miltestre
A harlot
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Ne lǽt ðú ðíne dohtor beón myltestre me prostituas filiam tuam, Lev. 19, 29. Beclypte seó myltestre ðæt clǽne mǽden, Homl. Skt. 2, 169: 7, 178. Cómon tó ánre miltistran húse ingressi sunt domum mulieris meretrices, Jos. 2, 1.
neorxna wang
Paradise
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Gif hé beget and yt rinde sió ðe cymþ of neorxna wonge, ne dereþ hím nán átter. Ðonne cwæþ se ðe ðás bóc wrát hió wǽre torbegete, Lchdm. ii. 114, 4. Neorxena wang, Gen. 2, 9 : 3, 8. Neorxnewong, Hpt. Gl. 447, 2. Nearxnewang, Hy. Surt. 64, 25.
níd-riht
a duty that must be performed ⬩ service ⬩ office ⬩ officium ⬩ debitum ⬩ a due ⬩ what must be paid
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nyt-líc
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ beneficial
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Ic ne gýmde ðara nytlícra geþeahta mínra freónda utilia consilia spreveram amicorum, Nar. 6, 26. Monig nytlíco þing multa utilia, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 19
racent-teáh
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Hine nán man mid racenteágum (raceteágum, MS. A.: racantégum, Rush.) ne mihte gebindan. For ðam hé oft mid racenteágum (racontégum, Rush.) gebunden tóslát ða raceteága (racontége, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 5. 3-4.
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seolfren
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Ne wyrce gé sylfrene godas, Ex. 20, 23: 3, 22
geond-féran
To go through, traverse ⬩ pertransīre, peragrāre
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To go through, traverse; pertransīre, peragrāre Ne móstan ðé geondféran foldbúende earth's inhabitants may not traverse thee, Exon. 121 a; Th. 465, 8; Hö. l01.
ge-scyrtan
to shorten, contract, lessen ⬩ abbreviare, minuere ⬩ to become short, be lessened, fail
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Gif drihten ðás dagas ne gescyrte ... he gescyrte ða dagas nisi breviasset dies ... breviavit dies, Mk. Bos. 13, 20. Búton ða dagas gescyrte wǽron ... ða dagas beóþ gescyrte, Mt. Bos. 24, 22. Heáp wæs gescyrted the crowd was diminished, Elen.
sinc-gifa
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Cf. other compounds of gifa Næs mid Rómwarum sincgeofa sélla ( of Boethius ), Met. 1. 50. Hý ( the disciples) word ne gehyrwdon hyra sincgiefan (Christ ), Exon. Th. 29, 9 ; Cri. 460. On hyra sincgifan ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 4611 ; B. 2311.
swiftness
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Swiftness, fleetness, celerity Hwá unlǽredra ne wundraþ ðæs roderes færeldes and his swiftnesse, Bt. 39. 3; Fox 214, 16. Dysig se ðe getrúwaþ on his horses swiftnesse, Ps. Th. 32, 15. Hé swang ðone top mid swá micelre swiftnesse, Ap. Th. 13, 13.
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tǽling
reproof, rebuke ⬩ evil-speaking, slander, calumny
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Hié forberaþ ǽghwelce unryhte tǽlinge ... hié forberaþ ðæt hié mid ðæm sweorde hiera tungna tǽlinge ne sleáþ hira hláfurdes ðeáwas piae subditorum mentes ab omni se peste obtrectationis abstinentes praepositorum vitam nullo linguae gladio percutiunt,
turnian
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Gif heó turniende (volubile ) is, húmeta ne fealð heó?, Anglia vii. 12, 108-110. Tyrnincg turniendre liðeran vertigo rotantis (volventis) fundibuli, Hpt. Gl. 422, 66. of giddiness, to turn Ad tornionem capitis.
un-rótsian
to be sad ⬩ to be sorrowful ⬩ to make sad or sorrowful
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Ðú lǽrdest ðæt wé ne unrótsodon, þeáh úre spéda wanodon, Shrn. 167, 12. Hé ongann unrótsian coepit contristari, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 37. Hiá ongunnon unrótsia (-rótsiga, Rush.) illi coeperunt contristari, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 19.
un-gleáwlíce
Without understanding ⬩ without sagacity ⬩ unwisely ⬩ imprudently
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Without understanding, without sagacity, unwisely, imprudently On his heortan cwæð unhýdig sum ungleáwlíce ðæt God nǽre dixit insipiens in corde suo, Non est Deus, Ps. Th. 52, 1.
un-gleáwness
Want of understanding ⬩ unskilfulness ⬩ foolishness ⬩ blindness
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Sió ungleáwnes biþ on ðé selfum, ðæt ðú hit ne canst on riht gecnáwan, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 226, 33. Ongleáwnis imperitia, Scint. 5, 5. [Un]gleáwnysse rusticitatis, Hpt. Gl. 529, 16. Hé nǽfre for his unglaunesse (ungleáwnesse, MS.
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wyrt-tún
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Wyrttún ne sáw ðú, Lchdm. iii. 184, 19: Lk. Skt. 13, 19. Wyrtúna hortorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 27. Hé nemde ða undiórestan wyrta ðe on wyrttúnum weaxe, and ðeáh swíðe welstincenda, Past. 57; Swt. 439, 32: Lchdm. i. 94, 7
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yfel-dǽde
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Of evil deeds; a person of evil deeds Gif hé nǽre yfeldǽde ( malefactor ), ne sealde wé hine ðé, Jn. Skt. 18, 30. Ðá féng his sunu tó his ríce swýðe yfeldǽda, Homl.
wringan
To wring ⬩ to twist ⬩ to squeeze out
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Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter. Bt. 5,2; Fox 10, 31. Tó wringen[n]e ad exprimendos, Hpt. Gl. 468, 32. [O. H. Ger. ringan rixari, luctari.]
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á-ceorfan
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Ðæt hé ealle ðá geþóhtas of his móde ne áceorfe, Past. 139, 26. Ðæt him man heáfod of áceorfe, Bl. H. 189, 33. Gif mon áceorfe án treów, Ll. Th. i. 130, 2. Áceorfan fram ússe heortan unclǽne geþóhtas. Shrn. 47, 23
a-deádan
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Lǽcedómas be ádeádedum líce . . . gif ðæt líc tó þon swíþe ádeádige ðæt þǽr gefélnes on ne sý, Lch. ii. 8, 7-14. Ðætte se milte ðám monnum ádeádige oþþe of sié, 242, 23. Wið ádeádodum magan and tácn ádeádodes magan, 158, 14. Sáwul góde ádeádod, Hml.