un-mǽrlíc
Ignoble
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Ignoble Hwæþer ðé þynce unweorþ and unmǽrlíc seó gegaderung obscurumne hoc, atque ignobile censes esse? Bt. 33. 1; Fox 120, 29
weorold-gítsere
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One who is covetous of this world's goods Hwæt bið ðæm welegan woruldgítsere (cf. gítsere, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 13) on his móde ðe bet, þeáh hé micel áge goldes and gimma and gooda gehwæs, Met. 14, 1
feoh-gítsere
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An avaricious, a covetous person Gehiére gé feohgiétseras (-gídseras, v. l.) hwæt be eów gecweden is . . . 'Ne wyrð se gítsere nǽfre full feós' cum augendis pecuniis inhiat, audiant quod scriptum est: 'Auarus non impletur pecunia,' Past. 331, 6.
ge-þencan
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add: combining and Geþence þára tída and þissa, hwæþre him bet lícien, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 22
ge-anbídian
to wait ⬩ to wait for. ⬩ to wait for the coming ⬩ return ⬩ to wait for the coming to pass ⬩ to wait
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Ben. 25, 21. to wait for the settlement of what is uncertain Drihten geanbidaþ hwæþer wé mid weorcum his láre gefyllan willen, R. Ben. 4, 16. Hé geanbidode þǽr hwæðer man him tó búgan wolde, Chr. 1066; P. 200, 8
ceaf
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Swelce wé nimen ðone clǽnan hwǽte, and weorpen ðæt ceaf onweg, Past. 369, 9. Ánim ꝥ ceaf onweg paleam tolle, Gr. D. 276, 22. On ceafa in paleas, Scint. 57, 7. Add
grytta
Grits ⬩ groats ⬩ coarse meal
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Of berenum gryttum of barley grits, Lchdm. ii. 202,7:22;Lchdm. ii. 206, 19 Hwǽte gryttan apludes velcantabra, Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 124; Wrt. Voc. 34, 53
Linked entry: gritta
stuntlíce
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Hwæt is stuntlícor quid est stultius? Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 279, 11
snýtan
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Gif heora ǽnegum . . . snyflung of nosa derige, snýte bæftan him oððe ádún be his sídan (post dorsum proiciat, aut iuxta latus) . . . swá hwæt swá man him fram snýte (quod proicitur), fortrede hit mid his fótum, Chrd. 23, 6-13. Add
un-áberendlic
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Hwæt bið unáberendlicre tó gesiónne ðonne ðæs bearnes cwalu beforan ðæs fæder eágum ? Quid esse intolerabilius potest, quam mors filii ante oculos patris?, Past. 343, 11. Add
fýl-ness
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Hwæt sceoldon þé (the soul), þeódeorðan fýlnes, úre ǽlmessan?, Wlfst. 240, 15. Seó fýlnes (foetor) þæs stincendan mistes, Gr. D. 319, 11. Mist unáræfnedlicre fýlnesse and unswétes stences foetoris intolerabilis nebula, 318, 28.
CÓC
A COOK; ⬩ coquus
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Voc. 82, 50 Hwæt secgaþ we be cóce quid dicimus de coquo? Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 5. Hí cócas gehyrstan cooks roasted them Ps. Th. 101, 3
eald-spræc
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An old form of words, a proverb, byword þú hæfst ús gedón tó ealdsprǽce, þæt óðre þeóda nyton hwæt hý elles sprecon búton úre bysmer posuisti nos in similitudinem gentibus, Ps. Th. 43, 16
weorold-lust
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Hwæt wille ic má cwæðan be mete, oððe be drince, oððe be baðe, oððe be welan, oððe be wyrðscype, oððe be ǽnigum worldlusta ( de cibo et potu, sive de balneis, ceteraque corporis voluptate), Solil. H. 37, 8. Cf. þá worlde lustas, 39, 4. Add
sǽ-cocc
A cockle
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A cockle Hwæt féhst ðú on sǽ? Crabban muslan sǽcoccas cancros, musculos, neptigallos, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 11. a farthing-worth of muscles were a feste for suche folke, oþer so fele Cockes (cokkys, MS. G. : cokeles, MS. I.), Piers P. C text x. 95
sǽ-lác
a gift or present or offering
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a gift or present or offering that comes from the sea or from a lake Beowulf maþelode: Hwæt wé ðé ðás sǽlác ( what B. had brought to Hrothgar from Grendel's lake-dwelling ) brohton tíres tó tácne, Beo. Th. 3308; B. 1652: 3253; B. 1624
oþþe
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</b> used after hwæþer :-- Hwæþer sceal geeácnad wíf fulwad beón, oððe æfter þon þe heó bearn cenneð?, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 75, 20. Beseah Drihten . . . hwæðer his mihta andgyt ǽnig hæfde, oððe God wolde sécan, Ps. Th. 52, 3. <b>II b.
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fægernes
ornament ⬩ beauty ⬩ pleasantness
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Voc. ii. 89, 62. of things Hwæt belimpþ þé heora (sun, moon and stars) fægernesse? hwæþer ðú durre gilpan ꝥ heora fægernes þín sié?, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 22. Fægernes venustas (marmoris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 73.
be-limpan
To concern ⬩ regard ⬩ belong ⬩ pertain ⬩ appertain ⬩ curare ⬩ pertinere ⬩ to happen ⬩ occur ⬩ befall ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ contingere
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Hwæt ðæs to him belumpe what of that concerned him? Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 39. Hwæt belimpþ his to ðé what of it belongs to thee? Bt. 14, 2; Fox 42, 35.
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ge-mǽtan
To dream ⬩ somniare, somnium videre
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To dream; somniare, somnium videre Hwæt hine gemǽtte what he had dreamed, Cd. 178; Th. 223, 20; Dan. 122 : Rood. Kmbl. 3; Kr. 2. Swá his man-drihten gemǽted wearþ as his lord had dreamed, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 21; Dan. 157
Linked entry: mǽtan