hefe-lic
heavy ⬩ grave ⬩ serious ⬩ grievous ⬩ oppressive ⬩ hard to do ⬩ laborious ⬩ grievous
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I. 56, 17. hard to bear, grievous, oppressive Gewearð swíðe hefelic and swíðe wólberendlic geár, Chr. 1086; P. 217, 27. ꝥ Þæt heom hefelice ne þince þás þing, Angl. viii. 321, 43, 1083; P. 215, 25 (in Dict.). hard to do, laborious Gif hwylcum bréþer
æ-scære
Without tonsure ⬩ uncut ⬩ untrimmed ⬩ neglected ⬩ intonsus ⬩ incultus ⬩ neglectus
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Without tonsure, uncut, untrimmed, neglected; intonsus, incultus, neglectus Deóplíc dǽd-bót biþ, ðæt lǽwede man swá æscære beó, ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre, ne on nægle it is a deep penitence, that a layman be so untrimmed that scissors [iron] come not on hair
ge-lúcan
To shut, lock, fasten, weave ⬩ claudĕre, nectĕre
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he saw an all-golden ensign, greatest of hand-wonders, woven by arts of song [by magic], Beo. Th. 5531; B. 2769
be-hættian
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Ox. 4466. to strip the skin from the head Þá cwelleras hine be-hættedon they pulled off the skin of his head with the hair (2 Maccabees 7, 7), Hml. S. 25, 126. Behættian, 116. v. hættian in Dict
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cwéming
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Ðonne ðæt selflíce gegriépð ðæt mód ðæs recceres, and hé wilnað ungemetlíce lícigean, ðonne berǽst hé oft on ungemetlíce cuéminge and bið hwílum tó ungemetlíce sméðe amor proprius, cum rectoris mentem ceperit, aliquando hanc inordinate ad mollitiem rapit
cryppan
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To crook a finger, close the hand, bend Crypte plecteret, An. Ox. 52, 2; E. S. xi. 64 (where see note). Crip þínne þúman, Tech. ii. 119, 4.
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fealcen
A falcon
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On heafoces hamme, vi. 75; 33), C. D. ii. 381, 20. Cf. Wilgísl Westerfalcing (-falcning, v. l.), Westerfalca (-falcna, v. l.) Sǽfugling, Chr. 560; P. 18, 5
ge-hlǽg
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and add Oft wé gewuniað ꝥ wé þám woruld-mannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge. and þá ylcan sprǽce wé nimað lustlíce, þeáh þe heó sí ús unwyrðelíce and unrihtlic tó sprecane dum plerumque eis ad quaedam loquenda condescendimus, paulisper assueti, hanc
ge-wringan
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Ðysse wyrte wós wel gewrungen, i. 274, 18. to squeeze together, press into a shape Hé mæg ealla gesceafta on his ðǽre swíðran hand on ánes weaxæpples onlícnisse geðýn and gewringan, Sal. K. p. 150, 34
steáp
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Þá rǽhte se cyning his hand forð swígende and genam þone hnæp (steáp, v. l. calicem). . . and þám biscope þone drync sealde, Gr. D. 186, 7. Ille regina dedit duas steápas in twaem pundum, C. D. ii. 8, 9. Add
on-feall
a swelling, fellon
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a swelling, fellon Wið onfealle, gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg, bind on næsce, hafa ðé on. Lchdm. ii. 104, 12. Drenc wið onfealle, 102, 27: 104, 1, 3, 4, 6.
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fóster-módor
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Add Þeós fóstormódor haec nutrix, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 71, 3. lit. His fóstormóder (nutrix) áne wæs him fylgende, for þon þe heó hine swýðe geornlíce lufode, Gr. D. 96, 20: 152, 28. Fóstermóder, Hml. A. 171, 49. fig.
stór-cyll
A censer
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Ðás stórcyllan haec turibula, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Zup. 90, 4. Stórcillan, Lev. 10, 1
DURRAN
DARE, presume ⬩ audēre
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ToDARE, presume ;audēre Ne dear ic hám faran I dare not go home, Gen. 44, 34: Ex. 32, 30: Cd. 40; Th. 54,1; Gen. 870. Gif ðú Grendles dearst neán bídan if thou darest abide near Grendel, Beo. Th. 1059; B. 527: Andr. Kmbl. 2700; An. 1352.
wenian
To accustom ⬩ to accustom ⬩ train ⬩ prepare ⬩ fit ⬩ to draw ⬩ attract ⬩ to draw to ⬩ to draw ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare
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To accustom to accustom, train, prepare, fit with prep. tó marking the end of the training Lǽrde hé ða leóde on geleáfan weg, wenede tó wuldre weorod unmæte, tó ðam hálgan hám Andr. Kmbl. 3360; An. 1684. Hine his goldwine wenede tó wiste Exon.
for-cweþan
to reproach ⬩ upbraid ⬩ blame ⬩ reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to reprove ⬩ to refuse ⬩ decline ⬩ to excuse ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to receive ⬩ to reject ⬩ disapprove of
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Ac þá consulas noldon hié selfe swá earge geþencan swá hié þá wífmen ǽr forcwǽdon the consuls would not believe themselves such cowards as the women had called them.
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just
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Sí ðín seó swíðre hand ofer sóðne wer fiat manus tua super virum dexterae tuae, 79, 16. Ða ðe wyllaþ sóðe dómas efnan qui custodiunt judicium, 105, 3
be-beódan
to give a by-command or a gentle command ⬩ to command ⬩ order ⬩ jubere ⬩ præcipere ⬩ mandare ⬩ to offer ⬩ give up ⬩ commend ⬩ offerre ⬩ commendare ⬩ mandare ⬩ to announce ⬩ nuntiare ⬩ pronuntiare
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Th. 132, 4. to announce; nuntiare, pronuntiare He bebeád wyrd gewordene he announced the event that had passed, Cd. 197; Th. 245, 29 ; Dan. 470
cymen
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Ge tiógoðiaþ eówre mintan and eówerne dile and eówerne cymen [MS. kymen] ye tithe your mint and your dill and your cummin, Past. 57; Hat. MS. Dó ðæt cymen on.eced put the cummin into vinegar, L. M. 2, 44; Lchdm. ii. 256, 6. Cymen cymīnum, Ælfc.
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CUMAN
COME ⬩ go, happen ⬩ venire, ire, accidere, evenire
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Ðonne his fyll cóme when his fall has happened, Cd. 200 ; Th. 248, 15; Dan. 513. Cumaþ ðonne mid cumendum venientes autem venient, Ps.
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