á-slacian
to slacken ⬩ become slack ⬩ to make slack
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Add: to slacken, become slack, physical Bið ðæs mannes wæstm gebíged, his swura áslacod. Hml. Th. i. 614, 13. figurative Ásleacað his tunge tó ðǽre godcundan bodunge. Hml. Th. ii. 442, 25. Gif wé ásleaciað fram gódum weorcum, 98, 15.
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georne
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Man áwyrtwalige ǽghwylc unriht swá man geornost mæge, 376, 9: 310, 26.
medume
middling ⬩ moderate ⬩ common ⬩ occupying the middle or mean position as regards ⬩ observing the just mean ⬩ perfect ⬩ meet ⬩ fit ⬩ worthy
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Gif hwylc man forstele deórwurþe þing ... Gif hwylc man medeme þing ( rem mediocrem ) stele, L. Ecg. P. ii. 25; Th. ii. 192, 17-20. occupying the middle or mean position as regards size, amount, etc.
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býsgian
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To occupy, busy, fatigue, trouble, afflict; occupare, fatigare, affligere, tribulare Se man biþ hérigendlíc, ðe mid gódum weorcum hine sylfne býsgaþ the man is praiseworthy, who busies himself with good works, Homl. Th. ii. 406, 16.
ge-wyrht
Work ⬩ deed ⬩ merit ⬩ desert
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Ǽlcum men wrecan be his gewyrhtum to punish every man according to his deeds, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 26. Búton gewyrhtum undeservedly, 22, 1; Fox 76, 15: 38, 3; Fox 202, 3.
-hád
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</b> with nouns of persons, marking natural condition, cild -, cniht-. fǽmn-, hægsteald-, mægden-, mægþ-, man-, wer-, wíf- hád. cf. <b>III. 2 a.
consul
A consul
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them [the kings] the Romans appointed over themselves leaders, whom they called consuls, that one man of them should hold power one year Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 36.
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bæftan
behind, ⬩ ⬩ after
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Ne ǽnig man óþerne bæftan ne tǽle let not any man backbite other, Wlfst. 70, 14. Ælc óðerne bæftan werige, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 19. Hé wearð gebunden bæftan tó his bæce, Hml.
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þeów-dóm
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Nú habbaþ hig ðæt mynster gesett mid preóstan, and willaþ ðǽr habban þeówdóm eall swá man hæfþ on Paules byrig on Lundene, Chart.
wunung
dwelling ⬩ living ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ place to live in ⬩ being ⬩ existence ⬩ living
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.; ná swylce on eástdǽle synderlíce sý his wunung ... on rihtwísum mannum is Godes wunung ... Swá eác se fordóna man bið deófles templ, and deófles wunung, Homl. Th. i. 262, 5-18. Ne biþ ðǽr Cristes eardung ne his wunung on ðære heortan, Blickl.
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þeóf
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Short of death were the punishments of selling into slavery, of imprisonment, fine, and mutilation: Gif man frigne man æt hæbbendre handa gefó, ðanne wealde se cyning þreora ánes: oþþe hine man cwelle, oþþe ofer sǽ selle, oþþe hine his wergelde álése,
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wǽpen
a weapon ⬩ membrum virile
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Gif man wǽpn ábregde ðǽr mæn drincen, L.H.E. 13; Th. i. 32, 11. Ðeáh hwá his ágen spere sette tó óðres mannes húses dura ... oþþon gif man óðer wǽpn lecge ... and hwilc man ðæt wǽpn gelæcce, L.C.S. 76; Th. i. 418, 6.
Linked entries: wǽmn wǽpen-mann wǽpn wǽpned
eástor-feorm
Easter-feast or repast ⬩ firma paschālis
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Easter-feast or repast; firma paschālis Eallum ǽhte-mannum gebýreþ mid-wintres feorm and eástor-feorm omnĭbus ehtemannis jūre compĕtit nātālis firma et paschālis firma, L. R. S. 9, 1; Th. i. 436, 33
here-hand
A hostile hand or power
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A hostile hand or power Swá ðæt ne cyricum ne mynstrum seó herehand ne sparode ne árode ita ut ne ecclesiis quidem, aut monasteriis manus parceret hostilis, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 8
leóþ-wíse
verse
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A poetical manner, verse Mycel Englisc bóc on leóþwísan geworht a large English book composed in poetry, Chart. Th. 430, 24. Áwend of Lédene on Englisc on leóþwíson, Homl, Th. ii. 520, 10
twinclian
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To twinkle Se spearca ðara gódra weorca ðe tuinclaþ beforan mannum cuncta, quae poram hominibus rutilant, Past. 14; Swt. 87, 6. Ic ðæt lytle leóht geseah twinclian, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 32
un-meahtelíc
Impossible
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Ða þing ðe mannum synt unmihtelíce, 18, 27
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brýd-ræst
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Laþian tó óðres mannet brýdneste ad iterandum thalamum vocare, Gr. D. 278, 28. Ic nǽfre gewemme Adrianes brýdræste, Shrn. 60, 4
efestung
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Haste Swá þæt nánra þinga mid ǽnigre efestinge mannes hí mihton beón undón ut dissolvi tam concite nulla hominum festinatione potuissent, Gr. D. 164, 15. Mid oefestunge cum festinantia, Ps. Srt. 77, 33
árian
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Miltsian and árian mannum, Hml. Th. i. 68, 25