á-hwǽr
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Deófol gelǽrð þæt ungesǽlig man ne árige áhwár, 53, 23: 166, 33. Heó nele ábúgan fram hyre Drihtne áhwár, Hml. A. 28, 100: Hml. S. 16, 93. Gif hé ðé áhwár geyfelode, þæt ðú scealt forgifan, Hml. Th. i. 54, 25. Áwár, ii. 100, 33: i. 484, 7: 500, 5.
hǽþen-gild
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Cf. deófol-gild; Þá þe hǽðengildum þeówiað idolis servientes, Hml. S. 17, 39. Bartholaméus þá hǽðengild hýran ne wolde, wíg weorðian (cf. Hwí tówurpe ðú ( St. Bartholomew ) úre godas?, Hml. Th. i. 468, 16), Ap. 47.
tówendan
To overthrow ⬩ upset ⬩ subvert ⬩ overturn ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ destroy ⬩ to destroy by changing ⬩ to repeal a law ⬩ abrogate ⬩ abolish ⬩ overthrow ⬩ destroy
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Hæfde se deófol tówend ðone weall the devil had thrown down the wall, 166, 19. Heora deófolgild wearð tówend, Homl.
stǽlan
To impute a crime to ⬩ a person ⬩ to charge ⬩ declare something against a person
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Se deófol ða syndǽda stǽleþ on ða gástas the devil chargesthe spirits with their sinful deeds, Wulfst. 256, 7: Exon. Th. 84, 16; Cri. 1374. Stǽleþ fǽhðe declares enmity, Cd. Th. 305, 2; Sat. 640.
un-þanc
disfavour ⬩ displeasure ⬩ anger ⬩ ill-will ⬩ an unpleasing act ⬩ a displeasure ⬩ an offence ⬩ annoyance ⬩ not thanks ⬩ displeasure expressed in words ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ without consent ⬩ on compulsion ⬩ ingratis ⬩ without (a person's) consent ⬩ not of (one's own) accord ⬩ against (one's) will
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Hé ðone deófol ádrǽfde of ðam preóste ... Se deófol, ðe hine ǽr unðances forlét, hine sóna gelæhte, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 11.
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wær
ware ⬩ aware ⬩ having knowledge of something which is to be guarded against ⬩ ware ⬩ prepared for ⬩ on guard against something that might be hurtful ⬩ ware ⬩ careful to avoid something ⬩ on guard against doing something ⬩ ware ⬩ observant of ⬩ attentive to a warning ⬩ wary ⬩ cautious ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ cunning
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Deófol gedéð, ðæt unsǽlig man wísdómes ne gýmeþ, and gyt gedéð, ðæt hé talaþ hine sylfne wærne and wísne, Wulfst. 52, 29. Beó gé swá ware suá suá nædran estote prudentes sicut serpentes, Past. 35; Swt. 237, 20.
Linked entries: wacor wær-geápnis wærþu
sceand-líc
infamous, base, vile ⬩ disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene ⬩ disgraceful
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Ðære heofonlícan Hierusalem cyning is Crist, ðære scandlícan Babilonian cyning is deófol, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 32. Ðá com ðæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlícum gegadum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 164.
costnung
A temptation ⬩ trying ⬩ trial ⬩ tribulation ⬩ tentatio ⬩ probatio ⬩ tribulatio
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Drecþ se deófol mancynn mid mislícum costnungum the devil vexes mankind with various temptations Boutr. Scrd. 19, 44. Seó costnung ðære éhtnesse gestilled wæs the trial of the persecution was stilled Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 19.
be-feallan
to fall, ⬩ to get into ⬩ to fall into sin ⬩ into the hands of a person, ⬩ to fall to action ⬩ to fall upon ⬩ take effect on a person ⬩ to fall to ⬩ be assigned to ⬩ deprived (of)
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Th. 7, 15. to get into:-- Se deófol befylð intó Antecrístes móder innoðe, Wlfst. 193, 16.
DRÝ
A magician, sorcerer, wizard ⬩ magus, malĕfĭcus
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Ðýlæs-ðe se deófol us be dríum [MS. drian] máge lest the devil have power over us by sorcerers, Glostr. Frag. l0, 30
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locc
a hair ⬩ a curl ⬩ ringlet
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Se deófol lǽdde hine út of ðære cyrican be ðam locce, Wulfst, 236, 10. Ðú ne miht ǽnne loco gedón hwítne oððe blacne non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 36.
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á-breóþan
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Ex. 66. moral Se deófol sendeð earhscype, swá ðæt se man ábrýð æt ǽlcere þearfe, Wlfst. 53, 13. Gif hé ábrýð on ðǽre éhtnysse, Hml. Th. i. 250, 21. Se yfela, swá hé oftor on ðǽre fandunge ábrýð, swá hé forcúðra bið, 268, 29.
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ná-wiht
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Add Deófol mót ǽlces mannes áfandigan, hwæðer hé áht sý oððe náht, Hml. Th. i. 268, 12. Ne frign ðú unc nóhtes má ne ne áxa caue ne no; ulterins scisciíeris, Nar. 32, 6. Ne byþ ꝥ tó náhte that will be good for nothing, Lch. i. 344, 25.
swápan
To sweep ⬩ To sweep with a brush ⬩ to sweep, move (something) with the action of one sweeping ⬩ To sweep, have a sweeping motion, drive; the form and much of the sense belong to swoop ⬩ to wrap. ⬩ to swing. ⬩ to sweep, stroke; make a sweeping stroke with a weapon; wrap, swaddle.
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Spl. 76, 6. to sweep, move (something) with the action of one sweeping Swápeþ sigeméce mid ðære swíðran hond ðæt deófol gefeallaþ in sweartne lég he shall sweep the victorious blade with the right hand, so that devils shall fall into dark flame, Exon
swingan
to swinge, flog, beat, scourge, ⬩ to chastise, afflict, plague ⬩ to give a blow with the hand ⬩ without the idea of hurting, to whip a top, cream, etc. , beat up ⬩ to strike, dash ⬩ to beat the wings ⬩ to wing, soar, ⬩ a wing, pinion ⬩ of a bird to soar
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Surt. 72, 5. to give a blow with the hand Ðæt deófol cwæð: Swingaþ hine (St. Andrew) on his múð (cf. Sleáþ synnigne St. Andrew ofer seolfes múð, Andr. Kmbl. 2601; An. 1302), Blickl. Homl. 243, 2.
under-hnígan
to descend beneath ⬩ go lower than a place ⬩ to submit to what is laborious or painful ⬩ be subjected to evil ⬩ undergo punishment
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Hé ðam deáðe underhnáh and ðone deófol oferswýðde, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 115. Regolícore stýre hé underhníge disciplinae regulari subjaceat, R. Ben. Interl, 19, 1. Ðonne sceal hé underhnígan ðære steóre regollícre láre, R. Ben. 16, 4.
tin-treg
Torment
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Án deófol árehte ánum ancran ðara synfulra sáwla tintregan and súsla, Wulfst. 146, 19. Eorðliche tintreohen, O. E. Homl. i. 261, 16. Ne schal þe na teone ne tintreohe trukien, Kath. 403. Þu biþenche teonen and tintreohen, 1888
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swician
to wander ⬩ to depart, turn ⬩ to deceive ⬩ with prep, on, ymb, to practise deceit in relation to a matter ⬩ to offend; also to be offended; scandalizare, scandalizari ⬩ to give offence by words, speak injuriously ⬩ vagari
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Se syrwienda deofol á swicaþ, embe mancyn is ever practising deceit in respect to man, Wulfst. 107, 23. Se sceaða georne swicode ymb ða sáwle, Cd.
stillness
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Ðonne ( in church ) lǽrþ ús Godes engel stilnesse and gemetlíce sprǽce . . . lǽrþ ús se deófol unstilnesse and ungemetlíce hleahtras and unnytte sprǽce, Wulfst. 233, 13-18. quiet, silence Stilnysse taciturnitatis, Hpt. Gl. 455, 54.
á-leógan
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Deófol wyle gedón þæt wé áleógan þæt þæt wé behétan, 38, 6. <b>I a.