sceam-leás
Shameless, bold; impudent, wanton
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God ða sceamleásan ( the people of Sodom ) fordyde, Gen. 19, 24
ofer-brǽdan
to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering over ⬩ to overspread, put a covering over
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Th. 22, 4. to overspread, put a covering over God oferbrǽdde byrnendne heofon nette, Cd. Th. 182, 9; Exod. 73. [Laym. mid palle overbræd.]
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hleówþ
Shelter, ⬩ protection, ⬩ warmth
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Ða hlýwþe gódra weorca the shelter of good works, L. E. I. 32; Th. ii. 430, 24. Gé hyra hulpon and him hleóþ géfon ye helped them [the poor] and gave them shelter, Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 11; Cri. 1354
egesa
Fear, horror, dread ⬩ tĭmor, horror, terror, formīdo
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B. egesan] without fear of God, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 1: Cd. 178; Th. 223, 23; Dan. 124: Andr. Kmbl. 914; An. 457. Sió dimme niht ofer eldum egesan ne brohte the dim night did not bring terror over men, Bt. Met.
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mild-heort
kind-hearted ⬩ of gentle disposition ⬩ meek ⬩ merciful ⬩ compassionate ⬩ gracious ⬩ clement
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Ðá weóp hé eác sylf ... swá hé wæs manna mildheortost, 225, 23. merciful, compassionate, gracious, clement Ðú God mildheort (misericors), Ps. Spl. 85, 14: miserator, 102, 8. Beóþ mildheorte swá eówer fæder is mildheort, Lk.
ge-biddan
To pray ⬩ pray to ⬩ worship ⬩ adore ⬩ ōrāre ⬩ adōrāre ⬩ cŏlĕre
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Ne ðú fremedne god gebiddest neque adōrābis deum aliēnum. 80, 9. Gebiddaþ him ðǽr to adōrant eum, Ex. 32, 8. Gebiddaþ on gesihþe his adōrābunt in conspectu ejus, Ps. Spl. 21, 28. Ic me to him gebidde eum cŏlo. Bd. 1. 7; S. 477, 34.
stíþ-mód
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Him ( the people of Sodom) tó sende stíðmód cyning (God ) áras síne, Cd. Th. 146, 16 ; Gen. 2423. Se þeóden wæs strang and stíðmód, 279, 34 ; Sat. 248. Cyning stíðmód sý wið yfele, L. I. P. 3 ; Th. ii. 306, 26.
un-gebét
unamended ⬩ uncorrected ⬩ not amended through the penance prescribed by the church ⬩ unatoned because 'bót' has not been made
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Ealle scylda, ðe wið God beóð ungebétta, beóð unforgifne on dómes dæge, Past. 33; Swt. 220, 17. of persons, unatoned because 'bót' has not been made Ðá wæs hé ðisse spǽce, ǽgðer ge on lífe and æfter, ungeládod ge ungebétt he was, both when alive and
un-weorþian
to dishonour ⬩ disgrace ⬩ to become dishonoured
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Ðæt hé God ne unwurðige, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 86. Ðæt man unweorðige ða ðe godcunde láre wyrdan, Wulfst. 168, 7. Unweorðian dehonestare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 15: 26, 40.
un-gleáw
without understanding ⬩ without skill ⬩ not sagacious ⬩ ignorant ⬩ blind ⬩ dull ⬩ not apt for service
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Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse ( imprudentes; but the Latin is not literally translated) wǽron, 10, 6. of things dull, not apt for service : -- Sweord gebrǽd gód gúðcyning, gomele láfe, ecgum ungl[e]áw ( dull of edge; cf. sió ecg gewác, bát unswíðor
eorcnan-stán
a jewel ⬩ topaz ⬩ pearl
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Add: literal, a jewel, topaz, pearl Ofer gold and þone baswon stán (gymcynn ł eorcnanstán, MS. C.) super aurum et topazion, Ps. Spl. 118, 127. Gelíc is ríce heofunas menn ceápe sóhte góde ercnanstánas (margaritas).
forþ-rihte
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Gl. 406, 3, of manner, without modification or qualification, plainly, simply, directly. of a title Sarai is gereht 'Mín ealdor,' ac God hí hét syððan Sarra, þæt is, 'Ealdor,' þæt heó nǽre synderlíce hire hírédes ealdor gecíged, ac forðrihte 'Ealdor,
ge-mǽnnes
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Cf. gemíénelíce; Gif in gemǽnnisse alle God gebédon si in commune omnes Deum deprecarenlur, Mt. p. 9, 5
ge-sibsum
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Voc. ii. 68, 76. at peace, not in conflict Þeóda him betweónum búton þeówdóme gesibbsume wǽron nations were at peace with one another without one being the slaves of the other, Ors. 10 ; S. 50, that brings about peace Gesibsuma God gemetgaþ ealla gesceafta
ge-staþelfæstan
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I. 103, 2. to fix in condition so that there is no falling away God þá nigon engla werod gestaþelfæste swá þæt hí nǽfre ne mihton fram his willan gebúgan, Hml. Th. i. 6, 8.
huntaþ
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Add: hunting, the chase Bið gód huntoð on þám mónþe, Lch, iii. 182, Se cyng, for þan hé of huntaþe (-oþe, v. l.) cóm ( uenerat enim de uenatu), gestód æt þám fýre and hine wyrmde, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 258, 17 : Gen. 27, 30.
mægen
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Add Þæt eorðlice mægn þe þú hér samnast. . . eall þis mægn wát, þe hér tó gemóte cóm, þæt bín heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 13-18. v. full-, god-, heáfod-, helle-, níd-, stíþ-mægen
of-teón
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Add God hwílum sylð þǽre wítegunge gást, hwílum his oftýhð ( subtrahit ), Gr. D. 146, 31. Hé (toothache) mé ne ofteáh ðes gemyndes þæs þe ic ǽr leornode, Solil. H. 41, 1. Hé monegum mǽgðum meodosetla ofteáh, B. 5.
wafung
amazement, wonder, astonishment
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God hæfþ geéced mínne ege and míne wafunga stuporem meum Deus exaggerat, Bt. 39, 2;Fox 214, 1
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wáwa
Woe ⬩ misery
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Woe, misery On dære wǽron áwritene heófunga and leóð and wáwa (scriptae erant in eo lamentationes et carmen et uae) . . . se wáwa getácnaþ ðone écan wáwan, ðe ða habbaþ on hellewíte, ðe nú God forseób, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 279, 1-8.
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