twi-sprǽce
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Gehega ðíne eáran mid þornigum hege, ðæt ðú ne gehýre lustum móde ðæra twysprǽcena word, Wulfst. 246, 10
ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ from above ⬩ from heaven ⬩ above
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from above, down, where motion is expressed or implied Hié sǽdon ðæt hit ufane of ðære lyfte cóme, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 30. Hé déð ðæt fýr cymð ufene, Wulfst. 97, 21.
un-rihtwísness
Unrighteousness ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice
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Sió duru ðære unryhtwísnesse janua iniquitatis, Past. 21; Swt. 157, 22. Unihtwísnesse (-rehtwísnesses, Lind.) túngeréfa vilicus iniquitatis, Lk. Skt. 16, 8, 9. Ðú ágiltst fædera unrihtwísnysse ( iniquitatem ) hira bearnum, Ex. 34, 7: 20, 5.
Linked entry: rihtwís-ness
waru
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Ða gelamp hit æt sumum sǽle, swá swá gyt for oft déð, ðæt Englisce cýpmenn bróhton heora ware tó Rómána byrig, and Gregorius eode be ðære strǽt tó ðám Engliscum mannum heora ðing sceáwigende.
wiþ-metan
To compare
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Ða cræftas ne sint tó wiþmetanne (metanne, v. l. ) wiþ ðære sáwle cræfta ǽnne, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 116, 2
Linked entry: wiþer-metan
for-spanan
allure ⬩ to lure ⬩ to lure ⬩ to lure
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Add: to lure Forspenð hé hit mid ðǽre wólberendan óliccunge mentem securitatis pestiferae blanditiis seducit, Past. 415, 12. Forspa[nendre?] illecebroso (v. for-spennan), Angl. xiii. 34, 174.
full-fremedlíce
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Is gehwilc ðǽra weroda þám naman gecíged ðe ðá gife getácnað þe hé fulfremedlícor underféng, Hml. Th. i. 348, 18-31. Fulfremedlicor plenius i. perfectius, An.
ge-receness
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telling, narration Ne magon hý ðǽre tungan gerecnisse áspyrian they cannot follow what the tongue says, Sal.
Linked entries: rece-ness ge-recness
heorcnian
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Þone weig tó ðǽra heorcnigendra heortan, Hml. Th. i. 362, 11. Heorc[niendum] auscultamibus, Hpt. Gl. 472, 52. with gen. Ðá féringa oðsuígde hé, suǽ hé hwæshwegu hercnade . . .
lustfullung
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Deófol tiht ús tó yfele, ac wé sceolon . . . geniman náne lustfullunge tó ðǽre tihtinge . . . Se Hǽlend mihte beón gecostnod þurh tihtinge, ac nán lustfullung ne hrepede his mód, Hml. Th. i. 174, 30-176, 7.
oþ-hrínan
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Hé hire fét mid teárum oþrán . . . heó mid ðǽre hálgan róde gedryncnesse Iordanem oþhrínan (ongan), Hml. S. 23 b, 719-723.
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sǽ-líc
Of the sea
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Drihten gegaderode ða sǽlícan ýða fram ðære eorþan brádnysse, Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 16. Ða sǽlícan nýtenu ( two seals ), Homl. Th. ii. 138, 15
wafung
amazement, wonder, astonishment
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Wafunge spectaculum (mirum mundo spectaculum exhibuit, Ald. 62),509, 33. amazement, wonder, astonishment On ðære gesihðe hine gestód wundorlíc wafung . . . eall hé wæs ful wundrunge and wafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 501-509.
Linked entry: wafung-stede
wáwa
Woe ⬩ misery
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Woe, misery On dære wǽron áwritene heófunga and leóð and wáwa (scriptae erant in eo lamentationes et carmen et uae) . . . se wáwa getácnaþ ðone écan wáwan, ðe ða habbaþ on hellewíte, ðe nú God forseób, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 279, 1-8.
Linked entry: weá
on-wæcnan
to rise, spring, be derived
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Fordytte ðæt eáre mid ðære wulle ðonne ðú slápan wille, and dó eft of ðonne ðú onwæcne, Lchdm. ii. 42, 26. to rise, spring, be derived Ðonne hé ( the Phenix ) of ascan onwæcneþ, Exon. Th. 240, 34; Ph. 648.
Linked entry: on-wacnian
hlosnian
To listen, ⬩ be silent in expectation of hearing, ⬩ listen for the coming of a person, ⬩ watch, ⬩ await, ⬩ be on the look out
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Eoda ðá tó mæssan and hlosnode georne be ðære líflícan onsægednesse he went then to mass and waited eagerly for the living sacrifice, Homl. Swt. 3, 157.
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hol
Hollow
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Sca maria hine ácende on ðære nihte on ánum holum stánscræfe St. Mary gave birth to him in a hollow cave, Shrn. 29, 28. Ðæt wæter dranc of his holre hand drank the water out of the hollow of his hand, 50, 11.
tó-hlídan
To yawn, ⬩ gape, ⬩ open, ⬩ crack ⬩ split ⬩ asunder
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Tóhlád seó eorþe and wæs bymende fýr up of ðære eorþan flamma scisso terrae hiatu eructata, 4, 2; Swt. 160, 24: Lchdm. iii. 428, 3. Se beorg tóhlád eorðscræf egeslíc the hill yawned, an awful cave it grew, Andr. Kmbl. 3173; An. 1589.
níþ
envy ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ rancor ⬩ spite ⬩ ill-will ⬩ jealousy ⬩ action which arises from hatred ⬩ strife ⬩ war ⬩ hostility ⬩ the effect of hatred ⬩ persecution ⬩ trouble ⬩ vexation ⬩ annoyance ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ grief ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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On ðara ácorenra monna heortan sceal ðære nædran lytignes and hire níþ ðære culfran biliwitnesse gescirpan in electorum cordibus debet simplicitatem columbae astutia serpentis acuere, Past. 35, 1; Swt. 237, 22.
cwide
the expression of a thought, a sentence, period ⬩ sententia ⬩ a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will ⬩ dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum ⬩ a legal enactment, decree ⬩ edictum, deretum
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On ǽgðer ðæra bóca sind feówertig cwyda, búton ðære fórespræce in each of these books there are forty discourses, without the preface, Homl. Th. ii. 2, 14: i. 28, 20.