wiþ-bregdan
To withhold ⬩ restrain ⬩ check ⬩ hold back
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To withhold, restrain, check, hold back Gif ðæt mód ðæm willan ne wiðbrítt dum in cogitatione voluptas non reprimitur, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 8.
lícian
To please
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Swá heó wiste ðæt his fæder lícode, Gen. 27, 14. Ac mé swá ðeáh nó ne lícade on him ðæt hé ða weorþunge Eástrena on riht ne heóld however I did not like in him his not keeping Easter rightly, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 2.
Linked entry: ge-lícian
sester
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Wæs swýðe mycel hungor, and corn swá dýre, swá nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, swá ðæt se sester ( Henry of Huntingdon renders this : 'sextarius frumenti, qui equo uni solet esse oneri ') hwǽtes code tó, lx. penega and eác furðor.
Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht
ge-tímian
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Getímige ðám óðrum swá him getímige, 36, 4
hwý
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Uncúð hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40.
níwlíce
Newly ⬩ recently
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Hí hæfdon níwlíce gesett they had recently decreed, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 26. Hió ðá wæs níwlíce cristen, 6, 4; Swt. 260, 12
un-gelǽredness
Uninstructedness ⬩ ignorance ⬩ inexperience ⬩ rudeness
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.; Swt. 25, 8. Hé hié ðreáde for hira ungelǽrednesse pastorum imperitia increpatur, 1; Swt. 27, 24. Mid ðearfednesse ge mid heora ungelǽrednesse paupertate ac rusticitate sua, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 28
Linked entry: ge-lǽrednes
grǽd
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Swé swé scúr ofer gréd sicut imber super gramen, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 191, 28. Grǽdas gramina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 21. Grǽde (i-stem pl. ?, or ja-stem sing. ?, or wk. ? cf. ulua greðen, Lch. iii. 329, col. 1), ulva, ii. 31, 33
on-líce
Like, in like manner
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Onlícost dydon swelce him nǽfre ǽr ðæm gelíc yfel an ne becóme, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 10; Past. 17; Swt. 123, 7
beácnian
to BECKON ⬩ nod ⬩ innuere ⬩ to shew ⬩ indicate ⬩ indicare ⬩ typice significare
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Bos. 1, 22, 62: 5, 7. to shew, indicate; indicare, typice significare Swá fenix beácnaþ as the ph?nix shews, Exon. 65a; Th. 240, 30; Ph. 646.
hrér-ness
Motion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ agitation ⬩ commotion ⬩ storm
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Swá ðú hí on yrre ehtest and dréfest ðæt hí on hrérnesse hraðe forweorþaþ ita persequeris illos in tempestate tua; et in ira tua conturbabis eos, Ps. Th. 82, 11
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langsum-ness
Length
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Swá ðæt hí ne beón þurh ða deópnysse ǽmóde ne þurh ða langsumnysse ǽþrytte so that they be not discouraged by the deepness, nor wearied by the length, Homl. Th. ii. 446, 8.
meahtig-líce
Mightily ⬩ powerfully ⬩ with might
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Mightily, powerfully, with might Ðæt is ðæt héhste gód ðæt hit eall swá mihtiglíce macaþ, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, 32.
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missere
A period of half a year
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A period of half a year Swá ic Hring-Dena hund missera ( fifty years ) weóld, Beo. Th. 3543; B. 1769: 3001; B. 1498. Fela missera many a year, 309; B. 153: 5234; B. 2620: Cd. 145; Th. 180, 23; Exod. 49.
be-sceótan
To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, go ⬩ injicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire
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To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, go; injicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire Ne bescýt se deófol nǽfre swá yfel geþóht in to ðám men nunquam diabolus tam pravas cogitationes in hominem injicit, Alb. resp. 40.
un-ríce
Not rich or not powerful ⬩ poor ⬩ humble
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Ic wát ðæt ðú hefst ðone hláford ðe ðú treówast bet ðonne ðé silfum, and swá hefð eác manig ðara ðe unrícran hláford hefð ðonne ðú hefst, Shrn. 196, 11
cólian
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Wyrc swylc án lytel cicel . . . swá ðú hátost forberan mæge . . . þonne se cicel cólige, Lch. iii. 30, 21. Cólgendre frigenti, Angl. xiii. 38, 318. [ O. Sax. kólón.] Add
fágnys
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On ðisum getelde (the tabernacle) wǽron menigfealde fáhnyssa and frætwunga ; swá beóð eác on Godes gelaðunge menigfealde fægernyssa, Hml. Th. ii. 210, 10. Mid fáhnyssum varietatibus, Hml. A. 28, 109. Fǽgnessum, Ps. L. 44, 15. Add:
feorh-ádl
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Full oft þá sweltendan men on heora feorhádle secgað beforan fela þinga swá hit æfter ágǽþ plerumque morientes multa praedicunt, Gr. D. 296, 21. Hé læg on his feorhádle and hit wæs swíðe neáh hís lífes ænde ad extreme, vitae veniens, 314, 3. Add:
fileþe
hay
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hay Hí swýþe hraþe forseáriað swá fileþe sicutfoenam velociter arescent, Ps. Th. 36, 2. the word occurs in compound forms in the charters: Tó fileðleáge forda, C. D. v. 394, 12. In filiðleáge, iii. 383, 8. On ðá ác on fileðcumbe, vi. 43, 21.