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nyt-weorð

(adj.)
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nyt-weorð, -wirðe; adj.

Usefuladvantageousprofitable

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MS.) bión hiera níhstum, Past. 5, 3; Swt. 44, 17-19. Ic gehýrde fela nytwurðe (wyrðe, -werðe, -wyrða) þing ( multa utilia ), Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 95, 18.

sláw

(adj.)
Grammar
sláw, slǽw, sleáw; adj.
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Ðú sláwa gá ðé tó æmethylle vade ad fortnican, o piger, Past. 28, 3; Swt. 191, 25. On óðre wísan sceal man manian ða sláwan (cf. late, Swt. 281, 16), on óðre ða ðe beóþ tó hrade, Past. "23; Swt. 175, 25.

Linked entries: slǽw sleáw

syngian

(v.)
Grammar
syngian, ode

To sin

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Se unrihtwísa cwyð ðæt hé wylle syngian ( ut delinquat ), 35, 1: Past. 17; Swt. 109, 17. Singian, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 88. Wið God singian in Deum peccare, Gen. 39, 9. Geopenian ðǽm syngiendum hiera unryht, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 11.

Linked entry: singian

un-medume

(adj.)
Grammar
un-medume, (-ome, -eme); adj.

Unmeetunfitunworthy

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Ða ðe unmedome bióð tó ðære láre for unwisdóme quos a praedicatione imperfectio prohibet, Past. 49; Swt. 375, 18.

Linked entry: medume

un-twifeald

(adj.)
Grammar
un-twifeald, adj.

not doublesimplesincerehonestpurenot doubleunitedwithout division

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MSS.) nil est ad defendendum puritate tutius, Past. 35; Swt. 239, 10. Se untweofealda willa bioþ tó tellenne for fullfremod weorc, Bt. 36, 7; Fox 184, 24.

Linked entry: twi-feald

wiþ-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-winnan, p. -wann, pl. -wunnon

To strive againstresist

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To strive against, resist Went hé mid ealle cræfte ongén ðæs óðres geðyld, ðe him ðonne giet wiðwind (eum obsistentem fortiter ), Past. 33; Swt. 227, 7.

cwilman

(v.)
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Ic eom cwielmed on ðýs liége, Past. 309, 7. Cwylmed, Bl. H. 63, 6: Dóm L. 216. <b>I a.

Linked entry: cwelman

durran

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Ðætte unlǽrde ne dyrren ( audeant ) underfón láreówdóm, Past. 25, 14: 427, 18: 467, 16

eglan

Grammar
eglan, eglian.
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Him (Cain) eglde ðæt hé (Abel) wæs betra ðonne hé meliorem se esse doluit, Past. 235, 8. Gif ðám gífran ungemetlicu sprǽc ne eglde nisi gulae deditos immoderata loquacitas raperet, 309, 3.

hwílum

Grammar
hwílum, In l. 3 for quandam l.
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H. 61, 35. of a single past event, once, some time ago Sétnung hwílum ł for longe áworden seditio quondam facta Lk. R. L. 23, 19. Hwílon wacodon menn swá swá gewunelic is ofer án deád líc, Hml.

man

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Grn. 21, 36 : Past. 189, 9. Swá swá scyp brincð man ofer sǽ; syððan hé tó lande cymð, þonne forlǽt hé ꝥ scyp, Solil.

ofer-gán

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add: to overspread a surface, occupy Se teter bútan sáre ofergǽð ðone líchoman impetigo sine dolore corpus occupat, Past. 71, 17 : 437, 18.

offrung

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Ðæt hé meahte on healdan ðá offrunga (ofrunga, v. l.) and ðá lác ðe mon bróhte ut in ea superposita holocausta serventur, Past. 217, 20. <b>II a.

ǽg-hwanan

from all sides on all sides on all sides, in every respect, utterly

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L. 120. where action proceeds from all sides and its operation is felt on all sides, on all sides Mid costungum wé sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde, Past. 163, 16. Éghwanon gecnissed, Hml. S. 30, 192.

Linked entry: ǽg-hwonene

cræftiga

(n.)
Grammar
cræftiga, cræftega, cræftica, cræftca, cræftga, an; m.

A craftsmanworkmanartificerarchitect artifexopifexarchitectus

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Se cræftega wyrcean mæg to ðæm ðe he wile the workman can make what he likes of it Past. 37, 3; Hat. MS. 50b, 6. Cræftiga opifex, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 56, 128; Wrt. Voc. 19, 11. Cræftca opifex Wrt. Voc. 73, 38.

á-slacian

(v.)

to slackenbecome slackto make slack

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Past. 118, 4. Ðý lǽs hira lufu áslacige ne eorum dilectio torpeat, 143, 9. Þæt hí ðurh orsorhnesse ne ásleacion. Hml. Th. i. 610, 16. Hé hæfð tó gódum weorce gewunad, and lǽt ðæt,áslacian, Past. 65, 15. Gewilnunga lǽtan áslacian, Hml. S. 33, 120.

Linked entry: á-slæcian

á-weccan

(v.)

to wake (trans.) from sleepraise from the deadto arouse a person from quiescenceto excite to feeling or actionstir upto arouseexcite passion

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God hine áweahte tó onliésanne ðá gehæftan on helle, Past. 443, 9. Iern and áwece hine, 193, 18. Áwece úrne deádan bróðor, Gr.

inne

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Inne mid Denum, 414, 15. where there is detention Stande þriddan dǽl þǽre bóte inne a third part of the fine shall not be paid out, Ll. Th. i. 94, 7. of the inner man Hreðer inne weóll, B. 2113.

líne

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H. 20, 16-20. línan þe on þám þóþere átéfred wæs, 21, 6. III. a continuous extent of length without breadth or thickness :-- On ðone munt þe sý in ðǽre lengoðe seó líne ðe wile .xxxiii. síða ealne eoiðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Sal. K. 152, 5.

hyngrian

(v.)
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L. 6, 35. ' Brec ðǽm hyngriendum ðínne hláf, Past. 315, 13. Ðá hyngerendo (hy[n]crende, R.) gefylde, Lk. L. l, 53. Hé gesamnode hungrigendan, Ps.