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centur

(n.)
Grammar
centur, es; m.
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A centurion Tó cuóm tó him ðe centur, ꝥ is hundraðes monna hláferd accessit ad eum centurio, Mt. L. 8, 5 (cf. ðe centurion, Mk. R. 15, 44). Ðæs centures centurionis, Mt. p. 15, 13

tór-begete

(adj.)
Grammar
tór-begete, adj.

Hard to get

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Hard to get Gif hé beget and yt rinde, sió ðe cymþ of neorxnawonge, ne dereþ him nán átter. Ðonne cwæþ se ðe ðás bóc wrát ðæt hió wǽre tórbegete, Lchdm. ii. 114, 3-6

wén

(n.)
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add: estimation Nolde God ꝥ þá ðe his gódan weorc gesáwon wǽron ungelýfende be þám wéne þára ælmessena þæs diácones ( de eleemosynarum illius aestimatione), Gr. D. 331, 28.

un-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-þanc, es; m.

disfavourdispleasureangerill-willan unpleasing acta displeasurean offenceannoyancenot thanksdispleasure expressed in wordsunwillinglywithout consenton compulsioningratiswithout (a person's) consentnot of (one's own) accordagainst (one's) will

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Se deófol, ðe hine ǽr unðances forlét, hine sóna gelæhte, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 11. Ðú miht forleósan unðances ða ðing ðe áteorian magon, ac gif ðú sylf for Gode gód byst, ðæt ðú ne forlýst nǽfre unðances, 410, 26-28.

Linked entry: un-þances

unriht-gewilnung

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-gewilnung, e; f.

Evil desire

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Evil desire Ða ðe swíðe hrædlíce beóð oferswíðde mid sumre unryhtgewilnunge (cf. l. 33: ða ðe mid fǽrlíce luste bióð oferswíðde qui repentina concupiscentia superantur) qui subito motu peccant, Past. 56; Swt. 429, 30

Linked entry: ge-wilnung

HEARD

(adj.)
Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.

HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, bravedurus, rigidus, asper, acer

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Hige sceal ðé heardra ðé úre mægen lytlaþ our courage shall be the stouter as our force lessens, Byrht. Th. 140, 62; By. 312. Nó is gefrægn heardran feohtan I have never heard of a harder fight, Beo. Th. 1157; B. 576.

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worseworst

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Grammar wirsa, of the physical condition of persons or things Hé tóbrycð hys stede on ðam reáfe, and se slite byð ðe wyrsa, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 16. Sió wund bið ðæs ðe wierse, Past. 17; Swt. 123, 18. Heó wæs ðe wyrse, deterius habebat, Mk. Skt. 5, 26.

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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Hé beád ǽlcon his þegna ðe énig land on ðan lande hafde ðæt hí hit ofeodon be ðes biscopes gemédon oððe hit ágéfon that they should hold it in accordance with the bishop's pleasure, or give it up, 295, 11.

Linked entry: of-eode

be-wyrded

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
be-wyrded, defatu. l. be wyrde

de fatu

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de fatu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 60

flǽsc-þegnung

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Add: mensura de carne, Chrd. 14, 6

droppetian

(v.)
Grammar
droppetian, droppetan; p. ode ede; pp. od, ed

To drop, fall by drops, distil distillāre

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To drop, fall by drops, distil; distillāre Heofonas droppetodon fram ansýne Godes cæli distillāvērunt a facie Dei, Ps. Lamb. 67, 9. Fór ansýne Drihtnes heofonas droppetaþ the heavens drop before the face of the Lord, Ps. Th. 67, 9

heofon-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heofon-líc, adj.

Heavenly

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Ðín rihtwísnes is swá heáh swá ða heofonlícan muntas justitia tua sicut montes Dei, 35, 6. Heofonlícæ þing cælestia, Jn. Skt. 3, 12

Linked entry: heofon-bígenged

macung

(n.)
Grammar
macung, e; f.

Makingdoingaction

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Making, doing, action Þurh ðes macunge mǽst se eorl Rotbert ðises geáres ðis land mid unfriþe gesóhte it was mostly his doing that Earl Robert attacked this country in the course of this year, Chr. 1101; Erl. 238, 1

wyrcend

Grammar
wyrcend, <b>. II.</b>
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Hé ys Godes þén . . . on þám yfelum wyrcendum tó wræce gesett Dei minister est; vindex in iram ei, qui malum agit (Rom. 13, 4), 20, 28. Add

ǽfen-steorra

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Ðes ǽfensteorra hic vesper Ælfc. Gr. Z. 43, 12. Se fífta is gehaten Venus, sé is ǽfensteorra, Scrd. 18, 36. Vesperum, ðæt is ǽfen, ðonne se ǽfen-steorra æteówað, Lch. iii. 242, 28. Add

for-þyldian

(v.)
Grammar
for-þyldian, -þyldigian, -þyldegian, -þylgian; p. ode; pp. od

To sustainbearenduresufferbe patientwait patientlysustĭnēretolĕrārepăti

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Ic forbær ðé oððe forþylgode ðé sustĭnui te, 24, 22. Geþola oððe forþyldiga Drihten sustĭne Dŏmĭnum, Ps. Lamb. 26, 14

Linked entry: þyldian

mundian

(v.)
Grammar
mundian, p. ode.

to protectshelterguardTo act as guardian

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to protect, shelter, guard Se ðe ðé mundaþ swá swá fæder, Homl. Th. i. 274, 6: Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 28; Gú. 231. Baldwine geaf Ælfgife wununge on Bricge and hé hí mundode and heóld da hwíle ðe heó ðǽr wæs, Chr. 1037; Erl. 167, 4.

Linked entry: a-mundian

þurh-wunung

(n.)
Grammar
þurh-wunung, e; f.

continued dwellingresidenceperseverancepersistenceconstancy

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Mægen gódes weorces þurhwunung ys de perseverantia ... Virtus boni operis persenerantia est, Scint. 90, 1-14. Gif hé behǽt staðolfæste þurhwununge si promiserit de stabilitate sua perseuerantiam, R. Ben. 97, 20

eánian

(v.)
Grammar
eánian, eánigan; part. eánigende; p. eánode; pp.eánod [eáw=eówu a female sheep, a ewe]

YEAN, bring forth as a eweenīti, parturīre

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To YEAN, bring forth as a ewe; enīti, parturīre He genam hine of eówedum sceápa, fram eánigendum he genam hine sustŭlit eum [Dāvĭdem] de grĕgĭbus ovium, de post fetantes [oves] accēpit eum, Ps. Lamb. 77, 70

Linked entry: eácnian

ge-wuldorfullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wuldorfullian, p. ode
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To glorify Ðá ðe God geclypode tó þám clǽnan lífe, and ðá ðe hé gewuldorfullode tó þám écan wurðmynte, Hml. A. 45, 517. On ðám bið mín fæder gewuldorfullod ꝥ gé micelne wæstm forþberon, 48, 587

Linked entry: wuldorfullian