ge-treów
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Syndon feáwa þe þǽm deádan getreówe weorþon, Bl. H. 53, 2. Hié ne beóþ nánum men getreówe, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 17. [O. H. Ger. ge-triu.]
fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Álýs mé of láme þe lǽs ic weorþe fæst (ut non inhaeream), Ps. Th. 68, 14. Ancor on eorþan fæst, Bt. 10; F. 30, 6. Biþ óþer ende fæst on þǽre nafe, óþer on ðǽre felge, 39, 7; F. 222, 3: Rä. 22, 13.
nealles
Not ⬩ not at all
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Ðonne telle ic ða weorþ-mynd ðæm wyrhtan, nealles ðé I ascribe the honour to the maker, not to thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 19 note. Swá sceal mǽg dón, nealles inwitnet óðrum bregdan, Beo. Th. 4340; B. 2167 : 4365; B. 2179.
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un-gesǽlig
Unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ unhappy ⬩ suffering ⬩ misfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ suffering want of moral good ⬩ causing unhappiness ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ calamitous ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ evil
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Ðæt is seó mǽste unsǽld ðæt mon ǽrest weorþe gesǽlig and æfter ðam ungesǽlig in omni adversitate fortunae infelicissimum genus est infortunii, fuisse felicem, 10; Fox 26, 31.
æþelo
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Ðæt án ic wát gódes on þá æþelu, ꝥ manigne mon sceamaþ ꝥ hé weorþe wyrsa ðonne his eldran wǽron, Bt. 30, I; S. 69, 12.
ilca
The same
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Hé weorþan sceolde eft ðæt ilce ðæt hé ǽrðon wæs it should become again the same, that it was before, Exon. 61 a ; Th. 224, 21 ; Ph. 379.
LIBBAN
To LIVE
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Nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer peninga weorþ ne libbende ne licgende, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 3. Hý hit be ðán libbendan habban let them have it during their lifetime, Chart. Th. 491, 25
FREMEDE
Strange ⬩ foreign ⬩ estranged from ⬩ devoid of ⬩ aliēnus ⬩ peregrīnus ⬩ aliēnātus ⬩ aversus ⬩ remōtus ⬩ expers
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Ðe ðara gefeána sceal fremde weorþan who shall be devoid of those joys, Andr. Kmbl. 1780; An. 892: Hy. 6, 30; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 30. On fremdes fæðm into the embrace of a strange [man ], Cd. 92; Th. 118, 26; Gen. 1971.
wýscan
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Th. ii. 308, 13. with gen. and appositional clause Ic ðæs wísce, ðæt wegas míne on ðínum willan weorþan gereahte utinam dirigantur viae meae, Ps. Th. 118, 5
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eádig
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Þætte þonan ðe hí teohhiaþ ꝥ hí scylan eádigran weorþan, ꝥ hi weorþaþ ðonan earmran and eargran nom quae sufficientes sibi facere putabantur opes, alieno praesidio faciunt indigentes, Bt. 26, 2; F. 92, 27. <b>II a.
morþ
death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide
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Gif open morþ weorþe ðæt man sý ámyrdred ágife man mágum ðone banan and gif hit tihtle sý and æt láde mistíde déme se bisceop if there be a death and it afterwards appear that the man was murdered, the (supposed) murderer being discovered, let the latter
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micel
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S. 23, 695. add Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorþe geteórad, Lch. i. 76, 4. Ðonne hé ús seleð micel siolfor, ðonne hé ús selð micle getyngnesse, Past. 369, 13. Æt mǽstra hwelcre misdǽde, Ll.
ge-cynd
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Hwí ꝥ is weorþe, and eft for þǽre sunna scíman tó his ágnum gecynde weorþe, Bt. 39, 3; F. 216, 1: Met. 28, 62.
rodor
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Ðú mihtest ðé fleógan ofer ðam fýre ðe is betwux ðam rodore and ðære lyfte, and mihtest ðé féran mid ðære sunnan betwyx ðám tunglum and ðonne weorþan on þam rodore, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174. 9-12 : 33, 4; Fox 130, 15. Ofer rodere ryneswiftum, Met. 24, 28.
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leás
loose ⬩ destitute ⬩ void of ⬩ without ⬩ vain ⬩ false ⬩ lying ⬩ deceitful ⬩ deceptive ⬩ faulty
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Náge wé náne þearfe ðæt wé ðyses weorþan leáse ac utan dón swá ús þearf is gelǽstan hit georne we have no need to fail in this; but let us do, as there is need for us, diligently perform it, Wulfst. 38, 13. vain, false, lying, deceitful, deceptive, faulty
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morþor
murder ⬩ mortal sin ⬩ great wickedness ⬩ torment ⬩ deadly injury ⬩ great misery
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Ðæt wé ðæs morþres meldan ne weorþen, hwǽr ðæt hálige treó beheled wurde, Elen. Kmbl. 855; El. 428: 1248; El. 626. Ðære synwræce sceoldon, morþres ongyldan, Exon. 45a; Th. 153, 30; Gú. 833.
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ge-cnáwan
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S. 30, 377. to acknowledge, a person Hé wæs tó cinge ongyten and gehered, ge of cilda múþe gecnáwen and weorþad. Bl. H. 71, 33.
ná
No ⬩ not ⬩ non
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Telle ic ða weorþ-mynd ðæm wyrhtan, næs ná ðé, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 19. Næs ná for ðam ðe ðæs landes swá fela wǽre, ac for ðam ðe se Wendelsǽ hit hæfþ swá tódǽled, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 25.
cneóres
A generation ⬩ posterity ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ family; ⬩ generatio ⬩ posteritas ⬩ gens ⬩ tribus ⬩ familia
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Sie gefeá gehwám ðe in cneórissum cende weorþen let there be joy to each one who in their generations shall be born Exon. 11a; Th. 15, 6; Cri. 232; Cd. 190; Th. 236, 10 ; Dan. 319; Ps. Th. 144, 13. Cneóresse posteritatem Mone B. 648.
BEÁM
a tree ⬩ arbor ⬩ the tree ⬩ cross ⬩ patibulum ⬩ crux ⬩ a column ⬩ pillar ⬩ columna ⬩ wood ⬩ a ship ⬩ lignum ⬩ navis ⬩ a BEAM ⬩ splint ⬩ post ⬩ a stock of a tree ⬩ trabs ⬩ stipes ⬩ A ray of light ⬩ a sun-BEAM ⬩ radius ⬩ a trumpet ⬩ tuba
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Heora ǽrenan beámas ne mihton fram Galliscum fýre forbærnede weorþan their brazen beams could not be destroyed by the fire of the Gauls, Ors. 2, 8 ; Bos. 52, 16.