hrǽcan
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Swá hwæt swá man n
incer
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Tó hwon sweriað git mán?
leásung
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Cf. leás ; I d Hé wæs swíðe wrǽne man and ábysgod in manigum leásingum vir valde lubricus et cunctis levitatibus occupatus Gr. D. 341, 21
wácian
to be or become weak ⬩ want resolution or courage. ⬩ to be or become weak ⬩ not able to endure ⬩ to fail ⬩ to become poor or mean.
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Be ðam mihte man oncnáwan, ðæt se cniht nolde wácian æt ðam wíge, Byrht. Th. 132, 2; By. 10. of things, to be or become weak, not able to endure, to fail Ne wáciaþ ðás geweorc, Exon, Th. 351, 26; Sch. 86.
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windel
A basket
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Man sceal habban wilian, windlas, systras, sǽdleáp, Anglia ix. 264, 12
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óra
A species of money introduced by the Danes
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Béte man ðæt æt deádum menn mid .vi. healfmarce, and æt cwicon mid .xii. óran, L. Eth. iii. 1 ; Th. i. 292, 11. Ita quod xv. (xvi?) ore libram faciant, iv. 9; Th. i. 303, 9.
tó-gangan
to go in different directions, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass away
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M. 372, 20) wǽron digredientes ab invicem, S. 607, 36. to go away, pass away Ne tógongeþ gumena hwylcum eáþe ðæt ic ðǽr ymb sprice what I speak of does not easily pass away from any man (it is a bow that speaks, and the reference is to a wound from a
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hund
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<b>I c</b> </b> applied as a contemptuous epithet to a man. Cf. <b>I. b</b> Þone réþan þe biþ þweórtéme þú scealt hátan hund, nallas mann ferox atque inquies linguam litigiis exercet?
CILD
A CHILD, infant ⬩ infans, puer
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Ðæt cild wixþ and gewurþ eft cnapa and eft syððan cniht the child grows, and then becomes a boy, and afterwards a young man, Hom. Sax. Þurh cildes hád in the state of childhood, Exon. 65a ; Th. 240, 15; Ph. 639.
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earming
A wretched or miserable being ⬩ mĭser
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Ne ondrǽd ðé, lá earming git ðu hæfst lífes hiht dread not, 0 wretched man, thou hast yet hope of life, Ælfc. T. 37, 2.
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fleah
A white spot in the eye ⬩ albūgo
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A white spot in the eye; albūgo Þurh ðone æpl ðæs eágan mon mæg geseón, gif him ðæt fleah on ne gǽþ, gif hine ðonne ðæt fleah mid ealle ofergǽþ, ðonne ne mæg he nóht geseón a man can see with the pupil of the eye, if the white speck does not spread over
fyrþran
To further ⬩ support ⬩ advance ⬩ promote ⬩ provehere ⬩ promŏvēre
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Ealle Godes gerihto fyrþrie man georne let every one zealously further all God's dues, L. E. G. 5; Th. i. 168, 25, note 28, MS. B
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GANOT
A gannet ⬩ sea-fowl ⬩ water-fowl ⬩ fen-duck ⬩ ăvis mărina ⬩ fŭlix ⬩ fŭlĭca
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Ðá wearþ adrǽfed deórmód hæleþ, Óslác of earde, ofer ýþa gewealc, ofer ganotes bæþ then the brave man, Oslac, was driven away from the land, over the billows' roll, over the gannet's bath [the sea], Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 20; Edg. 46 : Beo.
in-lagian
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To restore an outlaw to the protection of the law Ǽrest ðæt hé his ágenne wer gesylle ðam cyninge and Criste and mid ðam hine sylfne inlagige first, thnt he [a man who has committed manslaughter in a church] pay his own 'wer' to the king and to Christ
land-seten
an estate ⬩ occupation of land
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And 144, 'Territoria istius agelli his terminibus circumdata esse videntur.' occupation of land Gebyreþ ðæt him man tó landsetene sylle ii oxan and i cú and vi sceáp moris est ut ad terram assidendam dentur ei ii boves, et i vacca, et vi oves, L.
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mæðtel-cwide
Discourse ⬩ converse
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Hyrcnigan hálges lára mildes meðelcwida to listen to the instructions of the holy man, the discourses of the kind one, 47 b; Th. 162, 23; Gú. 980. Meaht ðú meðelcwidum worda gewealdan are words at thy command for discourse, Th. 163, 4; Gú. 988.
mǽþ-líc
Moderate ⬩ in accordance with due measure ⬩ proper to a person's degree ⬩ having regard to others
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Gif hwilc forwyrht man hiówan gesǽce, bió se þingad swá hit médlíc sió be ðæs geltes méðe if any criminal betake himself to the convent, let terms be made for him, as may be fit and proper according to the measure of the crime, Chart. Th. 509, 23
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mennisc
Human
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Human Nán mennisc man no human being, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122, 15. Ne gegrípe eów nǽfre nán costung búton menniscu tentatio vos non apprehendat, nisi humana, Past. 11, 5; Swt. 71, 12. Ðus mǽrsode se mennisca Crist his heofenlícan Fæder, Homl.
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sundor-cræft
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Sió gesceádwísnes is se sélesta sundorcræfta reason is the best of distinguishing faculties (as being the faculty peculiar to man; cf. hió is synderlíc cræft ðære sáwle, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 100, Met 20, 203
stice
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Gif man þeóh þurhstingþ, slicc gehwilce .vi. scillingas, L. Ethb. 67; Th. i. 18, 16. a pricking sensation, a stitch Gif stice bútan innoðe sié, Lchdm. ii. 274, 28. Wið miltewærce and stice, 174, 4. Se hwíta stán mæg wiþ stice, 290, 10.
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