gneáð
Sparing ⬩ frugal ⬩ stingy ⬩ scanty ⬩ small ⬩ parcus
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He self lifde on gneáðum woroldlífe án tunece wæs his gegerela and ðæt wæs hǽren and beren hláf wæs his gereorde he himself lived a frugal life in the world, one tunic was his raiment, and barley bread was his food, Shrn. 110, 4: 77, 4.
Linked entry: un-gníðe
for-liger
an adulteress
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S. 12, 227. ꝥ þú ne beó forliger (-ligr, -lír, v. ll.), ne þín ǽwe ne brece, Hml. A. 6, 155. Forligeres prostitutae, An. Ox. 5292. Forligre, 8, 363. Forligras cwylmiað mid forligrum, Hml. Th. i. 132, 22. Forlíra luparum, An. Ox. 7, 350.
lyðre
Evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ base ⬩ mean ⬩ poor ⬩ sordid ⬩ vile ⬩ lewd ⬩ depraved
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Lytel is se fyrst ðyses lífes and lyðre is few and evil are the days of this life, Wulfst. 109, 2. Hú lǽne and hú lyðre ðis líf is on tó getrúwianne, 189, 3. Eálá ðú lyðra þeówa serve nequam, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 32: Lk. Skt. 19, 22: Homl. Th. ii. 552, 6.
a-syndran
To put ASUNDER ⬩ to separate ⬩ disjoin ⬩ sever ⬩ separare
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Se deáþ asyndreþ líc and sáwle death sunders body and soul, Soul Kmbl. 7 ; Seel. 4
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eást-lang
Along the east ⬩ orientem versus
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Along the east; orientem versus Se wudu iséastlang and westlang hund twelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, from east to west [lit. along the east and along the west], is one hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 30
frécnen-spræc
An audacious or hostile speech ⬩ audax vel hostīlis sermo
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An audacious or hostile speech; audax vel hostīlis sermo Gyf Frysna hwylc frécnenspræce ðæs morðorhetes myndgiend wǽre if any of the Frisians, by audacious speech, should call to mind [lit. should be a rememberer of] this deadly feud, Beo.
ge-hlidad
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Substitute: <b>ge-hlidian;</b> p. ode To cover with a lid (gehleodad is; a v. l. to gehlidad, Bd. Sch. 445, 21). [Þes put he hat þat heo beo euer ilided and iwríen, A. R. 58.] Cf. un-hlidian
ge-sǽliglíce
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Add: — Nǽron hi (the Innocents) gerípode tó slege, ac hí gesǽliglíce þeáh swulton tó lífe, Hml. Th. i. 84, 6 : Bl. H. 171, II. Þá þá hé þám biscope þá fremdan hǽlo forgeaf, þá becóm hé gesǽliglíce tó his ágenre hǽle, Gr. D. 190, 30
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stincan
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Add Þá líc weóllon eall maðon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4, 212
á-wendedness
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Hwæt is gódra manna deáð búton áwendednys and færr fram deáðe tó ðám écan lífe?, Hml. Th. ii. 232, 23. Gif hwá rǽde ic bidde ꝥ hé þás áwændednesse (translation) ne tǽle, Ap. Th. 28, 18. On áwændednyssum heora, (commutationibus) Ps. L. 43, 13. Add
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for-niman
to comprehend ⬩ carry off ⬩ do away with ⬩ defraud ⬩ consume
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Add: to seize and hold. lit. of a criminal or captive Ic eom mid racenteágum fornumen, Hml. Th. i. 462, 31. Ðis wíf fornumen is (deprehensa est) in dernegiligro, Jn.
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weorold-þearf
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What is needed for the life of this world Swá swá hé gehét him andlyfne and heora weoruldðearfe forgifan, eác swylce lýfnesse sealde ðæt hí móstan Cristes geleáfan bodian eis, ut promiserat, cum administratione victus temporalis, licentiam quoque praedicandi
wiþ-cwedenness
Gainsaying ⬩ contradiction ⬩ opposition
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Gainsaying, contradiction, opposition Hí woldon hine besyrewian æt his lífe, and habban syþðan his ríce bútan ǽlcre wiðcweðenesse, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 36 note. Tó wetre wiðcwedenisse ad aquas contradictionis, Ps. Surt. 105, 32.
Linked entry: cwedenness
eáþ-hylde
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Lit. easy to hold (cf. ge-healden), content Gif munuc eáðhylde bið and geþæf si contentus sit monachus, R. Ben. 29, 2: 109, 6. Ðǽre sáwle miht is ðæt heó . . . beó hire eáðhylde, Hex. 40, 4
eft-wyrd
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Swá nú regnþeófas ríce dǽlað, yldo oððe ǽrdeáð; eftwyrd cymð, mægenþrymma mǽst now mighty robbers hold sway, eld or early death; renewal of life shall come, greatest of God's glorious powers, Exod. 539
sceamu
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Add Scame veretrum (v. sceam-lim), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 54. Ic eom wífhádes mann and eallunga líchamlicum wǽfelsum bereáfod, and þá sceame mínes líchaman hæbbende unoferwrigene, Hml. S. 23 b, 208
a-wrítan
to write out or down ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ describe ⬩ compose ⬩ transcribere ⬩ describere ⬩ conscribere ⬩ contexere ⬩ to inscribe ⬩ inscribere ⬩ inscriptione ornare ⬩ to carve ⬩ delineate ⬩ draw ⬩ sculpere ⬩ delineare
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to write out or down, to transcribe, describe, compose; transcribere, describere, conscribere, contexere Ðæs hálgan fæder and biscopes Sancti Cuþberhtes líf ǽrest eroico metro and æfter fæce gerǽde worde ic awrát I wrote out the life of the holy father
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godspell-bodung
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Wé sceolan mid earfoðnyssum ꝥ éce líf geearnian, and seó earfoðnys ongan on ðǽre godspellbodunge, 16, 241. Seó ealde ǽ getácnode godspelbodunge under Godes gife.
wending
Turning ⬩ a turning round ⬩ revolution ⬩ changing ⬩ mutation
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Orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse búton wendinge (cf. unonwendendlíce, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24) Met. 7, 41
EARNIAN
EARN, merit, deserve, get, attain, labour for ⬩ mĕrēri
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Bos. 21, 43, Hú monna gehwylc earnode éces lífes how every man merited eternal life, Exon. 23 a; Th. 65, 9; Cri. 1052. Ðá he ne earnade elles wuhte when he did not earn anything else, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 39; Met. 9, 20.