neowol
prone ⬩ prostrate ⬩ deep down ⬩ low ⬩ profound
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Drihten for ðé of ðæm heán heofone on ðás neowlan gesceaft niðer ástáh for thee the Lord descended from the high heaven to this lower world, L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 396, 2.
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Wísdóm is se héhsta cræft, and hæfþ on him feówer óþre cræftas; ðara is án wærscipe, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 34: 34, 6; Fox 140, 35: Shrn. 175, 27. Á geríst bisceopum wísdóm and wærscype, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 28.
Linked entry: wer-scipe
hlǽw
a low ⬩ law ⬩ a rising ground, ⬩ an artificial as well as a natural mound, ⬩ a funeral mound; ⬩ tumulus ⬩ the interior of a mound, ⬩ a cave
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Fox 512; Gn. C. 26: Beo. Th. 5539; B. 2773. Eorþsele hlǽw under hrusan an earth-hall, a cave under ground, 4813; B. 2411
Linked entry: hláw
ar-faran
To go away ⬩ depart ⬩ abire
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Fox 20, 25 : Met. 20, 13 suggests an-faraþ, taking an as an adv. away, without referring to any authority
án-willíce
Obstinately ⬩ stubbornly ⬩ pertinaciously ⬩ pertinaciter
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Obstinately, stubbornly, pertinaciously; pertinaciter Ic tó ánwillíce winne wið ða wyrd I too pertinaciously attack fortune, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 20: Past. 7, 2; Hat. MS. 12 a, 15
cild-líc
Childish ⬩ infantilis, puerilis
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For ðære cildlícan yldo propter infantilem ætatem, Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 28
Linked entry: cild-isc
Circe
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Fox 26, 112; Met. 26, 56
emn-éce
Co-eternal ⬩ coæternus
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Lamb. fol. 200, 25. Ealle þrý hádas emnéce him sylfum synt totæ tres personæ coæternæ sibi sunt, 201, 27
ende-byrd
An arranging, arrangement, order ⬩ ordo
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Fox 13, 8; Met. 13, 4
Linked entry: ende-byrdes
ferd-wíte
a fine for neglecting to pay the contribution to the army
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a fine for neglecting to pay the contribution to the army, L. In. 51; Th. i. 134, 10, note 23, MS. B: Th. Diplm. A. D. 1044; 359, 3
féster-man
A foster-man ⬩ bondsman ⬩ security ⬩ fĭdĕjussor
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A foster-man, bondsman, security; fĭdĕjussor Ǽlc preóst finde him xii féstermen let every priest find for himself twelve bondsmen, L. N. P. L. 2; Th. ii. 290. 15
Linked entries: festen-mon fóster-man faster-mann
fixian
To fish ⬩ piscāri
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For hwí ne fixast ðú on sǽ cur non piscāris in mări? Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 1
besta
the BEST ⬩ optimus
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I. fol. 85 b
Linked entry: betera
blód-lǽtan
To let blood, bleed ⬩ sanguinem emittere, phlebotomare
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To let blood, bleed; sanguinem emittere, phlebotomare Blódlǽtan móna gód ys it is a good moon for letting blood, Lchdm. iii. 184, 11: Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 14
ge-gild-heall
A guild-hall
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A guild-hall Orc hæfþ gegyfen ðæ gegyldhealle ðam gyldscipe to ágenne Orc hath given the guild-hall for the guild to own, Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iv. 277, 21
Linked entry: heall
ge-mægþ
Power, greatness ⬩ pŏtentia
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Power, greatness; pŏtentia Me nǽfre seó gemægþ ðisses eorþlícan anwealdes fórwel ne lícode the greatness of this earthly power never too well pleased me, Bt. 17; Fox 58, 23
géme-lést
Negligence, carelessness ⬩ neglĭgentia, incūria
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Negligence, carelessness; neglĭgentia, incūria Þurh ðíne ágene gémeléste through thine own negligence, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 2. Þurh heora gémelést through their carelessness, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 34
þerscel
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An implement for thrashing corn, a thrashle, threshel (v. Halliwell's Dictionary), a flail Þerscel tritorium, Wrt. Voc. i: 16, 36: 34. 49: bainus, ii. 115, 2. Ðerscel, 12, 73
Linked entry: þyrscel
un-gesceád
Indiscreet ⬩ unreasonable ⬩ irrational
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Indiscreet, unreasonable, irrational Hwá is manna tó ðam ungesceád and ungewittig, ðæt hé ðæm cyninge his áre ætrecce for ðí ðe his geréfa forwyrht biþ? Lchdm. iii. 444, 7
weorold-ege
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Worldly fear, fear of the world Hý sculan Godes ege habban on gemynde and ne eargian for woruldege ealles tó swýðe, L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 20
Linked entry: ege