þeówet-líc
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Gif wé ðeówtlícera weorca, ðæt sind synna, geswícaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 6. Ðæt Sunnandæg freóls beó fram þeówetlícum weorcum, Wulfst. 292, 7
un-treówfæst
Unfaithful ⬩ untrustworthy
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Hí cwǽdon tó ðam Hǽlende: 'Wé wyton ðæt ðú of forlygere wǽre ácenned; and óðer ys, ðæt ðýn cynn ys on Bethleem swýþe untreówfæst; and þrydde ðæt ðýn fæder and ðýn módor flugon of Egiptan lande for ðam ðe hig nefdon nánne trúwan tó nánum folce;' Nicod.
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céling
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Wé férdon þurh fýr and þú ús lǽddest on célincge (kélinge, Ps. L. 65, 12) in refrigerium, Hml. S. 4, 340. Add
in-gán
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Wé ðá cynelican burh Porres mid úrum wǽpnum ineódon (printed metdon) urbem regiam Pori armis inuasimus, Nar. 4, 19. Add
leód-rǽden
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A population; people, the country of a people Hwylc wundor is, þeáh þe wé þis be mannum secgan, nú seó úplice leódrǽden þǽre ængellican gecynde of sumum dǽle æfwerdlan áræfnede of hyra efenceasterwarum quid mirum quod hoc de homine dicitur, quando illa
sand
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Ox. 7, 162. of deserts Ðá férde wé þurh þá weallendan sond and þurh þá wǽdlan stówe wætres per feruentes arenas et egentia humoris loca profectus sum, Nar. 6, 9
stilness
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D. 170, 12. add: abstention from speech: — For þǽre stilnesse hefignysse neoþran stefne tó sprecenne wé geþáfedon pro taciturnitatis gravitate summissa voce loquendum permisimus, Angl. xiii. 433, 970.
ufan
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Th. i. 206, 21. figurative Þ hine man forgulde mid healfan punde; gif wé þonne gyld árǽrdon, ꝥ him man ýhte ufon on ꝥ be his wlites weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 234, 6. v. ofer-, wiþ-ufan
tellan
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Ðonne on úrum móde biþ ácenned sum ðing gódes, and wé ðæt tó weorce áwendaþ, ðonne sceole wé ðæt tellan tó Godes gyfe, and ðæt Gode betǽcan consider it as God's grace, and attribute it to God, 138, 23.
DǼD
DEED, action ⬩ actio, actus, factum
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Ðæt we ǽfæstra dǽde démen that we consider the deeds of the pious, Exon. 40 a; Th. 133, 31; Gú. 498: 44 a; Th. 148, 13; Gú. 744: Ps. Th. 118, 17, 43.
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cop-líc
fitly, well ⬩ apte
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fitly, well; apte Gr. Dial. 1, 1; Lye
ge-medmicel
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Small, mean, weak Gimetomicla infirma, Rtl. 50, 11
swearc
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Weak, feeble, faint, v. next word, and swearcan
ild
an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ sæculum ⬩ age ⬩ years ⬩ ætas ⬩ mature ⬩ eld ⬩ senectus ⬩ vetustas ⬩ age
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Ealle wé cumaþ tó ánre ylde on ðam gemǽnelícum ǽriste ðeáh ðe wé nú on myslícere ylde of ðyssere worulde gewíton we shall all come at one age at the general resurrection, though now we depart from this world at different ages, 23-5.
wrítan
To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter
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Wé wrítaþ him ðone croft, 258, 27
BEÓT
a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ command ⬩ menace ⬩ comminatio ⬩ minæ ⬩ peril ⬩ periculum ⬩ a boasting ⬩ boasting promise ⬩ promise ⬩ jactantia ⬩ promissio gloriosa ⬩ promissum
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C.] ðæs ealdormannes minas principis non metuit, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477. 23 : Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 7; Jul. 176. peril; periculum Ðenden [ðen, MS.] in ðam beóte wǽron while they were in that peril Cd. 187; Th. 232, 25; Dan. 265. a boasting, boasting promise
for-wúndian
To wound badly ⬩ ulcerate ⬩ grăvĭter vulnĕrāre
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Ða men wǽron forwúndode the men were badly wounded, Chr. 882; Erl. 83, 11: 897; Erl. 96, 13
gál
Light ⬩ pleasant ⬩ wanton ⬩ licentious ⬩ wicked ⬩ lĕvis ⬩ libīdĭnōsus ⬩ luxŭriōsus ⬩ mălus
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Gecunnian hwæðer he wǽre god oððe gál to try whether he were good or bad, Gu. 17; Gdwn. 74, 6
mis-wendan
To pervert ⬩ apply to a wrong use ⬩ abuse ⬩ To turn in a wrong direction, be perverted
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Hé begann tó þreágenne ða gebróðru ðe miswende wǽron he began to rebuke the two brothers who were perverted, 66, 34. Mid þweorum ðú bist miswend cum perverso perverteris, Ps. Lamb. 17, 27. intrans.
ge-treówian
to trust ⬩ confide ⬩ hope ⬩ to make a treaty ⬩ be confederate ⬩ to clear one's self
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Ic me on mínne Drihten getreówige ego in te sperabo Domine, 54, 24: 70, 13. to make a treaty, be confederate [v. ge-treówþ] Ða beorn getreówedon betwuh him and sieredon ymbe ðone fæder the children were confederates and plotted against the father, Bt
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