letting
Letting ⬩ hindering ⬩ obstruction ⬩ delay ⬩ retarding
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On ðære lettinge his færeltes in ejus itineris retardatione, Past, 36, 7; Swt. 254, 20. [Se cyng scipa út on sǽ sende his bróðer tó dære and tó lættinge, Chr. 1101; Erl. 237, 19.]
magister
A master
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A master Se magister, Past. 61; Swt. 455, 20. Byrla magister (cf. byrla ealdor, v. 20), Gen. 40, 21. Mægister, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 6. Mín mægister Euripides, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 20. For his magistre, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 10.
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mirring
hindering ⬩ leading astray ⬩ waste ⬩ squandering
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MSS.) gielpe and wéne ðæt hé síe kystig and mildheort aut cum effuse quid perditur, largum se glorietur, Past. 20, 2; Swt. 149, 20.
réceleást
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Ðæt hé swá stiére ðǽm ungeþyldegum irsunga swá hé ðone hnescan þafettere on récceléste ne gebrenge sic ab impatientibus extinguatur ira, ut remissis ac lenibus non crescat negligentia, Past. 60; Swt. 453, 25
be-swápan
To clear up, persuade, cover over, clothe, protect ⬩ suadere, cooperire, amicire, munire
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Ðæt he bió wið ǽlce orsorgnesse beswápen that he shall be protected against every pleasure Past. 14, 3; Hat. MS. 17 b, 21
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BÓSG
An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, ⬩ præsepium ⬩ a cottage ⬩ a barn ⬩ stabulum, præsepium bovis
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It is now [1874] more generally used for the upper part of the stall where the fodder lies,-They say, 'you will find it in the cow's boose,' that is, in the place for the cow's food; præsepium Of bósge a præsepio, Lk. Rush. War. 13, 15.
ge-brec
A breaking ⬩ crashing ⬩ clamour ⬩ noise ⬩ fractio ⬩ frăgor ⬩ strĕpĭtus
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A breaking, crashing, clamour, noise; fractio, frăgor, strĕpĭtus Se dæg biþ dæg gebreces the day will be a day of clamour, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 5; Hat. MS. 46 a, 17.
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singallíce
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Perpetually, continually, constantly Hieremias wilnode singallíce ( sedulo ) hine geþiédan tó ðære lufan his Scippendes, Past. 7, 1 ; Swt. 49, 16 : Blickl. Homl. 101, 27. Wé him gyldaþ sin*-*gallíce, and hý ús hýnaþ dæghwamlíce, Wulfst. 163, 10.
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stig
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A wooden enclosure, a sty; but also part of a house, a hall (?) cf. stig-weard Gif cniht binnan stig sitte if a servant sit within the hall (?), Chart. Th. 612, 32. Stigo vistrina (suestrina? the word occurs at the head of a list 'de suibus'), Wrt.
un-fyrn
not long ago ⬩ before long
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of past time, not long ago Weorþodan wé nú unfyrn for tén nihtum ðone symbeldæg foran tó ðyssum ondweardan dæge not long ago now, ten days from to-day, we celebrated the festival, Blickl.
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un-nídige
Without compulsion ⬩ willingly
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hié ne magon gestondan, hié willaþ lustlíce underfón óðerra monna, and unniédige hié underlútaþ mid hira sculdrum óðerra byrðenna tóeácan hiera ágnum qui ad casum valde urgetur ex propriis, humerum libenter opprimendus ponderibus submittit alienis, Past
un-lǽred
Untaught ⬩ unlearned ⬩ ignorant
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MS.) ne dyrren underfón láreówdóm ne venire imperiti ad magisterium audeant, Past. 1; Swt. 24, 14. Tó ðon ðæt unlǽrede sýn gelǽrede ut indocti doceantur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 24. Ðú ongytest ðæt hié syndon unlǽrede men, Blickl. Homl. 183, 7.
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á-berstan
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MS.) and wierð tó sceabbe fervor intimus usque ad cutis scabiem prorumpit Past. 70, 9. Ðonne ábirst (-biersð, Hat. MS.) ðǽr hwæthwugu út ðæs ðe hé swugian sceolde difficile est, ut non ad aliquid, quod dicere non debet, erumpat 164, 15.
a-feorran
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To remove, take away Bið heó áfeorrod suíðe feor from ðǽre sóðan heánesse ab altitudine verae celsitudinis elongatur , Past. 301, 20. Eardbegengnes mín áfeorrad (áfirred, Ps. Srt.) is incolatus meus pro-longatus est , Ps. L. 119, 5. intrans.
beorhte
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His andgit bið tó ðon beorhte scínende, ðæt hé mæge ongietan sóðfæstnesse, Past. 69, 24
cnódan
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to impute, attribute Gif hwæt welgedónes bið, ðonne cnódað him ðæt ealle ðá ðe him under*-*ðiédde bióð mid herenesse omnes subditi, si qua bene gesta sunt, laudibus efferunt, Past. 111, 3. to attribute, call by a person's name, name after a person
efen-swíþe
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Just as much Him sculan eglan óðerra monna brocu suelce hé efnsuíðe him ðrowige singulis compassione proximus, Past. 75, 10.
fæsten-dæg
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On eówrum fæstendagum in diebus jejuniorum vestrorum, Past. 315, 2. Þá fæstendagas þe men eów beódað tó healdenne, Wlfst. 230, 34. Add:
flǽsc-mete
Flesh
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Ðæt hié ne wilnoden flǽscmetta cibos carnis non appetere, Past. 319, 8. Gyt flǽscmettum (carnibus) ic brúce, for þám cild ic eom, Coll. M. 34, 21.
ge-swétan
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Se lǽce, ðonne hé bietre wyrta ðéð tó hwelcum drence, hé hié gesueét mid hunige, Past. 303, 13. Geswétte dulcavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 35: indulcavit, 45, 24. Geswét candies, 16, 11. Geswét mid hunige, Lch. ii. 20, 6. Geswét wín dulcis sapa, An.