and-leán
Retribution ⬩ retaliation ⬩ retributio ⬩ talio
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Retribution, retaliation; retributio, talio Hí sculon onfón wráþlíc andleán they shall receive dire retribution, Exon. 20a; Th. 52, 12; Cri. 832
ofer-spreca
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One who talks extravagantly or inconsiderately Swá swá unsceamfæst oferspreca hé bæd ut inpudens procax imprecabatur, An. Ox. 2819. ofer-sprecan; II
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leáf-full
Believing ⬩ faithful
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God cwæþ tó Moysen ðæt hé wolde cuman and hine ætforan ðam folce gesprecan ðæt hí ðý leáffulran wǽron God said to Moses that he would come and talk with him before the people, that they might be the more believing [v. Exod. 19, 9], Homl.
un-árlíc
dishonourable ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ shameful ⬩ unkindly
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Sægde Lameh unárlíc spel ( a tale of shame ): 'Ic honda gewemde on Caines cwealme,' Cd. Th. 66, 31; Gen. 1092. unkindly Unárlíce yrfebéc a will in which nothing is left to nearest relatives; inofficiosum testamentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 17
wordlian
To talk ⬩ discourse
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To talk, discourse Wurdliaþ (changed from wurdiaþ) rhetoricamur, loquimur, . . . snytrian ł wurðlian philosophari, Hpt. Gl. 527, 58-63. Epactas ðe wíse preóstas oft ymbe gerádlíce wurdliaþ, Anglia viii. 300, 45.
sunor
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Wæs unfeor suner swína (suner berga, Lind. grex porcorum) etende. Ða deóful bédun hinae: 'send úsic in ðás sunrae (suner, Lind. gregem ) swína.' . . . Eode all siu suner niþerweardes in sae, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 30-32. Sunor . . . ðæt sunor, Lk. Skt. Lind
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rúnian
To talk low, whisper, mutter
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To talk low, whisper, mutter Ic rúnige susuro, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 53. Tógeánes mé rúnedon ( susurrabant ) ealle fýnd míne, Ps. Spl. C. 40, 8. Ðeáh ðé mon hwylces hlihge, and ðú ðé unscyldigne wite, ne réhst ðú hwæt hý rǽdon oððe rúnion, Prov.
ǽrend-raca
A messenger ⬩ ambassador ⬩ an apostle ⬩ angel ⬩ nuntius ⬩ apostolus ⬩ angelus
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Ǽrendraca unnytnesse a tale-bearer, Cot. 139. Gesibbe ǽrendracan messengers of peace; caduceatores vel pacifici, Wrt. Voc. 36, 6
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in-cuman
To come in ⬩ enter
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Gá hé út mid swilcum reáfe swilce hé incom cum quali veste intraverit, cum tali exeat, Ex. 21, 3. Ðá hié tósamne incóman when they entered together, Blickl. Homl. 173. 5.
ge-bedda
A bed fellow ⬩ consort ⬩ wife ⬩ consors tŏri ⬩ uxor
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Sægde Lameh leófum gebeddum unárlíc spel Lamech told a wicked tale to his dear consorts, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 29; Gen. 1091. Gebed wíf uxor, Mt. Kmbl. pp. 14, 16
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mid-ferhtness
Middle age
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Middle age Seó heora iúgoþ and seó midfyrhtnes bútan ǽgwylcum leahtre gestanden, hwylc talge wé ðæt seó yldo and se ende ðæs heora lífes wǽre? Blickl. Homl. 163, 3-6
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grad
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Æt sumum sǽle ætslád se hálga wer on ðám heálícum gradum æt ðam hálgum weofode on one occasion the holy man slipped on the tall steps at the holy altar, Homl: Th. ii. 512, 11
BODIG
bigness or height of body, stature ⬩ statura ⬩ the trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bone ⬩ truncus corporis ⬩ the BODY ⬩ corpus
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Wæs Oswine se cyning on bodige heáh king Oswine was tall in stature, 3, 14; S. 540, 7. the trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bone; truncus corporis Bodig truncus, Wrt.
up-heáh
tall ⬩ lofty ⬩ lofty ⬩ noble ⬩ upright
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tall, lofty Wæs hé .x. fóta upheáh pedum non amplius decem statura altior, Nar. 26, 28. Ða trió meahte beón hundteóntiges fóta upheáh he pedum centum alte erant arbores, 27, 28. Sindon dúna upheá, Exon. Th. 443, 15; Kl. 30.
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eald-spell
An old story ⬩ antīqua narrātio
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On ealdspellum in old tales, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 19
rúnung
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Add: secret talking Hí ( the guards of Christ's sepulchre) námon þone sceatt and swáþeáh múþetton and on synderlicum rúnungum þæt riht eall rǽddon (in secret talks apart they supposed what the truth was ), Hml. A. 79, 161
scirung
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. : ðæt hé wurðe ne beó, ðæt hé beó ðanon áscyred, Wells Frag. ) si non fuerit talis qui mereatur proici, R. Ben. 109, 21
Lid-wiccas
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Two other MSS. have Lidwícingum, Th. 154, 155, and this form occurs in the Scop's Tale:-- Ic wæs mid Lidwícingum, Exon. 86 a; Th. 323, 17; Víd. 80. Micel sciphere com súþan of Lidwicum, Chr. 910; Erl. 101, 32. Lidwiccum, 918; Erl. 102, 22.
mis-fón
to fail to take ⬩ to mistake
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Ðý læs ǽnig ðære tale brúce ðæt hé ðý dæge misfénge ( mistook the day), Lchdm. iii. 442, 3. [Mine songe þah he beó god me hine mai misfonge (mis-apply, take wrongly ), O. and N. 1374:
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spellung
talking ⬩ conversation ⬩ discourse ⬩ narration ⬩ a tale ⬩ conversation ⬩ discourse ⬩ narrative ⬩ (talking and tasting) ⬩ tragoediae
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Voc. i. 55, 23. a tale, conversation, discourse, narrative Fabulae, ðæt synd ídele spellunga, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 29; Zup. 296, 5. Spellenga sermonum, Hpt. Gl. 505, 77. Spellunga saga fabulas, 410, 54. Ídele spellunga otiosas fabulas, Confess. Peccat.