wiþer-winna
An adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy
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Ðonne ðú gǽst on wege mid ðínum wiðerwinnan (cum adversario tuo ) tó hwylcum ealdre, Lk. Skt. 12, 58. Wrec mé wið mínne wiðerwinnan, 18, 3. Wiþerwinnan conluctatorem, i. oppugnatorem, Scint. 151, 4.
á-rǽdan
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H. 181. 17. to read what is written Næs ꝥ wel ꝥ þú self árǽddest þá stafas ofer hire birgene, Ap. Th. 26, 10. Se biscop orationem ofer me árǽdde, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 566, 4. Þæt yrfegewrit man árǽdde beforan eallum Westseaxena witum. Þá hit árǽd wæs.
ge-warenian
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Ðurh þæt wyrð mǽst manna beswicen þe hý ne beóð swá wel gewarnode ǽr swá hý beðorfton. Lá! hwæt is se man on lífe búton ... hé ǽr gewarnod þe bet sý, þæt hé þonne ðurh deófol beswicen ne wyrðe, Wlfst, 101, 16-21. <b>I a.
ofer-stǽlan
to confute, convince, convict
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Ic eom geþafa ðæt ic eom swíðe rihte oferstéled, and ic beó ealne weig micle gefegenra ðonne ðú mé myd þillícum ofærstǽlest, ðonne ic ǽfre wéræ ðonne ic óðerne man oferstǽlde I allow that I am very properly confuted, and I am always much more pleased
fæstlíce
fast ⬩ firmly ⬩ constantly ⬩ persistence ⬩ fast ⬩ strictly ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Ꝥ wé úre gesibsumnesse fæstlícost ús betweónan healdan, Ll. Th. i. 246, 22. strictly (of command).
elm-rind
ELM-RIND or bark ⬩ ulmi cortex
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Well elmrinde boil elm-rind, 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 5. Nim elmrinde take elm-rind, 1. 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 8: 3, 29; Lchdm. ii. 324, 15. Genim elmrinde gréne take elm-rind green, 1. 56; Lchdm. ii. 126, 15.
Fíf burhga
The Five towns ⬩ quinque cīvĭtātes
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Ferde se æðeling ðanon in to fíf burgum [burhgum, Th. 276, 7, col. 2] the noble went thence to the Five towns, Chr. 1015; Th. 276, 7, col. 1; 277, 7: 1013; Th. 270, 17, col. 2
for-hýnan
To cast down ⬩ humble ⬩ oppress ⬩ waste ⬩ hŭmĭliāre ⬩ opprĭmĕre ⬩ vastāre
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Wǽron Pene forhýnde the Carthaginians were cast down, Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 95, 30. Mid ðam bryne Róme burh wæs swíðe forhýned the city Rome was brought very low by that burning, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 115, 41
Fresan
The Frisians ⬩ Frisii ⬩ Fresōnes
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Ðæt Swíþbyrht and Wilbrord biscopas wǽron Fresna þeóde gehálgode that Swithbyrht and Wilbrord were consecrated bishops of the Frisians' nation, Bd. 5, 11; S. 625, 28: Exon. 85 a; Th. 320, 11; Wíd. 27: Beo. Th. 5823; B. 2915
Frysisc
Of or belonging to Friesland ⬩ Frisian ⬩ Frīsĭcus
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Of or belonging to Friesland, Frisian; Frīsĭcus Nǽron hie náðor ne on Frysisc gesceapen ne on Denisc they were shapen neither as the Frisian nor as the Danish, Chr. 897; Th. 176, 2, col. 2; 177, 2.
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ge-hæftnan
To take ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ take captive ⬩ comprehendĕre ⬩ captīvāre
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Ða ðe ǽr gehæftnede wǽron who before were held captive, Blickl. Homl. 87, 7 : 89, 29
un-deór
Not dear ⬩ cheap ⬩ common
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Ðæt hié mon ná undeórran weorðe móste lésan ðonne hié mon be ðam were geeahtige, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 1.
un-trymig
Weak ⬩ sick ⬩ infirm
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Weak, sick, infirm Líchoma is untrymig ( infirma ), Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 38. His sunu untrymig uæs filius infirmabatur, Jn. Skt. Lind. 4, 46: 11, 2. Untrymig is infirmatur, 11, 3. Untrymmig infirmus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 36, 43.
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epistol
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On þǽm ǽrron epistole, 3, 28. weak forms Hé cuæð on his epistolan tó Galatum, P. 117, 7.
Fricg
The name of a Teutonic goddess, the wife of Odin
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. ¶ a weak genitive occurs Dæg Friggan die Ueneris, Archiv cxx. 297, 33
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scip-fæt
A vessel in the form of a ship
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Wright has the following note on this entry: The nef, a vessel in the form of a ship, used in the church from an early period to hold the incense, as well as other articles
gomen-wudu
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Pleasure-wood, glee-wood, a musical instrument, harp; lætĭtiæ lignum, harpa = άρπη Ðǽr wæs sang and swég samod ætgædere, gomenwudu gréted there were song and sound at once together, the glee-wood [was] touched, Beo. Th. 2134; B. 1065.
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syngian
To sin
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Wé singodon on úrum bréðer peccavimus in fratrem nostrum, Gen. 42, 21. Ne synga ðú non moechaberis, Ex. 20, 14. Ðe læs gé syngien (nelle gé syngian, Ps. Lamb.), Ps. Th. 4, 5.
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un-gecyndelíc
unnatural ⬩ not in accordance with the nature of a thing ⬩ not natural ⬩ supernatural ⬩ unnatural ⬩ contrary to nature ⬩ monstrous
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Wé fram dæge tó óþrum geáxiaþ ungecyndelíco witu and ungecyndelíce (-cynelíce, MS.) deáþas tó mannum cumene, Blickl. Home. 107, 26. Hwæt wǽre ungecyndlícre, gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft under his anwealde, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 28
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un-twifeald
not double ⬩ simple ⬩ sincere ⬩ honest ⬩ pure ⬩ not double ⬩ united ⬩ without division
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Ne magon wé nǽfre gereccan ðone yfelan mon clǽnne and untwifealdne malos esse, pure atque simpliciter nego, 36, 6; Fox 182, 18. Gif hí góde beóþ and hláfordholde and untwifealde si probi sunt, 14, 1; Fox 42, 24.
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