ece
AKE, pain ⬩ dŏlor
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An AKE, pain; dŏlor Efne swá se bisceop ðone ece and ðæt sár mid him ut bǽre as if the bishop had borne the ake and the sore out with him. Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 37: 5, 4; S. 617, 22
efn-etan
to become equal, to equal? ⬩ par esse ălĭcui ĕdendo? æquāre, æmŭlāri
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to become equal, to equal? par esse ălĭcui ĕdendo? æquāre, æmŭlāri Ic mésan mæg meahtelícor and efn-etan ealdum þyrse I can feast more heartily and eat as much as the old giant. Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 28; Rä. 41, 63
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éðyl
A native country ⬩ patria, terra
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A native country, country; patria, terra Gesǽton eard and éðyl unspédigran ðonne se frumstól wæs they inhabited a dwelling and a country more barren than was the first settlement, Cd. 46; Th. 59, 11; Gen. 962: 73; Th. 90, 9; Gen. 1492
ge-anmétan
To encourage ⬩ anĭmāre
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To encourage; anĭmāre He him to fultume com, and hine swíðe geanmétte he came to his help and greatly encouraged him, Ors. 3, 10; Bos. 70, 45. Wæs Demetrias swíðe þearle geanmétt Demetrius was very greatly encouraged, 3, 11; Bos. 75, 25
hreósend-líc
Frail ⬩ perishable
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Frail, perishable, ready to fall Gé sécaþ ðære heán gecynde gesǽlþa and heore weorþscipe tó dam niðerlícum and tó dam hreósendlícum þingum ab rebus infimis excellentis naturæ ornamenta captatis, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 30. Hreósendlíc cassabundus, corruendus
lafor
A leopard
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A leopard [so Cockayne, but ought not the word in the following passage to be eoforas?] Swelce eác laforas ðǽr cwóman unmǽtlícre micelnisse and monig óðer wildeór and eác tigris nec minus apri ingentis forme mixti maculosis lincibus tygribusque, Nar.
luf-sum
Amiable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ lovable
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Amiable, pleasant, lovable Lufsum swǽ Rahel amabilis ut Rachel, Rtl. 109, 37. Lufsum and líðe leófum monnum amiable and kind to the men that are dear to him, Exon. 21 a; Th. 57, 5; Cri. 914: 96 a; Th. 357, 21; Pa. 32
níd-wracu
Violence ⬩ misery caused by violence
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Violence, misery caused by violence Wæs ðæt gewin láð and longsum, ðe on ða leóde becom, nýdwracu níþgrim, nihtbealwa mǽst, Beo. Th. 388; B. 193. Hyne God wolde nergan wið níþum, and hyra nýdwræce deópe déman, Exon. Th. 135, 17; Gú. 525
ostre
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An oyster Ostre ostrea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 71: i. 65, 67: ostrea vel ostreum, 77, 70. Ðonne cumaþ ða oftost of mettum and of cealdum drincan swá swá sindon cealde ostran and æpla, Lchdm. ii. 244, 2: Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9
óþ-flítan
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to get from another by litigation Ðá ongon Higa him specan sóna on, and wolde him óþflítan ðæt lond then Higa at once began the case against him, and wanted to get the land from him by the litigation. Chart. Th. 169, 23
ge-níðla
An enemy, a foe
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An enemy, a foe Nǽfre ðú gelǽrest ðæt ic dumbum and deáfum deófolgieldum gǽste geníðlum gafol onháte never shalt thou induce me to promise tribute to dumb and deaf idols, foes to the spirit, Exon. 68 a; Th. 251, 26; Jul. 151
sundor-setl
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A residence apart, a hermitage:?-Hé ongan wilnian wéstenes and sundersetle[s?]. . . Hé leornode be ðám ancerum ðe on wéstene and on sundorsettlum heora líf leofodon, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 20-24. Hé his fultum tó ðam sundorsetle sóhte, 3; Gdwin. 24, 2
un-ástíðod
Not made firm
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Not made firm Gif mon on níwne weall unádrugodne and unástíðodne micelne hróf and hefigne onsett, ðonne ne timbreþ hé nó healle ac hryre quod structuris recentibus necdum solidatis, si tignorum pondus superponitur, non habitaculum sed ruina fabricatur
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un-áwendedlíc
Unchangeable ⬩ fixed ⬩ invariable
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Unchangeable, fixed, invariable Ðú ðe ealle ða unstillan gesceafta tó ðínum willan ástyrast and ðú self simle stille and unáwendedlíc ðurhwunast qui stabilis manens das cuncta moveri, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 10. Unáwendedlíce, unáwendlíce fixa, Ælfc. Gr.
un-getogen
Uneducated
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Uneducated Fisceras and ungetogene menn geceás Drihten him tó leorningcnihtum, and hí swá geteáh, ðæt heóra lár oferstáh ealne woruldwísdóm, Homl. Th. i. 576, 28. Hé geceás siððan woruldlíce úðwitan, ac hí módegodon, gif hé ǽr ne gecure ða ungetogenan
ungemet-hleahtor
Immoderate laughter
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Immoderate laughter Hú micele má wénestú ðæt hé mid yrre ða út áweorpe of his temple, ðe mid unnyttum gesprǽcum and mid ungemethleahtrum ða stówa, ðe tó Godes þeówdóme gehálgode wǽron, fýlaþ and besmýtaþ, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 32
an-mitta
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Dele all but second passage, and add: A balance, scale Andmitta (hand-) exagium, Txts. 61, 793. Anmitta statera, Kent. Gl. 343. Habbaþ rihtne anmittan and emne wǽgan statera justa et aequa sint pondera, Lev. 19, 35. On anmittum in stateris, Bl. Gl
bón
Ornament
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Ornament Harold his heáfód þám kynge bróhte, and his scipes heáfod, and þá bóne (ornaturam, Fl. Wig. Plummer quotes the further description, 'Proram cum puppi pondus graue scilicet auri, Artificum studio fusile multiplies,' ii. 251) þér mid, Chr. 1063
cild-geogoþ
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Infancy, childhood Þá feówer tíman, lengten, . . . , and eác þá gelícnyssa, ꝥ ys cildhád, . . . lengtentíma and cildiugoð geþwǽrlǽcað, Angl. viii. 299, 26. Swá hé ǽr behét on his cildgeogoðe, Lch. iii. 438, 10. Sprǽcon hí embe heora cildgeogoðe, Hml
efen-meahtig
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Of equal might Ðeáh hé him efnmihtig (emmniehtig, v. l.) sié on his godháde quamvis divinitate esset aequalis, Past. 260, 16. Habban geleáfan on God ælmihtigne. . . . Hé wæs ǽfre efenmihtig, and Hé gyt is, and Hé á swá byð, Wlfst. 16, 7