grimnes
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Homl. 55, 24. Hí sceoldan ðǽm unriht-dóndum mid grimnesse stéran they should restrain with severity all evil-doers, 63, 12. On grimnesse in exacerbatione, Ps. Th. 94, 9.
sciccels
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Homl. 215, 6. Ðá tócearf hé his scyccel ontwá, and hyne gesealde healfne ðam þearfendum men, Shrn. 146, 36
Linked entry: scyccels
ge-coren
Chosen ⬩ choice ⬩ fit ⬩ good ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear
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Homl. 167, 26. Ða gecorenistan dune the goodliest mountain, Deut. 3, 25
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scín-
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Ne eom ic ná scinnhiw ( phantasma ), swá swá gé wénaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 26. Scínhiowes faniasiae , Ps. Surt. ii. p. 190, 11. Scínhiwe[s] phan*-*tasmate , Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 5. Scínhiwe, 34, 1. Wiccecræftas, scínhiw prestigias , 66, 25
þrafung
Reproof ⬩ rebuke ⬩ censure
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Se Hǽlend æteówde hine sylfne cucenne his gingrum æfter his ǽriste on manegum ðrafungum, Homl. Th. i. 294, 16. Hí (Job's friends) mid manegum ðrafungum hine (Job ) geswencton, ii. 454, 21
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unriht-hǽman
To cohabit unlawfully ⬩ to commit adultery or fornication
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Skt. 10, 12, Ne unrihthǽm ðú non adulteris, l0, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 208, 15. Ne unrihthǽme ðú non moechaberis, Deut. 5, 18: Mt. Kmbl. 5, 27. Fram unrihthǽmendum mæssepreóste a fornicante presbytero, L. Ecg. C. 17, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 29
un-sláw
Not slow ⬩ not sluggish ⬩ active ⬩ ready ⬩ quick
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Hí slógon tógædere unsláwe mid wǽpnum, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 375
un-snytro
Folly
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Hosp unwísum ł unsnytro ðú sealdest mé opprobrium insipienti dedisti me, Ps. Spl. T. 38, 12. Worda eallra unsnyttro ǽr gesprecenra, Elen. Kmbl. 2567; El. 1285. Hé his selfa ne mæg for his unsnyttrum ende geþencean, Beo.
un-gewitfull
foolish ⬩ insensate ⬩ mad ⬩ insane ⬩ not in one's senses
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Sume ða untruman wǽron dumbe, sume ungewitfulle, Homl. Ass. 180, 364
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wídgilness
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Wé beóð ful swyfte tó farenne geond ealle wídgylnyssa ( vast expanses ) Godes ríces, Homl. Th. ii. 296, 34
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weoroldlíce
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Homl. 199, 36
fealo
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Nim þonne ꝥ seax þe þæt hæfte sié fealo hryþeres horn, Lch. ii. 290, 22. Þæs fealewan flava, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 39. Gyf him þince ꝥ hé on fealawan horse ríde . . . oððe grǽgan, Lch. iii. 172, 29. Licgende on fealwum ceósle, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 14.
on-hrínan
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Add: with gen. or uncertain Is wén ðæt sió (fennege) hond ðá óðre besmíte gif hió hire anhrínð, Past. 77, 1. Gif his mon onhrinð mid buccan blóde, 271, 3. Heó mid hire ýtemestan fingrum þǽre lenticula onhrán, Hml. S. 23 b, 715.
wácness
Meanness of condition ⬩ mean estate ⬩ vilitas,
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Hwí forgifð God ðám wácum wyrtum swá fægerne wlite,... búton for ðan ðe wé sceolon mid wácnysse and sóðre eádmódnysse ða heofenlícan fægernysse geearnian, Homl. Th. ii. 464, 18.
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weald-leðer
A rein
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Heó wæs on gyldenum scryd, and æt ðam wǽron gyldene hors, and on ðám wǽron ða wealdleðer swá up getíged, swá swá hig urnon tó heofenum up, Shrn. 156, 12.
wilcumian
To welcome ⬩ bid welcome ⬩ greet ⬩ salute
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Basilius sende him tógeánes, and hine wylcumode, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 507. Hine wylcumede se cásere, and cwæð him to mid blysse, 7, 339. Wil-cumiga (wilcymogie (wilcymo gié ? v. preceding word), Lind.) ł groeta salutari Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 38
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on-hwirfan
to turn (of actual motion), ⬩ to invert, transpose ⬩ to change, turn
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Homl. 151, 14. intrans. Swá swá hweól onhwerfþ, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 13. to invert, transpose Agof (boga) is mín noma eft onhwyrfed, Exon.
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smireness
Ointment, unguent
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Homl. 73, 17-20. Smirinis (smerenisse, Rush.) unguentum Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 12. Smirenisse unguenti Rtl. 115, 41. Smyrenisse Lchdm. i. 346, 9. Mið smiriniss unguento Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 38: oleo 46. Smyrenesse unctum Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 35.
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spadu
A spade ⬩ sarculum, rastrum
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Ic nát mid hwí ic delfe, nú mé wana is ǽgðer ge spadu ge mattuc, Homl. Skt. ii. 23b, 765. Sum underdealf ða duru mid spade, Swt. A. S. Prim. 87, 174. Ðá genam hé áne spada[n?] and dealf ða eorþan, H. R. 13, 13. Spadan vangas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 10
ge-þíhan
To thrive ⬩ prosper ⬩ grow ⬩ vigere ⬩ proficere ⬩ crescere
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To thrive, prosper, grow; vigere, proficere, crescere Ǽlc ðæra ðe Gode geþíhþ every one that thrives to God, Homl. Th. ii. 454, 29. Eádig biþ se ðe in his éðle geþíhþ happy is he who thrives in his country, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 21; Gn. Ex. 37.