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deórwyrðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
deórwyrðlíce, (-wi(e)rþ-); adv. I.
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Swá hwæt swá man eáðelíce begyt, þæt ne bið ná swá deórwyrðe swá þæt þæt earfoðlíce bið begyten, Hml. Th. i. 248, 28. Heó wæs sumne dǽl hæbbende of þám reáfe þæs Hǽlendes and hyt swýðe deórwyrðlíce heóld, Hml. A. 187, 179.

efen-lic

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Ne synd ná emlice þissere tíde þrowunga þám tóweardum wuldre non sunt condignae passiones hujus temporis ad futuram gloriam, Hml, A. 77, 109

ge-sceamian

(v.)
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Eówerne andwlitan ná ne gesceamað vultus vestri non erubescent, Ps. Th. 33, 5. Nabbe gé nánne gemánan wið hine, for ðám ðætte hine gesceamige (ut confundatur), Past. 357, 6. Hine sceal on dómes dæg gesceamian, Wlfst. 238, 12.

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, <b>. A.</b> trans.
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Add Eástrun wé ná ne mǽrsiaþ pascha nan celebramus, An. Ox. 40, 30. Hé mérsode micele symbelnesse for þám sige, Hml. S. 30, 396. Dreám mǽrsodan concentum celebrabant (praefatae virgines), An. Ox 4661.

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl. particle.

any ⬩ the ⬩ that ⬩ than ⬩ whether ... or ⬩ whether ... or

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Similar entries þan Ne ðearft ðú nó be ðǽm gesceaftum tweógan þe (þon, Cott. MS.) má þe be ðǽm óþrum you need not doubt about those creatures any more than about the others, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 18: 34, 1; Fox 134, 15: L.

Linked entry: þý

un-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþ, -wurþ, -wyrþ, -wierþe, -wyrþe; adj.

of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring

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of no value Mid deórwyrþum reáfum ne beóþ hý gescrýdde, ac mid unweorþum, R. Ben. 137, 9.

Linked entries: un-wurþ un-wyrþ

seón

(v.)
Grammar
seón, p. seah, pl. sáwon, sǽgon, ségon; pp. sewen, sawen.

to see with the eyes ⬩ to see ⬩ to visit ⬩ to see ⬩ perceive ⬩ discern ⬩ understand ⬩ to see ⬩ to experience ⬩ to look at, on

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Wénaþ ða dysgan, ðæt ǽlc mon sié blind swá hí sint, and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón (gesión, Cote.

gilp

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Ðonne se mon nó his ágenne gielp ( gloriam ) mid ne sécð, ac ðæs úplican Fæder . . . hé hæfð gewitnesse. . . ðæt hé hit for Gode dyde, næs for gielpe, 451, 15-18.

médum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
médum-ness, e: f.

worth ⬩ dignity ⬩ kindness ⬩ condescension ⬩ appreciation of worth in others

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Nán man for his ríce ne cymþ tó cræftum and tó medemnesse ac for his cræftum and for his medumnesse hé cymþ tó rice non virtutibus ex dignitate, sed ex virtute dignitatibus honor accedat, 16, 1; Fox 50, 20-22.

un-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gleáw, adj.

without understanding ⬩ without skill ⬩ not sagacious ⬩ ignorant ⬩ blind ⬩ dull ⬩ not apt for service

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Do ye not perceive that...? Mk. Skt. 7, 18. Ungleáwe inertes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 32. Hit ne biþ seó ylce ádl, þeáh ðe ungleáwe lǽcas wénan ðæt ðæt seó ylce healfdeáde ádl sí, Lchdm. ii. 284, 24.

ciric-sócn

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Substitute: going to church, attendance at church Þæt crístene men þæne egesan ǽfre ne dreógan þæt hý deófolgyld weorðian, for ðám ne fremeð ǽnig cyricsócn ǽfre ǽnigum þéra þe þæt óðer drýhð, Wlfst. 281, 5.

for-leósan

to lose ⬩ to destroy

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Ne forleósaþ hí þone willan, Bt. 36, 7; F. 184, 27. Titus sǽde þæt hé þone dæg forlure þe hé nóht tó góde on ne gedyde, Chr. 81; P. 8, 8. with dat. (inst.) Hé nǽfre forlýst ðám leánum, Bt. 36, 7; F. 184, 25. Forliést, 37, 2; F. 188, 25.

ge-stæppan

(v.)
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</b> where fót is subject :-- -Symble wæs drýge folde swá his fót gestóp, An. 1584. of inanimate objects Se rodor þǽre eorþan on nánre ne mót neár þonne on óðre stówe gestæppan (cf. ðeáh se rodor þǽre eorþan náwer ne geneálǽce, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130

ge-þeáwían

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeáwían, pp. od
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Ðás eahta eádignyssa ( the beatitudes) synd eów mǽdenum tó lufigenne ꝥ gé wíslíce lybbon and wel geþeáwode (virtuous ) beón ... ne nán unðeáw ǽfre on eów ne ríxige, 47, 574

Linked entry: þeáwian

hund-nigontig

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Hé let him behindan ciólas nigon and hundnigontig, Met. 26, 24. where the governed or qualified noun is not expressed Máre bliss bið . . . be ánum synfullan men . . . þonne be nigon and hundnigantigan Þe dǽdbóte ne behófiað, Angl. xi. 114, 68.

on-styrian

(v.)
Grammar
on-styrian, <b>. I.</b> in l. 1 after lîchoma insert hine,
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Ic wæs swîðe mid hleahtre onstyred magno risu sum dissolutus, Nar. 19, 7.

ord-fruma

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Ǽlc ðing hæfð anginn and ordfruman ðurh God, ac God . . . næfð nán angin ne nǽnne ordfruman, Hex. 22, 1. Hé eallum gesceaftum anginn and ordfruman forgeaf, Hml. Th. i. 274, 30. 1 a.

oþ-hrínan

(v.)
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Hé hire fét mid his teárum þwóh, ne geþrýstlǽhte hé nán óþer þæs líchaman oðhrínan, Hml. S. 23 b, 745. to touch the heart, mind, &amp;c. Ic wearð gelǽd mid þǽre hǽtu þæs geleáfan, and mid þám trúwan oþhrinon (æthrinen, v. l. ), Hml. S. 23 b, 456

Linked entry: hrínan

sceandlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceandlíce, adv.

disgracefully, shamefully, infamously ⬩ opprobriously, reproachfully, insultingly

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Nán cristen man ne sceal sceandlíce flítan, 13, 122. Him wand út his innoþ æt his setle, and hé sceandlíce sáwlode, Homl.

wælhreówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wælhreówlíce, adv.

cruelly ⬩ horribly ⬩ atrociously

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Ðæt hé ne weorðe wælhreó[w]líce (-reówlíce, Cott. MSS.) (crudeliter) gefangen mid ðǽm grinum uncysta, 43; Swt. 313, 12. Wælhreówlíce swingan, Homl. Th. i. 424, 12. Hí áxodon, hwí hí swá wælbreówlíce dydon, ðæt hí freónda ne róhton, Homl.