un-gewidre
Bad weather ⬩ storm ⬩ tempest
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Gif ðé þince ðæt ðú óþerne máran lǽcedóm dón ne durre for ungewiderum, Lchdm. ii. 254, 2. Is ðeós woruld on stormum and on ádlum and on ungewyderum, Wulfst. 273, 9.
ge-mǽnan
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To complain of, have as a grievance Gif þú gemune ꝥ þín bróðer oððe freónd áht ungeþwǽrlices wið þé gemǽne si recordatus fueris quia frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te, Gr. D. 349, 24. to lament, mourn.
on-gemang
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add: — Gif hié mon ongemang ðǽre ðreátunga fét mid sumere heringe, Past. 303, 1. Þá ongemang ðyssum (then while this was going on) beheóld heó hine swýðe georne, Hml. S. 30, 345 : 33, 88. <b>I a.</b> with acc.
un-wita
A foolish, stupid, witless person ⬩ a fool
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Gif hit unwitan ǽnige hwíle healdaþ bútan hæftum, hit ðurh hróf wadeþ, bærneþ boldgetimbru, Salm. Kmbl. 821; Sal. 410
ómig
rusty (v. óm), rust-coloured ⬩ inflammatory
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Ðý læs ðæt ómige fæt mid ealle tóberste, gif hé mid ungemete scæfþ, R. Ben. 121, 3. Anfiltes hómiges incudis, Hpt. Gl. 417, 64. Ómigum vel ísengrǽgum ferrungineo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 66. inflammatory (óman) Wyrð gegaderodu ómig wǽte on ðære wambe.
smeart
Smart, painful
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[Gif þi sulf one smerte discepline drauh þet swete likunge into smeortunge A. R. 294, 12. Stede and twei sporen and ane smearte ʒerd O. E. Homl. i. 243, 23. Mid smerte smiten of smale longe ȝerden ii. 207, 6.
á-tǽsan
To tear with a weapon
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Gif ðú wǽre on fell scoten oððe ... on flǽsc ... oððe ... on lið, nǽfre ne sý ðín líf átǽsed, Lch. iii. 54, 8.
openlíce
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Gif hwá on leásre gewitnesse openlíce (without any concealment of the fact) stande, Ll. Th. i. 398, 11.
be-nugan
To need ⬩ want ⬩ require ⬩ enjoy ⬩ indigere ⬩ frui
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Gif hí ðæs wuda benugon if they enjoy [have enjoyment of] the wood Bt. 25; Fox 88, 19. Wið ðan ðe mín wíf ðǽr benuge inganges dummodo uxor mea fruatur ingressu Hick. Thes. ii. 55, 32.
dúfan
DIVE, sink ⬩ mergi
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Gif ðú dýfst if thou sinkest, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 35. Mid ðam ðe he deáf when he was sinking, ii. 392, 2: 390, 21
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EGLE
Troublesome, hateful, loathsome, horrid ⬩ mŏlestus, odiōsus, infestus, turpis
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Gif egle wǽron if they were troublesome, Exon. 126a; Th. 485, 20 ; Rä. 71, 16. Ðý-læs sceaðan mihton egle ondsacan lest the horrid apostates might injure [him ], Andr. Kmbl. 2297; An. 1150: 2916; An. 1461.
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eofot
A debt, crime ⬩ dēbĭtum, culpa
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Gif mon on ibices gemóte ge-yppe eofot of confession of debt. If a man declare a debt at a folk-mote, L. Alf. pol. 22 ; Th. i. 76, 6. Reht oððe eofut oððe scyld dēbĭtum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 25.
hyge-cræft
Mental power ⬩ intellect ⬩ wisdom
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Gif ðú mé ðínne hygecræft hylest and ðíne heortan geþohtas if thou dost conceal from me thy wisdom and thy heart's thoughts, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 12; Gn. Ex. 3. Wísdóm higecræft heáne, Cd. 176; Th. 222, 1; Dan. 98. Hygecræftum, Hy. 6, 3; Hy.
irþ-land
Arable land
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Ðonne is ðes londes ðe ic hígum selle xvi gioc ærþelandes and médwe now of the land that I give to the convent there are sixteen acres of arable land and meadow, Chart. Th. 477, 26
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leger-teám
Matrimony
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Matrimony, sexual intercourse [lawful or unlawful] Matheus him sægde ðæt hé wǽre swá synnig wið God gif hé ða gehálgodan fǽmnan tó legerteáme onfénge swá se þeów wǽre se ðe fénge on kyninges quéne tó unryhtum hǽmde Matthew said to him, that he would
mús
a mouse ⬩ a muscle
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Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús ðæt wǽre hláford ofer óðre mýs, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 2. Mýs sorices. Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 73. [Ðæt gewrit beó geworpen músen tó gnagene, Chart. Th. 318, 28.] a muscle Mús ðæs earmes torus vel musculus vel lacertus Wrt.
tihtan
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Gif man óðerne sace tihte, L. H. E. 8; Th. i. 30, 11: 10; Th. i. 30, 17: L. Win. 22; Th. i. 42, 3: 23; Th. i. 42, 6: 24; Th. i. 42, 10, 11
un-treów
Bad faith ⬩ faithlessness ⬩ perfidy ⬩ fraud
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Gif ðú heora untreówa onscunige, oferhoga hí, and ádríf hí fram ðé, for ðam hí spanaþ ðé tó ðínre unþearefe si perfidam perhorrescis, sperne atque abjice perniciosa ludentem, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 8.
be-limp
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Wið liþa sáre, gif hý of hwylcum belimpe oþþe of ǽnigum þincge gesárgude beóð, Lch. i. 312, I. On horse hwítum sittan belimp gód getácnað, iii. 202, 28. Smyltum belimpum secundis successibus, An. Ox. 7, 170.
griþ-bryce
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Gif hwá on fyrde griðbryce fulwyrce, þolige lífes, Ll. Th. i. 408, 21. the fine for such breach, the revenue derived from such fines Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe and griðbryces, Cht. E. 233, 3.