bufan-cweden
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Aforesaid, above-mentioned Ðæs bufancwedenan mannes mægnu ... se bufancwedena wer, Gr. D. 14, 8. Þá landgemǽro ðæs bufancwedenan landes, C.D. ii. 265, 27. Þysum bufancwedenum gelíce. Gr. D. 90, 27
for-sǽtian
take by surprise
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To catch by lying in ambush, take by surprise Hé forsǽtade hié ðǽr ðǽr hié geþóht hæfdon ꝥ hié hiene besǽtedon insidiantes insidiis capit. Or. 3, 11; S. 146, 10
hirde-cnapa
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A (young) herdsman Hé let dǽr árǽran his hyrdecnapan cýtan, ꝥ hí ðǽr gehende mid heora hláfordes yrfe lágon. . . . And þá hyrdecnapan . . . ymbe ꝥ wǽron, Hml S. 23, 417-421
á-drǽdan
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Ic ádrǽde, ðæt . . . Wlfst. 297, 19. Hé him Godes dómes ádréd, Hml. A. 196, 35. Hig ádrédon him timuerunt, Lk. 8, 35. Ðæt hé dómdæg ádrǽdæ, Wlfst. 308, 16. Add
med-micel
not great ⬩ moderate ⬩ small ⬩ not great ⬩ trifling ⬩ venial ⬩ not important ⬩ not great ⬩ lowly ⬩ mean ⬩ poor
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Ne mágon we búton ðǽm medmyclum synnum beón, Blickl. Homl. 37, 10. On mycclum gyltum oððe on medmycclum, 107, 14. Micclum þingum and medmiclum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 304, 12. Ðæt ic on ðam medemǽstan (medemæstan?)
leás
Falsehood ⬩ falseness
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Falsehood, falseness Hí ongietaþ ðæt ðæt wæs leás and ídelness ðæt hí ǽr heóldon they perceive that that was falsehood and vanity that they formerly held; deprehenderint falsa se vacue tenuisse, Past. 58, 1; Swt. 441, 18. Ðæt leás, Elen.
lust-bǽre
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Ðæt hit sié ðe lusðbǽrre tó gehléranne, Past. 303, 6. desirous : — Hié beóð tó myndgianne ðára góda ðe hié ǽr dydon, ðæt hié sién ðe lusðbǽrran tó gehiéranne ðæt him mon beódan wielle, Past. 303, 8
scír-wita
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A chief man (wita, q. v. ) of a shire Béte ðæt, swá se scírbisceop and eal scírwitan déman. Wulfst. 173, 30. Gebéte ðæt, swá scírewitan geceósan, 172, 4
rímere
A computer ⬩ reckoner ⬩ calculator
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A computer reckoner, calculator Betwux ðisre sprǽce sceal se rímre geþencean, ðæt hé gedó ðæt Februarius mónþ ðý geáre hæbbe þrittig nihta ealdne mónan Anglia viii. 307, 34
ufe-weard
upper ⬩ upper part of ⬩ upper part ⬩ later ⬩ latter part of a time
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Ufeweard exle ðæs æftran dǽles ola, 43, 46. Eal ufweard nosu columna, 43, 18. Up tó ánre dúne tó ufeweardum ðam cnolle ad verticem montis, Jud. 26, 3.
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swá
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Syle etan ǽr ðære tíde his tócymes, swá on dæge swá on nihte, swæþer hyt sý, Lchdm. i. 364,16.
be-swincan
To toil, labour, make with toil ⬩ laborare
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Ðæt hrægl is beswuncen laboratur vestis, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 48
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un-treówfæst
Unfaithful ⬩ untrustworthy
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Hí cwǽdon tó ðam Hǽlende: 'Wé wyton ðæt ðú of forlygere wǽre ácenned; and óðer ys, ðæt ðýn cynn ys on Bethleem swýþe untreówfæst; and þrydde ðæt ðýn fæder and ðýn módor flugon of Egiptan lande for ðam ðe hig nefdon nánne trúwan tó nánum folce;' Nicod.
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yppan
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Ðæt hé þeódscipes gehyld mid his sylfes dǽde ýwde (ypte, v. l.) and cýdde (propria actione praemonstraret ), 4, 27; S. 604, 40. Ypte and cídde ederet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 5.
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rǽdes-mann
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a counsellor, adviser, councillor Ealle ðæs cynges rǽdesmen, Chart. Th. 330, 8 : Chr, 1039; Erl. 167, 19. a steward, manager Æt Steorran ðe ðá wæs ðæs kinges rǽdesman, Chart. Th. 339,12
ídel-gilp
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Is betere ðæt mon lǽte sume hwíle weaxan ðæt ídelgielp inanis gloriae lentalione fatigantur . . Tolerandum est, ut. . interim arrogantia crescat, Past. 457, 19-23
sceard
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On ðæt lytle sceard ðæt is on burhhlinceas, C. D. vi. 220, 17. [Anlang cinincces dich on ðe sherd; of ðane shearde, iii. 417, 22.] [v. N. E. D. shard.] Add
on-wǽre
unripe
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unripe Genim onwǽre sláh ðæt seáw, and wring þurh cláþ on ðæt eáge, sóna gǽþ of ( the white spot will go off ) gif sió sláh biþ gréne, Lchdm. ii. 32, 18. (?)
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sár
Sore, painful, grievous, distressing
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Ðæt ðam hálgan wæs sár on móde, Cd. Th. 96, 11; Gen. 1593: 27, 30; Gen. 425 . Ðæt wæs Satane sár tó geþolienne, Andr. Kmbl. 3375; An. 1691.