hundred
A hundred
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Ǽrest ðæt hí heó gegaderian á ymb feówer wucan and wyrce ǽlc man óðrum riht how the [assembly of the] hundred is to be held. First, they [the men of the hundred] are to assemble themselves every four weeks; and each man is to do justice to other, L.
hwón-líce
Little ⬩ slightly
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Heó hwónlíce undergǽþ ðære eorþan geendunge it goes a little below the horizon, Lchdm. iii. 260, 6: 134, 3. Him hwónlíce speów he had but little success, Homl. Skt. 7, 94.
lactuca
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Lactuca hátte seó wyrt ðe hí etan sceoldon mid ðám þeorfum hláfum heó is biter on þigene lettuce was the name of the herb that they were to eat with the unleavened loaves; it is bitter in the eating, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 26.
un-spédig
without means ⬩ poor ⬩ indigent ⬩ barren ⬩ poor ⬩ unproductive
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Gif hwylc wíf tó ðam unspédig wǽre ðæt heó ðás ðing begytan ne mihte, Homl. Th. i. 140, 3. Generigende unspédigne eripiens inopem, Ps. Spl. 34, 12: Blickl. Gl. Hégeendebyrde ðone unspédigan fiscere ætforan ðam rícan cásere, Homl. Th. i. 578, 9.
wrǽn-ness
Wantonness ⬩ licentiousness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ lust
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Heó mid ungemetlícre wrǽnnesse (libidine ardens)mænigfeald geligre fremmende wæs, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 28: Ps. Th. 7, 13: L. E. L 32 ; Th. ii. 428, 33.
wuldor-cyning
The king of glory ⬩ the Deity
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Heó Gode þancode, wuldorcyninge, Elen. Kmbl. 1922; El. 963. Wuldurcyninge, écum Dryhtne, Beo. Th. 5582; B. 2795. Ðæt wé rodera weard, wereda wuldorcining herigen, Cd. Th. i. 3; Gen. 2: 213, 4; Exod. 547. Fáh wið wuldorcyning, Exon.
worms
Corrupt matter
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Heó ðæt worsm (worms, v. l.) út átýhþ. Lchdm. i. 100, 13. Ðæt worms, ii. 72, 14. Ðæt wursm, 202, 25. Eall ðæt fole wæs on blǽdran and ða wǽron swíðe hreówlíce berstende and ða worms út siónde vesicas effervescentes, ulceraque manantia, Ors.
be-míðan
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Þeáh seó stefn mannum bemíþe (lateat), Gode heó bemíþan (latere) ná mæg, Scint. 32, 18. Bemiþe delitesceret, An. Ox. 2089. Bemíþan delitescere, 4204: Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 38: 26, 47. Bemíþendra latentium, occultarum, An. Ox. 2102. [O. Sax. bi-míðan: O.
cáfer-tún
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Heó gewunode tó fédenne henna on hire húses cafortúne (in þám ingange hire húses) in hospitii sui vestibulo, Gr. D. 69, 26: Bl. H. 219, 20. Hé Laurentium tó ðæs cynges cafertúne gelǽdde, Hml. Th. i. 422, 26.
ge-bregdan
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gebrogden (-bróden) wyrð quo stranguletur laqueo non agnoscit, Past. 331, 20. to bring a charge against a person, braid (in upbraid) Se deófol wyle wið þínre sáwle campian and þé úp gebrédan ǽlc þǽra þinga þe þú wið God ágylte, Wlfst. 249, 3. to feign Heó
ge-wéman
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D. 117, 11. what is wrong, undesirable Hé wæs biddende ꝥ heó Chrisantum gewémde fram Críste mid sprǽce, Hml. S. 35, 86. Gif þú wille þínne sunu gewéman fram Críste, 40
hálwendlíce
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Add: so as to promote or produce bodily or spiritual health; salubriter Ðis fæstin ꝥ ðóhtum líchomum ǽc gémendum hálwoendlíce gesetted is hoc jejunium quod animis corporibusque curandis salubriter institutum est, Rtl. 9, 29. of bodily health Heó is
hleór
a cheek ⬩ a face
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Hé hét hí mid handum sleán on ꝥ hleór ꝥ heó hlýdan ne sceolde, Hml. S. 8, 70. Hé legde hleór on eorðan cecidit in faciem suam Gen. 2337. S. gegrípeð feónd be þám fótum, lǽteð foreweard hleór on strangne stán and stregdað tóðas. Sal. 113
on-bryrdness
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Gebǽd heó hí tó Gode mid mycelre onbryrdnesse, Hml. S. 7, 320: 26, 116. Hé him mynster árǽrde mid munuclicere onbryrdnesse (with all the fervour of a monk), Hml. Th. ii. 504, 20. <b>II a.
wǽtan
To wet, moisten
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Heó genam ðæs gehálgodan sealtes, and wǽtte, Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 98, 2. Wǽt ðæt gewrit on ðam drence, Lchdm. ii. 350, 15. Wǽt wulle mid biccean hlonde. 362, 17. Wǽt ðæt liþ mid ecede, ii. 134, 9. Wǽt mid ðínum scytefingre, Techm. ii. 126, 2.
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ǽr
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Heó cymð ǽr, ǽr ðá wyrðmynðu, Past. 209, 16
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ou-cnáwenness
recognition, knowledge (that an object is what it really is) ⬩ acknowledgment, recognition of a claim
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Tó eorþan heó biþ ástreht þurh hire scylda oncnáwennysse on recognising her guilt i. 410, 12. acknowledgment, recognition of a claim Ðonne ys ðis seó oncnáwennis ðe hé hæfþ God mid gecnáwen ... on circlícum mádmum, Chart. Th. 429, 7
smedema
Fine flour, meal
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Swá wæs seó ealde ǽ swíðe earfoþe tó understandenne, ac ðeáhhwæðere ðonne wé cumaþ tó ðam smedman, ðæt is tó ðære getácnunge, ðonne gereordaþ heó fire mód Homl. Th. i. 188, 7. Genim ácrinde, wirc tó smedman Lchdm. ii. 132, 19.
sweór
a father-in-law ⬩ the word is also used to translate consobrinus; a cousin ⬩ father-in-law ⬩ socer, levir
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Ðá sende heó tó hire sweóre ( ad socerum suum ), Gen. 38, 25: 30, 25. Obab his sweór ( cognatum ), Past. 41, 5; Swt. 304, 9. Suehoras, sueóras vitelli, Txts. 104, 1062.
sweotollíce
Clearly ⬩ of a physical action, clearly, plainly, distinctly ⬩ openly, publicly ⬩ of perceiving, knowing, shewing, stating, etc., clearly, plainly
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Gr. 38; Zup. 228, 11. openly, publicly Ðæt heó swutollíce (palam) eallum cýdde, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 17. of perceiving, knowing, shewing, stating, etc., clearly, plainly Sweotollíce ongitan, Blickl. Homl. 97, 22: 219, 36: Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 13.