wǽpned-cyn
The male kind or sex
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Ðæt hí má of ðam wífcynne him cyning curan ðonne of ðam wæpnedcynne ut magis de feminea regum prosapia quam de masculina regent sibi eligerent, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 22
tǽling
reproof, rebuke ⬩ evil-speaking, slander, calumny
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Hiera geférena tǽlinge reprehensionem proximorum, 38; Swt. 273, 8. evil-speaking, slander, calumny Gif ðú gesihst fæla penega tǽlincga oððe wærginga getácnaþ if you see many pennies, it betokens calumnies or curses, Lchdm. iii. 214, 16
wíf-cyn
woman-kind ⬩ women ⬩ female sex
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woman-kind, women Ðæt hí of ðam wífcynne him cyning curan ut de feminea regum prosapia regem sibi eligerent, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 22. Ðú eart gebletsod betuh ealle wífcyn (in mulieribus, Lk. 1, 28), Blickl. Homl. 143, 18.
wirgan
to curse ⬩ maledicere ⬩ to do evil
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to curse; maledicere Ic wyrge devoto, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 79. Ic wyrge (wyrige,v. l.) maledico, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 222, 4. Riht ðú dést, gif ðú ealle ðíne cild wyrigst . . . wyrig hí ealle, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 10-14.
scrid
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Scrid ( currus ) Godes, Ps. Surt. 67, 18: ii. p. 187, 14. Scrides basterne, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 80. Scriðes, Hpt. Gl. 504, 15. On scride ł on cræte in carruca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 42.
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ild
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Hé hit eác gefremode, git hé þá ylde hæfde he would have done it too, if he had had the requisite age, 31, 27. of a particular time of life. old age Ábogenre, hnípendre ylde cernua, curua uelustate, An. Ox. 1280.
bígan
To bend ⬩ to incline ⬩ to humiliate ⬩ subdue ⬩ to turn ⬩ incline ⬩ To bend
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To bend, move in a curve :-- Se ord bígde upp tó þám hiltum. Hml. S. 12, 226. Se hara bígde gelóme the hare frequently doubled, 31, 1058
ge-lícnes
a likeness ⬩ image ⬩ resemblance ⬩ similitudo ⬩ imago ⬩ a parable ⬩ proverb ⬩ parabola ⬩ proverbium
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Gé secgaþ me ðas gelícnesse, Eálá lǽce, gehǽl ðé sylfne dicetis mihi hanc similitudinem [proverbium], Medice, cura teipsum, Lk. Bos. 4. 23
HWÝ
WHY.
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WHY. in direct questions ― Interrogativa synd áxigendlíce cur hwí, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 58. Hwí didest ðú ðæt quare hoc fecisti? Gen. 3, 13: Mt. Kmbl. 9, 11. Hwý sceal ic æfter his hyldo þeówian?
MǼG
A relative ⬩ kinsman
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Mid gýmenne mínra mága cura propinquorum, 5, 24; S. 647, 22. Se wæs æðelboren of ǽwfæstum mágum he was nobly born of pious parents, Homl. Skt. 4, 3. Suna ic lǽrde ðæt hié hýrdon heora yldrum and heora mágum, Blickl. Homl. 185, 21.
dæg-hwamlíc
Daily ⬩ diurnus, quotidianus
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Betwyh gehald regollíces þeódscipes and ða dæghwamlícan gýmenne to singanne on cyricean, me symble swéte and wynsum wæs ðæt ic oððe leornode, oððe lǽrde, oððe wríte inter observantiam disciplinæ regularis et quotidianam cantandi in ecclesia curam, semper
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hwatung
Divination
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dóþ ðæt is ðæt hig gelýfon on sunnan and on mónan and on steorrena ryne and sécon tída hwatunga hyra þing tó begynnanne homini christiano certe non est permissum vana auguria facere, uti gentiles faciunt, id est, quod credant in solem et lunam, et in cursum
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Beda
Venerable Bede
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regularis et quotidianam cantandi in ecclesia curam semper aut discere aut docere aut scribere dulce habui. - Nonodecimo autem vitæ meæ anno [A.
hrædlíce
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Srt. 44, 2. figurative Hrædlíce cursum (l. cursim, v. Ald. 202, 15, cursim festinat credere Christo), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 15. promptly, actively Hrædlíce naviter (qui laboriosi certaminis coronam viribus naviter nanciscuntur, Ald. 2, 17), Wrt.
a-weorpan
To throw or cast from or down ⬩ to cast away or off ⬩ cast out ⬩ to degrade ⬩ reject ⬩ divorce ⬩ abjicere ⬩ dejicere ⬩ projicere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ propellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ reprobare ⬩ repudiare
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Is wærgðu [wærgða MS.] aworpen the curse is cast off, Exon. 9 a ; Th. 7, 8 ; Cri. 98 : Bt. Met. Fox 23, 12; Met. 23, 6 : Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 44 : Mt. Bos. 12, 28.
be-þencan
consider
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A curious participial form, which seems related to beþencan, occurs with this sense in the following passage Seo heordelice gýming tó ðám beran wæs beþancenu injungebatur urso cura pastoralis, Gr. D. 206, 15
smyltness
Quiet, calm, serenity, tranquillity ⬩ of physical calm ⬩ the quiet of evening, evening ⬩ gentleness, quietness in action ⬩ quiet, silence ⬩ placidity, calmness ⬩ peace, tranquillity, quiet ⬩ calmness, composure
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Lind. 22, 34. placidity, calmness Cara cura, oferfǽt obesus, smyltnys pinguedo (placidity?) Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 11. peace, tranquillity, quiet Smyltnes wæs ofor eorþan and sibba genihtsumnes Blickl. Homl. 115, 9.
geáp
cæg-loca
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A similar provision is found in the old Scottish law: 'Tamen uxor in certis casibus respondere tenebitur; videlicet, si furtum inveniatur sub clavibus suis quas ipsa habet sub cnstodia et cura sua, utpote spensæ, arcæ suæ vel scrinii sui.
ge-fér-rǽden
companionship ⬩ fellowship ⬩ congregation ⬩ church ⬩ societas ⬩ comitatus ⬩ eeclesia ⬩ synagoga ⬩ familiarity ⬩ friendship ⬩ familiaritas ⬩ amicitia
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He hæfde on his geférrǽdene cratu and rídende men habuit in comitatu currus et equites, Gen. 50, 9. Smerede ðé God ðín mid ele blysse for geférrédinum ðínum unxit te Deus tuus, oleo lætitiæ præ consortibus tuis, Ps. Spl. C. 44, 9.
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