twín
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Twiðrǽwen twín ( torta byssus ) . . . ðæt geðrǽwene twín, Past. 14; Swt. 87, 18, 42: Swt. 89, 2. Of twi-spunnenum twíne línenum torta bysso, Swt. 83, 23. Mid geedþráwenum twíne cum bysso retorto, Hpt. Gl. 431, 38: Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 70: Kent.
Linked entry: twínen
þístra
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, part of an animal's harness Þístra conjuncta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 34. Þrístra, i. 16, 9. [For similar double form cf. þeóstru, for meaning cf. (?) Goth. þinsan: O. H.
un-deór
Not dear ⬩ cheap ⬩ common
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Hé nemde ða undiórestan wyrta ðe on wyrttúnum weaxe and ðeáh swíðe welstincenda cum decimari minima diceret, extrema quidem de oleribus maluit sed tamen bene olentia memorare, Past. 57; Swt. 439, 32
un-gesceádwísness
Unreasonableness ⬩ foolishness
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Hé lǽt his mód tóflówan on ðæet ofdele giémeliéste and ungesceádwísnesse æfter eallum his willum anima neglectam se inferius per desideria expandit, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 15
Linked entry: ge-sceádwísness
un-gerád
stupidity ⬩ folly ⬩ unreason ⬩ discord ⬩ disagreement ⬩ variance
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Skt. i. 13, 92. discord, disagreement, variance Ðætte án sibb Godes lufe bútan ǽlcum ungeráde ús suíðe fæste gebinde tunc solo nos in aedificio concordia caritatis liget, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 22
ár-weorþ
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Árweorðra (-wierð-, v. l. ) monna mód, Past. 128, 25. Hé geceás árwurðe weras electis viris strenuis, Ex. 18, 25. Árwyrþran prestantiorem, An. Ox. 1112. Add
biter-nes
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Ðá bieternesse ðǽre wyrte . . . se swæc ðǽre bieternesse, Past. 303, 14-15. Similar entries cf. biter, II. Biternys acerbitas (poenarum), An. Ox. 4816. Ágyld þú mé mid biternesse leán, R. Ben. 22, 19.
bridel
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Ðone brídel ðínre mettryrnnesse, Past. 467, 2. Ic gesleá ǽnne brídel on his weleras, Hml. Th. i. 568, 33. Þæt wíf sceolde him tógeánes gán and his brídel onfón, ii. 142, 18. Lupatis brídlum frænis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 61.
for-trúwian
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Add: [-trúwan]; p. trúwde; pp. trúwed (cf. fortrúwed-nes) Ðonne hí hié fortrúwiað on ðǽm cræftum ðe hí hæbbað cum de confidentia virium inordinate securi sunt, Past. 463, 7. Ðá fortrúwdes ðú ðé for ðǽm habeas fiduciam in pulchritudine tua, 463, 25.
ge-célan
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Ðætte hé gewǽte his ýtemestan finger on wættre and mid ðǽm gecéle míne tungan, Past. 309, 7. Gekéle (-céle, v.l.) Gr. D. 304, 18: 310, 14. ꝥte geceóla tunga mín ut refrigeret linguam meam, Lk. L. 16, 24.
gifol-ness
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giofolnesse, oððe eft sió giofolness sié gemenged wið unrót-nesse, oððe eft for dǽm giefum his mód fægnige ne dationis lumen laudis transitoriae appetitio extinguat; ne oblatum munus conjuncta tristitia obsideat; ne in oblato munere animus hilarescat, Past
Linked entry: gifelness
gyru
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MS. has gurufen) palus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 60, 10. ¶ giving rise to a local name :-- Æt wire múðan and be Tínan þǽre eá, on ðǽre stówe þe is gecýged on Gyrwum ( in loco, oni uocatur In Gyruum (Yarrow)), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 677, 12
Linked entry: Gyrwas
mis-lícian
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Ðý lǽs hé mislícige ðǽm ðe hé ǽr hine selfne sealde ut ei placeat, cut se probavit, Past. 131, 3.
niþer
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Ðonne sió lufu for mildheortnesse nieðer ástígeð, Past. 103, 16. Ꝥ wæter ic niðer (not neðer, v. Angl. i. 509) ágeát aquam effudi, Nar. 8, 10. Betwix deádum mannum bið þín earding-stów niðer on eorðan, 50, 28.
wel-hwǽr
Everywhere ⬩ generally ⬩ commonly
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MSS.) siendon Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 4. Wæs wíde and welhwǽr Waldendes lof áfylled Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 11. Wiód ða ðe willaþ welhwǽr derian clǽnum hwǽte Met. 12, 4. Mæniges þinges ðe monnum wunder welhwǽr þynceþ 28, 82
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heals
The neck, the prow of a ship ⬩ collum, amplexatorium ⬩ neck, part of the bow of a ship
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Lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals he let his weapon pass through the man's neck, Byrht. Th. 135, 60; By. 141
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sníte
A snite, snipe. ⬩ ibis ⬩ ibex
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Parv. snype or snyte ibex.]
Linked entry: wudu-sníte
LÓCIAN
To LOOK ⬩ see ⬩ gaze ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ take heed ⬩ look (to) ⬩ belong ⬩ pertain
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Hié simle lócigeaþ tó ðære eorþan they (animals) always look to the earth; ad terram semper inclinentur, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 20. Hwæt stondap gé hér and up on ðysne heofon lóciaþ? Blickl. Homl. 123, 22. Ðá lócode Petrus tó Paule, 187, 34.
síþ-fæt
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Ðá wæs æfter síþfate ðæt mægen on him weóx in course of time it came to pass that strength grew in him, Guthl. 2 ; Gdwin. 12, 25
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ceorl
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Paul ) underféng ðá hálgan gesomnunga tó plantianne, suá se ceorl déð his ortgeard, Past. 293. 4. Dúnhere, unorne ceorl ( simple peasant ), By. 256. Mon ðane chiorl slóh for ðan buccan, C. D. iii. 434, 21. Ceorla samnung compita, Wrt.