un-gewitness
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Þám fét hé wiðbrægd þý lǽs hit gelumpe ꝥ hwæt unrihtes hine gehrine of his ágenum geþóhte and ungewitnesse, and hé þonne sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (the original Latin, which has been misunderstood, is: Retraxit pedem; ne si quid
rihtlǽcung
Correction, making right
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Correction, making right Ða underþióddan sint tó maniane ðæt hié ðara unþeáwas ðe him ofergesette bióþ tó swíðe and tó þrisðlíce ne eahtigen . . . ðý læs hié for ðære ryhtlǽcinge weorþen upáhæfene, Past. 28; Swt. 197, 2.
dol-willen
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The Latin on which this part of the riddle (dryhtfolca helm, nales dolwíte) seems based is 'sanis victum et laesis praestabo medelam.'
oft-rǽde
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Add Tó lytel hit byð, beó hit á lǽsse, for ðan his weorc sceal beón oftrǽde, Ll. Th. i. 432, 25. Uton oflinnan . . . þára oftrǽdra symla, Verc. Först. 148, 5
costnere
A tempter ⬩ tentator
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A tempter; tentator Swá swá se geleáfa strengra biþ, swá biþ ðæs costneres miht læsse as the faith is stronger, so is the might of the tempter less Homl. Th. ii. 392, 20
flex
Flax ⬩ līnum
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Eall hira flex and hira bernas wǽron fordóne linum et hordeum læsum est, Ex. 9, 31
fylle-seóc
Falling sick ⬩ epileptic ⬩ lunatic ⬩ ĕpĭleptĭcus ⬩ ἐπιληπτικός ⬩ lunātĭcus
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Falling sick, epileptic, lunatic; ĕpĭleptĭcus = ἐπιληπτικός, lunātĭcus Ðý-læs cild sý fylleseóc lest the child be epileptic, Med. ex Quadr. 5, 12; Lchdm. i. 350, 12. He ys fylleseóc lunātĭcus est, Mt. Bos. 17, 15.
mǽg-cild
A young kinsman
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Ðý læs ǽnig man cweðe ðæt ic míne mǽgcild mid wó fordémde lest any man say that I wrongfully decided against my kinsmen (nephews), Chart. Th. 486, 27
tó-foran
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add: marking relation Seó lǽs is tóforan eallum mannum gemǽne the pasture is open to all, C.D. iii. 419, 21. add Swá micele swá se heofenlica cyning is mǽrra and furðor tóforan ðám eorðlican cininge, swá micele mára bið ðín wurðmynt tóforan ðám woruldlican
ofer-stige
Astonishment, extasy
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Astonishment, extasy Hé cwæþ tó him sylfum: ' Nú ic wæs of ðam rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit biþ ðæt ic eft fare út of ðysum porte, ðý læs ðe ic tó swíðe dwelige ... gewislíce ic hér ongyten hæbbe ðæt mé hæfþ gelǽht fæste mínes módes oferstige
Linked entries: stige ofer-stigenness
ge-tíme
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Twégra getýmæna lǽse and týn cúna, C. D. B. i. 544, 2. Fíf hund getýmu, Hml. Th. ii. 446, 13. Fíf hund getýme oxena, ... þúsend getýme oxena, 458, 16, 18
tún-scipe
The inhabitants of a tún
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The inhabitants of a tún Cýþe hé hit ðonne hé hám cyme; and gif hit cuce orf biþ mid his túnscipes gewitnysse on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe. Gif hé swá ne déð ǽr fíf nihtum, cýþan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 26.
dolh-swæþ
A trace of a wound, a scar ⬩ cicatrīcis vestīgium, cĭcātrix
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Ðæt seó þynneste dolhswaðo and seó læste ætýwde that the thinnest and the least scar was to be seen, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 19
Linked entry: swaþu
un-tódǽledlíc
Indivisible ⬩ inseparable
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Littera is se læsta dǽl on bócum and, untódǽledlíc ... beóð ða stafas unóödǽledlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Zup. 4, 19-5, 3. Ðæt gecynd geféhþ ða friénd tógædre mid untódǽledlícre lufe, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 2
un-geþyldig
Impatient
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Ǽghwelc monn bið onfunden swǽ micle læs gelǽred ðonne óðer swǽ hé bið ungeðyldegra tanto quisque minus ostenditur doctus, quanto minus convincitur patiens, Past. 33; Swt. 216, 3
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ge-þoftscipe
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Ðý lǽs hé sié innan ásliten from ðǽm geðoftscipe ðæs incundan Déman ne interni foederis discussione feriantur, Past. 351, 24. Ðá hé hine geðiédde tó ðǽm geðoftscipe ðǽre incundan sibbe dum se ad foedera pacis internae constringeret, 353, 3.
sóþ-sægen
A true statement ⬩ statement of the truth ⬩ statement of the facts of a case
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Hí sceolon forsuwian heora geférena unþeáwas, ðý læs ðe hí þurh heora sóðsegene ungeðyldige beón, 230, 17
wine-treów
Faith between friends
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Ðæt hé (the man) ða wǽre and ða winetreówe be him lifgendum lǽstan wolde, ðe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon, Exon. Th. 475, 20; Bo. 50
á-slacian
to slacken ⬩ become slack ⬩ to make slack
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Ðý lǽs se anwald áslacige (-slacie, v. l.) ðæs recendómes ne solvantur jura regiminis. Past. 118, 4. Ðý lǽs hira lufu áslacige ne eorum dilectio torpeat, 143, 9. Þæt hí ðurh orsorhnesse ne ásleacion. Hml. Th. i. 610, 16.
fyrn-gewrit
An ancient writing ⬩ old scripture ⬩ vĕtus vel prisca scriptūra
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An ancient writing, old scripture; vĕtus vel prisca scriptūra Ðý-læs toworpen síen fród fyrngewritu lest the wise old scriptures should be overturned, Elen. Kmbl. 861; El. 431.