wíte
punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain
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Ne bið him hyra yrmðu án tó wíte, ac ðara óþerra eád tó sorgum, Exon. Th. 79, 20 ; Cri. 1293. Waldend him ðæt wíte (blindness) teóde, 336, 4; Gn. Ex. 43. God sealde gumena ge-hwelcum welan swá wíte, Cd. Th. 256, 23 ; Dan. 645.
wiþer-weard
contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ adversary ⬩ enemy ⬩ opponent ⬩ fiend ⬩ hostile to rightful authority ⬩ rebel ⬩ opposed to what is right ⬩ arrogant ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ reprobate ⬩ false ⬩ heretic ⬩ apocryphal ⬩ opposed to the good or pleasure of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ adverse ⬩ hurtful ⬩ pernicious ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ contrary ⬩ opposite
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Wiþerward wind ástígeþ ... ástigon wiþerwarde windas, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 33, 39. of hostility or conflict, adverse, hostile; used substantively, an adversary, enemy, opponent, a fiend Ǽlc hús ðe byð wiðerweard ongeán hyt sylf omnis domus divisa contra
Linked entries: wiþer-word wiþerweard-líc wiþerweard-ness wiþer-wierde wiþer-word
ge-cnáwan
To know ⬩ perceive ⬩ understand ⬩ recognise ⬩ noscere ⬩ agnoscere ⬩ sentire ⬩ cognoscere
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Heonon-forþ ge hyne gecnáwaþ henceforth ye shall know him, Jn. Bos. 14, 7. He ðæt gecneów he knew that, Exon. 46 b; Th. 159, 22; Gú. 930 : Mk, Bos. 14, 69. Ðá he ða lác gecneów qui agnitis muneribus, Gen. 38, 26.
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scop
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Hymn. Surt. 119, 18. Fram ðisum sceopum ic gehýrde leóþ, Ælfc. Gr. 7 ; Zup. 24, 2
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un-strang
Not strong ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble
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Hyra handa wǽron unstrange hine tó ácwellanne, Shrn. 117, 31. Hé ( Peter ) mid his gange getácnode ǽgðer ge ða strangan ge ða unstrangan on Godes folce. Cristes gelaðung ne mæg beón búton strangum, ne búton unstrangum.
wráþe
angrily ⬩ with or in anger ⬩ with indignation ⬩ fiercely ⬩ cruelly ⬩ greviously ⬩ bitterly ⬩ evilly ⬩ perversely ⬩ wickedly
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Ys hyra múðes scyld mánworda feala, ða hí mid welerum wráðe ásprǽcan delicta oris eorum sermo labiorum ipsorum, 58, 12 : Elen.
ealdian
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: hí ne ealdodon nǽfre, v.l.) fram hyra módes níwnysse ne per humanos actus a novitate mentis veterascerent, Gr. D. 6, 32. Aldadon bán mín inveteraverunt ossa mea, Ps. Srt. 31, 3.
eorþ-lic
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Hí þone eorðlican egsan forsáwon, and hé him forgeaf éces lífes hyht, Bl. H. 137, 7. Þyses lǽnan welan ne þyssa eorþlicra geofa, 21, 11. Þissa eorþlicena góda, Bt. 34, 1; F. 134, 25.
Wendel-sǽ
the Mediterranean. ⬩ In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it
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Seó ús fyrre Ispania, hyre is be westan gársecg, and be norðan Wendelsǽ Hispania ulterior habet a septentrione Oceanum, ab occasu Oceanum 24, 8. Se Wendelsǽ ðe man hǽt Atriaticum 22, 14: 28, 9.
þeáh
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Dydon swá hwæþer swá hý dydon, ne dohte him náwþer; ðeáh hí sceoldon ðæt feorh álǽtan let them do which they would, neither did them any good; they had nevertheless to lose their lives, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 106, 2.
toll
Toll, ⬩ tax, ⬩ custom, ⬩ duty, ⬩ due ⬩ that which is paid to the state. ⬩ that which is paid to individuals ⬩ taking toll
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Hý árérdon unrihte tollas, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 15. that which is paid to individuals Sume men syllaþ cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclíce mylna ... ac hit ne gedafnaþ dæt man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 248-253.
pening
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Hý man wegeþ, swá man déþ gold wið penegas, and gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold, ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe,Wulfst. 240, 2-4
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un-riht
wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ a defect
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Ðæt hý bealodǽde, ǽlces unryhtes gescomeden, Exon. Th. 80, 5; Cri. 1303. Ða oferhýdegan, ðe mé unrihte (or adv.) grétan injuste iniquitatem fecerunt in me, Ps. Th. 118, 78: Cd. Th. 78, 12; Gen. 1292. Full mið unrehte plenum iniquitate, Lk. Skt.
cúþ-líce
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Cúþlíce swá hwylcne man swá hý gefóð þonne fretað hí hine nam quoscunque capiunt comedunt, Nar. 36, 3: Gr. D. 188, 23. Cúðlíce (for þon, v. l. ) wé magon nú gehyran, 2, 22. Cúðlíce hé wæs freóh fram leahtre liber quippe a vitio, 102, 7.
freó-dóm
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Hy. 5, 10. freedom from a tax, &c. v. freó, (10) Mín ærfelond ðe ic et Aeðeluulfe cyninge begæt and gebohte mid fullum friódóme on ǽce ærfe, C.D. i. 316, 5.
ge-bígan
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Chr. 1067 ; P. 201, 29. to turn, bring to a desired condition, adapt Úre mód gebíg, þanc and þeáwas on þín gewil, Hy. 7, 77. Se bisceop ne mihte gebígan his spraec tó Nordhymbriscum gereorde swá hraþe, Hml.
grim
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Ic má fremede grimra gylta, Hy. 4, 27. Heó him handleán forgeald grimman grápum, B. 1542. Hé flýhð grimme gieltas, Ph. 461. Hé habbað in gástcofan grimme geþóhtas, Leás. 13.
mæsse-preóst
A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass
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Nis hyt ryht ðæt ǽnig wífmon mid mæssepreóste on húsum wunige. Other regulations which concern the mæssepreóst follow q.v. Gif mæssepreóst manslaga wurðe oððe elles mánweorc tó swíðe gewurce, ðonne þolige hé ǽgðres ge hádes ge eardes, L.
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þegnian
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Ic geornlíce Gode þegnode þurh holdne hyge, Cd. Th. 37, 7; Gen. 585. Hé mé holdlíce ðegnade mihi ministrabat, Ps. Th. 100, 6.
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self
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Hé mid hondum Hǽlend genom sylfne be sídan, 299, 5; Sae. 545. along with a personal pronoun in the dative Pilatus on hys dómerne hym sylf áwrát ealle ða þyng, Nicod. 34; Thw. 19, 33.