un-slæclíce
Not slackly ⬩ not languidly ⬩ strenuously
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Not slackly, not languidly, strenuously Gif ðæt gebodene bið gefremed unsleaclíce ( non tarde ), R. Ben. 20, 18
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wǽg-streám
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The sea Ðæt feórþe cyn wód on wǽgstreám ( the Red Sea ), Cd. Th. 197, 22; Exod. 311
weder-fæst
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Weather-bound Ðá gewendon hí west tó Peueneseá and lǽgen ðǽr wederfeste, Chr. 1046; Erl. 174, 6
wíte-scræf
A den of torment
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A den of torment, hell Gewít ðú áwyrgda in ðæt wítescræf, Cd. Th. 308, 12 ; Sat. 691
wylfen
Wolfish ⬩ fierce
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Wolfish, fierce Wé geáscodan Eormanríces wylfenne geþóht; ðæt wæs grim cyning, Exon. Th. 378, 24; Deór. 22
yþ-hengest
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A wave-steed, a ship Hé férde ðǽr hé wiste his ýðhengestas, Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 16
bed-gemána
Cohabitation
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Cohabitation Ðone ymbhogan hé ne forlét ðæs flǽsclican beddgemánan nec stratum carnalium sollicitudine deserit, Past. 99, 25
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ge-þeódsumnes
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Geðiódsumnisse tó ðǽm fiónde on woeg foresægeð consentiendum aduersario in uia pronuntiat, Lk. p. 8, 1. Add
rýman
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Ðæt syndan Antecristes þrǽlas ðe his weg rýmaþ, Wulfst. 55, 9. Ða ðe ingang rýmaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 442; Sal. 221. Se engel áwylte ðæt hlid; ná ðæt hé Criste útganges rýmde, Homl. Th. i. 222, 9. Se engel rýmde him weg þurh ðæt fýr, ii. 344, 13.
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arce-diácon
An ARCHDEACON ⬩ a bishop's vicegerent ⬩ archidiāconus
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An ARCHDEACON, a bishop's vicegerent; archidiāconus [ = ἀρχι-διάκονος from ἀρχός a chief, and διάκονος a deacon] Becom Benedictus to freóndscipe ðæs hálgan weres and ðæs gelǽredestan, Bonefacii archidiácones Benedictus pervenit ad amicitiam viri doctissimi
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ceder-beám
A cedar-tree ⬩ cedrus = κέδρος
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Ic geseah árleásne geuferodne swá swá cedertrýw ðæs wuda oððe cederbeámas ðæs holtes vidi impium elevatum sicut cedros Libani, Ps. Lamb. 36, 35
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leásung-spell
a fable
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A false or foolish story, a fable Ðá hæfdon monige unwíse menn him tó worde and tó leásungspelle ðæt sió hǽte nǽre for hiora synnum ac sǽdon ðæt hió wǽre for Fetontis forscapunge ex quo quidam, dum non concedunt Deo potentiam, suas inanes ratiunculas
mægen-þyse
Violence ⬩ force
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Violence, force Sóna ðæt onfindeþ se ðe mec féhþ ongeán and wið mægenþisan mínre genǽsteþ ðæt hé hrycge sceal hrusan sécan soon doth he find that fights against me, and with my force comes into conflict, that with his back he must visit the earth, Exon
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mann-lufu
Love of men
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Love of men Woldun ðæt him tó móde fore monlufan sorg gesóhte, ðæt hé síþ tuge eft tó éþle they desired that for love of men care would visit his mind, that he might take his journey back to his country (and not remain as a hermit), Exon. 37 b; Th. 123
mód-leást
Want of courage ⬩ pusillanimity
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Want of courage, pusillanimity Ðá wearþ se wælhreówa wódlice geancsumod, ðæt his mágas ne mihton his módleáste ácuman, ac héton ácwellan ðæt mǽden, Homl. Skt. 9, 125.
on-springan
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Th. 1639; 8. 817. to spring or burst forth, (of streams), to rise Ðǽr lagnstreámas, wyllan onspringaþ, Exon. Th. 202, 2; Ph. 63. Ðǽr se flód onsprang, Andr. Kmbl. 3269; An. 1637.
post
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Hé áhéng ðæt dust on ǽnne heáhne post ... Ðæt hús wearð ðá forburnen búton ðam ánum poste, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 186-191
wítegend-líc
Prophetic
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Prophetic Ic (Elisha) bidde ðé (Elijah ), ðæt ic beó áfylled mid ðam wítegendlícum gáste ðe on ðé nu wunaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 282. Ðæt cild on his módor innoðe . . . mid wítigendlícre fægnunge getácnode ðone tócyme úres Álýsendes, Homl.
eorþ-scræf
a cave ⬩ tomb ⬩ grave
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Ðá fór Saul forð bí ðæm scræfe, Past. 197, 12. a cave for burial, tomb, grave Ne þearf þæs nán man wénan ꝥ his líchama mæge þá synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan, Bl. H. 109, 31. Ealle erðware úp árísað of ðǽm ealdum eorðscræfum, Nap. 20
swift
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Cf. rapid as applied to the slope of a hill Of ðǽm díce on swiftan beorh; of ðǽm beorhge, C.D. iii. 394, 3