hux-
Ignominious ⬩ scorn ⬩ insult
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Ðá þuhte him tó huxlíc ðæt hé híran sceolde ǽnigum hláforde it seemed to him too ignominious to obey any lord, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 36. Ðá þuhte ðam heáhgeréfan huxlíc ðæt heó óðerne tealde tóforan his gebyrdum, Homl. Swt. 7, 24
þearflíce
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Angan listum ymbe þencean þearflíce hú hé þider meahte Crécas oncerran, Met. 1, 60
un-tǽllíce
Blamelessly ⬩ without reproach
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Blamelessly, without reproach Ðonne birð se sacerd suíðe untǽllíce áwriten ðara fædra naman on his breóstum, ðonne hé singallíce geðencð hiera lífes bisene, Past. 13; Swt. 77, 17: 5; Swt. 45, 12.
Linked entries: tǽllíce un-tállíce
wrǽþu
Wrath ⬩ anger
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Hí wǽran intinga ðare wrǽðe ðe wæs betwyx him and ðan cinge, Chr. 1051; Erl. 182, 28. Hæfþ eal folc micele wrǽþe æt Gode þurh his ǽnne gilt, þe hé nolde healdan ða þincg. Wulfst. 174, 27. From tóweard wuráðo a futura ira, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 7
Linked entry: wrǽþ
árfæstlíce
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D. 64, 13. graciously, kindly Árfæstlíce hé mancynne eádmódnysse bisne onstealde, Hml. A. 151, 3
dǽl-niman
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Þæt hié sýn dǽlnimende þínra geofena mid mé, Bl. H. 191, 25. Hé ús gedyde dǽlnimende þæs heofonlican ríces, 11, 2. Se Hǽlend his ðægnas ðæs godcundlican gereordes dǽlnimende dyde, Hml. S. 23 b, 632. Add
eofor
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Hé hét in beran eafor, heáfodsegn, B. 2152. ¶ in local names. Efer-bróc, Eferæs cumb, Efer-dún, Eofor-sol, C. D. vi. 284, 285
fremsumlíce
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Geþafode hé ꝥ swíðe fremsumlíce ( benigne ), Gr. D. 242, 12: 249, 7. Fremsumlíce dóa, Dryhten benigne fac, Domine, Ps. Srt. Spl. T. 50, 19. Hié ús fremsumlíce and luflíce onféngon benigne excepti, Nar. 17, 17 (v. Angl. i. 510). Add
ge-hwirfness
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return, v. ge-hwirfan; 4 Hé wíte-gode on þám sealme be þæs folces gehwyrfnesse of heora hæftnýde, Ps.
góma
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Ðá deóflu ... hý sealdon suman fýrenan dracan; sé ontýnde his þá fýrenan and þá scearpestan góman and hig swealh, Ll. Th. ii. 398, 39. (2 a) fig. :-- Hé ús s
líc-þrúh
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a tomb, sepulchre Þá eóde hé and his lícþrúh (sepulcrum) gegearwode . . .
ofer-sceadwian
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Hú wæs heó ofersceadewod ?, Hml. Th. i. 198, 30-34. Se Hálga Gást hý mid his mihte ofersceadewode, Wlfst, 193, 13
sac-leás
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Add Æilsig, ðe ðá men bohte, nam hig and freóde uppan Petrocys weófede ǽfre saclés, C. D. iv. 313, 11. Hé dide hine sylfne and his ofspreng ǽfre freóls and sacclés, 314, 8.
wépan
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Hé ormód hine selfne ongan wépan. Bt. I ; F. 4, 4
sár-slege
A painful blow, a blow that wounds or pains
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Ne móstun hý Gúþláces gǽste sceþþan, ne þurh sárslege sáwle gedǽlan wið líchoman, 115, 31; Gú. 198. Ðá wæs hé swungen sárslegum, swát ýðum weóll, Andr. Kmbl. 2551; Ann. 1277
un-wrenc
an evil trick ⬩ a malicious wile ⬩ a wicked artifice ⬩ an evil practice ⬩ a vice
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an evil trick, a malicious wile, a wicked artifice Ðisne unwrenc (the device practised by Potiphar's wife) heó geþóhte, Gen. 39, 16. Hé (Antichrist) bið eal unwrenca full, Wulfst. 97, 16.
hors-hwæl
A walrus
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A walrus Swíðost hé fór ðider tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge for ðǽm horschwælum for ðæm hie habbaþ swíðe æðele bán on heora tóþum his principal object in going there, in addition to the observation of the country, was to get the walruses, for they have
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ofer-drync
excessive drinking, drunkenness ⬩ an entertainment where excessive drinking takes place ⬩ ebrietas
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Hí férdon tó sumre wydewan hám and ðǽr wǽron ondrencte mid oferdrynce, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 20. an entertainment where excessive drinking takes place (cf, ge-drinc) Hé begǽþ unǽtas and oferdrincas comessationibus vacat atque conviviis, Deut. 21, 20
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ofer-fón
to seize ⬩ rapere
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Þeódríc ðone þegn oferféng, héht healdan ðone hererinc, Met. 1, 69. Ðá genáman him æfést tó ða ealdormen ðara sacerda, and hine sylfne oferféngon, Blickl. Homl. 177, 21. Hé hiene oferfón hét, and áhón, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 32.
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on-bindan
To unbind, set free, disclose
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To unbind, set free, disclose Seó wiðerwearde wyrd onbint and gefreóþ ... mid ðam hió geopenaþ hú tiedre ðás andweardan gesǽlþa sint, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 2. Hé onband beadurúne, Beo. Th. 1006; B. 501. Æfter ðon onbind, Lchdm. ii. 250, 20.