sceand
shame, disgrace, infamy, ignominy ⬩ a shameful, infamous, or abominable thing,
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Geseoh ða scande and ða wierrestan þing ðe ðás menn hér dóþ vide abominationes pessimas, quas isti faciunt hic, Past. 21, 3 ; Swt. 153, 20 : Swt. 155, 9. Sconde, Swt. 155, 8. Þatt wass hiss aȝhenn shame & shande, Orm. 11956.
úre
our ⬩ ours
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Gé habbaþ gecýðed ðæt gé úres nánes ne siendon ye have shown that ye are of no one of us; nullius vos esse monstratis, Past. 32; Swt. 211, 14. Gif hwelc forworht monn cymð and bitt úrne hwelcne, 10; Swt. 63, 1.
of-sittan
to sit upon, press down by sitting ⬩ to sit upon, oppress ⬩ to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) ⬩ to sit about, besiege ⬩ to repress, check, present motion
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Ofseten mid ðǽm ðístrum ðisses andweardan lífes praesentis vitae tenebris pressus, Past. II, I; 65, 7. Ic eom mid earmlícre ofergiotolnesse ofseten, Shrn. 198, 21.
Linked entry: of-setenness
á-þenian
to stretch out ⬩ extend ⬩ to stretch by pulling: ⬩ to extend notice ⬩ direct attention ⬩ effort ⬩ to extend ⬩ prolong ⬩ to spread out ⬩ extend superficially ⬩ to stretch out ⬩ prostrate:--
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Th. i. 372, 19. to stretch by pulling: -- Ráp tó swíðe áðened, Past. 459, 8. fig. to extend notice, direct attention, effort, Ðæt ne áðennen rehtwíse tó unrehtwísnesse hond hara. (extendant) Ps. Srt. 124, 3.
Linked entry: on-þenian
ge-býsgian
To occupy ⬩ busy ⬩ afflict ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress ⬩ overcome ⬩ agitate ⬩ weaken ⬩ destroy ⬩ occupare ⬩ affligere ⬩ turbare ⬩ vexare ⬩ opprimere ⬩ corripere ⬩ conficere
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Slǽpe gebiesgad with sleep overcome, Exon. 96 a; Th. 358, 2; Pa. 39. Ne ðǽr wæter fealleþ lyfte gebýsgad water falls not there, agitated in air, Exon. 56 b; Th. 201, 26; Ph. 62.
Linked entries: ge-biesgian ge-bisgian ge-býsigan
wyrt
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Th. 358, 17; Pa. 47. Gif mon sié wyrtum forboren, Lchdm. ii. 114, 8, 12. Hé getimbreþ tánum and wyrtum nest, 227, 29; Ph. 430. God geworhte eall gærs and wyrta ( omnem herbam ), Gen. 2, 5. Ðú ytst ðære eorðan wyrta, 3, 18: Ps. Th. 103, 13.
Linked entry: blód-wyrt
BRIM
Surf, the sea, ocean, surface of the sea ⬩ æstus aquæ, mare, pelagus ⬩ πέλαγος ⬩ æquor
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Kmbl. 884; An. 442: 3147; An. 1576: Cd. 166; Th. 208, 2; Exod. 477: Exon. 95 b; Th.356, 6; Pa. 7. Beáteþ [MS. beataþ] brim staðo [MS. stæðo] the sea beats the shores. Andr. Kmbl. 991; An. 496.
Linked entry: brym
sceatt
property, goods, wealth, treasure ⬩ price, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods ⬩ a coin
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Gif hit fácne is him man his scæt ágefe if the marriage-contract be fraudulent, what he has paid shall be returned to him, L. Eth. 77; Th. i. 22. 3: 78; Th. i. 22, 4.
Linked entry: sceat
a-dreógan
to act ⬩ perform ⬩ practise ⬩ agere ⬩ perficere ⬩ to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ endure ⬩ pati ⬩ sustinere
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Líf adreógan agere vitam, Hexam. 3; Norm. 4, 29. to bear, suffer, endure; pati, sustinere Hí adreógan mágan they may bear, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 27. Ic ne mæg adreógan ðíne seófunga I cannot tolerate thy lamentations, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 20.
arctos
The constellation Ursa Major
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Se ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ, ac he went abútan, hwílon adúne and hwílon up, ofer dæg and ofer niht one constellation is called arctos in the north part, which has seven stars, and for that is called by another
Linked entries: carles wǽn Boéties
hwílend-líc
temporal ⬩ temporary ⬩ transitory
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Mid ðýs hwílendlícan onwalde temporali potentia, Past. 17, 4; Swt. 113, 11. Mid ðissum hwílendlícum þingum temporali sollicitudine, 18, 7; Swt. 139, 7.
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leáp
a basket ⬩ trunk
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'Lepe quod est tertia pars duorum bussellorum;' in Sussex, time of Ed. I.] a weel for catching fish Leáp corbis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 6: calatus, 127, 73. Leóht leáp imbilium, Wrt. Voc. 287, 27: ii. 46, 40. Leáp vel wilige cophinus, Ælfc.
Linked entry: sǽd-leáp
leóht-líce
Lightly ⬩ slightly ⬩ gently ⬩ easily ⬩ quickly
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Ða weras mon sceal hefiglecor lǽran and ða wíf leóhtlecor illis [men] graviora, istis [women] injungenda sunt leviora, Past. 24; Swt. 179. 16. [Swá swá heó líhtlucost mihten as quickly as they could, Th. An. 143, 21.]
mis-dǽd
A mis-deed ⬩ evil action ⬩ transgression ⬩ offence ⬩ injury
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A mis-deed; evil action, transgression, offence, injury Míne misdǽda bióþ simle beforan mé delictum meum coram me est semper, Past. 53, 2; Swt. 413, 18. God him geunne ðæt his góde dǽda swýðran wearþan ðonne misdǽda, Chr. 959; Erl. 121, 6.
nearulíce
narrowly ⬩ within narrow limits ⬩ briefly ⬩ oppressively ⬩ grievously ⬩ narrowly ⬩ exactly ⬩ strictly
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P. 12; Th. ii. 320, 24. narrowly, exactly, strictly Manegu díglu þing sindon nearolíce (subtiliter) tó smeáganne many secret things are to be narrowly examined, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 153, 13.
Linked entry: nearu-þanc
searu-þanc
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Kmbl. 2511; An. 1257, a cunning (in a good sense) thought, skilful device Þurh sefan snyttro, searoþonca hord, Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 10. Saga sóðcwidum, searoþoncum, gleáwwordum wísfæst, hwæt ðis gewǽdu sý, Exon. Th. 418, 3; Rä. 36, 13.
ge-brǽdan
To make broad ⬩ broaden ⬩ extend ⬩ spread ⬩ dilātāre ⬩ ampliāre ⬩ extendĕre ⬩ expandĕre ⬩ sternere
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Ðæt mód wilnaþ to gebrǽ-denne his ǽgen lof the mind desires to extend its own praise, Past. 65, 4; Swt. 463, 36; Hat. MS: Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 15.
Linked entry: ge-brádian
simbel
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Ger. simpal for the most part appears in adverbial forms, but Graff vi. 26 gives one instance of its adjective use, simplém assiduis.
un-efn
Unequal ⬩ unlike ⬩ dissimilar ⬩ diverse ⬩ irregular
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Cor vero stultorum dissimile est, quia, dum mutabilitate se varium exhibet, numquam id, quod fuerat, manet, Past. 42; Swt. 306, 12-18. Sume word synd gehátene anomala oþþe inequalia. Anomalus is unemne, inequalis ungelíc, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Zup. 199, 3.
ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ from above ⬩ from heaven ⬩ above
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Steorran hreósaþ ufene of heofonum, 93, 8. where an action is directed from a higher to a lower point Ufone sceal ðæt heáfod gíman ðæt ða fét ne áslíden caput debet ex alto providere, ne pedes torpeant, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 25.