ÍDEL
empty ⬩ destitute ⬩ void ⬩ devoid ⬩ vain ⬩ useless ⬩ idle ⬩ idle ⬩ unemployed
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Ðǽr ðæt heáfod biþ unhál eall ða limu bióþ ídelu languente capite membra incassum vigent, Past. 18, 2 ; Swt. 129, 8. Ýdele spellunga fabulæ, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 29; Som. 52, 2. Ne hí dǽr ǽnig unnit ne geþafian ne ídele spǽce ne ídele dǽde, L. Edg.
líc
A body
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Ealle ða hwíle ðe ðæt líc biþ inne, ðǽr sceal beón gedrync and plega, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 25. Ðǽr ðæs hǽlendes ne áléd wæs ubi positum fuerat corpus iesu, Jn. Skt. 20, 12. Cwæþ ðæt his líc wǽre leóht and scéne, Cd. 14; Th. 17, 25; Gen. 265.
teón
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Tó teónne forð ðone wísdóm ðære ealdan ǽ, Homl.
be-scerian
To deprive, separate, defraud ⬩ privare, separare, fraudare
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Ðone we sceoldan bescyrian ðære onfangenan ealdorlícnysse quem nos privare auctoritate percepta debemus, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 14.
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ge-sceap
a creation, created being or thing, creature ⬩ creātio, creātūra ⬩ a decree, fate, destiny, condition, nature, form, shape ⬩ fātum, destĭnāta, condĭtio, nātūra, indŏles, forma, spĕcies ⬩ the privy members ⬩ vĕrenda, pŭdenda ⬩ creature ⬩ decrees of fate
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Wið gicþan ðæra gesceapa against itch of the verenda, Herb. 94, 4; Lchdm. i. 204, 22: 123, 1; Lchdm. i. 234, 19. Ðæra gesceapena of the verenda, 103, 1; Lchdm. i. 218, 7
ge-setnes
Position, foundation, tradition, an institution, constitution, composition, ordinance, decree, law ⬩ pŏsĭtio, sĭtus, fundātio, trādĭtio, instĭtūtio, constĭtūtio, compŏsĭtio, lex, pactum
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Wæs se cyning becumen on swá mycle lufan ðære Rómániscan cyricean gesetnysse and ðære Apostolícan rex tĕnēbātur ămōre Rōmānæ et Ăpŏstŏlĭcæ instĭtūtiōnis, Bd. 4, 5; S. 571, 32: 5, 20; S. 642, 13.
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slæc
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Th. ii. 78, 10. careless, negligent, remiss, not strict in the performance of duty Ne tó stræc on ðære láre ne tó slæc on ðære mildheortnesse ne aut districtio rigida, oue pietas remissa. Past. 17, 10; Swt. 125, 1.
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stíg
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Be westan róde óó sticelan stíg; ðonne be ðære stíge óð ða ealdan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 29. Of ðam stáne tó ðære grénan stíge, 38, 23.
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tunge
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Alýs míne sáwle from ðære tungan ðe teosu wylle. Hwæt bið ié seald from ðære inwitfullan tungan ? 119, 2, 3. Heora tungan sprecaþ fácn, 5, 10.
syn
misdeed, fault, crime, wrong ⬩ sin
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Seó geofu wæs broht for ðære synne ðæs ǽrestan wífes . . . and seó synn wæs ádilegod, Blickl. Homl. 5, 4-6. Syn, 3, 7.
slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Ger. donner-schlag Ðǽr com swylce þunres slege Nicod. 24; Thw. 13, 4. Hreám swá hlúd swá þunres slege, 27; Thw. 15, 5.
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BEN
A wound ⬩ vulnus
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Ne ðǽr ǽnig com blód of benne nor came there any blood from the wound Cd. 9; Th. 12, 6; Gen. 181. Heortan benne the wounds of heart, i. e. sadness, grief Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 17; Wand. 49.
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cýpa
a factor, merchant, trader ⬩ negotiator, mercator
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]. a factor, merchant, trader; negotiator, mercator Ðá ðǽr fóron Madianisce cýpan then there passed Midianitish merchants, Gen. 37, 28. Cýpa mercator, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 140, 38.
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cyperen
Coppery, belonging to copper ⬩ æreus
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Gemultan ealle ða anlícnessa togædere, ðe ðǽr binnan wǽrah, ge gyldene, ge sylfrene, ge ǽrene, ge cyperene all the statues, which were in it, of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of copper, were melted together, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 101, 22.
FLEÓGE
A FLY ⬩ musca
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Ðæt ðǽr ne beóþ náne fleógan ut non sint ĭbi muscæ, 8, 22. Ic sende on ðé eall fleógena cynn égo immittam in te omne gĕnus muscārum, 8, 21, 24. He adráf ða fleógan fram Pharaone abstŭlit muscas a Pharaōne, 8, 31: Ps. Th. 89, 10.
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hefe-líc
Weighty ⬩ heavy ⬩ grievous ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ tedious ⬩ wearisome
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Weighty, heavy, grievous, serious, grave, tedious, wearisome Ðǽr nán hefelíc gefeoht ne wearþ no serious fighting took place there, Chr. 868; Erl. 72, 28.
HEG
Hay ⬩ grass ⬩ fœnum
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Ðǽr nǽnig mann for wintres cýle on sumera heg ne máweþ nemo propter hiemem fœna secet æstate, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 32. Dó hig on ðín beð put hay on your bed, Lchdm. iii. 178, 6.
hyht-líc
hopeful ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous ⬩ exultant
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Beóþ ðonne eádge ðe ðǽr in wuniaþ hyhtlíc is ðæt heorþwerud happy are they that dwell therein, joyous is that band, Exon. 93 b; Th. 352, 1; Sch. 91; Cd. 95; Th. 125, 8; Gen. 2076.
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myrþra
A murderer ⬩ homicide
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Ðú (the soul) wǽre ðǽr in the world ) morþ and myrþra, Wulfst. 241, 9. Ðonne biþ hé ealra ðara manna deáþes sceldig and myrþra beforan ðæs écan Déman heáhsetle, Blickl. Homl. 53, 7. Myrþran and mánswaran, 61, 13.
ge-wícian
To dwell ⬩ lodge ⬩ encamp ⬩ hospitare ⬩ castra metari
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Se wilda fugel hús getimbreþ and gewícaþ ðǽr the wild bird builds a house and dwells there, Exon. 58 b; Th. 212, 1; Ph. 203. Ðonne gewíceaþ faroþ-lácende on ðam eálonde then the seafarers camp on that island, 96 b; Th. 361, 13; Wal. 19.