sceam-leás
Shameless, bold; impudent, wanton
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Past. 9, 2 ; Swt. 61, 3. Of ðysse scamleásan scylde geclǽnsa mé a delicto meo munda me Ps. Th. 50, 3. On óðre wísan sint tó lǽranne ða scamleásan ( impudentes ), on óðre ða scamfæstan . . .
ǽg-hwá
in every respect, quite, altogether
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Ic eom gehéned on ǽghwám humiliatus sum usquequaque, Past. 465, 29. Hét ic ǽghwæt swá dón swá hé ús bebeád, Nar. 27, 14. Ǽghwæt gefremman ðæs ðe hié woldan, Bl. H. 137, 1.
ofer-sprǽce
speaking too much, talkative, loquacious ⬩ zungun linguam magniloquum ⬩ saying more than is just or true
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Ða . . . ofersprǽcean multiloquio vacantes, Past. 38, 6; Swt. 277, 3: 38, 1; Swt. 271, 14. [Cf. O. H.
tó-wesness
separation ⬩ dissolution ⬩ divorce ⬩ difference ⬩ disagreement ⬩ discord ⬩ dissension
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Ðonne hé him ondrǽt ða tówesnesse útane dum humana foras jurgia metuunt, Past. 46; Swt. 351, 23
Linked entry: -wesenness
æmtig
Vacant ⬩ EMPTY ⬩ free ⬩ idle ⬩ vacuus ⬩ inanis
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Æmtege wífemen unmarried women, Past. 21, 8, Lye
dyrstignes
Boldness, presumption, arrogance, rashness ⬩ audācia, temĕrĭtas
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Cot. dyrstignes] his módes præsumptio spīrĭtus, Past. 13, 2; Hat. MS. 17 a, 15. Ðæt ðín mód ne beó ahafen mid dyrstignysse [dyrstnysse, Nat. S. Greg. Els. P. 39, note 1] that thy mind be not lifted up with arrogance, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 4
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ealdor-biscop
An elder or chief bishop, an archbishop ⬩ sĕnior episcŏpus, archiepiscŏpus
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An elder or chief bishop, an archbishop; sĕnior episcŏpus, archiepiscŏpus; the Pope is so called by king Alfred Ðá wæs Vitalianus Papa ðæs apostolícan setlesealdorbiscop then Pope Vitalian was the chief bishop of the apostolic seat; sedi apostŏlĭcæ præerat
herung
Praising, praise
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On ðære heringe ðæs eádgan weres in praise of the blessed man, Past. 56, 7; Swt. 435, 18: Bt. 27, 3; Fox 100, 4: 30, l; Fox 108, 22
íg-búend
an islander
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Ðis ǽrendgewrit Agustinus ofer sealtne sǽ súðan brohte iégbúendum this letter Augustine brought across the salt sea from the south to the islanders, Past. Pref; Swt. 9, 8
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pundar
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Parv. 416. Halliwell gives punder, to balance evenly, as an East-country word. Icel. pundari a steel yard.]
Linked entry: wiht-mearc
ge-wǽtan
To wet ⬩ to make wet
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To wet, to make wet Onsend Ladzarus ðætte he gewǽte his ýtemestan finger on wættre send Lazarus, that he may wet the tip of his finger in water, Past. 43, 1Swt. 309, 6Hat. MS.
Linked entry: wǽtan
blǽco
Paleness, leprosy ⬩ pallor, lepra
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[blǽc pale, livid; blǽcan to bleach] Paleness, leprosy; pallor, lepra = χέπρα Blǽco pallor, Cot. 157. Lǽcedómas wið ðam yflan blǽce leechdoms against the evil leprosy, L. M. cont. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 8, 1.
Linked entry: blǽcþa
strácian
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To stroke Se lǽce grápaþ and strácaþ, ǽrðonðe hé stingan wille, Past. 26 ; Swt. 187, 5. Wildu hors, ðonne wé hié ǽresð gefangnu habbaþ, wé hié ðacciaþ and stráciad mid brádre handa equos indomitos blanda prius manu tangimus, 41, 4 ; Swt. 303, 10.
þrǽsting
Torment ⬩ affliction
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MS.) ðæs líchoman ðæt mód ne áscrence mid upáhæfennesse ne aut illos appetitus gulae a mentis statu dejiciat, aut istos afflicta caro ex elatione supplantet, Past. 43; Swt. 316, 7
un-gestæððigness
Unsteadiness ⬩ levity ⬩ want of firmness
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Unsteadiness, levity, want of firmness Se hæfð singalne sceabb se ðe nǽfre ne blinð ungestæððignesse jugem habet scabiem, cui carnis petulantia sine cessatione dominatur, Past. 11; Swt. 70, 3.
un-týd
Ignorant ⬩ uninstructed ⬩ unskilled
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Ignorant, uninstructed, unskilled Dysig bið se lǽce and untýd ðe wilnaþ ðæt hé óðerne mon gelácnige, and nát ðæt hé self bið gewundad improbus et imperitus est medicus, qui alienum mederi appetit, et ipse vulnus, quod patitur, nescit, Past. 48; Swt.
cwéming
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ðæt selflíce gegriépð ðæt mód ðæs recceres, and hé wilnað ungemetlíce lícigean, ðonne berǽst hé oft on ungemetlíce cuéminge and bið hwílum tó ungemetlíce sméðe amor proprius, cum rectoris mentem ceperit, aliquando hanc inordinate ad mollitiem rapit, Past
eahtung
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Ðurh ðá eahtunge ðe hié mon eahtige suae aestimationis dulcedine, Past. 147, 8. Add
fóster-módor
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Sió fóstermódur ǽlces cræftes virtutum nutrix, Past. 215, 23. Nytenyss leahtra fóstermóder ( nutrix ), Scint. 98, 1
grimnes
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Ox. 1477. severity of pain, disease, &c. Mid swíþre wealreówre grimnysse satis crudescente (poenarum) atrocitate, An. Ox. 4714. For þǽre grimnesse þára ómena, Lch. ii. 278, 13