æfter-gengness
posterity ⬩ succession in an office ⬩ inferiority of position, occupation of the lowest place
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Th. ii. 206, 10. succession in an office For ðǽre gewissan æftergencgnysse (-gegencgednysse, v. 1.) ðæt is ðæt se sunu sceolde symle fón tó ðám háde æfter his fæder geendunge, Hml. S. 10, 219.
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ge-metlic
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word (modus verbi) ðý lǽs hira mon má geóte on ðæt undiópe mód ðonne hit behabban mæge, Past. . 159, 13. gentle, mild. v. ge-metfæst, Ðǽm scamleásan ne wyrð nó gestiéred bútan miclum ðreán; ðá scamfæstan beóð oft mid gemetlicre láre gebetrode impudentes
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weorold-méd
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Worldly recompense Ne sceal nán man woruld*-*méde wilnian æt ðam cuman, for ðam ðe him is geháten éce gefeá fore on Godes ríce, L. E. I. 25; Th. ii. 422, 15
un-lofod
Unpraised
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Unpraised Ne lǽt ðú unlofod ðæt ðú swutele ongite ðæt lícwyrðe sý; ðǽr ðé áuht tweóge, lofa ðæt gemetlíce, Prov. Kmbl. 62
æt
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Lofsang æt ðám wundrum singan, Hml. S. 21, 246. (1 b) with absolute dat.
and-weard
Present ⬩ præsens
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Ða scearpþanclan witan ðone twydǽledan wísdóm hlutorlíce tocnáwaþ, ðæt is, andweardra þinga and gástlícra wísdóm the sharp-minded wise men knew clearly the twofold wisdom, that is, the wisdom of things temporal [present] and spiritual, MS. Cot.
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fóre-cweðan
To foresay ⬩ predict ⬩ prædīcĕre ⬩ propōnĕre
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Sume men eác swylce sægdon, ðæt heó, þurh witedómes gást, ða ádle fórecwǽde [MS. -cwede], ðe heó on forþferde sunt ĕtiam qui dicant, quia per prophētīæ spīrĭtum, pestĭlentiam qua ipsa esset mŏrĭtūra, prædixĕrat, 4, 19; S. 588, 15.
ge-wyrpan
To recover ⬩ verti ⬩ recuperare
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He ðá befrán on hwilcere tíde he gewyrpte he then enquired at what hour he recovered, Homl. Th. i. 128, 12. Sóna ðæt him bet wæs, and gewyrpte fram ðære untrumnysse melius habere cœpit, et convalescens ab infirmitate, Bd. 3, 13; S. 539, 7
bétan
to make better, to improve, amend, repair, restore ⬩ emendare, reparare, reficere, mederi, expiare ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair a fire ⬩ to light ⬩ make a fire, to kindle ⬩ focum reparare ⬩ to remedy, compensate, make amends ⬩ compensare
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to make better, to improve, amend, repair, restore; emendare, reparare, reficere, mederi, expiare Ðæt he bétte that he should improve, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 11: Ex. 21, 22.
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ge-læccan
To take ⬩ catch ⬩ seize ⬩ apprehend ⬩ comprehend ⬩ capere ⬩ arripere ⬩ comprehendere
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Ða Englisce men gelæhton of ðám mannon má . . . the English men captured of those men more . . . Chr. 1087; Er1. 225, 26. Hwæt gelæhtest ðú quid cepisti, Th. An. 22, 5.
ánfeald-nes
Oneness ⬩ unity ⬩ simplicity ⬩ singleness ⬩ simplicitas
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Oneness, unity, simplicity, singleness; simplicitas Ymbe ða ánfealdnesse ðare godcundnesse concerning the oneness of the divine nature, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 18: 39, 5; Fox 218, 19.
þwínan
To get less ⬩ dwindle ⬩ be reduced
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Tácn ðæt se swile þwínan ne mæg, ne út yrnan on ðære litre, 162, 3: 212, 9
hæfen
A haven, harbour, port
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A haven, harbour, port Of ǽiðre healfe ðare hæfene from either side of the harbour, Chr. 1031; Erl. 162, 5. Ic ann ða hæuene on Sandwíc I grant the port of Sandwich, Th. Chart. 317, 21.
stæl-here
A marauding band ⬩ predatory army
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Drehton ða hergas West-Seaxna lond mid stælhergum, 897; Erl. 95, 9. Ðæt hié ða burga hira módes wið stælherigas behealden, Past. 33; Swt. 229, 5
un-cystig
Niggardly ⬩ parsimonious ⬩ not liberal
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Ða uncystgan hé cysta lǽre, swá hé ða cystgan on merringe ne gebringe; ond swá eft ða rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren, swá hí ða uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen sic tenacibus infundatur tribuendi largitas, ut tamen prodigis effusionis frena
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wác
yielding ⬩ not rigid ⬩ pliant ⬩ fluid ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ wanting mental or moral strength ⬩ wanting courage ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ not of great value or in high esteem ⬩ vilis
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Hwí wénst ðú, ðone nú ða wácestan gesceafta eallunga ne gewítaþ, ðæt seó seóleste gescaft mid ealle gewíte? Shrn. 198, 19
tó-flówan
To flow different ways, ⬩ disperse in flowing, ⬩ flow away ⬩ to flow in different directions, ⬩ be dispersed ⬩ to melt away, ⬩ be destroyed ⬩ to wander, ⬩ be drawn hither and thither, ⬩ be distracted ⬩ to be separated, ⬩ take different directions ⬩ to spread ⬩ to pass away, ⬩ be dissipated, ⬩ scattered, ⬩ rendered useless, ⬩ brought to nothing ⬩ to separate in confusion, ⬩ become disconnected
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búton ða bán, Lchdm. i. 242, 26.
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ǽrend-wreca
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Philippes tíd ðæs apostoles and ðæs Godes ǽrendwrecan, Shrn. 78, 4. Ærendwreocan, 108, 14. Ðá sende hé his ǽrendwreocan tó Wulfhearde, Cht. Th. 47, 9. Érendwrecan legati, Ps. Srt. 67, 32. Ðá kyningas Gode and his ǽrendwrecum hérsumedon, Past. 3, 6.
orf
Cattle, live stock
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Cattle, live stock Ǽlce geáre byþ orf ácenned, and mennisce menn tó mannum ácennede, ða ðe God gewyrcþ swá swá he geworhte ða ǽrran. Hexam. 12 ; Norm. 20, 20. Cuce orf, L. Edg. S. 8 ; Th. i. 274. 25.
hreód-wæter
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Fenny land where reeds are growing Ðá wæs ðæt land eall swá wé geférdon ádrigad and fien and hreádwæteru palus erat sicca et ceno habundans, Nar. 20, 23