láðian
hateful ⬩ loathed
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To be hateful or loathed Heora fela wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde and ðǽr láðode sóftnys many of them were clad with camel's hair next to the body, and there softness was hateful, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 24.
mearc-wæd
Boundary-water ⬩ the water by the shore
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Boundary-water, the water by the shore Wlanc monig on stæþe stódon stundum wrǽcon ofer mearcwaðu and ðá gehlódon hildesercum wǽghengestas many a proud one stood on the shore; now and again they pressed over the border-floods, and then laded the wave-steeds with
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rǽd-líc
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Tó smeágenne wið his witan hwet heom eallum rǽdlícost þúhte, Chr. 1006; Erl. 141, 4
ge-wérgian
To weary ⬩ fatigue ⬩ fatīgāre
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Ðe on lengtenádle gewérigade wǽron who were wearied with ague, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 7
ge-tinge
Skilful with the tongue ⬩ eloquent
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Skilful with the tongue, eloquent Getinge disertus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 51. Getingce lepida vel facunda, Ælfc. Gl. 100; Som. 76, 129; Wrt. Voc. 55, 1.
scorian
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Ðá sceorede ðá gyt se yldesta hǽðengylda mid mycelre þwyrnysse the chief idolater still refused (Christianity) with much perversity, 72, 9
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ge-gaf-sprǽc
Idle ⬩ wanton ⬩ scoffing speech
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Men willaþ bysmorlíce plegian and mid gegafspræcum Godes hús gefýlan men will play shamefully and defile God's house with wanton speeches, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 357 note, 3
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swerian
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swear, support what they said with oath) about a certain thing, whether of the twain were stronger, fate or caution, Salm. Kmbl. 851; Sal. 425
súre
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Wiþ cancerádle, súre, sealt . . ., Lchdm. ii. 108, 9: 266, 16. Wensealf, cersan, súran, 128, 14. Genim monnes súran, 124, 19
unfriþ-mann
A man of a country not at peace with another ⬩ a man of a hostile country
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A man of a country not at peace with another, a man of a hostile country Gif hé his ǽhta bere geman[g] ðara unfriðmanna ǽhta intó húse, þolie his ǽhta si pecuniam suam inter pecuniam unfriðfmannorum, i.e. pacem non habentium, in domo mittat, perdat pecuniam
west-lang
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With the length measured in a westerly direction Se wudu is eástlang and westlang hundtwelftiges míla lang the length of the wood measuring east and west is one hundred and twenty miles Chr. 893 ; Erl. 88, 28.
ymb-wyrcan
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to surround with works Hé mid eallum ðyssum ða burh on mycelre heánnesse ymbworhte (v. l. ymbsealde. v. ymb-sellan), Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 24 note.
á-brégan
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Ðæt níwe wíte ábrégeþ (terret) ðæs mannes mód, Gr. D. 135, 19. God heora mód ábrégde. 249, 10. Ábrége terreat, Lch. i. 69, 5. Áfyrhted and ábréged territus, Gr. D. 222, 15. Swíðe ábréged vehementer exterritus, 39, 7.
clǽnsung
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II. with reference to moral impurity :-- Mid clǽsnunge forhæfednesse abstinentiae castigatione, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 526, 4. Clǽnsunge, R. Ben. 76, 5. Stýran mid lícumlicre clǽnsunge ( corporis castigatione ), 13, 21
ge-wleccan
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Meng wiþ wífes meoluc and huniges dropan and wínes gewleht tósamne, ii. 42, 5
hege-stów
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A place with a hedge: On ðá hegestówe ufewardre; ondlong hegstówe. C. D. iii. 213, 9. In ðá hegestówe; andlong dǽre hegestówe, 263, 28. On ðá aldan hegestówe; and syððan á ondlang ðǽre ealdan hegestówe on ðone folchearpað, 393, 13.
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hlosnian
to listen
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Add: to listen with astonishment, listen spellbound Hlosnendum attonis. l. attonitis, Ald. 32, ii. see An. Ox. 2333 under hlosnere), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 21.
íþan
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ydwe, MS. ) wylce wan wætere gelíc /te clothed himself with cursing. . . it laid waste kis inward parts, fought like a flood; induit se maledictione . . . etintravit sicut aqua in interiora ejus, Ps. Th. 108, 18. Íðende depopulans, Wrt.
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langsumlíce
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Lfc. 29. patiently, with long-suffering Hé nele þæs synfullan deáð, ac langsumlíce his gehwyrfednesse bíð (anbít, v. l. ), Hml. S. 23 b, 391
mǽg-lic
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Ðes ðegen bæd for his þeówan hǽlðe mid sóðre lufe, for ðan ðe heó ne tóscǽt nǽnne be mǽglicere sibbe ( true love does not make distinction of person in accordance with relationship ), Hml. Th. i. 128, 2.