hand-dǽda
One who does a deed with his own hand
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One who does a deed with his own hand Ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó mǽgþ sý unfáh bútan ðam handdǽdan then I will that all the kindred be free from the feud except the actual doer of the deed, L. Edm. S. 1; Th, i. 248, 6, 12: L.
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smeortan
To smart ⬩ dolere
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Ðenne wile his heorte aken and smerten 207, 34. Me iveleð hit bitterliche smeorten A. R. 238, 29. Smertyn̄ uro Prompt. Parv. 460.]
wrǽt-líc
wondrous ⬩ curious ⬩ of wondrous excellence ⬩ beautiful ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent ⬩ elegant
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Ic eom wrǽtlíc wiht, on gewin sceapen, Exon. Th. 405, 14; Rä. 24, 2 : 483, ii ; Rä. 69, 1. Wiht wrǽtlícu, 415, 23; Rä. 34, 2. Mé ðæt þúhte wrǽtlícu wyrd, 432, 6; Rä. 48, 2.
sceótan
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Hé mid geǽttredum strǽle ongan sceótan wið ðæs ðe hé geseah ðæt hrýþer stondan, Blickl. Homl. 199, 19. to shoot an object, hit an object with a missile Wyrd gást scýt, heó gár bireþ, Salm. Kmbl. 875 ; Sal. 437.
sculan
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Forðæm ne scyle nán wís man nǽnne mannan hatian, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 15. shall, ought as being fit, right, proper, in accordance with reason Ic mid grápe sceal fón wið feónde, Beo. Th. 881; B. 438.
Éua
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Be Éuan his gemæccan by Eve [Hēvam] his wife, 4, 1. Éua, Homl. Th. i. 16, 27. Éuan scyld Eve's sin, Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 6; Cri. 97
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firenian
to sin ⬩ peccāre ⬩ to revile ⬩ călumniāri
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to sin; peccāre Firenaþ ðus ðæt flǽschord thus will the body sin, Exon. 99b; Th. 373, 3; Seel. 103.
meagol-líce
Earnestly ⬩ strenuously
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Hé hafaþ wíslícu word, wile meagollíce módum tǽcan, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 16; Exod. 527
neáh-mǽg
A near kinsman
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Wífe and cildan and néhmágon (MS. B. neáhmágum), L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 414, 1
giefan
To give ⬩ dare
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To give; dare Ic eów meaht giefe I will give you might, Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 11; Cri. 478. He us ǽt giefeþ he giveth us food, 16 b; Th. 38, 9; Cri. 604: 87 a; Th. 327, 23; Vy. 8. Ðú us freádóm gief do thou give us freedom, Hy. 5, l0; Hy.
ge-gaf-sprǽc
Idle ⬩ wanton ⬩ scoffing speech
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Men willaþ bysmorlíce plegian and mid gegafspræcum Godes hús gefýlan men will play shamefully and defile God's house with wanton speeches, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 357 note, 3
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swerian
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swear, support what they said with oath) about a certain thing, whether of the twain were stronger, fate or caution, Salm. Kmbl. 851; Sal. 425
tiér
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v. tír) Nis nán wundor ðæt sió lyft sié wearm and ceald wǽt wolcnes tiér winde geblonden (cf. sió lyft is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt ge wearm; nis hit nán wunder, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 35), Met. 20, 81
weorold-lagu
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Wíse woroldwitan ðe gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, L. Eth. vii. 24; Th. i. 334, 22. Leófan menn, lagiaþ góde woroldlagan, Wulfst. 274, 7
mid-dæg
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what wilt thou do if to-morrow I live to see midday? Hml. S. 3, 590. Fram middæge oð nón a sexta hora usque ad horam nonam, 27, 188. Add
mid-gesíþ
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But if the construction with verbs similar to emhlenned is noted (e. g. ymb-gyrdan, -habban, -hegian, -hípan) it will be seen that (?)
wóh-gestreón
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Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wíse wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóhgestreón and mǽst falses lufað ; þý sculan Godes freónd . . . ná geþafian ꝥ ðurh fals and ðurh wóhgestreón men tó swýðe forwyrcean hí sylfe, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 27-32.
ǽ-brǽce
Law-breaking ⬩ sacrilegious, impious ⬩ adulterous
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Th. i. 426, 20. adulterous Ðæt se wer gewítnað on ǽwbrǽcum wífe, ðæt wrecð God on ǽwbrǽcum were, 378, 26. Eáwbrǽcum, ii. 322, 18. Be ðám ðe ǽwe brecað oððe ǽwbrǽce adulteram habbað, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 12
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riht-lǽce
A genuine physician, one who is really a doctor
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who is really a doctor Se ðe his broces bóte sécþ búton tó Gode sylfum and tó his hálgum and tó rihtlǽcum hé drýhþ deófles wyllan he that seeks a remedy for his malady except from God and from his saints and from regular doctors, he does the devil's will
tór
Difficult, ⬩ hard
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Tor for to telle, Will. 1428. Toor, 5066