ge-hírsumnes
Obedience
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Obedience For his gehírsumnisse ðe he hæfde to Gode for his obedience to God, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 62, 181
un-scearpness
Want of sharpness ⬩ dullness
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Want of sharpness, dullness For his ungleáwnesse and for his unscearpnesse propter ingenii tarditatem, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 7
Linked entry: scearpness
fyht-wíte
A fine for fighting ⬩ pugnæ mulcta
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A fine for fighting; pugnæ mulcta Ðæt fyht-wíte the fine for fighting, L. E. G. 13; Th. i. 174, 27
Linked entries: feoht-wíte fiht-wíte
hláf-leást
Lack of bread
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Lack of bread For ðære hláfleáste ða eorþan ǽton for lack of bread they ate the earth, St. And. 34, 20
mealmiht
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On þone mealmihtan ford, C. D. B. iii. 63, 27. Add
full
full
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Fol is another form of this adverb, e. g. fol neáh, Past. 35, 21: Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 11, 12
un-sib
unfriendliness ⬩ unkindliness ⬩ enmity ⬩ strife ⬩ hostilities ⬩ war ⬩ division ⬩ variance ⬩ disagreement ⬩ disunion
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Oferfyll ne murneþ ne for fæder ne for méder, ne for nánum gesibban men.
weall-lím
Mortar
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Mortar Hig hæfdon tygelan for stán and tyrwan for wealliim habuerunt lateres pro saxis et bitumen pro caemento, Gen. 11, 3
Linked entry: lím
býsnung
an example ⬩ An example ⬩ exemplum
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[ Similar entries býsen, býsn an example] An example; exemplum For ðære miclan bísnunge for the great example, Ælfc. T. 5, 15
mæðel-ærn
A house of meeting for speaking or for consulting
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A house of meeting for speaking or for consulting In mæðelern in preterium (l. pretorium ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 52: 74, 23
forstig
Frosty
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Frosty Ic wæs beswǽled for þám micelan byrne, and eft for þǽre micclan forstigan cealdnysse þæs wintres, Hml. S. 23 b, 575
a-smiðian
To forge ⬩ make ⬩ work as a smith ⬩ fabricare
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To forge, make, work as a smith; fabricare Asmiðod fabricatus, Cot. 82
beterung
Improvement
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Hé leofode on mynstre for neóde swídor þonne for bete*-*runge, 534, 2. For úre beterunge, 272, 1 : 414, 26. Ús tó beterunge, 360, 30. tó fire beterunge, Hml. A. 8, 211
ǽdre
An artery ⬩ a vein ⬩ fountain ⬩ river ⬩ arteria ⬩ vena ⬩ fons ⬩ rivus ⬩ a nerve ⬩ sinew ⬩ kidney ⬩ nervus ⬩ ren
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a channel for liquids, An artery, a vein, fountain, river; arteria, vena, fons, rivus; Similar entries v. wæter-ǽdre Feorh aléton þurh ǽdra wylm they let life forth through the fountain of their veins, Exon. 72b; Th. 271, 6; Jul. 478.
ge-ligernes
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Cf. for-legenes, for-legennes
hneáw-ness
Stinginess, ⬩ parsimony, ⬩ niggardliness
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Stinginess, parsimony, niggardliness Monig mon déþ micel fæsten, and hæfþ ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse and déþ hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge many a man fasts much, and has the reputation of doing it for abstinence, and yet
eald-gewyrht
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Substitute: what has been done of old, a deed of old Wuldres beám þe God on þrowode for mancynnes manegum synnum and for Adames ealdgewyrhtum, Kr. 1100. what has been deserved of old, desert for deeds of old Ic wát geare þæt nǽron ealdgewyrht þæt hé
wæd
A ford ⬩ shallow water ⬩ water that may be traversed ⬩ a body of water ⬩ sea
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A ford, shallow water, water that may be traversed (cf. wadan, and the forms wade, wath in place-names, e.g. Biggles-wade, Longwathby); poet. a body of water, sea Bí wædes ófre, Exon. Th. 360, 22; Wal. 9.
ge-logod
Arranged ⬩ appositus
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Arranged; appositus For ðære gelícnisse his gelogodan sprǽce for the likeness of his disposed speech or style, Ælfc. T. Lisle 17, 12
gyt-feorm
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ealu (-oþ) On sumere ðeóde gebyreð winter-feorm, Eástcrfeorm, bénf(e )orm for ripe, gytfeorm for yrðe. Ll. Th. i. 440, 26