wil-cuma
One whose coming is pleasant ⬩ a welcome person (or thing)
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Hé wilcuman ( Christ come to hell ) grétte : ‘ Ðé ðæs þonc sié, ðæt ðú ús sécan woldest, ' 462, 26; Hö. 58. Ðegnas cwóman, geségon wilcuman heofones Waldend, 35, 7; Cri. 554. Gé sind wilcuman. Cd. Th. 303, 22; Sat. 617 : Beo. Th. 794; B. 394.
DERIAN
To injure, hurt, harm, damage ⬩ nocēre, lædĕre, obesse
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He derode manna gesihþum he injured men's sight, Homl. Th. i. 454, 21: Hexam. 16; Norm. 24, 3: Chr. 1032; Erl. 164, 2: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 3. Gif ðú ðínum cristenum bréðer deredest if thou injuredst thy christian brother, Homl. Th. i. 54, 22.
mæsse
a service of the church ⬩ mass ⬩ a festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated ⬩ -mas
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Ǽne þrowade Crist, ac swáðeáh dæghwomlíce biþ his þrowung geedníwod þurh gerýnu ðæs hálgan húsles æt ðære hálgan mæssan; forðí fremaþ seó hálige mæsse miclum ge ðám lybbendum ge ðám forþfarenum, Homl. Th. ii. 376, 10-13.
munuc-líf
the monastic life ⬩ the place in which the monastic life is lived ⬩ a monastery
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Homl. 213, 10. Hé árǽrde mynster and munuclíf he established a monastery and monastic discipline, Homl. Skt. 6, 146. Munuclif lǽdan, don monachicam vitam ducere, agere, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 7 : (of a woman ), 4, 23; S. 593, 19.
scín-cræft
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O. ) him ðæt mǽden mihte gemacian tó wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 365. Beó ic scyldig, gif ic his scýncræft ne mæg ádwæscan mid mínum drýcræfte, 14, 57.
þancung
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Homl. 31, 21. Hé underféng ða lác mid ðancunge, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 16. [Be] ðæncunge ðǽm ðe wið ðýfðe fylstaþ, L. Edm. S. 5; Th. i. 250, 3.
waroþ
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A shore, strand Ic geseah men standende be ðam waruðe weroðe, v. l. ), Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 370. Bí waraðe (néh warðe secus littus, Lind. ) sittende, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 48.
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wecg
a wedge ⬩ a mass of metal ⬩ a piece of money
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Kmbl. 17, 27: Homl. Th. i. 512, 4
þrowing
suffering as opposed to doing ⬩ suffering which is painful ⬩ a painful symptom ⬩ suffering that is undergone for the sake of religion ⬩ suffering of persecution, cross ⬩ suffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdom ⬩ the anniversary of a martyr's suffering
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Homl. 83, 14. Ða móddru on heora cildra martyrdóme þrowodon ... neód is ðæt hí beón efenhlyttan ðæs écan edleánes, ðonne hí wǽron geféran ðære ðrowunge, Homl. Th. i. 84, 20.
on-wendan
to turn, change ⬩ to change one thing for another, to exchange ⬩ to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside ⬩ to change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down, ⬩ to subvert, disturb, upset ⬩ to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert ⬩ To return
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Homl. 191, 5. Onwendedre endebyrdnysse ordine prepostero, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 33. figurative, to subvert, disturb, upset Hond synfulra ne onwendeþ ( moveat ) mec, Ps. Surt. 35, 12.
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langian
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Homl. 113, 15
norþ-dǽl
a northern part ⬩ the north
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Homl. 91, 32
sweor-beáh
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Ic frætwode mínne swuran mid mænigfealdum swurbeágum, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 57
þider-weard
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Ðá hé ðyderweard wæs when he was on the way to it, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 179: Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 3. Beheóld Abraham þyderweard Abraham looked in that direction, Gen. 19, 27. Beseah hé þiderweard, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 499.
þreál
Correction ⬩ correction by words ⬩ reproof ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correction by acts ⬩ chastisement ⬩ punishment ⬩ discipline
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Hé ( John the Baptist ) ða heard-heortan ðeóde mid stearcre ðreále and stíðre myngunge tó lífes wege gebígde, Homl.
un-forwandodlíce
without swerving ⬩ directly ⬩ unexpectedly ⬩ suddenly ⬩ with a disregard of fear ⬩ unhesitatingly ⬩ freely ⬩ fearlessly ⬩ rashly ⬩ recklessly ⬩ inconsiderately ⬩ heedlessly
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Ðǽr bið dæghwomlíce wóp ... and endeleás cwylming, tó ðam Egeas onet unforwandodlíce, Homl. Th. i. 592, 17
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un-synnig
innocent ⬩ guiltless ⬩ without sin ⬩ undeserved
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Crist symle unsynnig wunode, Homl. Th. ii. 524, 35. Ne ðúhte him tó huxlíc, ðæt hé mid gesceáde hine betealde unsynnine, 226, 12. Dauid miclum his ágenes herges pleáh, ðǽr hé ymb his getreówne ðegn unsynnigne sierede, Past. 3; Swt. 37, 8.
ymb-sellan
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Homl. 11, 24. Sondbeorgum ymbseald, Exon. Th. 360, 23; Wal. 10. Ða ymbsealde sint mid sixum eác fiðrum gefrætwad, Elen. Kmbl. 1480; El. 742
ofer-brǽdan
to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering over ⬩ to overspread, put a covering over
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Sticmǽlum mid wuda oferwexen, sticmǽlum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded, Homl. Th. i. 508, 24. Mid ðy feó oferbrǽded and beþeaht, Blickl. Homl. 199, 3. Bewrigen and oferbrǽded mid baswe godwebbe, 207, 16.
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CRÆT
A chariot ⬩ CART ⬩ currus ⬩ pilentum
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Mid gebeótlícum crætum and gilplícum riddum with threatening chariots and proud horsemen Homl. Th. ii. 194, 23; Ps. Spl. C. 19, 8. He hæfde cratu and rídende men habuit currus et equites Gen. 50, 9; Ex. 14, 27.
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