MILDE
MILD ⬩ gentle ⬩ meek ⬩ benign ⬩ liberal ⬩ merciful ⬩ clement ⬩ propitious
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Se wæs milde wer and monþwǽre vir omnium mansuetissimus ac simplicissimus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 603, 35. Heora cining cynseþ milde and monþwǽre ( mansuetus, cf. Mt. 21, 5), Blickl. Homl. 71, 4.
ge-metlíce
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Ne gémdon hié nánes fyrenlustes, búton swíþe gemetlíce þá gecynd beeódan ; ealne weg hí ǽton ǽne on dæg Bt. 15 ; F. 48, 7. Ne ic máran getilige tó haldænne, þonne ic gemetlíce bí been mage (nec aliud quidquam praeter necessarium victum), Solil.
geap
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, tigelum sceádeð hróst-beáges róf, Ruin. 31. curved (of a boat), v. sǽ-geáp. rounded (of a mountain) Munt is hine ymbútan, geáp gylden weal (or under ?), Sal. 256. with convex surface Gim sceal on hringe standan steáp and geáp, Gn.
á-scúfan
to drive away ⬩ repel ⬩ to expel ⬩ to drive forward ⬩ impel ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to give up
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Ásceáfon weg explodit, excludit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 72. literal, where an object is moved Hé hit ásceáf fram his múðe, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 17. Út áscúfen eliminant, An. Ox. 4697. Scipu út áscúfan, Chr. 897; P. 91, 13.
syngian
To sin
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Wé singodon on úrum bréðer peccavimus in fratrem nostrum, Gen. 42, 21. Ne synga ðú non moechaberis, Ex. 20, 14. Ðe læs gé syngien (nelle gé syngian, Ps. Lamb.), Ps. Th. 4, 5.
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þeód-wita
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</b> </b> Manega þing wé mihton of þeódwitena gesetnysse geícean, Anglia viii. 321, 24. [Cf Icel. þjóð-skáld, -smiðr a great poet, craftsman.] Cf. leód-wita
un-gecyndelíc
unnatural ⬩ not in accordance with the nature of a thing ⬩ not natural ⬩ supernatural ⬩ unnatural ⬩ contrary to nature ⬩ monstrous
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Wé fram dæge tó óþrum geáxiaþ ungecyndelíco witu and ungecyndelíce (-cynelíce, MS.) deáþas tó mannum cumene, Blickl. Home. 107, 26. Hwæt wǽre ungecyndlícre, gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft under his anwealde, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 28
un-twifeald
not double ⬩ simple ⬩ sincere ⬩ honest ⬩ pure ⬩ not double ⬩ united ⬩ without division
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Ne magon wé nǽfre gereccan ðone yfelan mon clǽnne and untwifealdne malos esse, pure atque simpliciter nego, 36, 6; Fox 182, 18. Gif hí góde beóþ and hláfordholde and untwifealde si probi sunt, 14, 1; Fox 42, 24.
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á-cunnian
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Be his regolum ácunnod tried by its rules, Lch. iii. 250, 7. to experience, ascertain by trial Ǽlce dæge wé ácunniað, ðæt ðǽre sóþfæstnysse word beóþ gefyllede, Gr. D. 51, 24.
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á-flíman
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Wé mid strǽlum hié scotodon and hié sóna onweg áflýmdon, Nar. 32, 18. Hý ðǽr áflýmede wurdon, Chr. 1001; P. 132, 22. to drive away what is unpleasant or hurtful Áflýman ealle þá þeóstru þǽre nihte, Gr. D. 171, 2.
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fæsten
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Man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde . . . tó Philippi et Jacobi mæssan wé ne beódað nán fæsten . . . ǽlces Frigedæges fæsten, Wlfst. 117, 8-13. Gif hí þæt fæsten rihtlíce ne gefæstan . . . gyf hé þæt fæsten ábrece, 172, 1-2. Fæstinum jejuniis, Rtl. 8, 17.
hamer
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Wé þæt deór uneáþe mid ísernum hamerum and slecgum ( malleis ) ofbeóton, Nar. 21, 5. a hammer used by the master of the rowers to give signals for the stroke; portisculus, porticulus Hamere portisculo (crepante naucleri portisculo, Ald. 3, 3), Wrt.
húru-þinga
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A. 144, 9. v. húru ; III Mt. 14, 36 (in Dict.). v. húru; Wé willað ꝥ ǽlces hádes menn georne gebúgan tó rihte . . . and húruþinga (praecipue, praesertim) Godes þeówas, . . . And ealle Godes þeówas . . . and húruþinga (maxime) sácerdas, Ll.
rót
glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ noble, excellent
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Drihten cwæþ, ðæt wé sind miccle róttran ðonne ða fugelas (cf. Besceáwiaþ ða hrefnas . . . gé synt hyra sélran, Lk.
ofer-seón
to observe, survey, see ⬩ respicere, superspicere ⬩ to overlook, neglect, despise
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Oft wé oferségon þeóda þeáwas, Exon. Th. 118, 9; Gú. 237. Selfe ofersáwon ðá ic cwom, Beo. Th. 842; B. 419. Ofersewen respectus, Ps. Spl. 72, 4. [O. H.
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of-þryccan
to press, oppress, repress, cumber, occupy forcibly
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Wé ofþriccan praeoccupemus, Ps. Spl. M. 94, 4. Ofþriccende deprimentes, 88, 41. Mid unrôtnessum ofþrycced, Ps. Th. 38, arg. : Bt. 8; Fox 24, 14. Biþ ofþreced opprimitur, Kent. Gl. 974. Beón ofþryht deprimi, Rtl. 66, 25. Ofþrihte compressa, Hpt.
á-weccan
to wake (trans.) from sleep ⬩ raise from the dead ⬩ to arouse a person from quiescence ⬩ to excite to feeling or action ⬩ stir up ⬩ to arouse ⬩ excite passion
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Sceolan wé beón áwehte and onbryrde tó godcundre láre, Bl. H. 33, 23. to arouse, excite passion, Ðás ilcan geornfulnesse Paulus áweahte (excitat), Past. 139, 1. Bið áweaht se anga ðǽre wrǽnnesse, 309, 15.
dǽd-fruma
A deed-doer, perpetrator, labourer ⬩ facinoris vel facinorum auctor, actor
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Cain and Abel, ða dǽdfruman, dugeþa strýndon, wélan and wiste Cain and Abel, the original labourers, acquired goods, wealth and food, Cd. 46; Th. 59, 27; Gen. 970
fald
FOLD, a sheepfold, an ox-stall, stable ⬩ septum, ŏvīle, būcētum, bŏvīle, stăbŭlum
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Fald oððe hús be wege stăbŭlum, Wrt. Voc. 85, 72
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geárlíc
Yearly ⬩ annual ⬩ annuus
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Geárlíce tída gesette wǽron the yearly seasons were fixed, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 7, 25; Lchdm. iii. 246, 23