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for-sláwian

(v.)
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Substitute: to lose by sloth, neglect through laziness Ðonne wé forsláwiað ðone gecópestan tíman ... ðonne bistilð sió slǽwð on ús, Past. 283, 1. to be slow to do Þú náht ne forsláwodest ꝥ þú þín ágen feorh for hine ne sealdest thou wert not slow to

Linked entry: for-slǽwan

for-spildan

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Ðæt ðú hí forspilde and tóstence ut disperdas et dissipes, Past. 441, 32. Ðæt hé forspilde ( perdat ) gemynd heara, Ps. Srt. 33, 17. Hé soeceð forspildan ( perdere ) hine, 36, 32. Add

gefóg-stán

(n.)
Grammar
gefóg-stán, es; m.
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flagella tundimur, ut intus in templum Dei postmodum sine disciplinae percussione disponamur, Past. 253, 19

Linked entry: stán-gefóg

ge-þwǽrlíce

(adv.)
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Add: in agreement, with one accord. of persons Hí heom betweónan rǽddon and þus geþwǽrlíce cwǽdon: 'Betere wé áhreddon ús sylfé,' Hml.

glæs

(n.)
Grammar
glæs, es; n.
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Hwylce þinc gelǽdst þú ús? Mæstlingc, ǽr and tin, swefel and glæs ( vitrum ), Coll. M. 27, 11. Hafa gebrocen glæs geara gegrunden . . . sóna swá se wyrm þæs onbirigð, þonne swilt hé, Lch. ii. 114, 16.

infangene-þeóf

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Ic an heom ꝥ hý habben ... infangeneðeóf (In the Latin version of the charter this is rendered: Concedo ut habeant ... potestatem fures in terra sua cum re furtiua deprehensos in ios uocandi et puniendi), C.D. iv. 202, 8.

Linked entry: útfangene-þeóf

módig-ness

Grammar
módig-ness, <b>. I.</b>
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Geseoh heora módignysse and úre æádmódnysse, 107, 163. Hé on assan hricge rád eádmódlíce mannum tó bysne ꝥ hí módignysse onscunion, Hml. S. 27) 99. v. ofer-, un-módigness. Add

Rín

(n.)
Grammar
Rín, m.; f.

The Rhine

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Ðá wurpon hí heora líchoman út on Ríne ða eá, S. 624, 42

weaxung

(n.)
Grammar
weaxung, e; f.

waxing, growing, increase increase of prosperity

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Nú hæfð se eádiga wer ús geopenod ymbe ðæs saltus weaxunge, 308, 40. increase of prosperity Eormas strange habban wexinge hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 198, 32. On húse his offrian wexingce oððe blisse hit getácnaþ, 202, 21: 210, 4

brim-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
brim-ceald, -cald; adj. [brim, ceald cold]

Cold as the water of the sea, ice-cold frigidus ut aqua maris, frigidissimus, gelidus

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Cold as the water of the sea, ice-cold; frigidus ut aqua maris, frigidissimus, gelidus Fénix brimcald beorgeþ the Phœnix tastes the ocean-cold [water], Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 9; Ph. 110.

Linked entry: brym-ceald

on-bæcling

(adv.)
Grammar
on-bæcling, adv.

Back, backward, behindretrorsum

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Ðú hæfst ús gehwyrfde onbæclincg avertisti nos retrorsum, 43, 12. Ðá feól hé fǽringa onbæcling, Blickl. Homl. 223, 11

Linked entry: on-hinderling

on-wunung

(n.)
Grammar
on-wunung, e; f.

a habitation, dwellingpersistence, perseverance

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Gewýt fram me, and far ut of mýnre onwununge. Nicod. 27 ; Thw. 15, 11.

Linked entry: in-wunung

weolcen-reád

(adj.)
Grammar
weolcen-reád, adj.

Scarletpurple

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Gif eówere synna wǽron wolcnreáde si fuerint peccata vestra ut coccinum, 322, 10. Wolcnereádum deáhum conchiliis, Hpt. Gl. 524, 57. Ðeós wyrt hæfð wolcenreáde blóstman. Lchdm. i. 244, 5. v. weoloc-reád

betǽcan

(v.)

to entrustguidanceto hand overpaygiveto assigndestineyield toto direct

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Ben. 91, 2, 7, to hand over, pay, give, of concrete objects Ús gebyreð þ æt wé ǽlces þinges úre teóðunge Gode betǽcan, Wlfst. 102, 20: 208, 1.

FREMU

(n.)
Grammar
FREMU, e; f.

Advantageprofitgainbenefitcommŏdumemŏlŭmentumquæstusfructusbenĕfĭciumsălus

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Ðæt we sceoldon [MS. sceolde] fremena friclan, and us fremu sécan that we might desire benefits, and seek to us advantage, Cd. 89; Th. 110, 25; Gen. 1843. Ne ðǽr freme méteþ fira ǽnig no man findeth profit there, Exon. 68 b; Th. 255, 22; Jul. 218.

Linked entry: freme

FYLLAN

(v.)
Grammar
FYLLAN, = fellan; ic fylle, ðú fyllest, he fylleþ, pl. fyllaþ; p. fylde, pl. fyldon; pp. fylled; v. trans.

To fellcut downcast downthrow downdestroyprosternĕrecædĕredejĭcĕredestruĕre

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To fell, cut down, cast down, throw down, destroy; prosternĕre, cædĕre, dejĭcĕre, destruĕre Ðá us man fyllan ongan ealle to eorþan then they began to fell us all to the ground, Rood Kmbl. 146; Kr. 73. Fyllan, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 194.

Linked entry: fellan

teóðung-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-dagas, pl.
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Ús gebyreþ, ðæt wé ǽlces þinges úre teóðunge rihtlíce Gode betǽcan; ðonne syndan ðás dagas ( fast days of Lent ) getealde for teóðingdagas innan geáres fæce, and wé sculan eác ða teóðunge wyrðlíce Gode gelǽstan, Wulfst. 102, 21

fyll

Grammar
fyll, fyllu(-o).

fill, full supply repletion, satiety

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Th. ii. 284, 2. v. ofer-, untíd-, wǽl-fyll(-u, -o)

willes

(adv.)
Grammar
willes, adv.

Willingly, voluntarily, of one's own accord

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M. 27, 2. v. self-willes, un-wil[l], wil[l]

lǽdan

(v.)
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Gif heó léng libbe þonne sé þe hié út lǽdde, Ll. Th. i. 66, 18. Lǽd under earce bord eaforan þíne, Gen. 1332. Se sióca áh þearfe ꝥ hine mon lǽde tó þám lǽce, Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 1. Þá men þe hié úp mid him lǽden, Ll. Th. i. 82, 11.