nearu
confinement ⬩ durance ⬩ prison ⬩ a strait ⬩ difficulty
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confinement, durance, prison Hwonne hié of nearwe stæppan mósten, of enge út ǽhta lǽdan ( when they might come out of the ark ), Cd. Th. 86; Gen. 1433. Hió bebeád ðæt hine man of nearwe and of nýdcleofan, fram ðam engan hofe forléte, Elen.
ofer-cuman
to overcome, vanquish, subdue ⬩ to come upon, reach, obtain
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Ofercumenum leahtrum devictis vitiis, Prud. 28 a. to come upon, reach, obtain Ofercuom obtinuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 29. Ofercom, 63, 26. Nánne ne sparedon cwicera manna ðe hié ofercuman mihton spared none that they could come up with Judth.
wiþ-cweþan
to reply ⬩ to gainsay ⬩ contradict ⬩ maintain an opposite opinion ⬩ to contradict ⬩ oppose ⬩ resist ⬩ to refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ not to allow
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Com Swegen tó Eádwerde cinge, and gyrnde tó him landes. Ac Harold his bróðor wiðcwæð, and Beorn eorl, ðæt hig noldon him ágyfan nán þingc ðæs ðe se cing heom gegyfen hæfde, Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 31.
wilde
Wild ⬩ wild ⬩ not domestic ⬩ not tamed ⬩ not broken in ⬩ wild ⬩ not cultivated ⬩ wild ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ uninhabited ⬩ wild ⬩ turbulent ⬩ ungoverned
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Icel. villi-eldr] Hér wæs se dría sumor, and wilde fýr com on manega scíra and forbærnde fela túna, and eác manega burga forburnon. Chr. 1078; Erl. 215, 36.
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an-sýn
a face ⬩ countenance ⬩ facies ⬩ vultus ⬩ a view ⬩ aspect ⬩ sight ⬩ form ⬩ figure ⬩ aspectus ⬩ conspectus ⬩ visus ⬩ visio ⬩ species ⬩ forma ⬩ figura ⬩ a thing to be looked upon ⬩ a sight ⬩ spectaculum ⬩ a view or sight producing desire or longing ⬩ a desire of anything ⬩ want or lack of anything ⬩ desiderium ⬩ defectus
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Bos. 3, 22: Cot. 74. Ansién ðyses middan-geardes figura hujus mundi, Past. 51, 2. a thing to be looked upon, a sight; spectaculum Ðisse ansýne Alwealdan þanc gelimpe for this sight may thanks to the Almighty take place, Beo. Th. 1860; B. 928.
FÚL
FOUL ⬩ dirty ⬩ impure ⬩ corrupt ⬩ rotten ⬩ stinking ⬩ guilty ⬩ convicted of a crime ⬩ fœdus ⬩ immundus ⬩ sordĭdus ⬩ obscœnus ⬩ spurcus ⬩ pūtĭdus ⬩ fœtĭdus ⬩ culpæ conscius ⬩ crīmĭne convictus
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In fúle wyllan to the foul spring, Cod. Dipl. 724; A.D. 1016; Kmbl. iii. 367, 13: 366, 31. Þurh fúle synne through foul sin, Exon. 29 b; Th. 90, 33; Cri. 1483. Ne náht fúles ne þicge nec immundum quidquam comĕdas, Jud. 13, 4.
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hergian
To harry ⬩ pillage ⬩ plunder ⬩ ravage ⬩ waste ⬩ devastate ⬩ make an incursion or a raid ⬩ make war
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Mycel sciphere hider com and hergedon. swíðe be Sefærn a great fleet came to this country and committed great depredations along the Severn, 910; Erl. 101, 7. Gif ǽnig sciphere on Engla lande hergie if any fleet commit ravages in England, L.
lencten
Spring ⬩ Lent
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Ðá com Æðelréd cyning innan ðam lenctene hám tó his ágenre þeóde, 1014; Erl. 150, 17. Sunnan glǽm on lenctenne lífes tácen weceþ the sun's gleam in spring wakes signs of life, Exon. 59 b; Th. 215, 16; Ph. 254.
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ge-mǽne
Common, general, mutual, in common ⬩ communis ⬩ communis, generalis, solitus ⬩ communis
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Cod. Dipl. iii. 22, 27. Ðæt hí sceoldon habban sunu him gemǽne that they should have a son common to them [between them], Jud. 13, 3 : Cd. l00; Th. 133, 26; Gen. 2216. Gemǽne win communis labor, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 9. Gemǽne læs compascuus ager, Ælfc.
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stæppan
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Com stæppende sum cempa, Homl. Th. i. 452, 14
be-lífan
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Mid þǽm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes þe him raðe ðæs æfter com, swá ðæt hié healfe belifene wurdon, Ors. 2, 6; S. 86, 26
fore-sceáwian
to foresee ⬩ to provide for ⬩ to provide ⬩ give for use
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Th. ii. 574, 11. of the Divine foreknowledge: Þá setíma cóm þe God foresceáwode, þá ásende hé his engel, Hml. Th. i. 24, 21. Hit wearð swá geworden swá God foresceáwode on ǽr, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 23.
ge-frédan
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H. 43, 14. (2 a) to feel a blow, heat, cold, & c. :-- Ðú þás dyntas náht ne gefrétst, Hml. S. 4, 147.
ge-wiht
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Lch. i. 148, 23. an amount determined by weighing Cóm Nichodemus mid gemengedre sealfe of myrran and alwan, manegra punda gewyht ( uenit Nicodemus ferens mixturam murrae et aloes quasi libras centum, Jn. 19, 39), Hml. Th. ii. 260, 35.
hungor
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Cóm micel hǽte . . . þæt ealle eorðwæstmas . . . forwurdon . . . Æfter þǽm wearð se mǽsta hunger siccitas fuit, uí praesentis tunc fufnrique anni spem gignendis terrae fructibus abnegarit, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88. 17.
nacod
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<b>I a</b> a. destitute of clothing (implying poverty and wretchedness) :-- Hym cóm ongeán án þearfende man nacod on cealdum wyntra, Shrn. 146, 35. Ðá næfde Martinus nán ðing tó syllenne þám nacodan ðearfan, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 22.
teón
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</b> add :-- Ofer mǽðe úre þú forð týhst sprǽce ultra aetatem nostrum protrahis sermonem, Coll. M. 32, 11. On þám tíman ne teáh nán æðelborennyss nǽnne man tó wurðscype, Hml. S. 3, 6. <b>IV 1.
wénan
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Cóm swá mycel unweder him tó ꝥ hí him ne wéndon þæs lífes, Hml. S. 31, 1137. Ðonne hit ðé frǽcnost þynce, wén ðé ðonne frófre and áre and gesǽlda, Prov. K. 75. Þéh þe hié him leána tó þǽre díéde wénden, Ors. 5, 2; S. 218, 18
rýmet
space, extent ⬩ clear space, room ⬩ extension, clearance
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. 417 on this charter. extension of a person's well-being Ða (certain property) ic gescarode mé sylfum and mínum foregengum and eftyrgengum tó écum rýmete to the furtherance of the eternal well-being of myself and of my predecessors and successors, Cod
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wadan
To go ⬩ pass ⬩ proceed.
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Ðá com hæleða þreát wadan, Andr. Kmbl. 2543; An. 1273. Gesión wadan wǽgflotan, Elen. Kmbl. 491; El. 246. with prepositions Hit ðurh hróf wadeþ, Salm. Kmbl. 824; Sal. 411. Ic wód ofer waþema gebind, Exon. Th. 287, 34; Wand. 24.
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