un-æþellíce
Ignobly
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Ignobly Ic cúþe sumne bróþor ... wæs hé geseted on æþelum mynstre, ac hé unæþelíce his líf lifede novi fratrem ... positum in monasterio nobili, sed ipsum ignobiliter viventem, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 9
Linked entry: æþel-íce
dengan
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To ding, beat, strike Ǽlcum gemete ne sceal árung beón þǽre gyltendan geogoðe, ac swíðor man sceal heora sídan mid gierdon gelómlíce dencgan ( sed potius eorum latera virgis assidue tundenda sunt ), Nap. 17
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gebyrd-boda
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Summo de throno . and þǽre clǽnan . Clara voce . þe gebyrdboda (þá gebyrd bodade?) . bona voluntate . ꝥ heó sceolde cennan . Christum regem, Dóm. L. 36, 17. (?)
hnescian
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To make soft Sió hnescað que modlit (sermones suos), Kent. Gl. 25
ídel-hende
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Hí eft of þám mynstre ídelhænde (-hende, -hynde, v. ll.) hwurfon a monasterio vacui sunt regressi, Gr. D. 6, 31. Add
weorold-níd
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Hé tó his woroldneóde dyde þǽra þearfena fódan alimenta pauperum suis aptauit usibus, Chrd. 51, 32. Sý ǽlc hýrsunmys an woroldneódum cáflíce gefylled omnis obedientia in seculi necessitatibus strenue peragatur, 93, 9. Add
ǽfen-dreám
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Se ǽfensang sý geendod mid feówer sealma dreáme . . . ealle ðá óþre sýn tó ðám ǽfendreáme gesungene vespera quattuor psalmorum modulatione canatur . . . reliqui omnes in vespera dicendi sunt, R. Ben. 43, 7-18. Add
windwian
To winnow ⬩ ventilare ⬩ literal ⬩ figurative
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Surt. 43, 6. Ic windwade (ventilabam) in mé gást mínne, 76, 7
Linked entries: a-windwian windung
geán-dýne
Steep ⬩ arduous
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Steep; fig. arduous (cf. uphill) Þis is mid sumum mannum swýþe geándýne þing and earfoðlic þing hoc apud nonnullos res ardua est et difficilis Ll. Th. ii. 134, 6. Cf. dún, æf-dýne
Linked entry: -dýne
on-wist
The being in a place, dwelling, habitation
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The being in a place, dwelling, habitation Gesealde sigora waldend onwist éðles Abrahames sunum God granted to Abraham's descendants to live in a country, Cd. Th. 178, 27; Exod. 18. Cf. on-wunung
sneorcan
To shrivel ⬩ to wrinkle the face in displeasure (?) ⬩ to draw up the nose in contempt or displeasure
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Surt. 30, 13. [Cf. ꝥ te hude swartete as hit snarchte (shrivelled with the heat) Marh. 18, 14.]
ge-mǽn-nes
A communion, fellowship, connection ⬩ communio, consortium, admixtio
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Surt. conbinabor], Ps. Th. 140, 6 : R. Ben. proœm. Gemencgnyss [MS. B. gemǽnnes] wífes admixtio conjugis, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 18. Ðurh flǽsces gemǽnnysse per carnis contubernium, Hymn. Surt. 31, 32
DRÍFAN
DRIVE, force, pursue ⬩ pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui ⬩ To drive, rush with violence ⬩ ruĕre
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Sum mæg ofer sealtne sǽ sundwudu drífan one can drive a vessel over the salt sea, Exon. 17 b; Th. 42, 24; Cri. 677. For hwan ðú us, God, woldest fram ðé drífan ut quid repulisti nos, Deus? Ps. Th. 73, 1.
beadu-serce
A war-shirt ⬩ coat of mail ⬩ bellica tunica ⬩ lorica
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A war-shirt, coat of mail; bellica tunica, lorica Ic gefrægn sunu Wihstánes beran beadusercean I heard that Wihstan's son bore the coat of mail, Beo. Th. 5503; B. 2755
giofan
To give ⬩ dare
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To give; dare Ne meahte se sunu Wonredes hond-slyht gifan [MS. giofan] nor could the son of Wonred give a hand-stroke, Beo. Th. 5937; B. 2972. v gifan
sulh-hæbbere
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One who holds a plough (cf. hé his sulh on handa hæfde, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 8), a ploughman Sulhhæbbere stibarius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 24. v. next word
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þri-líc
Threefold
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Suet. 29, 13: 55, 13: 105, 15. Eálá ðú ðrilíc godcundnyss, 133, 5. Ðé þrylícne and ǽnne, 146, 32
un-berende
not bearing ⬩ barren ⬩ sterile ⬩ unbearable
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Surt. ii. p. 186, 17. Ne biþ mid eów nán þing unberendes ne on mannum ne on nytenum, Deut. 7, 14. Ðæt unberende treó hé genimes palmitem non ferentem fructum tollet, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 2 margin. Unbeorende sterilem, Ps. Surt. 112, 9.
wrigels
a covering ⬩ a garment ⬩ veil
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Surt. 101, 23. Hé his wrigels geopenode. Homl. Ass. 196, 56
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greáda
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Suǽ suǽ cild irnð tó his móder greádan ( ad matris sinum ), Past. 103, 23. Dryhten tóbrǽt ðone greádan ( sinum ) his mildheortnesse, 405, 9: 407, 11. Grǽdum gremiis, An. Ox. 2954