þeóf
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A thief [the secrecy implied by the word is marked in the following passage from the Laws dealing with injury done to a wood: Fýr biþ þeóf ... sió æsc biþ melda, nalles þeóf, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 19-23. Cf.
Linked entry: þeáf
þeáh
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Hé ne wisse word ne angin swefnes sínes, hét him secgan þeáh, 223, 28; Dan. 126.
láð
harm ⬩ evil ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ pain ⬩ annoyance ⬩ enmity
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Ða ungeþyldegan ne mágon áberan nánwuht ðæs láðes ðe him mon on legþ oððe mid wordum oððe mid dǽdum the impatient cannot bear any annoyance that is put upon them either by word or deed; impatientes ab aliis illata non tolerant, Past. 40, 4; Swt. 293,
BLIND
BLIND, deprived of sight ⬩ cæcus ⬩ a blind or inward wound ⬩ a bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affected ⬩ morsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,
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Mæg wód man blindra manna eágan ontýnan numquid dæmonium potest cæcorum oculos aperire? Jn. Bos. 10, 21. Manegum blindum he gesihþe forgeaf cæcis multis donavit visum, Lk. Bos. 7, 21: 4, 18.
stund
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</b> ¶ adverbial use of cases or adverbial phrases, cf. hwíl :-- Hé word stunde áhóf he spoke at once (cf. Ger. zur Stunde), Andr. Kmbl. 832; An. 416: 2993; An. 1499: Elen. Kmbl. 1445; El. 724: Ps. Th. 55, 11.
sulh
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In the following passage perhaps he word is used to denote the quantity of land which could be cultivated with one plough; v. sulincel and cf. plóg.
þunor
thunder ⬩ tonitrus ⬩ fulmen ⬩ Jupiter ⬩ a thane of king Egbert of Kent
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Þuner Jovem, 112, 5. it is mostly in connection with the fifth day of the week that the word occurs On ðam fíftan dæge ðe gé Ðunres hátaþ, Hontl. Th. ii. 242, 23. Ðunres-dæges nama is of Iove, Anglia viii. 321, 16. On ðone Hálgan Ðunres-dæg, L.
cúþ-líce
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Sceoldan þá word beón ealle cúðlíce gelǽste ðe se Hǽlend cwæð, Wlfst. 261, 11. (adverbial) conjunction (cf. sóþlíce) Cúðlíce nemphe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 55. Cúðlíce ł for ðon (þonne ł cúþlíce, R.) igitur, Mt.
ge-beorgan
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Cf. ge-beorglic), on þám earde þe man wóh gestreón lufað, Ll.
ge-déman
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Se déma sé þe óðrum on wóh gedéme, i. 266, 15. with acc. Hé gedoemeð hine ille iudicabit eum, Jn. L. R. 12, 48. Þte [hé] gedoemde middangeard, 3, 17. Gidoema cuico and deádo judicare uiuos et mortuos, Rtl. 120, 37.
ge-trúwian
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Gif se hláford þonne wille þone man mid wóh fordón ... gif hé láðleás beó if A receive B's man, C, that B has turned away for his (C's) ill-doing, and to B C cannot clear himself of the charge of ill-doing. ...
on-scunian
to regard with loathing, to abhor, detest, execrate ⬩ to regard with disfavour, to refuse, reject, shun ⬩ to regard with fear ⬩ to irritate
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Word mín onscunedon ( execrabantur ) wið mé, Ps. Surt. 55, 6. Ðá anscunedon hiene his ágene leóde, and monige from him cirdon, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 152, 12.
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smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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Wið ðam smalan wyrme for hair worm Lchdm. ii. 122, 18. fine (of a powder, texture, etc. ), not coarse Smæl hláf artocobus [artocopa (also -us) quaevis placenta, panis quidem dulciarius et arte confectus] Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 47.
sorgian
to care ⬩ be anxious ⬩ feel anxiety or care ⬩ absolute ⬩ to sorrow ⬩ grieve ⬩ be sorry ⬩ for, on ⬩ absolute ⬩ to be anxious; to sorrow
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Kmbl. 2456; An. 1229. with preps. ymbe, for Hé sorgaþ ymb ða (useless works) and biþ ðara suíðe gemyndig and forgiett his selfes mens fit in exteriorum dispositione sollicita, et sui ignara, Past. 4, 1; Swt. 37, 19.
cwide
the expression of a thought, a sentence, period ⬩ sententia ⬩ a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will ⬩ dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum ⬩ a legal enactment, decree ⬩ edictum, deretum
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Ǽlc stæf hæfþ þreó þing, nomen, figura, potestas, ðæt is nama, and hiw, and miht we divide the book into sentences, and then the sentences into words [parts], again the words into syllables, and then the syllables into letters; now the letters are indivisible
HELP
HELP ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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Hwá him tó hǽle and tó helpe on ðás world ástág who came down to this world as their salvation and help, Blickl. Homl. 105, 32.
Linked entry: hylp
weorold-mann
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Ðonne hé from woruldmonnum (world-, Cott. MSS.) bið ongiten suelce hé sié ælðiédig on ðiosum middangearde, Past. 19 ; Swt. 141, 18.
æfter
AFTER ⬩ post ⬩ Along ⬩ through ⬩ during ⬩ κατά ⬩ per ⬩ According to ⬩ by means of ⬩ secundum ⬩ propter ⬩ After ⬩ about ⬩ propter ⬩ ob ⬩ de ⬩ After ⬩ above ⬩ according to ⬩ post ⬩ super ⬩ secundum
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His wundra geweorc, wíde and síde, bréme æfter burgum his works of wonder, far and wide, famed through towns, Exon. 45 b ; Th. 155, 4; Gú. 855.
fæsten
firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum
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Fæstena worn, Exod. 56. Fæstna mǽst and mǽrost (Babylon; cf. Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 24), Dan. 692. Faestinnum arcibus, Txts. 42, 110.
á-cumba
oakum ⬩ that which is combed ⬩ the coarse part of hemp,—Hards, flax, tow ⬩ stuppa ⬩ the thing pruned or trimmed, properly of trees ⬩ Prunings ⬩ clippings ⬩ trimmings ⬩ putamen ⬩ reduced to ashes ⬩ Wood ashes
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Ácumban putamina, 3703, p. 407. reduced to ashes, it was used as a substitute for σπόδιον = σποδός Wood ashes; spodium Græcorum nihil aliud est, quam radix Alcannæ combusta, officinæ ustum ebur ejus loco substituunt To sealfe, ním. ácumban, cneówholen