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a-geldan

(v.)
Grammar
a-geldan, pp. -geald [Grn.]

To punishpunire

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To punish; punire Wurdon teónlíce tóðas idge [MS. to þas idge] ageald the greedy teeth were harmfully punished. Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 19; Ph. 408

byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
byrde, sup. byrdest, def. se byrdesta; adj.
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Born, well-born, noble, rich; natus, natu vel genere præstans, nobilis, opulentus Se byrdesta sceall gyldan the richest must pay, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 36

dim-scúa

(n.)
Grammar
dim-scúa, an; m. [scúwa, scúa a shade, shadow]
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Dimness, darkness; tenēbræ Oft hira mód onwód under dimscúan deófles lárum their mind often went under darkness by the devil's lore, Andr. Kmbl. 281; An. 141

ísen-hearde

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-hearde, an ; f.

Ironhardcentaurea nigra

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Pub. iren-harde, iron-heads, iron-weed

stán-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
stán-weorc, es; n.
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Sax. stén-werk.] Cf. stán-geweorc

un-tráglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tráglíce, adv.

Wellhonestly

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Well, honestly Ásécaþ ða ðe snyttro mid eów hæbben, ðæt mé þinga gehwylc þríste gecýðan untráglíce, ðe ic him tó séce, Elen. Kmbl. 819; El. 410

Linked entry: tráglíce

un-gesundlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gesundlíce, adv.
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Injuriously, harmfully Hý ongunnon hyra hors mid heora sceftum þerscan . . . oð þæt hý ungesundlíce geswencede wǽron ( until they were quite tired out ?), Gr. D. 15, 2

Linked entry: ge-sundlíce

ágen-frigea

(n.)
Grammar
ágen-frigea, -friga, -friá, an; -frige, es; m.

An ownerpossessorpossessor

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We also find, — Se ágena frigea the possessor; ðam ágenan frián to the possessor, L. Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 18, 17

a-mán-sumian

(v.)
Grammar
a-mán-sumian, p. ode, ede, ade; pp. od, ed, ad [a ex, mán = mǽn = gemǽne communis, sumian = samnian congregare]

To excommunicateanathematizeexcommunicareanathematizare

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We amánsumiaþ mid heortan and mid múþe ða ðe hí amánsumedan anathematizamus corde et ore quos anathematizarunt, 4, 17; S. 586, 10, 11. Hý amánsumodon ðone mæsse-preost Arríum they excommunicated the mass-priest Arius, L. Ælf. C. 3; Th. ii. 344, 2.

irfe-gewrit

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-gewrit, es; n.

a willtestament

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ðá ne cýðde mé nán mann nán yrfegewrit ne náne gewitnesse ðæt hit ǽnig óðer wǽre bútan swá wit on gewitnesse ǽr gecwǽdon but it happened that king Ethelred died; then no man made known to me any testament or any witness that it was any other than as we

wídgilness

(n.)
Grammar
wídgilness, e; f.
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beóð ful swyfte tó farenne geond ealle wídgylnyssa ( vast expanses ) Godes ríces, Homl. Th. ii. 296, 34

Linked entry: wídgalness

weorold-riht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-riht, es; n.
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right in worldly matters, civil or secular law Wylle ǽrest, ðæt Godes riht forð gá and woruldriht syððan, Wulfst. 274, 20. Beó on ðære scíre bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruldriht, L.

cwéman

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Gode cwémon and deófol týnan, Bl. H. 47, 11. Ðá men ðé wénað ðæt hí cwéman Gode ðonne hí cwellað hyra oxan, Prov. K. 67. Manege tiligaþ Gode tó cwémanne, Bt. 39, 10; F. 228, 13. Cuoemendra ðé placentium tibi, Rtl. 91, 31

scearp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp-líc, adj.

Sharp, keen, searching, effectual

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Ðonne hé him gecýð mid hú scearplícum costungum sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde cum tentationum aculeos nos undique circumdantes innotescit, 21, 5; Swt. 163, 16. Hú ne gesceóp ðé se scaþa scearplíce bysne nonne exempla tibi dabat latro? Dóm. L. 53

wácness

(n.)
Grammar
wácness, e; f.

Meanness of conditionmean estatevilitas,

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Hwí forgifð God ðám wácum wyrtum swá fægerne wlite,... búton for ðan ðe sceolon mid wácnysse and sóðre eádmódnysse ða heofenlícan fægernysse geearnian, Homl. Th. ii. 464, 18.

Linked entry: wænys

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Ðæt ús getácnode Loth swíðe wel on him selfum, ðá hé fleáh ðá biernendan ceastre.

mál

(n.)
Grammar
mál, es; n.

an actionsuitcause

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an action, suit, cause Mál clasma (cf. clasma clam oððe wed oððe wæra. 'This barbarous word meant in medieval Latin, an action at law, for a bond or other obligation,' 21, 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 42 : Hpt. Gl. 496, 4. [Icel. mál an action : O. H.

sweotolian

(v.)
Grammar
sweotolian, swutelian, swytelian; p. ode.
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[He schawde and sutelede he wes soð godd, Kath. 1037. He schawde him and sutelede him seolf to hire, 1834. Þet hit sutelie in us hwuch was his lif, A. R. 382, 3.] to become manifest Ðín mycele miht manegum swutelaþ, Hy. 9, 32

ǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe, f. n. (? v. Hml. Th. ii. 322, 33 infra.)
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Be ðám men þe his ǽwe ( uxorem) forlǽt and be þám wífe (muliere ) þe hire wer forlǽt, ii. 180, 13, 15. Healde gehwá his ǽwe þá hwíle þe heó libbe, 300, 26

ge-þofta

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Manege geþoftan ic hæbbe, gyf hí mé hwæt secgað þæt hí selfe geséwen oððe gehýrdon, ic hys gelýfe eall swá wel swá ic hit self geséwe oððe gehýrde, Solil. H. 60, 33