or-dál
- L. Edg. C. 24; Th. ii. 248, 28.
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When the iron was hot or the water boiled, two men for the accused, two for the accuser, were admitted, to see that the proceedings were fairly conducted.
Linked entry: ísen-ordál
gearewe
Entirely ⬩ well ⬩ very well ⬩ pĕnĭtus ⬩ prorsus ⬩ bĕne ⬩ optĭme
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Entirely, well, very well; pĕnĭtus, prorsus, bĕne, optĭme,Ps. Th. 55, 4, 11 : 68, 3 : 118, 118
Linked entry: gearwe
gere
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Entirely, well, very well; penitus, bene, optime, Cd. 158; Th. 196, 14; Exod. 291. v. geare; adv
byrst
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We habbaþ fela byrsta gebiden multas calamitates sumus perpessi, Lupi Serm. i. 2; Hick. Thes. ii. 99, 21
syn-wund
A wound inflicted by sin
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Wé á sculon ídle lustas, synwunde, forseón, Exon. Th. 47, 18; Cri. 757
Linked entry: syn-rust
un-gesceádwíslíc
Indiscreet ⬩ imprudent ⬩ unreasonable ⬩ extravagant
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Gif wé hwæt ongietaþ on him ungesceádwíslíces gedoon si qua ab eis inordinate gesta sunt, 32; Swt. 211, 22
Linked entry: un-sceádwíslíc
be-leógan
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Wé, ðe men syndon, beóþ ful oft belogene fram óþrum mannum fallimur qui homines sumus, Gr. 0. 40, 23. ¶ used impersonally, to be mistaken :-- Gif þú wilt geþencean hú mycel hine beleáh (hole much he was mistaken ), Bl. H. 189, 24. Add
ir-ness
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Wé sceolon úrum þám néxtan forlǽtan ealle þá eornesse (yr-, v. l. ) and þá æfþancan þe hí wið ús gewyrcað, Hml, A. 160, 196, 201
Linked entry: eorness
meagol-ness
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Wé sceolon þǽre micclan lufan úrum Drihtne singallíce þancian ǽghwæþer ge mid wordum ge mid dǽdum ge eác mid ealre heortan meagolnysse, Hml. A. 153, 39. Add
a-seóðan
To boil ⬩ seethe ⬩ scorch ⬩ to purify by seething ⬩ coquere
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Ealle we lǽtaþ to viii healf-marcum asodenes goldes we estimate all at eight half-marks of pure gold, L. A. G. 2 ; Th. i. 154, 2
BOD
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We ðíne bodu brǽcon we broke thy commandments, Hy. 7, 109; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 109
ge-líðan
To go ⬩ move ⬩ sail ⬩ advance ⬩ proceed ⬩ come ⬩ īre ⬩ meāre ⬩ advĕhi ⬩ profĭcisci ⬩ vĕnīre
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Ǽr ðon we to lande geliden hæfdon ere that we had sailed to land, Exon. 20 b; Th. 53, 30; Cri. 858 : Elen. Kmbl. 498; El. 249. Ðæs ðe lencten geliden hæfde werum after spring had come to men, Menol. Fox 57; Men. 28
hláf-mæsse
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Lammas, a name for the first of August Ðæt wæs on ðære tíde calendas Agustus and on ðæm dæge ðe wé hátaþ hláfmæsse it was on the first of August, on the day that we call Lammas, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 17.
Linked entries: hláf-sénung hlám-mæsse
eást-weard
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þonne wé ús ge*-*biddað, Hml.
for-búgan
To bend from ⬩ pass by ⬩ decline ⬩ avoid ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ recēdĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ evītāre ⬩ devītāre
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Se wer wæs forbúgende yfel ĕ rat vir recēdens a mălo, Job Thw. 164, 3. Næs ðæt ná se Godríc ðe ða gúþe forbeáh this was not the Godric who had fled from the war, Byrht. Th. 141, 21; By. 325.
ǽ
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Ic lǽrde weras ðæt hí heora ǽwe heóldon, Hml. Th. i. 378, 25: ii. 222, 18. See also ǽw in Dict
ác
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In fíf ácana weg; æfter ðám wege innon ðá fíf ǽcc; of ðám ácan, 382, 19. On ðá hálgan ǽc, vi. 233, 32. On eahta ǽc, C. D. B. iii. 667, 33. v- mǽr-ác
afæstla
O certainly! ⬩ O assuredly! ⬩ O certe
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O certe Afæstla, and hi lá hi, and wella well, and þyllíce óðre syndon Englisc interjectiones O certainly, and alas, and well well, and such other are English interjections, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 28
a-gangan
To go or pass by or over ⬩ to happen ⬩ befal ⬩ præterire ⬩ evenire
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To go or pass by or over, to happen, befal; præterire, evenire Ðá wæs agangen, geára hwyrftum, tú hund and þreó there were passed, in the circuits of years, two hundred and three, Elen. Kmbl. 1; El. 1: Chr. 974; Th. 224, 33; Edg. 10.
Linked entry: a-gongen
blíðe-mód
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Hyssas wǽron blíðenmóde the youths were cheerful [blithe of mind], 186; Th. 231, 26; Dan. 253