a-wácian
To grow weak or effeminate ⬩ to languish ⬩ decline ⬩ fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ relax ⬩ to be indolent ⬩ infirmari ⬩ deficere ⬩ recedere
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Awáciaþ on ðære costnunge tíman in tempore tentationis recedunt, Lk. Bos. 8, 13. Ðæt ne awácodon wereda Drihtne that they might not fall away from the Lord of hosts, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 20; Dan. 220. Gif he ná ne awácaþ if he never relax, L.
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ge-wéman
To turn ⬩ incline ⬩ seduce ⬩ inclīnāre ⬩ sedūcĕre
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Seó costnung gewémþ ðone man to syngienne the temptation seduces the man to sin, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 9. Hí eów to óðrum Gode gewémaþ they will seduce you to another God, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 9.
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be-lǽdan
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Þú ús on ne belǽd (inducas) on costnunge, Ps. L. fol. 198 b. Þe lǽs ús se lytiga belǽde on his sylfes wíte, Hml. A. 195, 10. Nellan on belǽdan (inferre) swincgla ús, Coll. M. 18, 22. Of rihtan wege belǽdan, Btwk. 196, 19.
lustfullung
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I a. pleasure in something (gen. ) :-- Þæt þú on míne heortan getryme þínra beboda lustfullunga, Angl. xi. 101, 28. in an unfavourable sense On þreó wísan bið deófles costnung ; þæt is on tihtinge, on lustfullunge, on geðafunge.
ge-lífed
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., and add: endowed with belief, believing Se gelýfeda ætwint ðám frecednyssum ðǽra deóflicra costnunga, Hml. Th. i. 368, 32.
eall
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Fram eallum costnungum tó ealre glædnysse, Hml. A. 26, 42. Farað intó ealne middaneard ( mundum uniuersum ), Mk. 16, 15. ꝥ Ealle þá .vii. dagas, Ll. Th. ii. 392, 13. <b>I 1 b.</b> add :-- Man déle æal healf ꝥ yrue, C.D. iii. 273, 5.
ǽ-swícung
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and add: seduction, deceit Álýs ús from deóflicum costnungum and fram eallum ǽswicungum unrihtwísra wyrhtena, Hml. S. 11, 42. sedition Folcslite vel ǽswicung seditio. Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 30. offence Ǽswicung scandalum, Ps. L. 48, 14.
ofen
An oven, a furnace
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Se ofn ðære singalan costnunge, caminus Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 29. Ða fúlnessa ðæs þýstran ofnes fornacis 5, 12; S. 629, 21 : Cd. Th. 245, 13; Dan. 462. Axan of ðam ofene camino Ex. 9, 8.
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flá
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Hé ðá ǽttrigan flán costnunge ádwǽscte, ii. 140, 26. Hé lǽteð strǽle fleógan, farende flán, Ru. 4, 57. Add:
tó-drǽfan
To drive asunder, ⬩ drive in different directions, ⬩ drive away, ⬩ expel, ⬩ dispel, ⬩ scatter, ⬩ disperse
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Ðæt hé tódrǽfe costnunga fram úre heortan. Homl. Th. i. 156, 23. Fela wearð tódrǽfed Godes ðeówa, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 12. Heora heriges wæs mycel ofslægen and eall tódrǽfed cunctus eorum caesus sive dispersus exercitus, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 36.
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tyhting
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Deófles costnung biþ on tihtinge ... Deófol tiht ús tó yfele, ac wé sceolon geniman náne lustfullunge tó ðære tihtinge ... Seó yfele tihting is of deófle, Homl. Th. i. 174, 30-35: ii. 226, 29. Crist mid ðyssere tihtinge Petrum gehyrte, 374, 17.
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ge-rǽsan
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Gif hwylc mǽdenman þurh deófles costnunga on hǽmedþing gerǽse ( se ad fornicationem convertat ), 188, II
á-cuman
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Ácuman costnunge, ceáste, módleáste, graman, Hml. Th. i. 4, 8: Hml. S. 7, 243: 9, 125: Hml. A. 100, 266. Úre ceaster is þearfende and ne mæg ðíne æðelborennesse ácuman, Ap. Th. 9, 8.
ús
To us ⬩ us ⬩ of us ⬩ our
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Ne gelfǽd ðú ús (úsih, Lind.) on costnunge, ac álýs ús (úsich, Lind.) of yfele, 6, 13. Gif ðú ús (úsig, Lind. úsic, Rush.) út ádrífst, ásende ús (úsig, Lind. úsic, Rush.) on ðás swína heorde, 8, 31. Hé ús álésde of deófles þeówdóme, Blickl.
a-rǽfnan
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Costnunga áræfnan, Hml. S. 33, 116. Swá þú hátost mæge áræfnan, Lch. ii. 124, 21: 130, 7, Áræfnian, Hml. Th. ii. 34, 3. Se cyng ne mihte áræfnian his dohtor teáras, Ap. Th. 22, 25. Strengra tó áræfnanne, Wlfst. 207, 24.
un-mǽte
Immense ⬩ enormous ⬩ excessive
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Ic wæs on unmǽtum costnungum winnende, Homl. Ski. ii. 23 b, 578
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á-heardian
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Th. i. 234, 4. to become hard, not to yield Éstfulle heortan áheardiað on stánes gecynde ongeán costnungum, Hml.
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staþol-fæst
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Staðolfæst on hire heortan wið deófies costnungum, Wulfst. 237, 12. Beó strang and staðulfæst confortare et esto robustus Deut. 31, 7. Ic eów friðe healde strengðu staþolfæstre, Exon. Th. 31, 3; Cri. 490.
glædnes
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Hí gesíðodon tó Críste . . . fram eallum costnungum tó ealre glædnysse from all temptations to joy, Hml. A. 26, 42. Mið ege and mið micle glædnise, Mt. L. 28, 8. Fore gladnise prae gaudio, 13, 44. Unródtnis iúero gecerred bið in glædnise, Jn.
herigend-lic
praiseworthy ⬩ approbation ⬩ excellent
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Se man nǽre herigendlic, gif hé for þí ne syngode þe hé ne mihte; ac hé wǽre hérigendlic, gif hé ne syngode þá þá hé mihte . . . drecð deófol mancyn mid costnungum, ꝥ þá be-ón hergendlice and hálige þe him wiðstandað magnae laudi non esset, si ideo homo
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