heófan
To lament ⬩ To be sorry for ⬩ grieve at
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Þæt wíf gnornode, heóf hreówigmód, Gen. 771. Ongan ic of inneweardre heortan heófonde forðbringan þá geómorlican siccetunga, Hml. S. 23 b, 428. with acc.
ribb
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Saga mé on hwæðere Adames sídan uam úre Drihten ðæt rib ðe hé ðæt wíf of geworhte, Sal. K. 198, 9. Óstige ribba hyrdlas, ribbes, hricges gebígednesse squamigeros costarum crates (rigidamque) spinae curvaturam, An. Ox. 2465. Add
wending
Turning ⬩ a turning round ⬩ revolution ⬩ changing ⬩ mutation
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Orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse búton wendinge (cf. unonwendendlíce, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24) Met. 7, 41
æf(e)stig
envious ⬩ zealous (against)
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Ðaelígm æfstegum invidis Past. 233, 16. in a good sense, zealous (against) Æfstig wið óðra monna yfelu contra aliena vitia aemulator Past. 79, 12
ge-lísian
to slip ⬩ slide
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to slip, slide Be ðæm is awriten se ðe nylle onscúnian his lytlan scylda ðæt he wille gelísian to máran it is written that he who will not shun his little sins will glide into greater, Past. 57, 2; Swt. 437, 20; Hat. MS
Linked entry: -lísian
hwæt
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Hwæt seofast þú wið mé? quid igitur ingemiscis? (cf. hwí (quid ) murcnast þú wið mín?, 3), Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 14. Hwæt (cf. tó hwí, W. S., for hwon, L., R. quid, Mt. 27, 46: hwí, W. S., tó hwon, L., R. quid, Mk. 15, 34) forlǽtest þú mé?, An. 1415.
heá-líc
High, elevated, lofty, sublime, proud, chief, very great, noble, distinguished, deep, profound
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Ðæt lengtenfæsten mon sceal mid swíðe heálícre gýmene healdan the fast of Lent ought to be kept with the very greatest care, L. E. I. 37; Th. ii. 436, 5.
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drincere
DRINKER ⬩ potātor
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A DRINKER; potātor Drincere wínes potātor vini, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 19
súþ-westerne
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South-western Se súðwesterna wind him ongeán stód, Apol. Th. 11, 3
wynsum
The pleasant
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The pleasant Ðæt nán wiht ne sý ðæs wynsumes, Wulfst. 184, 20
brerd-full
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Brim-full Ǽfre wæs se bteruc brerdful wínes, Hml. S. 6, 282
eástannorþan-wind
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A north-east wind Eástannorðan*-*windes chori, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 25
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geótere
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[ ȝeetere conflator, Wick. Jer. 6, 29. Belle-ȝeter campanarius, Prompt. 30. ] Add:
wild-deóren
Of wild beasts
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Of wild beasts Mid wilddeórenum tóþum cum feralibus dentibus Scint. 99, 7
hors-minte
Wild mint; ⬩ menthastrum,
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Wild mint; menthastrum, Lye. v. E. D. S. Plant Names, horse mint
healh
- Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
- Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.
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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On
íwan
To show ⬩ bring before the eyes ⬩ display ⬩ reveal
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Ðá ýwde hé ðǽr synne wisan culpam esse demonstravit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 2. Ðá ýwde ic him sóna ða ylcan bóc ðara reogola quibus statim protuli eundem librum canonum, 4, 5 ; S. 572, 25.
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grimme
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</b> of personifications :--- Án wiht ... grimme grymetað ... Módor is ..., 81, 3. of the effect or condition of things Bryne grimme gemencged, Wlfst. 26, 7: 94, 2. Smylte sǽ súðerne wind oft grimme gedréfeð, Met. 5, 8.
un-rǽd
evil counsel ⬩ ill-advised course ⬩ bad plan ⬩ folly ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ prejudice ⬩ hurt
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Sum wíf wæs ðe wiste heora unrǽd, ii. 29, 324. Tó his ( Lucifer's ) unrǽde gefæstnod, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2. 44: 4, 10: Cd. Th. 43, 33; Gen. 700. Hé intó Englelande mid máran unrǽde férde ðone him behófode, Chr. 1093; Erl. 229, 3.
sáwel-sceatt
An ecclesiastical due
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The sáwelsceat is sometimes determined in amount by the will of the deceased :-- Ic gean intó Élig . . . ðér mínes hláfordes líchoma rest, ðara þreó landa ðe wit geheótan Gode . . . and ðes beáhges gemacan, ðe man sæalde mínum hláforde, tó sáwlescæatte
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