wudu-bend
wood-bine
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Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman ðe man capparis and óþrum naman wudubend hátaþ, Lchdm. i. 302, 11. Wuduhunig ðæt wæxeþ on wudebendum, Mk. Skt. Rush. l, 6. v. wudubind, and cf. wiþo-bend
mægen-fæst
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Þes eard nis eác ealles swá mægenfæst hér on úteweardan þǽre eorðan brádnesse swá swá heó is tómiddes on mægen-fæstum eardum, þǽr man mæg fæstan freólícor þonne hér, Hml. S. 13, 106-109. Add
náwihtlíce
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Add: ignobly Ongeán þæs módes strengðe se mánfulla deófol forgifð ábroðennysse, þæt se man ábreóðe on ǽlcere neóde náhtlíce ǽfre, and eác þæt hé híwige hine sylfne mihtigne, Wlfst. 59, 13: Angl. xi. 109, 54
á-weceness
Incitement
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Incitement Hwylc man ne áwundrað swylce wundru þára deádra þá beóð gedóne fore áwæcenesse (-wec-,v. l.) and láre þára lifigendra (quae fiunt pro exercitatione (the translator has read excitatione ?) viventium), Gr. D. 199, 7
Linked entry: -weceness
ellen-róf
Remarkably strong, powerful, daring, brave ⬩ rōbustus, strēnuus, fortis
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Hí woldon áninga ellenrófes mód gemiltan they would entirely subdue the bold man's mind. Andr. Kmbl. 2784; An. 1394. Gif ic ǽnigne ellenrófne geméte if I find any brave man, Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 17; Jul. 382.
níten
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Gif sió ádl nétnum sié; and gif sió ádl wyrde mannan, Lch. ii. 14, 11. Add
hlecan
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To join, unite, cohere Swá eác his folgeras swá hie unwiðerweardran and gemódran beóþ swá hie swíður hlecaþ tósomne and eác fæstor tósomne beóþ gefégde tó gódra manna hiénþe sequaces quippe illius, quo nulla inter se discordiæ adversitate divisi sunt
ge-steóran
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To steer, direct, control, correct; contĭnēre, corrĭgĕre Híg wistan ðæt híg ne mihton manegum gesteóran they knew that they might not control many, L. E. G. prm; Th. i. 116, 14. Ðú his ýþum miht ána gesteóran mōtum fluctuum ejus tu mītĭgas, Ps.
fore-word
A proviso ⬩ condition
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A proviso, condition Ðat land æt Áctúne twégra manna dæg, ealswá ðá foreword sprecað, C. D. vi. 148, 30. Standan ðá forword betweónan ðan abbode and Ceólríce, iii. 352, 3. Syndon ðis þá forword þe Orecy and þá gegyldan gecoren habbað, iv. 277, 30.
Linked entries: ge-forewyrdan fore-weard fore-wyrd
hoðma
A covering [?], cloud [?], darkness
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, darkness Ðǽr wísna fela wearþ inlíhted ðe ǽr under hoðman biholen lǽgon there many things were illumined that before lay concealed in darkness, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 32; Cri. 45.
un-gesegnod
Not marked with the sign of the cross
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Not marked with the sign of the cross Gif ðæt deófol méteþ ungesénodes mannes múð and líchoman, and hit ðonne on forgitenan mannes innelfe gewíteþ, Salm. Kmbl. p. 148, 10
Linked entry: ge-segnian
cyric-bóc
A church-book ⬩ liber continens ritus et ceremonias ecclesiæ
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A church-book; liber continens ritus et ceremonias ecclesiæ To ǽghwælcre neóde man hæfþ on cyricbócum mæssan gesette masses for every necessity have been placed in church-books, Lupi Serm. 2, 3; Hick. Thes. ii. 107, 32
eorp-ifig
Earth or ground ivy ⬩ hĕdĕra nigra, hĕdĕra terrestris, glechoma hĕdĕrācea
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Earth or ground ivy; hĕdĕra nigra, hĕdĕra terrestris, glechoma hĕdĕrācea Genim hederan nigran, ðe man óðrum naman eorþifig nemneþ take hĕdĕra nigra, which one calleth by another name ground ivy, Herb. 100, 1; Lchdm. i. 212, 20
minsian
To lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ become small
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Ne mæg ǽnig man Godes mihta ne his mǽrþa geminsian, Wulfst. 35, 3
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borh-fæstan
To fasten or bind by pledge or surety ⬩ fidejussione obligare
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To fasten or bind by pledge or surety; fidejussione obligare Man borhfæst ðam cyninge [MS. kyninge] ealle ða þægnas they bound by pledge all the thanes to the king, Chr. 1051; Ing. 228, 33; Erl. 181, 5
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un-lísan
to unloose ⬩ undo ⬩ to release
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Skt. i. 3, 537. to release Hé beád ðæt man sceolde unlésan ealle ða menn ðe on hæftnunge wǽron, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 38
Linked entry: lísan
ceód
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Man sceal habban cýsfæt, ceódan, wilian, windlas, Angl. ix. 264, 12. [Cf. (?) kiot bursa, Grff. iv. 366.]
on-scuniend
One who detests or shuns
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One who detests or shuns Nán ( no friend of the dead man ) hine tó ðæs swíðe ne lufaþ, ðæt hé sóna syððan ne sý onscungend, seoððan se líchoma and se gást gedǽlde beóþ, Blickl. Homl. 111, 29
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be-cnáwe
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Ic ne am bicnówe ðat ic (printed it; but cf. ic ne eom ge-cnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne þanon ut, 222, 27) áni man úðe ðenen út . . . hámsócne, C. D. iv. 226, 4
and-giet
understanding ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ intellectus
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understanding, intellect, knowledge; intellectus Ic ðec, mon, ǽrest geworhte, and ðé andgiet sealde I first wrought thee, O man, and gave thee understanding, Exon. 28a; Th. 84, 30; Cri. 1381: 117a; Th. 449, 16; Dóm. 72