wiþer-weard
contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ adversary ⬩ enemy ⬩ opponent ⬩ fiend ⬩ hostile to rightful authority ⬩ rebel ⬩ opposed to what is right ⬩ arrogant ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ reprobate ⬩ false ⬩ heretic ⬩ apocryphal ⬩ opposed to the good or pleasure of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ adverse ⬩ hurtful ⬩ pernicious ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ contrary ⬩ opposite
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., Rush.) wind erat ventus contrarius eis, Mk. Skt. 6, 48: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 24.
Linked entries: wiþer-word wiþerweard-líc wiþerweard-ness wiþer-wierde wiþer-word
eád
Rich. wealthy, blessed, happy ⬩ dīves, opŭlentus, beātus
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Rich. wealthy, blessed, happy; dīves, opŭlentus, beātus Ic ðé eád mǽg gecýde I will shew thee the blessed virgin, Exon. 70 b; Th. 263, 19; Jul. 352: Cd. 151; Th. 189, 17; Exod. 186
in-irfe
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Household stuff or goods Se ðe micel inerfa [MS.Cott. innierfe] and mislíc ágan wile hé beþearf eác micles fultumes pluribus adminiculis opus est ad tuendam pretiosæ supellectilis varietatem, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 10
tweón
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doubt Nis nán twýn, ðæt eów ne beó forgolden there is no doubt, but that you will be requited, Homl. Th. ii. 444, 10. Búton tweónne without doubt, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 9
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riht-tíd
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Þý lǽs ꝥ bearn of bearneácnum wífe sié ǽr rihttíde, Lch. ii. 330, 10. Ic ondette gífernesse metes and drinces ǽr tídum and in tíde, ge eác ofer rihttíde, Angl. xi. 98, 24. Add
ǽr-dǽd
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Hú micel is ðæt wíte ðe byð for ǽrdǽdum . . . cyningc wile déman ánra gehwylcum be ǽrdǽdum quanta malis maneant tormenta . . . adveniet judex mercedem reddere cunctis, Dóm. L. 93, 96: Wlfst. 137, 1, 3. Add
gafol-gildere
a debtor
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a debtor, v. gafol,(8),(7), Gif ðú wilt þæt þis feoh becume tó ðínre sáwle ðearfe, tódǽl hit ðearfum and wanhálum, wydewum and steópbearnum and hafenleásum gafegyldrum, Hml. Th. ii. 484, 33. Add:
Linked entries: gildere gafol-gilda
hwistlian
to hiss ⬩ whistle
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[Wick. whistlen hiss (A. V.) Piers P. whistlen (to birds ).]
must-fleóge
A small fly found in wine ⬩ bibio, parva musca quae in vino nascitur
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A small fly found in wine; bibio, parva musca quae in vino nascitur Mustfleógan (rnuscfleotan, Wrt.) bibiones, mustiones, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 74. Cf. bibulus musti bibiones (Anglice myntys) arcet amurca, 176, 24
Linked entries: musc-fleotan míte must-wyrm fleóge smite
un-wilsumlíce
Against one's will ⬩ not of one's own accord
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Against one's will, not of one's own accord Se sceal nýde on helle duru unwilsumlíce geniþerad gelǽded beón necesse habet in januam inferni non sponte damnatus introduci, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 20
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irre
Gone astray ⬩ wandering ⬩ confused ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ angry ⬩ enraged ⬩ wrathful ⬩ indignant
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Óþ ðæt his eáge biþ æfþancum ful yrre geworden until his eye is filled with evil thoughts and gone astray, Salm. Kmbl. 994; Sal. 498.
LYTEL
LITTLE
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Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið alne ðone here lytle werede, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 5. Lytle læs paulo minus, Ps. Th. 118, 87. Lytle ǽr, Elen. 1325; El. 664. Lytle lengre ðonne seofon fóta, Lchdm. iii. 220, 4. Lytle máre ðonne feówer, 220, 12.
slæc
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Ne beón gé tó slápole ne tó sleace, ac scyldaþ eów georne wið deófles dare. Wulfst. 40, 21. Sleace to ǽnig wyrcenne gód pigre ad aliquod operandum bonum, Anglia xi. 117, 36. languid, ill Slæce egra, Wrt.
Linked entry: sleac
storm
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Gescyrped mid ðære rinde wið ða stearcan stormas, Bt. 34, 10 ; Fox 150, 8. Seó lyft ábyrþ ealle wolcna and stormas, Lchdm. iii. 274, 10. <b>Ia.</b> fig. a storm of arrows :-- Strǽla storm scóc ofer scyldweall, Beo. Th. 6225 ; B. 3118.
Linked entry: stearm
staþolian
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Staþelign, 115, 1. to make steadfast, confirm, endow with steadfastness Ne míð ðú for menigo, ah ðínne módsefan staðola wið strangum ... herd hyge ðínne, heortan staðola, Andr. Kmbl. 2419-2428; An. 1212-1215.
wiþerweard-ness
hostility ⬩ contention ⬩ opposition ⬩ perversity ⬩ frowardness ⬩ depravity ⬩ arrogance ⬩ unfavourable condition ⬩ adverse circumstance ⬩ adversity ⬩ contrariety ⬩ diversity
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Hé wearð grǽdig ðæs gódan deáþes bútan ǽlcre scylde and ǽlcre wiðerweardnesse wið hine he (David) was greedy for the death of the good man (Uriah), who was without any crime against him and had shewn no hostility to him, Past. 3; Swt. 37, 2.
for-sleán
cut through ⬩ to slay ⬩ kill ⬩ to destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ finish ⬩ to rout ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to condemn
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Add: to injure by striking, cut through or break with a stroke, wound with a blow Heó slóh tó his hneccan, and mid twám slegum forslóh him þone swuran percussit bis in cervicem ejus et abscidit caput ejus, Hml. A. 111, 305.
ge-þinge
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Sé wæs wið his feóndum gescilded, sé þe þá anlícnesse tó geþingum (-þingunge, v. l. ) sóhte, Mart. H. 60, 24. Gif hé gecéð him tó geþingum þínne naman, 68, 12.
gold
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Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here wid friðe, 288, 12. Hí mid nánum þingum ne gebicge, ne mid golde ne mid seolfre, 380, 12
racu
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Ic eom seó gesceádwísnes ðínes módes þe ðé wið sprecð, and ic eom seó racu ðe mé onhagað ðé tó gerihtreccenne promittit ratio quae tecum loquitur, Solil. H. 26, 7. v. fór-, mǽg-racu