wiþer-rǽdness
Contrariety ⬩ opposition ⬩ hostility ⬩ ill-will ⬩ unfavourableness ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ oppositeness of nature
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réðnysse and wiðerrǽdnysse; se ðe hafaþ hundes heortan mid him, ne beóð ongeán hine hundas céne, Lchdm. i. 372, 3. unfavourableness, disadvantage, Similar entries v. wiþer-rǽde, IV Ðæs fýrhýses hlýwing[e] winterlíces cyles and ungetemprunge wiþerrǽdnes sí
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weorold-cræft
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A secular craft or art Ne sí nán man swá dysig, ðæt hé ðás gelícnysse tó ǽnigum hálgum þinge áwende, for ðan de ðis ( grammar) is woruldcræft (weorld-, v.l. ), Ælfc. Gr. 41; Zup. 246, 2. Ðé gebletsige woruldcræfta wlite and weorca gehwilc, Cd.
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
ge-fylledness
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Th. i. 172, 9. performance, v. ge-fyllan, (5 a) Mid gefyllednesse gódre þénunge si compleamus officium, R.
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hweorfa
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The passage glossed is: Si parcae . . . mortale vitae fusaque rotante minantur, quod vehet in collo tereti vertigine molem, Ald. 175, 35. To vertigine, not to molem (wrongly written molam) must belong the gloss, hweorfan
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leás
loose ⬩ destitute ⬩ void of ⬩ without ⬩ vain ⬩ false ⬩ lying ⬩ deceitful ⬩ deceptive ⬩ faulty
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Hwæðer hit sig ðe sóð ðe s ðe gé secgaþ utrum vera an falsa sint, quæ dixistis, Gen. 42, 16. Se leása gewita the false witness, Deut. 19, 19. Se leása gylp vainglory, Blickl. Homl. 59, 18. Mid leásre gecýðnesse with false witness, 173, 35.
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mynster
a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster
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Gif hwá gefeohte on cyninges húse síe hé scyldig ealles his ierfes . . . Gif hwá on mynstre gefeohte, hundtwelftig sciłł. gebéte, L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, 4. Gif hwá gefeohteþ on mynstre bútan circean gebéte . . . be mynstres mǽðe, L.
on-týnan
to open ⬩ of places or things, ⬩ to make an opening in ⬩ to open, allow to burst forth ⬩ to open so as to admit of ingress or egress ⬩ to open (a door) ⬩ to open the mouth, lips, to speak ⬩ to open the eyes (one's own), to look, (another's), to give sight to ⬩ to open the ears, to listen to a person ⬩ to disclose, reveal, display
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Gif sió duru ontýned biþ ... búton ðú ða duru ontýne, Past. 21; Swt. 157, 15-19. Síe manna gehwam behliden helle duru, heofones ontýned, éce geopenad engla ríce, Elen. Kmbl. 2458; El. 1230. Heofonríces duru sceal þurh ðé onténed beón, Blickl.
balde
Boldly ⬩ freely ⬩ confidently ⬩ instantly ⬩ audacter ⬩ libere ⬩ fidenter ⬩ instanter ⬩ prone ⬩ statim ⬩ sine mora
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Boldly, freely, confidently, instantly; audacter, libere, fidenter, instanter, prone, statim, sine mora Hie balde gecwǽdon they said boldly, Cd. 182; Th. 228, 11; Dan. 200
eald-hryter-flǽsc
A side of meat cut off ⬩ succīdia
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A side of meat cut off; succīdia,Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 101; Wrt. Voc. 27, 29. Mann. suggests eald-hryðer-flǽsc adulti bŏvis căro
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náwiht-wela
False wealth ⬩ wealth that is not really wealth
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MS.) síen eówra gesǽlþa, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 37
blinnende
A ceasing, rest, intermission ⬩ cessatio, intermissio
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[blinnende, part. of blinnan to cease] A ceasing, rest, intermission; cessatio, intermissio Bútan blinnendan without ceasing; sine intermissione, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, note 20
ge-cilcan
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to whitewash Gelíco gié sint byrgennum oferhíudum ł úta gecǽlcad similes estis sepulchris dealbatis, Mt. L. 23, 27. [O.L. Ger. gi-kelkian.] Cf. níw-cilct
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hring-weorþung
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Substitute: A ring given to do honour to the receiver, a costly ring. v. weorþung; <b>III,</b> and sinc-weorþung
on-stingan
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Sê ðe on þâm sylfan cildan bûtan smêgunge onstingð qui in ipsis infantibus sine discretione exarserit, R. Ben. I. 115, 16
a-tredan
To tread ⬩ twist from or out ⬩ extort ⬩ extorquere
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To tread, twist from or out, extort; extorquere Atred him ða giltas út extort his sins from him, L. De Cf. 3; Th. ii. 260, 21
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feax-nǽdel
A hair-needle ⬩ curling-iron ⬩ crisping-pin ⬩ călămistrum ⬩ ăcus crīnĭbus intorquendis sive crispandis adhĭbĭta
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A hair-needle, curling-iron, crisping-pin; călămistrum, ăcus crīnĭbus intorquendis sive crispandis adhĭbĭta Feaxnǽdel călămistrum, Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 101; Wrt. Voc. 17, 4
folce-firen
A folk-crime ⬩ public crime ⬩ pŏpŭli scĕlus
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A folk-crime, public crime; pŏpŭli scĕlus Wǽrlogona sint folcefirena hefige the public crimes of the faithless are heavy, Cd. 109; Th. 145, 23; Gen. 2410
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tiger
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Deór ðe sind tigres gehátene . . . Ðás réðan tigres, Homl. Th. ii. 492, 10-21