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wóh

(n.)
Grammar
wóh, gen. wóges, wós; dot. wóge, wó; n.

Wrongperversityinjusticeerrorwrongfullywrongly

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wǽron on woo besmitene propter injustitias suas humiliati sunt, Ps. Th. 106, 16. Micel yfel déð se unwritere, gyf nele his wóh gerihtan, Ælfc. Gr. pref. ; Zup. 3, 25. Ðá sǽde him hiora án, ðæt wóh bude, Ors. 6, 10; Swt. 264, 28.

ge-tǽcan

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</b> to assign a person to a position :-- His fæder hine strýnð be his ágenre freódehter, and bið his móder twám sibbum getǽht (he is assigned to two of his mother's relationships), þæt bið ǽgðer ge sunu ge bróðer, Wlfst. 193, 7. to shew the

ge-reccan

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geræcð him tó geleáfsuman (see ge-leáfsum) ðæt sié se gesǽlgosta, Past. 463, 13. Gerecce man manega þára sién, Ll. Th. i. 82, 12. synden gerehte allocuntur, An.

ge-streón

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Þ of his yldrena gestreóne hine sylfne fercian móte. Hml. S. 23, 597. æfter him tó eallum his gestreónum féng haereditalem ejus adsumsit, Ors. 5, 13; S. 244, 23. <b>IV a.

un-lust

(n.)
Grammar
un-lust, es; m.

absence of desiredisgustdisinclinationwant of appetitedisinclination to actionlistlessnesswant of pleasurejoylessnesswearinessan evil pleasurelust

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wylleþ hine on ðam wíte, wunaþ unlustum (cf. lustum, on lustum), Salm. Kmbl. 538; Sal. 268. [O. H. Ger. un-lust taedium, fastidium.] an evil pleasure, lust Ne unlust on hire mód ne becom, Homl. Th. ii. 10, 10.

ge-tácnung

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hét wurpan þæt net on ðá swíðran healfe for dǽre getácnunge. Seó swíðre healf getácnað ðá gódan, Hml.

ge-þolian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þolian, to -þolianne, -þolienne, -þoligenne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [þolienne to bear, suffer] .

to bearsufferenduresustainsufferrepătisustĭnēreto have patienceendurewaitremainperdūrāremănērewith the gen. To suffer loss offorfeitlosecărēre

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Kmbl, 213; An. 107. to have patience, endure, wait, remain; perdūrāre, mănēre Ðú scealt geþolian sume hwíle thou must bear [with me] for some time, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 218, 8. Gif he inne geþolian wille if he will remain within, L.

unriht-hǽman

(v.)
Grammar
unriht-hǽman, p. de

To cohabit unlawfullyto commit adultery or fornication

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To cohabit unlawfully, to commit adultery or fornication déð ðæt heó unrihthǽmð; and se unrihthǽmð ðe forlǽtene genimð facit eam moechari; et qui dimissam duxerit, adulterat, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 32. Se unrihthǽmð moechatur, Lk. Skt. 16, 18.

ceáp-stów

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sécað ðæt mon ǽrest gréte on ceápstówum ( in foro ), Past. 27, 7. Add

earglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
earglíce, in a cowardly manner.
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Ox. 744), Hpt. Gl. 424, 1. Gé tófesede swíðe áfirhte oft litel werod earhlíce forbúgað fugistis nullo persequente, Wlfst. 133, 6. eóde in earhlíce ( fearfully ), Jud. 4, 18: Hml. S. 3, 160: 23, 493.

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mann-rǽdenn

Grammar
mann-rǽdenn, <b>. I.</b>
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Him micelum sceamode þæs deófles manrǽdenne þe on wæs oþ ꝥ, Hml. S. 31, 1197. léton tó rǽde ꝥ woldon ábúgan þám heretogan tó his mannrǽdene omnes una voce: 'Sponte tradamus nos omnes populo Holofernis,' Hml. A. 108, 182.

scearp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp-líc, adj.

Sharp, keen, searching, effectual

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Ðonne him gecýð mid scearplícum costungum wé sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde cum tentationum aculeos nos undique circumdantes innotescit, 21, 5; Swt. 163, 16. ne gesceóp ðé se scaþa scearplíce bysne nonne exempla tibi dabat latro? Dóm. L. 53

wæl-not

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-not, es; m.

A fatal marka mark that brings deatha rune that brings death,

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lífes tiligan; áwrítaþ hié on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, bealwe bócstafas, Salm.

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þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
þrymm, es; m.

a hostgreat body of peoplea forcemultitudea great body of waterforcepowermightglorymajestymagnificencegreatnessgrandeur

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hié álǽdde of helle grunde on ða heán þrymmas ( the high glories ) heofona ríces, Blickl. Homl. 67, 22. denoting a glorious, magnificent person or object Ealra cyninga þrym ( the Deity ), Hy. 7, 45: Elen. Kmbl. 1629; El. 816.

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inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, in; adv.

Inwithin

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Héht óðre dæge hie ealle þrý in beforan hine next day he ordered them all three in before him, Blickl. Homl. 175, 18. Ðǽr gedydon twá weofedu in they put two altars in there, 205, 15.

slæc

(adj.)
Grammar
slæc, sleac, slec (v. slæcness); adj.
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Sægdon ðæt sleac wǽre, æðeling unfrom. Beo. Th. 4381; B. 2187. Ðæt ðæm sleacan preóste ne þince tó mycel geswinc, ðæt undó his eágan, Anglia viii. 317, 4. Tó swilcum sleacum cweð se hírédes ealdor: ' Tó hwí stande gé hér ealne dæg ýdele?'

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þingung

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From alre néweste gelaáfulra sýn heó ásceádene and ásyndrade nymðe heó hit hér mid þingonge bóte gebéte, C.D. i. 114, 27. Add

simble

(adv.)
Grammar
simble, symble, simle, siemle, semle, symle ; adv.
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symle Drihtne folgode, Homl. Th. i. 58, 17. Symle wesan on lustum, Cd. Th. 30, 26 ; Gen. 472. Ne swylteþ symle ac him eft cymeþ bót he does not die for ever, does not remain dead, but remedy comes again to him, Exon.

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þurh-wunian

(v.)

to continuelastnot to come to an endnot to pass awayto continue in a place, with a personto remain, not to leaveto continue in a conditionnot to changeto perseverepersisthold out

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Grammar þurh-wunian, here the condition is given by a complementary noun or adjective w Ǽfre biþ ánes módes, and glæd þurhwunaþ, Homl. Th. i. 456, 25. Heó þurhwunode mǽden, 24, 27.

leásung

(n.)
Grammar
leásung, e; f.

fictionfalsehoodfalsenesshypocrisydeceptiondeceitfulnessartice

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Ðæs forwyrd and leásung and forleornung swíðe raþe cymþ tó him ðe hine sylfne déþ tó ðon ðe nis for this reason destruction and lying and error come quickly to him, that he makes himself out what he is not, Blickl. Homl. 183, 34.

Linked entry: bisleásung