rád-cniht
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In dome hominis, quem Angli vocant rádcniht, alii veto sexhendeman, Schmid. A. S. Gesetz. 93, note 6
geónian
To yawn ⬩ hiāre
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Hí todydon heora múþ ongeán me swá swá leó ðonne he geónaþ aperuerunt in me os suum, sicut leo rapiens, Ps. Th. 21, 11
wiþ-scorian
To refuse
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To refuse Se ðe ðeónde bið on cræftum, and ðonne tó swiðe wiðscoraþ (-sceoraþ, Hatt. MS.) ðæm ealdordóme (si omnino renititur ), healde hine ðæt hé ne cnytte ðæt underfongne feoh on ðam swátlíne, ðæt Xrist ymbe spræc, Past. 9; Swt. 58, 12
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dílgian
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Ðonne þú micel weaxbred habban wille, þonne stríc þú mid þínum twám fingrum on þíne breóst forewearde swilce þú dýlige ( as if you were wiping out something ), Tech. ii. 128, 13. Add
wǽpen-þrǽge
arms
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wǽpen-geþræc), wíge tó nytte, módcræftig smið, monige gefremman, ðonne hé gewyrceþ tó wera hilde helm oððe hupseax, oððe heaþubyrnan, scírne méce, oððe scyldes rond fæste gefégan wið flyge gáres, Exon. Th 296, 34; Crä. 61
Linked entry: -þrǽge
háwung
Looking, observation
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Looking, observation Ic eom gesceádwísnes and ic eom ǽlcum manniscum móde on ðam stale ðe seó háwung byþ ðám eágum I am Reason, and in every human mind I hold the same place that observation does in the eyes, Shrn. 178, 10: 21
ge-æfstgian
to be envious
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to be envious Ne gefiólle hé nó on swǽ opene scylde ðæt hé his bróður ofslóge, gif hé ǽr ne geæfstgode (æfstgade, v. l.) ðætte his bróður lác wǽron ðancweordlícor onfongne ðonne his (nisi Cain invidisset acceptam fratris hostiam), Past. 235, 3
slítness
a tearing, rending, laceration ⬩ a wasting, destroying, desolation
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Ða slítnysse gedígean a laceratione (by wolves or dogs) convalescere L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 25. a wasting, destroying, desolation Similar entries v. slítan, VI Slítnese desolationis Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 15
tó-smeágan
To examine in detail ⬩ enquire into the several parts of a subject
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.), ðonne cume wit late to ende ðisse béc, oððe nǽfre, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 21
ge-weldan
to rule ⬩ restrain ⬩ regere ⬩ cohibere
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to rule, restrain; regere, cohibere Ðæt he hit ðonne [ne, MS. Cot.] mǽge to his willan gewealdan [geweldan, MS. Cot.] so that he then cannot restrain it according to his will, Past. 17, 8; Swt. 119, 17; Hat. MS. 24 a, 6
slídan
To slide, slip, fall ⬩ to slide, glide ⬩ to make a mistake, to fail, err ⬩ to fall into an unhappy condition ⬩ to pass away, be transitory or perishable
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Kmbl. 758;Sal. 378. to fall into an unhappy condition Gif seó sáwl slídan sceal in ða écan wíte Wulfst. 187, 16. to pass away, be transitory or perishable Ðeós mennisce tyddernes biþ swá slídende swá glæs, ðonne hit scínþ and ðonne tðbersteþ; ac Godes
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symbelness
Festivity, solemnity ⬩ festivity, feasting ⬩ a religious festival ⬩ solemnity ⬩ festive nature
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Ða symbelnessa mæssena sollemnia missarum, 4, 22; S. 592, 20. festive nature :-- Ðonne ealle dagas áteoriaþ, ðonne þurhwunaþ hé (Sunday) aa on his symbelnysse (it continues ever in its character of festival), Anglia viii.310, 28
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A
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away, banish, composed of a from, dón to do, vide Æ.
nægel
the nail of a finger or toe ⬩ a nail ⬩ peg ⬩ an instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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Wið scurfedum nægle; nim gecyrnadne sticcan, sete on ðone nægl, Lchdm. ii. 150, 4 : i. 370, 9 : iii. 114, 21. Deóplíc dǽdbót biþ ...; ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre ne on nægle, L. Edg. C. 10; Th. ii. 280, 21.
híwung
shaping ⬩ shape ⬩ frame ⬩ make ⬩ constitution ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ kind ⬩ transformation ⬩ an illusory shape ⬩ deceptive appearance ⬩ a pretence ⬩ trick ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ fiction ⬩ irony
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S. 23 b, 281. pretending to do what is not really done Ðá bǽdon hí ... ꝥ ... hé dyde swilce hé ǽte ... and swá mid ðǽre híwunge him sylfum geburge. Ðá cwæð hé: 'Ic eom eald tó híwigenne ... bið mín híwung þám geongum tó forwyrde, Hml.
ge-standan
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</b> where something is to be done by the person while standing :-- Gestód se Hǽlend and cliopade, Jn. L. 7, 37.
CEALF
A CALF ⬩ vitulus, vitula
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Ic ne on-foo of húse ðínum calferu non accipiam de domo tua vitulos, Ps. Surt. 49, 9. On-settaþ ofer wi-bed ðín calfer acc. pl. imponent super altare tuum vitulos, 50, 21
un-bildu
Want of boldness ⬩ weakness ⬩ irresolution ⬩ inconstancy
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Ða lytelmódan and ða unðrístan ðonne hié ongietaþ hiera unbældo and hiera unmiehte pusillanimes dum nimis infirmitatis suae sunt conscii, 32; Swt. 209, 7
on-sagu
A charge brought against a person, accusation
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A charge brought against a person, accusation Á biþ andsæc swíðere ðonne onsagu, i.e. in a case where a charge is brought against a person, and it is met with a denial attested by the proper legal formalities, the case against him fails, L.
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emn-gód
Equally good ⬩ æque bŏnus
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Equally good; æque bŏnus Nán wuht nis betere ðonne God ne emngód him no creature is better than God nor equally good with him, Bt. 34, 3; Fox 138, 7. Nyton náuht emngód they know nothing equally good, 34, 2; Fox 136, 4
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