ge-wyrht
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Geweorhtum, Met. 27, 27. Hí þæs deóran hám wilniað bi gewyrhtum ( as it deserves ), Gú. 41. Gief hwá búton ge-wrihtum (without just cause) hit ábrecan wille, C.
hatian
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Hatian, Met. 27, 32. Mé is álýfad þæt yfel tó hatianne, Solil. H. 16, 17. of an animal. cf.
inne
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Tó úpáhæfen inne on móde, Met. 25, 19. of motion Hý hine þǽr inne gebringan. Ll. Th. i. 198, 26. On ǽghwylcne þe þǽr inne cóm, Jud. 50. Þǽr inne fealh secg, B. 2226. <b>B.
lícettan
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Bt. 18, 4 ; F. 68, l : Met. 26, 36 : Past. 121, 17. (3 a) not to refrain from showing what is the case, to profess that :-- Hit is micel sceand gif wé nyllad lícittan (-ettan, v. l.) ðæt wé sién ðæt wé sindon nimis turpe est non imilari, quod sumus, Past
nearu
narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ confined ⬩ not spacious ⬩ narrow ⬩ limited ⬩ poor ⬩ restricted ⬩ strait ⬩ oppressive ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ oppressed ⬩ not having free action ⬩ strict ⬩ severe
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Tóbrǽdan ofer ða nearwan eorþan (cf. ofer ðás nearowan eorþan sceátas, Met. 10, 16), Bt. 19; Fox 68, 25. Binnon nearwum gemǽrum intra fines angustiores, Bd. 4, 26; S. 603, 9. Nearewum artis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 67. Mid ða nearwan arta, 5, 57.
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þeów-dóm
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Ne þearft ðú nó wénan, ðæt ða wlitegan tungl ðæs þeówdómes áþroten weorðe, Met. 29, 40. Embichta ðeádómes obsequium servitutis, Mt. Kmbl. p. 8, 3: Rtl. 9, 13. Wyrta ðeówdóme manna, Ps. Spl. 103, 15.
ge-hýdan
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Þá dysegan sint swá hlince, þæt hí ne magon oncnáwan hwǽr þá écan gód sindon gehýdde, Met. 19, 32. [The passage given under II. may belong to I.The Latin of Ps.
gird
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</b> a straight line drawn as a mark :-- Ymniscus ys seó gyrd þe byð betwyx þám twám pricon ligende, Angl. viii. 333, 44. as a measure of length, a rod, pole. v. passage under weall-stellung and met-gird Ðæs landes . . . .xxiii. gerda on lange,
ge-wǽcan
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Ben. 27, 9. non-physical Ne ðú ðé ǽfre ne lǽt wlenca gewǽcan, Met. 5, 31, Mód mid horuwe gewǽht mens sorde saucia, Hy. S. 37, 12. Wæs gewǽht afficitur (acri angore ), An. Ox. 4011.
wearg
Evil, vile, malignant, accursed,
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Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 20-24: Met. 26, 14. Bearn Godes brýda on Caines cynne sécan, wergum folce, Cd. Th. 75, 34; Gen. 1250. Gé dyslíce dǽd gefremedon, werge wræcmæcgas, Elen. Kmbl. 773; El. 387. Werige, Andr. Kmbl. 1229; An. 615.
wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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His þegnas for hiora eardes lufan and for ðære wrace (cf. forðǽm yrmþum eardes lyste, Met. 26, 71) tihodon hine tó forlǽtanne, Bt. 38, l ; Fox 194, 29.
nimþe
Unless ⬩ except
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Nis ðé wiðerbreca man on moldan, nymþe Metod ána, 251, 22; Dan. 567. Hwá is ðæt ðé cunne, nymþe éce God, 266, 7; Sat. 18. Nis nǽnig swá snotor, nymþe God seolfa, 286, 11; Sat. 350. Ic nǽngum sceþþe nymþe bonan ánum, Exon. Th. 407, 11; Rä. 26, 3.
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cot-setla
A cottager ⬩ casārius
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[Apud quosdam, operatur per totum Augustum, omni die, et unam acram avene metit pro diurnale opere. Et habeat garbam suam quam præpositus vel minister domini dabit ei.] Non dabit landgablum.
beáh
Metal made into circular ornaments ⬩ A ring ⬩ bracelet ⬩ collar ⬩ garland ⬩ crown ⬩ anulus ⬩ armilla ⬩ diadema ⬩ corona
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Metal made into circular ornaments, as A ring, bracelet, collar, garland, crown; anulus, armilla, diadema, corona. Bracelets were worn about the arms and wrists; rings on the fingers, round the ankles, the neck, and about the head.
toft
a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.
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Alle míne men fré, and ilk habbe his toft and his metecfi and his metecú. And ic an þe préstes toft into þe kirke fre . . . And ic an Léfquéne fítténe acres and an toft . . .
hycgan
take thought ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate ⬩ to intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ endeavour ⬩ strive ⬩ to hope
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Met. Fox 19, 2; Met. 19, 1. Ðam ðe mid heortan hycgeaþ rihte his qui recto sunt corde, Ps. Th. 72, 1. Ða inwit and fácen hycgeaþ on heortan qui cogitaverunt malitias in corde, 139, 2, 8. Gif gé teala hycgaþ. Andr. Kmbl. 3223; An. 1614.
tǽlan
to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse. ⬩ to blame a person for what is wrong ⬩ to blame what is wrong in a person ⬩ to speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbite ⬩ to treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at
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Unþeáwas tǽlan and góde herian, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 200, 7: Met. 19, 39. Tó tǽlenne, Bt. 27, 4; Fox 100, 19. to speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbite Eorl óðerne mid teónwordum tǽleþ behindan, spreceþ fægere beforan, Fragm.
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ge-wítan
to see ⬩ behold ⬩ videre ⬩ spectare ⬩ to turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that direction ⬩ to set out towards ⬩ start ⬩ pass over ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ withdraw ⬩ go away ⬩ retreat ⬩ retire ⬩ die ⬩ transire ⬩ discedere
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Met. Fox 29, 22; Met. 29, 11. Gewát ofer wǽgholm went ó er the ocean, Beo. Th. 439; B. 217. On fleám gewát fled, Cd. 205; Th. 254, 20; Dan. 614. He nǽfre onweg ne gewát he has never departed, Blickl. Homl. 117, 1: Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 36.
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fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Ðá wiþerweardan gesceafta ǽgþer ge hié betwux him winnað, ge eác fæste sibbe betwux him healdaþ, Bt. 21; F. 74, 14: Met. 11, 41.
húru
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Ox. 54, 3. in negative clauses :-- Hit tó ǽlcum men ne cymþ be his gewyrhtum, ne húru nánum ealne weg ne wunað, Bt. 30, 1; F. 108, 18 : 33, 2 ; F. 124, 28: Met. 20, 38 : Met. 8, 10: 22, 4: Seel. 38: 6. 862: 1071.