spendan
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Hí námon æt heora mágon sceattas genóge and þá eáwunga and dearnunga ealle spendon and dǽldon hafenleásum mannum, Hml. S. 23, 200. Þám spédigum gedafenað þæt hé spende and dǽle; ðám wǽdlan gedafenað þæt hé gebidde for ðane dǽlere, Hml.
welwillendlíce
Benevolently ⬩ kindly
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Wolde se heofenlíca lǽce ðæt geswell heora heortan welwyllendlíce gelácnian Homl. Th. i. 338, 23: Homl. Skt. i. 3, 64: Wulfst. 295, 2
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swearcian
to make or to become dark ⬩ to make or to become troubled, to dismay,
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to make or to become dark Seó swearcigende sunne and ða gesceafta samod ealne middaneard áðeóstrodon mid sweartre nihte for heora Scyppendes ðrowunge, Homl.
Linked entry: swarcian
swíþ-from
Exceedingly strong, of great energy
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.; but see also swíþ-feorm) sweglbósmas heóld, Cd. Th. 1, 17; Gen. 9. Cf. Mín geswíþfroma ( addressing the Deity ), Anglia xii. 508, 1
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forþ-dǽd
Profit ⬩ advantage
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Þá munecas náht syllan ne móston búta þám ánum þe heora bigleofan forð dydon ( were of service to their sustenance ), Hml. S. 31, 325
Linked entry: forþian
yfele
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Se abbot dyde heom yfele, Chr. 1087; Erl. 217, 7. Wæs Godes yrre þurh ða dǽde yfele geníwod, Wulfst. 10, 1. Ic him yfle ne mót, Exon. Th. 491, 5; Rä. 80, 9. <b>III a.
níd-nǽm
A taking by force ⬩ rapine
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A taking by force, rapine Nǽnigum biscope álýfed sí ówiht of heora ǽhtum þurh nýdnǽme him on geniman ( violenter abstrahere ), Bd. 4. 5; S. 572. 36. Gif hwá binnan ðám gemǽrum úres ríces reáflác and niédnǽme dó, L. In. 10; Th. i. 108, 9
Linked entry: níd-nimu
un-nytwirðlíce
Uselessly ⬩ vainly ⬩ to no purpose ⬩ unprofitably
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Uselessly, vainly, to no purpose, unprofitably Ðæra wiðercorenra wíte tiht oft heora mód unnytwurðlíce tó lufe, Homl. Th. i. 332, 29. Ágyldan gesceád ealra ðæra ýdelnyssa ðe hí unnytwurðlíce nú begáð, ii. 220, 31.
arodness
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Boldness, constancy, resolution Hí in heora arodnesse (-ed-, v. l.) ealle wǽron ácwealde in sua constantia omnes occisi sunt, Gr. D. 232, 18.
cnyss
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Or is heort-ancnysse (= -angnysse) to be read ? Cf. cardiacus dicitur qui patitur laborem cordis, vel morbus cordis heortcoþa vel ece, Wrt. Voc. i. 128, 64
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dyne
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Heora fyðera swégað, swá swá wæteres dyne, 200, 16. Dine clangor, An. Ox. 22, 1. Dyne fragore, 17, 55. Dinna (dimma, MS.) mǽst hlúd gehýred, Sat. 606. Add
ed-sceaft
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Oþ edsceafte, Dan. 112. a new creature His gesceafta . . . of heora sǽde weorþaþ eft geedníwade, swylce hí þonne weordon tó edsceafte; . . . hí ǽlce geáre weorþaþ tó ædsceafte, Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 12-16
meord
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Tó méde (meorde, v. l.) heora edleánes pro mercede retributionis, Gr. D. 227, 16. For gelícnesse gódra meorda (méde, v. l.) and edleána pro aequalitate praemiorum, 312, 14. Cf. méd. Add
torfian
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Þá geseah hé án scip út on þǽre sǽ, swá swíðe torfigende fram þan wealcendum sǽs ýðum ꝥ ealle þá men wéndon ꝥ heora scip tóbrocen wǽre, Nap. 62
út-lagian
To outlaw ⬩ banish ⬩ proscribe
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Norðhymbra útlagodon heora eorl Tostig, 1064; Erl. 194, 14. Wið ðam ðe hí ǽfre ǽlcne Denisc[n]e cyning útlagede of Englalande gecwǽdon, 1014; Erl. 150, 15
twiccian
To twitch ⬩ pluck
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Sume hió twiccedan ða grasu mid heora múðe, (ants) Shrn. 41, 2. Teóh him ða loccas, wringe ða eáran and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. Twiccian carpere, arripere. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 69
Linked entry: twiccere
scúr-heard
Made hard by blows
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Made hard by blows Similar entries (v. scúr, I b;) (and cf. heoru hamere geþuren, Beo. Th. 2575; B. 1285) Sweordes ecg, scerp and scúrheard, Andr. Kmbl. 2267; An. 1135. Ðæt him féla láf (the sword) ne meahte scúrheard sceþþan, Beo. Th. 2070; B. 1033
gedwol-þing
a false thing ⬩ (magical) delusion, sorcery
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a false thing Hý forgýmdon heora Drihten, and wurðedon þurh deófles láre mistlice gedwolþing, and worhton fela gedwimera on anlícnessum, Wlfst. 11, 4.
á-wendedness
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On áwændednyssum heora, (commutationibus) Ps. L. 43, 13. Add
Linked entry: -wend(ed)ness
on-hagian
To be within a person's power or means, to be in accordance with a person's will or convenience
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Ðá seó fyrd gesomnod wæs ðá ne onhagode heom ðártó búton ðæt wǽre ðæt se cyng ðǽr mid wǽre they would not be satisfied unless the king were there too, 1016; Erl. 153. 27.