sóþ-cwide
a true saying ⬩ a truth ⬩ a righteous saying
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Hit is ǽlces módes wíse ðæt sóna swá hit forlǽt sóþcwidas swá folgaþ hit leásspellunga eam mentium constat esse naturam, ut quoties abjecerint veras, falsis opinionibus induantur, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 16: Met. 6, 2: 8, 3. a proverb Ðás sóðcwide (-cuido,
lust
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</b> </b> Se Sceoppend eallra gesceafta hæfþ forgifen ǽnne lust eallum his gesceaftum, ꝥ is ꝥ hí woldon á bióti, Bt. 34, 12; F. 152, 17. Hé sægde hire his lust and willan, ꝥ his lufu wǽre ꝥ hé þá stówe neósode, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 657, 13.
cyst
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Ne hí for áwyht eorþan cyste (the pick of earth) þá sélestan geseón woldon pro nihilo habuerunt terram desiderabilem, Ps. Th. 105, 20. Add Hit ne beóð náne cysta ne nán cræft non virtutis est donum, Past. 347, 16.
freónd
A FRIEND ⬩ ămīcus
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Hine his freóndum gecýðe let notice of him be given to his friends, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 16. Ðæt inwitspell Abraham sægde freóndum sínum Abram told that tale of woe to his friends, Cd. 94; Th. 122, 11; Gen. 2025: 79; Th. 97, 12; Gen. 1611.
ǽr-hwílum
In earlier times, formerly
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In earlier times, formerly Ðá micclan welan ðe hig ǽrhwílon áhton, Guth. 14, 23. Oft ic nú miscyrre cúðe sprǽce, and þeáh uncúðre ǽrhwílum quondam fond, Met. 2, 9
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CYST
CHEST, coffer, coffin, sheath, casket ⬩ capsa, capsella, cista, cistella, loculus
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Ðæt hí woldan his bán on niwe cyste gedón ut ossa illius in novo recondita loculo locarent, 4, 30; S. 608, 30: 3, 6; S. 528, 29. Cist cista, Wrt. Voc. 288, 31. Cest cistella, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 64; Wrt. Voc. 16, 37
fréfrian
To comfort ⬩ console ⬩ consōlāri
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To comfort, console; consōlāri Ðæt hig woldon hí fréfrian ut consōlārentur eas, Jn. Bos. 11. 19. Hwænne fréfrast ðú me quando consōlābĕris me? Ps. Spl. 118, 82. Ðæt he fréfrige me ut consōlētur me, 118, 76.
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scotung
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shooting Wunda ðe ða wælhreówan hǽðenan mid gelómre scotunge on his líce macodon, Th. An. 123, 33. what is shot, a missile Hí synt scotunga oððe flána ipsi sunt jacula, Ps. Lamb. 54, 22. Sceotunga, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 24.
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forþ-weard
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expressing motion, moving onwards Mid þí þe hig ongunnon rówan and hí forðwerd wǽron on heora weg (they were making way), Ap. Th. 10, 24. (1 a) with a verb of motion, on, onwards :-- Nathan wæs forðwerd farende tóweard Rómána ríce, Hml.
hremman
To hinder ⬩ obstruct ⬩ cumber
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To hinder, obstruct, cumber Forceorf hit tó hwí hremþ hit ðisne stede cut it down; why cumbereth it this place? Homl. Th. ii. 408, 4. Úre unlustas and leahtras ðe ús hremaþ our evil desires and vices that hinder us, i. 156, 12.
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un-geteoriendlíce
Indefatigably
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Indefatigably Ðis synt ða lára and ða tól gástlíces cræftes, gif hig from ús dæges oððe nyhtes ungeteoriendlíce begongenne beóð..., L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 418, 18
riht-willend
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Add: -willende Rihte hit geríst þæt hine ealle rihtwillende emnlíce herian rectos decet collaudatio, Ps. Th. 32, 1. Wuldriað ealra rihtwillenda heortan gloriamini omnes recti corde, 31, 13
scip-fultum
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A naval force Hé sende tó Eádwerde cingce and bæð hine scipfultumes ꝥ hé ne geþafode ꝥ hé him on wætere ne ætburste, Chr. 1049; P. 166, 36
yfelung
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Ill-treatment, injuring Wæs his mód gecyrred tó mycelre árwurðnesse þæs biscopes, þæs ylcan þe hine ǽr lyste wítes and yflunge ( cujus poenam sitiebat ), Gr. D. 197, 12
hearm-cwidian
To revile, calumniate, speak ill of
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To revile, calumniate, speak ill of Ongan hine hyspan and hearmcwiddigan [-cwidian, Cott.] he began to revile and speak ill of him, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 33
un-stille
Not still ⬩ unquiet ⬩ not at rest ⬩ moving ⬩ liking movement ⬩ unquiet ⬩ restless ⬩ unruly ⬩ unquiet ⬩ disturbed ⬩ not at peace ⬩ troubled
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Th. 18, 27. not at peace, troubled Hé wæs fram ðam áwyrgedan gáste unstille; and swá swýþe hé hine drehte, ðæt hé his sylfes nǽnig gemynd ne hæfde, Guthl. 13; Gdwin. 60, 12
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for-stelan
To steal with violence ⬩ rob ⬩ deprive ⬩ fūrāri ⬩ surrĭpĕre ⬩ prīvāre
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Gif hine man forstǽle if any one should steal him, L. Ath. v. § 6, § 3; Th. i. 234, 4: L. Alf. 15; Th. i. 48, 5.
rád
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Nán mon for ðý ne rít ðe hine rídan lyste, ac rít for ðý ðe hé mid ðære ráde earnaþ sume earnunga. Sume mid ðære ráde earniaþ ðæt hié síen ðý hálran, Bt. 34, 7; Fox 144, 5-8. Ðá wearð his hors gesíclod, and feóll wealwigende geond ða eorþan ...
ge-limplíce
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Aduerbia beóð gelimplícor geendebyrde, gif hí standað on foreweardan on ðǽre sprǽce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 241, 9. in a becoming manner Hí gelimplíce heora yldran wǽron gehýrsume. Hml.
plega
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Hié wǽron welige ... and heora plegan wǽron genihtsume . . . Hió hæfdon wiste and plegan and oforgedrync, Blickl. Homl. 99, 17-21. Plegan allusiones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 44 : colludia, 20, 71.
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