up-líc
on high ⬩ lofty ⬩ sublime ⬩ celestial
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on high, referring to this world Ðonne bið gefylled eall uplíc lyft ǽtrenum líge, Wulfst. 138, 5.
wefl
weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp ⬩ an implement for weaving ⬩ a shuttle (?)
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Wefla panucla (this is a gloss to the same passage as the preceding), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 13. Wundene mé (a coat of mail) ne beóð wefle (ueflæ, Txts. 151, 5), ne ic wearp hafu the threads of the woof are not twisted for me, nor have I a warp, Exon.
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CLYPPAN
To embrace ⬩ clasp ⬩ CLIP ⬩ cherish ⬩ complecti ⬩ amplexari
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Náwuht ðes woruldgielp is ðe hie clyppaþ and lufiaþ this worldly glory is worthless which they embrace and love Past. 41, 1; Hat. MS. 563, 3.
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á-wǽgan
to deceive ⬩ to make of no effect, ⬩ to fail to perform ⬩ to invalidate ⬩ nullify
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Forgyldan ealle þá þing þe wé ofor his bebod gedydon oþþe þæs áwǽgdon þe wé dón sceoldan, Bl. H. 91, 17. Áwǽgdon fefellisset (pollicita). An. Ox. 2, 237. Hí heora fulluhtes behát ðurh forgǽgednysse áwǽgdon, Hml. Th. ii. 338, 9.
mis-beódan
To do wrong to ⬩ to offend ⬩ abuse ⬩ ill-use
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To do wrong to, to offend, abuse, ill-use Hé misbeád his munecan on fela þingan he ill-used his monks in many things, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 3. Ðé læs ǽnig man óðrum misbeóde lest any do wrong to other, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 22: Chart.
GNÍDAN
To rub ⬩ break ⬩ rub together ⬩ comminute ⬩ fricare ⬩ comminuere
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Nim ǽnne sticcan and gníd to sumum þinge take a stick and rub it against something, Lchdm. iii. 274, 3. Gníd ða þungana and on ufan ðæt héfd rub the temples and the top of the head, 292, 23.
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self-willes
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Ben. 28, 6. of things Ðonne his wæstmas weaxaþ sylfwilles quae sponte gignet humus, Lev. 25, 5. Sylfwilles ( ultra ) seó eorþe wæstm beraþ, Mk. Skt. 4, 28
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ge-nǽgan
To approach one with anything, address, approach, assail, assault ⬩ adire aliquem aliqua re, appellare, instare alicui, urgere, tribulare
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Þeóf ðe eorlas ungearwe yfles genǽgeþ the thief who assaults with evil unprepared men, Exon. 20 b; Th. 54, 28; Cri, 875.
steór-leás
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-Þeáh hió (the earth) unwísum wídgel þince, on stede stronglíc steórleásum men, Met. 10, 11. without rule, not living under rule:?-Gif bescoren man steórleás (not living under the rule of any religious house) gange him on gestlíðnesse, L.
un-gemetfæst
immoderate ⬩ immodest ⬩ intemperate ⬩ immoderate ⬩ excessive ⬩ irretentive
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Ðám monnum ðe beóþ neátenum gelíce, ðæt beóð unrihtwíse and ungemetfæste, 14, 1; Fox 42, 4. in reference to physical things, immoderate, excessive Hwílum cymð of ungemetfæstre hǽto, hwílum of ungemetfæstum cyle, Lchdm. ii. 56, 16.
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wiþer-mál
A case against ⬩ in reply to ⬩ by way of accusation ⬩ defence ⬩ prosecution
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Geornde se eorl griðes ðæt hé móste hine betellan æt ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe him man on léde, Erl. 180, 12), Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 7
yppe
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Ðonne him þince ðæt hé spíwe, ðæt byð swá hwæt swá hé ána wiste, ðæt hit weorðæþ yppe (geypped, v. l. ), Lchdm. iii. 170, 27. Mid Sigelwarum sóð yppe wearð, dryntlíc dóm Godes, Apstls. Kmbl. 128; Ap. 64. Gif ðis yppe bið, Elen. Kmbl. 870; El. 435
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betera
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Geseóð hí þá betran blǽde scínan, Cri. 1292. of things Ne mótan gé míne sáwle grétan, ac gé on betran gebringað, Gú. 349. [Goth. batiza : O. Sax. O. Fr. betera: O. H. Ger. pezziro.]
ge-gifan
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D. 16, 1. to give as a present Hig noldon him ágyfan nán þingc þæs þe se cyng heom gegyfen (geunnen, v. l. ) hæfde, Chr. 1049; P. 168, 19. Hé hæfð gegyfen þǽ gegyldhealle, Cht. Th 605, 6.
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ge-orwénan
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D. 338, 29. to despair of (be) Ne scealt þú ná georwénan be þíra synna forgyfenesse, Archiv cxxii. 257, 20
ge-sweorcan
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Forst. 147, 18. anger Wearð gecýdd þám cyninge embe Iudan sige, and he geswearc on móde (when king Antiochius heard these things, he was full of indignation, I Mace. iii. 27), Hml.
ge-týn
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Þá scolieras þe on mynstre synd getydde þisra þinga gýmon, Angl. viii. 335, 43
hǽlþ
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Hé sumne blindne man gehǽlde . . . and manega gelýfdon þurh ðæs mannes hǽlðe, 34. spiritual On hálwendlican þínum ł hǽlðe in salutare tuum, Ps. L. 118, 81
leóf
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Ealra manna hláford . . . wé biddað þínne cynescipe . . . hí under ðé, leóf, on yfele þurhwunedon, Hml. S. 23, 284. Leóf, ic ðé cýðe hú hit wæs ymb ðæt lond, C. D. ii. 133,3.
wæstmbǽrness
Fruitfulness, fertility, produktivity
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Wæstembiornis fertilitas, Txts. 180, 19. referring to inanimate things Wæstm*-*bǽrnys on eorþan, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 162. Hí héton secgan ðysses landes wæstmbǽrnysse ( insulae fertilitatem ), Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 15: Homl. Th. i. 286, 19.