un-wrenc
an evil trick ⬩ a malicious wile ⬩ a wicked artifice ⬩ an evil practice ⬩ a vice
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an evil trick, a malicious wile, a wicked artifice Ðisne unwrenc (the device practised by Potiphar's wife) heó geþóhte, Gen. 39, 16. Hé (Antichrist) bið eal unwrenca full, Wulfst. 97, 16.
ofer-drync
excessive drinking, drunkenness ⬩ an entertainment where excessive drinking takes place ⬩ ebrietas
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Hí férdon tó sumre wydewan hám and ðǽr wǽron ondrencte mid oferdrynce, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 20. an entertainment where excessive drinking takes place (cf, ge-drinc) Hé begǽþ unǽtas and oferdrincas comessationibus vacat atque conviviis, Deut. 21, 20
Linked entries: ofer-drenc ofer-drinc ofer-gedrync
hird-ness
Guard, ⬩ keeping, ⬩ custody
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Guard, keeping, custody Hé betǽhte hig ða þrí dagas tó hirdnysse tradidit ergo illos custodiæ tribus diebus, Gen. 42, 17. Gif hwá befæst his feoh tó hyrdnysse si quis commendaverit pecuniam in custodiam, Ex. 22, 7.
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hleów-leás
Not having or not affording shelter, protection, comfort, ⬩ cheerless
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Ne mótun hí on eorþan eardes brúcan ac hy hleoleáse háma þohaþ they may not enjoy a home on earth but shelterless lose their dwellings, Exon. 35 b; Th. 115, 21; Gú. 193
hlutor-ness
Clearness, ⬩ purity
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Clearness, purity Hú heora gecynd bútan ǽlcre besmitennysse on écere hluttornysse þurhwunaþ how their nature continues without any pollution in eternal purity, Homl. Th. i. 538, 29.
ge-sǽlig
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Gesǽlige hí (the Innocents) wurdon geborene þæt hí móston for his intingan deáð þrowian, Hml. Th. i. 84, 1.
scearp
sharp ⬩ pungent, acid ⬩ acrid ⬩ sharp-tongued ⬩ sharp, keen, severe, ⬩ sharp, rough ⬩ sharp, keen, active, strenuous ⬩ effectual, penetrating, ⬩ sharp, keen ⬩ sharp, keen, acute,
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Similar entries (v. scearpness,III.) sharp, keen, active, strenuous Ðá ásende hé him tó ðone scearpan here of Rómána ríce mid réðum wǽpnum, Homl. Th. ii. 302, 18: Homl. As. 61, 244.
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friþ
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Hié gecuron his (Theodosius') frið Romano sese imperio dediderunt, 6, 35 ; S. 292, 13, Hé (Christ) him frið beódeð . . . 'Onfóð mínes fæder ríce, ' Cri. 1341. (a β)) Hié gesóhton Agustus him tó friþe, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 14.
werian
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His ríce hé heardlíce werode ða hwíle ðe his tíma wæs, 1016; Erl. 155, 6. Hú his seó mycle hand on gewindæge werede and ferede qua die manus ejus liberavit eos de manu tribulantis, Ps. Th. 77, 42. Hé under segne sinc ealgode, wælreáf werede, Beo.
sellan
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Homl. 191, 27. Hé hire sáule sealde Sarcte Michahele, 147, 13. Hé sealde his sweord ombihtþegne, Beo. Th. 1349; B. 672. Hié sealdon ánum unwísum þegne Miercna ríce tó haldanne, and hé him gíslas salde, Chr. 874; Erl. 76, 26-28.
fót-lǽst
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Hé hét hí hine ferian þǽr Petrus and Paulus bebyrgede wǽron, and lecgan his líc æt heora fó;tlǽstum, Hml. S. 5, 467. Geseah hé león wið þǽre hálgan líchaman standan, and hit his fótlástas (-es, MS., fétlástas, v.l. ) liccode, 23 b, 773
mennisc
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iste qui montana obsidet, Hml.
be-weddian
to betroth ⬩ pledge ⬩ plight
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Gif beweddodu fǽmne hié forlicgge, Ll. Th. i. 72, 10. ꝥ nán man nán má wífa næbbe búton .I., and seó beó mid rihte beweddod and forgifen ii. 300, 13 Gif hió óðrum mæn in sceát bewyddod sí, i. 24, 5. Ácenned of beweddodan mǽdene, Hml.
ge-cirran
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Hé eft tó Cantwarebiri gecyrde, Chr. 995; P. 131, 25. Gecyrde hé ongeán, Hml. Th. i. 60, 6. Hí gecyrdon him hám, ii. 518, 30. Gecyrr hám, i. 60, 17. Gecyr tó Ezechian, Hml. S. 18, 423.
þurh-drífan
to drive through ⬩ pierce ⬩ transfix ⬩ to penetrate ⬩ permeate ⬩ imbue ⬩ to drive violently ⬩ perpellere
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Kmbl. 1410; El. 707. to drive violently; perpellere Word spearcum fleáh, ðonne hé út þurhdráf ( when he sent out his words vehemently, exclaimed vehemently ), Cd. Th. 274, 33; Sat. 163. [He let þurhdriuen þe spaken mid gadien, Kath. 1920.
weorc-stán
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Hé hét ðæs scræfes ingang mid weorcstánum forwyican, 23, 316. Mid ormǽtum weorcstánum, Homl. Th. ii. 424, 27. Hé spræc ná tó ðam weorcstánum ( the stones of Jerusalem ) oððe tó ðære getimbrunge, i. 402, 10 : Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 106.
be-swápan
to sweep ⬩ to wrap up ⬩ cover up
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Gif hwylc sý ꝥ Rǽdwolde on mód beswápe, ꝥ hé þé náwiht lá þes ne dó si qui sit, qui Redualdo suadeat, ut nec ipse tibi aliquid male faciat, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 156, 21. to wrap up, cover up Heó hié mid scytari besweóp caput linteo cooperuit, Bd. 3, 9 ; Sch
á-sittan
to sit up ⬩ to remain sitting ⬩ to be aground ⬩ to reduce by siege ⬩ to be apprehensive ⬩ afraid
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Add: to sit up Hé ácwicode and semninga upp ásæt (resedit). Bd. 5, 12;S. 627, 14: 5, 19;S. 640, 27. Hé nǽfre ne mihte of his reste árísan ꝥ hé upp ásǽte. Gr.
CLYPPAN
To embrace ⬩ clasp ⬩ CLIP ⬩ cherish ⬩ complecti ⬩ amplexari
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To embrace clasp, CLIP, cherish; complecti, amplexari Ðæt he his mondryhten clyppe and cysse that he embrace and kiss his lord Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 2; Wand. 42.
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secgan
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Swá hit hýrefter segeþ, L. Wih. pref. ; Th. i. 36, 13. Hí écton ða ǽ ðyssum dómum ðe hýrefter sægeþ, L. H. E. pref. ; Th. i. 26, 7. Hér segþ, hú se æþela wæs sprecende, Blickl. Homl. 55, 3.
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