worþig
enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea
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Ða wordias æt Æscwícan (v. preceding passage), iv. 171, 7. a place surrounded by buildings, a place or street of a town ; platea Hé sǽde ðam cyninge, ðæt ǽghwanone cóman micel menigo ðearfena, ðæt se weorþig full sǽte indicavit regi quia mullitudo pauperum
wann-hǽwe
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Dark-blue, blue-black Ða wonhǽwan cerula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 66
fúlian
To become foul ⬩ putrefy ⬩ rot ⬩ decay ⬩ putrescĕre ⬩ computrescĕre ⬩ corrumpi
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To become foul, putrefy, rot, decay; putrescĕre, computrescĕre, corrumpi Ðǽr is mid Eástum án mǽgþ, ðæt hí mágon cýle gewyrcan; and ðý ðǽr licgaþ ða deádan men swá lange, and ne fúliaþ, ðæt hí wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on there is among the Esthonians a
á-screncan
to trip up ⬩ cause to stumble
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Ðonne ætspornað hié and weorðað mid ðǽm áscrencte subjectorum vita quasi in obstaculo itineris offendit, Past. 129, 7. Gif ðá fét weorðað áscrencte, eal se líchoma wierð gebíged and ðæt heáfod gecymð on ðǽre eorðan, 133, 1.
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Hé héht ðæt wítehús wræcna (the angels driven from Heaven) bídan, Cd. Th. 3, 22 ; Gen. 39. Ðæt ðú helpe gefremme wérgum wreccan, . . . and ðín hondgeweorc móte cuman tó ðam upcundan ríce, 17, 2 ; Cri. 264.
on-sundrum
separately, severally, separated one from the other, apart ⬩ in retirement from others, apart ⬩ making distinction from others, especially
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Stande hé ealra ýtemest, oððe on ðam stede, ðe se abbod swá gémeleásum monnum tó stealle onsundrum betǽht hæfþ . . . Wé forðí tǽhton ðæt hý on úteweardan oððe onsundrum standen, ðæt . . ., R. Ben. 68, 10-17.
Linked entry: sundor
swigian
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Hé ne suigige ðæs ðe nyttwyrðe sié tó sprecanne, ne ðæt ne sprece ðæt hé suigigean (swigian, Cott. MSS.) scyle ne aut tacenda proferat, aut proferenda reticescat, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 6-7. Hié mon sceal lǽran ðæt hí hwílum suigien (swugien, Cott.
pull
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Of seges mere in ðæs pulles heáfod ... of þornbrycge in ðone pull, and æfter ðam pulle in baka brycge ... in dodhǽma pull, of ðam pulle in streám, 386, 12-19. Tó crampulle, 79, 12. Andlang Osríces pulle, 18, 18: 19, 3. On æstege pul, 444, 7
mǽte
Moderate ⬩ mean ⬩ small ⬩ poor ⬩ bad ⬩ inferior
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Eall ðás getimbro ge ða máran ge ða mǽttran cuncta hæc ædificia publica vel privata, 4, 25; S. 600, 33. Micle anð mǽttran (MS. and micle mǽttan), Chart. Th. 510, 32. Mǽtran, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 11 note.
æt-sittan
To sit by ⬩ to remain ⬩ stay ⬩ wait ⬩ adsidere
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To sit by, to remain, stay, wait; adsidere Ðá ætsǽton ða Centiscan ðǽr beæftan then the Kentish men remained there behind, Chr. 905; Th. 180, 31, col. 1
ge-weorc
work ⬩ ŏpus ⬩ ŏpuscŭlus ⬩ a fort ⬩ fortress ⬩ arx
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Ðæt ðam þeódne wæs síþes sigehwíl, sylfes dǽdum, worlde geweorces that was a victorious moment to the prince of his enterprise, by his own deeds, of his worldly work, Beo. Th. 5415; B. 2711.
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god-gild
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An idol He hét wyrcan gyldeno godgeld and seolfrene ... ðá abræc ðæt mægden ðæt gold and ðæt seolfor of ðǽm godgeldum he bade make golden idols and silver ... then the maiden broke the gold and the silver off the idols, Shrn. 106, 2-4: 122, 9: L.
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gelíce
Likewise ⬩ also ⬩ as ⬩ pariter
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Nis ðæt nó be eallum démum gelíce to secgenne that is not to be said of all judges alike, 63, 16. Ne wǽron ðás ealle gelíce lange these were not all alike long, 119, 3.
þearllíce
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severely Ðonne sint eác ðǽm ilcan monnum suíðe ðearllíce (ðearlíce, Cott. MSS.) tó recceanne ða godcundan cwidas districte itaque contra illos divinae, sententiae proferendae sunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 22.
Linked entry: þeaclíce
un-wís
unwise ⬩ foolish ⬩ stupid ⬩ ignorant ⬩ ignorant of something
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Unwíse láreówas cumaþ for ðæs folces synnum. Forðon oft for ðæs láreówes unwísdóme misfaraþ ða hiéremenn, and oft for ðæs láreówes wísdóme unwísum hiéremonnum bið geborgen.
ge-wilnian
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Manegra wíta hié gewildnodon wið ðan éce lífe multos scimus beatitudinis fructum suppliciis quaesisse, Bt. 11, 2; F. 36, 4. Ne gewilna ( concupisces ) þú þínes néhstan ierfes mid unrihte, Ll. Th. i. 44, 21. with dat.
sinscipe
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Mé nú ne lyst nánes synscipes ac ðæs Hǽlendes geþeódnysse mid gehealdenre clénnisse, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 37. Heó wunode twelf geár on ðæs cynincges synscype, 20, 16. Hú miht ðú ðam Ælmihtigan his brýde beniman and ðínum sinscipe geþeódan, Homl.
ǽg-þer
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Hit willnaþ ðára ǽgþres, Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 9. Ǽgðrum emnneáh, 39, 7; F. 222, 8. Of ǽgðrum his ríca, Ps. Th. 9, 36. Ðá dyde hé him ǽgþer tó gewealdon, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 25. Hú ne hæfdon wé ǽr gereht ðæt ðá gesǽlþa and sió godcundnes án wǽre?
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singan
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Ðá andswarede hé : 'Ne con ic nán þing singan,' Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 597, 12. Sing ðás gebedsealmas, Lchdm. iii. 12, 6. Singan sangas cantare canticum, Ps. Th. 136, 4. Ðá ongan hé singan ða fers and ða word ðe hé nǽfre ne gehýrde, Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 597, 17.
ofer-faran
To pass, go off ⬩ to pass, cross ⬩ to pass through, traverse ⬩ to pass through ⬩ to pass through, penetrate ⬩ to come upon, come across, meet with
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Moyses oferfór ða Reádan Sǽ, Wulfst. 210, 12. Oferfóren egrederentur, Hpt. Gl. 464, 64. Ðá gebeótode án his þegna ðæt hé mid sunde ða eá oferfaran wolde, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 29: Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 9.
Linked entry: ofer-féran