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earm-heort

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sint tó monianne ðá ofermódan and ðá úpáhæfenan on hira móde, on óðre wísan ðá earmheortan and ðá wácmódan ( pusillanimes ), Past. 209, 2. pitiful, tender-hearted Hé wæs tó þám earmheort (swá mildheort, v. l. ) ꝥ him ofhreów ꝥ ástépede wíf, gif hé ne

ge-neát-scólu

(n.)
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Ne þorftan þá þegnas in þám þýstran hám, seó geneátscolu . . . tó þám frumgáre . . . wénan, þæt hý in wínsele beágas þégon. Jul. 675-687

Linked entry: scolu

ofer-sceadwian

(v.)
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Add: literal Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, Past. 337, 11. Ofersceadewad umbrosa, An. Ox. 56, 26. figurative 'Miht ðæs Hýhstan ofersceadewað ðé'. . . Maria wæs ofersceadewed ðurh mihte þæs Hálgan Gástes.

sárgian

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs ðú sárgige for ðǽm on lásð ne gemas in novissimis, 249, 13

wód

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Add: (l b) mad with anger, enraged Hé suwode ǽfre swilce hé ne gefrédde heora swingla náteshwón, and hí þæs þe wóddran wǽron him tógeánes, Hml. S. 31, 978.

wamm-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wamm-dǽd, e; f.

An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime

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An evil deed, a misdeed, trespass, crime Swá swá wé forlǽtaþ leahtras on eorðan ðám ðe wið ús oft ágyltaþ, and womdǽda wítan ne þencaþ 'as we forgive them that trespass against us,' Hy. 6, 25.

hand-plega

(n.)
Grammar
hand-plega, an; m.

Fighting

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Hí nǽfre wyrsan handplegan on Angelcynne ne gemitton ðonne Ulfcytel him tóbrohte they had never had more disastrous fighting in England than in their engagement with Ulfcytel, Chr. 1004; Erl. 138, note 7

breóst-wylm

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-wylm, es; m.

The fountain of the breast, a breast, teat, emotion of the breast, grief; ⬩ pectoris fons, uber, pectoris æstuatio, ærumna

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He ðone breóstwylm forberan ne mihte he could not restrain the emotion of his breast, Beo. Th. 3758; B. 1877

ofer-drync

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-drync, es; m.

excessive drinking, drunkenness ⬩ an entertainment where excessive drinking takes place ⬩ ebrietas

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excessive drinking, drunkenness Behealdaþ eów ðæt gé ne gehefgien eówre heortan mid oferdrynce ebrietate Past. 18, 2; Swt. 129, 19.

hleów-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hleów-leás, adj.

Not having or not affording shelter, protection, comfort, ⬩ cheerless

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Not having or not affording shelter, protection, comfort, cheerless Ða ðe hleóleásan wíc wunedon those who had occupied a cheerless dwelling, Andr. Kmbl. 261: An. 131.

tó-hladan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hladan, p. -hlód; pp. -hladen

To disband, ⬩ disperse

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To disband, disperse Ne meahte hié (the builders of the tower of Babel) gewurðan weall forð timbran, ac hié earmlíce heápum tóhlódon hleóðrunl gedǽlde they could not combine to carry on the building of the wall, but, divided in speech, they miserably

swǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swǽrlíce, (swár-); adv.

of doing or bearing what is painful, grievously ⬩ of sleeping, heavily, ⬩ graviter

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of doing or bearing what is painful, grievously Nán man ne sceal his wífe geneálǽcan, siððan heó mid bearne swǽrlíce gebunden gǽþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 21. Hé sceolde hit mid fæstene swárlíce gebétan, Homl.

Linked entry: swárlíce

frignung

(n.)
Grammar
frignung, e; f.

Question ⬩ inquiry

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Náht tó láfe ne wunað þǽre frignunge and ácsunge be þám wísum de his nihil quaestionis remansit, 323, 23. Tweógan be þissere sócne and frignunge ( quaestione ), 305, 15

Linked entry: frægning

gilpen

(adj.)
Grammar
gilpen, adj.

Boastful

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Boastful Ne mæg he geþyldgian ðæt he ðæt forhele ac wierþ ðonon gilpen he cannot bear to conceal it, but becomes boastful on account of it, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 216, 9: Cot. MS.

Linked entry: gilpna

ge-cwide

a condition, an agreement ⬩ a will

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Ne hé má eft tó him hwearf æfter heora gecwide (-cwyde, v.l.) neque ultra ad eum juxta suum condictum rediit, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 496, 10. a will Ðis is Wulfgates gecwide ... ꝥ is þonne ꝥ hé geann ǽrest Gode his sáwelscattas ..., C.D.B. iii. 652, 16

ge-dyrstigan

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ge-dyrstigan, l. ge-dyrstigian,
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Gif for micelre árweorðnesse hwylc man ne gedyrstgað (-dyrstigaþ, -drystigað, þyrstgað, v. ll. praesumit) onfoon, Bd. I. 27 ; Sch. 83, 22. For hwon gedyrstigodes (-dyrstgadest, v.l., praesumsisti) þú ꝥ þú stalodest ?, Gr. D. 25, 7.

spornan

(v.)
Grammar
spornan, spurnan; p. spearn, pl. spurnon ; pp. spornen.

to strike with the foot, spurn ⬩ to spurn, reject ⬩ stumble ⬩ to strike with the feet, tread

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to strike with the foot, spurn Ðe læs ðú on stán fóte spurne ne offendas ad lapidem pedem tuam Ps. Th. 90, 12. On spurnan inpingere Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 72.

Linked entry: spurnan

geond-scínan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-scínan, -scán; pp. -scinen

To shine upon, illuminate ⬩ collustrare, illuminare

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To shine upon, illuminate; collustrare, illuminare Hit seó éce ne mót geondscínan sunne the eternal sun cannot shine on it, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 88; Met. 5, 44: Salm. Kmbl. 678; Sal. 339: Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 9.

weorod-ness

(n.)
Grammar
weorod-ness, e; f.
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Werednesse dulcedinem, Anglia xiii. 369, 48, Him ne lícaþ on his gecorenum náne lustfullunga oððte werodnyssa ðyssere worulde, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 3

angel

(n.)
Grammar
angel, a hook.
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Se grǽdiga fisc gesihð þæt ǽs and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðam ǽse sticað, Hml, Th. i. 216, 11. Angul hamum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 75. Add