wácmódness
weakness of character ⬩ moral weakness ⬩ faintheartedness ⬩ want of courage ⬩ pusillanimity ⬩ cowardice ⬩ weakness ⬩ feebleness
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Ongeán módstaðolnysse and módes strencðe se deófol sendeþ wácmódnesse and lyðerne earhscype, Wulfst. 53, 12. weakness, feebleness Sí foresceáwod wácmódnyss (inbecillitas), nateshwón heom (old men and children) stíðnis regoles ná sí gehealdan on fódum
ge-styrian
To move ⬩ remove ⬩ excite ⬩ agitate ⬩ amovere ⬩ agitare
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Ðá wearþ swíðe gestired se here ongeán ðone biscop forðan ðe he nolde heom nán feoh beháten then was the [Danish] army very much excited against the bishop because he would not promise them any money, Chr. 1012; Erl. 146, 12.
west-weard
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Ðás seofon tunglan gáð ǽfre eástwerd ongeán ða heofenan ; ac seó heofen[e] is strengre and ábrét hí ealle under*-*bæc westweard mid hire ryne; and is for ðí mannum geþúht swilce séo sunne and ða foresǽdan tunglan gangon westweard.
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flá
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H. 199, 18) ðone fearr ofsceótan wolde; ac seó geǽttrode flá wende ongeán . . . Se mann mid his ágenre flán ofscoten wæs, Hml. Th. i. 502, 17-30. Hé wearð mid ánre flán ofscoten telo e muris jacto perfossus occidilur, Ors. 3, ll; S. 144, 27.
fyll
fill, full supply ⬩ repletion, satiety
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Fæste hé nú ongeán ꝥ hé ǽr þurh fylle unriht gefremode, Ll. Th. ii. 284, 2. v. ofer-, untíd-, wǽl-fyll(-u, -o)
hóh
A heel, ⬩ hough
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Áhefþ hys hó ongeán me levabit contra me calcaneum suum, Jn. Skt. 13, 18: Gen. 3, 15. Him on hóh beleác heofonríces weard merehúses múþ God closed the door of the ark behind him, Cd. 69; Th. 82, 16; Gen. 1363. Mínra hóa calcanei mei, Ps. Th. 48, 5.
sirwan
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Seó næddre wolde syrwan ongeán hire hó, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 12
gleáwlíce
Prudently ⬩ wisely ⬩ clearly ⬩ well
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Ic gewitnesse wíse ðíne ongeat gleáwlíce initio cognovi de testimoniis tuis, 118, 152: 106, 42: Andr. Kmbl. 1721: An. 863
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bonde-land
Bond or leased land, land held under restrictions, or on conditions expressed in writing ⬩ tributaria terra
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vel terram x manentium] æt Swinesheáfde, mid læswe and mid mǽdwe, and mid eal ðæt ðǽrto læi, and swá ðæt Cúþbriht geaf ðam abbote l punde ðǽrfore, and ilca geár ánes nihtes feorme, ouðer xxx scyllinge penega; swá eác ðæt eafter his dæi scolde ðæt land ongeán
tengan
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Æt suman cyrre tengde hé tó fyrde ongeán Persiscne leódscipe on one occasion he was hastening to march against Persia, i. 448, 32. Tengdon ða hǽþenan mid wǽpnum tó ðam ǽwfæstum heápe, and slógan ða cristenan, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 66.
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un-geþyldig
Impatient
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Se ðe biþ ungeþyldig, and ceoraþ ongeán God on his untrumnysse, Homl. Th. i. 472, 8. Se dysega ungeðyldega all his ingeðonc hé geypt, Past. 33; Swt. 220, 9. Swá ungeþyldige ðæt hí ne magon nán earfoþu geþyldelíce áberan, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 2 note.
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nyten-ness
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Ongeán þám ingehýde and gearawitolnesse þe of Godes ágenre gife cymð, se deófol sǽwð and sendeð nytennesse, Wlfst. 53, 18. <b>I a.</b> want of knowledge on a particular point: — Nytennessa míne (ignorantias meas) ne gemun ðú, Ps.
for-wandian
To reverence ⬩ have in honour ⬩ vĕrĕri ⬩ revĕrĕri ⬩ To be afraid ⬩ be confounded ⬩ hesitate ⬩ confundi ⬩ cuntāri
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Forwandigaþ ðæt hie mid ðǽm kycglum hiera worda ongeán hiera ierre worpigen they hesitate to hurl the darts of their words against their anger, Past. 40, 5; Hat. MS. 55 b, 4. He forwandode ðæt he swá ne dyde he hesitated to do so, 49, 5; Hat. MS.
HUND
A HOUND ⬩ a dog
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A HOUND, a dog; applied to persons as a term of abuse in English and in other dialects Ðá hé ðider com ðá sceolde cuman ðære helle hund ongeán hine ðæs nama wæs Ceruerus when he came thither, it is said, that then the dog of hell, whose name was Cerberus
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med-trum-ness
Infirmity ⬩ ill-health ⬩ sickness ⬩ illness
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Ongeán swelce metrymnesse mon beþorfte stronges lǽcedómes ... swá hé mǽge ða mettrymnesse (morbum ) mid gefliéman, Past. 61, 2; Swt. 455, 26-30.
wáse
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Ongeán ða díc ðe scýt tó Wásan ; siððan andlang Wásan (with mention of the Thames and Appleton), 275, 15. Of ðære méde út tó Wásan; of Wásan út tó Eá (with mention of Buckland), 392, 32. Eást tó Wásan (with mention of Sandford), vi. 9, 7.
cempa
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Albanus eóde ongeán þǽm cæmpan , Shrn. 93, 29-32. Ne forseah Críst his geongan cempan ( the Innocents ), Hml. Th. i. 82, 33.
ge-cirredness
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Se deófol nam graman ongeán þone Godes man for þæs folces gecyrrednysse fram his fúlum biggengum, 29, 185. Geefenlǽce hé Paules gecyrrednysse, Hml. Th. i. 56, 24: 578, 30. Mid sóðre gecyrrednysse Dryhten gesécan, Hml. A. 53, 82.
sceótan
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Add Arewan ongeán sceát catapultas retorsit, An. Ox. 4241. Gáras sceótende spicula torquentes, 2099. Add Hé genam ꝥ hylfe and sceát in ðone seáð tulit manubrium, et misit in lacum, Gr. D. 114, 13. <b>IV a.
mæcg
A man
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A man Ic meþelcwide mæcges (the angel that visited Guthlac) ongeat, Exon. 50 b; Th. 175, 9; Gú. 1192. Mægþ and mæcgas, 45 a; Th. 153. 29; Gú. 833 : 113 a; Th. 434, 7; Rä. 51, 7. Fréfra ðíne mæcgas ( the disciples of St. Andrew ), Andr.
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