrede ðæt wríteras forléton unwritene ðara monna dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron it has often happened most lamentably, that writers have left unwritten those men's deeds that in their days were most distinguished, Bt
hreóf-lig
Leprous
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Láðlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc this leper betokened all mankind that was foully leprous ... Loathsome is the body of the leper, 16-21: 33. Wacode ealle ða niht mid ðam wædlian hreóflian. Homl. Swt. 3, 486. Reóflium menn gelíc like a leper, Homl.
petersilige
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Ðás wyrte man petroselinum nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 240, 6. Petresilige, iii. 24, 9. Petorsilian sǽd, ii. 314, 29 : 228, 26. Ða wyrt petersilian, 206, 27 : 234, 8
ge-ortréwan
To despair ⬩ dēspērāre
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To despair; dēspērāre Ða þreó ðé ne lǽtaþ geortréwan he ðam écan lífe these three suffer thee not to despair of the everlasting life, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 9
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
un-staþolfæst
unsettled ⬩ not remaining in one place ⬩ not stationary ⬩ unsettled ⬩ desirous of change ⬩ not steadfast ⬩ unstable ⬩ not enduring ⬩ easily moved ⬩ unsettled in mind ⬩ wavering
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unsettled, not remaining in one place, not stationary Ða twám and þrím dagum geond missenlícra monna húsum wuniaþ, ǽfre unstaþolfæste ( numquam stabiles ) and woriende, R.
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for-irþ
A headland
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Andlang herpaðes oð ðǽre foryrðe úpende (cf. oð ðæs furlanges úpende, 418, 23): ðonne ádúne be ðáre foryrðe westeáge, iii. 419, 33. Of ðáre ác on ðá foryrðe eástewerde, 449, 32. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. pp. 4-5
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steór
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Ðæt wíse men scelfon settan steóre dysigum mannum, swá ðæt hí ðæt dysig and ða unðeáwas álecgan, 268, 2. On steórum in increpationibus, Ps. Spl. 38, 14. [See O. E.
stenc
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Balzamum ðæs bestan stences, Nar. 27, 22. Tó wynsumum stence, Lev. 1, 9. Ða swétan stencas ðara wuduwyrta, Blickl. Homl. 59, 3. Mid ðám fægrestum foldan stencum, Exon. Th. 198, 11; Ph. 8. <b>I b.
and-lang
On length ⬩ ALONG ⬩ by the side of ⬩ in longum ⬩ per
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Andlang ðæs [MS. ðas] wéstenes along the desert, Jos. 8, 16. Andlang ðara nægla along the nails, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 30.
færelt
A going, progress, expedition ⬩ ĭter, gressus, expĕdītio
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He ðæt færelt swíðost þurhteáh he most chiefly undertook that expedition, Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 93, 31. Ðæt Scipia ðæs færeltes consul wǽre that Scipio was the leader of the expedition, 4, 10; Bos. 95, 2: 4, 10; Bos. 93, 34.
LYSTAN
To LIST
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Se leahtor déþ ðæt ðam men ne lyst nán þing tó góde gedón that sin causes a man to have no desire to do anything to good purpose, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 22. Him lyste ðǽr on dígolnysse his gebedu begangan, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 33.
sculan
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Ða þing ðe ic eów foresægde, ðæt gé dón sceoldon, 131, 34. Landfranc bebéad ðan munecan, ðæt hí scoldan hí unscrýdan, Chr. 1070; Erl. 208, 8. Hé oncwæð, ðæt hié gyldan sceolde, Cd. Th. 229, 5; Dan. 212.
ge-wrid
A place where shrubs grow ⬩ thicket
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Betwux ða þiccan gewrido ðara bremela amongst the dense thickets of brambles, 5; Gdwin. 36, 12. Gewrid glomulus, Cot. 95 fruticetum, 90, Lye
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Élíg
The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire ⬩ insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi
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The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire; insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Is Élíg ðæt land on Eást-Engla mǽgþa, hú hugu syx hund hída, on eálondes gelícnesse; is eall mid fenne and mid wætere ymbseald, and fram genihtsumnesse ǽla ða ðe on ðám ylcan fennum
wering
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A dam Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit bið gepynd, hit fundaþ wið ðæs ðe hit ǽr from com . . . Ac gif sió pynding wierð onpennad, oððe sió wering wirð tóbrocen, ðonne tófléwð hit eall, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 8. v. werian, <b>I a</b>; be-werung
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notu
use ⬩ profit ⬩ advantage ⬩ an office ⬩ employment ⬩ the discharge of an office ⬩ conduct of business
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Hæbbe se abbod á mid him gewrit ealra ðæra ǽhta; ðonne seó notu ( the use of tools, etc. ) on gebróðra gewrixle biþ, sý ðæt gewis á mid ðam abbode, ðæt hé wite, hwæt betǽht sý and hwæt underfangen, R. Ben. 56, 8.
un-ágán
Not lapsed ⬩ with the time of its lease not run out
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Nú gewríte ic Cyneswíðe ðæt ðreóra hída lond on ðreóra monna daeg ... and éc ic hire léte tó ... ðæt twéga hída lond ... ða hwíle hit unágaen seó, and Cyneswíð hit tó nǽngum óðrum men ne léte ða hwíle hit unágaen sé, bútun tó hire bearna sumum ...
þweán
to wash ⬩ to anoint.
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Ðæt sylfe wæter ðæt hí ða bán mid ðwógan, 3, 11; S. 535, 33. Ðæt wæter wæs gedréfed, ðonne ðǽr micel folc hiera fét and honda on ðwógon, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 22. Þwógan, Blickl. Homl. 149, 6. Þwógon, Gen. 43, 24.
súgan
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Ðæt sió réðnes ðæs wínes ða forrotedan wunde súge and clǽnsige, Past. 17, 10; Swt. 125, 12.