líc-rest
tomb ⬩ sepulchre
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A place of rest for a dead body, tomb, sepulchre Hé hæfde ðæt land syððan him sylfon tó lícreste he had the land afterwards for his own burial place, Gen. 23, 20. On líchryste in cœmeterio, Hpt. Gl. 507, 67. Man slóh án geteld ofer ða hálgan bán binnan
mægden-ǽw
Marriage with a virgin
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Marriage with a virgin Ðæt biþ rihtlíc líf ðæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde óþ ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige and hæbbe ða syððan and nǽnige óðre ða hwíle ðe seó libbe that is right life, that a young man remain a bachelor until in lawful matrimony
níd-wyrhta
One who acts from necessity ⬩ an involuntary agent
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One who acts from necessity, an involuntary agent Se ðe nýdwyrhta biþ ðæs ðe hé misdéþ, se biþ ðý beteran dómes symle wyrðe, ðe hé nýdwyrhta wæs ðæs ðe hé worhte, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 23-25. On mænigre dǽde ðonne man biþ nýdwyrhta, ðonne biþ se
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ge-haldan
To keep ⬩ preserve ⬩ hold ⬩ servāre ⬩ recondĕre ⬩ tĕnēre
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To keep, preserve, hold; servāre, recondĕre, tĕnēre On ðam heó wilnode gehaldan ða árwurþan bán hire fæderan in quo desīdĕrābat hŏnōranda patrui sui, ossa recondĕre, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 16. Mid ðý hine ðá nǽnig man ne gehaldan ne gebindan mihte cum a
ge-met-fæst
Moderate, modest ⬩ moderatus, modestus
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Moderate, modest; moderatus, modestus Ne hie ðám geþyldegum and ðám gemetfæstum simble ne wuniaþ neither do they always dwell with the patient and moderate, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 34, 3. Sió is swíðe gemetfæst she is very modest, 10; Fox 28, 20. Man gemetfæst
sin-fulle
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House-leek ; sempervivum tectorum Sinfulle sempervivum, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 64 ; but the word also glosses eptafolium, ii. 106, 83 : 107, 31 : 30, 50 : i. 286, 30 : parulus, 286, 37 : pariulus, ii. 67, 64 : paliurus, 116, 38. Genim ðás wyrte ðe man sempervivum
sund-corn
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Saxifrage; saxifraga granulata Sundcorn saxifraga, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 55: 79, 25. Sundcorn. Ðeós wyrt ðe man saxifragam and óþrum naman sundcorn nemneþ. . . . Wið ðæt stánas on blǽdran wexen, genim ðás wyrte, Lchdm. i. 212, 7-11 (see the plate at the beginning
tǽlend
a reprover ⬩ a scorner, mocker, derider
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a reprover Ðǽm télendum reprehensoribus, Mk. Skt. p. 2, 17. a slanderer, backbiter, detractor Swíþe seldon ǽnig man wile beón andetta, ðæt hé æféstig sý oððe tǽlend, Blickl. Homl. 65, 4. Ðone tǽlend detrahentem, Ps. Lamb. 100, 5. Mid télendum cum detractoribus
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þýle
Thule
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Thule, some island in the north-west of Europe Be westannorðan Iberuia is ðæt ýtemeste land ðæt man hǽt Thíla ( insula Thule ), and hit is feáwum mannum cúð for ðære oferfyrre, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 20. Ðæt íland ðe wé hátaþ Thýle, ðæt is on ðam norþwestende
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unriht-gítsung
Greed ⬩ covetousness
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Greed, covetousness Ða welan, and ðæt mycele gylp, and seó unrihtgítsung, and ðæt man ðæm earman forwyrne, ðæt is eal swíþe mycel synn beforan Gode, Blickl. Homl. 53, 21: Wulfst. 290, 26. Hé woruldsǽlþa ðé onlǽnde æfter his bebodum tó brúcanne, nallas
un-scógan
to unshoe ⬩ take off the shoes
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to unshoe, take off the shoes Unsceógien hí gebróþor discalcient se fratres, Anglia xiii. 413, 683. Ðonne bið ús suíðe fracoðlíce óðer fót unscód quasi unius pedis calceamentum cum dedecore amittit, Past. 5; Swt. 45, 14. Hé wæs gelǽded and ungyred and
un-geornful
Not diligent ⬩ negligent ⬩ careless ⬩ remiss
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Not diligent, negligent, careless, remiss Ðæt ungeornfulle mód hyngreð anima dissoluta esuriet, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 11. Ðý læs hine se wærscipe gelǽde on ealles tó micle hátheortnesse, oððe eft sió ánfealdnes hine tó ungeornfulne gedoo tó ongietanne,
á-fleón
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Dele v. trans. . . . ; fugare, and add Áflíð effugiet , Kent. Gl. 670. Se þorn of þám man áfleáh, Guth. 68, 22. Bearn áfleóndra (? printed aflundra) filii excussorum , Ps. Spl. M. 126, 5. Se mæssepreóst andswarode ꝥ hé wǽre on niht onweg áflogen hunc
earm
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Add: an arm Se earm betweónan elnbogan and hand*-*wyrste cubitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 61. Sum man feóll on íse ꝥ his earm tóbærst, Hml. S. 26, 34. Wearð Pirrus wund on óþran earme Pyrrhus transfixo brachio saucius, Ors. 4, 1; S. 158, 2. Earma lacertorum
frec
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Frec wásend gulosa ingluvies, An. Ox. 3569. Fræc, 2, 225. Gyf fríg man swá fræc sý þæt hé þæt fæsten ábrece. Wlfst. 172, 2. Frecces ambronis, An. Ox. 11, 106. Fræcum gulosa, 2445. Þý frettan (freccan?) gulosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 64. Hí mettas him on múð
freógan
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From dióble friáð ( liberat ), Mk. p. 3, 17. Fréweð, Mt. p. 16, 16. Þys sint þára manna naman ðe man freóde for Ordgár ðá hé læg on ádle, Cht. E. 255, 7. Mon þá þeówas freóde, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 16. Sume þá men þe hié on ðeówdóme hæfdon, þá þe heora hláfordas
heáfod-leás
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Se cwellere slóh þone cniht ꝥ hé læg heáfodleás, Hml. S. 12, 208 : Hml. A. 113, 369. Þæs bisceopes líc . . . árás and nam his ágen heáfod þe of áheáwen wæs, and eóde forð . . . his Drihten herigende . . . Ꝥ wæs syllic wundor ꝥ se martyr heáfodleás mihte
íþe-lic
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easy to do Hú iéðelic bið tó forgiefenne sió geðóhte synn, Past. 419, 10. Gif ðú ne wilt ús geðafian in swá ýðelicum (ǽðelicum, v. l.) þinge (in tam facili causa ), Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 3. of a material object, inconsiderable, slight, of moderate size
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líc-rest
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Add: a vehicle or bier in which a corpse is borne Man slóh án geteld ofer þá hálgan ban binnan þǽre lícreste (of. tentorio maiore supra carrum in quo reliquiae (þá bán ) inerant extenso, Bd. 3, ll), Hml. S. 26, 181. a grave, tomb, sepulchre Hé wilnode
mægþ-hád
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Add: virginity as regards man or woman Mægdthád is sé þe wunað on clǽnnysse ǽfre fram cildháde ge wǽpmenn ge wífmenn. Hml. A. 20, 162. Ðás hálgan nǽron nǽfre mid wífum besmitene. Hí sindon mægðháde gehealdenre clǽnnysse ( virgines sunt; ), 19, 125. Heó
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