stille
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Seó sǽ ne mót heore mearce gebrǽdan ofer ða stillan eorþan, 21 ; Fox 74, 28. Twegen steorran standaþ stille, Lchdm. iii. 270, 17. Wit be ðisse strǽte stille þencaþ bídan, Cd. Th. 147, 9 ; Gen. 2436.
eard
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Ꝥ hié on wræcsíþas fóran and on ellþiéde . . . þæt hié mon tó hiora earde forléte, Ors. 4, 4; S. 167, 27: 6, 30; S. 282, 20: 6, 34; S. 290, 19: Wlfst. 120, 13, 14. Férde Godes folc fram ðeówte tó ðám behátenan earde, Hml. Th. ii. 282, 17.
eádig
Happy, blessed, prosperous, fortunate, rich, perfect ⬩ beātus, fēlix, gaudii plēnus, faustus, abundans, opŭlentus, dīves
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Eádgest superl Ðǽr he to ðám eádgestum ǽrest mæþleþ where he first shall speak to those most blessed, Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 13; Cri. 1338
FEOHTAN
To FIGHT ⬩ contend ⬩ make war ⬩ combat ⬩ struggle ⬩ prœliāri ⬩ pugnāre ⬩ bellāre ⬩ contendĕre ⬩ decertāre ⬩ collīdĕre
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Be ðon ðe mon on cynges healle feohte in case a man fight in the king's hall, L. Alf. pol. 7; Th. i. 66, 7: 39; Th. i. 88, 2. Ðeáh him feohtan on firas monige although many men fight against it, Runic pm. 26; Kmbl. 344. 27; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 52
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inca
Doubt ⬩ question ⬩ offence ⬩ ill-will ⬩ fear
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Ðá frægn hé hwæðer hí ealle smylte mód and bútan eallum incan blíðe tó him hæfdon.
milts
mildness ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ meekness ⬩ humility ⬩ joy
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mildness, kindness, favour, mercy (most commonly with reference to the Deity) Mid ðec milds is apud te propitiatio est, Ps. Surt. 129, 4. Ðonne wurþe ús eallum Godes milts ðé gearuwre, L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 372, 5: L. C.
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nimþe
Unless ⬩ except
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Grammar nimþe, connecting clauses Ne hine mon on óðre wísan his béne týþigean wolde, nemþe hé Cristes geleáfan onfénge, Bd. 3, 21; S. 550, 43. Ne sceal nǽfre his torn tó rycene beorn ácýðan, nemþe hé ǽr ða bóte cunne, Exon. Th. 293, 9; Wand. 113.
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boda
a messenger, ambassador, herald, apostle, angel ⬩ nuntius, legatus, præco, apostolus, angelus ⬩ a foreboder, prophet ⬩ propheta, vates ⬩ a messenger
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Bodan hyrdum cýðdon sóþne gefeán angels announced to the shepherds true joy, Exon. 14 a; Th. 28, 20; Cri. 449. a foreboder, prophet; propheta, vates Gleáw bodan ǽrcwide skilled in a prophet's prediction, Exon. 83 a; Th. 313, 23; Mód. 4
ge-sceád
separation, distinction, difference ⬩ power of distinguishing, reason, discretion, discrimination, an account, a reckoning, argument ⬩ distinctio, discretio, distantia
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On gesceád witan to understand, Exon. 83 b; Th. 314, 3; Mód. 8. Gesceád witan, cunnan [with gen; cf. the same phrase in O. Sax. wissun thingo giskéd; and the Ger. bescheid wissen] to be able to distinguish between things, to understand them, Homl.
þyrel
A hole made through anything ⬩ an aperture ⬩ orifice
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Swá swá mon melo sift; ðæt melo ðurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 2. Þurh nǽdle þyrel (ðyril, Lind.) per foramen acus, Mk. Skt. 10, 25: Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 1. Ðyrl, Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 25.
un-gelíc
Unlike ⬩ different ⬩ dissimilar ⬩ diverse
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Th. 314, 32; Mód. 23. Wé syndon ungelíce ðonne ðe wé in heofonum hæfdon wlite we are different from what we were when we had beauty in heaven, Cd. Th. 274, 7; Sat. 150.
un-rót
sad ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ troubled ⬩ gloomy ⬩ displeased ⬩ harsh ⬩ angry
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Ðá andsworode ðæt unróte mód, 3, 4; Fox 6, 18. Se Hǽlend hine unrótne geseah uidens illum Jesus tristem factum, Lk. Skt. 18, 24: Exon. Th. 177, 28; Gú. 1234. Ða unrótan mestam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 42.
un-lust
absence of desire ⬩ disgust ⬩ disinclination ⬩ want of appetite ⬩ disinclination to action ⬩ listlessness ⬩ want of pleasure ⬩ joylessness ⬩ weariness ⬩ an evil pleasure ⬩ lust
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Ger. un-lust taedium, fastidium.] an evil pleasure, lust Ne unlust on hire mód ne becom, Homl. Th. ii. 10, 10. Ðá gestód hine micel líchamlíc costung ... hé áwende ðone unlust tó sárnysse, 156, 32. Unlusta voluptatum, Scint. 106, 10.
ge-nyhtsumian
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Þǽm hæbbendum mon sceal ágyfan and hí genyhtsumiað, Ll. Th. i. 196, 23. <b>I a.</b> to abound in, have abundance of. the subject a person Þá men goldes genihtsumiað auro habundant, Nar. 31, 5.
þæt
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Ne híwa ðú swilce ðú mæge ... wið hí mótian ðæt ðín mód ne beó yfele besmiten, Hex. 48, 11. ¶ In the charters the word is used almost with the force of until, marking the point reached in tracing a boundary :-- Swá west wið ðan heáfdan ðæt hit cymð tó
úser
Our
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Módes usses, Met. 21, 12. Ne meaht ðú in usse mǽgþe ne on ussum gemánan wunian, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 27, On eallum ussum cynne, Blickl. Homl. 151, 12. Ussum móde, Exon. Th. 2, 32; Cri. 28. Mid usse líchoman, 47, 14; Cri. 755.
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CÚ
A cow ⬩ vacca ⬩ bucula
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H. 194a Gif mon cú forstele if a man steal a cow L. Alf. pol. 16; Th. i. 70, 24; L. In. 38; Th. i. 126, 5; L. Ath. v. § 6, 2; Th. i. 234, 1; L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 5. Cúa of cows Cod. Dipl. 201; A. D. 814; Kmbl. i. 353, 28.
ge-tæl
a number ⬩ series ⬩ reckoning ⬩ computation ⬩ numerus ⬩ series ⬩ computus ⬩ computatio ⬩ a company ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ centuria ⬩ tribus ⬩ a book of reckoning ⬩ a register ⬩ catalogue ⬩ laterculum ⬩ catalogus ⬩ = κατάλoγos
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Ágene naman habbaþ ánfeald getel, and nabbaþ mænigfeald; eác sunne and móna syndon ánfealdes geteles proper names have a singular number and have not a plural; the sun and moon are also of the singular number, 13; Som. 16, 1.
wana
want ⬩ lack ⬩ absence ⬩ want of necessaries ⬩ lack ⬩ want ⬩ defect
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Hit nan mon ne mæg eall habban, ðæt him ne sié sumes þinges wana, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 19. Ðu mǽnst gif ðé ǽnies willan wana biþ, II, I ; Fox 30, 22: 26, 1; Fox 90, 22 : 29, I; Fox 102, 18.
hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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Ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor desidiosa mens in lapsum casus impellitur, Past. 279, 2. of persons. troublesome, oppressive Wæs hé náwiht hefig his yldrum nullius molestiae parentibus fuit Guth. Gr. 107, 22.
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