late
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Add: slowly Þá mettas þe late melten, Lch. ii. 176, 23. Listnie and late gange let him listen and go slowly (?); gradu lento [but late might be instrumental of læt], Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 76. Nis hé swár swá sume fuglas, þá þe late þurh lyft lácað, Ph. 316
wægn
A waggon ⬩ wain ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ Charles' wain
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A waggon, wain, carriage, vehicle Wægn vehiculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 40. Wǽn plaustrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 51: 284, 43: plaustrum vel carrum, 16, 19: 85, 69. Mid ðý hé ðá se wǽn (wægn, MS. T.) com ðe man ða bán on lǽdde cum venisset carrum in quo ossa
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be
rest ⬩ by ⬩ along, ⬩ by, not later than ⬩ by ⬩ during ⬩ by ⬩ with ⬩ conveyance, by (in to send by) ⬩ subject to ⬩ in the case of ⬩ in the matter of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ (to do) by ⬩ or about ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ (to become)of ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by the use of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in the form of ⬩ after ⬩ according to ⬩ after ⬩ by the command ⬩ at the request
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Add: A. dat. local, nearness to a point, rest Wé be þǽm treówum stódan, Nar. 29, 24. Caiphan mid þám óþrum be (juxta eum), (bi,v. l.) him Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 645, 15. Be healfe mínum hláforde beside my lord, By. 318. Heó gesæt big Hǽlendes fótum, Bl. H.
wiþer-weard
contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ adversary ⬩ enemy ⬩ opponent ⬩ fiend ⬩ hostile to rightful authority ⬩ rebel ⬩ opposed to what is right ⬩ arrogant ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ reprobate ⬩ false ⬩ heretic ⬩ apocryphal ⬩ opposed to the good or pleasure of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ adverse ⬩ hurtful ⬩ pernicious ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ contrary ⬩ opposite
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of direction, contrary Him wæs wiðerweard (-word, Lind., Rush.) wind erat ventus contrarius eis, Mk. Skt. 6, 48: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 24. Wiþerward wind ástígeþ ... ástigon wiþerwarde windas, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 33, 39. of hostility or conflict, adverse
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up
Up. ⬩ up ⬩ on high ⬩ up ⬩ erectly ⬩ up ⬩ to a high point
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Up. where motion takes place, from a lower to a higher point, from the (earth's) surface to a point above it Hí eodon up tó ðære dúne ascenderunt verticem montis, Num. 14, 40. Hé ástáh ofer sunnan up ascendit super occasum, Ps. Th. 67, 4. Gewende se
LUFU
LOVE
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LOVE Te amo ðé ic lufige, ðon befylþ mín lufu on ðé and ðú miht cweþan amor a te ic eom gelufod fram ðé, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 36. Gif ðonne ðæs monnes mód and his lufu biþ behleápen on ða lǽnan sibbe si ergo in ea [pace] cor quæ relicta est figitur
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un-rím
A countless number ⬩ an incalculable number or amount
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A countless number, an incalculable number or amount, Grammar un-rím, without a following genitive Ðonne án tweó of ádón biþ, ðonne biþ unrím ástyred ut una dubitatione succisa innumerabiles aliae succrescant, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 19. Grammar un-rím,
cúþ-líce
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Add: with verbs denoting either the possession or the imparting of knowledge, certainly, well, clearly Ðeáh hit mon cúðlíce wite, hit is tó forberanne aperte cognita toleranda, Past. 151, 10. Cúðlíce wé witon (wé witon, ꝥ ús eallum cúþ is, v. l.) mihi
ge-biddan
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Add: to ask. to ask for something (gen.) 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.
ge-wilnung
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Add desire to obtain. in a favourable or indifferent sense Gif hé hit herede, eft hé stiérde ðǽre gewilnunge laudans desiderium in pavorem vertit quod laudavit, Past. 53, 9. Mid gewilnungum stefne wé singaþ votis voce psallimus, Hy. S. 114, 36. ¶ desire
on-scunian
to regard with loathing, to abhor, detest, execrate ⬩ to regard with disfavour, to refuse, reject, shun ⬩ to regard with fear ⬩ to irritate
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to regard with loathing, to abhor, detest, execrate Ic onscunige (-sceonige) abhominor, detestor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 63. Drihten onscunaþ ( abominatur ) ealle ðás þing. Deut. 18, 12. Ealle Egiptisce onscuniaþ ( detestantur ) scéphyrdas, Gen. 46,
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sorgian
to care ⬩ be anxious ⬩ feel anxiety or care ⬩ absolute ⬩ to sorrow ⬩ grieve ⬩ be sorry ⬩ for, on ⬩ absolute ⬩ to be anxious; to sorrow
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to care, be anxious, feel anxiety or care, with a clause Hé nalles sorgode hwæðer siððan á Drihten ámetan wolde wrece be gewyrhtum he felt no anxiety as to whether the Lord would ever mete out vengeance according to deserts, Met. 9, 34. Hí lyt sorgodon
manian
to bring to mind what ought to be done ⬩ to urge upon one what ought to be done ⬩ to admonish ⬩ exhort ⬩ instigate ⬩ to bring to mind what, should not be forgotten ⬩ to admonish ⬩ remind ⬩ suggest ⬩ prompt ⬩ to tell what ought to be done ⬩ to teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ advise ⬩ to claim of a person (acc.) what is due ⬩ in jus vocare ⬩ ad malium mannire
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to bring to mind what ought to be done, to urge upon one what ought to be done, to admonish, exhort, instigate Ðonne manige ic ðæt gé eów álésan of eówrum synnum. Blickl. Homl. 51, 32. Ic myngige and manige manna gehwylcne ðæt hé his ágene dǽda georne
ge-læccan
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Add Ic gelæcce arripio, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 275, 12. without sense of violence. to take, take hold of, catch Þá árás hé and gelæhte hine be þám swuran, and cyste and clypte, Hml. S. 30,335. to take, catch fish, &c. On ðám ǽrran fixnoðe wurdon swá
tweógan
to inspire doubt into a person ⬩ to feel doubt ⬩ to doubt ⬩ hesitate
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with impersonal construction, to inspire doubt into a person (acc. ), Grammar tweógan, with gen. of object of doubt Wé witon ðæt nánne mon ðæs ne tweóþ, ðæt se seó strong on his mægene ðe mon gesihþ ðæt stronglíc weorc wyrcþ, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 28. Ne
a-ídlian
To make useless ⬩ vain ⬩ to empty ⬩ annul ⬩ profane ⬩ irritum facere ⬩ frustrari ⬩ exinanire ⬩ cassare ⬩ profanare
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To make useless, vain, to empty, annul, profane; irritum facere, frustrari, exinanire, cassare, profanare Ic a-ídlige frustror, Ælfc. Gr. 25 ; Som. 26, 63. A-ídlian cassare, Cot. 43: 204: 179. He a-ídlode mín wedd pactum meum irritum fecit, Gen. 17,
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án-feald
ONE FOLD ⬩ simple ⬩ single ⬩ one alone ⬩ singular ⬩ peculiar ⬩ matchless ⬩ simplex
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ONE FOLD, simple, single, one alone, singular, peculiar, matchless; simplex Swá mid þrýfealdre swá mid ánfealdre láde either with a threefold or with a simple exculpation, L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 364, 2: 5; Th. i. 362, 10. Ánfeald áþ a simple oath, L. C.
andetnes
A confession ⬩ acknowledgment ⬩ profession ⬩ giving of thanks or praise ⬩ praise ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ confessio
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A confession, acknowledgment, profession, giving of thanks or praise, praise, honour, glory; confessio In andetnesse in confessione, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 42. Seó andetnes ðe we Gode andettaþ the confession that we confess to God, L. E. I. 30; Th. ii. 426
Ceortes íg
CHERTSEY ⬩ Certesia
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Cerot's island, CHERTSEY, in Surrey, on the bank of the Thames; Ceroti insula, Certesia, in agro Surriensi, ad ripam Tamesis fluminis Ercenwold getimbrede mynster on Súþrigena lande, be Temese streáme, on ðære stówe ðe is nemned Ceortes íge Earconvaldus
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clǽne
CLEAN, entirely ⬩ penitus, omnino
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CLEAN, entirely; penitus, omnino Ne rípe ge ðæt land tó clǽne reap not the land too clean, Lev. 23, 22: Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 30: Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 35. Clǽne biþ beorhtast nesta bǽle forgrunden the brightest of nests is entirely destroyed by the fire,
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