búte
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Unless, but; nisi, sed Nán þing wyrþe [geweorþe Cot.] búte hit God wille nothing comes to pass unless God wills it, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 18: Bt. Met. Fox 18, 20; Met. 18, 10. Búte ic nát but I know not, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 16.
þrim-feald
Threefold
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B. L.) ordále, M L. Ath. i. 4; Th. i, 202, 4. On ðam þrimfealdum (þry-) ordále, 6; Th. i. 202, 13. Æt þrimfealdre (þryfealdre, 17) sprǽce, L. Eth. ix. 19; Th. i. 344, 13. Be ánfealdum simplum, be twyfealdum duplum, be þrimfealdum triplum, Ælfc.
wíse
a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res
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Ðǽr seó wíse on tweón cyme ubi res perveniret in dubium, Bd. I. I ; S. 474, 21. Gelimp wísan eventum rei, Hpt. Gl. 457. 45. On ðysse wísan hac in re, Bd. l, 27 ; S. 490. 9. Be ðǽre wísan ðe mín mód gedréfed hæfþ, Bt. 39, 4 ; Fox 216, H.
Linked entry: wís-fæst
un-meahtig
not mighty ⬩ weak ⬩ impotent ⬩ of little power or means ⬩ impossible
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Swá hwæt swá unmihtigre bið, ðæt ne bið ná God, 228, 27: Hexam. 3; Norm. 6, 7, 5. Hú micle unmihtegran hí wǽron, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 4. impossible Ðis unmæhtig is hoc impossibile est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 26: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 10, 27.
grundsópa
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In the glossary from which the last instance is taken the Latin words are arranged alphabetically, so that probably coriza, ... fnora is not an independent entry but should be taken with cartilago.
fæder
a parent ⬩ a step-father ⬩ forefather ⬩ fathers ⬩ ancestors ⬩ father ⬩ a god-father ⬩ a patron
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Ben. 44, 21. Þá gesetton hálige fæderas and Godes folces láreówas þá tíd þæs fæstenes, Bl. H. 27, 25.
fyrn-geár
A former or by-gone year ⬩ priscus vel prætĕrĭtus annus
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A former or by-gone year; priscus vel prætĕrĭtus annus Fyrngeárum fród old with by-gone years, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 3; Ph. 219: Menol. Fox 483; Gn. C. 12
wígbed-hrægel
An altar-covering
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An altar-covering Hé sende ða ðing eall ða ðe tó cyrican ðénunge nýdþearflíco wǽron, húselfatu and wígbidhrægl (-bed-, Bd. M. 90, 2) ( veslimenía altarium ), Bd. 1. 29; S. 498, 9
ge-heóran
To hear ⬩ audire
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To hear; audire Geheór nú hear now, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 116, 21. Ne geheórþ hears not, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 3. Ne geheórdon heard not, 18, 2 ; Fox 64, 12
ge-réþre
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Constant Hé bið simle ryhtes geðeahtes geðafa, for ðǽm hé bid suíðe arod and sutðe geréðre on ryhtum weorcum dttm rectis persuasionibus acqutescit, constanter se in bono opere dirigit, Past. 306, 15
fugel-timber
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Substitute: Bird-material (v. timber; ), the young bird which develops Hé ( the Phenix ) ǽrest bið swylce earnes brid, fæger fugeltimber; þonne furðor wridað þæt hé bið wæstmum gelíc ealdum earne, Ph. 236
ge-efenlíc
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For 'Bd. 4, 29; ... Ca' substitute Ꝥ hé swá geefenlíca wǽre (hí swá geefenlíco wǽron, v. l.) mid þá gyfe his þingeres aequatus gratia suo intercessori, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 531, 8
FLEÓN
To FLEE ⬩ escape ⬩ avoid ⬩ fŭgĕre ⬩ effŭgĕre ⬩ vītāre ⬩ to put to flight ⬩ rout ⬩ conquer ⬩ fŭgāre ⬩ vincĕre ⬩ To fly as with wings ⬩ vŏlāre
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Th. 138, 68; By. 247: Andr. Kmbl. 3074; An. 1540. He sceal swīðe flión ðisse worulde wlite he must quickly flee this world's splendour, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 60; Met. 7, 30. Ðú tilast wædle to fliónne thou toilest to avoid poverty, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 7.
ymb-hwyrft
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<b>IV b.</b> a district, region, world ( = part of the world occupied by a particular people) :-- Hí férdon geond eallum Rómániscum ymbhwyrfte they went through all the Roman world Homl. Th. ii. 30, 28.
ge-endian
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Hí ne geendiað ná þá spǽce ǽr heora seód bið áfylled they will not finish the case till their purse be filled, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 42. Ic geendode ( consummaui ) ꝥ weorc ꝥ þú mé sealdest tó dónne, Jn. 17, 4.
for-beódan
to forbid ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ to prevent
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Hé forbeád þæt mon náne fæste bóc ne leornode (praecepit ne . . . ), 6, 31; 8. 286, 3: Chr. 1012; P. 142, 19. combining (a) and (b β) Forbeéd hit se bisceop ꝥ hí ne weópon, Nar. 32, 12. with gerundial infin.
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
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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.
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.
Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer
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.