un-þancwirþlíce
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Ungratefully For hwan onfénge ðú un-þancwyrþlíce þá gife þínre álýsnysse?, Nap. 66
bold
a dwelling ⬩ a town
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Hwá féhð tó þám ðe þú lange samnodest, oððe hwám gearwadest þu þín bold and þíne getimbru, nú þíne erfeweardas lifian ne mótan?, Wlfst. 261, 8. ꝥ hé heora bold gedréfe, Angl. x. 146, 187. a town.
scenn
A plate of metal on the handle of a sword
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(Worsaae, Primeval Antiquities, pp. 29, 49, notes that the handles of some of the early swords were covered with plates of gold. v. hilt) Waes on ðǽmscennum scíran goldes þurh rúnstafas rihte gemearcod, hwam ðæt sweord geworht ǽrest wǽre, Beo.
axiendlíc
Interrogative ⬩ inquiring ⬩ inquisitive ⬩ interrogativus
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Interrogative, inquiring, inquisitive; interrogativus Gif ic cweðe, hwá dyde ðis? quis hoc fecit? ðon biþ se [hwá quis] interrogativum, ðæt is axigendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 21, 27
ofer-hírness
Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contempt ⬩ disregard, disobedience
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Gif hit hwá dó, béte míne oferhýrnesse, 10; Th. i. 164, 18. Gif hwá gemót forsitte þríwa, gilde ðæs cynges oferhýrnesse . . . Gif hé nylle ða oferhýrnesse syllan, ðonne rídan ða yldestan men . . .
frécend-lic
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Ǽgðer is swíðe frécendlic, ge ꝥ him hwá unmedomlíce onfoo, and eác ꝥ him hwá tó lange bútan sý, Ll. Th. ii. 440, 21. Uneáðe þá frécendlican nýdþearfnysse ádreógende, Hml. S. 23 b, 538. Add
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gyst-hús
A guest-house ⬩ guest-chamber ⬩ hospĭtium
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A guest-house, guest-chamber; hospĭtium Hwár is mín gyst-hús where is my guest-house? Mk. Bos. 14, 14
þurh-smeágan
to search through ⬩ inquire into ⬩ examine into ⬩ investigate
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Hé ríxade ofer Englæland, and hit mid his geápscipe swá þurhsmeáde ( made such a thorough inquisition ), ðæt næs án híd landes innan Englælande, ðæt hé nyste hwá heó hæfðe, oððe hwæs heó wurð wæs, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, l0.
bí-wist
Subsistence
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Gif hwá hwæt lytles ǽniges bigwistes him sylfum gearcode, reáferas ðone mete him of ðám muðe ábrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 404, 3. On heora bíwiste and on hrægle gehealdene, Bl. H. 185, 16. Þearfum bigwiste syllan, Hml. S. 26, 276.
un-geþancfull
Unthankful ⬩ ungrateful
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Unthankful, ungrateful Ðú man, tó hwan eart ðú mé swá ungeþancfull mínra gifena? Wulfst. 259, 1: 241, 4
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scearp-síne
Sharp-sighted
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Sharp-sighted Gif hwá biþ swá scearpséne (-siéne, Cott. MS.) . . . swá swá Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre, ðæt mihte stánas þurhseón . . . gif ðonne hwá wǽre swá scearpsiéne, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 19-23
be-prenan
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Swylce hwá his éage bepríwe, Wlfst. 148, 13. and add:
ed-lesende
Reciprocal, relative ⬩ relātīvus
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Reciprocal, relative; relātīvus Gif ic cweðe, ðú wást hwá ðys dyde tu scis quis hoc fēcit, ðon biþ se [hwá]ðæt is edlesendlíc quis rĕlātīvum, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 21, 30: 38; Som. 40, 62
sáre
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Gyf hwá hæfð his hláforde sáre ábolgen, Wlfst. 155, 7. Add
be-frinan
to ask a person a question, ⬩ to ask ⬩ question, ⬩ to ask about something ⬩ to ask a person about something ⬩ to ask for some-thing ⬩ to ask of a person what one wishes to be told
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Heó befrinen þone cásere hwæt heó scolden, Hml. A. 194, 37. Ðone pápan ꝥ hié befrinon hwæt him tó rǽde þúhte, Bl. H. 205, 20. to ask, question, a person Ic gewréged ðé ne wiðsóc, befrinen (when questioned) ic ðé geandette, Hml.
un-bindan
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S. 23, 191. to release from restrictive condition Swá hwæt swá hí unbindað ofer eoritan, þæt bið unbunden on heofonum, Hml. Th. i. 542, 18. Gif hwá on þǽre untrumnysse sý . . . þonne meaht ðú hine unbindan. Genim þysse wyrte . . fíf ðýfelas . . .
swiftu
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Swiftness Hwá unlǽrdra ne wundrige rodres swifto? Met. 28, 3
ge-sibling
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Æt hwám nimað eorðlice cynegas gafol, æt heora gesiblingum oþþe æt ælfremedum (a filiis suis an ab alienis, Mt. 17, 25), Hml. Th. i. 510, 33. Gesiblingum contribulium, amicorum, An. Ox. 3, 3.
un-scyldiglíce
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Innocently, guiltlessly Swá hwá swá unscyldiglíce bútan fácne leofode ǽr his gecyrrednesse, Nap. 66
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lóc
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Lóca hwǽr se ealdor him tǽce, R. Ben. 82, 15