feld-wyrt
Field-wort ⬩ gentian ⬩ gentiāna
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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man gentiānam, and óðrum naman feldwyrt nemneþ, heó biþ cenned on dúnum this herb, which is called gentian, and by another name field-wort, is produced on downs, Herb. 17, 1; Lchdm. i. 110, 2
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nepte
Nep ⬩ nip ⬩ cat's mint
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Ðás wyrte man nepitamon, and óðrum naman nepte nemneþ, and eác Grécas hý mente orinon hátaþ, Lchdm. i. 208, 7-9. Nefte, ii. 122, 13 : 316, 5 : 318, 12. Neptan sǽd, iii. 72, 11. Wyl neftan, ii. 62, 25 : 76, 19 : 142, 3 : 266, 11
gódnes
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Goodness Se hálga hí eft alýsde and lét hí forþgán for his gódnysse the holy man loosed them again, and let them proceed through his goodness, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 22: Ps.Th. 24, 8.
un-deóre
Cheaply ⬩ at a small cost
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Gá seó wǽge wulle tó .cxx. p. and nán man hig ná undeóror ne sylle, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 4. Ðæt sý undeóror geseald ðonne hit woroldmannum gewunelíc sý vilius detur quam ab aliis secularibus, R. Ben. 99, 17.
un-fǽhð
Absence of hostility
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Absence of hostility; the word refers to the abstention from the prosecuting of the feud, which under certain conditions it would be allowable for the kinsmen of a man to follow up Se ðe þeóf geféhð, hé áh .x. sciłł.... and ða mǽgas him swerian áðas
un-þeáwfæst
Of bad habits ⬩ vicious ⬩ ill-mannered ⬩ ill-conditioned
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Of bad habits, vicious, ill-mannered, ill-conditioned Hit is bysmorlíc dǽd, ðæt ǽnig man ǽfre swá unþeáwfæst beón sceole, ðæt hé ðone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gauge ðæt meox út, Engl. Stud. viii. 62, 15.
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wíte-bróga
Penal horror ⬩ a horrid punishment ⬩ torment
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Eal ðæt man ús foresegð embe helle wítebrógan (cf. Wende him God fro heuene riche into helle witerbrogen (hellewites brogen?), Chart. Th. 581, 3), Wulfst. 151, 24. Hé ðec sendeþ in ða sweartestan and ða wyrrestan wítebrógan, Elen.
wit-word
A statement which bears witness ⬩ testament ⬩ covenant
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A statement which bears witness to anything, testament, covenant Witword and gewitnes, ðæt ðæt stande ðæt hit nán man ne áwende, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 1. Wé willaþ ðæt . . . witword and getrýwe gewitnes . . . fæste stande, L. N. P.
fæt-fellere
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Gelǽste man Ægelríce pund míre fætfylre, Cht. Th. 568, 3. Substitute:
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fúle
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Hé stanc swá fúle ꝥ man hine ferian ne mihte, Hml. S. 25, 545. On þá fúle stincendan eá in foetentem fluvium, Gr. D. 319, 14, in a moral sense Fúle forlegene hóringas, Wlfst. 165, 33. Fúle áfýlede hórcwenan, Ll. Th. i. 172, 21
ge-þring
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Ealle ðá gehýrdon þe ðǽr æt wǽron ... on ðám egeslican geþryngce ðá man þá martyras cwylmde, 23, 92. Add
líf-leás
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Add: that has ceased to live Sum man . . . his feorh forlét. . . . Se hálga wer geneálǽhte þám lífleásan men (cf. þone sáwlleásan líchaman, Hml. S. 31, 249), Hml. Th. ii. 504, 35. not endowed with life Geoffrian heora lac þám lífleásum godum. Hml.
mere
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Gif man of myran folan ádrífð, Ll.
of-gán
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Add Nú mé is mín ágen ætwiten swilce ic hit hæbbe forstolen, and man mid wítum ofgán willað æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde, Hml. S. 23, 600. Add Ábæd Ósgár abbud æt Ælfhere ealdormenn ꝥ hé móste ofgán ꝥ land æt him mid sceatte.
æcer-sǽd
Seed for an acre
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Seed for an acre Man sælde ðæt æcersǽd hwǽte, ðæt is twégen sédlǽpas, tó six scillingas, and ðæt bærlic, ðæt is þré sédlǽpas, tó six scillingas, and ðæt æcersǽd áten, ðæt is feówer sédlǽpas tó feówer scillingas, Chr. 1124; P. 254, 14-16. vi. æcersǽd
hosp-sprǽc
Contemptuous, insulting language
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Contemptuous, insulting language Se eádmóda biscop ðe wé ymbe sprecaþ wæs swiðe geþyldig wið þwyrum mannum and him ne eglede heora hospsprǽc ac forbær blíðelíce ðeáh ðe him man bysmor cwǽde the lowly-minded bishop that we are talking about was very patient
oftrǽdlíce
Frequently, often, habitually
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Gif man hine oftrǽdlíce (ex consuetudine) ofer drince, L. Ecg. P. iv. 33; Th. ii. 214, 12. Ǽghwæðer óðerne oftrǽdlíce út drǽfde, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 12. Hé oftrǽdlíce fór mid miclum gefeohtum on Sciððie, Ors. l, 2; Swt. 30, 2: 4, 12; Swt. 208, 33
DÁH
DOUGH ⬩ farina subacta,
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Cned hyt ðæt hit sí swá þicce swá dóh knead it that it may be as thick as dough, Lchdm. iii. 88, 17. Wyrc clam of dáge make a paste of dough, L. M. 3, 59; Lchdm. ii. 342, 18
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mære
pure
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With this may be compared the following passage For his lícweorðan feó, ðæt is ii pund mérehwítes seolfres. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 255, 12
fóre-setnes
a thing proposed ⬩ proposition ⬩ purpose ⬩ intention ⬩ propŏsĭtio ⬩ propŏsĭtum ⬩ that which is placed before ⬩ a preposition ⬩ præpŏsĭtio
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Ic sprece fóresetnyssa fram frymþe lŏquar propŏsĭtiōnes ab inĭtio, 77, 2. that which is placed before, a preposition; præpŏsĭtio Præpŏsitio mæg beón gecweden on Englisc fóresetnyss præpŏsĭtio may be called in English a fore-setting, Ælfc.
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