sceaþ-full
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Hurtfull, noxious Wé becumað fram þám ídlan wordum tó þám sceaðfullum (sceð-, v. l.) ut ab otiosis ad noxia verba veniamus, Gr. D. 209, 26
riht-dónde
right-doing
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right-doing Gif wé beóþ rihtdónde, Blickl. Homl. 51, 14. Seó duru ðæs heofonlícan ríces biþ ontýned ðǽm rihtgelýfendum monnum and ðǽm rihtdóndum, 61, 10
ge-frignan
to ask ⬩ interrogare ⬩ to learn by asking ⬩ hear of
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Eác we ðæt gefrugnon also we have heard that, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 15; Cri. 301 : 100 a; Th. 378, 11; Deór. 14 : Elen. Kmbl. 343; El. 172. Swá guman gefrungon as men have heard, Beo. Th. 1337; B. 666.
Linked entries: ge-fregnan ge-frægnan ge-frinan
a-búfan
ABOVE ⬩ supra
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[a + be + ufan] ABOVE ; supra Swá wæ ǽr abúfan sǽdan as we have before above said, Chr. 1090; Th. 358, 15
un-réðe
Not fierce ⬩ gentle
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Not fierce, gentle Wé rǽdaþ be ðære culfran gecynde, ðæt heó is unréðe on hire clawum, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 25
Linked entry: réðe
finger-æppel
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Tǽnel gefylledne mid palmtreówa wæstmum þe wé hátað fingeræppla, Hml. -S. 23 b, 662. Fingerapplu palmeti, Hpt. 11. 496, 63. Add
równess
Rowing
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Rowing Wé ne mid seglinge ne mid równesse (neque velo neque remigio ) ówiht fremian mihte, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 25
ǽscan
to demand
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to demand And ðæt ceápgild áríse á ofer .xxx. pæng ealf pund syþþan wé hit ǽscað Ll. Th. i. 234, 16
friþ-stól
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Wé wǽron gelaðede tó ðám hálgan hám and tó ðám cynelican friðstóle þǽr Críst wunað and ríxað, Wlfst. 265, 18. Add
glíw-mann
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Suá micle méde . . . suá wé habbað ðæs hleahtres, ðonne wé hliehað glígmonna unnyttes cræftes. Wé herigað hira cræftas, and ðeáh nyllað hí habban sic eis virtutum sanctitas sicut stultis spectatoribus ludicrarum artium vanitas placet.
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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All lands, whether bóc-land or folc-land, were subject to the Trĭnōda Necessĭtas.
áht
AUGHT ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ aliquid ⬩ quidquam
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Ðe áhtes wǽron who were of aught, of any account or value, Chr. 992; Th. 238, 35. Ðæt án man, ðe himsylf áht wǽre, mihte faran that a man, who himself was aught, might go, 1087; Th. 355, 17
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ár-wurþlíce
Honourably ⬩ reverently ⬩ kindly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ mildly ⬩ honorifice ⬩ solemniter ⬩ reverenter ⬩ clementer
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Honourably, reverently, kindly, solemnly, mildly; honorifice, solemniter, reverenter, clementer Hí swíðe árwurþlíce onfangene wǽron they were very honourably received, Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 1: 3, 19; S. 547, 8: 5, 19; S. 637, 33.
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dyrstig
Daring, bold, rash ⬩ audax, ausus
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Ðeáh ðe he dyrstig wǽre though he were daring, Beo. Th. 5669; B. 2838
firen-dǽd
A wicked or sinful deed ⬩ crime ⬩ scĕlestum făcĭnus
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A wicked or sinful deed, crime; scĕlestum făcĭnus Ðæt hie firendǽda tó frece wurdon that they were too audacious in wicked deeds, Cd. 121; Th. 155, 29; Gen. 2580: Exon. 118a; Th. 453, 35; Hy. 4, 25. Firendéda, Ps. C. 50, 44; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 44.
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gange-wifre
A ganging weaver ⬩ spider ⬩ viītĭca arānea
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A ganging weaver, spider; viītĭca arānea Ðú gedést ðæt he aswint on his móde, and wyrþ swá tedre swá swá gangewifran nett thou causest that he dwindles away in his mind, and becomes as frail as a spider's web, Ps. Th. 38, 12.
Linked entries: gongel-wæfre gonge-wifre geonge-wifre wæfer-gange -wifre
níd-dǽda
One who does something under compulsion
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H.) wǽre (unless he were forced to do it in self-defence ), L. Alf. 25; Th. i. 50, 21. Cf. Se ðe hine nédes ofslóge oððe unwillum oððe ungewealdes, 13; Th. i. 46, 22
Linked entries: nídes níd-wraca níd-wyrhta
ge-wyrde
Speech ⬩ conversation ⬩ collection of words ⬩ sentence ⬩ rule[?]
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Ðæt ic mǽge sum rust on weg adrífan of mínre tungan ðæt ic mǽge becuman to brǽddran gewyrde that I may clear some rust away from my tongue, so that I may attain to more copious speech, Shrn. 35, 22. Wísra gewyrdum by the rules of wise men, Menol.
sixtig
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Salomones reste wæs ymbseted mid syxtigum werum . . . Hwæt mǽnde ðæt syxtig wera strongera? Blickl. Homl. II, 16-22. Æfter siextegum daga intra sexagesimum diem, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 4. Mid iii hund scipa and LXgum, Swt. 176, 25. Sexdig (sextig.
wuldor-gesteald
glorious possessions ⬩ glorious mansions
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glorious possessions Gold and godweb, Iósepes gestreón, wera wuldorgesteald, Cd. Th. 215, 24; Exod. 588. Ða geréno and se reáda telg and ða wuldorgesteald (the binding of a book?), Exon.