un-wemme
spotless ⬩ without blemish ⬩ without defect ⬩ uninjured ⬩ uninjured ⬩ inviolate ⬩ undefiled ⬩ pure ⬩ immaculate ⬩ perfect ⬩ pure ⬩ immaculate
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Hé gelǽdde ðæt folc ealle unwemme ofer ða Reádan sǽ he led the people all of them uninjured over the Red Sea, Btwk. 196, 2. of abstract objects, uninjured, inviolate Cyninges handgrið stande unwemine, L. E. G. 1; Th. i. 166, 21 (cp. L.
earm
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Winnan on swá earm folc swá hí wǽron adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 12. Hié for feós lufan earmne fordémaþ, Bl. H. 63, 11. Úre teóþan sceattas sýn earmra manna gafol.
ge-mittan
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Þá eóde ꝥ folc on þá sǽand hig gemytton þǽr stǽnen hús, 150, 22. (a α) with obj. and infin. :-- Hié æt burhgeate beorn gemitton sylfne sittan, Gen. 2426.
gréne
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Bebeád se Hǽlend ꝥ ðæt folc sǽte ofer ꝥ gréne híg (ofer groene gers, L., ofer groenum hegge ł grese, R., super uiride faenum ), Mk. 6, 39. Siððan Adam stóp on gréne græs, Gen. 1137.
timbran
to build (lit. or fig.) ⬩ construct ⬩ to instruct, ⬩ edify ⬩ to cut timber
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Surt. 68, 36. to instruct, edify Hé nówiht elles dyde ðonne ðæt folc mid godcundre láre timbrede nil aliud ageret quam plebem Christi verbo salutis instruere, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 10. to cut timber (?).
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lást
A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace
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Hé his folme forlét lást weardian, Beo. Th. 1947; B. 971. Hýrde ic ðæt ðám frætwum feówer mearas lást weardode I heard that four steeds followed those trappings, 4335; B. 2164.
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FEAX
Hair of the head ⬩ the locks ⬩ cæsăries ⬩ cŏma ⬩ căpillus
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Licgaþ æfter lande loccas todrifene, fex on foldan throughout the land lie my driven locks, hair upon the ground, Andr. Kmbl. 2853; An. 1429.
lícettan
To feign ⬩ pretend ⬩ simulate
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Ðæt is wísdóm ðæt wís man lícette dysig it is wisdom for a wise man to feign folly, Prov. Kmbl. 37. Ðeáh hé líccete untrymnesse, Ps. Th. 40, 9. Nelle wé mid leásungum ðyllíc líccetan we will not feign such things with falsehoods, Homl.
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métan
To meet with ⬩ come upon ⬩ come across ⬩ find
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Ðæt sigorbeácen méted wǽre, funden in foldan, Elen. Kmbl. 1969; El. 986
ge-lícettan
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and swá ðeáh on sumum weorcum gelíccetað ðæt hí openlíce yfel dón qui bona occulte faciunt, et tamen quibusdam factis publice de se mala opinari permittunt, Past. 449, 21. to obtain by false pretences Ðæt hié gegítsien and gelícetten æt ðǽm ungetýdum folce
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ge-dyrstlǽcan
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Hwá dear nú gedyrstlǽcan ꝥ hé derige þám folce ?, Hml. A. 101, 306. (3 a) where the extent of presumption is defined by the clause :-- Þ hé ná ne ge-dyrstlǽhte tó þám ꝥ hé þone Godes þeów ǽnig þing hrepode, Gr. D. 38, 32 with dat. infin.
fús
ready ⬩ eager ⬩
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Sceaft . . . feðergearwum fús, 3119. of a non-material thing personified Cóm ofer foldan fús síðian mǽre mergen þridda, Gen. 154. ready to go, eager to act Sum munuc . . . mid gemáglicum bénum gewilnode ꝥ hé móste of ðám munuclífe . . .
weorþian
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Eal folc wurþodon symbel-nysse, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 152. Weorþian wé nú tódæg ðone tócyme ðæs Hálgan Gástes, Blickl. Homl. 131, II : 171, 3.
ferian
to carry ⬩ convey ⬩ bear ⬩ lead ⬩ conduct ⬩ ferre ⬩ portāre ⬩ vehĕre ⬩ dedūcĕre ⬩ afferre ⬩ to betake oneself to ⬩ se gerĕre ⬩ versēri ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ vehi ⬩ īre
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Folc ðín ðú feredest swá sceáp deduxisti sīcut ŏves pŏpŭlum tuum, Ps. Th. 76, 17. He ferode ðone to his mynstre mid árwurþnysse he bare it to his minster with honour, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 7: Chr. 1009; Erl. 141, 23.
hrínan
To touch ⬩ reach ⬩ strike
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Óþ ðæt deáþes folm hrán æt heortan until the hand of death touched him at his heart, Beo. Th. 4532; B. 2270
GEONG
YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, fresh ⬩ jŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcens ⬩ young
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YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, fresh; jŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcens Ðeáh ðe he geong sý folces hyrde although he be a young shepherd of his folk, Beo. Th. 3667; B. 1831: Rood Kmbl. 77; Kr. 39. Mǽden, oððe geong wífman puella, Wrt.
un-gearu
not ready ⬩ not prompt ⬩ indisposed to act ⬩ not ready ⬩ not in a fit state for use ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ not ready, not prepared for attack
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Andra besierede ðæt folc ðe hié ymbseten hæfde on ánre niht ungearwe exercitum incautum Andro oppresserat, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 2. Hié fóron út nihtes and cómon on ungearwe men, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 13.
cwide
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On cwyde þínum lǽf þearfum in testamento tuo relinque pauperibus, Scint. 146, 13. v. folc-, fore-, samnung-, sealm-, spell-cwide
ge-sleán
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Þára folca ǽgðer on ððerum micel wæl geslógan, Ors. 3, I; S. 98, 6. of an adder, to sting Fram nǽdran geslegene a serpente percussi, Bd. I. l; Sch. 13, 7. to drive, fix a peg, stake, &c., pitch a tent Gif hé hæbbe geteld geslagen. Ll.
ge-wemman
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</b> to destroy :-- 'Anlícnes, sænd mycel waeter ... swá þæt sién gewemmede ealle þá on þisse ceastre syndon' (cf. þæt þú on þis folc forð onsende wæter to wera cwealme, An. 1509) ... sió onlícnes sendde mycel wæter swá sealt, and hit æt manna líchaman