wóh
not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair
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Ðæra geréfena unriht and wó dómas ( Similar entries v. wóh-dóm) and prættas, Anglia viii. 336, 40. False gewihta and wóge gemeta, L. Eth. v. 24; Th. i. 310, 13: Wulfst. 70, 3. Wóh wyrda gesceapu the unequal decrees of fate, Exon.
ge-stíran
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Gif þú þám sinfullan nelt synna gestýran and unriht forbeódan, Wlfst. 177, 5.
bétan
put right ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair ⬩ restore ⬩ cure ⬩ to correct ⬩ to amend ⬩ make amends ⬩ reparation for
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Ðá menn þe heora synna and unrihtes gescwícaþ, and hié heora scriftum geandettiaþ, and be heora dóme bétaþ, Bl. H. 193, 23. Ǽghwylc man sceal bétan his wóhdǽda be his gyltes andefne, 45, 38.
dóm
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Wé sculan ǽnne Crístendóm healdan and ǽlcne hǽðene dóm oferhogian, Wlfst. 274, 16. v. dryht-, un-, unriht-, weorold-, wóh-dóm
ríce
powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ great ⬩ possessed of power ⬩ rich ⬩ possessed of wealth ⬩ strong ⬩ powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ potent
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Ne dém nán unriht ne árwurða ðone rícan non injuste judicabis nec honores vultum potentis, Lev. 19, 15. Áhóf ic rícne (riicnæ, Ruth. Cross) cyning (Christ), Rood Kmbl. 88; Kr. 44.
þus
Thus ⬩ in this manner, degree
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Grammar þus, with adjectives Ðis wíf wæs áfundyn on unrihton hǽmede. Moyses ús bebeád ðæt wé sceoldon þus geráde mid stánum oftorfian, Jn. Skt. 8, 5: Deut. 4, 32. Þuss gerádum ádle, Anglia xiii. 434, 995. Þus manige men, Beo. Th. 679; B, 337.
on-ginnan
to begin, set about, set to work ⬩ to attempt, endeavour (with infin.) ⬩ to act strenuously ⬩ to make an attempt upon, to attack
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Onginnaþ esnlíce viriliter agite, Deut. 31, 6. to make an attempt upon, to attack Gramhýdige mé mid unrihte oft onginnaþ injusti insurrexerunt in me, Ps. Th. 85, 13. Donne ús mánfulle menn onginnaþ (insurgerent), 123, 2.
brúcan
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Gé eówerne beórscipe brúcaþ on unriht, Wlfst. 297, 30. Eówre fýnd his brúcað ab hostibus devorabitur , Lev. 26, 16. Huoelpas brúcas ( edunt ), Mt. L. 15, 27. Þǽ;ra (hláfa) ic breác, Hml. S. 23 b, 521. Wé brécon ł éton manducavimus , Lk.
fóran
Before ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ before all ⬩ opposite ⬩ over against ⬩ Before ⬩ Beforehand ⬩ before ⬩ before ⬩ Before ⬩ in front of
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Þá þe foran tó unriht wyrceð, oþþe on þám dæge him hláf baceþ, Wlfst. 212, 26.
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ed-wít
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Ðonne hé hine on ormódnesse gebringð mid his edwíte, ðeáh hé hit for lufum dó, Past. 167, 12. expressing scorn, contempt Teónan hospe ł edwíte (of unrihtum edwíte) calumniae improperio, Hpt. Gl. 505, 16. Gefylled mid edwíte, Ps. Th. 122, 5.
wyrhta
a wright ⬩ workman ⬩ artificer ⬩ labourer ⬩ one who works at some trade ⬩ a maker ⬩ producer ⬩ author ⬩ creator ⬩ fabricator ⬩ the Creator ⬩ Maker ⬩ a doer ⬩ worker
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Ealle ða ðe unrihtes wǽran wyrhtan omnes discedentes a justificationibus tuis, Ps. Th. 118, 118. Mánes wyrhtan peccatores, 100, 8
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on-cirran
to turn (trans.) make a change in position or direction ⬩ to turn (into another form) ⬩ to turn, ⬩ to go ⬩ to turn, make a person adopt a line of conduct, etc. ⬩ to turn, change ⬩ to turn from good to bad, to pervert ⬩ to turn aside, avert ⬩ to turn back, reverse (a sentence), revoke ⬩ to turn (intrans.)
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Hié fram heora unrihtum oncyrron, Blickl. Homl. 109, 20
FULL
FULL ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus ⬩ sătiātus ⬩ confertus ⬩ intĕger
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He geseah unrihte eorþan fulle he saw the earth filled with unrighteousness, Cd. 64; Th. 78, 13; Gen. 1292.
wóh
Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly
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Ic nylle ðæt gé mé hwæt mid wóh (cf. unrihte, 1. 17) begytaþ, L. Ath. i. proem. ; Th. i. 196, 31. Mid wóh fordón, iv. I ; Th. i. 220, 23. On wóh spanan, Salm. Kmbl. 1002 ; Sal. 502.
ÁÞ
an OATH ⬩ a swearing ⬩ juramentum
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i. 158, 18. every accusation must be verified by oath : the accused and his witness then replied also upon oath; thus, Ðæs áþ ðe his ǽhte bryideþ, ðæt he ne dǽþ ne for hete ne for hóle: - On ðone Drihten, ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle ne for unrihtre
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swerian
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Ic ne swór fela áþa on unriht, Beo. Th. 5470; B. 2738. Hé mé áðas swór, 949; B. 472. Hé him ðone áð swór, Gen. 24, 9. Ðone swergendan áð ðone hé swór jusjurandum quod juravit, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 199, 20. Wyrgdan, áð sweredan (áðsweredan?)
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ge-wit
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Hí náhton foreþances, wísdómes gewitt, El. 357: 1191. conscience Þonne gé ofsleáð hira untruman gewit percutientes conscientiam eorum infirmam, Past. 451, 36. v. ferþ-gewitt,ferhþ-gewitt, riht-gewitt, un-gewitt, unriht-gewitt
be-gán
passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend
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Ðeáh þá unriht-wísan ús úton begán on ǽlce healfe in circuitu impii ambulant, Ps.
ge-eáþmédan
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Ne geeáðméde þú þé tó hira unrihtum godum noli adorare deum alienum, Ex. 34, 14. Gif ǽnig man geeáðméde hine tó sunnan and tó mónan adoret solem et lunam, Deut. 17, 3. where submission is made Geeádmédaþ eów sylfe tó Godes willan, Hml.
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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Ðæt is ðonne ǽrest ðæt ic wylle; ðæt man rihte laga upp-arǽre, and ǽghwilce unlaga georne afylle, and ðæt man aweódige and awyrtwalige, ǽghwylc unriht, swá man geornost mǽge, of ðissum earde this is then the first that I will; that right laws be established
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