býcnian
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To beckon, shew, signify; indicare Niht nihte býcneþ nox nocti indicat, Ps. Spl. 18, 2. Ðe býcnaþ [gehiwode finxit, Lamb: býcnaþ fixit? eáge qui finxit oculum, 93, 9
dæg-weorc
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Gé hwyrfað niht tó dæge and dægweorc tó nihte, Wlfst. 47, 8. Add
ge-þwǽrnes
Concord ⬩ agreement ⬩ mildness ⬩ concordia ⬩ mansuetudo
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Concord, agreement, mildness; concordia, mansuetudo Mid fægerre geþwǽrnesse pulchra concordia, Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 23. Sibb and geþwǽrnyss pax et concordia, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 25: Blickl. Homl. 109, 16. He ðæt ríce heóld on gódre geþwǽrnesse and on
from-slitnis
Desolation ⬩ desolatio
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Desolation; desolatio, Mk. Skt. Rush. and Lind. 13, 14
Linked entry: slítness
regnian
To set in order, arrange, dispose, regulate
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To set in order, arrange, dispose, regulate Tungelcræftum Chaldaeorum, scincræfta hierophantorum, ða ðæt womfreht réniaþ ariolorum, wyrmgalera marsorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 6-9. Gemyne ðú, mucgwyrt, hwæt ðú ámeldodest, hwæt ðú rénadest, Lchdm. iii. 30,
a-wyrgednes
A cursedness ⬩ wickedness ⬩ a curse ⬩ reviling ⬩ malignitas ⬩ maledictio
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A cursedness, wickedness, a curse, reviling; malignitas, maledictio Ðæs mid awyrgednesse [of awyrgednysse, Ps. Spl. C.] múþ full is cujus maledictione os plenum est. Ps. Lamb. second 9, 7 : 13, 3 : Deut. 11, 29: Th. Diplm. A. D. 970; 243, 16
Linked entry: a-wirgnis
mága
a relative ⬩ a son ⬩ a man
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for similar division of meanings) a relative, Similar entries v. heáfod-, níd-mága; máge. a son Mága Healfdenes ( Hrothgar ), Beo. Th. 381; B. 189: 2953; B. 1474: 4293; B. 2143. Mága Ecgþeówes ( Beowulf ), 5168; B. 2587. Ic ( Christ ) sylf gestág mága
neádian
To force ⬩ compel ⬩ constrain
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To force, compel, constrain Neádaþ forlǽtan cogit intermittere, Hymn. Surt. 56, 13 : 84, 17. Útlagan ús wépan neádiaþ exules nos flere cogunt, 56, 3. Se ðe óðerne neádaþ ofer his mihte tó drincenne, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 31. God hine ne neádode on náðre
Linked entry: neódian
niccan
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refuse a person something Ic bidde ðé þurch ðene Drictene gif ic ongén ne cóme ðat ðú it néfre ne lét welden míne unwynan æfter mé ðe mid unrichte sitteð ðéron, and niccað it mé éuere tó unðanke, C. D. vi. 201, 6. [v. N. E. D. nick to deny.]
Linked entry: nic
fram-slítnes
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in Dict
eáþ-módnis
Humility ⬩ humĭlĭtas
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Humility; humĭlĭtas Mid micelre eáþmódnisse with great humility, Th. Diplm. A. D. 804-829; 459, 15. On eáþmódnysse míne in humĭlĭtāte mea, Ps. Spl. 118, 50
Linked entry: eád-módnes
ge-sweopornes
Cunning ⬩ craftiness ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ astutia,
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Cunning, craftiness, hypocrisy; astutia, Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 15
bútun
ang-sumnes
Troublesome-ness ⬩ sorrow ⬩ anxiety ⬩ anguish ⬩ angustiæ ⬩ ærumna
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Troublesome-ness, sorrow, anxiety, anguish; angustiæ, ærumna Geswinc and angsumnes gemétton me tribulatio et angustiæ invenerunt me, Ps. Spl. M. 118, 143. We gesáwon hys angsumnisse nos vidimus angustiam animæ illius, Gen. 42, 21: Jos. 7, 7
neádian
To be necessary
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To be necessary On cealdum eardum neódaþ (is neód, W. F.), ðæt ðæs reáfes máre sý, on hleówfæstum læs. Ðæs abbodes forsceáwung sceal beón be ðysum, hú ðæs neódige, R. Ben. 89, 6, 8
ge-beácnian
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Gl. 143: 328. to shew by signs, indicate, make known Niht nihte gecýð ł gebeácnaþ wísdóm nox nocti indicat scientiam, Ps.
un-weorclíc
Unsuitable for work
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Unsuitable for work Seó niht hafaþ seofon tódǽlednyssa ... seó feórðe is intempestivum, ðæt ys mid niht oððe unworclíc tíma, Anglia viii. 319, 30
Linked entry: weorc-líc
cwyld-seten
A setting in of the evening, the first part of the night ⬩ conticinium
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A setting in of the evening, the first part of the night ; conticinium Cwylseten conticinium, Mone B. 3747. Cwylsetene conticinio, 3748. Cwyldsetene galli cantu, 4677
Linked entry: cwyld
stániht
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stá,niht[e]
ge-eástrian
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To put after Easter Fram septuagesima oð fifténe niht beón geeástrode (until fifteen days after Easter; cf. fram septuagesima oð fífténe niht ofer Eástran, 118, l), Wlfst. 208, 24