wiþer-steall
Resistance ⬩ opposition
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Færð ðæt fýr ofer eall, ne byð ðǽr nán wiðersteall ( Similar entries cf. foresteall, Dóm. L. 146, where the Latin is : Ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis), ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne dó, Wulfst. 138, 6.
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wirn
A hindrance ⬩ obstacle ⬩ difficulty
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Færð ðæt fýr ofer eall . . . ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne dó the fire will go everywhere . . . and no one will be able to hinder it, Wulfst. 138, 7
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ymbeaht
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as if the form had been connected with eahtian to consider, and the word were regarded as a compound, ymb-eaht. See Engl. Stud. xi. 492
brid
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Swá earn his briddas (pullos) spænð tó flihte, Deut. 32, II: Ps. Srt. ii. p. 192, 31. On lencgten ic lǽte míne hafocas ætwindan tó wuda, and genyme mé briddas on hærfeste and temige hig, Coll. M. 26, 3. Add
dearnunga
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Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan eall dyrnunga æt Steorran ꝥ him gewearð se þridda penig of þǽre tolne, C. D. iv. 56, 29. Add
dyrstig
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Hé þá hálgan róde genam hám tó his earde árleáslíce dyrstig, Hml. S. 27, 26. Þæt heofonlice hors wearp ádúne þone dyrstigan Heliodorum, 25, 777. Gif huætd ungebyredlic bidda dyrstigo ué sindon si aliquid incongruum rogare ausi sumus, Rtl. 179, 34
fleardian
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Hí ne swincaþ á swíþe ymbe ǽnige þearfe, ac maciað eall be luste . . . wóriað and wandriaið and ealne dæg fleardiað, spelliað and spiliað and nǽnige note dreógað, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 24. Mid dislicum glengum fleardiende stolidis pompis indruticans, An.
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ge-hǽt
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Substitute: <b>ge-hǽtan;</b> p. te To heat. physical Genim senepes sǽd . . . and xx piporcorna, gesamna eall mid ecede, gehǽt on wætere, Lch. ii. 24, 17. Gehǽt ceald wæter mid hátan íserne, 100, 20. Gegníd mid wíne, and gehǽte, 214, 21.
ge-leáfsum
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Cymð se lytega sǽtere and áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, and geræcð him ðonne tó geleáfsuman ( tells him and gets him to believe ) ðæt hé sié se gesǽlgosta on eallum cræftum, Past. 463, 13. Add
hlíp-geat
A leap-gate
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On ðæt ealde hlýpeget, C. D. iii. 406, 31
lustfull-nes
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Þá þá hé geseah þá lustfullnesse þæs líchaman (delectationem carnis) . . . hé spræc þysne cwyde : ' Eall seó lustfulnes and swétnes þæs líchaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride (dulcedo illius vermes), Gr. D. 323, 1-3 : 8.
líge-leóht
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Hé is hwít . . . þonne is þæt þridde þæt líhteð eall geond eorðærn . . . and þonne is hit hwæðre án lég, and ne mæg þæt háte fram ðám hwíte áscádan, ne ðæt hwíte fram þám légeleóhte (þæt háte, Þæt hwíte, þæt légeleóhte seem all substantive forms of the
swég
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Add Áweóx mára swég and hefegra ( gravior sonitus ),swá ꝥ hit áhleóðrode swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre tóworpen fram þám grundweallum, Gr. D. 236, 12. Se sácerd scolde bión mid bellum behangen ... scolde beón gehiéred his swég (sonítus), Past. 93, 7.
weallan
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Add Þá líc weóllon eall maðon and egeslíce stuncon, Hml. S. 4, 212. add: — Hwá sceotað ðæt deófol mid weallendum strǽlum?, Sal. K. 148, l. <b>VII a.
reðe
Right, just
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; Right, just; Ðú (God) eart hálig lǽce, rede and rihtwís, rúmheort hláford, Hy. Grn. 7, 63. Mé ðín se góda gást lǽdde ðæt ic on rihtne weg reðne férde ; spiritus tuus bonus deducet me in viam rectam,; Ps. Th. 142, 11.
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sǽtere
a robber ⬩ latro ⬩ insidiator, seductor
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Ðonne cymþ se lytega sǽtere (seductor) tó ðæm sláwan móde, and áteleþ him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde, 65, 2; Swt. 463, 12. Hí sendon séteras (insidiatores) ðætte genómo hine on word, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 20
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gærs-irþ
Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage
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If he need more pasturage, he must earn it in such way as may be allowed him, Ll. Th. i. 434. 17
wil-síþ
A desired journey, ⬩ a wished for, welcome journey
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A desired journey, a wished for, welcome journey Eádga ús siges, wlitigan wilsíþes, Exon. Th. 2, 18; Cri. 21. Ðæs sǽs smyltnys eów blíþe on eówerne willsíþ hám forlǽteþ serenitas maris vos cupito itinere domum remittet, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 36.
tó-swellan
To swell out ⬩ grow big
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Se earm wæs swá swíþe greát and tóswollen brachio in tantum grossescente, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23. Wiþ tótece . . . ðæt tóswollene lim fram ðære uferan healfe beþe, Lchdm. ii. 68, 13. Wæs án cnapa swíðe tóswollen þurh wyrmes siege, Homl.
bearhtm-hwíl
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Þá hraðe on þá ylcan tíd næs án brehtmhwíl tó ðon ꝥ se cniht gewearð geswænced hora eadem ac momento puer vexatus est, 242, 30. Gif hé mihte on ánre bearhtmhwíle (berhtm-, v. l.) swá feorr gefaran si tam longe potuit sub momento ire, 150, 12.