ende-byrd
An arranging, arrangement, order ⬩ ordo
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Fox 13, 8; Met. 13, 4
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ge-mægþ
Power, greatness ⬩ pŏtentia
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Power, greatness; pŏtentia Me nǽfre seó gemægþ ðisses eorþlícan anwealdes fórwel ne lícode the greatness of this earthly power never too well pleased me, Bt. 17; Fox 58, 23
géme-lést
Negligence, carelessness ⬩ neglĭgentia, incūria
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Negligence, carelessness; neglĭgentia, incūria Þurh ðíne ágene gémeléste through thine own negligence, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 2. Þurh heora gémelést through their carelessness, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 34
rihtend
A ruler
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A ruler Eálá ðú ælmihtiga scippend and rihtend eallra gesceafta, rector ¨Bt. 4; Fox 8, 10. Hé gehýreþ cyning mæðlan, rodera ryhtend sprecan, Exon. Th. 50, 10; Cri. 798
on-tígan
to untie, set free
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to untie, set free Seó sáwl færþ swíðe freólíce tó heofonum siððan heó ontíged biþ and of ðam carcerne ðæs líchoman onliésed biþ, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 14
druncnian
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Beóð druncnude inebriabuntur, 35, 9. v. for-druncian, fore-druncian, ge-druncian
byrd
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Ger. burt.] bearing, Similar entries v. ende-, for-, fore-, mund-, stefn-byrd
leód-scipe
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Þæt folc of gehwilcum leódscipe þá stówe geneósiað, Hml. Th. i. 510, 12. For ðone cincg and ealne his leódscipe, C. D. iii. 315, 16. Cf. leód-rǽden. Add
un-gesǽlig
Unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ unhappy ⬩ suffering ⬩ misfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ suffering want of moral good ⬩ causing unhappiness ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ calamitous ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ evil
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Ne meht ðú cweðan ðæt ðú earm sé and ungesǽlig ( te existimari miserum ), Bt. 8; Fox 24, 23.
gód
Good ⬩ good thing ⬩ good deed ⬩ benefit ⬩ goodness ⬩ welfare
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Fox 7, 84; Met. 7, 42
récan
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Se deáþ swelces ne récþ, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 32. Hé wǽpna ne récceþ, Beo. Th. 873; B. 434. Ne réccaþ hí ðara metta, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 19. Hí habbaþ cornes swá fela swá hí mǽst récceaþ (réccaþ, MSS. P.
georn-ful
Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligent ⬩ sollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens
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Geornfulle men diligent men, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 10. Se is yfla gehwæs geornfulra ðonne ic who is more zealous than I for every evil, Exon. 70 b; Th. 261, 33; Jul. 324.
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mǽl-mete
Food to eat
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Food to eat Ne biþ ðec mǽlmete nymþe mores græs no food shall there be for thee but the grass of the moor. Cd. 203; Th. 252, 7; Dan. 575. [Grein, quoting Dietrich, would read mǽl méte ( = obvius), v. Hpt. Zeitsch. x. 358.]
ge-wyrcan
to work ⬩ make ⬩ build ⬩ form ⬩ dispose ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ celebrate ⬩ commit ⬩ to get by working ⬩ gain ⬩ obtain ⬩ merit
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Fox 20, 88; Met. 20, 44. For úres lífes dǽdum ðe we geworhtan for our life's deeds that we have done, Blickl. Homl. 63, 32. Geworhton me him to wæfersýne made me a spectacle for themselves, Rood Kmbl. 61; Kr. 31.
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or-lege
Hostile
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Hostile Wépaþ and heówaþ eall orlegu folc, for ðam úre God eów hæfþ ofercumen . . . orlega þeóda he áléde under úre fét, Ps. Th. 46, 1-3. Ne onégdon ná orlegra níð, ðeáh ðe feónda folc féran cwóme, Cd. Th. 259, 26; Dan. 697
betera
BETTER ⬩ melior
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Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 5 : 29, 1; Fox 102, 6
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hearpian
To play on the harp, to harp
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Ða hwile ðe hé hearpode whilst he played on the harp, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 5. Stefen swǽ hearpara hearpandra in hearpum sínum vocem sicut cytharedorum cytharizantium in cytharis suis, Rtl. 47, 24
on-hwirfan
to turn (of actual motion), ⬩ to invert, transpose ⬩ to change, turn
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Ðú geómrast forðam ðe seó woruldsǽlþ onhwyrfed is, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 9
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mete-leást
Want of food
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Want of food Him of-hreów ðæs folces meteleást, Homl. Th. ii. 396, 19. Ðá wǽron hié mid meteliéste gewǽgde they were reduced by want of food, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 27. For meteliéste heora líf álǽtan, Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 120, 30. Metelǽste inedia, Hpt.
a-þriéttan
To weary ⬩ loathe any one ⬩ tædio afficere aliquem
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To weary, loathe any one; tædio afficere aliquem Ic ðé hæbbe aþriét mid ðis langan spelle I have wearied thee with this long discourse, Bt. 39, 12 ; Fox 232, 19