rǽd-fæst
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Wise, prudent Se deófol gemacaþ ðæt se man þurh leáse hiwunge déþ swylce hé rǽdfæst sý ðe rǽdes ne gýmeþ the devil causes the man by a false show to act as if he were wise, who cares not for wisdom, Wulfst. 53, 9.
hæslen
Of hazel
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a hazel or an elder stick, cut thy name thereon, cut three scores on the place, fill the name with the blood, throw it over thy shoulder into running water and stand over the man.
under-fón
to receive ⬩ to have given ⬩ to get ⬩ to receive ⬩ submit to ⬩ a rite ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouring ⬩ to receive for safe conduct, custody ⬩ to receive as a servant or dependent ⬩ to receive, admit into a society ⬩ to receive as a master ⬩ to submit to ⬩ to receive ⬩ admit the claims of ⬩ to receive, admit the force of a person's words ⬩ accept testimony ⬩ to receive what is offered ⬩ to accept ⬩ to receive ⬩ serve as a receptacle for ⬩ to receive or accept an office, a duty, etc. ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to undertake a labour, task, etc. ⬩ to receive what is burdensome ⬩ undergo ⬩ bear ⬩ to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal
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Ne underfó nán man óðres mannes man bútan ðæs leáfe ðe hé ǽr fyligde, L. Ed. 10; Th. i. 164, 14: L. Ath. i. 22; Th. i. 210, 20: iv. 1; Th. i. 220, 18. 'God underféng his cnapan Israhél.'
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a-ríseþ
it behoveth ⬩ oportet
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it behoveth; oportet Ðætte aríseþ sunu monnes for it bihoueth mannis sone, Wyc. Lk. Lind. Rush. War. 9, 22; quia oportet filium hominis, Vulg
betogenes
An accusation ⬩ accusatio
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H. betogenisse] of a churlish man's accusation, L. In. 37, titl; Th. i. 124, note 50
ge-miltan
To melt, soften, subdue ⬩ liquefăcĕre, emollīre
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To melt, soften, subdue; liquefăcĕre, emollīre Woldon áninga ellenrófes mód gemiltan they would entirely subdue the bold man's mood, Andr. Kmbl. 2785; An. 1395
þreó-niht
Three days
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þreó nihta, þreó being undeclined after the manner of feówer, etc. ) fæc swefeþ, Exon. Th. 357, 34; Pa. 38
wuldor-þrymm
Glorious majesty
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Godes wuldorþrymmas mannum cýþan, Blickl. Homl. 111, 17
ge-þenian
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And geðenede 'extende manum tuam.' Et extendit, Mt. L. 12, 13. Geþen[ed] deductum, An. Ox, 28, 12
líc
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Like Án bǽra feówer nýtena wæs gesewen swilce mannes ansýn, ꝥ óðer wæs líc (gelíc, v. l. ) ánre león híwe, Hml. S. 15, 182
pínung
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Nǽre his (the rich man's) wíte fulfremed on ðám fýre, búton hé ðá ylcan pínunga his siblingum gewénde, Hml. Th. i. 334, 2. Add
Weder-mearc
The district occupied by the Wederas
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The district occupied by the Wederas Óþ ðæt eft byreþ ofer lagustreámas leófne mannan wudu wundenheals tó Weder-mearce, Beo. Th. 602 ; B. 298
un-ásecgendlíc
beyond the powers of language to describe ⬩ unspeakable ⬩ indescribable ⬩ ineffable ⬩ not proper to tell ⬩ not to be told
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Ðæt wæs unásecgendlíc ǽnigum men hú mycel ðæs folces wæs it was impossible for any man to say how much people there was, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 14. God unásecgendlícere mildheortnesse Deus inestimabilis misericordie, Anglia xi. 112, 1.
norþ
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Ealle Asiam . . . súð fram þǽm Reádan Sǽ and swá norð oþ þone sǽ þe man hǽt Euxinus, 1, 2; S. 30, 1.
á-bilgan
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to offend, exasperate, irritate, provoke Ongan mancyn ábeligan God for sunnandæges weorcum. Wlfst. 213, 11. Ábælgede wérun indignati sunt Mt. R. 26, 8
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fóddernoþ
Sustenance ⬩ nourishment
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Sustenance, nourishment Ealle þá stówe þe þǽr ðám mannum tó fóddornoþe beón sceoldon tota illic loca nutriendis hominibus profutura, Gr. D. 193, 17
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sáwel-leás
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Add Hé eóde him tó þæs forðfarenan mannes húse tó þǽre stówe þǽr se sáwulleása líchama ( corpus exanime) læg, Gr. D. 84, 33
wan-scrýd
Imperfectly clothed ⬩ ill-clad
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Imperfectly clothed, ill-clad Hé wæs swíðegeswǽs eallum swincendum, and on mislicum yrmðum mannum geheólp, wǽdligum and wanscrýddum. Homl. Th. ii. 500, 17
wilddeórlíce
After the manner of wild beasts ⬩ brutishly
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After the manner of wild beasts, brutishly Ðǽr ǽr wildeór oneardodan, oþþe men gewunedon willdeórlíce ( bestialiter ) lifian, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 25
læssa
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Man þe bið lǽssa maga þon[n]e se cyninges þegn, Ll. Th. i. 154, 7. Heáfodmynstres griðbryce . . . medemran mynstres . . . gít lǽssan, 342, 3. Hé mǽðe cann on óðrum mannum, on his gelícum ge on lǽssan mannum, Wlfst. 51, 31.