Wil-sǽtan
The people of Wiltshire
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Sumorsǽte alle and Wilsǽtan (Willsǽte, v. l.), 878; Erl. 80, 10
hwæt
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Hwæt ic þínra bysna ne mæg wuht oncnáwan, Gen. 533. somewhat, any, at all. Cf. á-wiht Gif hit hwæt elles gesélde if it happened at all differently, Cht. Th. 166, 20. Gif hit hwæt ælcor (elles, v. l.) bið sin alias, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 519, 7
un-cyst
A vice ⬩ defect ⬩ fault ⬩ a disorder ⬩ a fault ⬩ solecism ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault ⬩ the vice of avarice ⬩ niggardliness ⬩ parsimony ⬩ want of liberality
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Tó eallum uncystum ðe on gómum beóð ácenned, 348, 12. of diction, a fault, solecism Ðære uncyste sylocismi, laudacismi, ða uncyste barbarismi (the passage is: Inter Scillam soloecismi et barbarismi baratrum ... scopulosas lautacismi collisiones, Ald.
Linked entry: un-gecost
á-beódan
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Ábeódende eliciens (igniferas fulminum coruscationes Ald. 62), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 46. Bið geban micel and áboden þider eal Adames cnósl omnes homines cogentur adesse Dóm. L. 128
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fætt
plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich
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Bið swá sélre swá hé fǽttron mete ete, and gif hé mæge gedrincan ge ðǽre buteran, iii. 22, 14. referring to fluids, oleaginous, unctuous: Ðý fǽttan crasso (crassa olei pinguedine, Ald.), Wrt.
for-sleán
cut through ⬩ to slay ⬩ kill ⬩ to destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ finish ⬩ to rout ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to condemn
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profligatis tenebrarum principibus, Ald. 54, 6), 1637. Forslægenum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 37. to condemn. Cf. O. H. Ger. fer-slahan damnare forslegen adictus (v. for-scrífan; I.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 69
ge-treów
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Getreówum fidis (discipulus fidis devotus passibus, Ald. 150, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 75. true to a person, loyal, faithful Dauid ymb his getreówne ðegn sierede David devotum militem extinxit, Past. 37, 8: 393, 8.
ge-wǽde
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On gewedo ald in uestimentum uetus, Lk. L. 5, 36. Giwedu his hwítu gescionum, Lk. R. 9, 29. Wé lǽrað ꝥ man geswíce higeleásra gewǽda, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 15. Hí gegearwadon hine mid gewoedum (-wédum, R.) his, Mk. L. 15, 20: Lk. L. 7, 25.
LYTEL
LITTLE
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Alf. pol. 60; Th. i. 96, 7. Lá lytle heord pusillus grex, Lk. Skt. 12, 32. On swá lytlum fæce in such a little space, Elen. Kmbl. 1917; El. 960. Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið alne ðone here lytle werede, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 5. Lytle læs paulo minus, Ps.
scendan
To put to shame, to abuse, insult, harm:
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Ealne ðæne bysmor wé gyldaþ mid weorðscype ðám ðe ús scendaþ all the disgrace we repay with honour to those who bring shame on us, Wulfst. 163, 10.
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tó-teón
to pull to pieces ⬩ tear to pieces ⬩ to pull away
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Me þe sculde nimen and al tóteón mid horse, O. E. Homl. i. 9, 21. O. H. Ger. zi-ziohan distrahere, detrahere
hálig-dóm
holiness, sanctity ⬩ sanctimonia ⬩ holy things, relics, holy work, a sacrament ⬩ a holy place, sanctuary ⬩ relic ⬩ holiness ⬩ sacred things ⬩ relics ⬩ a sanctuary ⬩ sacramentum, sanctuarium ⬩ sacred thing, relic, sanctuary
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Þurh ealne ðane háligdóm ðe ic on Róme for mé and for ealne þeódscype gesóhte by all the relics that I sought out in Rome for myself and for all the nation, Th. Chart. I17, 10. a holy place, sanctuary Ðínne háligdóm sanctuarum tuum, Ps.
híred-leóf
friendly ⬩ familiar
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bróþor ǽnig gecýdd byþ forþfaren si ex alio monasterio noto ac familiari frater quis nuntiatus fuerit defunctus, Angl. xiii. 445, 1146
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folc-gestreón
A public treasure ⬩ pŏpŭli dīvĭtiæ
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A public treasure; pŏpŭli dīvĭtiæ Ða leóde leng ne woldon Elamitarna aldor swíðan folcgestreónum those nations would no longer strengthen the Elamites' prince with the public treasures, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 17; Gen. 1981
hwerfung
Change ⬩ mutation ⬩ vicissitude
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Change, mutation, vicissitude Hwæt singaþ ða leóþwyrhtan óðres be ðisse woruld búton mislíca hwerfunga ðisse worulde quid tragœdiarum clamor aliud deflet, nisi indiscreto ictu fortunam felicia regna vertentem? Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 21
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tæfl-stán
A die, or a piece in a game
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Tæflstán calculus (in a list 'de alea'), Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 29. Tæfelstán, 66, 48. Tæfelstánas aleae, 39, 46
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eft-selness
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Alle eftselnisses omnes retributiones, Rtl. 169, 27
ofesc
A border
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Ǽrest of Seferne be hígna gemǽre ... and swá be ðære alra ofesce along the border of elders? on ða neówan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 11
ge-scrépe
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Fela óþerra gescrépa (-screópa, v.l.) hé ongeat heofonlíce him forgyfen wesan alia commoda caelilas sibi fuisse donata intellexit, Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 461, 17
hæg
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The word is found forming the first part of local names, Hægdún, Hæghyll, Hægleá; also in other words, hæg-steald, hæg-þorn