weorold-sorh
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Ðæt gemearr ðære woruldsorga curarum secularium impedimentum, Past. 51; Swt. 401, 21. Bæd heó ðæt heó móste weoruldsorge and gýmenne forlǽtan postulans ut saeculi euros relinquere permitteretur, Bd. 4. 19 ; S. 587, 38
Wísle
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. ; for ðý hit man hǽt Wíslemúða, Ors. l, l; Swt. 20, 6-13
Linked entry: Wísle-múþa
wól-bryne
Deadly violence
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ðæm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes, ðe him raðe ðæs æfter com Romae gravis pestilentia per universam civitatem violenter incanduit, ut merito praecedente prodigio coelum ardere visum sit, quando caput gentium tanto morborum igne flagravit, Ors. 2, 6; Swt
Róm-waran
The people of Rome ⬩ the Romans
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The people of Rome, the Romans Hú ungemetlíce gé Rómware bemurciaþ, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 17. Rómwara sundorriht jus Quiritum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 11. Se ǽrra Rómwara cásere Julius, Bd. 1, 2; S. 475, 2. Rómwara ríce, 1, 3; S. 475, 13.
ofer-hergian
to ravage
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Ða Gotan eów hwón oferhergedon, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 20. Heora land tó bismere oferhergodan, Blickl. Homl. 201, 23
ge-sibsumnes
Peacefulness ⬩ concord ⬩ reconciliation ⬩ pax ⬩ concordĭa ⬩ rĕconcĭliātio
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ungesceádwísra niétena gesibsumnesse, hú micel yfel sió gesceádwíslíce gecynd þurh ða ungesibsumnesse gefremeþ we can understand from the peacefulness of irrational animals how great a sin the rational race of man commits in being quarrelsome, Past. 46, 4; Swt
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hnappung
Slumbering, ⬩ dozing, ⬩ drowsiness
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Slumbering, dozing, drowsiness Ǽresð mon hnappaþ gif hé ðonne ðære hnappunge ne swícþ ðonne hnappaþ hé óþ ðæt hé o wierþ on fæstum slǽpe dormitando vero oculus ad plenissimum somnum ducitur, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 195, 11.
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sceáwung
a looking at, contemplation, consideration ⬩ respect,regard ⬩ reconnoitring, surveying, examination ⬩ a spectacle, show ⬩ a show, appearance, pretence
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Se biþ eallenga blind se ðe nóht ne ongiet be ðam leóhte ðære uplecan sceáwunge caecus quippe est, qui supernae contemplationis lumen ignorat, Past. 11, 1; Swt. 65, 7. Sceáwunga, 16, 1;Swt. 99, 2.
sníðan
to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune
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Gód lǽce ðe wel cann wunda sníðan Past. 49; Swt. 377, 18.
treów
a tree ⬩ a material ⬩ wood ⬩ trees ⬩ a wood ⬩ roof-tree ⬩ saddle-tree ⬩ a piece of wood ⬩ a beam ⬩ log ⬩ stake ⬩ staff ⬩ cudgel ⬩ gallows-tree ⬩ tree used of the cross
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Swá hwá swá getimbraþ ofer ðisum grundwealle gold, oððe seolfor, oððe treówa, Homl. Th. ii. 588, 25. Treówu, 590, 13. Hié námon treówu and slógon on óþerne ende ísene neglas, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 4.
ufera
upper ⬩ higher ⬩ upmost ⬩ highest ⬩ later ⬩ after
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Similar entries v. uferian, II, ufeweard, II Oððe eft uferran dógore oððe ðonne either at a later day or at the time, Past. 38; Swt. 281, 12.
wiþer-winna
An adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy
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Nigon x hund þúsenda of Persa ánra anwealde búton hiera wiþerwinnum, ǽgþer ge of Sciþþium ge of Crécum, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 30
míðan
to conceal ⬩ dissemble ⬩ To be concealed ⬩ lie hid ⬩ to avoid ⬩ refrain from ⬩ forbear
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.; Swt. 23, 11. Mé nǽfre næs ealles swá ic wolde ðeáh ic his miðe it was never with me just as I would, though I dissembled the fact, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 28. Grammar míðan, with acc.
ýtera
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Ðæt ýtemeste land, ðæt man hǽt Thila, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 20. Ðæt hé gewǽte his ýtemystan finger, Past. 43; Swt. 309, 6. On ða ýtemesta[n] sǽ in extremis maris, Ps. Spl. 138, 8. Ða ýtemestan endas ðare seglgyrde cornua, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 46.
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hyrtan
To HEARTEN ⬩ encourage ⬩ animate
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Mid óðrum worde hé hierte mid óðrum hé brégde favet ergo ex desiderio, et terret ex præcepto, Past. 8, 1; Swt. 53, 11. Hyrte hyne hordweard the hoardward [dragon] took courage, Beo. Th. 5179; B. 2593
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nǽtan
To trample upon ⬩ crush ⬩ subdue
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Hé sceal weorðan his lífe tó nytte mid dý ðæt hé nǽte his unþeáwas mores pravorum premere, vitae prodesse, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, l0. Nǽtendne proterentem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 3 : Ep. Gl. 18 b, 27
ge-mangian
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Past. 44, 10; Swt. 332, 9; Cot. MS
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ge-mearr
A hindrance, error ⬩ a stumbling-block
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A hindrance, error Ðonne se Godes ðiów on ðæt gemearr ðære woruldsorga beféhþ when the servant of God accepts the hindrance of worldly cares, Past. 51, 7; Swt. 401, 20; Hat. MS.
tropere
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Ðonne ðú tropere haban wille, ðonne wege ðú ðíne swí[þ]ran hand, and tyrn mid dínum swíþran scytefíngre ofer ðíne breóst foreweard, swilce ðu notian wille, Techm. ii. 119, 10-12
þweora
Crossness ⬩ peevishness
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Crossness, peevishness Ǽlc ðweora and ǽlc ierre and unweorðscipe ... sié ánumen fram eów omnis amaritudo, et ira, et indignatio ... tollatur a vobis (Eph. 4, 31), Past. 33; Swt. 222, 8. His múð hé sceal from ǽlcum þweoran (or adj.? v. L. E.
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