earfoþe
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On þá earfoþestan sprǽce tó gereccenne, Bt. 39, 4; F. 216, 15. laborious, toilsome Hit bið swíðe geswincful ðæt mon ǽlcne mon scyle onsundrum lǽran, hit is ðeáh earfoðre ealle ætsomne tó lǽranne valde laboriosum est unumquemque . . . instruere; longe
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ǽrer
Before
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Before Ǽrer hit gewyrþe before it comes to pass. Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, note 8
on-sprecend
An accuser, plaintiff
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An accuser, plaintiff Ðá ongon Higa him specan on mid óðran onspecendan, Chart. Th. 169, 22
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cniht
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Hit is niédðearf ðæt mon his hláford ondrǽde, and se cneoht his mágister, Past. 109, 13. Karl þæs cincges cniht, Cht. Th. 312, 33. Ic geann Wulfgáre mínan cnihte þæs landes, 545, 28: 559, 10.
án-rǽdlíce
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Swíðe ánrǽdlíce heó ætwát ðǽm hǽþnum, Shrn. 57, 33. ꝥ hé é Of þám dæge hí ánrǽdlíce þóhton ꝥ hí hyne ofslógon, 66, 20
swilc
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Add Him þá geþúhte swelc ꝥ mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 14. <b>III a.
stíþness
Hardness, severity, force ⬩ violentia ⬩ duritia, ⬩ hardness, stiffness ⬩ hardness of heart ⬩ firmness, constancy ⬩ severity, strictness, hardness, rigour
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Gif hwá ða stíðnysse áberan ne mæg ðe his scrift him tǽcþ si quis austeritatem perferre nequeat, quam confessarius ejus ei praescripserit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 60; Th. ii. 220, 25
late
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</b> late in the day, at a late hour :-- Ðá þá hí eft late (lator þonne hí sceoldon, v. l. ) gecyrdon tó mynstre, Gr. D. 126, 28. <b>II b.</b> in n Þý lator, Ors. 3, 1; S. 100, 16.
méd-sceatt
payment in reward of service done ⬩ a reward ⬩ wages ⬩ fee ⬩ payment for service or favour expected ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ a bribe
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Swelce hié ða métsceattas rímen ðe hié Gode sellen ... Ac hié sceoldongehiéran ðone cwide ðe áwriten is: 'Se ðe médsceattas gaderaþ hé legeþ hié on þyrelne pohchan.'
midd
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Heora ǽgþer hæfde his folc on þrím heápum, and hié selfe wǽron on þǽm midmestan, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 3, . add: (cf. the last passage with midde-niht) Hí tó ðám middan wintran eódon heom tó heora garwan feorme, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 24
on-cirran
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D. i. 235, 1. add: to turn with the mind Ðá oncierde him seó gehygd tó deófolgylde, Shrn. 92, 14. to change Sume men secgað ꝥ þǽr oncyrre mannes líchama ꝥ hé ne mæge mid his wífe gerestan, Lch. i. 364, 2
ymb-sceáwian
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to look round, to behold Ymbsceáwade (-sceówade, Rush.) tó geseánne hiá circumspiciebat uidere eam Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 32. Ymbsceáwde (-sceówadun, Rush.) hiá circumspiciens eos 3, 5. Ymbsceáude (-sceówade, Rush.) hine intuitus eum, Jn. Skt.
ge-segnian
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Hí gesáwon ꝥ hé wæs gemearcod mid þý gerýne Crístes róde tácnes, þá cwǽdon hí: 'Þis is ǽmtig fæt and gesegnod (signatum),' Gr.
lǽl
withe ⬩ whip ⬩ switch ⬩ a weal ⬩ stripe ⬩ mark ⬩ bruise ⬩ swelling
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Ne sý him blódig wund líces lǽla ac gé hine gesundne ásettaþ ðǽr gé hine genóman let there be no bloody wound on him, no stripes on his body, but do you put him down sound, where you took him, Exon. 42 b; Th. 143, 34; Gú. 671. Léla livor, Kent.
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swincan
to toil, labour, work with effort ⬩ to labour at, after, etc. , anything ⬩ to be troubled, travail, be in difficulty or distress
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Hé nǽre ná ælmihtig, gyf him ǽnig gefadung earfoðe wǽre. His nama is omnipotens, ðæt ys, ælmihtig, for ðan ðe hé mæg eall ðæt hé wile, and his miht náhwár ne swincþ his power nowhere works with effort, Lchdm. iii. 278, 17.
fǽringa
unexpectedly ⬩ of a sudden ⬩ all at once ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ early ⬩ by chance ⬩ forte
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Fǽrunga hig cómon tó him diluculo veniebant ad eum Ps L. 77, 34. Biscope is forbod ꝥ hé onfóe níwe cumenum preóst and tó gehǽlgenne férunga, Mt. L. 10, 14 note.
hors-bǽr
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His horsbǽr þe hine mon untrumne on bær wæs gehealden, Bd. Sch. 382, 13. Sum þegn læg on paralisyn . . . þá cwæð hé ꝥ hé wolde tó Wynceastre sýðian húru on his horsbǽre, Hml. S. 21, 181. Add
gyrdel
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Þá begyrde he hine mid his gyrdele (cingulo) . . . Sóna swá hé wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd, Guth. Gr. 148, 7. Hé stód on ðám wætere tó his gyrdle (usque ad lumbos, Bd 5, 12), Hml. Th. ii. 354, 18. Mid gildenum girdle his breóst wæs befangen, Ll.
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Se deófol brohte him bráde stánas the devil brought large stones to him, Cd. 228;Th. 306, 31;Sat. 672.
slǽwþ
Sloth ⬩ laziness ⬩ inertness ⬩ torpor ⬩ accidia ⬩ inertia ⬩ pigredo ⬩ torpor
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Hí for heora slǽwþe and for gimeléste forléton unwriten ðara monna dǽda, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 33. Ic wát ðæt swongornes hí mid slǽwþe ofercymþ, 36, 6; Fox 180, 34. Gyf hé for slǽwþe his hláfordes forgýmþ, lie biþ his ágnum wel geborgen, L. R.