ór
beginning, origin ⬩ front, van
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Kmbl. 2213 ; An. 1108
bile-wit
plausible
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Hlútre móde and bylewite (-hwite, v. l.) simplici ac pura mente, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 491, 9. Sume ðe wǽron bylewyte and góde, Nic. 3, 25. Ðá bilwitan (bili-, 6, bile-, 7) simplices, Past. 237, 4. Þá bilewittan mansueti, Bl. Gl.
gnornian
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., and add: to feel grief, regret, &amp;c. Ic gnornige contristatus sum, Ps. Th. 54, 2. Á mæg gnornian sé þe nú fram þís wígplegan wendan þenceð, By. 315. Grnorniendum merentibus, Kent. Gl. 1129. <b>I a.
Linked entries: gnornan be-grornian
fox
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a-búgan
To bow ⬩ bend ⬩ incline ⬩ withdraw ⬩ retire ⬩ se vertere ⬩ declinare ⬩ inclinare ⬩ averti
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Ac ðé firina gehwylc feor abúgeþ but from thee each sin shall far retire, Exon. 8b; Th. 4, 22; Cri. 56. Ðǽr fram sylle abeág medu-benc monig there many a mead-bench inclined from its sill, Beo. Th. 1555 ; B. 775
flicerian
To move the wings ⬩ flutter ⬩ FLICKER ⬩ mōtāre ālas ⬩ vŏlĭtāre
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Án blac þrostle flicorode ymbe his neb a black thrush flickered about his face, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 22
lǽne-
Transitory ⬩ transient ⬩ not enduring
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Transitory, transient, not enduring Cwæþ se godspellere Martha and Maria getácniaþ ðis lǽnelíce líf and ðis gewítendlíce, Blickl. Homl. 73, 9.
un-þancweorþ
Ungrateful ⬩ ingratus ⬩ not agreeable ⬩ unacceptable ⬩ thankless
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Th. ii. 126, 3. thankless Wé wǽron unðancwurðe, and wendon ús fram Criste, ac hé ús gesóhte, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 42, 5. God, se ðe dæghwomlíce getíðaþ weldǽda unðancwurðum (cf. ipse benignus est super ingratos, Lk. 6, 35), Homl. Th. ii. 418, 23
Linked entry: þanc-weorþ
weorold-gód
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A temporal good, worldly good Eówre woruldgód vestra bona, Bt. 14, 2 ; Fox 46, 1. Ða getreówan freónd ne sint tó woruldgódum tó tellanne, ac tó godcundum, 24, 3; Fox 82, 29.
costnian
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Ne lǽt ðú ús costnian, ac álýs ús fram yfele, Wlfst. 125, 13. Add
geómor-lic
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Mid þǽm þe þá burgware swá geómorlic angin hæfdon non secus ac si capta esset, turbata civitas fuit, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 15. expressing sorrow, mournful, sad Ðá ongan ic heófonde forðbringan þá geómorlican siccetunga, Hml. S. 23 b, 429
ge-síþman
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In the bracket in 1. 2 read gesíðman, and add: The word seems to have the same meaning as gesíþ. v. ge-síþ; <b>III a</b> Ánes gesíðmannes (cf. sumes gesíðes, 1. 8: it is the same person in each case) wíf coniugem comitis, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567
ge-spanan
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Add On gespanest inlicias, Wrt.
hrut
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In form hrút agrees with Icel. hrútr a ram, but the word it glosses is treated as an adjective in the other two instances of its occurrence Wonn bruntus, hrút (the MS. has the accent) balidus (cf. balidus dunn, Wrt.
mægen-leást
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Sume hí bebyrigan woldon, ac hí hrædlíce for mægenleáste swulton, 404, 2 : Hml. A. 68, 79. Gif hé ongyt þæt þæs gebodes micelnes his mihta oferstíhð, hé . . . his mægenleáste his ealdre gecýþe, R. Ben. 128, 15. Add
on-sǽge
Falling upon, assailing, attacking
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Falling upon, assailing, attacking Wé ǽr ðysan oftor brǽcan, ðonne wé béttan, and ðý is ðisse þeóde fela onsǽge. Ne dohte hit nú lange inne ne úte, ac wæs here and hunger, bryne and blódgyte on gewelhwylcon ende, Wulfst. 159, 7: 128, 14: 243, 2.
Linked entry: -sǽge
sott
Foolish ⬩ stupid ⬩ a fool
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Ne biþ se ná wita, ðe unwíslíce leofaþ, ac biþ open sott, ðeáh ðe him swá ne þince, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 132
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þearl-wís
Severe, ⬩ strict
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God sylfa ðonne ne gýmeþ nǽnges mannes hreówe, ac biþ ðonne réþra and þearlwísra ðonne ǽnig wilde deór, Blickl. Homl. 95, 30
hlid
fence ⬩ a gate ⬩ door
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Add: that which covers the opening at the top of a vessel or closes the mouth of an aperture Bytte hlid cordias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 80.
hund
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Add: The word is used both as substantive (governing a noun in the genitive) or as adjective (agreeing with noun).