weorold-nytt
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Use in this.world, temporal advantage Áweccan ðás wæstmas ús tó woruldnytte, Lchdm. i. 400, 6: Cd. Th. 59, 7 ; Gen. 960: 62, 18; Gen. 1016
Linked entry: wuldor-nyttung
æt-déman
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in respect to what he claims (acc.) Ðá ætdémdon him Myrcna witan land búton hé his wer águlde, Cht. Th. 207, 32. Cf. æt-reccan
ofer-drífan
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Genam se apostol menigfealde gewitnyssa heáhfædera and wítegena tó oferdrífenne ðá árleásan Iúdéiscan, Hml. Th. ii. 420, 11. Ouerdryuen confutati, An. Ox. 7, 208. Add
weald-swaþu
A forest-track
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A forest-track Lástas wǽron æfter waldswaþum wíde gesýne the steps were to be seen far along the forest-tracks, Beo. Th. 2810; B. 1403
sóþ-fæder
the father of truth or justice ⬩ the Deity
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the father of truth or justice, the Deity Á tó worulde forð in engla dreáme mid sóðfæder symble wunian, Exon. Th. 7, 18; Cri. 103
Linked entry: sóþ-cyning
hócor
Mockery, ⬩ scorn, ⬩ insult, ⬩ derision
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Mockery, scorn, insult, derision Tó oft man mid hócere góddǽda hyrweþ too often good deeds are depreciated with derision, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 162
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tinnan
to stretch, ⬩ extend
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to stretch, extend Blǽd his blinniþ ... lustum ne tinneþ does not joyously extend(?), Exon. Th. 354, 32; Reim. 54. Tinde bogan tetendit arcum, Blickl. Gl
á-wógian
To woo
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To woo Ðá foreward ðe Godwine worhte wið Byrhtríc þá hé his dohter áwógode, Cht. Th. 312, 11: Hml. S. 7, 14, 299: 9, 58
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bæþ-stede
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Hé bær iungra manna plegan on handa tó ðám bæðstede belimpende and cliopode: 'Gehýre gé . . . se bæðstede is open,' Ap. Th. 12, 17-21. Add
scræf
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Th. 101, 5. Gé mín hús habbaþ gedón sceaðum tó screafe (cf. gé worhtun ðæt tó þeófa cote, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 13), Homl. Th. i. 406, 3. Se hæfde on byrgenum scræf ( domicilium ), Mk. Skt. 5, 3. Geond ðæt atole scræf ( hell ), Cd.
á-meldian
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Scealt þú þínes unþances þone hord ámeldian, þe þú sylfwilles ǽr noldest cýðan, Hml. S. 23, 716
Eádbald
Eadbald, son of Ethelbert, king of Kent. He succeeded his father to the kingdom of Kent in A.D. 616, and died in A.D. 640
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this year [A.D. 616] Ethelbert, king of the Kentish people, died, and Eadbald his son succeeded to the kingdom, who disregarded his baptism, and lived in heathen manner, so that he had his father's widow to wife, Chr. 616; Th. 40, 2-9: Bd. 2, 5; S. 506
þindan
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Synful yrsaþ, tóþum torn þolaþ, þearle þindeþ (in this and the next passage the Latin verb is tabescere, but tumescere seems in each case to have been read), Ps. Th. 111, 9.
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ge-habban
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Th. i. 42, 34. to have, experience, be subject to On þám heofenlicum éðele nis nán niht gehæfd, Lch. iii. 240, 12. to hold, keep in some relation to oneself Búton se hláford hine wille on borh gehabban, Ll.
for-hogian
to disdain ⬩ to disdain
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Ꝥ hé his synna ne forhogige tó andettanne ut non negligat peccata sua confiteri, Ll. Th. ii. 174, 12
sorh
care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow, care ⬩ cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor ⬩ care, sorrow
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Th. 2649; B. 1322: Ps. Th. 118, 28. Sorh is mé tó secganne, hwæt . . . it is a grief to me to tell, what . . . Beo. Th. 950; B. 473. Se Hǽlend wiste ðæt his gingran wolde unróte beón . . . Wǽron swá manigfealdlíce sorga Cristes þegnum . . .
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lád
excuse
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In the ánfeald lád, if the purgation were by oath, the oaths of the accused, and two others were necessary, in the þrýfeald lád, the accused was to bring five compurgators; if the ordeal was used, in the former case the iron weighed one pound, in the
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heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc. In reference to running water, the head is exactly converse to the gemýðe or mouths.
un-þearf
Disadvantage ⬩ hurt ⬩ harm ⬩ detriment
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Ðæt wyrð ðære þeóde eall tó unþearfe, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 3, 9: Wulfst. 267, 30. Deófol má and má manna forlǽrde and getihte tó heora ágenre unþearfe, 10, 4. Ðú lutodest on ðam láðum cristendóme ðám godum tó teónan and mé tó unþearfe, Homl.
tilian
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Tillgendum, 6, 23. where the object of effort is not expressed, to strive to obtain, to labour, toil, procure with effort, provide, acquire, where the person for whom the action takes place is not expressed Ic bebeóde eallum mínan geréfan ðæt hí on mínan