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un-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hál, adj.

In bad health ⬩ sick ⬩ weak ⬩ infirm ⬩ unhealthy ⬩ unsound

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Alle unhále omnes male habentes, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 16: Homl. Skt. i. 21, 155. Ealle ða unhálan, Mk. Skt. 1, 32. of animals Gif man áfindeþ his ǽhte, syððan hé hit gebohte hafeþ, unhál, L. O. 7; Th. i. 180, 21.

wráþe

(adv.)
Grammar
wráþe, adv.

angrily ⬩ with or in anger ⬩ with indignation ⬩ fiercely ⬩ cruelly ⬩ greviously ⬩ bitterly ⬩ evilly ⬩ perversely ⬩ wickedly

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Ondsworade ðæs folches aldor wráðe (wráððe, Lind. ) respondens archesynagogus indignans, Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 14. fiercely, cruelly, greviously, bitterly Woroldlaga syndan innan ðysan earde wráðe forhwyrfde (grievously perverted), Wulfst. 268, 5.

ealdian

(v.)
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Fultum heora aldað ( veterascet ). Ps. Srt. 48, 15. Seádo ðá ðe ne aldagiað (aldigað, R. ueterescunt ), Lk. L. 12, 33. Ic ealdode ( inveteravi ) betweox feóndum mínum, Ps. Spl. 6, 7. Þe lǽs þe hí þurh eorþlice dǽda á ealdodon (áealdodon ?

sol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sol, eses; n.: solu, we, e; f.

Mire or a miry place ⬩ filthy ⬩ volutabrum

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His (the priest's) alter cloð great and sole, and hire (the priest's concubine's) chemise smal and hwit; and te albe sol, and hire smoc hwit Rel. Ant. i. 129. Solwy dirty Wrt. Voc. i. 171, 41.]

ge-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-winnan, p. -wan, -won, -wann, pl. -wunnon; pp. -wunnen.

to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ contend ⬩ pugnare ⬩ bellum gerere ⬩ to obtain by fighting ⬩ to conquer ⬩ gain ⬩ win ⬩ pugna consequi ⬩ obtinere ⬩ subjugare

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Ne mágon we ðæt on aldre gewinnan we cannot ever obtain that, Cd. 421; Th. 26, 6; Gen. 402. Ǽnig ne mæg friþ gewinnan no one may gain peace, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 14; Cri. 1001.

á-settan

(v.)

to set ⬩ put ⬩ move an object to a place ⬩ To move one's self ⬩ transport one's self:-- ⬩ to set ⬩ place ⬩ build ⬩ to put in ⬩ out ⬩ of an office ⬩ to lay, impose punishment, ⬩ to set ⬩ propose a riddle, ⬩ to oppress

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H. 159, n. to lay, impose punishment, Hé ꝥ wíte and ꝥ éce wræc ásette on þone aldor deófla, Bl. H. 83, 33. to set, propose a riddle, Þú ásettest rǽdels, Ap. Th. 4, 22.

scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e; f.

office ⬩ charge ⬩ business ⬩ administration ⬩ government ⬩ a district ⬩ province ⬩ diocese ⬩ parish ⬩ the people of a district ⬩ a tribe ⬩ a shire ⬩ The people of a shire ⬩ the community inhabiting a shire ⬩ the district in charge of an ecclesiastic ⬩ a diocese ⬩ parish

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Alf. pol. 37; Th. i. 86, 4. Gif man spor gespirige of scýre in óðre . . . drífan hí ðæt spor óþ hit man ðam geréfan gecýðe, fó hé syððan tó and ádrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre, L. Ath. v. 8, 4; Th. i. 236, 20-23.

DREÁM

(n.)
Grammar
DREÁM, es; m.

joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, rejoicing, rapture, ecstasy, frenzy ⬩ jubĭlum, lætĭtia, gaudium, delīrium ⬩ An instrument of music, music, rapturous music, harmony, melody, ⬩ orgănum = όργανoν, musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus

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Ic eam ealles leás écan dreámes I am bereft of all eternal joy, Cd. 216; Th. 275, 8; Sat. 168: 217; Th. 276, 2; Sat. 182: Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 24; Cri. 1343: Rood Kmbl. 28 5; Kr. 144. In dolum dreáme in foolish joy, Exon. 39 a; Th. 130, 8; Gú. 435.

ge-mengan

(v.)
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Ðæt gimencged (mixta) aron alle, and in Marc moniga Lucas and éc Matheies, Mt. p. 3, 7. VII. to infect with moral evil :-- Swá hyra aldor dyde máne gemenged, Dan. 184. Synfulle beóð máne gemengde, El. 1296. B. intrans.

heals-fang

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(i. e. the healsfang ( = 12s. 6d. ) + 7s. 6d. made the first pound) [Then three successive pounds were to be paid, making four pounds in all, the amount of the slain man's wer ], 581, 8-582, 17.

ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre

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Ealle gesceafte forhte geweorþaþ all creatures shall tremble, Andr. Kmbl. 2298; An. 1502. He gewyrþ micelre mǽgþe he shall become a great nation, Gen. 21, 18.

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es ; m.

teaching, ⬩ instruction ⬩ instruction, ⬩ being taught ⬩ testimony ⬩ what is taught or enjoined, ⬩ a rule, ⬩ regulation, ⬩ law, ⬩ injunction ⬩ a collection of regulations, law, religion ⬩ discipline, ⬩ a disciplinary regulation ⬩ (regular) custom, ⬩ (proper) mode of conduct ⬩ learning, ⬩ knowledge, ⬩ understanding

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Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 4. Wæs Godes lof hafen þrymme micle óþ ðisne dæg mid þeódscipe (with proper observance? or among the people?) Similar entries (v. þeódscipe a people ), Exon. Th. 284, 10; Jul. 695.

synderlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
synderlíce, adv.

apart, away from all others, in private ⬩ separately, severally, apart ⬩ specially, in particular ⬩ only, exclusively, solely, to or by one's self ⬩ specially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly

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apart, away from all others, in private Synderlíce (separatim) hine Petrus and Iacobus and Iohannes and Andreas áhsodon, Mk.

Linked entry: sundorlíce

GADERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GADERIAN, gadorigean, gadrian, gadrigean, gæderian, gædrian; to gaderigenne, gadrienne, gadrigenne; ic gaderie, gaderige, gadrige, ðú gaderast, gadrast, he gaderaþ, gadraþ, pl. gaderiaþ, gadriaþ; p. gaderode; pp. gaderod

To GATHER ⬩ gather together ⬩ collect ⬩ store up ⬩ lĕgere ⬩ collĭgĕre ⬩ congrĕgāre

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Ic wolde eác gadrian sum gehwǽde andgyt of ðære béc I would also gather some little information from the book, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 232, 2. Gadrigean, Andr. Kmbl. 1562; An. 782.

lah-slit

(n.)
Grammar
lah-slit, n[?]; -sliht, -slite, es; m; -slitt, e: f.
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See also Grmm. R. A. 623: Steenstrup's Normannerne, iv. 264 sqq

Linked entries: slite -slitt

lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
lúcan, p. leác, pl. lucon; pp. locen

To close ⬩ conclude ⬩ fasten ⬩ lock

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Locen is applied to coats of mail, which were formed of [interlacing] rings fastened on to some material to which they might be sewn, see hring with its compounds, and cf. brogden byrne; also Icel. hring-ofin Locene leoþosyrcan, Beo.

Linked entry: lýcþ

lyt

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lyt, indecl. used as subst. adj. and adv.

Few ⬩ little

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Ne sceal hé tó lyt þancian heora ælmessan he shall not be too sparing of thanks for their alms, Blickl. Homl. 43, 13.

Linked entry: lyt-hwón

súsl

(n.)
Grammar
súsl, es; n.: e; f.
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Torment, where the word is certainly neuter Se seáð ðæs sing[alan] súsles, Nar. 50, 23. Súsles þegnum, Exon. Th. 275, 30: Jul. 558: 304, 18; Fä. 72. Hié ðæt súsl þrowiende wǽron, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 26. In ðæt swearte súsl ( hell ), Exon.

Linked entries: helle-súsl seóslig

cræft

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Gif hé þurh druncen oððe þurh óðerne cræft ( alio artificio ) man ofsleá, 150, 34. a machine, instrument, engine Æþele cræft ( of a medicine ), Lch. ii. 28, 10. Hé hæfde án wurðlic weorc on mechanisc geweorc . . .

ná-wiht

Grammar
ná-wiht, <b>. I a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Wé ús nðwihtes (náhtes, nóhtes, v.ll.) elles ne wéndon búton deáðes sylfes neque aliud quam mortem sperare ualeremus, Bd. 5, l ; Sch. 551, 17. Þ hé þé náwiht (nánwiht, nóht, v.ll. ) láþes ne dó, 2, 12; Sch. 156, 22.