un-gewítnod
Unpunished
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Unpunished, of the person to whom punishment might be given Ne beó gé on nánre leásre gewitnysse, for ðon ðe se leása gewita ne bið hé nǽfre ungewítnod, L. E. I. 27; Th. ii. 424, 1: Homl. Ass. 148, 10. Ne wén ðú ná be ðé ðæt ðú ungewítnod beó, Homl.
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Eáster-tíd
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Add: v. Eáster, Wæs seó tíd þám folce geset tó Eástertíde . . . Nú is his ðrowung and his ǽrist úre Eástertíd, Hml. Th. i. 312, 8, 19. Hyt wæs gehende heora ( the Jews ) Eástertíde, Hml. A. 67, 60. v. Eáster, On sumum geáre byð se móna twelf síðon geníwod
ge-orwénan
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Add: absolute Gif ðú georwénst si desperaveris, Kent. Gl. 925. Ne georwén ðú ne desperis, 702. to despair of. with acc. Nán georwénan scyl forgyfenysse nullus desperare debet ueniam, Scint. 48, 6. with (negative) clause Ðá þe hé georwénde ꝥ him nǽfre
ge-wealdes
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of deliberate, voluntary action, intentionally, of one's own accord Hý fúl ne friðian willes ne gewealdes, Ll. Th. i. 162, 26. Nǽfre willes ne gewealdes ówiht dón, 178, 6. Ná gelíc þám þe willes and gewealdes misdéð, 328, 22, Gif hwá hwæt t Gif
ofer-wyrcan
to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay
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to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay Hé hit him eft hám bebeád on ánum brede áwriten and siððan hit áwriten wæs hé hit oferworhte mid weaxe qui omnia civibus suis per tabellas scriptas, et post cera superlitas, enunciabat
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. Gif hund mon
tál
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Add Se wellwillenda man wyle eáðe forberan gif him man tále gecwyð, Hex. 44, 18. Þá sǽde se deófol him hospword, and mid manegum tálum hine týnde, ac hé næs gestirod for his leásum tálum, Hml. S. 31, 725. Sé ðe forlǽt bysmorlíce spellunga and tálu, Hml
húslian
To housel
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To housel, to administer the sacrament Hý mihton wel habban wíf on ðam dagum forðan ðe hý nǽfre ne mæssodon ne menn ne húslodon they might well have wives in those days for they never celebrated mass nor administered the Eucharist to men, L. Ælfc. C.
leornung-cniht
scholar ⬩ disciple
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A youth engaged in study, scholar, disciple Leorningcniht discipulus vel mathites, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 99; Wrt. Voc. 46, 56. Nys se leorningcniht ofer his láreów non est discipulus super magistrum, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 24. Sí ðú his leorningcniht, wé synt
ræfnan
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to endure, suffer, undergo Ræfnde perpetitur, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 66. Ðeáh hé deáþes cwealm ræfnan sceolde, Exon. Th. 240, 24; Ph. 643. to do, perform, accomplish, carry out Ða ðe ræfnaþ hér wordum and weorcum wuldorcyninges láre, 149, 20; Gú. 764 : 139
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seld-guma
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A hall-man, one who has a place in a lord's hall, a retainer Nǽfre ic máran geseah eorl ofer eorþan ðonne is eówer sum . . . nis ðæt seldguma (he is no mere retainer. Grein translates 'vir qui semper in domo manet.' Heyne says 'seldguma ist hier offenbar
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folc-riht
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Ne lǽte hé nǽfre his hýrmen hyne ofer wealdan (oferwealdan ?), ac wilde (wille,MS.) hé ǽlcne mid hláfordes creafte and mid folcrihte, Angl. ix. 260, 29. [Þæt hé] wiþ heora folcrihte feala worhte (cf. hunc inuenimus subuertentem gentem nostram . . . commouet
ofer-sprǽc
Excessive speaking, loquacity
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Excessive speaking, loquacity Ne biþ nǽfre sió ofersprǽc bútan synne in multiloquio non deerit peccatum, Past. 38, 8; Swt. 279, 23. Áídlode on ofersprǽce multiloquio vacantes, 38, I; Swt. 271, 10. On ídle ofersprǽce supervacuis verbis, 38, 6; Swt. 277
ge-frédan
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Add: (i) absolute, To have sensation Seó sáwul is sensus, ꝥ is andgit oððe félnyss, þonne heó gefrét, Hml. S. I. 184. to be sensible of an object that touches the body Se lǽce wile ðæt se untruma his lǽceseax gefréde, ǽr hé hit geseó, Past. 187, 10:
hón
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Add: to place a thing so that it is supported from above Mon héhþ ǽnne heáfodbeáh æt ærneweges ende, Bt. 37, 2; F. 188, 8. Hí gedydon ánne scyld and áne anlícnysse, and áhéngon (héngon, v. l. ) hí úp on heora Capitolium, Ors. 6, 25 ; Bos. 125, 2. Gá
weá
woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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woe, misery, evil, affliction, trouble Genóh dæge weá his stifficit diei malitia sua, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 34. Weá árǽred, tregena tuddor, Cd. Th. 68, 26; Gen. 987 Mec ðín weá æt heortan gehreáw, Exon. Th. 91, 18; Cri. 1493 Weá biþ wundrum clibbor, Menol
ge-rǽde
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Add: I. skilled, instructed, advised Be gerǽdre consulta An. Ox. 8, 130. Tó þig ꝥ ðá óþre ðe gerǽdran beón and ðe beteran (gelǽrede sýn and gebeterade, v. l.) ðurh his gódan gebysnunga ut eius exemplo alii erudiantur, R. Ben. 108, 24. arranged, disposed
sceabb
Scab, a scab
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Scab, a scab Scaed (scaeb?) scara (scara vulneris crusta, Du Cange. Cf. Span. escara the scurf or scar of a sore ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 8. Ðone leahtor ðe Grécas achoras (ἀχῶρας) nernnaþ, ðæt ys sceb (scæb,MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 322, 17. Wið sceb (scæb, MSS
ge-swerian
To swear ⬩ take an oath ⬩ jūrāre
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To swear, take an oath; jūrāre Ic ðæt geswerige þurh sunu Meotudes this I swear by the son of the Creator, Elen. Kmbl. 1368; El. 686. Ic geswerge I swear, Exon. 67 a; Th. 247, 17; Jul. 80. Swá ic geswór wið Drihten sīcut jūrāvit Domĭno, Ps. Th. 131,
manian
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Add Hé hié suá micle má lufað suá hé hié suíður manað and suingð ut eo se filios Dei sentiant, quo illos disciplinae flagella castigant, Past. 251, 22. Him fylgð God, ðonne hé hine monað . . . and hine spænð ðæt hé tó him gecierre Deus subsequens monet