un-steaððigness
unsteadiness ⬩ instability ⬩ inconstancy ⬩ want of sedateness ⬩ levity ⬩ wantonness
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unsteadiness, instability, inconstancy Sun munuc mid gemáglícum bénum gewilnode ðæt hé móste of ðam munuclífe ... Ðá wearð se hálga wer geháthyrt ðurh his unstæððignysse, and hét hine áweg faran, Homl.
hæftling
A captive
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Ðá áxode se ealdorman ðone hæftling hwæðer hé þurh drýcræft his bendas tóbrǽce then the alderman asked the captive whether he broke his bonds by witchcraft, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 10.
brastlian
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Brastliende bendas crepitantia lora, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 76. Bræstliende, Hpt. Gl. 508, 52. Spyrcendum, brastliendum scintillantibus (favillis), 499. 45. Add:
for-hogian
To neglect ⬩ despise ⬩ accuse ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ spernĕre
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Driht ná forhogode and ne forseah béne þearfena Dŏmĭnus non sprēvit neque despexit deprecātiōnem paupĕris, Ps. Spl. C. 21, 23. Forhogedun Drihtnes bebod contempsistis impĕrium Dŏmĭni, Deut. 9, 23.
Linked entry: for-hycgan
efesian
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S. 32, 192. (2 a) with head as object :-- Wæs wel gecweden ðæt se efsigenda (efsienda, v. l.) efsode his heáfod bene dicitur: 'Tondentes tondent capita sua,' Past. 141, 3.
ymb-gang
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On ymbgeonge, Rtl. 178, 31. a winding course, bend Ymbgongum anfractibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 53. <b>V a.</b> figurative :-- Ymbgeong decursum, Mt.
a-fligan
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Ben. 75, 10. Áflígde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 66. Áflégedo, Rtl. 147, 17. Áflígedum profligatis , An. Ox. 3886
cnapa
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Ben. 53, 21. Geongum cnapum pueris minore aetate, 64, 3. Of þám iungum cnihtum hí álǽddon áweg . . . and of þám cnapum ys þæt kynn git gehwǽr, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 21. a (young) man in service, a servant (take here Coll.
cýþ-ness
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Ben. 33, 19: 34, 12. knowledge, acquaintance Þæs hálignysse hlýsa hine sylfne gemǽrsode feor and wíde and hine gelǽdde tó manigra manna cýþnesse cujus sanctitatis opinio sese ad notitiam hominum longe lateque tetenderat, Gr. D. 44, 5.
hringan
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Ben. 72, 10-14. Wé lǽrað ꝥ man on rihtne tíman tída ringe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 5: 296, 3
hwíl-wende
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Ben. 139, 26. Þú wǽre nú oð þis úpáhafen on þisse worulde ǽhtum and hwílwendum weorcum; nú gedafnað þé ꝥ þú beó úpáhafen on gást-licum welum, Hml. S. 30, 118
slíf
A sleeve
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Ben. 92, 3. Hé one hláf tóbræc and bewand on his twám slýfum Homl. Th. i. 376, 30. Hé ðone hláf gedyde on his twá sléfan Blick. Homl. 181, 17
under-hnígan
to descend beneath ⬩ go lower than a place ⬩ to submit to what is laborious or painful ⬩ be subjected to evil ⬩ undergo punishment
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Ben. Interl, 19, 1. Ðonne sceal hé underhnígan ðære steóre regollícre láre, R. Ben. 16, 4. Hí sceoldon underhnígan nacodum swurde, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 28. Hét se réða cwellere hine underhnígan swurdes ecge, Homl. Th. i. 428, 8.
fætt
plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich
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Ben. 51, 15) gé underféngon, and ꝥ wanhál wæs gé wiðsócan quod crassum videbatis, assumebatis; et quod debile erat, proicebatis, R. Ben. I. 56, 14. Þá men beóð mægre, þeáh þe hié ǽr fǽtte wǽron, Lch. ii. 242, 4.
a-werian
to ward off ⬩ defend ⬩ restrain ⬩ protect ⬩ cover ⬩ defendere ⬩ prohibere ⬩ protegere ⬩ to ward off from oneself ⬩ spurn from oneself ⬩ aspernari ⬩ to wear ⬩ wear out ⬩ terere ⬩ deterere
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Ben. 55
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CÁF
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Ben. 7: Fulg. 9. Cáf præceps, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 143, 32. Hét ðá hǽleða hleó healdan ða bricge wígan wígheardne cáfne then the defence [the chief] of the soldiers commanded a warrior, hardy in battle and nimble, to defend the bridge, Byrht.
sealm-sang
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Ben. 34, 9. On fæstenne and on sealmsange, Blickl. Homl. 199, 34. Gif se man sealmsang ne cunne si homo psalmos cantare nesciat, L. Ecg. P. iv. 61; Th. ii. 222, 16. Sealmsang melodiam, Wrt.
tál-líc
that conveys reproach, calumny, etc., calumnious, blasphemous ⬩ that deserves reproof, blameable, reprehensible
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Ben. Interl. 54, 7. Nis ðæt clǽne herigendlíc, ne ðæt gále tállíc, gif him steorran forgéfon, ðæt hí swá lyfedon, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 281. v. tǽl-líc, and next word
wiþ-æftan
Behind.
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Ben. 12, 3. Grammar wiþ-æftan, adv. Án wíf geneálǽhte wiðæftan mulier accessit retro, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 20. Fíf scipubelifan wiðæftan, Chr. 1047; Erl. 175, 12. Wiðeftan posse (= post se filios derelinquet, Prov. 20, 7), Kent. Gl. 735
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ceást
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Ben. I. 22, 6: Hml. Th. i. 604, 35. Ceáste (á)styrian, ii. 420, 33: 338, 11. Ceásta litium, Hy. S. 10, 29: sectarum, Scint. 134, 15. Ceásta lites, 12. reproof Hogode hé hyra wácmódnysse tó þreágenne mid ungemettlicre ceáste ( increpatione ), Gr.