for-gifnes
release ⬩ mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ indulgence ⬩ laxity
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Þú sealdest mannum synna forgifnessa, 87, 12. mildness, lenity, indulgence; in a bad sense, laxity Oft ungemetlico fofgifnes bið gelícet ðæt mon wéneð ðæt hit sié mildheortnes saepe inordinata remissio pietas creditur, Past. 149, 9.
ge-árian
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Bið hé swíðe ryhtlíce mid ðǽm gehíned ðe mon wénð ðæt mid geárod sié unde nutrita pie creditur, inde justius damnatur, Past. 391, 8.
ge-hreówan
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(I) the subject a noun Ne selle mon to féla . . . ðý lǽs hwá him self weorðe tó wǽdlan, and him ðonne gehreówe sió ælmesse, Past. 325, 8. the subject a pronoun representing a circumstance already mentioned Satanus swearte geþóhte þæt hé wolde on heofonum
heolstor
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Nán mon Godes mihte forflíhð on nánum heolstrum heofenan oððe eorðan oþþe sǽ ðriddan, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 31. Hleostrum bibulis buccis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 6.
brengan
To bring, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry; ⬩ ferre, afferre, offerre, proferre
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To bring, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry; ferre, afferre, offerre, proferre Ðæt geár mót brengan blósman the year may bring blossoms, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, He brengeþ æfter swegeltorht sunne he brings after him the heavenly-bright sun, Bt. Met.
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han-créd
Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the night ⬩ gallicinium, galli cantus
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Hér wæs se móna áþístrod betwux hancréd and dagunge in this year the moon was eclipsed between cock-crow and dawn, Chr. 795; Erl. 59, 25. On ǽfen ðe on midre nihte ðe on hancréde ðe on morgen sero, an media nocte, an galli cantu an mane, Mk.
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wiþer-weard
contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ adversary ⬩ enemy ⬩ opponent ⬩ fiend ⬩ hostile to rightful authority ⬩ rebel ⬩ opposed to what is right ⬩ arrogant ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ reprobate ⬩ false ⬩ heretic ⬩ apocryphal ⬩ opposed to the good or pleasure of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ adverse ⬩ hurtful ⬩ pernicious ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ contrary ⬩ opposite
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hit biþ gesǽlþ gif hit mon geþyldlíce áræfnþ nihil est miserum, nisi cum putes; contraque beata sors omnis est aequinamitate tolerantis, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 31.
Linked entries: wiþer-word wiþerweard-líc wiþerweard-ness wiþer-wierde wiþer-word
healf
Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction
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Hit (the cross) ongan swǽtan on þá swíþran healfe, Kr. 20. one of more than two sides (V. 3) a definite number On áne healfe, Chr. 892; P. 82, 33. Him mon on þreó healfe onwinnende wæs, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 3.
ge-líhtan
To lighten ⬩ mitigate ⬩ assuage ⬩ alleviare
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To lighten, mitigate, assuage; alleviare Mid ánre mæssan man mæg alýsan xii daga fæsten and mid x mæssan man mæg gelíhtan iiii monða fæsten and mid xxx mæssan man mæg gelíhtan xii monða fæsten with one mass a man may redeem a xii days' fast, and with
on-bregdan
To move quickly ⬩ To move (oneself) quickly, to start (from sleep)
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, To move quickly Heáfde onbrygdeþ þriwa áscæceþ the Phenix thrice moves its head (bowing to the sun) (igniferum caput ter venerata), Exon. Th. 207, 18; Ph. 143.
æig
An egg ⬩ ovum
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An egg; ovum Ðæt æig getácnaþ hiht: ǽrest hit biþ æig, and seó módor siððan mid hihte bret ðæt æig to bridde the egg betokens hope: first it is an egg, and the mother then with hope cherishes the egg to a young bird, Homl. Th. i. 250, 22-24
frætwung
An adorning ⬩ adornment ⬩ ornament ⬩ ornātus ⬩ ornāmentum
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An adorning adornment, ornament; ornātus, ornāmentum He micele swíðor lufode ðære heortan clǽnnysse ðonne ðæra stána frætwunge he much more loved cleanness of heart than the adornment of stones, Homl. Th. i. 508, 22.
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hefige
Heavily ⬩ grievously ⬩ with difficulty ⬩ hardly
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Forhwon áhénge ðú mec hefgor why didst thou crucify me more painfully, Exon. 29 b; Th. 91, 6;Gen. 1488
leód-þeáw
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Custom of a people or country Ðá hé tó mé cwom ðá grétte hé mé sóna and [h]álette his leódþeáwe cum me more rituque salutaret, Nar. 27, 3.
þeorf-dæg
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Eásterdæg wæs se forma dæg on ðære ealdan ǽ, þonne se móna wæs .xiiii., and ða seofon dagas, ðe ðǽr æfter wǽron, wǽron gecíged dies azimorum, Anglia viii. 330, 19
un-sár
Not sore ⬩ without soreness or pain
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Ðæt geswel wyrð unsárre the swelling becomes more free from pain, ii. 208, 4
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wyrm-sele
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.], a place where there are serpents (hell) Ne þearf hé hopian ðæt hé þonan móte, of ðam wyrmsele, Judth. Thw. 23, 13; Jud. 119
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a-metan
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and add Wæs ðǽr án myrige dún mid wyrtum ámét ( mons laetus, uariis herbarum floribus depictis, Bd. 1, 7), Hml. S. 19, 108. Seó heofon is mid steorrum ámétt (-mét, v. l. ), Lch. iii. 232, 21: Angl. viii. 310, 1.
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eald-land
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Old-land, land that has remained long untilled: (cf. old-land ground that has lain untilled a long time and is now ploughed up; arable land which has been laid down in grass more than two years. D.D.)
un-gearowitolness
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Want of ready wit, want of clear thought For þon wé hí geseóð swylce hit sý ǽr sunnan uppgange, for þon þe hit nú gýt is in sumre glímunge and ungearewitolnesse (-gearu-, v.l.) úres módes quia quasi in quodam mentis crepusculo haec velut ante solem videmus