hnesce
Nesh, ⬩ soft, ⬩ delicate, ⬩ tender, ⬩ effeminate
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Hnesce on móde tó flǽsclícum lustum yielding easily to the lusts of the flesh, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 4. Gefrédan hwæt biþ heard hwæt hnesce to feel what is hard, what soft, 372, 32: Elen. Kmbl. 1226; El. 615.
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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Ðæt ic ðé móste getǽcan swá sceortne (scortne, Cote. MS.) weg swá ic scyrtestne findan meahte, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 17. Hé hæfþ scyrtran (sceortran, MS. R.) sceade ðonne seó sunne, Lchdm. iii. 252, 13.
wísian
shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ to shew ⬩ shew ⬩ point put ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ indicate
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Úre Drihten beád Móyse ðam heretogan, ðæt hé folce wísode (folc wissode, v. l.). Wulfst. 132, ll. Ðus him gewísede se mon ða gemǽru, swá him ða ealdan béc ryhtan and wísedon, Chart. Th. 142, 15 : 141, 18. Hwæt mæg ic dón, búton mé God wísige ?
Linked entry: riht-wísian
þreodian
to deliberate ⬩ take thought ⬩ to deliberate ⬩ hesitate
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to deliberate, take thought Hé on his móde ðóhte and ðreodode ðæt hé wolde eall Angolcyn of Breotone gemǽrum áflýman totum genus Anglorum Brittaniae finibus erasurum se esse deliberans, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 28.
Linked entries: þrydian þrýþlíce ymb-þreodian
þegnest
Service
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Service Þæs ilcan géres fór Aldréd biscop tó Colne ofer sǽ, and wearð ðær underfangen mid mycclan weorðscipe, and him geaf ǽgðer þéneste ge se biscop on Colone and se cásere, Chr. 1054; Erl. 189, 25. (This passage occurs in only one MS.)
Linked entry: þegnest-mann
cwylming
Torture, trouble, suffering, a cross ⬩ cruciātus, crux
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Torture, trouble, suffering, a cross; cruciātus, crux Cwylminge [MS. cwylmingce] cruciātu, Mone B. 3178 . Se ðe ne nimþ hys cwylminge, and fyligþ me, nys he me wyrðe qui non accipit crucem suam, et sequĭtur me, non est me dignus, Mt.
ge-hywian
to form ⬩ fashion ⬩ fingĕre ⬩ to seem ⬩ pretend ⬩ sĭmŭlāre
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Mid gehywedan móde with feigned mind, Th. Ap. 3, 2
under-ládteów
A subordinate ruler
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C.) gesetton ðe hié consulas héton ðæt heora ríce heólde án geár án monn igitur regibus urbe propulsis, Romani consules creaverunt, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 68, 2
Linked entry: lád-teów
an-bídung
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And*-*bidunga inducias, i. moras, An. Ox. 3396
eorþ-hrérness
An earthquake
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Geséende eorðhroernise viso terrae motu, 27, 54. Biðon eorðhreoerniso (the first e in -hreoerniso is marked for erasure; -hroernisse, R.), 24, 7. Eorðhroernisso miclo, Lk. L. 21, 11
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ge-hyspan
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Add: to insult, mock Gehypste Dryhten se synfulla exacerbavit Dominum peccator, Ps. L. 9, 25. Gecance gehispende ludibrio insultantes, An.
nǽtan
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Add: to afflict Mínes módes nearunesse mé nǽtt angustia animi affligit me, Verc. Först. 137, ll. Hwí eom ic nǽted? cur affligor? 142, 2. Swá mycle swíðor swá wé nú beóð nǽtte on þyssum lífe, swá mycle má wé feógað on ðám tóweardan lífe, 141, 18
ge-éþian
To breathe.
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Wé magon witan ꝥ þonne se gást wile hé geéðað tó þæs mannes mode sciendum est quia quando vult spiritus aspirat, Gr. D. 146, 14
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á-blǽst
inspired ⬩ infuriated, furious
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Gl. 466, 8. infuriated, furious Hé hét geótan týn orcas fulle eles, ðæt hé wolde ðæt ðæs fýres hǽto ðe réðre wǽre and ðe áblǽstre that the heat of the fire might be the more fierce and furious, Angl. xvii. 113, 16
Linked entry: blǽstan
deádian
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Ꝥte deádedo mori, Rtl. 86, 14. Deádage (-iga, R.) mori, Lk. L. 20, 36. Deádege (deóðiga, R.), Jn. L. 4, 47. Gé bióðon deádade (deádo, L.) moriemini, Jn. R. 8, 24
ÆPPEL
an APPLE ⬩ fruit generally ⬩ malum ⬩ pomum ⬩ what is round as an apple ⬩ the apple of the eye ⬩ a ball ⬩ bolus ⬩ pill ⬩ quidvis globosum ⬩ pupilla ⬩ globus ⬩ bolus ⬩ pilula
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Nǽnig móste heora hrórra hrím æpla gedígean none of their hardy fruits could withstand the frost; occidit moros in pruina. Ps. Th. 77, 47.
a-myrran
to hinder ⬩ impede ⬩ obstruct ⬩ check ⬩ disturb ⬩ impedire ⬩ turbare ⬩ obstruere ⬩ to dissipate ⬩ spend ⬩ distract ⬩ defile ⬩ mar ⬩ corrupt ⬩ spoil ⬩ destroy ⬩ dissipare ⬩ perdere ⬩ consummare ⬩ corrumpere ⬩ devorare ⬩ distrahere
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Ðeós gitsung hafaþ gumena gehwelces mód amerred this covetousness has corrupted the mind of every man, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 87; Met. 8, 44: 22, 8; Met. 22, 4. Eorþe wæs amyrred corrupta est terra, Ex. 8, 24: Ors. 3, 10; Bos. 69, 39.
fandian
To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search out ⬩ tentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre
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To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search out; tentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre Gif ðé ǽfre geweorþeþ ðæt ðú wilt oððe móst weorolde þióstro eft fandian if it should happen that thou wilt or must again explore the
féðe
The power of going on foot ⬩ walking ⬩ going ⬩ motion ⬩ pace ⬩ făcultas pĕdĭbus eundi ⬩ ambŭlātio ⬩ gressus ⬩ passus
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An féðe mihtigost most powerful in walking, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 21. He náhte his féðes geweald he had no power of waiting, Homl. Th. i. 336, 9.
Linked entry: an-féðe
gæst
a GUEST ⬩ hospes ⬩ sŏcius ⬩ a stranger ⬩ an enemy ⬩ vir aliēnĭgĕnus ⬩ hostis
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Biþ symle gæst will ever be a guest, Exon. 84 c; Th. 318, 9; Mod. 80. Gársecges gæst the ocean's guest, 97 a; Th. 301, 33; Wal. 29. Ferende gæst a journeying guest, 103 a; Th. 390, 12; Rä. 8, 9. Gæst ne grétte he greeted not the guest, Beo.