ster-melda
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In the note on this passage stermelda is taken as steórmelda = delator fiscalis; Schmid. on the other hand, gives the meaning 'delator qui rem, factum (stær) prodit.'
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un-tíma
a wrong time ⬩ an improper time ⬩ a bad time ⬩ an unhappy condition of things ⬩ a mishap
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Hé wilnaþ hǽlo tó late and on untíman, ðonne hé ǽr nolde hié gehealdan, ðá dá hé hí hæfde salus infructuose ad ultimum quaeritur, quae congruo concessa tempore utiliter non habetur, 36; Swt. 249, 8.
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wiþ-bregdan
To withhold ⬩ restrain ⬩ check ⬩ hold back
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To withhold, restrain, check, hold back Gif ðæt mód ðæm willan ne wiðbrítt dum in cogitatione voluptas non reprimitur, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 8.
wirsian
To get worse
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Þet his licome, ðe feble wes, ne sceolde noht wursien, O. E. Homl. i. 47, 26. Þe wunde þet euer wurseð, A. R. 326, 23. Þenne wursede (wersede, 2nd MS.) ich on crafte, Laym. 18931. Werihede þet makeþ þane man worsi, Ayenb. 33, 18
be-geondan
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Eal ꝥ his fæder þǽr begeondan hæfde, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 10: 1013; P. 114, note 2
ge-ortrúwian
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S. 4, 310. to make doubtful about Nolde God ꝥ hí wǽron geortrúweda be þám wéne þǽra ælmæssena ut non de eleemosynarum aestimatione fallerentur, Gr. D. 331, 28. <b>II a.</b> to doubt. 1 a, 3
ge-fég
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Ox. 3412. of non-material objects Þæt óðer híw ys gecíged zeuma, ꝥ ys gefeig on Englisc; þis gefég ys swýðe gelóme on hálgum gewritum, Angl. viii. 331, 9.
ge-deorfan
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Heora scipa gedearf (r erased; gedraf, v.l.) cc and xxx Romana classis infando nanfragio eversa est; nom de trecentis navibus ducentae et viginti perierunt, 4, 6; S. 176, 19.
gripe
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.), gúðbilla gripe he had in his hand aid for war, for the assault of battle-bills, Vald. 2, 13. non-material Þǽr is wyrma slite and ealra wǽdla gripe, Wlfst. 209, 18. grasp, power, control, mastery, by persons Þín feorh beran in gramra gripe, An. 217
líget
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Lígeta, Bt. 35, 4 ; F. 162, 13 note
snǽd
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The word seems defined in the following passage Unus singularis silva ad hanc terram pertinens quem nos theodoice snád nominamus, C. D. B. ii. 18, 17.
á-settan
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</b> with non-material object, to apply :-- Ásete him þá unriht tó þe hí geearnedan, Ps. Th. 68, 28. <b>I d.</b> to remove, take away, cf.
un-wreón
To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is covered ⬩ to reveal
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Nǽnig gedégled ðæt ne sé eft unwrigen (nihil opertum quod non revelabitur), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 26. Unwrigen retectum, discoopertum, Germ. 389, 11. Úre misdéda bióþ ealle opene and unwrigene beforan ús, Wulfst. 225, 23.
wæstm-berende
Fruit-bearing, fertile, fruitful, productive,
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Seó wæstm*-*berendeste ( fertilissima ) eorþe, Nar. 5, 20. referring to living creatures Mid ðý ne is ǽnig syn wæstmbærendes (-beorendes, M. 74, 24) líchoman cum non sit culpa aliqua foecunditas Dafnis, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 2. figurative Hé wæs gefultumiende
gader-tang
Contiguous, conjoint, in contact or connexion ⬩ continuous
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Se maga biþ neáh þǽre heortan . . . and geadortenge (connected with) þám bræg[en]e, 176, 3. of non-material things, continuous Sóþe lufe gædertange hæbbende caritatem continuam habentes, Scint. 1, 4.
of-hreówan
to cause grief or pity ⬩ to feel pity
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Th. i. 192, 16. with dat. of pers. and nom. of cause, or a clause introduced by ðæt Ðá ofhreów ðam munece ðæs hreóflian mægenleást the powerlessness of the leper excited the pity of the monk, 336, ll.
án-dæge
For one day ⬩ lasting a day ⬩ diurnus ⬩ unius diei
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For one day, lasting a day: diurnus, unius diei Næs ðæt ándæge níþ that was no one-day evil, Exon. 92a; Th. 345, 25; Gn. Ex. 195.
dýgan
To do good, benefit ⬩ prodesse, vălēre
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To do good, benefit; prodesse, vălēre Ic secge ðæt sió fórespræc nedýge náuðer ne ðam scyldigan, ne ðam ðe him fore þingaþ I say that the defence does no good either to the guilty or to him who pleads for him, Bt. 38; 7; Fox 210, 6.
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fót-cops
A fetter ⬩ shackle for the feet ⬩ pĕdĭca ⬩ compes
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Hine ne mihte nán man mid fótcopsum gehæftan no man could confine him with fetters, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 27: Mk. 5, 4. To gewríðenne cyningas heora on fótcopsum ad allĭgandos rēges eōrum in compĕdĭbus, Ps. Spl. 149, 8
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mis-limpan
to turn out unfortunately
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Nis nán wundor ðeáh ús mislimpe it is no wonder, though we have ill success. Wulfst. 163, 16. Gif hit geweorðe ðæt folce mislimpe þurh here oððon hunger, L. I. P. 18; Th. ii. 324, 28
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