ge-wyrce
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Andrews's Old English Manor. p. 211 note.]
hreówsung
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áðwihð mid hreówsunga his unclǽnnesse ipsam, quam flendo potuit impetrare, veniam contemnit . . . dum fletibus suis vitae munditiam subtrahit . . . post fletum committere, quod rursum necesse sit flere . . . quisquis post lacrymis vitae innocentiam non
íþ-ness
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Swá him ðiós stillnes and ðiós iéðnes má lícað, swá him lǽs lícað ðæt ðæt hié tó gelaðode sindon quo non sunt molesta quae tenent, eo minus amabilia fiant quae vocant, Past. 351, 7.
rétan
To cheer, gladden, comfort
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Ealle ða óðru gód óleccaþ ðam móde and hit rétaþ, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 24 note. Hú sewísdóm hine eft réte and rihte mid his andsworum, tit. 5; Fox x, 10. Ðæt dolh rét mid ferscre buteran, Lchdm. ii. 354, 5.
riht-wís
Righteous ⬩ just
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Rihtwíse non errantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 52. Fíftig rihtwísra manna quinquaginta justi, Gen. 18, 24. Heó is rihtwísre ( justior ) ðonne ic 38, 26. Boetius wæs on woruldþeáwum se rihtwísesta Bt. 1 ; Fox 2, 4
Linked entry: wrenc-wís
ge-andswarian
to answer ⬩ to respond
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D. 210, 9. to respond with action Ðonne ðæt mennisce mód Godes glædmódnesse mid gódum weorcum ne geandsworað cum largientem Deum humana mens boni operis responsione non sequitur Past. 391, 6
gum-cyst
Manly virtue ⬩ excellence, munificence,liberality
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Nú is þearf micel ðæt we gumcystum georne hýran now is it very needful that we with virtuous zeal attend, Andr. Kmbl. 3210; An. 1608.
HNECCA
A NECK, ⬩ nape of the neck, ⬩ back of the head
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Ðæt ðú næbbe nán þing háles fram ðám fótwolmum óþ ðone hneccan sanari non possis a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum, Deut. 28, 35
Linked entry: snecca
HÓC
A HOOK
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Ðá sóhtan heora gewinnan him sarwe and worhtan him hócas at contra non cessant uncinata hostium tela, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 21: Homl. Th. i. 362, 27
tíþ
Grant ⬩ cession ⬩ concession
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Ne hæfde wit monig óðer hors ðæt wé mihton ðearfum tó týþe syllan numquid non habuimus equos plurimos quae ad pauperum dona sufficerent? Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 27. Mid týþe and mid geþafunge Eádgáres cynenges, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 400, 23.
Linked entry: tygþ
ídel-ness
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ uselessness ⬩ futility ⬩ emptiness ⬩ falseness
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Nys eác mid ídelnysse tó forelǽtenne ðæt wundor ðe ðes hálga wer foresǽde nor is the wonder which this holy man foretold to be lightly dismissed, Guthl. 19; Gdwin. 77, 10 [cf. 70, 2].
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beódan
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Man beád him út binnan .v. nihlan he was ordered to leave the country within five days, Chr. 1048; P. 177, note l. Man beád þá[m] folce þider, 1052; P. 175, 28.
sceáwung
a looking at, contemplation, consideration ⬩ respect,regard ⬩ reconnoitring, surveying, examination ⬩ a spectacle, show ⬩ a show, appearance, pretence
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Se biþ eallenga blind se ðe nóht ne ongiet be ðam leóhte ðære uplecan sceáwunge caecus quippe est, qui supernae contemplationis lumen ignorat, Past. 11, 1; Swt. 65, 7. Sceáwunga, 16, 1;Swt. 99, 2.
þweores
across as opposed to along ⬩ athwart ⬩ transversely ⬩ crosswise as opposed to lengthways ⬩ on the flank ⬩ perversely ⬩ wrongly
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Se ðe his neáxtan hataþ, se bið geháten ðæs áwyrgedan deófles bearn, ðe wyle ǽfre ðwyres, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 44, 14
ge-wis
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Mid gewisse trúwiende, 23 b, 777 note. (1 b) tó gewisse certainly, as a certainty :-- Án þing ic eów secge tó gewisse, Wlfst. 89, 21. Wé nyton tó nánum gewisse hwænne Críst ús wile habban tó him, Hml.
ládian
to excuse ⬩ clear ⬩ exculpate ⬩ defend
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Ðá cwæþ Petrus wǽre ðú mid ðínum fæder ðá hé mé swá ládode ðæt hie mé ne gegripon then said Peter 'Wast thou with thy father when he made such excuse for me that they did not seize me?' Blickl. Homl. 151, 26.
ge-wis
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Wé syndon gewisse þínes lífes and þínes geleáfan trumnesse wé witon nos experti sumus te, et fidei tuae valitudinem comperimus, Guth. Gr. 123, 9. Ofáxa ðæs ðe þú mæge . . . and dó ús gewisse þæs þe þú ofáxie, Hml.
a-fandian
To prove ⬩ try ⬩ to make a trial ⬩ to discover by trying ⬩ to experience ⬩ probare ⬩ tentare ⬩ experiri
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hypocrite, faciem cœli et terras nostis probare, hoc autem tempus quomodo non probatis? Lk. Bos. 12, 56. Ðú hit hæfst afandad be ðé selfum thou hast experienced ii of thyself, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 19. Seolfor afandod eorþan argentum probatum terras.
cwelman
To torture, torment, destroy, kill ⬩ trucidare, cruciare
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Mæssepreóstas wǽron cwylmde sacerdotes trucidabantur, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 1: 4, 13; S. 582, note 29 . Hí hálge cwelmdon they slew the holy, Exon. 66a; Th. 243, 24; Jul. 15 . Ðæt hí cwylmen rihte heortan ut trucident rectos corde, Ps. Spl. 36, 15.
cwíðan
To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament ⬩ lamentāre, plangĕre
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Fǽmnan ne synd cwýðede [cwyðde MS.] virgines non sunt lamentatæ, Ps. Spl. C. 77, 69. Adames cyn cwíðeþ Adam's race lamenteth, Exon. 22a; Th. 59, 34; Cri. 962. Hý in cearum cwíðaþ they mourn in sorrows, Exon. 35b; Th. 115, 23; Gú. 194.