wǽdelness
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ indigence ⬩ penury
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Ðurh wéþelnysse (wæðelnesse, Bd. M. 68, 4) ex inopia, 1, 27; S. 490, 9. Of wǽdlnysse (wéðelnisse, Ps. Surt.) de inopia, Ps. Spl. C. 106, 41: 87, 10. On wǽdlnysse (wéðelnisse, Ps. Surt.) in mendicitate, 106, 10.
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hæsel
The hazel ⬩ corulus, colurnus ⬩ corylus, amygdalus
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Cf. also the Icel. hasla völl to challenge to a duel on a field marked out by hazel poles
á-sláwian
to become dull of hearing ⬩ to become torpid ⬩ sluggish ⬩ inert
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Ox. 18b, 64. physical, to become dull of hearing Ðá eáran ásláwiað þá þe ǽr wǽron swifte tó gehýrenne, Wlfst. 148, of conduct, to become torpid, sluggish, inert Swá ðeáh hé ásláwað quamvis torpescat, Past. 282, 7.
wiþer-rǽde
Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature
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Skt. ii. 28, 4. out of harmony, repugnant, offensive, disagreeable Wiðerrǽde ðú eart mé scandalum es mihi, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 23. Nis nán ǽ wiðerrǽde þusgeworhtum mannum, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 60.
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á-bregdan
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Swelce ðú hæbbe ðá duru ábróden (cf. on-bregdan) as if you had flung open the door. Bt. 35, 3 ; F. 160, 5. Ábródenes retecti, An. Ox. 52, 4, Ábródenum subtracto, Kent, Gl. 996. Áweg ábróden avulsus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 4.
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rím
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Bd. 5, 8; Sch. 586, 17. the particular mark or symbol, having an arithmetical value, by which anything has a place assigned to it in a series Gefundena rímas ðá ǽr ðú gebécnades onfindes stówa repertis numeris quos ante signaveras reperies loca, Mt.
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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Ðú hæfdest fíf ceorlas thow hast had five husbands, 4, 18. a free man, as opposed to þeów, and to þrǽl a slave; or as opposed to þegen a thane or nobleman, as we say, 'gentle or simple:' — We witan ðæt, þurh Godes gyfe, þrǽl wearþ to þegene, and ceorl
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wítnian
To punish ⬩ torment ⬩ plague
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Hwæþerne woldest ðú déman wítes wyrþran, ðe ðone ðe ðone unscyldgan wítnode, ðe ðone ðe ðæt wíte þolode? cui supplicium inferendum putares, eius qui fecisset, an qui pertulisset injuriam? Fox 208, 16.
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Lǽt ðú him blód on ǽdre let blood for him from a vein, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 46, 22. Beó ðú be ðínum and lǽt mé be mínum be thou with thine, and leave me with mine, Lchdm. iii. 288, 8.
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witness
knowledge ⬩ witness ⬩ cognisance ⬩ knowledge ⬩ witness ⬩ testimony ⬩ a person who gives testimony ⬩ a witness
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Skt. 20, 30. witness, testimony Ásceacaþ eówer fóta dust ofer hig on witnesse (gewytnysse,v. l.) (in testimonium), Lk. Skt. 9, 5. In cýðnisse ł witnesa in testimonium, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 4.
wiþer-cora
an adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ rebel ⬩ a reprobate person
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Freónd hé wæs ðurh geleáfan, and wiþercora þurh weorc, Homl. Th. i. 530, 5. Gesamnodon gehwylce ðwyrlíce wiðercoran, and wréhton ðone cyning tó his bréðer, 468, 5. Wiþercorum rebellibus, Wülck. Gl. 256, 31. a reprobate person Wiðercora reprobus, R.
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hyrst
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D. ii. 65, 8. an eminence, knoll Wermód on hyrstum heasewe standeð (cf. wermód byð cenned on dúnum and on stǽnilicum stówum, Lch. i. 216, 19) glauca absinthia campi, Rä. 41, 61. ¶ The word occurs in a great many place-names.
wilder
A wild beast
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A wild beast þan deoren,and duden of þan wilden al heora willa, Laym. 1129. At þe fyrst quethe of þe quest quaked þe wylde, Gaw. 1150. Went we to wod the wilde for to cacchne. Destr. Tr. 2347. Þurh ðæs wildres ( the panther's ) mflð, Exon.
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hǽmed-þing
Carnal intercourse, venery, matrimony
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Be hǽmedþingnm : eallum þyrrum líchomum hǽmedþing ne dugon of venery : venery does not do for all dry constitutions, L. M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 28 : 36; Lchdm. ii. 244, 4
horu
Dirt, filth, foulness ⬩ dirt ⬩ limus, cenum, lutum, palustre
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Mín flǽsc is ymscrýd mid dustes horwum my flesh is clothed with the filth of dust, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 10. On his blóde áþwogen fram synna horwum washed in his blood from the impurities of sins, Homl. Swt. 11, 297. Horewum, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 8
spild
Destruction ⬩ ruin ⬩ desperatio, effusio
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Ðurh deófles spild through the ruin caused by the devil, Elen. Kmbl. 2235; El. 1119
EÁ
indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ⬩ flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua
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Running water, a stream, river, water ; flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua Eá of dúne water from the hill, Menol. Fox 520; Gn. C. 30. Seó feorþe eá ys geháten Eufrates flŭvius quartus est Euphrātes, Gen. 2, 14: Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 34, 46.
seld
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Of dúne sette maehtge of selde, ii. p. 200, 20 : Cd. Th. 275, 17 ; Sat. 173 : 276, 12 ; Sat. 187. Ðǽr is sang æt selde ( the throne of God ), 306, 12 ; Sat. 662. Sang ymb seld secgan, 279, 9 ; Sat. 235.
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wer
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Terram cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus rebus necessariis hoc est, in siluis, in campis, in captura etiam piscium quae terrae illi adjacet, ubi sunt scilicet duo quod nostratim dicitur waeres, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 64, 10.
æþeling
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Twégen æþelingas duo regii juvenes, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 24. used of Christ Ácende Maria þone heofonlican æðeling, Hml. Th. i. 356, 9. Þæt se ælmihtiga cyning sceolde besceófan tó cwale his áncennedan æðeling, ii. 6, 21