cwéman
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Ꝥ wé Gode cwémon and deófol týnan, Bl. H. 47, 11. Ðá men ðé wénað ðæt hí cwéman Gode ðonne hí cwellað hyra oxan, Prov. K. 67. Manege tiligaþ Gode tó cwémanne, Bt. 39, 10; F. 228, 13. Cuoemendra ðé placentium tibi, Rtl. 91, 31
scearp-líc
Sharp, keen, searching, effectual
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Ðonne hé him gecýð mid hú scearplícum costungum wé sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde cum tentationum aculeos nos undique circumdantes innotescit, 21, 5; Swt. 163, 16. Hú ne gesceóp ðé se scaþa scearplíce bysne nonne exempla tibi dabat latro? Dóm. L. 53
wácness
Meanness of condition ⬩ mean estate ⬩ vilitas,
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Hwí forgifð God ðám wácum wyrtum swá fægerne wlite,... búton for ðan ðe wé sceolon mid wácnysse and sóðre eádmódnysse ða heofenlícan fægernysse geearnian, Homl. Th. ii. 464, 18.
Linked entry: wænys
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Wé cweðað ꝥ mon móte mid his hláforde feohtan orwíge, gif mon on þone hláford fiohte; swá mót se hláford mid þý men feohtan. Æfter þǽre ilcan wísan mon mót feohtan mid his mǽge ... búton wið his hláforde; ꝥ wé ne liéfað, Ll.
óþ
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Ðeófas wé hátað oð .vii. menn; from .vii. hlóð oð xxxv; siþþan here, Ll. Th. i. 110, 13. Ꝥ ceápgild áríse á ofer .xxx, pæng̃ oð healf pund, 234, 15
Eofor-wíc-scír
YORKSHIRE ⬩ comĭtātus Eboracensis
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YORKSHIRE; comĭtātus Eboracensis Fóran ða þegnas ealle on Eoforwícscíre to Eoferwíc all the thanes in Yorkshire went to York, Chr. 1065 ; Th. 332, 7
un-biddende
Not praying ⬩ without praying
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Not praying, without praying Gif hé nele biddan ðæs écan leóhtes, hé sitt ðonne blind be ðam wege unbiddende, Homl. Th. i. 156, 4
eorþ-græf
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Eorþgræf pæðeþ it (the bucket of a draw-well) makes its way through a passage dug in the earth, Rä. 59, 9. Substitutefor citation
on-wendendlic
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Changeable God ána unanwendendlic wunaþ and eallra ðára anwendendlicra welt rerum orbem mobilem rotat, dum se immobilem conservat, Bt. 35, 5; F. 166, 10
Linked entry: -wendendlic
costigend
A tempter ⬩ tentator
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A tempter; tentator Se costigend eóde to him the tempter went to him Homl. Blick. 27, 4. Se costnigend tentator Mt. Bos. 4, 3
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beótian
to threaten ⬩ minari ⬩ minitari ⬩ to boast ⬩ vow ⬩ promise ⬩ magna loqui ⬩ polliceri ⬩ spondere
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Ful oft wit beótedan, ðæt unc ne gedǽlde nemne ðeáþ ána full oft we two vowed, that naught should part us save death alone Exon. 115 a; Th. 442, 32; Kl. 21
Linked entries: beót biótian tó-beótiende
sealh
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Spl.) wé úre organan up áhéngan in salicibus snspendimus organa nostra, Ps. Th. 136, 2. Salhas salices, Txts. 113, 58. Selas saliunculas, Hpt. Gl. 408, 56
sund-búend
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Ðone Saturnus sundbúende hátaþ (cf. stiorran ðe wé hátaþ Saturnes steorra, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 12), 24, 21. Hí ( acc.) ne gesáwon sundbúende (cf. Hí (the people of the golden age) hió (acc. ) nánwuht ne gesáwon, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 5), 8; 13.
þurstig
Thirsty
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Hwænne gesáwe wé ðé þurstine? 288, 21. Þurstige múðe, Ps. Th. 61, 4. Þurstige þræcwíges, Cd. Th. 189, 9; Exod. 182. Heolfres þurstge, Exon. Th. 373, 24; Seel. 114
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þrym-líc
Magnificent ⬩ splendid ⬩ glorious
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Swá hé ús mǽrlícor gifeþ, swá wé him mǽrlícor þancian scylon; swá þrymlícre ár, swá máre eádmódnes, Wulfst. 261, 21.
un-gestæððig
Inconstant ⬩ unstable
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Ða gesceaftas ðe wé embe sprecaþ, ðæt heó ús þince ungestæðþie, hý habbaþ sumne dǽl gestæþinesse, Shrn. 168, 30. Ða ungestæððegan and unfæsðrǽdan inconstantes, Past. 23; Swt. 177, 3.
bláwung
inflation
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Similar entries v. bláwan, I. 1 Ðǽra winda naman and bláwunge (-a, v. l.) wé mihton secgan, Lch. iii. 276, 2. blowing of a trumpet. Similar entries v. bláwan, II. 2 Hwæt is se hreám búton ðǽra engla bláwung?, Hml. Th. ii. 568, 21.
cuma
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Hé cwæð, 'cuma,' for ðan ðe wé ealle sind cuman on ðisum lífe, and úre eard nis ná hér, Hml. Th. i. 248, 14. Bæd hé ðá ælðeódigan weras ðe on cuman híwe him mid wunodon peregrinos viros atque in hospitalitatem susceptos admonuit, ii. 96, 35.
deópe
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Ús is deópe beboden we are most solemnly bidden, Wlfst, 282, 22: Ll. Th. ii. 328, 27. Hit is forboden on hálgum bócum swýþe deópe, Shrn. 162, 26. Þá dǽde wrecan swíðe deópe to punish the deed very severely, Ll. Th. i. 174, 10: 400, 8.
ofer-hebban
to pass by, neglect, omit ⬩ praeterire, transire
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B.) béte swá wé ǽr cwǽdon, L. Ed. 11; Th. i. 164, 23. Gif hé áht ðæs oferhæbbe ðe on úrum gewritum stent, L. Ath. v. 8, 5; Th. i. 236, 33. Ic wát ðæt ic his sceal fela oferhebban ego cogor fateri me praeterire plurima, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 1.