un-gleáwness
Want of understanding ⬩ unskilfulness ⬩ foolishness ⬩ blindness
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Sió ungleáwnes biþ on ðé selfum, ðæt ðú hit ne canst on riht gecnáwan, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 226, 33. Ongleáwnis imperitia, Scint. 5, 5. [Un]gleáwnysse rusticitatis, Hpt. Gl. 529, 16. Hé nǽfre for his unglaunesse (ungleáwnesse, MS.
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fleót
an estuary
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B. ii. 519, 14, 15. Fleótas, fleútas aestuaria, Txts. 42, 107. Fleótas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 36: 144, 24. Fleótes tó nette, i. 57, 9. Bi flítum fluctris (flactris? flactra locus coenosus, Migne), ii. 36, 43.
hæppan
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Th. ii. 510, 22 : nyste hé fǽringa hwǽr ; ꝥ seax cóm þe hé ǽr on handa hæfde, Bl. H. 223, 17 : all three passages refer to the same event in the life of St. Martin), Hml. S. 31, 477. [Cf. N. E. D. hap to go by chance.]
heald
inclined ⬩ inclined to
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On ðá healdan stíge, iii. 462, 11. figurative. inclined to Ꝥ ǽlc gesceaft bið heald onlocen (-loten?) wiþ hyre gecynde, Bt. 25; F. 88, 7. that tends to mean things Þá healdan divexa (ardua sectari necnon devexa cavere, Ald. 157, 2), Wrt.
hæftan
To seize, bind, arrest, make captive, imprison ⬩ to bind, fetter
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To seize, bind, arrest, make captive, imprison Gif hé nite hwá hine áborgie hæfton hine if he knows not who will be his surety let them arrest him, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 210, 8.
seolfren
Silvern ⬩ of silver
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B.) leáf, Salm. Kmbl. 129; Sal. 64. Nim mínne sylfrenan læfyl. Gen. 44, 2: Bd. 1. 25; S. 487, 3. Seolferne silver coins Mt. Kmbl. p. 20, 2. Sylfrenu (selfrenu, Cott. MS.) fatu, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 19. Ða seolfrenan stánas, 34, 8; Fox 144, 31.
sicerian
To ooze ⬩ to make way through a small opening
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To ooze, of a fluid, to make way through a small opening Swíðe lytlum siceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýð, ðéþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr út áweorpe by very small quantities and
sinc-gifa
A treasure-giver ⬩ a prince ⬩ chief who was expected to be liberal in his gifts
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Th. 139, 62; By. 278
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GLÆS
Glass
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Biþ ðonne se flǽschoma ascýred swá glæs then shall the body be as transparent as glass, Blickl. Homl. 109, 36. Of glæse geworht made of glass, 127, 33. Mid glase geworht wrought with glass; comptos vitro parietes, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 16
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wíg-heafola
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Beo. Th. 5316; B. 2661. Hea is the reading of Thorkelin's transcripts, but now the MS. shews only quite uncertain traces of h, and ea is entirely gone (Zupitza).
burh-ware
Inhabitants of a city, citizens ⬩ urbis incolæ, cives
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Se geháten wæs mid ðǽm burhwarum Brutus he was called Brutus by the citizens, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 93; Met. 10, 47. Ofer burhware over the inhabitants, Cd. 181; Th. 226, 31; Dan. 179. Wurdon burgware blíðe on móde the citizens were blithe in mood, Andr.
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ge-fadung
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Ben. 125, 19. Þá wíslican gefadunge þe geset is be incúþra ðinga endebyrdnesse, Lch, iii. 440, 25. Add
á-windan
To twist ⬩ plait ⬩ weave ⬩ to slip away ⬩ to become weak (?)
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Hrægl of olfenda hǽrum áwunden, Bl. H. 169, 2. Hróf mid gyrdum áwunden culmen uirgis contextum, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 234, 6. Ðý áwundenan ryfte plumario, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 15. Áwundne contexta, 20, 31. Áwundene, An.
oxa
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Oxan horn bið .x. pæninga weorð, Ll. Th. i. 138, 21. Oxan tægl bið sciłł. weorð, cuus bið fífa penega. Oxan eáge bið fíf p. weorð, cús bið sciłł. weorð, 140, 2-4. Cóm se deófol. . . and hæfde ǽnne oxan horn on hande, Hml. S. 31, 776.
ǽg-þer
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Sé ðe ðonne ðá gesǽlþa hæfþ, ðonne hæfþ hé ǽgþer; sé ðe ðon(n)e ǽgþer hæfþ, hú ne bið sé ðonne full eádig?, Bt. 34, 5; F. 138, 33. On ǽgðer þǽra bóca sind feówertig cwyda, Hml. Th. ii. 2, 13.
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ge-witnes
knowledge ⬩ cognisance ⬩ witness ⬩ testimony ⬩ used of persons
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Be leásre gewitnesse of false witness, L. C. S. 37; Th. i. 398, 9: L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 22. On hyra gewitnesse they being witnesses, Gen. 23, 9. On Moyses bóca gewitnesse by the testimony of the books of Moses, Blickl. Homl. 153, 5.
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ge-efenlǽcan
to imitate, ⬩ To act as another has done ⬩ to do what another has done ⬩ to act in accordance with a rule followed by another ⬩ to be like, resemble ⬩ to put on a level with, compare
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Ben. 51, 16. to act in accordance with a rule followed by another Hí geefenlǽcað þone cwide þe Drihten be him sylfum cwæþ hi illam domini imitantur sententiam, R. Ben. 20, 14.
bæþ
a bath for washing ⬩ the bath of fish or sea-fowl:--
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Hwæt wille ic má cwæðan be mete oððe be drince oððe be baðe (de balneis), Shrn. 183, 30. Ꝥ hé ne cume on wearmum bæðe, ne on sóftum bedde, Ll. Th. ii. 280, 22. Þolige hé cold bæð, 284, 5. Þǽr wǽron gehæfde háte baðu, Hml. Th. i. 86, 21: Hml.
droppetung
A dropping, falling by drops, drop by drop ⬩ stillicĭdium
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A dropping, falling by drops, drop by drop; stillicĭdium Swá swá niðer astíhþ droppetung droppende ofer eorþan as falling [rain] comes down, dropping over the earth, Ps. Lamb. 71, 6
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fágian
To shine, glitter, vary ⬩ văriāre
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To shine, glitter, vary; văriāre Swá hit nú fágaþ so it now varies, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 79; Met. 11, 40. Hí fágiaþ they vary, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 13