yfelness
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Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 50, 10. in a moral sense Micel yfelnys ( malitia ) manna wæs ofer eorðan, Gen. 6, 5.
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
ge-streónan
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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
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Icel. enni-máni, -tungl = the eye ), 100 ; An. 50
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.
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
BÓSUM
The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts ⬩ sinus, gremium, pectus, interna ⬩ sinus
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Án man mihte faran ofer his ríce, mid his bósum full goldes, ungederad a man might go over his kingdom, with his bosom full of gold, unhurt, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 4.
un-lǽd
poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched
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Hé æt ðǽm unlǽdum Iudéum manig bysmor geþrowade, Blickl. Homl. 23, 30: 85, 1
tó-foran
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Þá þe þenceað ꝥ hí beón be dǽle beteran tóforan óðrum mannum, Gr. D. 151, 25
glengista
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; cf. glengan; III
un-gesǽllíce
Unhappily ⬩ miserably ⬩ wickedly ⬩ improbe
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Unhappily, miserably, wickedly; improbe Hæfð se yfela gást ungifa ... and ða hé dǽlð ðám mannum ðe ungesǽlíce him gehýrsumiaþ, Wulfst. 52, 12
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for-scrincan
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Hond forscriuncen manus arida, Mt. L. 12, 10. Add
cwicu-líce
In a living manner, vigorously ⬩ vivide
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In a living manner, vigorously ; vivide Me on weg ðínne lǽde cwiculíce in via tua vivifica me, Ps. Th. 118, 37
ende-byrdnes
Order, disposition, method, way, manner, means ⬩ ordo
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Order, disposition, method, way, manner, means; ordo Óþ endebyrdnesse ex ordĭne, Lk. Bos. 1, 3. On endebyrdnesse in ordĭne,l, 8