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þri-líðe

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-líðe, (?); adj.

Having three months named Líða

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Having three months named Líða, a term applied to the year in which a fourth summer month was intercalated; the passage in which the Latinized form of the word occurs is as follows: Quotiescunque communis esset annus, ternos menses solares singulis anni

weorold-sceamu

(n.)
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weorold-sceamu, e; f.
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Worldly shame, disgrace among men Wála ðære woruldscame, ðe nú habbaþ Engle. . . . Oft twégen sǽmen oððe þrý drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽ tó sǽ. . . ús eallum tó woruldscame, Wulfst. 163, 3-7. Ða ðe for ege oððe lufe oððe ǽnigre worldscame

weorold-ǽht

(n.)
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weorold-ǽht, e; f.
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Worldly property, worldly possession or good Is nýd ðæt sume mid wonunge heora woruldǽhta synd gerihte necesse est ut quidam damnis corrigantur, Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 490, 10. Ðone teódan dǽl his woruldǽhta gesyllan, Wulfst. 283, 26: Bt. 13; Fox 38, 2. Ðæt

wudu-rǽden

(n.)
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wudu-rǽden, wudu-rǽdenn, e; f.

Woodcutting ⬩ right of cutting timber in a wood

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Woodcutting, right of cutting timber in a wood Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge .xii. pund gódes cornes, and wudurǽden be landside (the amount of wood that he may cut is to be determined by local custom), L. R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 27. Twá hund swína mæsten

ǽtrig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽtrig, ǽttrig; adj.
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Poisonous, venomous Eall hit bið ǽtrig (ǽttrig v. l.) ꝥ him (the devil ) of cymð, Hml. S. 17, 127. Ǽttrig virulentus , Hpt. Gl. 450, 10. Mid ǽttrigere clufþunge letali toxa , 427, 55. Gif hwá mid his fet ofstepð ǽttrig bán snacan oððe nǽddran, Lch.

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ǽwisce

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ǽwisce, (and ǽwisc?), es; n.
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Dishonour, shame, foulness Ǽwisce obscenitas , Angl. xiii. 35, 204: An. Ox. 8, 193. Ǽwisc, 7, 265. Ǽwys, 4302: 7, 300. Hé cwæð þæt him tó micel ǽwisce wǽre þæt hé swá emnlíce wrixleden he said that it was too much dishonour for them to treat on such

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á-niman

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Add: to take, accept, retain Gif ic þá word ániman wolde si ipsa verba tenere voluissem, Gr. D. 9, 15. to take away, remove Þá ánam hé þæt fúr fram manna bearnum, Wlfst. 213, 10: 221, 32. Ánimað, ánimað hraðe þá réþan wiccan, Hml. S. 7, 209. Ic wille

án-nes

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Dele , and add: unity (as opposed to separation) Þá gód ealle on ánnesse bióþ, and sió ánnes bið on écnesse . . . Sió ánnes and sió gódnes án þing sié, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 23-33. union (as opposed to disagreement) Hú mycel gód is ðǽr ðǽr gebróðru beóð

brémel

Grammar
brémel, brémer
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Brémel anguens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 20: murus, 55, 82. Ðá hé fleáh, ðá tórýpte hine án bré[m]ber ofer ðæt nebb, Cht. Th. 172, 28. Hí hine lǽddon betwux þá þiccan gewrido þára brémela, þæt him wæs eall se líchama gewundod, Guth. 36, 12. Of þiccum brémelum

bolla

(n.)
Grammar
bolla, bolle, an ; f.
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Bolle aceti cotilla, vas, Txts. 37, 65. Bolla, bollae cyatus, 50, 234 : scifus, 98, 965. Bolla catus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 53 : cotula vel catas, 135, 27: cratus, 136, 54: ciatus, i. 290, 80. Bolle cotilla, ii. 135, 38. He genam ǽnne mycelne bollan mid

deáw

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Seofoðe pund wæs deáwes pund, ðanon him ( Adam ) becóm swát, Sal. K. 180, 14: Rtl. 192, 17. Of deáuwe rore, Kent. Gl. 46. Roscido deáwe (wǽtum?; the immediately preceding gloss is roscida, rore madida (v. Corp. Gl. H.), and deáwe seems to be due to rore

deóp

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Add: literal Dióp seáð fovea profunda, Kent. Gl. 829. metaph. Þes pistol is . . . eów swíðe deóp tó gehýrenne, Hml. Th. i. 448, 8. His deópe rihtwísnys his infinite righteousness, 112, 3. Deópum ceápe at a high price, Ll. Th. i. 370, 10. Ꝥ hé swá deópe

eást-dǽl

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Dioclitianus in eástdǽle middangeardes in oriente, Bd. 1, 6; Sch. 18, 14. Cómon fram eástdǽle middangeardes þrý tungelwítegan . . . 'Wé gesáwon his steorran on eástdǽle,' Hml. Th. i. 78, 4-7. Of eástdǽle, Chr. 2; P. 4, 28. Heofon biþ open on þǽm eástdǽle

fær-riht

(n.)
Grammar
fær-riht, es; n.

fare

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Due payment for passage, fare Ðá cwæð hé: " Gif þú hæfst ꝥ færriht (færeht, v. l.), ne forwyrnþ þé heora ǽnig. " Ðá cwæð ic tó him : " Bróðor, næbbe ic nán færriht (færeht, v. l.) tó syllanne, ac ic wille faran and án þǽra scypa ástígan " then said he

Linked entries: fær-eht fær-sceat

fore-witig

Grammar
fore-witig, -wittig.

sagacious ⬩ foreknowing ⬩ presaging ⬩ prophetic

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Add: sagacious Þá forewittigan sagacissimam, An. Ox. 70. His foregengan wǽron on gleáwscype swíþe bescáwede and forewittige, Lch. iii. 436, 12. foreknowing Drihten cwæð tó ðǽre byrig, 'Gif þú wistest hwæt þé tóweard is . . .' Gif seó buruhwaru ðǽre

for-sewenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-sewenlic, adj.

contemptible ⬩ abject ⬩ despised

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deserving contempt, contemptible Forsewenlic biþ ꝥ werod ꝥ wífmenn feohtað that army is contemptible in which women fight, Hml. S. 31, 1097. Ðá ungedyrstigan wénað ðæt ðæt suíðe forsewenlic sié ðætte hié doð vehementer despecta putant esse quae faciunt

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ge-hruxl

(n.)
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Substitute : <b>ge-hrúxl</b>, es; n. Noise, tumult Ðá bróðru mid gehlýde wurpon wæter on ꝥ fýr . . . þá wearð se Drihtnes wer mid þám ylcan gehrúxle (-rúxle, v. l.) (eodem tumultu ) ástyrod. and þyder becóm, Gr. D. 124, 3. Geswenced mid þám

greátnes

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Substitute: coarseness of material Ne cíden nó þá munecas ymb þá deáge oþþe greátnesse (grétnysse, R. Ben. I. 92, 2) hyra reáfa de colore aut grossitudine non causentur monachi, R. Ben. 89, 15. bigness, thickness Ðeós wyrt hafað elne lange stelan on

healfunga

indirectly ⬩ slightly ⬩ to some extent ⬩ half

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Add: from the side, indirectly: Hit is nyttre ðæt ðæt him mon on tǽlan wille, ðæt hit mon healfunga sprece, swelce hit mon hwón gehríne major profectus adducitur, si hoc, quod in eis reprehenditur, quasi ex latere tangatur, Past. 207, 7. Ðæt wé him sume

heóf

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Heóf luxus (= luctus), weópan luxerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 33. Þǽr (in hell) is wánung and gránung and aa singal heóf, Wlfst. 94, 3. Se hlúda heóf, 186, 19. Nán þincg gehýred næs búton seó geómerung þæs heófes, Hml. S. 23 b, 203. In þám heófe þæs feóndes