un-wénlíc
Not giving grounds for hope ⬩ unpromising
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Not giving grounds for hope, unpromising Ðá ðú ðé selfum ðúhtest unwénlíc when you did not seem to yourself to have much chance of success; cum esses parvulus in oculis tuis, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 9.
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wara
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The word is used mostly in the plural, and as the second part of compounds ; but the singular in composition is found in ceaster-weara civis, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 32 (cf. ceaster-gewara civis, Ælfc.
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ymb-hringan
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Ðonne hé bið útane ymbhringed mid ungemetlícre heringe dum foris immenso favore circumdatur, Past. 17 ; Swt. 111, 8. Ða ðe tó Gode hopiaþ beóð ymbhringde mid swýþe manegre mildheortnesse sperantes in Domino misericordia circumdabit, Ps.
eaht
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Meotudes áhéngon, El. 473. estimation, consideration Bið ðæt æðeleste híw onhworfen, ðonne se æht ðára gódra weorca ðe hé ǽr beeóde bið gewanod color optimus commutatur, cum quorundam, qui degere religiose credebantur, aestimatio anteacto minuitur, Past
for-wyrd
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Weg ðe lǽt tó færwyrde (for-, v. l. ), Past. 133, 20: 457, 11: 463, 6, 8. In écere forwyrde, Wlfst. 188, 8. Fram þǽre écan forwyrde, Gr. D. 348, 19. On éce forwyrde, Bl. H. 101, 13: 159, 20. Tó écum forwyrdum, Hml. Th. i. 516, 3. n.
ge-healdsum
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careful of property, saving, not given to spending, frugal Ðy lǽs se hneáwa and se gítsigenda fægnige ðæs ðætte menn wénen ðæt hé sié gehealdsum on ðǽm ðe hé healdan scyle oððe dǽlan ne cor tenacia occupet, et parcum se videri in dispensationibus exultet Past
ge-clipian
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L. 11. 16. trans. to announce loudly, declare Ðæt hé sumne hearm geswigode ðǽr ðǽr hé freme gecleopian (-clipian, v.l. ) meahte, Past. 49, 22. to call a person, bring by calling Gecliopad wæs ꝥ folc (tógædere geclypedre menegu, W.S.) conuocata turba
gist-hús
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(ad stabulum ), Past.125, 8. In gesthúse in diversorio, Lk. R. L. 2, 7: Hml. Th. i. 116, 1. Befrán se hálga wer on hwæs gesthúse hí metes onbirigdon, ii. 168, 2. Onféng hé þá in his gesthúse ( hospitio ), Gr. D. 194, 13.
hergian
to harry ⬩ plunder ⬩ to harrass
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Past. 73, 19
hínþ
misery ⬩ poverty ⬩ hurt ⬩ injury ⬩ destruction
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Past. 361, 21. Hýnðe (vitae) detrimento, i. dispendio, An. Ox, 3156. Is geswenced of hénðe (innocens) afflictus est damno, Kent. Gl. 811. Hénðo damnum (sustinebi, qui impatiens est), 704. Hýnða damna (rerum formidans), An. Ox. 2993.
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hrepung
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Add: the action of touching with the hand or other part of the body, exercise of the faculty of feeling Godes ængel ꝥ cweartern geopenode mid his handa hrepunge, Hml. S. 4, 234. Ic gesyngode on gesihðe . . . and on hrepunge, Angl. xi. 112, 16.
sál
a rope, cord, line, bond ⬩ a rein ⬩ the loop which forms the handle of a vessel ⬩ the fastening of a door ⬩ a necklace, collar
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Parv. 463. Hi drayeþ myd such sol, Misc. 51, 162
æl-tæw
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Ðá æltǽwan mód ðára gódra esna piae subditorum mentes, Past. 199, 3. Ðeáh hié wieten ðæt hié æltǽwe ne sín cum de imperfectione reprehendunt, 7.
fyll
fill, full supply ⬩ repletion, satiety
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Sió wamb bið áðened mid fylle for giéfernesse venter ingluvie extenditur, Past. 311, 12. Fæste hé nú ongeán ꝥ hé ǽr þurh fylle unriht gefremode, Ll. Th. ii. 284, 2. v. ofer-, untíd-, wǽl-fyll(-u, -o)
tó-eácan
In addition, ⬩ besides ⬩ In addition to, ⬩ besides
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Ða breósð tóeácan ðæm boge pectusculum cum armo, Past. 14; Swt. 81, 25. Tóécan ðám dómum, L. Ath. v. proem.; Th. i. 228, 9. Tóeácan ðon ðe hine God sylf innan manode, Blickl. Homl. 217, 5.
losian
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Ðý lǽs him losige ðæt heofenlice ondgit ne ipso veritatis intellectu vacuetur, Past. 85, 7.
heáh
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Þá forhæfdnesse ðæs heán gesinscipes, Past. 399, 12. Þǽre heán gecynde gesǽlþa, Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 29. Mið ðǽm heigra mæht uirtutem ex alto, Lk. p. 11, 17. Hí gereáfiað swá heáne láriówdóm, Past. 27, 19.
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ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Sanctus Paulus cwæþ ðæt sió gítsung wǽre hearga and ídelnesse geféra avaritia quæ est idolorum servitus, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 157, 6. On ídelnesse gé fæstniaþ eówer mód on him incassum cor figitis, 51, 2 ; Swt. 395, 29.
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seóþan
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Th. 16, 3. to subject to great pain, to afflict grievously Mé elþeódige searonet seóþaþ me barbarian snares afflict (?), Andr. Kmbl. 127; An. 64.
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slǽp
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Gif hé ð ære hnappunge ne swícþ ðonne hnappaþ hé óþ hé wierþ on fæstum slǽpe dormitando oculus ad plenissimum somnum ducitur, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 195, 12. Ðý swíðan slǽpe, Blickl. Homl. 205, 4. Slápe somno, Eng. Stud. ix. 40, col. 1.
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