lang-sum
Long ⬩ prolix ⬩ long-enduring ⬩ long-suffering
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Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes se ebréisca cwæþ ne biþ hit swá langsum 'What if I last till morning?' The Jew said 'It will not be so long,' Homl. Skt. 3, 585.
swíge
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Náht framaþ, gif on eardungstówe swígea sý, Scint. 82, 1: 213, 14. Be swígan . . . Hé forswígan mægene clypunge geswác . . . Leornerum for swígean hefignesse seldhwænne leáf geseald sié tó sprecenne ymbe hálige sprǽca, R. Ben. 21, 8-17.
tídre
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</b> weak, having bad health, infirm :-- Gif wíf on ðon tédre sié if a woman have that infirmity, Lchdm. ii. 8, 25.
þyrstan
To thirst
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.: gif hwelc ðyrste, Rush.) qui sitit veniat ad me, 7, 37. Ongan ðone oferhýdygan þyrstan on deáþ, Shrn. 130, 1. Drihten ealle ða gefylde, ða ðe hié orl eorþan léton hingrian and þyrstan for his noman, Blickl. Homl. 159, 17.
wiþer-rǽde
Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature
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Þeówum Godes ealle ðyses middaneardes wiþerrǽde synd servis Dei cuncta hujus mundi contraria sunt, Scint. 62, 4. where there is opposition to duty, rebellious, contumacious Gif hé gyt wiðerrǽde bið, hé líchamlíce wrace mid swingelle þolige sin improbus
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wræc-síþ
travel in a foreign land ⬩ peregrination ⬩ pilgrimage ⬩ exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness
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Gif hwá weófodþén áfylle, sý hé útlah, búton hé þurh wræcsíð (wrec-, v. l. ) gebéte, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 398, 26. Á ic wíte wonn mínra wræcsíþa, Exon. Th. 441, 27;Kl. 5.
á-bregdan
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Gif man wǽpn ábrégde, L. Th. i. 32, 11. Búton hé ðá wyrte up ábréde, Lch. i. 246, 5. Ðæt seó gítsung his willan ne ábrúde fram láre, Hml. Th. i. 394, 14. Ábrédan exerere, evaginare. Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 75 : Sal. 164. Abrogden vulsum, Wrt.
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wundor-líc
Wonderful ⬩ exciting admiration ⬩ surprise
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Gif ðú wénst ðætte wundorlíce gerela[n?] hwelc weorþmynd sié, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 18. Hwonon him ða wundorlícan gereordo cóman, Blickl. Homl. 153, 8. Eorðe brengð wæstma fela wundorlícra, Met. 20, 101. Sió hæfde wæstum wundorlícran, Exon.
án-feald
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Gif mon næbbe búton ánfeald hrægl, Ll.
breóst
the chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla
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Seó árfæstnys oferswýðde þone strangan breóst, forðon nǽre se breóst oferfunden, gif hine seó árfæstnes ne oferswýðde, Gr. D. 18, 2-22. Þurh þone hálegan breósð úres fæder, 2, 19.
for-cweþan
to reproach ⬩ upbraid ⬩ blame ⬩ reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to reprove ⬩ to refuse ⬩ decline ⬩ to excuse ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to receive ⬩ to reject ⬩ disapprove of
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Þa wífmen cwǽdon ꝥ hié þá burg werian wolden, gif þá wǽpnedmen ne dorsten ... Ac þá consulas noldon hié selfe swá earge geþencan swá hié þá wífmen ǽr forcwǽdon the consuls would not believe themselves such cowards as the women had called them.
ge-girela
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Gif þú wénst ꝥte wundorlice gegerela hwelc weorðmynd sié, ðonne telle ic þá weorþmynd þǽm wyrhtan þe hié worhte pulcrum variis fulgere vestibus putas ? . . . ingenium mirabor artificis, Bt. 14, 1; F. 42, 18.
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ge-rád
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Gif mon swá gerádne mon ofsleá, Ll. Th. i. 80, 1-2. For swá gerádum gylte pro tali culpa, R. Ben. 71, 9. Se cristena and se góda Theodorius . . . God gescifte ǽnne swá gerádne maim ( a good Christian) . . . se ilca góda mann. . .
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ge-strangian
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Gif hé on fefore sý, syle drincan on wearmum wætere; mycelon hé byþ gebét and gestrangod, 214, 12. Ðú bist gestrangod foueris, Kent.
ge-wil
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Gif hé him God ne ondrǽt swíðor micle þonne his sylfes gewil, Dóm. L. 30, 39.
hreówan
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expressed and the cause for regret is in the genitive Ne þé hreówan þearf ealles swá micles swá þú mé sealdest you need not regret all you gave me, much as it was, Seel. 150. to affect with sorrow for sin, make penitent. the subject a noun (pronoun) Gif
hwón
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Gif huón sint ðá ðe gihǽled biðon si pauci sunt qui saluantur 13, 23. of quantity, little Gié huóno ł lytlo geleáfas (hwón ł lytle ł lǽssa gileófa, R.) uos pussilae fidei, Lk. L. 13, 28.
hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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Gif ungefullod cild fǽrlíce biþ gebroht tó ðam mæssepreóste hé hit mót fullian sóna ðæt hit ne swelte hǽðen if an unbaptized child be brought to the mass-priest suddenly, he must baptize it at once, that it die not heathen, L.
hál
Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation
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Gif hie mon gelácnian mǽge ðæt hie hál síe if it [the broken sinew] can be cured so that it be sound, L. Alf. pol. 75; Th. i. 100, 4. Mannes sunu com sécean and hál dón ðæt forwearþ venit filius hominis quærere et saluare quod perierat, Lk.
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heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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The word occurs in the following passages Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóme deóflum gelde hé síe ealra his ǽhtan scyldig and healsfange if a married man without his wife's knowledge sacrifice to idols let him be liable in all his possessions and his 'heals-fang