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un-þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þríste, adj.

Timiddiffidentfaint-hearted

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Ða lytelmódan and ða unðrístan, ðonne hió ongietaþ hiera unbældo and hiera unmiehte, hié weorðaþ oft ormóde, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 5-8. Ða unðriéstan (-ðrístan, Cott. MSS.), Swt. 211, 15

burg-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
burg-gemet, es; n.
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Measure used in a town Ne sceall bisceop geþafian wóh gemet, ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽlc burhgemet (cf. gange án gemet swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, i. 270, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20

tó-sígan

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Hit gedafenlic is ꝥ his reáf ne beo horig ne húru tósigen, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 21. Add

spildan

(v.)
Grammar
spildan, p. de

To wastedestroymake away witheffundere, expendere

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Seðe lufaþ sáuel his spildeþ (perdet) hiá, 12, 25. Ðú wilnast, ðæt ðú ðíne feore spilde, Andr. Kmbl. 568; An. 284

swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
swíðe, adv.
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Swá hé him swíþor bebeád swá swíðor bodedon quanto eis praecipiebat, tanto magis plus praedicabant, Mk. Skt. 7, 36. Wæs hé swá micle swíðor on his móde gedréfed, swá his mód ǽr swíðor tó ðám woruld*-*sǽlþum gewunod wæs, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 27.

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inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubtquestionoffenceill-willfear

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Ðá andswaredon ealle ðæt nǽnigne incan tó him wiston then he asked them, whether they all were peaceably and kindly disposed to him without any cause of complaint.

un-álífedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-álífedlíc, adj.

Not allowableunlawfulillicit

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ne móstan for him náht unálýfedlíces begangan, Shrn. 65, 11. On hús gehwyrfed unálýfedlícra scylda in inlecebrarum cubilia conversae, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 14

wíc

Grammar
wíc, <b>.
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</b> add Þá cóm him fǽringa tó micel folc manna . . . wǽron ealle hǽdena, and þone Hǽlend ne cúþe nán man of þǽre wíc þe of wǽron, Hml. S. 31, 1016.

wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
wǽge, wég[e], es; n.

A cup

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Sume ic geteáh, tó geflite fremede ... beóre druncne; ic him byrlade wróht of wége, ðæt in wínsele þurh sweordgripe sáwle forlétan of flǽschoman, Exon. Th. 271, 24; Jul. 487. Fǽted wǽge, dryncfæt deóre, Beo. Th. 4499; B. 2253.

æ-bléc

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-bléc, ǽ-blǽce; adj.

Pallid, pale, livid

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Ðá áxode hé mid ǽblǽcum andwlitan his réðan cwelleras, 129. Be hiora híwe . . . beóð ǽblǽce, Lch. ii. 232, 2. Substitute:

efen-cempa

(n.)
Grammar
efen-cempa, an; m.
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A fellow-soldier Embe his efencempan hé hæfde welwillendnysse . . . and his efencetnpan hine árwurðodon, Hml. S. 31, 44, 49: Hml. Th. ii. 500, 15

HEORTE

(n.)
Grammar
HEORTE, an; f.

The HEART

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Óþ ðæt him heortan blód foldan geséceþ until his heart's blood seek the earth, Salm. Kmbl. 314; Sal. 156 Wyxþ windon ðære heortan wind waxeth in the heart, L. M. 1, 17 ; Lchdm. ii. 60, 7.

líc-rest

(n.)
Grammar
líc-rest, e; f.

tombsepulchre

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A place of rest for a dead body, tomb, sepulchre Hé hæfde ðæt land syððan him sylfon tó lícreste he had the land afterwards for his own burial place, Gen. 23, 20. On líchryste in cœmeterio, Hpt. Gl. 507, 67.

mægden-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-ǽw, e; f.

Marriage with a virgin

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he take a maiden to wife, and let him have her afterwards and no other while she lives, L.

un-sceþþigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sceþþigness, e; f.

Innocenceharmlessness

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Gyt hé hylt his unscæððignysse adhuc retinens innocentiam, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 15: 210, 29. Habban ða unscæððignysse on heora móde ðe cild hæfð, i. 512, 18. Ne funde hé on him náne synne ac unscæððignysse, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 25. Unsceaðþignysse, Ps.

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fæstrǽdnes

constancyunchangeableness

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Add: constancy of mind Mon forlǽt ðone ege and ðá fæsðrǽdnesse ðe hé mid ryhte on him innan habban scolde a timoris intimi soliditate vacuatur, Past. 37, 17.

on-lǽtan

(v.)

to release, relaxto let a thing go on, to continue

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Ðonne him sigera weard his gewealdleðer wille onlǽtan, Met. 11, 28, 75. to let a thing go on, to continue Tó anlǽtenne continuanda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 19. Fæstan twegen dagas on ðære wucan, bútan hý ouermicel geswinc habben.

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fágung

a diversity

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Hé áwænde eallre þǽre hýde híw swá ꝥ seó fágung (varietas) wæs tóbrǽded geond eallne his líchaman, ꝥ hé wæs geþúht swylce hé hreóf wǽre .. . sóna swá hine gehrán se hálga wer, hé geflýmde ealle þá fágunge (varietatem) þǽre hýde, Gr.

éce

(adj.)
Grammar
éce, adj.
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On þæt gerád þæt hié him siþþan éce þeówas wǽren, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 4. Écum rictum jure perpetuo, An.

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, bi-feolan ; p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon ; pp. -folen, -feolen

To commitcommenddelivergrantcommitterecommendaretradere

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Ðú him for inwite yfel befǽle propter dolos disposuisti eis mala, Ps. Th. 72, 14. Him wæs hálig gást befolen fæste the holy spirit was fully granted to him, Elen. Kmbl. 1870; El. 937 : 391; El. 196

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