níþ
envy ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ rancor ⬩ spite ⬩ ill-will ⬩ jealousy ⬩ action which arises from hatred ⬩ strife ⬩ war ⬩ hostility ⬩ the effect of hatred ⬩ persecution ⬩ trouble ⬩ vexation ⬩ annoyance ⬩ affliction ⬩ tribulation ⬩ grief ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Genere mé fram níþe náhtfremmendra, 58, 2. Paulus ehte cristenra manna, ná mid níþe ( rancorously ), swá swá ða Iudéiscan dydon, ac hé wæs bewerigend ðære ealdan ǽ, Homl. Th. i. 388, 31.
sócn
a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish
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From sócne þes folkes free from the resort of the people Laym. 2365. Sookne or custom of hauntynge frequentacio, concursus Prompt. Parv. 463, col. 2.
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FÉDAN
nourish ⬩ support ⬩ sustain ⬩ bring up ⬩ educate ⬩ pascĕre ⬩ cĭbāre ⬩ nutrīre ⬩ engtrīre ⬩ sustentāre ⬩ edŭcāre ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ gignĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre
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God, ðú ðe me féddest fram cildháde óþ ðisne dæg Deus, qui pascit me ab adolescentia mea in præsentem diem, Gen. 48, 15. Mec seó friþe mǽg fédde the kind woman fed me, Exon. 103 a; Th. 391, 23; Rä, 10, 9. He fédde híg sustentāvit eos, Gen. 47, 17.
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níd-þearf
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ constraint ⬩ need ⬩ a necessary thing ⬩ what a person needs ⬩ need ⬩ distress ⬩ trouble ⬩ a necessary business
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Hé wæs fram him eallum áræfned fore nýdþearfe his úttran weorca ( ob necessitatem operum ipsius exteriorum ), Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 13. Him nánes ne biþ wana, ne hé nánes neódþearfe næfþ, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 22.
ge-sceaft
the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an element ⬩ creātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentum ⬩ a decree, destiny, fate, condition ⬩ destĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtio ⬩ creation, creature ⬩ decree of fate ⬩ creatura, elementum, habitus, fatum
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Fram fruman gesceafte ab inĭtio creātūræ, Mk. Bos. 10, 6: Cd. 9; Th. 11, 7; Gen. 171. On ðisse lǽnan gesceafte in this perishable creation, Salm. Kmbl. 653; Sal. 326: 737; Sal. 368. Þurh ða ilcan gesceaft through the same creature, Elen.
tawian
to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.
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Ðæt folc hine hæfde swá yfele swilce hé sumes þinges scyldig wǽre; and ealle men hine fram stówe tó stówe brudon, and tó wundre tawedon treated him wondrous ill, i. 23, 654.
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þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Grammar þrítig, used in forming ordinals Se wæs fram Agusto ðridde eác ðrittigum tricesimus tertius ab Augusto, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 17
un-þeáw
A bad habit ⬩ an evil practice ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault
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Wé sceolon faran fram unðeáwum tó gódum ðeáwum, gif wé willaþ faran tó ðam écan lífe, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 23. On unðeáwum in abusione, Ps. Spl. 30, 22.
waru
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Him Scyld gewát on Freán wære, Beo. Th. 54; B. 27. In Godes wære, Menol. Fox 79; Men. 39. Hé gást ágeaf on Godes wære, 432 ; Men. 217.
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ge-lícnes
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Ꝥ hí . . . yrre fram him ácyrde on þá gelícnesse Niniuítwarona ( instar Nineuitarum ), Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 493, 4. Wel ꝥ gedafenode ꝥ Drihten swá dyde on þá gelícnesse, Bl. H. 67, 12. Efne þǽm gelícost swylce (on ðá gelícnesse swá, Bl.
leóht
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from bodily or mental oppression Þonne is se ǽresta lǽcedóm dægfæsten, ꝥ mon mid þý þá wambe clǽnsige, ꝥ hió þý þe leóhtre sié, Lch. ii. 218, 1.
wǽdl
- P. B. viii. 535
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ penury ⬩ unproductiveness ⬩ barrenness
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Ða hreósendan welan ne magon eówre wǽdle (indigentiam) eów fram ádón, ac gé écaþ eówre ermðe (wǽdle, Cott. MS.) mid ðam ðe hí eów tó cumaþ, 26, 2; Fox 94, 8-10. Hé wilnaþ welan and flíhð ða wǽdle (penuriam), 33, 2; Fox 122, 33.
Linked entry: wéðel
FEORM
food ⬩ provision ⬩ goods ⬩ substance ⬩ victus ⬩ substantia ⬩ bŏna ⬩ an entertaining ⬩ entertainment ⬩ feast ⬩ hospĭtālĭtas ⬩ convīvium ⬩ cœna ⬩ a place where provisions are kept ⬩ provision-quarters of an army ⬩ victus stătio ⬩ use ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ enjoyment ⬩ ūsus ⬩ fructus
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Hat.] ðata bóca wiston, forðæmðe hie heora nán wuht ongietan ne meahton they got very little benefit from the books, because they could not understand anything of them, Past. pref; Cot. MS
ge-wit
wits ⬩ senses ⬩ [right] mind ⬩ mind ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ consciousness
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He eft onhwearf wódan gewittes he recovered from madness, Cd. 206; Th. 255, 22; Dan. 628. Seó gedréfednes ðæt mód ne mæg his gewittes bereáfian trouble cannot rob the mind of its faculties, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 25.
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tídre
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Gl. 436, 59. of immaterial things, frail, not lasting, fleeting Hú lytel hé (fame) biþ, hú lǽne, hú tédre and hú bedǽled ǽlces gódes quam sit exilis et totius vacua ponderis, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 29.
lof
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Ox. 1903. from the point of view of the receiver, (a person's) praise, praise (received by that person) Wyrþ oft gódes monnes lof álegen, Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox. 64, 31. Ne biþ his lof ná ðý lǽsse, Bt. 40, 3 ; F. 238, 11.
Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester. From Douere in to Chestre tilleþ Watlingestrete, R. Glouc. 8, 1.
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LUFU
LOVE
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LOVE Te amo ðé ic lufige, ðon befylþ mín lufu on ðé and ðú miht cweþan amor a te ic eom gelufod fram ðé, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 36.
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niht
night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night
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Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas fram ðære sunnan settlunge óþ hire upgang.
un-rǽd
evil counsel ⬩ ill-advised course ⬩ bad plan ⬩ folly ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ prejudice ⬩ hurt
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Hyra freá ǽrest unrǽd ( the setting up of the image ) efnde, 227, 13; Dan. 186. Hí þégun æppel unrǽdum ( ill-advisedly ), Exon. Th. 226, 9; Ph. 403.