wirs
Worse ⬩ worst
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Worse, worst in reference to moral ill Wyrs déð se ðe lýhð Salm. Kmbl. 364; Sal. 181. Ðonne hié wénen ðæt hié hæbben betst gedón, ðæt wé him ðonne secgen ðæt hié hæbben wierst (wyrst, Cott.
wýscan
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To wish. with gen. to wish for, desire Hé helle wísceþ, ðæs engestan éðelríces, Salm. Kmbl. 212; Sal. 105. Hý ðæs betran lífes wýscaþ and wénaþ, Exon. Th. 106, 26; Gú. 47. Wíscaþ, 115, 24; Gú. 194. Hié his tócymes wýscton, Blickl.
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gréne
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Bebeád se Hǽlend ꝥ ðæt folc sǽte ofer ꝥ gréne híg (ofer groene gers, L., ofer groenum hegge ł grese, R., super uiride faenum ), Mk. 6, 39. Siððan Adam stóp on gréne græs, Gen. 1137.
lyft
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On lyft scacan, fleógan ofer foldan, Sat. 263. In lyft ástág cirm, Gú. 363. the upper region of the air, sky, heaven Tó morgen hyt byð smylte weder ; þes heofon (caelum) ys reád . . .
hild
War, ⬩ battle ⬩ pugna, prælium
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Kmbl. 823; An. 412: Salm. Kmbl. 320; Sal. 159: Fins. Th. 75; Fin. 37: Wald. 55; Vald. 1, 30: Exon. 79a; Th. 297, 5; Crä. 63: 104a; Th. 395, 7; Rä. 15, 4: 120a; Th. 461, 17; Hö. 37: Cd. 95; Th. 124, 11; Gen. 2061: 155; Th. 193, 5; Exod. 241: Elen.
FÆT
A vessel, cup, VAT ⬩ vas, călix
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Geseah he fyrnmanna fatu he saw vessels of men of yore, Beo. Th. 5515; B. 2761. Gecuron híg ða gódan on hyra fatu elēgērunt bŏnos in vāsa, Mt. Bos. 13, 48. Adrifene fatu graven or embossed vessels, Ælfc. G1. 67; Som. 69, 99; Wrt. Voc. 41, 49.
fóre-mǽre
Fore-great ⬩ very honourable ⬩ illustrious ⬩ eminent ⬩ famous ⬩ celebrated ⬩ præclārus ⬩ illustris ⬩ excellens ⬩ fāmōsus ⬩ celeberrĭmus
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celebrated; præclārus, illustris, excellens, fāmōsus, celeberrĭmus Ic nǽfre ne geseah ne gehýrde nǽnne wísne mon ðe má wolde bión wrecca, and earm, and ælþiódig, and forsewen, ðonne wélig, and weorþ, and ríce, and fóremǽre on his ágnum earde I never saw
nágan
not to have ⬩ not to be allowed ⬩ ought not
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Th. 271, 5; Sat. 101. not to be allowed, ought not Náh náðer tó farenne ne Wylisc man on Ænglisc land, ne Ænglisc man on Wylisc, L. O. P. 6; Th. i. 354; 23.
ge-feoht
A fight ⬩ battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ preparation for war ⬩ prælium ⬩ pugna ⬩ congressio ⬩ bellum ⬩ procinctus
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Gé gehýraþ gefeoht and sace ye shall hear of battle and strife, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 2, 13 : Bt. 15; Fox 48, 15. Ðonne gé geseóþ gefeoht and twýrǽdnessa cum audiĕritis prælia et sedĭtiōnes, Lk. Bos. 21, 9 : Mt. Bos. 24, 6 : Ps. Lamb. 139, 3.
un-gemetlíc
immoderate ⬩ inordinate ⬩ excessive ⬩ too great ⬩ immense ⬩ very great ⬩ not of the same measure ⬩ diverse
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Ðá com se ungemetlíca unfriðhere, 1009; Erl. 142, 16. not of the same measure, diverse Ungemetlícra diversarum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 7, 5
wlǽta
nausea ⬩ loathing ⬩ what produces nausea ⬩ an object of loathing ⬩ defilement ⬩ disfigurement
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Seó ofering ðé wurþ oþþe tó sáre oððe tó wlǽttan, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 16. Wlǽttan sentina (ab omni spurcitiae sentina immunes, Ald. 10), Ánglia xiii. 28, 28.
beód
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Se leása freónd bið mannes geféra tó beóde, and ná tó neódþearfe, Sal. K. p. 206, 4. <b>Ib.</b> food eaten at table :-- Ic selle þis lond Agustines hígum intó hiora beóde, Cht.
eall-swá
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Rdr. 57, 39. with verb, likewise, in just the same way Hí geféngon ðone feórþan and eallswá getintregedon, Hml. S. 25, 143. Se wítega wæs ealswá genumen tó ðám óðrum lífe, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 61, 140. adverbial conjunction. as Ealswá ut, An. Ox. 316.
gryre
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God sealde him wítes clom and egsan gryre ( inspired him with terror ), Sat. 454: Dan. 593. terribleness, what causes terror or horror Se légdraca, grimlic gryre, B. 3041.
heá-líce
on high ⬩ greatly ⬩ extremely ⬩ nobly ⬩ elaborately
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Stód se earming ætforan þám deófle þǽr hé heálíce sæt, Hml. S. 3, 372. Se wítga cwæð þæt áhæfen wǽren heálíce upp sunne and móna, Cri. 693. in or to a high position or rank Se fæder þóhte hwám hé hí (his daughter) mihte heálícost forgifan, Ap.
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hóp
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Voc. ii. 51, 57, which may belong to the same lygistra is glossed by hopu; but other glosses give ligustra blóstman, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 5: hunisuge, 89, 43: and ligustrura is always glossed by hunisuge.
up-líc
on high ⬩ lofty ⬩ sublime ⬩ celestial
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Th. 287, 5; Sat. 362. Ðara uplícra burhwara geférscipe, Blickl. Homl. 197, 16. lofty, sublime Upplícan anagogen, upplíc andgyt supernum intellectum, Hpt. Gl. 506, 17-19. Uplícum andgite anagogen, Anglia xiii. 28, 15. Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 37.
æcer
field, land ⬩ of arable land ⬩ the crop raised on the land ⬩ a definite quantity of land, an acre
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Se Hǽlend fór ofer æceras (acras, R.) abiit Jesus per sata, Mt. 12, 1. Hiora gemǽnan æceras oþþe gærs, Ll. Th. i. 128, 7. the crop raised on the land (cf. Icel. akr crop) :-- Ðá ðá ðæt án corn feóll, ðǽr árás þicce æcer (seges), Gr. D. 240, 3.
hǽman
To lie with, have intercourse with, to marry ⬩ concumbere, coire, nubere
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To lie with, have intercourse with, to marry; concumbere, coire, nubere Wit wǽron swíðe unróte geworden for ðý hǽmede ðe wé wéndon ðæt wit hǽman sceoldon we became very sad on account of the intercourse that we expected we should be obliged to have,
smeágung
search, inquiry, investigation, where something is lost ⬩ inquiry carried on by the mind, inquiry, consideration, meditation, discussion, deliberation
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Ðá geseah se árleása áídlian his smeágunge then the impious king saw all his deliberation was of no avail Homl. Skt. i. 4, 399. Smeáunga yfle cogitationes malae Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 19. Smeáwunga 9, 4. Smeáwungas (smeóunge, Rush.) Lk. Skt.