scild-wyrhta
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A shield-maker: — Sceldwyrhta scutarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 31. Be scyldwyrhtum. Nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld; and gif hé hit dó, gilde .xxx. sciłł., L. Ath. i. 15 ; Th. i. 208, 9-11. Andlang flǽscmangara strǽte ðet it cymþ tó scyld-wyrhtana
scimian
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To grow dark, (of the eyes) to be dazzled, bleared:?-Míne eágan scimiaþ lippio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 59. Swá ðæt nán man ne mihte for ðam mycclum leóhte hire on beseón . . . and swá hí hí geornlícor sceáwodon, swá scimodon heora eágon swíðor, Homl
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þeów-weorc
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Servile work, work to be done by a slave Gif hwá freót forwyrce ... sý hé ðæs þeówweorces wyrðe ðe ðǽr tó gebyrige if any on forfeit his freedom ... let him have such servile work assigned him as pertains thereto, L. Ed. 9; Th. i. 164, 12. Gif esne ofer
þríst-lǽcan
To become bold ⬩ to dare ⬩ presume
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To become bold, to dare, presume Wé þrístlǽcaþ biddan audemus rogare, Hymn. Surt. 111, 34. Hié sint tó manianne ðæt hié nó ðý swíður wið hié ne ðrístlǽcen (ðrisð-, Hatt. MS.) admonendi sunt, ne contra eos audaciores fiant, Past. 28; Swt. 196, 5. Be ðære
under-licgan
to be subject ⬩ submit ⬩ yield
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to be subject, submit, yield Ne mæg se preóst mannum ðingian, gif hé synnum underlíð, Homl. Th. ii. 320, 21: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 155. Ne underlicga wé synnum nec succumbamus vitiis, Rtl. 82, 25. Underlicgge hé þreále discipline subjaceat, R. Ben. 56, 12
þurh-wunung
continued dwelling ⬩ residence ⬩ perseverance ⬩ persistence ⬩ constancy
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continued dwelling, residence Óþer cyn is muneca, ðæt is wéstensetlan, ðe feor fram mannum gewítaþ ... geefenlǽcende Élian and Ióhannem, ða þurhwununge on wéstenes innoþe heóldon, R. Ben. 134, 14. perseverance, persistence, constancy Be þurhwununge
wiþ-licgan
To be obstructive ⬩ object ⬩ oppose
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To be obstructive, object, oppose. Similar entries Cf. wiþ-standan Behét man him ðæt hé móste wurðe beón ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe hé ǽr áhte. Ðá wiðlæg (wiðcwæð, MS. D.) Harold, Chr. 1046; Erl. 173, 2. Ða eorlas gerndon tó ðam cynge ðæt hí móston beón wurðe
eáþe
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Add Eáðre facilior, ealra eáðost facillimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 16, 6. of action Ꝥ wæter and sió lyft bióþ swíþe eáþe tó tódǽlenne, Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 28. Eáðre mé þincð on drígum lande tó farande, Solil. H. 21, 23. of persons, easy to be entreated, gentle
elcra
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Substitute (?): elcran; adv. Otherwise Wið manegum ádlum ꝥ deáh, ðá ðe cumað of oferfyllo and of yflum wǽtum. Gif hié cumen of oferfyllo, mid spiweðan hý mon sceal lytlian. Gif hié þonne cumað of óþrum biterum and yfelum wǽtum, þá þe wyrceað óman, þonne
floterian
to flutter
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Add: to be tossed on the waves Flotorode fertur fluctibus. Germ. 400, 492. to flutter, make short, quick flights Flotorodon praeuolant, 499. to move (intrans.) restlessly with excitement Him wæs swá uneáðe, and þá eágan floterodon he was ill at ease
freó-bearn
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Add: of human beings Hié ( the descendants of Abraham ) gesittað be sǽm tweónum ... leóde þíne, freóbearn fæder, folca sélost, Exod. 445. Abraham andswarode '... Gǽð geréfa mín fægen freóbearnum,' Gen. 2182. of Christ Háligne Gást swá écne swá Fæder
for-þyldigian
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Forþyldegað suffert, Hpt. Gl. 31, 14, 354. Forþyldigað sustinebit, Ps. L. 129, 3: tolerat, Scint. 60, 9: 150, 1: 162, 11. Forþyldigiað tolerant, 61, 16. Forðelgiað sustinuere, Kent. Gl. 1018. 'Forþyldiga þínne Drihten,' þæt is þola eall þæt God be þé
geond-irnan
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Take here <b>geond-yrnan</b> in Dict., and add: of motion, to run through or over Ǽr þon þá yfelan wǽtan þá limo geondyrnen, Lch. ii. 228, 16. Ꝥ se seáw mæge ꝥ heáfod geondyrnan, 18, 15. of mental action, to run over a subject Geondyrnan
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gilp-georn
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Add: in a favourable sense, v. Dict. in an un-favourable sense, vainglorious, arrogant, proud, boastful. Cf. lof-georn Men beóð ofergrǽdige woruldgestreóna and tó manege weorðaþ tó wlance and ealles tó rance and tó gylpgeorne erunt homines cupidi, elati
ge-wítendlic
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v. ge-wítan; 4 Gewítendlicum lífe sole uolubili, presenti uita, Germ. 388, 3. Gewítendlic deciduam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 19. Hohfulnesse be þingum gewítendlicum sollicitudinem de rebus transitoriis, R. Ben. I. 16, 10. Gewítendlicum caducis, Angl. xiii.
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ge-wynsumian
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Substitute: intrans. To be glad, to exult, rejoice Giwynsumiað unbyergo exultant solitudines Rtl. l, 17. Sibb Crístes giwynsumiga ( exultet ) in heartum iúrum, 13, 37. trans, to make pleasing Hig mid þǽre tungan clypole þæne swég ge-wynsumiað, Angl.
hlýd-mónaþ
a maple
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a maple. Þǽr wæs hlin and ác. [The metre might seem to require hlín or hlinn, but hlin perhaps is possible. Cf. such verss as: Wæs hió hetegrim, Rä. 34, 5: is þæs gores sunu, 41, 72.] Dele: Add: (Could this be the word which in M. E. becomes lyn in lyntre
hran-fisc
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Add: The word seems used of some other fish than the whale in the following Hié of ðǽm neáhéum and merum þá hronfiscas úp tugon, and þá ǽton, and be þǽm lifdon, and ꝥ wæter æfter druncon (this very imperfectly translates the Latin, which is: Hii assueti
nyttian
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Sume beóð stæreblind and nyttiað þeáh þáre sunnan, Solil. H. 44, 23. Næfð nán man tó þæs unhále æágan þæt hé ne mage lybban be þáre sunnan, and hire (printed hine) nyttian gyf hé énygwiht geseón mæg, 43, 25. Eald man sceal þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum
talu
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Add Þurh þínre leásan tale ic ongyten hæbbe ꝥ þú eart án torswíþe leás man, Hml. S. 23, 687. Add Talu disputatio, An. Ox. 27, 18. Add Ne móste hé beón þára þreóra nánes wyrðe ðe eallum leódscipe geseald wæs on wedde, tale ( he should not be entitled