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LUST

(n.)
Grammar
LUST, es; m.

LUSTdesirepleasurevoluptuousness

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Hwǽr beóþ ðonne se ídla lust and seó swétnes ðæs hǽmedþinges ðe hé ǽr hátheortlíce lufode, Blickl. Homl. 59, 16. Lustes veneris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 79. Luste oblectamento, Hpt. Gl. 525, 68.

Linked entry: lustume

míðan

(v.)
Grammar
míðan, p. máð, pl. miðon; pp. miðen.

to concealdissembleTo be concealedlie hidto avoidrefrain fromforbear

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To be concealed, lie hid Ðonne biþ sóna sweotol æteówod on him ðæt ǽr deágol máð then at once will be made manifest in him what before lay hid, L. M. 2, 66; Lchdm. ii. 298, 8.

for-búgan

to avoidto pass bypass overshuneschewTo avoid

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Hé ne mæg forbúgan ꝥ hé þæt ilce yfel ne geþafige óþrum monnum þe hé ǽr óþrum dyde, Bt. 16, 2; F. 54, 5.

hínan

to humblehumiliatedegradeinsultto conquersubjecto oppressafflictto lay lowdestroyto lay wastedestroyto accuse

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., and add: to humble, humiliate Ðý lǽs hé his eáðmódnesse forleóse, geðence hé dæt hé bið self swíðe gelíc ðǽm ilcan monnum þe hé ǽr ðreátað and hiénð, Past. 116, 16. to treat with dishonour, degrade, insult Hé hié for þǽre gewilnunga swíþe bismrade

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

hryre

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Th. i. 50, 23 (in Dict.). fig. a descent from high estate, flourishing condition Ǽr ðæs monnes hryre bið ðæt mód úp áhæfen, Past. 299, 18. Hié náþer næfdon siþþan ne heora namon ne heora anweald.

wanian

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
wanian, p. ode. I. trans.
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Hwæt tó bóte mihte æt ðæm fǽrcwealme ðe his leódscipe swýðe drehte and wanode, Th. i. 270, 10. Hé leóde míne wanode and wyrde, Beo. Th. 2678 ; B. 1337.

Linked entry: a-wanian

ge-sprecan

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Tostig eorl him cðm tó mid eallum þám þe hé begiten hæfde, eall swá hý ǽr gesprecen hæfdon, P. 196, 26. (O.Sax. gi-sprekan : O.H.Ger. ge-sprehhan loqui, dicere, alloqui, compellare, convenire, constituere.)

BÝSEN

(n.)
Grammar
BÝSEN, bísen, býsn, e; f.
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Ealle béc sint fulle-ðara bísna ðara monna, ðe ǽr us wǽron [MS. wæran] all books are full of examples of the men, who were before us, Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 12. Onlícnesse oððe bísene a parable; similitudinem, Lk. Rush.

Linked entries: bísen bigsen bísen

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, -wyrhte; pp. -worht, -wyrht [for-, wyrcan to work, do] .

to misworkdo wrongsinmăle ăgĕredelinquĕrepeccāreto do fordestroyruinconvictcondemnperdĕredestruĕrelabefactārecondemnāreto forfeitamittĕre

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He wiste forworhte, ða he ǽr wlite sealde he knew [they had] done wrong whom he had before gifted with beauty, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 6; Gen. 857.

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

nightnightdarknessnight

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On niht ǽr hé ræste, Blickl. Homl. 47, 18. Feówurtig daga and feówurtig nihta (Lind. næhta), Mt. Kmbl. 4, 2. Þreó niht and dagas, Cd. Th. 20, 12; Gen. 307.

un-riht

(n.)
Grammar
un-riht, es; n.

wrongeviliniquityinjusticea defect

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Ǽr man áweódige ða unriht and ða mánweorc. Wulfst. 243, 19. a defect Ða ðe mid unrihte heora gecyndes beóþ geuntrumade quae naturae suae vitio infirmantur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 21

á-brecan

(v.)
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Ǽr hé helwara burg ábrǽce, Rä. 56, 7. Ábrecan expugnare, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 12 : capere, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 20: Chr. 921; P. 101, 8.

flówan

to pass awaybe transitoryto issueto flowto be floodedto flowto abound

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Hé eft cymþ tó þám ilcan ǽwelme þe hé ǽr út fleów, Bt. 24, l; F. 80, 27. Ðæt of ðǽm innoðum á libbendu wætru fleówen, Past. 467, 30. to flow (opposed to to ebb) Seó sǽ symle feówer prican oððe fíf lator flówð.

ge-biddan

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Ær man hæbbe þriwa his rihtes gebeden, Ll. Th. i. 386, 13. to ask, make request to a person Ne sceal nán faran . . . búton hé gebeden sý, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 6. Swá swá hé gebeden wæs þurh þá geleáfullan, Ælfc. T.

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, p. ode.

to exercise or have powerto rulegovernreignto domineerdominatetyrannizeexercise violenceto prevail

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Gif wé áslaciaþ ðæs weddes ðe wé seald habbaþ, ðonne máge wé wénan ðæt ðás þeófas willaþ ríxian gyta swíðor ðonne hig ǽr dydon these thieves will get the upper hand yet more than they did before, L. Ath. v. 8, 9; Th. i. 238, 23.

losian

(v.)
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Butergeþweor ǽlc and cýsgerunn losaþ eów, Coll. M. 28, 19. Hé beorna reáf manige méteð, þǽr hit mannum losað invenit spolia multa. Ps. Th. 118, 162. Eall heora ǽhta losodon, Hml. S. 30, 151.

bétan

put rightto mendrepairrestorecureto correctto amendmake amendsreparation for

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Þæt hé wolde ǽlc þǽra þinga bétan þe hí ealle áscunedon, Chr. 1014; 145, 7.

eádig

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</b> as s rich, opulent, prosperous Ꝥ ǽlc man sý folcrihtes wyrðe, ge earm ge eádig, Ll. Th. i. 266, 4. Eallum gemǽne, earmum and eádigum, Hml. Th. i. 64, 33.

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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Hí habbaþ æt Gode swá hú swá hí geearniaþ they will have from God, in accordance with whatever they merit, ii. 326, 30

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

ge-ascian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ascian, l. ge-áscian,
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D. 182, 8. a non-material object Sume synna se man wandaþ ꝥ hé hí ásecgge, búton se mæssepreóst hié æt him geácsige, Bl.