wyrcness
work ⬩ labour ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ performance
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Similar entries v. wyrcan, III Ðurh swá hwylces béne swá hé gehǽled sí, ðysses geleáfa and wyrcnes (operatio) sí gelýfed Gode andfenge, Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 502, 23.
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gilda
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Cf. gildan; v. deófol-, hǽpen-gilda. a member of a guild Gif hwylcum gyldan þearf sí his geférena fultumes, and hit gecýd wyrþe þæs gildan níhtstan geféran, bútun se gilda sylf neáh sí. . . .
full
having no space empty ⬩ containing abundance of. ⬩ abounding in ⬩ abundantly characterized by ⬩ full of food ⬩ complete ⬩ perfect ⬩ whole ⬩ entitled to all the privileges implied by a designation ⬩ complete ⬩ whole ⬩ entire ⬩ completed
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Béc sint fulle þára bisna, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 11. in a non-material sense, abounding in abundantly characterized by (cf. adjectives in -full formed from nouns). Grammar full, with gen. sing.
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lah
Law
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Law Ǽlc mynetere ðe betihtlad sí bicge him lah mid xii óran [cf. bicge him lage, Th. i. 294, 8] let every minter that is accused buy himself law with xii ores [v. lah-ceáp], L. Eth. iii. 8; Th. i. 296, 16
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ge-bryddan
To frighten ⬩ terrify ⬩ terrēre
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To frighten, terrify; terrēre Gif ðú mec gebringest, ðæt ic sí gebrydded þurh ðæs cantices cwide Cristes línan if thou wilt bring me, that I may be frightened through the word of the canticle of Christ's discipline, Salm. Kmbl. 32; Sal. 16
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under-gán
to undermine ⬩ ruin
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to undermine, ruin Gif hwylcne man deóful tó ðam swýþe undergán hæbbe si diabolus hominem aliquem adeo perdiderit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 14; Th. ii. 208, 12. Ne sý nán eorðcund cyning mid gítsunge tó ðæm swíþe undergán, Lchdm. iii. 444, 3
un-ástíðod
Not made firm
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Not made firm Gif mon on níwne weall unádrugodne and unástíðodne micelne hróf and hefigne onsett, ðonne ne timbreþ hé nó healle ac hryre quod structuris recentibus necdum solidatis, si tignorum pondus superponitur, non habitaculum sed ruina fabricatur
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wógian
To woo ⬩ marry
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To woo, marry Náht framaþ flǽsc habban mǽden gif on geþance aenig wógaþ nihil prodest carnem habere uirginem si mente quis nupserit, Scint. 70, 7. Bearn worulde ðissere wógiaþ (nwbunt) . . . hí ne wógiaþ (nubunf), ne hí ne lǽdaþ wíf, 68, 14, 17
sceamian
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Hé scamode his wiþ men, gif hé ne eóde intó cyrican in swá hálgan dæge þára eástrena si tanto die non iret ad ecclesiam, erubescebat homines, Gr. D. 308, 23
æf-wela
Decrease of wealth
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Gyf him þince ꝥ his hús sí tóworpen sum æfwela (ætlætnes, v. l. ) him bið tóweard, Lch. iii. 170, 13
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ge-séclod
Taken sick, ill ⬩ ægrōtus
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Taken sick, ill; ægrōtus Warþ se cyng geséclod the king was taken sick, Chr. 1093; Erl. 228, 22
a-windan
To wind ⬩ bend ⬩ plectere ⬩ torquere ⬩ To strip off ⬩ detrahere ⬩ To whirl or slip off ⬩ labi
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To whirl or slip off; labi Gif sió æcs ðonne awient [awint, Cot.] of ðæm hielfe if the axe then slip from the handle, Past. 21, 7; Hat. MS. 32 b, 6
cystig
Munificent, benevolent, bountiful, liberal, generous, good ⬩ munificus, largus, probus, bonus
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Ðæt he sié cystig that he be benevolent, Past. 20, 2; Cot. MS. Seó módor clǽngeorn biþ and cystig the mother is pure and bountiful, Exon. 128a; Th. 492, 25; Rä. 81, 21. Cystig largus vel dapsilis, Ælfc. Gl. 82; Som. 73, 34; Wrt.
DRENCAN
DRENCH, make drunk ⬩ potum vel potiōnem dāre, potāre, inebriāre ⬩ to drown ⬩ submergĕre
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On þurste mínum hí drencton me mid ecede in siti mea potavērunt me acēto, 68, 26. Drencende inebrians, 64, 11.
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hyge-leás
Thoughtless ⬩ careless ⬩ foolish
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Thoughtless, careless, foolish Ne geríseþ biscopum ne æt hám ne on síðe tó higeleás [iuncglíc, MS.
mann-þeáw
A manner ⬩ custom ⬩ practice
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A manner, custom, practice Gé scyldigra synne secgaþ sóþfæstra nó monþeáw mǽran willaþ ye rehearse the sin of the guilty, the practice of the just ye will not celebrate, Exon. 40 a; Th. 132, 25; Gú. 478.
ge-dræg
A dragging ⬩ band ⬩ multitude ⬩ tumult ⬩ tractus ⬩ turma ⬩ tumultus
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Eác ðon breost-ceare sin-sorgna gedreag sý æt him even when care of breast, multitude of constant sorrows be at him, Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 10; Kl. 45. Ðǽr wæs fordénera gedræg there was a tumult of undone men, Andr. Kmbl. 85; An. 43.
un-fæger
Not fair ⬩ not beautiful ⬩ foul ⬩ ugly ⬩ horrid
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Not fair, not beautiful, foul, ugly, horrid Sió gefrédnes mæg gefrédan ðæt hit líchoma biþ, ac hió ne mæg gefrédan hwæþer hé biþ ðe blac ðe hwít, ðe fæger þe unfæger, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 12.
un-gerisenlíc
Unseemly ⬩ dishonourable ⬩ base
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Hwæt ungerisenlícre sié ðonne ðæt quo quid turpius excogitari potest? 30, 1; Fox 108, 6