mann-þwǽrness
Gentleness ⬩ meekness ⬩ courtesy
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Scearpnyssa beóþ áwende tó sméðum wegum, ðonne ða yrsigendan mód, and unlíþe gecyrraþ tó manþwǽrnysse, Homl. Th. i. 362, 30: ii. 226, 9: Blickl. Homl. 33, 29
full-boren
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Ðá wíf ðe ðá geeácnodan bearn cennað ðe ðonne git fulborene ne beóð, ne fyllað hié nó mid ðǽm hús ac byrgenna conceptas soboles feminae si priusquam plene formentur proferunt, nequaquam domos sed tumulos replent, Past. 383, 35. (1 a) figuratively Ðonne
mægen-þrymm
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Lbmn. 415, 19. mighty power Ðonne hé cymð mid his mægenðrymme tó démanne and his wuldor tó ætiéwanne cum virtutis suae gloriam venit ostendere, Past. 307, 17
up-weard
Upwards ⬩ up. ⬩ up ⬩ upward ⬩ backward
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Martii, and ic ðé secge tó gewissum, ðonne ðú cymð tellende tó .vii. id. Martii, ðonne gemétst ðú ðǽr lunam primam, Anglia viii. 327, 9-13. Tellaþ þreó and twéntig daga fram æfteweardum Martium upweard, 329, 28
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swelgan
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(b 1) figuratively :-- Ðonne líf and deáð sáwlum swelgaþ (cf. ðonne heofon and hel fira feorum fylde weorþeþ, 97, 17-20; Cri. 1592), 98, 7; Cri. 1604. figuratively, to take in to the mind, accept, imbibe (wisdom) Swelhþ affluit (the passage to which
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flód
flood ⬩ a river ⬩ water ⬩ a flood ⬩ deluge ⬩ the Deluge ⬩ a torrent
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Ðonne hit bið full flód, C. D. iv. 24, l. God him ðá sylle ásende mid þám sǽlicum flóde; and þæt flód hí áwearp . . . on ðám sealtum ófre, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 4.
be-gangan
to go about ⬩ to go by ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ see after a person ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ celebrate a day ⬩ to exercise ⬩ practise an art ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ to practise ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ commit sin ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use
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Hié angiennað smeágean suíðor ðonne him ðearf sié tó begonganne se in inquisitionibus plus quam necesse est exercentes, Past. 67, 4. Ne morðor tó begangenne (fremmenne,v.l.) . . . ne þeófenda tó begangenne, Wlfst. 253, 7, 9.
LÓCIAN
To LOOK ⬩ see ⬩ gaze ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ take heed ⬩ look (to) ⬩ belong ⬩ pertain
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Búton Raab ána libbe and ða ðe lóciaþ tó hire sola Rahab vivat cum universis, qui cum ea in domo sunt, Jos. 6, 17 : 8, 1.
sceaþa
a criminal, wretch, miscreant, an enemy ⬩ fiend, devil ⬩ a spoiler, robber ⬩ a warrior
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Gé hit dóþ sceaþum tó scrafum 'ye have made it a den of thieves,' Blickl. Homl. 71, 20. Hé wæs on mycelre frecednysse on wéstene betwux sceaþum, Homl. Th. i. 392, 7.
dǽd-bana
An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder ⬩ homicida
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An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder; homicida Gif man gehádodne mid fǽhþe belecge, and secge ðæt he wǽre dǽdbana if any one charge one in holy orders with enmity, and say that he was a perpetrator of homicide, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26
frǽcne
Fiercely ⬩ severely ⬩ hardly ⬩ dūre ⬩ atrōcĭter ⬩ audacter
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Ðonne hit ðé frǽcnost þynce when it seems worst to thee, Prov. Kmbl. 75
hund-líc
Doglike ⬩ canine
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Nú sende hé hundas tó mé forðan ðe hé næfþ godcundlíce englas, ac hæfþ hundlíce now has he sent dogs to me, for he has not divine angels, but he has doglike ones, Homl. Th. i. 378, 3
ge-léfan
To believe ⬩ confide ⬩ trust ⬩ crēdĕre ⬩ confīdĕre
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Geléfst ðú ðæt seó wyrd wealde disse worulde dost thou believe that fortune governs this world? Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 1
þreápung
Rebuke ⬩ reproof
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MSS.) oferfylgð suíður ðonne mon ðyrfe correpti mens repente ad odium proruit, si hanc immoderata increpatio, plus quam debuit, affligit, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 14
un-forwandigendlíce
Unhesitatingly ⬩ freely ⬩ without regard to fear or shame
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Unhesitatingly, freely, without regard to fear or shame Gif ðú wundrige ðæt swá scamfæst fǽmne swá unforwandigendlíce ðás word áwrát, ðonne wite ðú ðæt ic hæbbe þurh weax áboden, ðe náne scame ne can, ðæt ic silf ðé for scame secgan ne mihte, Ap.
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un-swiciende
Unfailing ⬩ that does not deceive ⬩ loyal
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Unfailing, that does not deceive, loyal Griffin swór áðas ðæt hé wolde beón Eádwearde kinge hold underkingc and unswicigende, Chr. 1056; Erl. 190, 35. Ðæt ðú wið Waldend heólde fæste treówe; seó ðé freoðo sceal weorðan áwa tó aldre unswiciendo, Cd.
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un-líþe
Ungentle ⬩ harsh ⬩ severe ⬩ cruel
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Scearpnyssa beóð áwende tó sméðum wegum, ðonne ða yrsigendan mód and unlíðe gecyrraþ tó manðwǽrnysse, Homl. Th. i. 362, 30
blód-seten
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Blód-setena ge on tó bindanne ge on eáre tó dónne ge horse ge men, 4, 11
earfoþ-hylde
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Hard to incline, that does not readily relinquish old habits Sé ðe on muneclicere drohtnunge earfoðhylde bið, and gyrnð ðǽra ðinga ðe hé on woruldlicere drohtnunge næfde, him geneálǽhð se hreófla Giezi, Hml. Th. i. 400, 1
tó-efnes
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Ðonne is tóemnes þǽm lande súðeweardum ... Sweóland ... and tóemnes þǽm lande norðeweardum Cwéna land, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 1-3. Alexandras þegnas tóemnes him þone weall ábrǽcon, and þǽr in cóman, 3, 9; S. 134, 21. Oþ tóemnes þes hlinces heáfde, Cht.