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múþ-freó

(adj.)
Grammar
múþ-freó, adj.

At liberty to speak

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At liberty to speak Hwí ne synt wé múþfreó ? hú ne móton wé sprecan ðæt wé willaþ, Ps. Th. 11, 4

a-lystan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lystan, p. -lyste; pp. -lysted, -lyst [a, lystan to wish]

To list ⬩ wish ⬩ desire ⬩ desiderare

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To list, wish, desire; desiderare Hwí eów alyste [á lyste, Grn.] why do ye desire? Bt. Met. Fox 10, 36; Met. 10, 18

miltsigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
miltsigend-líc, adj.

To be pardoned ⬩ venial

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Hwí wæs ðæs heáhengles syn unmiltsigendlíc and ðæs mannes miltsigendlíc? Boutr. Scrd. 17, 21

be-cnáwan

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Mon, hwi nultu the bicnowe? R. S. 1, 31. Add

un-gesceádwísness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesceádwísness, e; f.

Unreasonableness ⬩ foolishness

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hwí geþafiaþ hí ðæt hí bióð dysige? hwí nyllaþ hí spyrigan æfter cræftum and æfter wísdóme? quid enervatius ignorantiae caecitate? an sectanda noverunt? Bt. 36, 6; Fox 180, 31, 35.

Linked entry: ge-sceádwísness

freá-wrásen

(n.)
Grammar
freá-wrásen, e; f.

A noble or royal chain ⬩ a diadem ⬩ nōbĭlis torquis ⬩ diadēma ⬩ διάδημα

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A noble or royal chain, a diadem; nōbĭlis torquis, diadēma = διάδημα Se hwíta helm hafelan werede, since geweorþad, befongen freáwrásnum the bright helmet guarded his head, ornamented with treasure, encircled with noble chains, Beo.

lyre-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
lyre-wrenc, es; m.
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A trick that causes damage or loss Lá, hwí ne mót ic habban þæt ic mé sylf beget mid mínum lyrewrencum ?, Verc. Först. 168

lustsum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lustsum-líc, adj.

Pleasant ⬩ delectable

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Pleasant, delectable Ic nát for hwí eów sindon ða ǽrran gewin swá lustsumlíce on leóþcwidum tó gehiéranne, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 2

for-gangan

(v.)

to forgo ⬩ abstain from

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Forgang hwít abstine te ab albo, Ll. Th. ii. 132, 5. Forgange ꝥ wíf hire wer abstineat se mulier a marito suo, 154, 2.

Linked entry: for-gán

EGL

(n.)
Grammar
EGL, e; f.

A mote ⬩ festūca

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A mote; festūca Hwí gesihst ðú ða egle on ðínes bróðor eágan quid vĭdes festūcam in ocŭlo fratris tui? Lk. Bos. 6, 41, 42

Linked entries: egile egle

wiln

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Hwí dést þú ðé sylfe ðurh wáce þeáwas swilce þú wyln sý, Hml. S. 8, 44. Seó wyln (cf. án mínra wimmanna, 187), 2, 211. Add: —

miscan

(v.)
Grammar
miscan, miscean

to injure ⬩ afflict

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to injure, afflict Hwí lǽtst ðú mé gán unrótne ðonne mé mysceaþ míne fýnd quare tristatus incedo, dum affligit me inimicus? Ps. Th. 44, 11

Linked entry: myscan

bleac

(adj.)
Grammar
bleac, def. se bleaca; adj.

Black ⬩ niger ⬩ black

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Black; niger Wæs ðis gesceád ðæt for missenlíce heora feaxes hiwe, óðer wæs cweden se bleaca Heawold, óðer se hwíta Heawald ea distinctione ut pro diversa capillorum specie, unus niger Hewald, alter albus Hewald diceretur, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 16

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m. l. n.
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Add Interuallum þæt is hwíl oððe rúm, Chrd. 24, 6. Add Gif hé ꝥ rúm and þone ǽmtan hæbbe si locus aut tempus exigerit, Chrd. 105, 18

popig

(n.)
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Popig ... ðe Grécas moecorias and Rómáne papauer album nemnaþ and Engle hwít popig hátaþ, Lchdm. i. 156, 17-20. Him is tó sellanne lactucas and súþerne popig inneweard, ii. 212, 12

Linked entry: papig

hæsel

(n.)
Grammar
hæsel, es; m.

The hazel ⬩ corulus, colurnus ⬩ corylus, amygdalus

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Hwít hæsel wich hazel; ulmus montana : saginus, Ælfc. Gl. 45; Som. 64, 96; Wrt. Voc. 32, 31. For special virtue of the hazel see Grmm. D. M. 927, and cf. hæslen.

mere-grot

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Add: material Heó hafað stánas hwíte and sinewealte swylce meregrotu (-grotan, v. l. ), Lch. i. 314, 21. Þá betstan meregrotu, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 8, 18. figurative Þás mere*-*grota þám beforan lecgan þe þisra þinga gýman wyllað, Angl. viii. 308, 43

sceáde-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
sceáde-sealf, e; f.

A salve that may be shed on a place , a medicinal powder

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Wyrc góde dríge scádesealfe: nim gebærned sealt and piper and hwíte*-*wudu, gegníd tó duste ásift þurh cláð, dó lytlum on, 308, 22

un-fæger

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæger, adj.

Not fair ⬩ not beautiful ⬩ foul ⬩ ugly ⬩ horrid

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Not fair, not beautiful, foul, ugly, horrid Sió gefrédnes mæg gefrédan ðæt hit líchoma biþ, ac hió ne mæg gefrédan hwæþer hé biþ ðe blac ðe hwít, ðe fæger þe unfæger, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 12.

fixian

(v.)
Grammar
fixian, p. ode; pp. od [fisc = fix a fish]

To fish ⬩ piscāri

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For hwí ne fixast ðú on sǽ cur non piscāris in mări? Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 1