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sám-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-hál, adj.

weak

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Not in perfect health, weak Nú ne beóþ náht fela manna ætsamne, ðæt heora sum ne sí seóc and sámhál, Wulfst. 273, 10

riht-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
riht-lagu, e; f.

Right or just law

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Right or just law Oferhogan godcundra rihtlaga, Wulfst. 164, 12. Ða ðe godcunde láre and woruldcunde rihtlage wyrdan on ǽnige wísan, 168, 8

Linked entry: riht-laga

oferlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
oferlíce, adj.

Excessively ⬩ excessive

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Excessively Hí mid heora synnum swá oferlíce swýðe God gegræmedon, ðæt hé lét Engla here heora eard gewinnan, Wulfst. 166, 18: 83, 14

mæsse-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-ǽfen, es; m.

The eve of a festival

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Wulfst. 136, 19

morþ-slaga

(n.)
Grammar
morþ-slaga, an; m.

A murderer ⬩ an assassin

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Oferfyll biþ mǽgbana and morþslaga, Wulfst. 242, 6

Linked entry: morþor-slaga

un-bebyriged

(adj.)
Grammar
un-bebyriged, adj.

Unburied

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.), Wulfst. 199, 10

tintregung

(n.)
Grammar
tintregung, e; f.

Torment ⬩ punishment

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Torment, punishment Tintregung vel wíte tormentum, Wülck. Gl. 178, 20. Hí ne mihton fram Gode þurh náne tintregunga beón gebígede, Homl. Th. i. 544, 2

tóbrocen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tóbrocen-líc, adj.

Frail, ⬩ perishable

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Frail, perishable Ðysse worulde wela is hwýlwendlíc and feallendlíc and tóbrocenlíc the wealth of this world is transitory and decaying and frail, Wulfst. 263, 13

þeód-feónd

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-feónd, es; m.

The arch-enemy

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The arch-enemy Se þeódfeónd, Antecrist sylfa, Wulfst. 83, 16. Hé fordéþ ðæne þeódfeónd and on helle grund besenceþ, 86, 20: 85, 19: 54, 20

deorc

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Geolwum oððe deorcum fuluis, Wülck. Gl. 401, 39. gloomy, dreadful, horrible Duerc teter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 13. On deorce cwicsúsle in tetra tartara. An. Ox. 1248

leás-sagol

(adj.)
Grammar
leás-sagol, adj.
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Saying what is false, mendacious Se ðe wǽre leássagol weorðe se sóðsagol he that told lies, let him tell the truth, Wulfst. 72, 16

swǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
swǽlan, p. de
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Hé sende of heofonum swǽlende lég, Wulfst. 213, 6

un-swicol

(adj.)
Grammar
un-swicol, adj.

Not false ⬩ not treacherous ⬩ honest

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Uton beón eádmóde and sóðfæste and unswicole and rihtwíse, Wulfst. 109, 13

riht-laga

(n.)
Grammar
riht-laga, an; m.

Right or just law, equity

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Right or just law, equity Rihtlaga is, ðæt man óðran gebeóde, ðæt hé wylle ðæt man him gebeóde, Wulfst. 274, 11. v. next word

Linked entry: laga

þǽr-ongeán

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-ongeán, adv.

There against ⬩ on the contrary ⬩ per contra

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There against, on the contrary; per contra Englas cýðaþ ðíne dǽda beforan Godes gesihðe, and deófol áwrit þǽrongén ealle ðíne misdǽda, Wulfst. 248, 21

Linked entry: ongeagn

þeód-lícettere

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-lícettere, es; m.

An arch-hypocrite

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An arch-hypocrite Se þeódlícetere (Antichrist) hit gehíwaþ swá ðæt læst manna wát, hú hé him wið ðone ðeódfeónd gescyldan sceal, Wulfst. 54, 18

sceand

(n.)
Grammar
sceand, m.
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Add: [Whaðer unker þe geð abake and þis feoht wulle forsake, beo he in ælche londe iqueðe for ane sconde, Laym. 23668]. v. sceand, f. ; swǽm

riht-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
riht-cynn, es; n.

A genuine stock, a race really derived from a particular source

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A genuine stock, a race really derived from a particular source Moyses wæs ðæs rihtcynnes Moses was of the true stock of Abraham, Wulfst. 13, 6

open-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
open-líc, adj.

Open, public

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Openlecum (opanletet, Wrt. ii. 3, 61) a puplicis, Wülck. Gl. 343, 28

swǽr-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr-mód, (swár-); adj.

Of an indolent, sluggish disposition

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Of an indolent, sluggish disposition Sum welig man wæs prútswongor and swǽrmód, and him wæs láð þearfendum mannum mete tó syllenne, Wulfst. 257, 12 MS. D