a-springan
to spring up ⬩ arise ⬩ originate ⬩ break forth ⬩ surgere ⬩ assurgere ⬩ oriri ⬩ exoriri ⬩ rumpi ⬩ prorumpi ⬩ to spring out ⬩ lack ⬩ fail ⬩ cease ⬩ fall away ⬩ deficere ⬩ desinere
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Ðæt hí ne asprungan fram heora geleáfan ne a fide deficerent, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 6
Linked entries: a-sprincan a-spryngan springan
fremian
To profit ⬩ do good ⬩ be good or expedient ⬩ avail ⬩ profĭcĕre ⬩ prōdesse ⬩ expĕdīre ⬩ vălēre
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To profit, do good, be good or expedient, avail; profĭcĕre, prōdesse, expĕdīre, vălēre Ne mid seglinge ne mid równesse ówiht fremian nĕque vēlo nĕque remĭgio quicquam profĭcĕre, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 26.
un-cystig
Niggardly ⬩ parsimonious ⬩ not liberal
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Ða uncystgan hé cysta lǽre, swá hé ða cystgan on merringe ne gebringe; ond swá eft ða rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren, swá hí ða uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen sic tenacibus infundatur tribuendi largitas, ut tamen prodigis effusionis frena
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brégan
fear, terror ⬩ To give fear, frighten, make afraid, terrify, astonish ⬩ terrere, pavefacere, stupefacere
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Ðeáh hí me swá brégdon, ne dorston hí me gehrínan though they frightened me so, they durst not touch me, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 45. Ne beó ge brégede fram ðám ðe ðone líchaman ofsleáþ be ye not afraid of those who slay the body, Lk. Bos. 12, 4: 21, 9.
þǽr-on
thereon ⬩ therein ⬩ thereinto ⬩ thereof
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Skt. ii. 30, 422. thereof And hé ne cúðe nán þing þáron (cf. næs heora nán ðe þár ǽnig þing on cúðe, 41, 24), Gen. 39, 23
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un-lust
absence of desire ⬩ disgust ⬩ disinclination ⬩ want of appetite ⬩ disinclination to action ⬩ listlessness ⬩ want of pleasure ⬩ joylessness ⬩ weariness ⬩ an evil pleasure ⬩ lust
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Wiþ sáre and unluste ðæs magan, se ðe ne mæg ne mid mete ne mid drincan beón gelácnod, 158, 17. Hié þrowiaþ ormǽtne þurst and metes unlust, 230, 19. Ungemetlíca metesócna and ungemetlíce unlustas and císnessa, 174, 28.
úte
Outside ⬩ without. ⬩ out ⬩ from one's position ⬩ on the outside ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outer side ⬩ out ⬩ out of doors ⬩ in the open air ⬩ out ⬩ away ⬩ at a distance ⬩ out ⬩ away from habitations ⬩ in open country ⬩ out ⬩ from home on service ⬩ out ⬩ not in one's own country ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ away from land
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Gefeaht Scipia wið Hannibal úte on sǽ, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 204, 36. marking degree or extent Hí nánwuht ne magon ufor ne útor (beyond) findan, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 154, 16. Ðám ðe him ðás woruld úttor lǽtan, ðonne ðæt éce líf Exon. Th. 109,28; Gú. 97
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weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Ðú leóda feala forlǽrdest, nú leng ne miht gewealdan ðý weorce Andr. Kmbl. 2729; An. 1367. Yrþlingc, hú begǽst ðú weorc ðín Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 11. Sum mæg wrætlíce weorc áhycgan heáhtimbra gehwæs Exon. Th. 296, 1; Crä. 44. Weorc gebannan Beo.
HRÍM
RIME
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Hægel se hearda and hrím, 127 b; Th. 490, 11; Rä. 79, 9, Ðǽr ne hægl ne hrím hreósaþ tó foldan nec gelido terram rore pruina tegit, 56 b; Th. 201, 22; Ph. 60.
a-lefan
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Ben. 51, 16. ꝥ wé fæston swá ꝥ úre líchama áléfed ne wurðe so that our body be not injured, Hml. S. 13, 104. Wearð his cneów mid heardum geswelle áléfed, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 24. Ðá þe ðurh þæs dracan blǽde áléfode wǽron, 294, 31.
án-lípe
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Nán ǽnlípe ( ne ana quidem ) tó láfe ne wunode, Gr. D. 67, 18.
Linked entries: án-lépe ǽn-lípe synder-lípe
ge-wanian
to lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ to be wanting
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Ne gé nán þing ne gewanion ye shall not diminish ought, Ex. 5, 8. Gewonige, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 100, 27. Is mín flet-werod gewanod my band of retainers is lessened, Beo. Th, 958; B. 477: Cd. 24; Th. 31, 6; Gen. 481: Gen. 8, 1.
be-fón
to comprehend ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ take hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ capere ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ encircle ⬩ envelop ⬩ contain ⬩ clothe ⬩ case ⬩ receive ⬩ conceive ⬩ circumdare ⬩ amplecti ⬩ complecti ⬩ capere ⬩ cingere ⬩ tegere ⬩ operire ⬩ accipere ⬩ concipere
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Ne hét he ná etan ðone líchaman ðe he mid befangen wæs he bade them not eat that body with which he was surrounded, Homl. Pasc. Lisl. 9, 19 : Soul Kmbl. 67; Seel. 34 : Job 19, 26; Thw. 168, 2.
forþ
FORTH ⬩ thence ⬩ hence ⬩ forwards ⬩ onwards ⬩ henceforth ⬩ further ⬩ still ⬩ inde ⬩ hinc ⬩ prorsum ⬩ porro ⬩ dehinc ⬩ deinceps ⬩ tămen
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Hí ne mihton ðanon fleón, ne forþ ne underbæc they could not flee thence, neither forwards nor backwards, Jos. 8, 20: Cd. 118; Th. 153, 8; Gen. 2535. Cynríc rícsode forþ xxvi wintra Cynric reigned on for twenty-six years, Chr. 534; Erl. 14, 33.
Linked entries: gyrd forþ-gelang forþ-genge forþ-gesceaft forþ-onloten forþ-weard
má
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Th. 73, 9. a greater number, more individuals of the kind specified, with partitive genitive plural (or of noun of multitude) Næs his folces ná má ofslagen þonne nigon, Ors. 4, 1 ; S. 156, 24.
ufor
Higher ⬩ highest ⬩ at or i-s/>to a greater height ⬩ farther from a coast ⬩ from a spot ⬩ higher ⬩ at or to a more honourable place ⬩ higher ⬩ later
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Nabbaþ hí nán gód ofer ðæt tó sécanne, ne hí nánwuht ne magon ne ufor ne útor findan, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 154, 16: Exon. Th. 427, 8; Rä. 41, 88. temporal, later. Similar entries v. ufera, Fíf nihtum ufor five days later, Menol.
wirdan
To injure ⬩ hurt ⬩ annoy ⬩ to injure, ⬩ do wrong to ⬩ violate a law ⬩ hinder
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Wyrde officit, 63, 36. of physical hurt Ne wyrt ðæt ða seón, Lchdm. ii. 26, 14. Ne bét hé hit, ac wyrt, 212, 20.
scort
Short ⬩ marking the length of an object ⬩ not tall ⬩ of time ⬩ of a period of time ⬩ short-lived ⬩ brief ⬩ not occupying much time ⬩ as a grammatical term
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Nis nǽnig mon ðe wite hwæðer ðis þúsend sceole beón scyrtre ðe lengre. Blickl. Homl. 119, 6. Dagas ne synd náðor ne længran ne scyrtran ðonne hí æt fruman wǽran, Lchdm iii. 252, 19. Se mónaþ (February) is ealra scyrtost (scyrtst, MSS. P.
ge-swígian
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ondyde ná mínne múð, Ps.
sæc
Strife, contest, conflict
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Nó hé him ðam sæcce ondréd, ne him ðæs wyrmes wíg for wiht dyde, 4684; B. 2347. Sæcce fremman to fight, 4991; B. 2499 : Exon. Th. 496, 28; Rä. 85, 21. Hí hæfdon sæcce gesóhte, sceolde sweordes ecg feorh ácsigan, Andr. Kmbl. 2265; An. 1134.
Linked entry: sæccan