þicce
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Th. ii. 194, 3. where objects are placed close together, thick, dense Gif hǽr tó þicce sié, Lchdm. ii. 156, 8. Of þiccum (thickly planted?) felde de denso campo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 59. Ðú lǽtst mé on þicne wudu, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 13.
þys-líc
Such
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Þyllíc byð ðæt cyn haec est generatio, Ps. Th. 23, 6. Ic nǽfre ðé þyslícne gemétte, þus méðne, Exon. Th. 163, 2; Gú. 987. Þás tácno þyslíco syndon, Blickl. Homl. 109, 6. Ða ðe ðyllíce beóð, Past. 5; Swt. 41, 20: Homl. Ass. 146, 63.
ge-nemnan
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</b> to mention :-- Þára on háde sint syx genemned, El. 741. to name in an appeal for help, to invoke Þá genemde þǽra scypmanna án Sc̃s Martynus and hyne bæd hylpes. Þá stylde se storm sóna, Shrn. 147, 8.
leornian
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Siofon heofonas sindon in gewritum leornode, Nap. 50. 2. with a clause Ic wolde ꝥ þú leornodest hú þú mihtest becuman tó þám sóþum gesǽlþum superest, ut unde veram hanc beatitudinem petere possis agnoscas, Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 29.
holm
A mound, ⬩ hill, ⬩ rising ground ⬩ wave, ⬩ ocean, ⬩ water, ⬩ sea ⬩ land rising from the water, ⬩ an island in a river
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Eów is holmes hlæst and heofonfuglas and wildu deór on geweald geseald the fishes of the sea, the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth are delivered into your hand, 74; Th. 91, 20; Gen. 1515.
wel
Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah
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Há him wel (woel, Lind.) andswarode Mk. Skt. 12, 28. Hí nalæs wel dydan non observaverunt pactum Ps. Th. 77, 57: 118, 126. Welan áh in wuldre se nú wel þenceþ Exon. Th. 452, 12; Dóm. 119.
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niman
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Nim þá girde on þíne hand, Ex. 17, 5. Nim ǽnne sticcan and gníd tó sumum þinge, Lch. iii. 274, 3.
medume
middling ⬩ moderate ⬩ common ⬩ occupying the middle or mean position as regards ⬩ observing the just mean ⬩ perfect ⬩ meet ⬩ fit ⬩ worthy
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Medume leódgeld a half fine (cf. medietas leudis, and other examples, Grmm. R. A. 653), L. Ethb. 7; Th. i. 4, 9: 21; Th. i. 8, 3. Hé hæfþ medemne wæstm he is of middle height, Homl. Th. i. 456, 18.
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swincan
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Swunce máre se ðe unriht gestreón on his handa stóde and læsse se ðe áriht on sprǽce he in whose hand was unjust gain should take the greater trouble, he who made claim rightfully the less, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 4.
hí-réd
A household, ⬩ house, ⬩ family, ⬩ the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, ⬩ a court, ⬩ the members of a religious house, ⬩ a company, ⬩ band of associates
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Tó dæg is ðisum híréde hǽl gefremmed hodie solus domui huic facta est, Homl. Th. i. 582, 5. Cwæþ ðæt hé mid ðam Hǽlende on hýréde wǽre said that he was in company with Jesus, ii.248, 31.
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þencan
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Gif hwylc mǽdenman mid gehádodum wunaþ, and heó tó ðam ylcan háde þence si puella aliqua cum ordinatis habitet, et se eidem ordini destinet, L. Ecg.
ge-wunian
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Aliti seems to have been read ?), Guth. Gr. 142, 23.
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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Wið wiþerweard hǽr; gif ðú nimest wulfes mearh and smyrest mid hraðe ða stówe ðe ða hǽr beóð of ápullud, ne geþafaþ seó smyrung ðæt hý eft wexen, Lchdm. i. 362, 8. Wala middangeardes getéla, and nǽngo his wiðirweardo (adversa ) onscynia, Rtl. 50, 6.
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weall
a wall that is made, ⬩ wall of a building, of a town, ⬩ side of a cave ⬩ a natural wall ⬩ a steep hill ⬩ a cliff.
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Norð-Denum stód egesa, ánra gehwylcum ðara ðe of wealle wóp gehýrdon ( to each that heard the cry coming from the hill on which the hall stood(?)) 1574; B. 785.
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welig
Wealthy ⬩ rich ⬩ opulent
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Ðes and ðeós welega hic et haec diues Ælfc. Gr. 6, 2; Zup. 18, 12. Earfoðlíce se welega (-iga, Rush.) gǽð on Godes ríce Mt. Kmbl. 19, 23: Ps. Th. 71, 12: Blickl. Homl. 51, 2. Se welega man 197, 28. Weliga Exon. Th. 245, 1; Jul. 38.
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syndrig
separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each
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Hé syndrigum ( singulis ) hys hand on settende hig gehǽlde, Lk. Skt. 4, 40. Scíp ceigeþ syndrigum nomum oues uocat nominatim, Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 3. Suindrigum his suá hwælc ðú eftsettes singulis sua quaeque restitues, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 11: p. 4, 7.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Ǽlc hád ciricean ánmódlíce mid þý hérsuman folcy, 36, ii. Folce, 374, 28. Gif preóst folce miswissige, ii. 292, ll. the people, followers, attendants of a person Ne ceara þú, Maria þ þín folc ne sý ádréfed, Bl.
gifu
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Hál wes ðú mid gyfe gefylled, Lk. I. 28. Mid godcundre gyfe gemǽred, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, l. favor, clemency, remission of a penalty Beó hé his inganges scyldig, and þǽr ne beó nán gyfu, Cht. Th. 606, 22. ¶ gifum, tó gifes gratis :-- Gifum gratis .
síd
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Th. 249, 26; Dan. 536. long, hanging, of ample length, of clothes, hair, etc., v. síd-feax Síd reáf swilce méteras wyrceþ on anlícnesse toga, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 3.
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þreát
a troop ⬩ band ⬩ crowd ⬩ body of people ⬩ swarm ⬩ press ⬩ throng ⬩ violence ⬩ compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ oppression ⬩ punishment ⬩ ill-treatment
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Ðes ðreát haec cohors, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 44; Zup. 64, 12. Cohors, d. milites vel þreát, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 1. Þreát falanx, multitudo militum, cohors, 147, 6. Of þreáte ex falange, 29, 66. Ðreóte, 107, 59.