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þreá-nídla

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-nídla, an; m.

Painful constraintrestraint of punishmentoppression

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Ðonne wyrd and warnung winnaþ mid hira ðreánýdlan hwæðerne áðreóteþ ǽr when fate and prudence strive, each with its own hard constraint, which of the two tires first? 857; Sal. 428. Nealles sylfes willum ac for þreánédlan, Beo. Th. 4450; B. 2224.

Linked entry: -nídla

un-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sǽlig, adj.

unhappyunblestmiserableunhappybringing misery

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Hí ( the good) fore góddǽdum blissiaþ, ða hý (the wicked ) unsǽlge ǽr forhogdun tó dónne, 79, 9; Cri. 1288. Hæleð unsǽlige ( the unbelieving Jews ), Andr. Kmbl. 1122; An. 561. of things, unhappy, bringing misery Æppel unsǽlga (cf.

Linked entry: un-gesǽlig

cwéne

Grammar
cwéne, l. cwene, for last reference substitute Wlfst. 161, 20,
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Sume mæssepreóstas habbað twá [wíf] oððe má, and sume forlǽtað þá hig ǽr hæfdon, and be lifiendre cwenan eft óðre nimað, Wlfst. 269, 23.

dweorg

(v.)
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. :-- Dweorg on weg tó dónne ... syle etan þám untruman men ǽr þǽre tíde hys tócymes, swá on dæge swá on nihte, swæþer hyt sý, his tógan(g) bið ðearle strang, Lch. i. 364, 13-17. (The disease meant is convulsions, Cockayne.)

ge-leáfsum

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Cymð se lytega sǽtere and áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, and geræcð him ðonne tó geleáfsuman ( tells him and gets him to believe ) ðæt hé sié se gesǽlgosta on eallum cræftum, Past. 463, 13. Add

ge-ligernes

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Wearð Alexander ofslagen from his ágenne méder, þeh heó hiere óþerne sunu eác ǽr ofslóge, for hiere geligernesse Alexandra scelere matris occiso, quamvis ea, jam commisso adulterio et altero filio interfecto, generi nuptias mariti morte pepigisset, 3,

lof-georn

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Ne sý nán man lofgeorn, ne wilnigende þæt his dǽda hálige gesǽde sién, ǽr hié hálige weorðan, R. Ben. 18, 18. Ná hé lof-georn ( but the Latin has prodigus) ne sý, 55, 3

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, <b>II a.</b>
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Hér ásette se apostol niht for þǽre ealdan nytennysse ðe ríxode ær Crístes tócyme, Hml. Th. i. 602, 34. Ðá hwíle ðe him ǽnig unðeáw on rícsige, Past. 63, 19. Add

wyrt

Grammar
wyrt, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> add :-- Gehwylce wyrte (þá wyrta, v.l. olera) þe hé ǽr mid stale gewilnode, hé him ꝥ sealde, Gr. D. 25, 15. 'Ne can ic nǽnigne óþerne cræft búton þone, ꝥ ic mæg wyrta wel begangan'. . .

rotian

(v.)
Grammar
rotian, ode

To rot, get corrupt, ulcerate, putrify

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Ǽr se seoloc ( silk thread ) rotige, 56, 8. Mid ðam ( myrrh ) man smyraþ rícra manna líc ðæt hig rotian ne mágon, Anglia viii. 299, 48

sǽtere

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtere, es; m.

a robber latroinsidiator, seductor

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Ðonne cymþ se lytega sǽtere (seductor) tó ðæm sláwan móde, and áteleþ him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, 65, 2; Swt. 463, 12. Hí sendon séteras (insidiatores) ðætte genómo hine on word, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 20

Linked entry: sétere

hæftnung

(n.)
Grammar
hæftnung, e; f.

Captivity, fastening, confinement

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Ǽr hé forðférde hé beád ðæt man sceolde unlésan ealle ða menn ðe on hæftnunge wǽron ere he departed he ordered that all those men who were in confinement should be released, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 39.

ofer-hebban

(v.)

to pass by, neglect, omitpraeterire, transire

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B.) béte swá wé ǽr cwǽdon, L. Ed. 11; Th. i. 164, 23. Gif hé áht ðæs oferhæbbe ðe on úrum gewritum stent, L. Ath. v. 8, 5; Th. i. 236, 33. Ic wát ðæt ic his sceal fela oferhebban ego cogor fateri me praeterire plurima, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 1.

scyfel

(n.)
Grammar
scyfel, e: scyfele, an; f. [Shovel in shovel-hat ?]
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Scyfla, scybla maforte (-ae ), Txts. 77, 1267: Wrt. Voc ii. 55, 38. Scyfelum mafortibus, 55, 39: 87, 63

be-smirwan

(v.)

to besmear

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Bismiride (-æ, -a) interlitam, Txts. 71, 1095. Besmyred, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 51

Linked entry: be-smyred

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Æt þám ýtmestan eorþan gemǽrum, Bl. H. 119, 25. Æt þá ýtmestan gemǽro in fines orbis terrae (Ps. 19, 4), 133, 35. Oð heofona gemǽru(-o) usque ad terminos coelorum, Mt. W. S. L.

hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
hrínan, p. hrán; pp. hrinen

To touchreachstrike

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Swá hit him on innan com hrán æt heortan so it came within him, touched him at his heart, Cd. 33; Th. 45, 9; Gen. 724. Óþ ðæt deáþes folm hrán æt heortan until the hand of death touched him at his heart, Beo. Th. 4532; B. 2270

hlǽfdige

a queenOur Ladylady

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Ætstód kquén ł hlǽfdige (regina) æt swíðran þínum, Ps. L. 44, 10. Seó sáwul is þæs líchoman hlǽfdige, and heó gewissað þá fíf andgitn swá swá of cynesætle ...

tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ, gen. tóþes; dat. téþ, inst. tóþe; pl. toeð, téþ, and tóþas; m.

A toothtusk

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Æt ðám feówer tóðum fyrestum, æt gehwylcum .vi. scillingas; se tóð se ðanne bí standeþ .iv. scill; se ðe ðonne bí dam standeþ .iii. scill.; and ðonne siþþan gehwilc scilling for knocking out the four front teeth, for each a fine of six shillings: the

Linked entry: fóre-téþ

eáþe

(adv.)
Grammar
eáþe, adv.
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Eóðe mæge (ǽðe mæg, R.), 14, 8