þorn
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Add: — Man sceall áweg ádelfan mid þorne, Lch. ii. 106, 5.
safine
Savine ⬩ juniperus savina
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Genim ðás wyrte, ðe man sabinam, and óðrum naman wel ðam gelíc, sauinam háteþ, Lchdm. i. 190, 13 : iii. 16, 8: 58, 20. Safine, 22, 31. Lytel sauinan, 30, 15. Safinan dust, ii. 250, 27. Genim safinan, 100, 10: 294, 24: iii. 44, 5.
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wéde-hund
A mad dog
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A mad dog Gif wédehund man tóslíte, Lchdm. i. 86, 13. Wið wédehundes (cf. wódes [printed woden] hundes, 4, 8) slite, 78, 17 : 92, 12 : 138, 13: 198, 8: 370, 12, 15 : ii. 144, 9.
swǽrlíce
of doing or bearing what is painful, grievously ⬩ of sleeping, heavily, ⬩ graviter
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of doing or bearing what is painful, grievously Nán man ne sceal his wífe geneálǽcan, siððan heó mid bearne swǽrlíce gebunden gǽþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 21. Hé sceolde hit mid fæstene swárlíce gebétan, Homl.
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self-líce
Self-satisfied ⬩ self-complacent ⬩ conceited ⬩ arrogant
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Selflícne secg the self-satisfied man, Met. Introd. 7
Sigel-waras
The Ethiopians
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The Ethiopians Mannkynn sweartes hiwes . . . ða man háteþ Sílhearwan (Sigilwara, MS. V.), Nar. 38, 30. Hine Sigelwearas (Aethiopes) séceaþ, Ps. Th. 71, 9. Folc Sigelwara populus Aethiopum, 86, 3. Sigelwara land, Cd. Th. 182, 2; Exod. 69. Hé (St.
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gift-líc
Nuptial ⬩ belonging to a marriage ⬩ nuptialis
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Nuptial, belonging to a marriage; nuptialis Ðá geseah he ðǽr ǽnne man ðe næs mid gyftlícum reáfe gescrýd vidit ibi hominem non vestitum veste nubtiali, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 11, 12. Ðæt gyftlíce hús the house where the marriage was, Homl Th. ii. 70, 16.
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ge-dyrstigan
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Gif for micelre árweorðnesse hwylc man ne gedyrstgað (-dyrstigaþ, -drystigað, þyrstgað, v. ll. praesumit) onfoon, Bd. I. 27 ; Sch. 83, 22. For hwon gedyrstigodes (-dyrstgadest, v.l., praesumsisti) þú ꝥ þú stalodest ?, Gr. D. 25, 7.
án-lípig
Going alone ⬩ solitary ⬩ private ⬩ singular ⬩ alone ⬩ solitarius ⬩ privatus ⬩ singularis ⬩ solus ⬩ tantus
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He nánwiht on hand nyman wolde bútan his ágene gyrde ánlipíge nonnisi virgam tantum habere in manu voluit, 3, 18; S. 546, 32
un-gemyndig
Unmindful ⬩ forgetful
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Ne byð ǽfre God ungemyndig ðæt hé miltsige manna cynne numquid obliviscetur misereri Deus? Ps. Th. 76, 8. Swá hwá swá ungemyndig ( immemor ) sié rihtwísnesse, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 10: Met. 22, 55. Hé wæs ungemyndig ðæs hálgan gewrites, Homl.
firen-full
a sinner
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Fyrnfullum, 4, 49. used substantively, a sinner: Geheald mé wið firenfulles folmum custodi me de manu peccatoris, Ps. Th. 139, 4. Ne forhtige gé for ðæs fyrnfullan þreátum, Hml. S. 25, 260. Gebeda for þone fyrenfullan preces pro peccatore, Ll.
snǽd
The handle of a scythe.
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Under the forms snathe, sneath, snead, sned the word occurs in the glossaries of many dialects, e. g. Wilts, Somerset, Northamptonshire. Jamieson also gives it. v. E. D. S. Pub. Gloss.
ge-streónan
To gain ⬩ get ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ lucrāri ⬩ acquīrĕre
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Ðæt he manige þeóde úrum Drihtne þurh his láre gestreónde so that he gained many a nation for our Lord by his teaching, Blickl. Homl. 121, 10
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sigel
The sun
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Icel. enni-máni, -tungl = the eye ), 100; An. 50
cyre
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Hwí wæs se man betǽht tohis ágenum cyre why was the man [Adam] committed to his own free will? Boutr. Scrd. 17, 25. Mid cyre arbitrio, Mone B. 1344: 2616
nam-cúþ
Having the name well-known ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ of note ⬩ of renown
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Se ríca biþ namcúðre on his leóde ðonne se þearfa the name of the rich man is better known in his country than that of the poor man, Homl. Th. i. 330, 5. [Sodome and Gomorre, and alle þe nomecuðe buruhwes (famous cities ), A. R. 334, 25
ge-mæcca
A companion, mate, consort, husband or wife ⬩ conjux
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Boga sceal strǽle sceal mon to gemæccan a bow must have an arrow, a man must to his mate, Exon. 91 b; Th. 343, 10; Gn. Ex. 155. Gemæcca conjunx, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 31, 54.
á-cwellan
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Sume hí man hreówlíce ácwealde, Chr. 1036; P. 158, 27. Áqualdun necabantur, Txts. 81, 1376. Ácuoeldon (-cweledum, R.) interficerent, Jn. L. 12, 10. Sóðfæstne man ne ácwele ðú ( non occides ), Ll. Th. i. 54, 15. Gif ðú mæge, ácwel hine, Bl.
wéning
supposition ⬩ doubtful thought ⬩ doubt ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ chance
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supposition, doubtful thought, doubt Se Godes man ne sceolde be ðan morgendæge þencean, ðý læs ðæt wǽre, ðæt hé þurh ðæt ǽnig ðara góda forylde, ðe hé ðonne ðý dæge gedón mihte, and (þurh) ða wéninge hweðer hé eft ðæs mergendæges gebídan móste the man
clíða
A plaster, salve, poultice ⬩ emplastrum, malagma = μάλαγμα
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Man sceal him wyrcean clíðan tofóran his heáfde one must make him a poultice for his forehead, Lchdm. iii. 8, 13, 16. Swylce ðǽr clýða togelǽd wǽre as if a poultice were laid there, Herb. 51, 2; Lchdm. i. 154, 18.