ÍDEL
empty ⬩ destitute ⬩ void ⬩ devoid ⬩ vain ⬩ useless ⬩ idle ⬩ idle ⬩ unemployed
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empty Tó hwan mæg ðis eorþlíce hús gif hit ýdel stent? Hit ne biþ ná hús búton hit beó mid híréde áfylled what purpose can this earthly house serve, if it stand empty? It is not a house unless it be filled with a household, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 12.
steór
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Ðæt hí stýran (punish) ǽlcum ðara ðe ðis ne gelǽste ... and on ðære steóre ne sý nán forgifnes, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 8. Mid woruldcundre steóre with punishment inflicted by the secular power, L. Eth. vi. 50; Th. i. 328, 3.
un-cúþ
Unknown ⬩ incognitus ⬩ unknown ⬩ strange ⬩ unknown ⬩ not understood ⬩ unknown ⬩ uncertain ⬩ ungentle ⬩ unkind ⬩ hostile ⬩ harsh ⬩ unfriendly
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Fægere word ðis synd ðe gé bróhton, ac hí níwe syndon and uncúþe pulchra sunt verba quae adfertis, sed nova sunt et incerta, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 10. Ðonne cuman fǽrlíce on uncúðum tídum tó mynstre cumaþ incertis horis supervenientes hospites, R.
Linked entry: un-cúþlíce
ge-staþelian
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Heó gestaðelode ðæt fǽmna mynster ꝥ is nemned on Bercingum, Shrn. 138, Ðis is seó freólsbóc tó ðan mynstre . . . swá swá hit Wulfríc gestaðelode for hine and for his yldrena sáwle, C. D. vi. 149, 37.
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ge-þeaht
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</b> consideration, deliberation by an individual :-- 'Nedoo ðú nánwuht bútan geðeahte (sine consilio) . . . lǽt simle gán ðín eágean beforan ðínum fótum/ Ðonne stæppað ðá eágan beforan ðǽm fótum ðonne ðæt ryhte and ðæt gesceádwíslice geðeaht (
hwæþere
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Ðis gedd cuæð se Hǽlend, ðá ilco huoeðre ( autem ) ne ongetton, 10, 6: 13, 7: 15, 24: 17, 25. Hé wæs on Pannania on woruld cumen; wæs hé hweðre in Italia áféded, Bl.
wǽpen
a weapon ⬩ membrum virile
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Ðis (the bridle into which the nails from the cross were put) bið unoferswíðed wǽpen, Elen. Kmbl. 2375; El. 1189. Ǽlces wǽpnes ord mucro, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 35. Swurdes ord oððe óðres wǽpnes, 84, 22. Wǽpnes ecge, Cd. Th. 109, 30; Gen. 1830.
Linked entries: wǽmn wǽpen-mann wǽpn wǽpned
tó-slítan
To tear in two, ⬩ tear to pieces, ⬩ tear asunder ⬩ to tear in two, ⬩ in pieces, ⬩ rend material, ⬩ to give a torn appearance to anything ⬩ to serrate ⬩ to rend, ⬩ cleave, ⬩ break asunder that which is hard or bulky ⬩ to tear the flesh, ⬩ rend, ⬩ bite, ⬩ wound ⬩ lacerate ⬩ to tear asunder ⬩ part ⬩ separate what has been joined ⬩ sever ⬩ to pull to pieces ⬩ destroy the existence of an object, abstract or concrete ⬩ to destroy ⬩ dissipate ⬩ to distract the mind ⬩ To be different
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Lind. 19, 6. to pull to pieces, destroy the existence of an object, abstract or concrete, to destroy, dissipate Ic undóe ł tóslíto tempel ðis ego dissoluam templum hoc, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 58. Hý sǽlða tóslítaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 697; Sal. 348.
þearf
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Ðæs ánes ic áh þearfe, ðæt ðú mín freónd sig and ic ðíne miltse hæbbe hoc uno tantum indigeo, ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo, Gen. 33, 15. Wé ðæs náne þearfe nágon, ðæt wé him ǽfre fram ábúgan, Homl.
DYRNE
close, hidden, secret, obscure ⬩ occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrus ⬩ dark, deceitful, evil ⬩ tenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus
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Ne dó ðú ne dyrne ðíne ða deóran bebodu non abscondas a me mandāta tua, Ps.
efne
Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now ⬩ plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem
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[v. efn-gedǽlan. ] Ic ǽ ðíne efnast healde I keep thy law most exactly, Ps. Th. 118, 77. Efne swá even so, even as And efne swá he ðec gemétte meahtum gehrodene and even so he found thee adorned with virtues, Exon. 12 b; Th. 21, 5; Cri. 330.
ge-férrǽden
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Th. i. 162, 5. of things Hú ne wást þú ꝥ hit nis náuht gewunelic ꝥ ǽnig wiþerweard ðing beón gemenged wiþ óðrum wiþerweardum, oððe ǽnige geférrǽdenne wið habban neque enim sibi solent adversa sociari, Bt. 16, 3 ; F. 54, 13.
hwearfian
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Eall ðiós hwearfiende gesceaft hwearfaþ on ðám stillan Gode, 39, 6; F. 220, 24.
útane
from without ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the surface ⬩ out ⬩ at sea ⬩ outwardly ⬩ externally ⬩ about
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Ben. 31, 3. with ymbe, about Ðá ymbe ðæt útene forðférde Decius about that time Decius died, Homl, Skt. i. 23, 348
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Lǽt ðíne lác beforan ðam altare relinque munus tuum ad altare, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 24. Lǽt ðú him blód on ǽdre let blood for him from a vein, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 46, 22.
Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt
swíðe
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Embe ðis wé sprecaþ eft swídor we will say more about it later on, Lchdm. iii. 240, 1, 7. Ða bróþra óþra weorca swýðor gýmdon paid more attention to other works, Bd. 3, 8; ii. 532, 30.
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wlanc
proud ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ bold ⬩ proud ⬩ bold ⬩ arrogant ⬩ haughty ⬩ insolent ⬩ proud ⬩ elate ⬩ exultant ⬩ splendid ⬩ great ⬩ high ⬩ august ⬩ magnificent ⬩ rich
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Hwæt, wéndest ðú, wlanca, gif ðú mé sealdest ówiht ðínes, ðæt ðé ðonne wǽre ðín woruldgestreón gelytlad? Wulfst. 260, 18. Wereda Wuldorgifa, wlanc and éce God great and eternal, Hy. 10, 48. Se wlonca dæg the great and terrible day of the Lord, Exon.
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windan
of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to
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Cf. wandian Gearo wæs Gúðlác; hine God fremede on ondsware and on elne strong; ne wond hé for worde (he did not waver on account of what was said to him), Exon.
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a-weccan
to awake ⬩ arouse from sleep ⬩ awake from death ⬩ e somno excitare ⬩ suscitare ⬩ resuscitare ⬩ to excite ⬩ rouse ⬩ stir up ⬩ call forth ⬩ raise up ⬩ raise up children ⬩ excitare ⬩ concitare ⬩ suscitare ⬩ resuscitare
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Awece ðíne mihte excita potentiam tuam, 79, 3. Hí his yrre aweahtan in ira concitaverunt eum, 77, 58, 40 : Cd. 52; Th. 66, 7; Gen. 1080. Awecceþ wópdropan calls forth tears, Salm. Kmbl. 567; Sal. 283.
FINDAN
To FIND ⬩ invent ⬩ imagine ⬩ devise ⬩ contrive ⬩ order ⬩ dispose ⬩ arrange ⬩ determine ⬩ invĕnīre ⬩ dispōnĕre ⬩ consŭlĕre
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Ðǽr hí fulle dagas findaþ sóna dies plēni invĕnientur in eis, Ps. Th. 72, 8: 64, 10. Se cyning to nytnysse fand his leódum rex ūtĭlĭtāli suæ gentis consŭluit, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 3.