earfoþnes
Difficulty, hardship, anxiety, tribulation, misfortune ⬩ diffĭcultas, lăbor, angustiæ, tribŭlātio, infortūnium
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Wið wífa earfoþnyssum [-nessum MS. B.] for the difficulties of women, Med. ex Quadr. 2, 7; Lchdm. i. 334, 18.
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tit
A teat, ⬩ pap, ⬩ Brest
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Tete rimes with swete (I sweat), Chauc. C. T. 3704; with lete, pp. of leten, Gow. i. 268, 3. Tete uber, Prompt. Parv. 489
ge-wýscan
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Ox. 806. to wish for something (gen.) for a person (dat. ) Agathes him andwyrde: ' Beó þín wíf swylc swá Uenus. . . and beó ðé swylc swá Iouis' . . . ' Gif hí sóðe godas synd, gódes ic þé gewísce ( if they are true gods I am wishing you something good
ge-myndleás
Senseless, witless ⬩ amen
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Senseless, witless; amen Sum gemyndleás wíf a witless woman, Homl. Th. ii. 188, 14. Gemyndleás demens, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 38
-incel
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Add: v. bóg-incel, cof-incel, dóc-incel, hæft-incel, liþ-incel, stán-incel, súl-incel, tún-incel, þeów-incel, wíl-incel
ceáp-land
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Ic an mín wíf al ðat ceáplond and dat óðer ðat ic mid hire nam, C. D. iv. 294, 18
a-wærged
Accursed ⬩ maledictus
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Accursed; maledictus Wit ðæs awærgdan wordum gelýfdon we two believed the words of the accursed one, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 16; Sat. 416
Berghám-styde
BERHAM
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Wih. pref; Th. 1. 36, 6
wudu-leáctric
Wild lettuce
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Wild lettuce Wuduléctric. Ðeós wyrt ðe man lactucam sylvaticam, and óðrum naman wuduléctric nenmeþ, Lchdm. i. 128, 6-8. Wuduléhtric, iii. 2, 21
fird-lic
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Feohte se cempa on fyrdlicum truman, and wíf hí gehealde binnan wealle trymminege. Hml. S. 31, 1098. Take here fyrd-lic, and add
mann-myrþra
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A homicide, murderer Þá wíf þe dód áwegáworpnesse heora bearna . . . sýn hý geteald to manmyrðrum habeantur pro homicidis, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 36
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wilddeórlíce
After the manner of wild beasts ⬩ brutishly
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After the manner of wild beasts, brutishly Ðǽr ǽr wildeór oneardodan, oþþe men gewunedon willdeórlíce ( bestialiter ) lifian, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 25
be-bláwan
to blow upon
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Ne lǽte hine wind bebláwan þý dæge, Lch. ii. 288, 28
arce-
chief ⬩ ἀρχι ⬩ ἀρχός
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. = Wið ðan ðe he scolde gifan heom ðone arce [MS. erce] on condition that he should give them the arch-pallium, 996; Th. 244, 42, note. = Forðí ðæt he scolde heom ðone pallium gifan on condition that he should give them the pallium, 996; Th. 245, 11,
Cerdices ford
Cerdic's ford ⬩ Cerdĭci vadum
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Cerdic's ford, the ford of a little river in the south of Dorsetshire on Cerdices óra, q. v; Cerdĭci vadum Hér Cerdic and Cynríc West-Sexena ríce onféngun; and ðý ilcan geáre hie fuhton wið Brettas, ðær mon nú nemneþ Cerdices ford in this year Cerdic
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for-weaxan
To overgrow ⬩ grow immoderately ⬩ swell ⬩ excrescĕre ⬩ turgescĕre
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Wið ðon ðe man on wambe forweaxen sý in case that a man be overgrown in the belly. Herb. 2, 4; Lchdm. i. 80, 22. Forwexen overgrown, 40, 1; Lchdm. i. 140, 16: 53, i; Lchdm. i. 156, 9: 69, 1; Lchdm. i. 172, 7
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leáf-full
Believing ⬩ faithful
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Ic cýðe on ðissan gewrte eallum leáffullum mannum hwet ic gerédd habbe wið míne arcebiscópes, Chart. Th. 347, 26.
wordlian
To talk ⬩ discourse
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Epactas ðe wíse preóstas oft ymbe gerádlíce wurdliaþ, Anglia viii. 300, 45. Hyt geríst ðæt wé ymbe ða epactas wurdlion, 305, 19: 308, 16. Se sceop in gebringþ ððre hádas, ðe wið hine wurdlion swylce hig him andswarion, 330, 43.
ár-full
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Add: shewing honour or respect Ǽghwylc man wið óðerne árful sý on ǽlcum þǽra góda þe hé him tó áre gecweðan oððe gedón mæge, Hml. A. 160, 191.
egle
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Cleopian wé in eglum móde and inneweardre heortan let us cry with painful thoughts from the bottom of the heart, Bl. H. 19, 2. Frécne þúhton egle eáláda, An. 441. Hé ús gescildað wið sceððendra eglum earhfarum, Cri. 762: Gú. 376. Add