laga
Law
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Rǽde gé forþ lagan fyrþor ic wolde gif mé tó anhagode proceed further in determining laws; I would, if it were convenient for me, Wulfst, 275, 11
gleáwe
Wisely ⬩ prudently ⬩ well
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Wisely, prudently, well Efne me God gleáwe fultumeþ ecce Deus adjuvat me, Ps. Th. 53, 4. Ðæt byþ secga gehwam snytru on frymðe, ðæt he Godes egesan gleáwe healde initium sapientiæ timor Domini, 110, 7: 142, 11. Gleáwast, 118, 99
ge-metan
To paint ⬩ pingere, depingere
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To paint; pingere, depingere Swylce hí gemette wǽron as if they were painted, Chr. 1104; Th. 367, 1: Lchdm. iii. 206, 18: Prov. 7. Gé sind gelíce gemettum ofer-geweorcum ye are like painted sepulchres, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 17
un-flitme
Without dispute
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Without dispute Fin Hengeste elne unflitme áðum benemde ðæt hé ða weáláfe árum heólde ( Fin confirmed with oaths the terms he made with Hengest, and there was no dispute about the terms which were settled ), Beo. Th. 2198; B. 1097
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un-weód
A noxious weed
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A noxious weed (lit. or metaph.) Seó eorðe ús winð wið, ðonne heó forwyrneþ eorðlíces wæstmes and ús unweóda tó fela ásendeþ, Wulfst. 92, 19. Man sceal ǽlc unriht mid rihte bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sǽd árǽran, 73, 2
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clemman
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Clæm þú þíne wynstran hand þám gemete þe þú óstran on handa hæbbe shut your left hand as if there were an oyster in it, 124, 12, 20
folc-dryht
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Þonne sió býman stefen and se beorhta segen . . . folcdryht wera biforan bonnað, sáwla gehwylce when the voice of the trumpet and the bright banner . . . summon to the presence the multitude of men, every soul, Cri. 1067. For first passage substitute
Fríg
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The name occurs only in connexion with the sixth day of the week, the dies Ueneris, which is called Fríge dæg
geweald-leþer
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Hé welt þám gewealdleþerum ealle gesceaftu rerum regens flectit habenas, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 22. Geweltleþrum, Met. 29, 77. Þá gewealdleþeru onlǽtan þára brídla frena, remittere, 11, 75. Add
or-treówe
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Add: distrustful, without confidence Þá nolde God ꝥ þá ðe his gódan weorc gesáwon wǽron ungelýfende oððe ortreówe be þám wéne þára ælmessena þæs diácones ut neque hi qui bona ejus viderant de eleemosynarum illius aestimatione fallerentur, Gr.
winter
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. ¶ weak forms :-- Tó ðám middan wintran, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 24. Ǽr mydda-wintran, Lk. l, 26 rbc. Ær myddan wintran. Jn. l, 15 rbc. Add
hleahtor-smiþ
One who causes laughter, ⬩ mirth, ⬩ joy
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One who causes laughter, mirth, joy Wóp wæs wíde worulddreáma lyt wǽron hleahtorsmiþum handa belocne widespread was the wailing and little of this world's joys, the hands of those who wrought laughter were closed, Cd. 144; Th. 180, 10; Exod. 43
á-wlacian
To grow lukewarm
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Þe lǽs þe þǽre hálgan ǽfestnesse welm áwlacige and mid ealle ácólige, Lch. iii. 442, 20
weorþian
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Weorþian wé nú tódæg ðone tócyme ðæs Hálgan Gástes, Blickl. Homl. 131, II : 171, 3. Be ðisse hálgan tíde weorþunga ðe wé mǽrsian sceolan and weorþian . . . ús is ðes dæg swíþe tó mǽrsienne and tó weorþienne, 161, 5-8.
wácian
to be or become weak ⬩ want resolution or courage. ⬩ to be or become weak ⬩ not able to endure ⬩ to fail ⬩ to become poor or mean.
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of persons, to be or become weak, want resolution or courage. Similar entries v. wác II Ðonne se heretoga wácaþ, ðonne biþ eall se here swíðe gehindred, Chr. 1003; Erl, 139, 12.
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acol-mód
Of a fearful mind ⬩ timid ⬩ pavidus animo
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Þegnas wurdon acolmóde the thanes were chilled with terror, Andr. Kmbl. 753; An. 377
fengel
A prince ⬩ princeps
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A prince; princeps Wísa fengel geatolíc gengde the wise prince stately went, Beo. Th. 2805; B. 1400. Snottra fengel the sagacious prince, Beo. Th. 2954; B. 1475: 4318; B. 2156. Hringa fengel prince of rings, 4680; B. 2345
mægen-leás
Without strength ⬩ powerless ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble
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Without strength, powerless, weak, feeble Mægenleás enervis, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 6: elumbis, Germ. 396, 216. Seó sáwul, gif heó næfþ ða hálgan láre, heó biþ ðonne weornigende and mægenleás, Homl. Th. i. 168, 33. Icel. megin-lauss.]
un-þurhtogen
Not carried through ⬩ not performed
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Not carried through, not performed Hwæt wéne gé hwæt sió ðurhtogene unrihtwísnes geearnige, nú sió unðurtogene árfæsðnes swá micel wíte geearnaþ quid mereatur injustitia illata, si tanta percussione digna est pietas non impensa, Past. 44; Swt. 329, 14
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eorþ-hele
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Wæs þæt deáw swilce hit hagoles eorðhele wǽre the dew was as if there were a covering of hail upon the ground; ros jacuit. . . in similitudinem pruinae super terram, Ex. 16, 14. Substitute: