hwatung
Divination
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Gif hwá hwatunga begá si quis divinationes exerceat, iv. 19; Th. ii. 210, 11
Linked entry: hwat
ídel-hende
Empty-handed ⬩ empty
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Gif hé cume ídelhende tó si vacuus appropinquat, Past. 49, 2 ; Swt. 379, 21. Hé biþ ealra his ǽhta ídelhende he shall be destitute of all his possessions, Blickl. Homl. 49, 26. Nó ídelhende bona of ðam goldsele gongan wolde, Beo. Th. 4169; B. 2081.
léf
Weak ⬩ injured ⬩ infirm
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On fýre hí ne lyst lócian gif se æppel léf biþ men do not like to look at fire if the apple of the eye be injured, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 204, 29. Léf mon lǽces behófaþ a sick man needs a doctor, Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 8; Gn. Ex. 45.
myrþra
A murderer ⬩ homicide
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Gif hwylc man for his mǽges wræce man ofsleá, dó ( do penance ) hé swá myrþra .vii. geár oððe .x., L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 18; Th. ii. 230, 19, 21 : Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 37. Ðú (the soul) wǽre ðǽr in the world ) morþ and myrþra, Wulfst. 241, 9.
óþ-feallan
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Cf. æt-feallan. to fall away, fail, decay Gif hwam seó sprǽc óþfylþ if speech fail a man, Lchdm. ii. 288, 18. Æfter his fielle wearþ ðara cásera mǽgþ offeallen (óþ-, MS. C. ) Caesarum familia consumta est, Ors. 6, 5; Swt. 262, 6.
ge-bod
A command ⬩ order ⬩ mandate ⬩ jussum ⬩ mandātum
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Gif preóst ofer arcediácones gebod mæssige if a priest celebrate mass against the archdeacon's command, L. N. P. L. 7; Th. ii. 290, 25: Chr. 901; Erl. 98, 3.
ge-brócod
Afflicted ⬩ broken up ⬩ injured ⬩ afflictus ⬩ confractus
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Afflicted, broken up, injured; afflictus, confractus Gif se synfulla biþ gebrócod if the sinful be afflicted, Homl. Th. i. 472, 3: 474, 19.
siwen-íge
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MSS. ) se ðe his andgit biþ tó ðon beorhte scínende ðæt hé mæge ongietan sóðfæstnesse, gif hit ðonne áþístriaþ ða flǽsclícan weorc. On ðæs siwen-ígean (-iggean, Cott. MSS. ) eágum beóþ ða æpplas hále . . . Se biþ eallinga siweníge (-igge, Cott.
þwǽnan
To soften by moisture, ointment ⬩ to soften
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Gif ðú wylle mannes wambe þwǽran, i. 82, 11
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ǽ-spryng
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Gif wé ðone biteran wille æt ðǽm ǽsprynge forwyrcean, 307,1. Ealle ðás gód cumaþ of ðám ǽsprenge Godes mildheortnesse, Bl. H. 29, 11. Ðá gemétton hí eáspryng (ǽsprincg), Gr. D. 129, 4.
bringan
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Gif ðú wille ðín lác bringan (brengan, v. l.). . . lǽt inc geséman ǽr ðú ðín lác bringe (brenge, v. l.); brieng (breng, v. l. ) siððan ðín lác, Past. 349, 9-13. Hé þá sprǽce ne mihte bringan tó nánum ende, Bt. 41, 3; F. 246, 29.
earfoþ-líce
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. ¶ used instead of a complementary adjective :-- Gif eów ǽnig þing þince earfoðlíce si difficile vobis visum aliquid fuerit, Deut. 1, 17. Earfoþlíce difficile (est ), Scint. 33, 4. grievously, painfully Earfoþlíce graviter, dolenter, Wrt.
fandung
trial ⬩ testing ⬩ trial ⬩ experiment
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Wel God wát hú hit getímað on þǽre fandunge . . . þurh ðá fandunge se man sceal geþeón, gif hé þám costnungum wiðstent, Hml.
fel
human skin
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Eft ic beó mid mínum felle befangen rursum circumdabor pelle mea (Job 19, 26), i. 532, 13: ii. 270, 19. a beast's skin or hide Gif hrýðera hwelc sié þe hegas brece . . . nime se ágenfrígea his fel and flǽsc, Ll. Th. i. 128, 15.
geárlic
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On eallum geáre sind getealde ðreó hund daga and fíf and sixtig daga; gif wé teóðiað þás geárlican dagas, 178, 21
ge-sceádwíslic
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</b> in accordance with reason, reasonable :-- Gif sum gesceádwíslic (rationabilis) intinga wunige, R. Ben. I. 14, 1. Gesceádwislicre mynegunge rationabili monitu, Angl. xiii. 447, 1167. v. un-gesceádwíslic
ge-swicennes
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Seó sóðe behreówsung and dǽdbót mid geswicennyssum yfeles ús áþwyhð, 12, 144. abstaining from doing again what has been given up. v. ge-swícan; Gif hé ágylte, hé hit georne gebéte and syððan geswíce; for ðí ne bið nán bót náht búton þǽr beó geswicenes
ge-dyrstignes
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Gif hwylc þurh gedyrstignesse . . . qui praesumpserit . . . 130, 4. Þurh þá gedyrstignesse (-durst-, Ll. Th. i. 270, 24) þe folces men wiðhæfton þǽre gelómlican myngunge, Ll. Lbmn. 206, 22.
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ge-brǽdan
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Gif þú finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebrǽd swíþe, Lch. ii. 90, 10. Gebrédedflaesc viscera tosta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 67. þæt flǽsc beó gebrǽd on fýre, Angl. viii. 322, 14, 16.
god-borh
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Gif hwá óðerne godborges oncunne and tión wille ꝥ hé hwelcne ne gelǽste þára þe hé him gesealde if any one bring against another a charge in the matter of a pledge whose validity was confirmed by invoking the name of the Deity (where solemn formulae were