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scilling

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Se Godes wer þá sealde þám biddere and cwæð ꝥ ágeáfe his maniendum þá .xii. and þone ǽnne hǽfde himhis ágenre nytte (In the story as told in Hml.

on-hyscan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hyscan, p. te.

to mock, make a jest ofto reproach, abuse, speak ill ofto detest

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Ðæt man ða onhisce swýðe for worulde and unweorðige, Wulfst. 168, 6: 70, 12. to detest Ic unrihta gehwylc onhyscte iniquitatem abominatus sum, Ps. Th. 118, 163. onhysctan ǽghwylcne mete omnem escam abominata est anima eorum, 106, 17

heá-lic

loftytallhigh uppreciouselevatedraisedloudprofoundintenseextremenobleexcellent

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H. 167, 5

ELLES

(adv.)
Grammar
ELLES, adv.

ELSE, otherwise, in another mannerălĭter, ăliōquin, ăliunde, sĕcus

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Gif hit elles sý sin autem, Lk. Bos. 10, 6. He stýhþ elles ofer ascendit ăliunde, Jn. Bos. 10, 1. ne mihton elles bión they could not else exist, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 30: Bt. Met. Fox 9, 104; Met. 9, 52: Chr. 1044; Erl. 168, 17: Beo.

Linked entry: el

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Se deófol genam ðæt wíf him tó gefylstan, þæt ðone hálgan wer ðurh geswice, Homl. Th. ii. 454, 1. cómon him tó, þæt hine geneósodon, 7. <b>II a.

feran

(v.)
Grammar
feran, to ferenne; part. ferende; p. ferde, pl. ferdon; pp. fered [fer a journey]

To gomake a journeyset outtravelmarchsailīreĭter făcĕreproficiscitransīremigrārenāvĭgāre

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He ferde fram him and wæs fered on heofen recessit ab eis et ferēbātur in cælum, Lk. Bos. 24, 51. He eft hám ferde he went home again, Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 5: 3, 11; S. 536, 9.

Linked entry: fyran

lah-mann

(n.)
Grammar
lah-mann, es; m.
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Þolien ealles ðæs ágon gif wóh tǽcen oþþe geládian ðæt bet ne cúþon xii lawmen shall declare the law to Welsh and English, vi English and vi Welsh.

þweorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þweorlíce, adv.

awryaskewin reversed orderin a way that offers oppositionobstinatelyflatlyperverselyevilly

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Th. ii. 24, 29. perversely, evilly And suá ðeáh mid wónweorcum hit tó ðweorlíce ne fremeþ ðeáh hit on his móde forlǽtan ne mæge et quamvis prava non exerceat opere, ab his tamen non evellitur mente, Past, 11; Swt. 73, 13.

a-þreótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þreótan, indef. hit aþrýt ; p. -þreát, pl. -þruton ; pp. -þroten.

To wearyirkdispleasebe loathsomeirksome to any onetæderepigereTo loathedislikebe weary of anythingpertæsum esse

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Ne sceal ðæs aþreótan þegn módigne, ðæt he wíslíce woruld fulgonge it must not irk therefore an energetic man, that he wisely passes his life, Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 31 ; Sch. 21.

west-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
west-weard, adv.
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Ðá ðá hámweard tó ðære ié com, ðe ǽr westweard ( when marching westward ) hét ða ofermǽtan brycge ofer gewyrcan, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 84, 3.

Linked entry: eást-weard

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

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Ðence ǽlc mon nytwyrðe sié and gehiórsum ðǽm ðe mid ryhte hiéran scyle on ðám ðe déð penset quisque quid subjectus egerit, Past. 57, 14.

for

beforein front ofbeforesinceagoforfromthroughon account offorfromthroughinstead of in place ofin exchange forin return forin expiation ofin redemption foron behalf ofin support ofin respect toin relation toas regardsagainstfromin spite ofnotwithstandingin accordance withaccording toas representative offorto takein compensation foras punishment forfor the sake ofon behalf of for the benefit ofAs representative of

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cíddon wið Moises for (propter) his wífe, Num. 12, i. wæs geswenced fram his maniende for twelf scillingum, Gr. D. 157, 33. Ánra gehwylc hæfde sweord ofer his hype for nihtlicum ege, Bl. H. ii. 19.

hete-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hete-líc, adj.

Inspired by hatehostilemaliciousevil

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Mid hetelícum geþance with evil intent, H. R. 99. 4. Atregeas and Thiges-þres heora fæderas ofslógan and ymb hiora hetelícan forlignessa ic hit eall forlǽte Atrei et Thyestis odia, stupra et parricidia dissimulo, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 20

Peohtas

(n.)
Grammar
Peohtas, pl.
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sceoldon feohton wið Pyhtas (Pihtas, MS. A.). Heó ðá fuhton wið Pyhtas, Chr. 449; Erl. 13, 6

Linked entry: Pyhtas

be-syrian

(v.)
Grammar
be-syrian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To rob, plunder, deprive, deceivespoliare, fraudare, dejicere

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To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive; spoliare, fraudare, dejicere Ðæt mǽgon besyrian ðone earman ut dejiciant inopem, Ps. Th. 36, 13. Cirus besyrode Cyrus ensnared them, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 20.

síd-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
síd-feax, -feaxe, -fexe ; adj.
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With long hair Absalon wæs sídfeaxe, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 221 MS. U. Sídfexe capillatus, Ælfc. Gr. 43 ; Zup. 256, 10 note. lange tíd eodon ealle unscorene and sídfeaxe, Th. Ap. 6, 12.

un-þancweorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þancweorþ, -wirþe; adj.

Ungratefulingratusnot agreeableunacceptablethankless

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Ungrateful; ingratus. not agreeable, unacceptable Gemágnys is ðam sóðan Déman gecwéme, þeáh ðe heó mannum unðancwurðe sý, Homl.

Linked entry: þanc-weorþ

á-breótan

(v.)
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Ðone ðe heó on ræste ábreát, B. 1298. ábreótte (exterminavít) hié. Ps. Srt. 77, 45 : 79, 14. Hié his heáfdes segl ábreóton mid billes ecge, An. 51. Biáð ábreótte exterminabuntur, Ps. Srt. 36, 9. Wǽran sweordum ábrotene in gladio ceclderunt, Ps.

bridels

Grammar
bridels, l. brídels, brigdels,
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Heó genam þæt hors be þám brídelse (brídele, v. l.), Gr. D. 17, 21. breác hælftre for brídelse (brídele, v. l.) capistro pro freno utebatut, 34, 12. Ðone brídels ðæs eges, Past. 427, 31. Brídelsum lupatis, Txts. 75, 1248. and add

Linked entry: bridel

costnian

(v.)
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Hit is áwriten þæt God áfandode Abrahames, and se apostol Jacob áwrít þæt God ne costnað nǽnne man; mæg beón ǽgþer sóð? . . . God ne costnað nǽnne man, for þan þe nele nǽnne tó synnum gebígan, Scrd. 22, 46-23, 10: Hml. Th. ii. 560, 20.