týdrung
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propagation Uneácniendlícre tédrunge infecunda sterilitate, Hpt. Gl. 430, 61. Ic ongite ðæt ǽlc gesceaft willnaþ simle tó biónne; ðæt is swíþe swital on ðære týdrunge. Bt. 34, 12; Fox 152, 25. [Cf. (?) Þis woreld ebbeð þenne hit þat tuderinde wiðteoð
Linked entry: tyddrung
cyssan
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Hió cyst deosculatur, Kent. Gl. 192. Ne cys þú míne fét, Hml. S. 5, 301. Cyssan bassiare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 19. Ǽlc þára manna þe óðerne swíðe lufað, hine lyst bet cyssan ðonne óðerne on bær líc, þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweóna beóð, Shrn. 185, 31. Sylle
ge-éfstan
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and add: to get by hastening Geonet oððe geefest preoccupetur (v. (?) Ald. 17, 37), Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 78. to strive after Ꝥ án wæs swíðost fram heom eallum geefst, ꝥ heora ǽlc wǽre on líchaman deád and on gáste libbende the one most earnest endeavour
hwǽr-hwega
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Somewhere Syle mé ðínne wíngeard ... and ic þé óðerne finde on fyrlene forhwega (hwǽrhwega, v. l. ), Hml. S. 18, 174. Nis nán tweó þæt ǽlc þing þæt ys hwǽrhwugu is quidquid est, alicubi esse cogitur, Solil. H. 51, 10. Þá bæd hé æt þæs mynstres hláforde
wrítian
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Substitute: <b>writian, wreotian</b> to chirp, chatter, rattle Wreotað crepitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 34. Writigeað (printed pritigeað) pipant (comples aera catervis, garrula quae rostris resonantes cantica pipant, Aid. 136, 28), 88, 80. Þæt
drince-leán
Tributary drink, scot-ale, the contribution of tenants to purchase ale for the entertainment of their lord or his steward on the fee, Glos. to Th. Laws, vol. ii. Or, perhaps, the ale given by the seller to the buyer on concluding a bargain ⬩ retrĭbūtio potus vel præmium bibendi
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Tributary drink, scot-ale, the contribution of tenants to purchase ale for the entertainment of their lord or his steward on the fee, Glos. to Th. Laws, vol. ii. Or, perhaps, the ale given by the seller to the buyer on concluding a bargain; retrĭbūtio
mód-cearu
Sorrow of heart ⬩ grief
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Sorrow of heart, grief Ðæt gelumpe módcearu mǽgum, Exon. 35a; Th. 114, l; GQ. 166. Ic ǽfre ne mæg ðære módceare mínre gerestan, 115b; Th. 443, 34; Kl. 40. Dreógeþ mín wine micle módceare. Th. 444, 22; Kl. 51. Hygesorge wæg, micle módceare, 47 b; Th.
un-deádlíc
Immortal ⬩ undying ⬩ imperishable ⬩ endless
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Immortal, undying, imperishable, endless God hálig and undeádlíc ( immortalis ), Rtl. 169, 17. Hé wunaþ undeádlíc, se ðe wæs deádlíc, Homl. Th. i. 150, 22. Se mann wǽre ǽfre undeádlíc, gif hé his Drihtne gehýrsumode, Hexam. 15; Norm. 22, 27. Undeádlíc
bysmor-spræc
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A speaking blasphemy, blasphemy; blasphemia Ðes sprycþ bysmorspræce this [man] speaketh blasphemy; hic blasphernat, Mt. Bos. 9, 3. Ælc synn and bysmur-spræc byþ forgyfen mannum, sóþlíce ðæs Hálgan Gástes bysmurspræc ne byþ forgyfen omne peccatum et blasphemia
Linked entries: bysmer-spæc bysmur-spræc bismer-spræc
fæder-éðel
Father-land, paternal home ⬩ păterna rĕgio, patria
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Father-land, paternal home; păterna rĕgio, patria Scipia swór ðæt him leófre wǽre, ðæt he hine sylfne acwealde ðonne he forléte his fæderéðel Scipio swore that he would rather kill himself than leave his father-land, Ors. 4, 9 ; Bos. 91, 20. He bebeád
un-drifen
Not driven
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Not driven Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe, ðe binnan múðan cuman[mæg?], þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gyf hit undrifen bið (si non sit abacta tempestatibus (Lat. vers.). For the fate of what was driven, cf. such a grant as the following : -- Ic cíðe eów ðæt Urk habbe
wiþer-saca
an adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy ⬩ a rebel ⬩ an adversary at law ⬩ a prosecutor ⬩ one who renounces ⬩ denies ⬩ apostate
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an adversary, opponent, enemy Anticristus is on Lǽden contrarius Cristo, ðæt is on Englisc Godes wiðersaca, Wulfst. 78, 13: Homl. Th. i. 376, 16. Ǽlc ðæra ðe hyne tó cynge déð ys ðæs cáseres wiðersaca (contradicit Caesari), Jn. Skt. 19, 12. Hér sýn on
frum-cenned
first-begotten ⬩ firstborn ⬩ primogĕnĭtus ⬩ primitive ⬩ primĭtīvus
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first-begotten, firstborn; primogĕnĭtus Ðæt wæs se frumcenneda that was the firstborn, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 9. He ofslóh ǽlc þing frumcendes on lande percussit omne primogĕnĭtum in terra, Ps. Lamb. 77, 51: 104, 36. Ic frumcendne gesette hine ego primogĕnĭtum
yfel-willende
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Ill-disposed, wicked Hwæþer ðú ongite ðæt ǽlc yfelwillende mon and ǽlc yfelwyrcende sié wítes wyrþe? . . . Hú ne is se ðonne yfelwillende and yfelwyrcende ðe ðone unscyldigan wítnaþ? omnem improbum num supplicio dignum negas? . . . Infelices esse, qui
wǽge
a weight ⬩ a wey ⬩ an implement for weighing ⬩ a balance ⬩ scale
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a weight, as a general term Byrðen oððe wǽge pondus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Zup. 58, 17. Hæbbe ǽlc man rihte wǽgan and rihte gemetu pondus habebis justum et verum et modius aequalis et verus erit tibi, Deut. 25, 15. as a definite weight, a wey Gá seó wǽge
EALDOR
life ⬩ vita
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f? life; vita Ealdres æt ende at life's end, Beo. Th. 5573; B. 2790. Ðe him wolde ealdres geunnan which would grant him life, Andr. Kmbl. 2263; An. 1133. On ðissum ealdre in this life, Ps. Th. 87, 14. Deáþ geþryðeþ ealdor ánra gehwæs death expels
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ge-mǽn-nes
A communion, fellowship, connection ⬩ communio, consortium, admixtio
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A communion, fellowship, connection; communio, consortium, admixtio Hí sealdon hí ðǽr on ðara fǽmnena gemǽnnesse they gave her up there to the society of the women, Shrn. 127, 11. Ne ic ǽfre mid mannum mán-fremmendum ge-mǽnnesse micle hæbbe cum hominibus
un-cýðig
Ignorant ⬩ unacquainted
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Ignorant, unacquainted Wittende sciens ... uncýðig ł unwittende ignorans, Lk. Skt. p. 7, 18. Ðá wundrade heó ymb ðæs weres snyttro, hú hé swá geleáfful on swá lytlum fæce ond swá uncýðig ǽfre wurde gleáwnysse þurhgoten she wondered at the man's wisdom
notu
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Add Tó singenne sóðlíce notu unrótnysse heortan gefréfrað psallendi enim utilitas tristitiam cordis consolatur, Scint. 33, 7. Note utilitati, An. Ox. 7, 353. add: occupation, or work, as properly pertaining or assigned to a person Notu ministerium,
a-dýdan
To put to death ⬩ to destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ mortify ⬩ perdere ⬩ occidere
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To put to death, to destroy, kill, mortify; perdere, occidere Wolde híg adýddan would destroy them, Ælfc. T. 22, 19. Ðæt ic náteshwon nelle heonon forþ eall flǽsc adýdan mid flódes wæterum that I will not, by any means, henceforth destroy all flesh with