þunor-rád
Thunder ⬩ a peal of thunder
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Thunder, a peal of thunder Ne bip þǽr líget ... ne þunerrád (þunor, Wulfst. 139, 31) non fulmina, ... tonitru, Dóm. L. 16, 263. Ðá com þunerrád and légetsleht and ofslóh ðone mǽstan dǽl, Shrn. 57, 35. Ðá wæs geworden mycel þunorrád, Blickl.
wítnung
Punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ pain
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Ðæs ic geléfe, ðætte ǽlc unriht wítnung sié ðæs yfel ðe hit déð, næs ðæs ðe hit þafaþ apparet, illatam cuilibet injuriam non accipientis, sed inferentis esse miseriam, Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 20.
be-wyrcan
surround
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After wool (1. 6) add: cf. non sum setigero lanarum vellere facta (Aldhelm), dele: Hé . . . Jos. 2, 1, and add: to build round, surround Hé þone oxan beworhte mid wuda. Hml. S. 18, 124. Hí bronda láfe wealle beworhton, B. 3162.
earmlíce
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Hú mæg mon earmlícor gebǽron, þonne mon hine underþeóde his weregan flǽsce quis non spernat atque abjiciat vilissimae fragilissimae*-*que rei, corporis, servum?, F. 114, 23
ge-níwian
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Hrægl bið geníwad, Rä. 14, 9. the object non-material Eft geníues restituens, Mt. p. 13, 4. Hé eft geníweges alle restituet omnia, Mt. L. 17, 11. Gást rehtne geniówa, Ps. Srt. 50, 11: Ps. C. 93.
in-cund
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Ox. 5, 23. non-physical, in reference to mind, feeling, spirit, denoting earnestness, sincerity Hé geoffrode his lác mid incundre heortan, Hml. S. 25, 795. His Drihten heriende mid incundre heortan, 37, 193.
mennisc
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Nelle ic þis mennisc gehealdan tó þám écum wítum, for þám þe hí synd týddre fragilis est in hominibus conditio, non ad aeternos servabo cruciatus, Angl. vii. 48, 467. a race, people Hé áxode hwæt ꝥ mennisc wǽre on þám muntum wunigende quis sit populus
wyrd
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Add Hit ne mæg áberan þá byrðene swá mycelre wyrde ferre talenti pondus non valet, Gr. D. 228, l. a. Add Hé nerede hý of wyrde heora eripuit eos de interitu eorum, Ps. Rdr. 106, 20
scearpness
Sharpness ⬩ roughness ⬩ acidity, pungency ⬩ efficacy
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Seó scearpnes mínra eágena nis nú mid mé lumen oculorum meorum non est mecum, Ps. Th. 37, 10. Heó (betony ) gegódaþ ðæra eágena scearpnesse, Lchdm. i. 72, 16.
Linked entry: scearp
líhtan
To shine ⬩ lighten
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Sumre niwre gyfe líhtendre nova quadam relucente gratia, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 26
ge-hiwian
to form ⬩ fashion ⬩ make ⬩ transform ⬩ transfigure ⬩ formāre ⬩ plasmāre ⬩ fingĕre ⬩ fĭgūrāre ⬩ transfĭgūrāre ⬩ to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ pretend ⬩ sĭmŭlāre
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Ne lufa ðú ðínne broðor mid gehiwodre heortan do not love thy brother with a dissembling heart, Basil admn. 5; Norm. 46, 4
Linked entries: ge-heowian ge-hiowian ge-hywian hiwian
un-wil
Absence of good will ⬩ dislike ⬩ despite ⬩ repugnance ⬩ reluctance ⬩ against one's will ⬩ not willingly ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ without intention ⬩ involuntarily
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Absence of good will, dislike, despite, repugnance, reluctance; against one's will, not willingly, without one's consent, without intention, involuntarily, is (almost) the only case used.
Cnut
Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035
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D. 1014, Sweyn ended his days at Candlemas, on the 3rd of the Nones of February [Feb. 3rd]. And then all the fleet chose Cnut for king Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 20-22.
hiwung
Forming, ⬩ shaping, ⬩ form, ⬩ figure, ⬩ pretence, ⬩ feigning, ⬩ hypocrisy, ⬩ dissimulation
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Forming, shaping, form, figure, pretence, feigning, hypocrisy, dissimulation Hé ne biþ ðonne geleáfa ac biþ hiwung it is not then belief but hypocrisy, Homl. Th. i. 250, 21. Hywung, ii. 220, 32.
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brand
an error of the copyist for ⬩ a son.
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Th. 2045, note; B. 1020, note; an error of the copyist for bearn a son
ciric-þén
A church-minister, clergyman ⬩ ecclesiæ minister, clericus
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A church-minister, clergyman; ecclesiæ minister, clericus Ǽnig man ciricþén ne útige búton biscopes geþehte let no man turn out a church-minister without the bishop's counsel, L. Eth. v. 10; Th. i. 306, 29: vi. 15 ; Th. i. 318, 27
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þearf-leás
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Þearflǽs hé syrwde ymbe Crist he plotted against Christ, but he had no need to do it, Homl. Th. i. 82, 20. Ic ðearfleás (þearfleáse, Job. Thw. 166, 22) hine geswencte without having cause I afflicted him, ii. 452, 16
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un-flitme
Without dispute
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Without dispute Fin Hengeste elne unflitme áðum benemde ðæt hé ða weáláfe árum heólde ( Fin confirmed with oaths the terms he made with Hengest, and there was no dispute about the terms which were settled ), Beo. Th. 2198; B. 1097
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wiþer-cirr
A going against ⬩ resistance
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A going against, resistance Ic gehýned eom, fáh and freóndleás; ic findan ne can wiðercyrr wið ðan of ðam wearhtreafum I am humiliated, proscribed and friendless; against this I can devise no resistance from hell, Elen. Kmbl. 1849; El. 926