on-lútan
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Onloten tó his gebede orationi intentus, 275, 14. of mental attitude Ús is micel ðearf ðæt wé eáðmódlíce ofdúne anlúten mid úrum móde necesse est ut ad infirma sua mentis oculus redeat, seseque deorsum premat, Past. 467, 7.
rǽsan
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Lazarus wæs hyne ásceac-ende . . . and wæs fram ús rǽsende, Nic. 14, 37. of an object that is moved Fǽringa rǽsde (áhleóp, v. l.) forð of þám hylfe ferrum de manubrio prosiliens, Gr. D. 113, 25.
sendan
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add: (b. β) where a thing is personified Ic ( a storm ) . . . wrecan on wáþe wíde sended, Rä. 2, 11. add Hé on ǽnne lytelne calic sende sumne dǽl þæs líchaman and þæs blódes úres Drihtnes, Hml. S. 23 b, 659.
smeágan
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Ymb ðyllic is tó geðencenne and tó smeáganne cui considerandum est, 59, 21. add Ic smeáde mínre dohter módes willan, Ap. Th. 23, 3. Smeágaþ mistlicnesse rimamini uarietates, An. Ox. 1080.
sang-bóc
a music-book, ⬩ one of the service books, containing 'besides the canticles, the hymns which were used in the Anglo-Saxon churches.'
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a music-book, a book with the notes marked for singing Nota ðæt is mearcung. Ðæra mearcunga sind manega and mislíce gesceapene, ǽgðer ge on sangbócum ge on leóþcræfte, Ælfc.
un-wítnod
Unpunished
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Ða ðe him biþ unwítnode eall hiora yfel on ðisse worulde habbaþ sum yfel hefigre ðonne ǽnig wíte sié, ðæt is, ðæt him biþ unwítnod hiora yfel improbi cum supplicio carent, inest eis aliquid ulterius mali, ipsa impunitas, 38, 3; Fox 200, 25-28.
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wed-lác
a pledge, security ⬩ wedlock, espousals
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[The latter is the usual sense in Middle English Under wedlac iboren, Laym. 395. Bute one ine wedlake, A. R. 206, 14. Wass soþ weddlac haldenu, Orm. 2499. In lele wedlayk born, Pr. C. 8261. Heo þat her wedlac brekeþ, Misc. 150, 105.
ǽ-melness
want of energy or of interest, sloth ⬩ weariness, tedium, disgust
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Add: want of energy or of interest, sloth Se sixta heáfodleahtor (accidia) is ásolcennys oððe ǽmelnys. Se leahtor déð ðæt ðám men ne lyst nán ðing tó góde gedón, ac gǽð him ásolcen fram ǽlcere dugeðe, Hml, Th. ii. 220, 22. Ǽmylnys, Hml.
wíf-cyn
woman-kind ⬩ women ⬩ female sex
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[Wiðuten wifkin and childre besides women and children, Gen. and Ex. 656.] female sex Óþer ðara is wǽpnedcynnes, sunnan trió, óþer wífkynnes, ðæt mónan trió quarum lignum virile est solis, alterum est femineum lune, Nar. 25, 18.
hæcce
A crosier
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A crosier Ðis mycel is gegolden of ðære cyricean W. cyninge ... of ðam candelstæfe x pund and of dære hæcce xxxiii marca this much has been paid by the church [of Worcester] to king William ... from the candlestick x pounds, and from the crosier xxxiii
hordian
To HOARD, lay up [treasure], store
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syllan ne mæg ðæt hé hordaþ and nát hwam swá swá se wítega cwæþ 'on ídel biþ ǽlc man gedréfed se ðe hordaþ nát hwam hé hit gegaderaþ' what he from the vice of avarice can give to no other he hoards, and knows not for whom, as the prophet says 'In vain is
on-þeón
to prosper ⬩ to be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable
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Th. 1805; B. 900. to be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable Gamele ne móston hilde onþeón the aged might not be of service in battle (in the preceding lines it is mentioned that the very young were excluded from the army), Cd.
on-týnness
an opening, aperture ⬩ discovery
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In. 18; Th. i. 114, 5, which is a section to the same effect as the present one: Be cirliscum þeófe gefongenum) æt þiéfþe. Se cierlisca mon se ðe oft betygen wǽre þiéfþe, and ðonne æt síðestan synnigne man gefó, L. In. 37; Th. i. 124, 20
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óra
A species of money introduced by the Danes
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In the Law of the Northumbrian Priests, Th. ii. 290 sqq. this money is often mentioned. Óro mnas, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 13: Rush. 19, 16
orpung
breathing, breath ⬩ a breathing-hole (? cf. preceding passage), a pore
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Syllaba is stæfgefég on ánre orþunge geendod, Ælfc. Gr. 3; Som. 3, 13. Of orþunga gástes graman ðínes ab inspiratione spiritus irae tuae, Ps. Spl. 17, 18. Nán mann ne nýten næfþ náne orþuage búton þurh ða lyfte, Lchdm. iii. 272, 22.
snegel
A snail
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Mé is snægl swiftra Exon. Th. 426, 7; Rä. 41, 70. Ðone blacan snegl áwæsc on háligwætre, sele drincan Lchdm. ii. 110, 14. Blace sneglas on pannan gehyrste 144, 2
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ge-smyrian
To smear ⬩ anoint ⬩ ungĕre
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Ðæt nǽfre ne afúlaþ ðæt mid hire gesmered biþ that never becomes foul that is anointed with it, Blickl. Homl. 73, 23. Ge-smearuad oele hálgum unctus oleo sancto, Rtl. 198, 31
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á-wédan
to go mad ⬩ to rage ⬩ to be mad
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His dohtor is áwédd, 110, 28. Drihten mihte hire áwéddan dohtor gehǽlan, 114, 7. of pestilence, to rage:-- Tó ðám swíðe áwédde se cwealm, Hml. Th. ii. 126, 18. to be mad Áuoeded insanit, Jn. L. R. 10, 20
be-cnyttan
to tie up in a bundle ⬩ to tie round ⬩ surround with a bond ⬩ to tie ⬩ attach with a string, ⬩ to tie a rope,
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Add: with acc. of what is tied, to tie up in a bundle Ðæt hé Godes gifa ná ne becnytte on ðǽm sceáte his slǽwðe, Past. 59, 15. to tie round, surround with a bond Hí becnytton his swuran mid rápe, Hml.
ge-wítan
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Hú éce is ðæt ðæt hié wilniað, and hú gewítende ðæt is ðæt hié onscuniað ( quam transitoria, quae contemnunt ), Past. 299, 8. Swá swá gewítende smýc ut fumus euanescens, An. Ox. 4062.