un-gewitfull
foolish ⬩ insensate ⬩ mad ⬩ insane ⬩ not in one's senses
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Sume ða untruman wǽron dumbe, sume ungewitfulle, Homl. Ass. 180, 364
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wídgilness
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Wé beóð ful swyfte tó farenne geond ealle wídgylnyssa ( vast expanses ) Godes ríces, Homl. Th. ii. 296, 34
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weoroldlíce
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Homl. 199, 36
ge-nípan
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Exod. 454' substitute Him ongén genáp atol ýða gewealc: ne þǽr ǽnig becwóm herges tó háme the horrid waves grew dark as they rolled on to meet them; not one of that host got back to his home, Exod. 454.
wácness
Meanness of condition ⬩ mean estate ⬩ vilitas,
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Hwí forgifð God ðám wácum wyrtum swá fægerne wlite,... búton for ðan ðe wé sceolon mid wácnysse and sóðre eádmódnysse ða heofenlícan fægernysse geearnian, Homl. Th. ii. 464, 18.
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wilcumian
To welcome ⬩ bid welcome ⬩ greet ⬩ salute
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Basilius sende him tógeánes, and hine wylcumode, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 507. Hine wylcumede se cásere, and cwæð him to mid blysse, 7, 339. Wil-cumiga (wilcymogie (wilcymo gié ? v. preceding word), Lind.) ł groeta salutari Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 38
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on-hwirfan
to turn (of actual motion), ⬩ to invert, transpose ⬩ to change, turn
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Homl. 151, 14. intrans. Swá swá hweól onhwerfþ, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 13. to invert, transpose Agof (boga) is mín noma eft onhwyrfed, Exon.
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smireness
Ointment, unguent
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Homl. 73, 17-20. Smirinis (smerenisse, Rush.) unguentum Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 12. Smirenisse unguenti Rtl. 115, 41. Smyrenisse Lchdm. i. 346, 9. Mið smiriniss unguento Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 38: oleo 46. Smyrenesse unctum Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 35.
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spadu
A spade ⬩ sarculum, rastrum
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Ic nát mid hwí ic delfe, nú mé wana is ǽgðer ge spadu ge mattuc, Homl. Skt. ii. 23b, 765. Sum underdealf ða duru mid spade, Swt. A. S. Prim. 87, 174. Ðá genam hé áne spada[n?] and dealf ða eorþan, H. R. 13, 13. Spadan vangas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 10
ge-þíhan
To thrive ⬩ prosper ⬩ grow ⬩ vigere ⬩ proficere ⬩ crescere
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To thrive, prosper, grow; vigere, proficere, crescere Ǽlc ðæra ðe Gode geþíhþ every one that thrives to God, Homl. Th. ii. 454, 29. Eádig biþ se ðe in his éðle geþíhþ happy is he who thrives in his country, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 21; Gn. Ex. 37.
tó-dwínan
To vanish away ⬩ to burst and vanish
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Cf. the later English version: His (the dragon's) bodi tobarst omidheppes,Marh. 10, 22), Homl. Ass. 175, 200
tow-cræft
Skill in weaving or spinning
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Heó wolde beón fram ðære þriddan tíde óð ða nigoþan tíd ymbe hyre webbgeweorc, Homl. Ass. 126, 339. Cf. 132, 545 sqq.
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FÝR
FIRE ⬩ a fire ⬩ hearth ⬩ ignis ⬩ fŏcus
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Ðæs fýres gecynd is hát and dríe the nature of fire is hot and dry, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 22, 23. In fýres fæðm into the fire's embrace, Beo. Th. 372; B. 185. Fýres feng grasp of the fire, 3532; B. 1764.
lǽce-cræft
a remedy ⬩ recipe ⬩ medicine
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Wé habbaþ hwæðere ða bysne on hálgum bócum ðæt mót se ðe wile mid sóðum lǽcecræfte his líchaman getemprian we have however the examples in holy books that he who will may cure his body with true leechcraft [cf. wiccecræft 1. 22], Homl.
METE
MEAT ⬩ food
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Ðú scealt mid earfoþnyssum ðé metes tilian thou shalt with hardships get thyself food, Homl. i. 18, 15. Ðæt hig beón eów tó mete ut sint vobis in escam, Gen. 1, 29: Cd. 38; Th. 50, 25; Gen. 814.
ne
Not ⬩ non ⬩ ne ⬩ no ⬩ nay ⬩ Nor ⬩ neither ⬩ ne ⬩ neque ⬩ nec
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Warna ðæt ðú ðæt ne dó cave ne hoc facias, 40, 9. Hwí forbeád God eów, ðæt gé ne ǽton of ǽlcum treówe? Gen. 3, 1. Hí nyllaþ geswícan ðæt hí óðre men ne reáfigen, Past. 45, tit; Swt. 335, 4. Ne gǽst ðú ðanone non exies inde, Lk. Skt. 12, 59.
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þreátung
compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ violence ⬩ oppression ⬩ ill-treatment ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threatening
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Similar entries v. þreátian, I Hí bestungon him on múþ mid niycelre ðreátunge ðone fúlan mete, Homi. Skt. ii. 25, 34.
ge-rím
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Add: number, measurement that determines how many Of geríme geteald (beón) laterculo dinumerari, An. Ox. 3227. Þa hig wǽron on gehríme scortum cum essent numero brevi, Ps. L. 104, 12. Heora tel oferstíhð sandceosles gerím, Hml.
útera
Outer ⬩ outmost ⬩ external ⬩ not of the inner man
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Lind. 5, 23. external, not of the inner man Úre mann úttra noster homo exterior, Scint. 53, 20.
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LÍF
LIFE
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Geáxtan hwæðer hé lífes wǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 1: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 14: Chart. Th. 471, 34: Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. i. 234, 28. 32. Ðǽr belifon swáðeáh lífes on ðam mynstre feówer and twentig muneca, Homl. Skt. 6, 351.