frinan
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ consult ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ consŭlĕre
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Ðæt heó hí frune hwæt hí sóhton that she asked, them what they sought, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 39: Nar. 28, 22
Linked entry: FRIGNAN
rǽsele
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A conjecture, solution of a riddle Gif ðú mǽge réselan gesecgan, Saga hwæt hió hátte, Exon. Th. 421, 34; Rä. 40, 28. v. rǽswan, and cf. rǽdels, III
syn-rǽs
A sinful impulse
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A sinful impulse Þence hé swíðe georne hwæt tó bóte mǽge ongeán ǽlcne synrǽs, ðe þurh deófles sǽd ǽr wearð áweaxen, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 9
here-rǽs
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An inroad by an army, a raid by the Danes Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð, beón hit hererǽsas, beón hit fǽrcwealmas, beón hit miswyderu, Wlfst. 271, 2
níd-bád
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Add: figurative Hwæt, wé nú wǽron fægne þæt wé ne móston bedíglan on ússum scræfum, þæt hé ús ne swencte mid his mægnis nídbáðe, Mod. Philol. 1. 33
básnian
To expect ⬩ await ⬩ exspectare
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Básnode hwæt him gifeðe wurde he awaited what should befall him, Andr. Kmbl. 2131; An. 1067
Linked entry: barenian
ge-þrafu
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Hwæt sceal him þæt genumene, ꝥ hé eft mid geþrafe sceal ágildan? what good to him is that which he takes and has to repay under compulsion? Nap. 33
Linked entry: -þrafu
un-rihtwísness
Unrighteousness ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice
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Ðonne hwæm hwæt cymþ máre ðonne ðé þincþ ðæt hé wyrþe sié, ne biþ sió uisryhtwísnes nó on Gode, ac sió ungleáwnes biþ on ðé selfum, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 226, 32. Sió duru ðære unryhtwísnesse janua iniquitatis, Past. 21; Swt. 157, 22.
Linked entry: rihtwís-ness
scop-gereord
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Poetic diction, the language of poetry Swá hwæt swá hé of godcundum stafum þurh bóceras geleornode, ðæt hé in sceopgereorde (verbis poeticis) geglencde, Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 594, 34
hord-cófa
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and add Ic ( the devil) wolde . . . þæt hý (the wicked) wunedon on mínum hordcouan (hwæt woldon hý on mínum hordcleofan, v. l. ) and þíne circean forgeáton, Wlfst. 255, 14
mis-limpan
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Ic swíðor ceorude þonne mín sáwul behófode þá ðá ic ǽhte forleás . . . oððe mé hwæt mislamp ( any misfortune befell me) on þises lîfes ryne, Angl. xi. 113, 41. Add
tawian
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Hí begunnon tó áxienne hwæt se man wǽre þe hí swá wælhreówlíce beóton ... Hí urnon wépende ꝥ hí þone hálgan wer swá huxlíce tawoden, Hml. S. 31, 997. Add
ǽ-mynde
Want of care (?), neglect
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, neglect Funde ic hwæt eorðe mæg wið andan and wið ǽminde and wið ðá micelan mannes tungan . . . beó gé gemindige mínes gódes, Lch. i. 384, 22
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slítere
a waster, destroyer ⬩ a consumer of food, a glutton
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a waster, destroyer 'Hwæt is seó ungesǽlige sáwel?' Ðá sǽde hé him, ðæt hé wǽre cyrican slítere Wulfst. 235, 24. a consumer of food, a glutton Slíteras lurcones Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 26
lysu
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Gif frí wíf leswæs hwæt gedéþ xxx scill. gebéte, 73; Th. i. 20, 7. Lot sceal mid lyswe, list mid gedéfum [v. list], Exon. 92 a; Th. 345. 16; Gn. Ex. 189
glengista
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To ðon ðæt hwæt hwygo to ðære ongietenisse ðissa mínra þinga ðín gelis and glengista geþeóde ut aliquid per novarum rerum cognitionem studio et ingenio possit accedere, Nar. 1, 20. [?]
Linked entry: glenge
séft-eádig
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In easy circumstances, free from hardships Se beorn ne wát, eft eádig (séfteádig, Grein) secg, hwæt ða sume dreógaþ, ðe ða wræclástas wídost lecgaþ, Exon. Th. 309, 12 ; Seef. 56
Englisc
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a passage written in English Ðis Englisc ætýwð hwæt seó forsette rǽding mǽnð, Angl. viii. 298, 9. Mé ys neód ꝥ ic menge ꝥ Lýden ámang þyssum Englisce, 317, 17
oft-síþ
A time that often occurs ⬩ ofttimes
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A time that often occurs Hwæt he hæfde Godes þeówum on oftsíþas tó láðe gedón what he had ofttimes done to hurt God's servants, Ors. 6, 34; Swt. 290, 29
hwerfung
Change ⬩ mutation ⬩ vicissitude
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Change, mutation, vicissitude Hwæt singaþ ða leóþwyrhtan óðres be ðisse woruld búton mislíca hwerfunga ðisse worulde quid tragœdiarum clamor aliud deflet, nisi indiscreto ictu fortunam felicia regna vertentem? Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 21
Linked entry: hwearfung