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wancol

(adj.)
Grammar
wancol, adj.

Unstable ⬩ uncertain ⬩ fickle ⬩ fluctuating

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Unstable, uncertain, fickle, fluctuating Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurfulnesse ðæt hió biþ swíþe wancol se instabilem mutatione demonstrat, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 35.

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.

A seam

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Geclǽm ealle ða seámas mid tyrwan, i. 20, 33

seld-líce

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
seld-líce, sel-, syl-líce; adv.

strangely ⬩ wonderfully ⬩ wonderfully well ⬩ excellently ⬩ admirably

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Singeþ syllíce, 539; Sal. 269. wonderfully well, excellently, admirably Iericho wæs sellíce getimbrod, mid seofon weallas beworht and wel wiðinnan geset, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 25. Syllíce hyt ðæt áttor tósceádeþ, Lchdm. i. 352, 13

setlan

(v.)
Grammar
setlan, p. [e]de.

To settle ⬩ seat ⬩ put in a position of rest ⬩ To settle ⬩ take a position of rest ⬩ to set

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Similar entries v. setlung and the Mid. E. forms

Linked entry: setlung

þegen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þegen-líc, adj.

Manly, ⬩ brave, ⬩ manful.

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Máran lufe nimþ se heretoga on gefeohte tó ðam cempan, ðe æfter fleáme his wiðerwinnan ðegenlíce oferwinþ, ðonne. tó ðam ðe mid fleáme ne ætwand, ne ðeáh on nánum gecampe náht ðegenlíces ne gefremode, 342, 5

Linked entries: þegen þegenlíce

camel

(n.)
Grammar
camel, camell, camal, es; m.

A camel ⬩ cămēlus ⬩ κάμηλος ⬩ למָגָּ

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A camel; cămēlus = κάμηλος = למָגָּ Wæs Iohannes gegerelad mið hérum cameles [camelles, Lind.] erat Iohannes vestitus pilis cameli, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 6.

Linked entry: camal

ge-cope

Grammar
ge-cope, l. ge-cóp,
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For ðǽm ðonne wé forsláwiað ðone gecópustan tíman, ðætte wé ðonne ne beóð onǽlde mid ðǽre lustbǽrnesse úres módes ipsa quippe mentis desidia, dum congruo feruore non accenditur, Past. 283, 2. and add

ge-delf

digging, act of digging ⬩ an excavation, a ditch, quarry, hole,

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Add: digging, act of digging Sum underdealf þá duru mid spade . . . leát tó gedelfe, Hml. S. 32, 212. ' Geopeniað þás eorðan on þyssere stówe'. . . Æt ðam forman gedelfe swégde út ormǽte wyllspring, Hml.

tawian

(v.)
Grammar
tawian, p. ode.

to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.

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to taw, dress or prepare material Ðá bæd se Godes man ðæt him man íserngelóman mid hwǽte ðyder brohte ðæt land mid tó tawienne.

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hengen

a cross ⬩ a rack

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Þá hét hé hí gewríðan on ðám breóste mid þǽre hencgene, Hml. S. 8, 112-122. Hét se wælhreóva hine hón on heardre hengene, and his sídan bærnan mid hátum lígum, and mid hengene ðráwan tó langere hwíle, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 30.

ge-féra

a companion, associate ⬩ an associate in work, partner, assistant ⬩ an associate in office, a colleague :-- ⬩ an associate in the execution of a plan, a confederate ⬩ one of a society or profession ⬩ one of the clergy :-- ⬩ a comrade, brother in arms:-- ⬩ a fellow-servant :-- ⬩ an associate from local connexion, a fellow-citizen, neighbour ⬩ one that has the same condition or experience as another, a companion in, sharer ⬩ a consort ⬩ a follower, adherent, one of a retinue

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Mid his (Romulus) híwunge and his geférena, Ors. 2, 2 ; S. 64, 24. Colman mid his geférum for tó his cýððe, Chr. 664; P. 34, 4. Se feónd mid his geférum feóllon, Gen. 306. Ic gean healfes þæs stódes mínum geféran þe mid me rídað, Cht. Th. 598, 14.

wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair

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Mid wóre twiefealdnesse duplicitatis perversitate, 35; Swt. 245, 15. On wóre heortan pravo corde, 47; Swt. 357, 21. Mid wóre láre perversa praedicalione, 48; Swt. 367, 15. Be wóhre gewitnesse.

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
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On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde -gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 22.

a-metan

(v.)
Grammar
a-metan, p. -mette; pp. -mett; v. trans, [a, metan to paint]

To paint ⬩ depict ⬩ adorn ⬩ pingere ⬩ depingere ⬩ ornare

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Firmamentum [fæstnes] mid manegum steorrum amett the firmament adorned with many stars. Bd. de nat. rm; Wrt. popl. scienc. 10, 12 Lchdm, iii. 254, 9

an-sín

(n.)
Grammar
an-sín, e; f.

a view ⬩ sight ⬩ figure

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a view, sight, figure Ðín mód wæs abísgod mid ðære ansíne ðissa leásena gesǽlþa thy mind was occupied with the view of these false goods. Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 10: Bd. 5, 13 ; S. 633, 5.

dæg-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-fæsten, es; n. [fæsten a fast]

A day's fast ⬩ diei jejunium

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A day's fast; diei jejunium Is se ǽresta lǽcedóm dægfæsten, ðæt mon mid ðý ða wambe clǽnsige, ðæt hió ðý ðe leóhtre sié the first remedy is a day's fast, that, with that, a man may cleanse the stomach, that it may be the lighter, L.

Linked entries: dæg-swǽsendo fæsten

CULTER

(n.)
Grammar
CULTER, cultur ; gen. es; m?

COULTER or CULTER ⬩ dagger ⬩ culter, sica

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Gefæstnodon sceare and cultre mid dære syl confirmato vomere et cultro aratro, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 21

fǽhþ-bót

(n.)
Grammar
fǽhþ-bót, e; f.

Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrel ⬩ inimīcĭtiārum compensātio

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Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrel;inimīcĭtiārum compensātio Ne þearf ǽnig mynster-munuc mid rihte fǽhþbóte biddan, ne fǽhþbóte bétan no minter-monk may lawfully demand feud-amends, nor pay feud-amends, L.

hræd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hræd-ness, e; f.

Quickness ⬩ rapidity

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Ond wé ðá mid wunderlícre hreðnysse porrum ðone cyning ofercwomon mira celeritate poro rege devicto, Nar. 4, 4. Se on hrædnesse swá mycele menigo heora fornom quæ in brevi tantam ejus multitudinem stravit, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 30

hund-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-feald, adj.

Hundredfold

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Mid hundfealdum, i. 180, 26. Sealdon wæstm sum hundfealdne dabant fructum aliud centesimum, Mt. Kmbl. MS. A. 13, 8

Linked entry: hundfeald-getel