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þeáw-leás

(adj.)
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þeáw-leás, adj.
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Ill-mannered, ill-conditioned Swýn ðe cyrþ tó meoxe æfter his ðweále, þeáwleás nýten, Homl. Th. ii. 380, 11

þweor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þweor-líc, þwyr-líc; adj.

reversedcontraryoppositeadverseperverseevildepraved

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reversed, contrary, opposite Ða word, ðe synd passiva, beóð activa gif se r byþ áweg gedón; ... twá dǽdlíce word synd ðe habbaþ þwyrlíce getácnunge; ðæt ðe geendaþ on o getácnaþ þrowunge, and ðæt ðe geendaþ on or getácnaþ dǽde, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 122

þweor-timbre

(adj.)
Grammar
þweor-timbre, (?); adj.

Cross-grainedstubborn

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Cross-grained(?), stubborn Ic wát ðæt ic ǽr ne síð ǽnig ne métte þrístran geþohtes ne þweorhtimbran ( Grein suggests -tímran, v. next word ) mægþa cynnes, Exon. Th. 275, 15; Jul. 550

þrot-bolla

(n.)
Grammar
þrot-bolla, an; m.

The gulletwindpipe

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The gullet, windpipe Ðrotbolla gurgulio, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 35, 7: Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 15. Þrotbolla, i. 43, 41: 64, 62: 282, 82: ceutrum, ii. 131, 1. Eal þrotbolla chautrum, i. 43, 42: ii. 22, 59. Gif monnes þrotbolla biþ þyrel, gebéte mid .xii. sciłł

þorf-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
þorf-leás, adj.
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Useless Ðe ðor[f]leása ðegn inutilis servus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 30. Ðor[f]leáse ł sum óðer gefeóllon néh strǽt quaedam ceciderunt secus viam, 13, 4. Esnas ðor[f]leáse (-leóse, Rush.) wé sindon servi inutiles sumus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 17, 10. Cf. þearf-leás

þoft-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
þoft-rǽden, þoft-rǽdenn, e; f.
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Fellowship Ðú hopast ðæt ðú hæbbe ðoftrǽdene tó ðam áwyrigedan deófle, ðonne ðú bǽde ðæt hé ðé ásende his englas tó mínre dare, Homl. Th. ii. 416, 14

un-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
un-þeáw, es; m.

A bad habitan evil practicea vicefault

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A bad habit, an evil practice, a vice, fault Médsceattas áwendaþ wólíce tó oft ða rihtan dómas, and seó yfelnyss becymð ofer eallum force ðǽr ðǽr se unþeáw orsorhlíce ríxaþ, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 34. Ðæt is ðara monna unþeáw ðæt hí nyton hwæt hí send sese

ceól-þelu

(n.)
Grammar
ceól-þelu, f.
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Add: -þel (?); n. cf. wǽg-þel

dæg-þern

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Dægþerne leng þonne .xii. mónaþ a day longer than twelve months, Lch. ii. 348, 19. Cf. nihterne. Add

hors-þegn

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Horsðegn mulio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 39: agaso, 10, 15. 'Æfter mé féhð tó mín horsþegn' . . . Him ðá forðférdum Andreas onféng þǽre heordelican scíre gýmnysse, sé wæs gefyrn þæs biscopes horsþegn 'post me, mulionem' . . . Quo defuncto ecclesiae pastoralem

níd-þearf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, adj.
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Oft sé sláwa ágǽlð ðæt weorc ðe him niédðearf wǽre tó wyrceanne plerumque piger necessaria agere negligit, Past. 283, 25. Add

ofer-þearf

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Ágan þá yldran on Crístenum folce ðæs oferþearfe, þæt hí heora gingran Gode gestrýnan. Wlfst. 38, 23: 301, 15. Add

regol-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
regol-þeáw, es; m.
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A custom of ecclesiastical rule Ꝥ hí þá gesettan þeódscipas and regolþeáwas heóldon, Angl. x. 144, 125

þearf-lic

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Add Darflic utile, Lk. p. 3, 7. Þ[ea]rfli[ce] commoda, An. Ox. 56, 172

þweor-lic

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<b>. II.</b> add: — Hwyrlice, wiþewyrde contrariam, An. Ox. 2751. add: — Hwirlicere prútunge proteruo fastu, An Ox. 1160. Þa gesceafta ðe sind þwyrlice gedúhte, hí sind tó wrace gesceapene yfeldǽdum the creatures that seem evil, they are

ealdor-þegn

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Sanctus Petrus, his ealdorþegn ... cweð: 'Mín Dryhten,' Verc. Först. 111, 7. Add

weá-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
weá-þearf, e; f.

Grievous need

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Grievous need Ic mé féran gewát folgað sécan, wineleás wræcca, for mínre weáþearfe, Exon. Th. 442, 10; Kl. 10

heáh-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-þearf, e; f.

Great need

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Great need Æt heáhþearfe at my greatest need, Ps. Th. 117, 16, 20, 27

ofer-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-þearf, e; f.

Extreme need

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Extreme need Gif ðæs oferþearf síe ǽr mete, ðæt hé spíwan mǽge. Lchdm. ii. 226, 9: Wulfst. 134, 21. Ágan ða yldran ðæs oferþearfe, ðæt hí heora gingran Gode gestrýnan, 38, 23. For oferþearfe ilda cynnes. Elen. Kmbl. 1039; El. 521. Ða unþeáwas habbaþ

ge-þearf

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þearf, ic, he;

I haveor he has need or necessity

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I have, or he has need or necessity