hlísa
fame ⬩ reputation ⬩ repute ⬩ glory ⬩ reputation ⬩ report ⬩ fame ⬩ approbation ⬩ applause
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Monige menn noldan ðone hlísan habban ðæt hié unwiése sién, nonnulli aestimari hebetes nolunt 67, 2.
á-cumendlic
tolerable ⬩ possible
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Add: tolerable Ðá sárnyssa on ðyssere worulde oððe hí sind leohte and ácumenlice, oððe hí sind swǽre and hrædlíce ðá sáwle út ádrǽfað, Hml. Th. i. 592, 13. Ús is ácumendlicere eówer gebelh ðonne Godes grama, 96, 5. possible Ácumenlic possibile, R.
mirran
to be a stumbling-block to ⬩ to hinder ⬩ obstruct ⬩ to waste ⬩ squander ⬩ To err
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Sió ofersmeáung mirþ ( is a hindrance to ) ða unwísan, 15, 5; Swt. 97, 17. Ðæt eów læst þinga mierþ sine impedimento, 51, 7; Swt. 401, 17. Ðæs andwearda wela ámerþ and læt (MS.
ymb-gang
a going round ⬩ a going about ⬩ circuit, circumference ⬩ about, around ⬩ a winding course, bend ⬩ a going about a business,
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Six hund fóta and feówertig seó cyrce wæs ymbeganges, Homl. Th. ii. 496, 35. Ofer ymbgang supra pinnam (cf. pinnaculum, circuitus templi, 71, 69), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 41.
inwit-full
Deceitful ⬩ guileful ⬩ malicious ⬩ evil
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Ne mæg ðǽr inwitfull ǽnig geféran womscyldig mon there may none guileful come, none guilty of sin, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 18; Gen. 498. From ðære inwitfullan yflan tungan a lingua dolosa, Ps. Th. 119, 3.
norþ-dǽl
a northern part ⬩ the north
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Sió hǽte hæfþ genumen ðæs súþdǽles máre ðonne se cyle ðæs norþðǽles hæbbe, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 29. Nú hæbbe wé áwriten ðære Asian súþdǽl; nú wille wé fón tó hire norþdǽle, Swt. 14, 6. Sittan on ðam norþdǽle heofenan ríces, Homl. Th. i. 10, 25 : Cd.
un-synnig
innocent ⬩ guiltless ⬩ without sin ⬩ undeserved
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innocent, guiltless, without sin Sacleás ł unsynnig, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 25. Crist symle unsynnig wunode, Homl. Th. ii. 524, 35. Ne ðúhte him tó huxlíc, ðæt hé mid gesceáde hine betealde unsynnine, 226, 12.
untrymness
Weakness ⬩ sickness ⬩ illness ⬩ infirmity
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In untrymnisse wæs ðú lécedóme in infirmitate sis medicina, Rtl. 105, 11. Hé hǽlde ǽghwilce ádle and ǽghwilce untrymnisse ( infirmitatem ), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 10, 1.
wundian
To wound
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Hé (the itch) wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 20. Beón hwílum wundiaþ, Fragm. Kmbl, 41; Leás. 22. Wǽpenstrǽlas mé wundedon, Ps. Th. 56, 5. Indisce mýs úre feþerfót niétenu wundedon and monige for hiora wundum swultan, Nar. 16, 8.
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blódig
bloodthirsty
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His micgge bið blódreád swilce hió blódig sié, Lch. ii. 198, 20. Swilce blódig wæter, 202, 2. Mid blódigum ríþum sanguineis rivulis, An. Ox. 3023. smeared with blood Þá eár wǽron blódege (cruentae), Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 28. On blódigum limum, Hml.
hefig-líce
sluggishly ⬩ dully ⬩ vehemently ⬩ deeply ⬩ intensely
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Sió stilnes swíðe hefiglíce (gravius) dereð hiora ingeðonce, Past. 350, 6. Hé ofermódegað innan micle ðý hefiglícor graviter interius superbitur, 312, 3
hringan
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announce a time by ringing Sý þæs abbodes gýmen þæt mon ealle tída þæs godcundan þeówdómes on rihte tíman hrincge, oþþe hé sylf ǽlce tíd getácnige, oðþe swylcum bréðer þá gýmene betǽce þe ǽlce tíd . . . mid beácne geswytelige nuntianda hora operis Dei sit
on-gildan
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Wearð Godes wracu on Róme . . . him wæs ungemetlic moncwealn getenge, þæt nán hús næs binnan þǽre byrig þæt hit næfde þǽre wrace angolden exoritur ultio . . . incredibilium morborum pestis extenditur: nulla domus fuit, quae non illa pestilentia correpta sit
stæpe
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Ðonne beóð ðá fét gesewene, ðonne mon ongiet mid hwelcum stæpum ðæt náwht wæs ðurhtogen, ac ðeáh ðæt unclǽne mód féhð on ðá ládunga, and mid ðǽre beheleð his fét and ðá stæpas his unnyttan weorces pedes conspiciuntur, quia quibus vestigiis nequitia sit
Róm-pening
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Sig ǽlc Rómpenig ágifen be Petres mæssedæge ǽiþer ge uppon lande ge on ǽlcan porte, Shrn. 208, 32. Rómpenegas (cf. seó ǽlc heorþpenig ágifen be Petres mæssedæg, 116, 4), Wulfst 113, 11.
Linked entry: Róm-feoh
ge-anlícian
to make like ⬩ to act towards
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Þe lǽs þe hé sig geanlícod þám hunde ne adsimuletur cani Ll. Th. ii. 136, 16. Ic com yslum and axum geanlícod (I am become like dust and ashes, Job 30, 19), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 13.
on-tendan
to kindle, set fire to, to fire ⬩ to kindle emotion or passion, to excite, inflame
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to kindle, set fire to, to fire Gif fýr síe ontended . . . gebéte ðone æfwerdelsan se ðæt fýr ontent, L. Alf. pol. 27; Th. i. 50, 27-28. Ontend þreó candela, Lchdm. iii. 286, 6. Ðe ðæt fýr ontende qui ignem succenderit, Ex. 22, 6.
tó-wesness
separation ⬩ dissolution ⬩ divorce ⬩ difference ⬩ disagreement ⬩ discord ⬩ dissension
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Hú lináberendlíc gylt sió tówesnes (discordia) biþ, 46; Swt. 349, 15. Wæs tówesnes geworden crea dissensione, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 15. Ðá sóhte Colemannus ðysse tówisnesse (-wesennesse, MS.
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twi-béte
Needing double compensation
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Needing double compensation; a term applied to an offence when from special circumstances the bót was twice that to be paid in an ordinary case Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge oþþe on hire hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútan hire leáfe gefó, sié hit twybéte
slaga
A slayer ⬩ homicide ⬩ interfector ⬩ percussor ⬩ lanio
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Hú ne biþ hé swelce hé sié his slaga (mortis auctor), ðonne hé hine mæg gehǽtan and nyle ? Past. 38, 4; Swt. 275, 9. Gif man þeóf geméte, and hé hús brece, and hine man gewundie, se slaga biþ unscildig, Ex. 22, 2.