un-forht
Not frightened ⬩ not afraid ⬩ fearless ⬩ intrepid
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Ðæt hí ðý baldran and ðý unforhtran wǽron (ðæt heora compweorodes mód ðý unforhtre beón sceolde, col. 2) sperantes minus animos militum trepidare, 3, 18; S. 546, 24
un-ágán
Not lapsed ⬩ with the time of its lease not run out
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Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Ealdulf hæfð gerád tó setnesse, ða hwíle ðis land unágán sé as long as the lease of the land runs, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 295, 22-33.
un-wærlíce
Unwarily ⬩ incautiously ⬩ without caution ⬩ heedlessly
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Him com ongén Hanno unwærlíce, and ðǽr ofslagen wearð, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 4: Chr. 1068; Erl. 206, 9. Þænne gyltas unwerlíce [wé] forgyfaþ dum culpas incaute remittimus, Scint. 149, 8
Linked entry: wærlíce
á-bútan
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Com se here eft ábúton in tó Temese, 999; P. 131, 19. motion round an axis or centre Gif ðú sumne cláð sceáwast, ne miht ðú hine ealne tógædere geseón, ac wenst ábútan ( you turn it round ), ðæt ðú ealne hine geseó, Hml.
ge-mircian
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Hé seolf of inwritting gemercad bið ipse ex inscribtione signalur, 4, 5. to signify, express Gemercade significans, Lk. p. 2, 7. to f orm by marks, portray Gemercade com-pingens (as if from pingere to paint ?)
Linked entry: -mircian
un-wísdóm
folly ⬩ stupidity ⬩ ignorance
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Hit com of ðæs abbotes unwísdóme, ðæt hé misbeád his munecan on fela þingan, Chr. 1083 Erl. 217, 3. Se ðe samnaþ ungemætlíce weolan, for his unwísdóme (stultitia) sylle hé ðone þriddan dǽle þearfum, L. Ecg. P. addit. 7.; Th. ii. 232, 24.
Linked entry: wís-dóm
wǽg
a weight ⬩ a wey ⬩ an implement for weighing ⬩ a balance
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Habbaþ emne wǽga aequa sint pondera, Lev. 19, 36. as a definite weight, a wey Án wég spices and céses, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 312, 8.
tó-sendan
to send in different directions ⬩ send away, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ scatter ⬩ to destroy
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Nabochodonosor com tó Hierusalem and ðæt manncyn ofslóh and ða burh tósende and ðæt tempel tówearp destroyed (the narrative in 2 Kings 25 or 2 Chron. 36 does not speak of the dispersion of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, but of the destruction of the city
drenc
DRENCH, dose, draught, drink ⬩ pōtus, pōtio ⬩ a drowning ⬩ demersio, submersio
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M. cont. 3, 22; Lchdm. ii. 300, 23. Drenc pōtus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 16: Wrt. Voc. 82, 46: pōtio, 74, 7. Se drenc deádbǽra wæs the drink was deadly, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 22. Wín nys drenc cilda vinum non est pōtus puerōrum, Coll. Monast.
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topp
a top, ⬩ summit ⬩ a lock of hair, tuft ⬩ a collection of rays of light ⬩ a top to play with ⬩ the hair at the top of the head ⬩ that which has a similarity with it
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In later English the word seems mostly used of the hair at the top of the head, or of that which has a similarity with it, e.g. the leafy top of a tree Bi þone toppe (coppe, 2nd MS.) he hine nom, Laym. 684.
scearp
sharp ⬩ pungent, acid ⬩ acrid ⬩ sharp-tongued ⬩ sharp, keen, severe, ⬩ sharp, rough ⬩ sharp, keen, active, strenuous ⬩ effectual, penetrating, ⬩ sharp, keen ⬩ sharp, keen, acute,
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Th. 56, 5. sharp, keen, severe, of pain or of that which causes pain Syððan com se scearpa hungor and ádyde hí mid ealle, Chr. 1086;Erl. 219, 37.
Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness
hí-réd
A household, ⬩ house, ⬩ family, ⬩ the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, ⬩ a court, ⬩ the members of a religious house, ⬩ a company, ⬩ band of associates
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An gewitnesse ðes hírédes æt Cristes cirican with the witness of the brotherhood at Christchurch, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 3, 36.
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up
Up. ⬩ up ⬩ on high ⬩ up ⬩ erectly ⬩ up ⬩ to a high point
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On ðissum eálonde com upp Agustinus in hoc insula adplicuit Augustinus, 1, 25; S. 486, 22. Com hé ǽrest upp on Westseaxum primum Gevissorum gentem ingrediens, 3, 7; 529, 9.
circul-ádl
Circle-disease, the shingles ⬩ zona, circĭnus
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Cont. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 8, 18: L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 5
dýr
A door ⬩ ostium, jānua
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A door; ostium, jānua We lǽraþ, ðæt mæssepreósta oððe mynsterpreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan circan dýre búton his oferslipe we enjoin, that no mass-priest, or minster-priest, come within the church-door without his upper vestment, L. Edg.
FOLA
A FOAL ⬩ colt ⬩ pullus ⬩ poledrus
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A FOAL, colt; pullus, poledrus Cicen oððe brid oððe fola pullus, Wrt. Voc. 77, 37. Fola poledrus, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 50; Wrt. Voc. 23, 11. HÍ gemétton ðone folan úte invēnērunt pullum fŏris, Mk. Bos. 11, 4, 5: Mt. Bos. 21, 2, 5
wyrmsan
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Sió wund wolde hálian, æfter ðæm ðe heó wyrmsde (wyrsmde, Cott. MSS.), 36; Swt. 259, 1. Gif hit wille wyrsman, Lchdm. ii. 102, 4
Linked entry: ge-wyrsmed
for-leorning
error
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Learning wrongly, error Þæs leásung and forleornung cymþ tó him þe hé hine sylfne déþ tó þon þe hé nis therefore will falsehood and error come to him that he makes himself out to be that which he is not, Bl. H. 183, 34
Linked entry: leornung
gedál-land
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Comm. c. iv Ðás nigon hída licggeað ongemang óðran gedállande, feldlǽs gemáne and mǽda gemáne and yrðland gemǽne, C. D. vi. 39, 9. Cf. dál-mǽd
Linked entry: ge-dǽle
of-þinen
too moist
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Hig wǽron gemyndige ðæs tóweardan hungres ðý læs ða ofþinenan corn in brord gehwyrfden and hig forcurfon ða sǽd they (the ants) were mindful of future hunger, and lest the grains that were too moist should sprout, they bit them, Shrn. 41, 5
Linked entry: þínan