nigon-gilde
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Entitled to ninefold compensation On þám lagum is cynges feoh nigongilde, Ll. Th. i. 330, 20. Preóstes feoh .IX. gylde, 2, 5
wæter-swilige
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A deep pit witi water in it Of mǽrdíc on ðá wæterswylian; of ðǽre swylian, C. D. vi. 220, 23. Cf. swelg
wæser
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bulimus; cf. bulimus vermis similis lacertae in stomacho hominis habitans, Corp. Gl. Hessels, 26, 209), Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 62
Wihtgáras
The name of some people in England
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The name of some people in England Wihtgára (Wightgóra, 416, 7) landes is syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 22
ge-andweard
Present, in the presence
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Present, in the presence of a person Þás míne dohtor þe ic beforan ðé, Diana, geandweard (= geandweardod ?) hæbbe, Ap. Th. 24, 21
Linked entry: and-weard
onoþa
Fear
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Voc. ii. 35, 75. Anoþa, 109, 3. [Cf. anathe sollicitudine, cura in Papias, quoted by Graff. i. 267.]
smicerness
Elegance, neatness
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Elegance, neatness þurh smicernesse and hiwunge hironiam (= per ironiam; irony is explained as combining elegance and dissimulation) Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 53
weorþung
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Hé bið on gódre weorþunge he will be highly respected, Lchdm. iii. 158, 10. <b>Ia.</b> in religious matters, worship of a god, divine worship, religious service Tídsangas canonica, weorþung canor Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 27.
ge-segnian
To mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless ⬩ crŭcis signo signāre, bĕnĕdīcĕre
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His wuduwan ic wordum bletsige and gesegnade vĭdŭam ejus bĕnĕdīcens bĕnĕdīcam, Ps. Th. 131, 16. Gesénige hine let him sign himself, L. E. I. 29; Th. ii. 426, 9, 16. Gif heó gesegnod biþ if it hath been blessed, Salm. Kmbl. 812; Sal. 405.
ge-libban
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K. 16. to get by living, to live to do Hé cyng beón sceolde, gif hé hit gelifode he should have been king, if he had lived to do it, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 11. Fulne ende þínes lífes þú hæfst gelifd plenam etatis finem habes, Nar. 30, 11
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cwealm
Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium
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In the following example cwealm is neuter Sume ic þurh mislíc cwealm mínum hondum slóg some I slew by my hands through various deaths, Exon. 73a;Th. 272, 2; Jul. 493
plega
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Voc. ii. 41, 36. Plegan gestum, Hpt. Gl. 474, 10. play, (athletic) sport, game; often in poetry applied to fighting, see the compounds Plega ludus, Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Som. 7, 30. Ðes plega hic jocus, 13; Som. 16, 27 : Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 30.
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be-fæstan
to fix, ⬩ to place in security ⬩ to fix in the mind ⬩ implant ⬩ to fix by promise or agreement ⬩ to pledge ⬩ to commit ⬩ to commit to a person's charge ⬩ to commit to a place ⬩ to set ⬩ betake to an occupation ⬩ to commend ⬩ recommend, ⬩ to make acceptable ⬩ to trust
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Bið se þridda dǽl in þæs wylmes grund líge befæsted, árleásra sceolu in gléda gripe, El. 1300. of burial. v. II. Líchaman on eorðan befæstan, Hml.
tó-weard
future ⬩ that is to come ⬩ about to come ⬩ coming ⬩ at hand ⬩ approaching ⬩ toward ⬩ (that is) to happen or be some time or other, ⬩ (that is) to come ⬩ about to happen ⬩ (that is) to come soon ⬩ imminent ⬩ impending ⬩ to take place ⬩ come to pass ⬩ coming towards a place ⬩ approaching ⬩ about to come ⬩ with the face towards a person, ⬩ facing
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used attributively, in an indefinite sense, future, that is to come Praesens tempus ys andwerd tíd . . . futurum tempus is tówerd tíd, Ælfc. Gr. 20; Zup. 123, 17.
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herigend-lic
praiseworthy ⬩ approbation ⬩ excellent
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Voc. ii. 67, 31. Ic wolde beón gehered þeáh ðe ic herigendlic nǽre, Angl. xi. 113, 49.
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hlǽfdige
a queen ⬩ Our Lady ⬩ lady
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Cueð hir tó se Hǽlend, 'Maria' (in the margin ꝥ is on Englis, hláfdia), Jn. L. 20, 16
a-wácian
To grow weak or effeminate ⬩ to languish ⬩ decline ⬩ fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ relax ⬩ to be indolent ⬩ infirmari ⬩ deficere ⬩ recedere
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Pen. 12; Th. ii. 280, 29
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dys-líc
Foolish, stupid ⬩ stultus
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On dyslícum geswincum in foolish labours, Past. 18, 2; Hat. MS. 26 a, 11
lysu
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What is depraved [v. preceding word] Gif cyning æt mannes hám drincæþ and ðær man lyswæs hwæt gedó ii bóte gebéte if the king be entertained at a man's house, and any evil be done there, let a double fine be paid, L. Ethb. 3; Th. i. 4, 2.
páwa
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Voc. i. 77, 24. Páwe, pavo, pavus, 29, 4. Fuglas ða ðe heard flǽsc habbaþ, páwa, swan, æned, Lchdm. ii. 196, 19.