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mis-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
mis-, mist-, misse-líc; adj.

wanting in likeness or unityunlikediversevariousdiverging from the usual courseerratic

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Hú ne sǽdon wé ðæt ðis andweaede líf nǽre nó ðæt héhste gód, forðam hit wǽre mistlíc (MS. Cott. mislíc), Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 17. Mistlíc promiscuum, mixtum, Hpt. Gl. 497, 5. Mistlíc bleó discolor, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 35.

mund-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
mund-bryce, es; m.

a breach of mundthe fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated

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E. 3; Th. i. 360, 20. the fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on Wessexan, ðæt is, mundbryce ..., L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 13.

ge-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnan, p. de; pp. ed [ge-mǽne communis] .

to MEAN, to signifysibi velle, significareto communicate, announce, pronounce, uttercommunicare, pronuntiareto MOAN, to groaningemiscere, plangereto considercolloqui, considerareto make common, contaminate, defile, violatecommunicare, coinquinare, violarecommunicare alicuito make knowndicere, monstrare, judicare

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Ic wéne ðæt ðú nyte hwæt ðis gemǽne I expect that thou wilt not know what this means, Btwk. Scrd. 18, 26. Hwæt gemǽnaþ ða ðreó útfaru? Ðæt getácnaþ . . . what do the three outgoings mean?

Linked entries: mǽnan mǽnan

seáþ

(n.)
Grammar
seáþ, es; m.
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Æfter ðam ðe ðú deád bist, ðonne cymst ðú tó helle . . . and ðín seáþ biþ twegea cubita wíd and feówra lang, Nar. 50, 23-29. On hú grundleásum seáþe on how bottomless a pit, Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 8.

tiber

(n.)
Grammar
tiber, tifer, es; n.
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Ic on ðín hús gange and ðǽr tídum ðé tifer onsecge . . . Ðás ic mid múðe aspræc . . . ðæt ic ðé on tifrum forgulde ealle ða gehát ðe ic mid mínum welerum tódǽlde introibo in domum tuam in holocaustis . . .

Linked entries: teofrian tifer

wergild-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
wergild-þeóf, es; m.
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Dip.

west-dǽl

(n.)
Grammar
west-dǽl, es; m.
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Ðín ofspring byð fram eástdǽle óð westdǽle, Gen. 28, 14. Se heofon tóbyrst from ðæm eástdæle óþ ðone westdǽl, Blickl. Homl. 93, 23 : Mt. Kmbl. 24, 27. Hé gesealde him westdǽl middaneardes, Bd. 1, 6 ; S. 476, 18.

Linked entry: eást-dǽl

wís-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-fæst, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouswisehaving knowledgeskilllearnedintelligentrational

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Ðis ys se dæg, ðe hine Drihten ús wísfæst geworhte, Ps. Th. 117, 22: Menol. Fox 122; Men. 61. Micel is tó hycganne wísfæstum menn, hwæt seó wiht sý, Exon. Th. 411, 15; Rä. 29, 13. Swá wítgan wísfæste sægdon, 5, 3; Cri. 64.

wiþ-útan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-útan, adv. prep.

Withoutwithoutoutside ofwithoutwithout

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Grammar wiþ-útan, with dat. without (the opposite of within), outside of Wiðútan ðæm díce is geworht heáh weall, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 19. Ðá cwæð man mycel gemót wiðútan Lundene, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 16.

Linked entry: wiþ-innan

æt-speornan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-speornan, l. æt-spornan, -spurnan,
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To strike against (æt, on), stumble And (fót ðín) ne etspernð et pes tuus non impinget , Kent. Gl. 47. Ic ætspearn (-sporn, -speorn, v. ll.) ǽt ánum fótscearnole in scabello suppedaneo impegi, Gr. D. 22, 22. <b>II a.</b> fig.

andeta

Grammar
andeta, andetta.
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Ðonne cuæð se biscop and ðára hína wiotan þet hió him néren máran ondeta ( that they did not admit to him liability for more ) þonne hit árǽded wæs on Æðelbaldes dæge, Cht.

fǽrlíce

(adv.)

suddenlyunexpectedlysoonimmediatelyby chancehaphazard

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L. 9, 39. soon, immediately, in a hurry Hwí héte ðú mé feccan þús fǽrlíce tó þé why did you send for me in such a hurry?, Hml. S. 14, 52. Hé óðre fyrde hét feárlíce ábannan he had another force called out at once, Chr. 1095; P. 231, 19.

fen

mudmiredirtfen

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Add: mud, mire, dirt Fennes coeni, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 7. Fenne luto, An. Ox. 2, 435: Past. 277, 10. Hí ástódon . . . þe on ðám fænne (fenne, v. l.) ǽr lágon, Hml. S. 10, 22.

fremu

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Take here freme in Dict., and add: Kindness, kind deed, benefit, good Fremu, freomu beneficium, Txts. 44, 135. Fréme affectus (cf. affectum hyldo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1. 12), Rtl. 187, 17. Beneficium freme, i. donum gife, Wrt.

ge-cunnian

(v.)
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., probare), ðis tíd ne gecunnað (gicunigas, R., probatis ) gié, Lk. L. 12, 56. Hé wolde gecunnian ( probare ) þæs þe hé ǽr gehýrde, Gr. D. 142, 9.

hálsung

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H. 99, 21 in Dict. divination. Cf. hálsian; Hálsung divinatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 56

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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Take here hæft-néd in Dict. aud add : custody, durance, confinement Hé álǽdde mé of þám drósnum ǽlces ðeówdómes and ǽlcere hǽftnýde, Ps. Th. 39, 1.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

íþe

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Take here <b>éþe</b> in Dict., and add Ǽdre levius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 58. easy, not difficult to do Swá éþe swá hit is tó ongitanne, Bt. 41, 4; F. 250, 21. Þá þing þe ne sint éðe tó forlǽtanne, 7, 2; F. 18, 16.

Linked entries: eáþe éþe

stæf

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Add Ðis gewrit is gewriten stæf be stæfe be þám gewrite þe Dúnstán sealde úrum hláforde, Ll. Lbmn. 214, 24. Se biscop hine hét (steafa, v. l. ) naman cweðan, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 558, 22. Ꝥ getæl þǽra stafena, Angl. viii. 335, 40.

þencan

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Add Of þám dæge hig þóhton ꝥ hí woldon hyne ofsleán ab illo die cogitauerunt ut interficersnt eum, Jn. ii. 53. Hwilc eówer mæg þencende ( cogitans ) ætéce tó his lengo áne elne?, Mt. R. 6, 27. 1.