un-fæst
Not firm ⬩ unstable ⬩ unsteady ⬩ weak
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Ðonne ðæt mód bið on monig tódǽled, hit bið on ánes hwæm ðe unfæstre impar quisque invenitur ad singula, dum confusa mente dividitur ad multa, 4; Swt. 37, 15
á-fillan
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Þá áfylde sum cnapa ꝥ fæt a boy knocked the vessel down , Hml. S. 31, 1127. Gegrípan ꝥ palmtwig and tó eorþan áfyllan ( to cast it to the earth ), Bl.
Linked entry: a-fælan
blódig
bloodthirsty
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Voc. ii. 22, 7, 8. of the nature of blood Ríneþ blódig regn, Bl. H. 91, 34. His micgge bið blódreád swilce hió blódig sié, Lch. ii. 198, 20. Swilce blódig wæter, 202, 2. Mid blódigum ríþum sanguineis rivulis, An.
fleám
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Be heora sige ge eác be þára hǽþenra manna fleáme, Bl. H. 203, 4. Hí tógædere féngon and sóna þet wærod on fleáme gebróhtan. Chr. 1006; P. 137, 9.
níten
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Swá swá clǽne néten (nýten, v. l.) eodorcende quasi mundum animal ruminando, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 486, 15. Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiað.
ge-sinhíwan
Married persons; ⬩ conjuges ⬩ conjugati ⬩ conjugia
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we be as married people, 40, 20. For gesinhíwum pro conjugiis, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 14
Linked entries: ge-sam-híwan sin-híwan
ge-wurþan
to be ⬩ become ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre
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Ic ðé háte ðæt ðú hí gehele and gehealde óþ-ðæt ic wite hwæt God wylle, hwæt be me gewurþe quam te silentio tĕgĕre vŏlo, donec sciam quid de me fiĕri velit Deus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 38.
á-sleán
to strike off ⬩ remove by a stroke ⬩ to strike ⬩ make a mark ⬩ (cut) by a stroke ⬩ to strike with the hand ⬩ to strike with a hammer:-- ⬩ to strike ⬩ paralyse ⬩ to strike out a path ⬩ make way
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Voc. ii. 12, 42. of paralysis, to strike, paralyse Lǽcedóm wiþ áslegenum líce, Lch. ii. 12, 17: 126, 12, 14, 18. to strike out a path, make way Se bryne ðe on ðǽm innoðe bið út áslihð tó ðǽre hýde, Past. 71, 6
Linked entry: on-áslagen
bǽtan
to bait ⬩ worry with dogs, ⬩ to beat ⬩ make way against the wind or current
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beat, he guards himself against the storm, Bt. 41, 3; S. 144, 28-32
secgan
To say ⬩ to say certain words ⬩ to mean ⬩ to tell a tale ⬩ recite a poem ⬩ pronounce ⬩ deliver ⬩ to speak of ⬩ tell ⬩ relate ⬩ narrate ⬩ declare ⬩ announce ⬩ give an account of something ⬩ to express in words feelings of gratitude, admiration, etc. ⬩ to give thanks, glory, etc., to a person ⬩ to declare a person or thing so and so ⬩ to say ⬩ tell ⬩ to speak of ⬩ to ascribe to a person ⬩ lay to the charge of ⬩ accuse of ⬩ attribute to
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Secgan, hú him æt ǽte speów, Beo. Th. 6044; B. 3026: Exon. Th. 437, 31; Rä. 56, 16. Be songe secgan, hwǽr ic sélast wisse goldhrodene cwén, 324, 26; Víd. 100. Seggan, ðæt ic gesǽlig mon wǽre, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 13.
Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian
feówertig
alone
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but cf. Past. 409, 9 below for a number taken as singular ), Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 14. Bið feórtiges cæmpena ðrowung, Shrn. 61, 27. Ꝥ fæsten þyses feówertiges daga, Bl. H. 35, 5, 30. On þyssum feówertigum (or pl.?) nihta, 35, 17.
rím
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Add: m. the precise sum or aggregate of any collection of individual things or persons Ne magon wé þá tíde be getale healdan dagena rímes we cannot keep Easter Sunday by a reckoning of the number of days, Men. 64.
ge-wit
wits ⬩ senses ⬩ [right] mind ⬩ mind ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ consciousness
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Cyning geweóld his gewitte the king recovered consciousness, Beo. Th. 5399; B. 2703
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ge-beran
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Th. i. 174, 15. þæt þes eorl wǽre geboren betera, B. 1703.
stillness
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Ðú eart nú of ðinre stilnesse áhworfen, Bt. 7, 1 ; Fox 16, 24. Gif wé ða stilnesse habbaþ, Past. pref. ; Swt. 7, 9. Habbaþ eów stilnysse and sibbe, Homl. Th. i. 592, 6.
un-willa
What displeases ⬩ displeasure ⬩ what is not desired ⬩ against one's will ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ not voluntarily ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ in despite of one
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Se ðe mid his willan bið besmiten ... Se ðe onwillan ( invitus ) bið besmiten, L. Ecg. C. 5; Th, ii. 138, 7. Grammar un-willa, with pronouns Ðec ðín sáwl sceal mínum unwillan (-willum, Soul Kmbl. 125) oft gesécan, Exon. Th. 370, 22; Seel. 63.
hweogol
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, an; m. a wheel of any kind Ǽlc gesceaft hwearfað on hire selfre swá swá hweól, Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 33.
Linked entries: sceard-hweogol hwegl
ǽðmian
To raise vapour ⬩ boil ⬩ to be heated ⬩ to be greatly moved ⬩ exæstuare
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To raise vapour, boil, to be heated, to be greatly moved; exæstuare, Scint. 30
here-bróga
The terror produced by an army or by war,
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The terror produced by an army or by war, Beo. Th. 928; B. 462
dene
A valley ⬩ vallis
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Ǽlc dene biþ gefylled every valley shall be filled, Homl. Th. i. 360, 33. Seó dene ðe ðú gesáwe vallis illa quam aspexisti, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 3. Seó dene wæs afylled mid manna sáwlum the valley was filled with men's souls, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 9.