sceótan
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Ðǽr sciét se Wendelsǽ up of ðæm gársecge Tyrrheni maris faucibus oceani aestus immittitur, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 25. Scýt, Swt. 8, 32. Seó eá scýt út on ðone gársecg, Swt. 14, 14. Ðǽr ocærburna útt scýt on sǽ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 175, 31: 424, 4.
wís
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known
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Swelce hí sién micle wærran and wísran, Past. 35; Swt. 245, 1. Swelc eówer swelce him selfum ðynce ðætte wísasð sié on ðǽm lotwrencum, weorðe ðæs ǽresð dysig, ðæt hé mæge ðonan weorðan wís, 30; Swt. 203, 20.
hwón-líc
Little ⬩ slight ⬩ small
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Swt. 7, 347
mægden-cild
A female child ⬩ girl
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Ðonne ða wíf heora bearn cendon, ðonne féddon hié ða mǽdencild and slógon ða hysecild, and ðǽm mǽdencildum hié fortendun ðæt swíðre breóst foran, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 10-12. Tǽcende ðám mǽdencildum docendo puellas, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 28, 16
meós
Moss
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Sumne dǽl ealdes meóses ðe on ðam hálgan treówe geweaxen wæs ( aliquid de veteri musco ), Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 10: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 96, 30. Meóse museum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 38. Cf. meós mór, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 81, 29
pínung
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Mid ungemetlícre pínunge hé ( Phalaris ) wæs ðæt folc cwielmende, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 18. Pínunge tormento, Hpt. Gl. 503, 20. Pínungum cruciatibus, 502, 70
ge-wealdes
Of one's power ⬩ of one's own accord ⬩ willingly ⬩ sponte
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Eówres gewealdes quod ex vobis est, Past. 46, 7, 8; Swt. 355, 19, 20, 25; Hat. MS
ge-fleón
To flee ⬩ escape
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Se to ánre ðara burga gefliéhþ who to one of those cities escapes, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 20; Hatt. MS. Geflég fugit, Rtl. 147, 15. Alle geflugun omnes fugerunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 56. Ðætte gifléga ut fugiant, Rtl. 118, 31.
sidelíce
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. , Past. 21, 2 ; Swt. 153, 1-6
þreó-teóða
thirteenth
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On ðæm þreóteóðon geáre, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 33. Þrytteóðan, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 272
un-deór
Not dear ⬩ cheap ⬩ common
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Hé nemde ða undiórestan wyrta ðe on wyrttúnum weaxe and ðeáh swíðe welstincenda cum decimari minima diceret, extrema quidem de oleribus maluit sed tamen bene olentia memorare, Past. 57; Swt. 439, 32
un-gesceádwísness
Unreasonableness ⬩ foolishness
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Hé lǽt his mód tóflówan on ðæet ofdele giémeliéste and ungesceádwísnesse æfter eallum his willum anima neglectam se inferius per desideria expandit, Past. 39; Swt. 283, 15
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wiþ-seón
To plot against
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Itaque conspirantes in facinus libertini correptam urbem suo tantum generi vendicant, Ors. 4, 3; Swt. 162, 14-18
un-wrǽst
Weak ⬩ poor ⬩ sorry ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched
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Hí hí selfe léton ǽgþer ge for heáne ge for unwrǽste, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 98, 23
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on-bíd
Awaiting, expectation
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Hé on tweógendlícan onbíde wæs hwæðer hé wið Rómánum winnan dorste he was waiting in doubt (cunctans) whether he durst fight with the Romans, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 204, 29
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snoru
A daughter-in-law
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Hió genom hiere snore, Alexandres láfe Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 148, 18
folgoþ
that which follows ⬩ A train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ A service ⬩ office ⬩ official dignity ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium ⬩ offĭcium ⬩ præpŏsĭtūra ⬩ condition of life ⬩ condĭtio vltæ
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He folgode Iuliane, and he on ðam folgoþe ealle fúlnysse forbeáh, lybbende swá swá munuc he followed Julian, and in that service he avoided all foulness, living as a monk, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 12.
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for-bærnan
To burn up ⬩ consume ⬩ ŭrĕre ⬩ combūrĕre
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Swá swá leg forbærnende muntas sīcut flamma combūrens montes, Ps. Spl. 82, 13. Ic forswæle oððe forbærne ūro, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 11. Man hine forbærneþ one burns him, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 44.
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hrǽw
a corpse ⬩ carcase ⬩ trunk ⬩ carrion
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Ðá lócade hé on his ágenne líchoman swá swá on uncúþne hreáw he gazed on his own body as on an unknown corpse, Shrn. 52, 4. Ða sticca Simones hreáwes the pieces of Simon's carcase, Homl. Th. i. 380, 34.
GLEÁW
Clear-sighted ⬩ wise ⬩ skilful ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ good ⬩ sagax ⬩ prudens ⬩ astutus ⬩ sapiens ⬩ gnarus
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Nis nǽnig swá gleáw there is none so skilful, Cd. 221; Th. 286, 10; Sat. 350: Exon. 11 a; Th. 14, 17; Cri. 220: 120 b; Th. 463, 27; Hö. 76: Andr. Kmbl. 2992; An. 1499.