or-sorg
free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous ⬩ secure from danger, safe
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free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous Orsorh securus, Kent. Gl. 365; Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 59. Orsorg lentus, ii. 96, 62 : consors, 15, 23 : 105, 18. Orsorh wǽpna securus armorum, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 9. Se tó ánra ðara burga (the cities of
snotor
Prudent, wise, sagacious ⬩ prudens
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Prudent, wise, sagacious Snotor prudens Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 35. Snoter 76, 12. Cwom Daniel tó dóme, se wæs snotor Cd. Th. 225, 8; Dan. 151. Nis nǽnig swá snotor . . . ne ðæs swá gleáw, nymþe God seolfa 286, 8; Sat. 349. Á sceal snotor hycgean ymb ðysse
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hladan
to heap, ⬩ pile up, ⬩ build, ⬩ place, ⬩ lade, ⬩ load, ⬩ freight ⬩ to lade, ⬩ draw [water]; ⬩ haurire
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to heap, pile up, build, place, lade, load, freight Ic mé hrycg hlade ðæt ic habban sceal I load my back with what I am to have, Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 21; Rä. 4, 65. Wyrd wóp wecceþ weán hladeþ fate awakens grief, heaps up misery, Salm. Kmbl. 874; Sal
be-beódan
'to give . . . generally,' ⬩ to order ⬩ enjoin ⬩ to commit ⬩ commend ⬩ to offer to the gods ⬩ to commit into (on, in) ⬩ to announce
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Under dele 'to give . . . generally,' and add: with dat. of person and acc. or clause of the command, to order, enjoin Ðæt hé sprecende bebiét quod loquendo imperat, Past. 81, 10. Bebiót, Kent. Gl. 816. Swá him háligu gewreotu bebeódaþ, Bl. H. 45, 6.
FALS
FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit ⬩ falsum
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A FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit; falsum Bútan ǽlcon false without any fraud, L. Eth. vi. 32; Th. i. 322, 29: L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 16. Se ðe ofer ðis fals wyrce, þolige ðæra handa ðe he ðæt fals mid worhte he who after this shall make a counterfeit
hrópan
To cry out ⬩ clamour ⬩ make a noise ⬩ shout ⬩ scream
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To cry out, clamour, make a noise, shout, scream Hreópon friccan the heralds shouted, Andr. Kmbl. 2314; An. 1158: Elen. Kmbl. 108: 1097; El. 550. Hreópon mearcweardas the warders of the border [the wolves] clamoured, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 14; Exod. 168.
inwidda
Guileful ⬩ deceitful ⬩ evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ malicious
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Guileful, deceitful, evil, wicked, malicious Gelpan ne þorfte eald inwidda [inwitta, MSS. B. C. inwuda MS. D.], no cause to boast had he, old and crafty, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 12 ; Æðelst. 46. Swá se inwidda ofer ealne dæg dryhtguman síne drencte mid wíne
læð
Land
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Land Ðó swá ic lǽre beó ðé [Lchdm. ðú] be ðínum and lǽt mé be mínum ne gyrne ic ðínes ne lǽðes ne landes ne sace ne sócne ne ðú mínes ne þearft do as I advise; be thou with thine and leave me to mine; I desire nothing of. thine, neither lea nor land,
munuc-líc
Monastic
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Monastic On munuclícre drohtnunge in monachica conversatione, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 96, 46 : Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 2 : 4, 27; S. 603, 24. Hé wolde árǽran on his biscopríce munuclícne regol, Homl. Skt. 6, 59. Healdan his munuclíce scrúdware, L. Eth. v. 6; Th.
scorf
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Scurf Hyt áfeormaþ ðone leahtor ðe Grécas hostopyturas hátaþ, ðæt ys scurf ðæs heáfdes, Lchdm. i. 322, 16. Wið scurfe and nebcorne, 68, 10. Wið heáfodsár, ðæt ys wið scurf, 116, 23. Wið scruf (scurf. MSS. H. B.) and wið sceb, 316, 22. Wið scurfum, 356
tá
a twig, shoot
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a twig, shoot Tán ł twiga vimina, virgulae, Hpt. Gl. 428, 34. a lot Ðæt him déme seó tá, gif hí hwæt dǽlan willaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 86. Ðá dǽldon ða cwelleras Cristes reáf on feówer, heora ǽlcum his dǽl, swá him démde seó tá, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 31.
un-tǽle
Blameless ⬩ without reproach
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Blameless, without reproach Ðeáh ðe nǽfre ne wurde syððan mancynne gemiltsod, ðeáh wǽre Godes rihtwísnys eallunga untǽle, Homl. Th. i. 112, 19. Sió wiþerweardnes biþ simle untǽlu and wracu áscirred mid ðære styringe hire ágenre frécennesse videas adversam
wrǽne
Lascivious ⬩ libidinous ⬩ salacious ⬩ wanton
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Lascivious, libidinous, salacious, wanton Uuraeni uréni petulansvel spurcus, Txts. 90, 835. Wraene petulans, 87, 1569. Wrǽne pelulcus, luxuriosus, Hpt. Gl. 484, 55: libidinosus, 514, 4. Hé (Sardanapatus) wæs swíþe furþumlíc mon, and hnesclíc, and swíþe
wyrpel
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A vervel, a ring put on a falcon's leg. Thorpe in his note on the following passage quotes from Roquefort the explanation of the French vervelle: Large anneau qu'on passoit au pied d'un faucon pour le retenir Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian, heafoc on
wrigels
a covering ⬩ a garment ⬩ veil
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a covering In wrigelse fiðra ðínra in velamento alarum tuarum. Ps. Surt. 60, 5 : 62, 8. Wæs him wrigils fui/ illis in velamento, Rtl. 92, 26. God áfyrde hym ðone unrihtan wrigels of heora heortan, Wulfst. 252, 4. a garment, veil Hí mon midðæm hálgan
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ǽwisce
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Dishonour, shame, foulness Ǽwisce obscenitas , Angl. xiii. 35, 204: An. Ox. 8, 193. Ǽwisc, 7, 265. Ǽwys, 4302: 7, 300. Hé cwæð þæt him tó micel ǽwisce wǽre þæt hé swá emnlíce wrixleden he said that it was too much dishonour for them to treat on such
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á-hwænne
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Grammar á-hwænne, Substitute: <b>á-hwænne</b> (-hwonne, -hwanne). interrogative, whenever Drihten, áhwænne ( quando ) behealtst ðú?, Ps. Spl. 34, 20. at any time Ðí lǽs áhwænne gegrípe ne quando rapiat, Ps. Spl. 7, 2. Áhwanne, Ps. L. 2
be-hreówsian
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Add: absolute, to repent Þǽra behreów sigendra heortan, Hml. Th. i. 550, 32. <b>Ia.</b> with object, to repent of, with acc. Þæt þæt wé ágylton, þæt wé nú bereówsiað, Hml. Th. i. 68, 27. Þám þe heora synna behreówsiað, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 17
bucca
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Cervus vel eripes heort vel bucca (in the margin hircacervus bucheort); this is the proper reading, not that given in Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 63. v. Angl. viii. 450. Hí onsægdon deófle, swá heora þeáw wæs, buccan ( caprae ) heáfod, Gr. D. 232, 25. Hé wæs on
deóp
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Add: literal Dióp seáð fovea profunda, Kent. Gl. 829. metaph. Þes pistol is . . . eów swíðe deóp tó gehýrenne, Hml. Th. i. 448, 8. His deópe rihtwísnys his infinite righteousness, 112, 3. Deópum ceápe at a high price, Ll. Th. i. 370, 10. Ꝥ hé swá deópe