æðel-boren
Noble-born ⬩ free-born ⬩ noble ⬩ natu nobilis ⬩ nobili genere natus ⬩ nobilis
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Noble-born, free-born, noble; natu nobilis, nobili genere natus, nobilis Sum æðelboren man homo quidam nobilis, Lk. Bos. 19, 12. Æðelborene cild vel freóbearn liberi, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Wrt. Voc. 51, 67: Apol. Th. 19, 21
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myrten
Flesh of animals that have died a natural death
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Flesh of animals that have died a natural death Ne ǽnig man myrtenes ǽfre ne ábíte, Wulfst. 71, 1. Gif hé myrten ete si morticinam ederit, L. Ecg. C. 15; Th. ii. 142, 26. v. next word
un-becweden
Unbequeathed ⬩ not left by will
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Ðæt land æt Sendan and æt Sunnanbyrg unbecwedene and unforbodene wið ǽlcne man, 208, 38
be-hogodlíce
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Carefully, diligently Swá hwilc man swá Godes weorc clǽnlíce and behogodlice wirceð. . . . . Sé þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, Hml. A. 168, 120. Hé ongan hí geornlícor and behogodlícor cwencean eas sollicitius extinxit, Gr. D. 237, 2
mis-rǽdan
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Add: To misread a riddle, give a wrong answer to, misinterpret Swá hwilc man swá mínne rǽdels riht árǽde, onfó sé mýnre dohtor tó wífe, and sé ðe hine misrǽde, sý hé beheáfdod, Ap. Th. 3, II
sóþsecgendlíce
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Truly Þá þá þǽr wæs án geleáffull man sóðsecgendlíce (sóðsecgende, v. l.) in gangende, hræðe se leása gást onweg gewát dum domum unus veraciter fidelis ingressus est, ab ea protinus mendax spiritus abscessit, Gr. D. 185, 17
un-þancol
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Ungrateful For hwan lá man, forlurðú þis eal þe ic for þé þrowode ? For hwan wǽrðu swá unþancul þínre onlýsnesse ? . . . Tó hwan eart ðú mé swá unþancul mínra góda and mínra gifa ?, Nap. 66. v. un-geþancfull
reðe-hygdig
Right-minded
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Right-minded Wel biþ ðam eorle ðe him oninnan hafaþ reðehygdig wer rúme heortan well will it be for that man who, being a mortal right-minded, hath a liberal heart within him, Exon. Th. 467, 15
wǽge
a weight ⬩ a wey ⬩ an implement for weighing ⬩ a balance ⬩ scale
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Hæbbe ǽlc man rihte wǽgan and rihte gemetu pondus habebis justum et verum et modius aequalis et verus erit tibi, Deut. 25, 15. as a definite weight, a wey Gá seó wǽge (wǽg, MS. G.) wulle tó .cxx., and nán man hig ná undeóror ne sylle, L.
an-líce
In like manner ⬩ similarly ⬩ similiter
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In like manner, similarly; similiter Anlíce swá swá sicut. Ps. Th. 123, 6. Ðæm anlícost, ðe ... in a manner most like to his, that..., Bt. Met. Fox 20, 337; Met. 20, 169
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militisc
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Military Sumes militisces mannes (sumes þegenes, v. l.) hors equus cujusdam militis, Gr.D. 77, 32. Þæs militiscan mannes (þæs þegenes, v. l. ) béne, 78, 27. Wǽron militisce men ( milites ) farende, 194, 13
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geond-felan
To fill throughout ⬩ mplere
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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43
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mis-dón
to act wrongly ⬩ offend ⬩ transgress
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[Durste nán man misdón wið óðer on his tíme, Chr. 1135; Erl. 261, 7.]
ge-un-rótsian
to make sorrowful ⬩ to offend ⬩ contristare ⬩ contribulare ⬩ scandalizare ⬩ to become troubled, discontented
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Lind. 10, 22. to become troubled, discontented Ðæt se man geunrótsige ongeán God for ungelimpum ðises andwerdan lífes so that a man becomes discontented with God for the mishaps of this present life, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 16.
be-teón
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Gif man þone man betýhð þe bið lǽssa maga. Ll. Th. i. 154, 5-7. Sé þe hlóðe betygen (-togen, v. l.) sié, 110, 16 : 112 2 : 140, 16. Betogen forligres, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 27.
hæppan
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, to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan handum, Hml.
innera
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S. 30, 309. concerned with the inner man Se earma innera man, ꝥ is seó wérige sáwl, Verc. Först. 93, 4. Se inra déma internus iudex, Scint. 44, 15. Inran gewitnesse eágan, 185, 7.
heard-líce
Hardly, sorely, harshly, sternly, bravely, stoutly
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Se Godes man ongan heardlíce and bitterlíce wépan the man of God began to weep sorely and bitterly; solutus est in lacrymis, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 29. Hé heardlíce gewon wið Æþelbald cyning he struggled hard with king Ethelbald, Chr. 741; Erl. 46, 30.
hordian
To HOARD, lay up [treasure], store
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to no other he hoards, and knows not for whom, as the prophet says 'In vain is every man troubled who hoards, and knows not for whom he gathers it,' Homl.