six
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Kmbl. 17, I- Betweox ðara sex fífa ǽlcum, Lchdm. ii. 148, 2. Sex bis terna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 10. On siex dagum, Exon. Th. 105, 13; Gú. 22. Da siex stafas sweotule bécnaþ, 407, 4; Ra. 25, 10. Syx (sex, Lind. , Rush. ) dagon ǽr, Jn. Skt. 12, 1.
swyle
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Wiþ ǽlcum heardum swile oððe geswelle, 70, 20. Wiþ deádum swile, 74, 12, 15. Wiþ springe . . . lege on ðone swile, 80, 17.
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un-gelíce
Not in like manner ⬩ differently ⬩ diversely
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Not in like manner, differently, diversely Hwæðer ðú mæge gemunan ðætte ǽlces monnes ingeþanc wilnaþ tó ðære sóþan gesǽlþe tó cumenne, ðeáh hé ungelíce hiora earnige meministine intentionem omnem voluntatis humanae, quae diversis studiis agitur, ad beatitudinem
wrǽn-ness
Wantonness ⬩ licentiousness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ lust
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Wrǽnnes, seó bið ǽlcum men gecynde gignendi opus, quod natura semper appetit, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 12. Ðú woldest brúcan ungemetlícre wrǽnnesse voluptariam vitam degas, 32, l; Fox 114, 21.
á-lǽnan
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Hé næfde þæt feoh him tó álǽnenne, 178, 3. of a lord's grant to a vassal Ǽlcon híredmen his onrid þe hé álǽned hæfde, Cht.
blind-nes
obscurity
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Hé bið wiðútan áblend, and ǽlces leóhtes bedǽled, Hml.
druncen
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Wín, ꝥ is ǽlces cynnes drinc þe man mæg of (fore, v. l. ) druncen beón, Ll. Th. ii. 134, 21. Wíne druncen crapulatus a vino, Ps. Th. 77, 65: Gen. 1563: Jud. 67: B. 1467. Beóre druncen, 531. Se druncena ( ebriosus ) wín onféhþ, Scint. 107, 8.
ge-sceádwíslíce
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lustbǽrlíce and gesceádwíslíce ásungen hæfde haec cum philosophia leniter suaviterque cecinisset, Bt. 36, l ; F. 170, 25. in a way that depends upon reasoning, that affords proof, rationally Eall ðis þú gerehtest tó sóþe swiþe gesceádwíslíce búton ǽlcre
in-fær
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L. 67, 25. right or permission to enter Wite hé þæt him ǽlces infæres forwyrned bið sciat omnem sibi aditum denegari, R. Ben. 53, 16. Ne sig him ná eáðelíce þæs infæres getíðod ( non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus ) ...
gildan
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Gif mon áfelle on wuda wel monega treówu . . . fogielde .iii. treówu ǽlc mid .xxx. sciłł. . . . Ne þearf hé hiora má geldan, Ll. Th. i. 128, 22. Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiað. Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. sciłł. . . .
ám-ber
a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria
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Ðæt he agefe l ámbra maltes and vi ámbra grúta that he give fifty ambers of malt and six ambers of groats, 835; 471, 12, 13: 832-870; 474, 23. a liquid measure; batus, cadus Ámber batus, Ælfc. Gl. 25 ; Wrt. Voc. 24, 58.
DUMB
DUMB, speechless, mute ⬩ mūtus, e-linguis
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Ða óðre nigon consonantes synd gecwedene mūtæ, ðæt synd dumbe the other nine consonants are called mūtæ, which are dumb, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 3, 1, 2. He dyde ðæt deáfe gehýrdon, and dumbe sprǽcon surdos fēcit audīre, et mūtos lŏqui, Mk.
ildest
eldest ⬩ oldest ⬩ principal ⬩ chief ⬩ greatest
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As the oldest might be supposed best fitted to fill the highest positions the word gets the meaning principal, chief, greatest Se yldesta cardinarius, i. primarius, Ælfc. Gl. 48; Som. 65. 66; Wrt. Voc, 14, 1.
plega
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Gl. 474, 10. play, (athletic) sport, game; often in poetry applied to fighting, see the compounds Plega ludus, Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Som. 7, 30. Ðes plega hic jocus, 13; Som. 16, 27 : Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 30. Plaega palestra, ii. 116, 5.
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portic
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a porch, covered entrance, portico Portic porticus, Ælfc. Gr. 11 ; Som. 15, 22 : Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 2. Se mere hæfþ fíf porticas. On ðám porticon læg mycel menigeo geádludra, Jn.
bletsian
To BLESS, wish happiness, consecrate ⬩ benedicere, consecrare ⬩ merciful, kind ⬩ to have mercy
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Ic bletsige oððe wel secge benedico, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 38. Ic bletsige ðé on mínum lífe benedicam te in vita mea, Ps. Lamb. 62, 5: Exon. 41 b; Th. 138, 22; Gú. 580. Ðú geáres hring mid gyfe bletsast benedices coronæ anni benignitatis tuæ, Ps.
ge-líc
Like ⬩ alike ⬩ similar ⬩ equal ⬩ sĭmĭlis ⬩ æquālis
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Gelícre similior, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 5, 5. Slǽp biþ deáþe gelícost sleep is most like death, Salm. Kmbl. 624; Sal. 311 : Bt. Met. Fox 25, 36; Met. 25, 18 : 26, 176; Met. 26, 88. Réce hí gelícast ricene geteoriaþ sīcut defĭcit fūmus, defĭciant, Ps.
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ge-sceap
a creation, created being or thing, creature ⬩ creātio, creātūra ⬩ a decree, fate, destiny, condition, nature, form, shape ⬩ fātum, destĭnāta, condĭtio, nātūra, indŏles, forma, spĕcies ⬩ the privy members ⬩ vĕrenda, pŭdenda ⬩ creature ⬩ decrees of fate
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Sinewealt gesceap volūbĭle schēma, Ælfc. Gl. 100; Som. 77, 14; Wrt. Voc. 55, 18. Giscæp habitus, Rtl. 103, 32. the privy members; vĕrenda, pŭdenda Sumne dǽl ðæs felles æt foreweardan his gesceape part of the foreskin, Homl. Th. i. 94, 1.
trúwa
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Hé hine gefullode mid fullum trúwan ðæt hé geleáfful wǽre, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 9. Se ðe mid dyslícum trúwan and mid gylpe sum wundorlíc ðing on Godes naman dón wile, Homl. Th. i. 170, 28.
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ýþian
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Th. ii. 378, 20. of movement like that of the sea, to wave Sume sind gehátene tropi . . . swá swá is gecweden fluctuare segetes, ðæt æceras ýðiaþ, for ðan ðe æceras faraþ on sumera, swá swá sǽ ýðigende, Ælfc.