wrigels
a covering ⬩ a garment ⬩ veil
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a covering In wrigelse fiðra ðínra in velamento alarum tuarum. Ps. Surt. 60, 5 : 62, 8. Wæs him wrigils fui/ illis in velamento, Rtl. 92, 26. God áfyrde hym ðone unrihtan wrigels of heora heortan, Wulfst. 252, 4. a garment, veil Hí mon midðæm hálgan
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ǽwisce
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Dishonour, shame, foulness Ǽwisce obscenitas , Angl. xiii. 35, 204: An. Ox. 8, 193. Ǽwisc, 7, 265. Ǽwys, 4302: 7, 300. Hé cwæð þæt him tó micel ǽwisce wǽre þæt hé swá emnlíce wrixleden he said that it was too much dishonour for them to treat on such
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á-hwænne
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Grammar á-hwænne, Substitute: <b>á-hwænne</b> (-hwonne, -hwanne). interrogative, whenever Drihten, áhwænne ( quando ) behealtst ðú?, Ps. Spl. 34, 20. at any time Ðí lǽs áhwænne gegrípe ne quando rapiat, Ps. Spl. 7, 2. Áhwanne, Ps. L. 2
be-hreówsian
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Add: absolute, to repent Þǽra behreów sigendra heortan, Hml. Th. i. 550, 32. <b>Ia.</b> with object, to repent of, with acc. Þæt þæt wé ágylton, þæt wé nú bereówsiað, Hml. Th. i. 68, 27. Þám þe heora synna behreówsiað, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 17
bucca
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Cervus vel eripes heort vel bucca (in the margin hircacervus bucheort); this is the proper reading, not that given in Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 63. v. Angl. viii. 450. Hí onsægdon deófle, swá heora þeáw wæs, buccan ( caprae ) heáfod, Gr. D. 232, 25. Hé wæs on
deóp
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Add: literal Dióp seáð fovea profunda, Kent. Gl. 829. metaph. Þes pistol is . . . eów swíðe deóp tó gehýrenne, Hml. Th. i. 448, 8. His deópe rihtwísnys his infinite righteousness, 112, 3. Deópum ceápe at a high price, Ll. Th. i. 370, 10. Ꝥ hé swá deópe
fore-witig
sagacious ⬩ foreknowing ⬩ presaging ⬩ prophetic
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Add: sagacious Þá forewittigan sagacissimam, An. Ox. 70. His foregengan wǽron on gleáwscype swíþe bescáwede and forewittige, Lch. iii. 436, 12. foreknowing Drihten cwæð tó ðǽre byrig, 'Gif þú wistest hwæt þé tóweard is . . .' Gif seó buruhwaru ðǽre
for-sewenlic
contemptible ⬩ abject ⬩ despised
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deserving contempt, contemptible Forsewenlic biþ ꝥ werod ꝥ wífmenn feohtað that army is contemptible in which women fight, Hml. S. 31, 1097. Ðá ungedyrstigan wénað ðæt ðæt suíðe forsewenlic sié ðætte hié doð vehementer despecta putant esse quae faciunt
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ge-fýsan
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Add: to impel, incite, make eager Ne leng bídan wolde wyrm, ac mid bǽle fór fýre gefýsed no longer would the dragon bide, but fared forth furious with fire and flame, B. 2309. Heorte gefýsed sæcce tó séceanne a heart fiercely stirred strife to seek,
ge-gada
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Add: a colleague, confederate, consort Gegada complex, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 34. Him niman óðerne gegagan (-gadan ?) alium sibi conjugem sumere, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 35. Gegadan collegam, Germ. 399, 299: alumni, 398, 137. Hé læg swá deád . . . ðá wéndon his gegadan
ge-hirstan
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Take here <b>ge-hyrstan</b> in Dict. and add: lit. Bærned vel gehyrsted frigi Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 77 : 36, 42. Gáte blǽdre áhyrste, sele etan, sume swá gehyrste gegnídaþ tó dúste, Lch. ii. 88, 26. Haran sina gedrýgede and mid sealte gebrǽdde
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ge-lóme
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Gelóme crebrius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 64. Þider gelóme (frequenter) se Hǽlend cwóm, Jn. R. 18, 2. Gyrdelse ðe hine man gelóme gyrt zona qua semper praecingitur, Ps. Th. 108, 19. Gelóme ic eów sǽde, Hml. Th. ii. 72, 24: i. 566, 34. Þider þú fundadest longe
geornian
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to desire, ask for Gedó ꝥ gé georniað þára þinga þe gé mé rihtlic begytan mæg . . . Gif ic eów ealla eówra þinga geunne on þá geráde þe gé mé míne georniað ( exoptetis ), Ll. Th. i. 196, 29-32. Ꝥ hé on þá wísan hire geornige ꝥ hé hý healdan wille swá
ge-scrépe
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Fit, suitable, adapted Hit is gescrǽpe (scroepe, v.l.) on lǽswe sceápa alendis apta pecoribus, Bd. l, l ; Sch. 8, 8. Gescroepe (-scrópe, v.l.) ærneweg via apta currat equorum, 5, 6; Sch. 575, I. Seó þrfih wæs swá gescreópe (-scrépe, v.l.) þǽre fǽmnan
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ge-unstillan
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To disturb, disquiet Þá scínlác þe him ǽr ætýwdon, ne geunstillað hý hine, Lch. i. 360, 15. Rǽde hé swá þæt hé óþre mid gehlýde ne geunstille ( inquietet ), R. Ben. 73, 14. Se abbod ne geunstille ne ne gedréfe þá heorde abbas non conturbet gregem, 113
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hnipian
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Hé, nyste hwæt hé cweðan sceolde, ac stód þǽr and hnipode (hung his head) Hml. S. 23, 689. Hí hnappodon and swá lange hí hnipedon (they drooped their heads so long) ꝥ hí ealle on slǽpe wurdon, 23, 248. Sete þú þíne hand on þín heáfod foran and hwón hnipa
mǽnan
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Scipia mǽnde (or under mǽnan to lament; III ?) his earfoða tó Rómána witum, þǽr hié æt hiera gemóte wǽron, hwý hié hiene swá unweorðne on his ylde dyden ; and ácsade hié for hwý hié nolden geþencan ealle þá brocu and þá geswinc þe hé for hira willan fela
un-wynsum
Unpleasant
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Unpleasant Ðeós woruld hwíltídum is myrige on tó wunigenne, hwílon heó is swíðe styrnlíc, and mid mislícum þingum gemenged, swá ðæt heó bið swíðe unwynsum on tó eardigenne, Homl. Th. i. 184, 1. Hit ðe unwynsum (injucundum) bið, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 13.
rihtlǽcan
To make right, rectify, correct, amend
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To make right, rectify, correct, amend Gif hé ðonne swá ne béte and rihtlǽce, hé sý of ðam ealdorscype áworpen, after punishment R. Ben. 46, 19. Se ðe ǽr ðysum misdyde, ðæt hé hit georne gebéte and rihtlǽce hine sylfne, Wulfst. 277, 2. Úton wé nú ǽlces
of-þrycness
Oppression, repression
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Oppression, repression Swá þrycce se magister ða belde on ðæm oferblîðum ðæt ðǽr ne weaxe on him sió ofþrycnes ðæs eges ðe cymþ of ðæs yflan blódes flównesse sic in illo reprimatur repente oborta praecipitatio, ut non convalescat impressa ex conspersione