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tang

(n.)
Grammar
tang, e; tange, an; f.

A pair of tongs

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Hí woldon mé glæccan mid heora byrnendum tangum, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 1, 5. Hí fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 42

Linked entry: ísen-tanga

súþ-dǽl

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-dǽl, es; m.
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Hí on ðam súþdǽle inn eodon, Homl. Th. i. 508, 9. Fram súþdǽle a meridie, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 12. Ðære Asian súþdǽl meridianam partem Asiae, Ors.1, 1; Swt. 14, 5. Ða súþdǽlas middangeardes, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 33.

tíder-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tíder-líc, adj.
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Ic eom þurh míne tydderlíce gecynd líchamlíc man, Homl. Ass. 156, 123. Ðætte suǽ fealo téderlícro wé sindon suǽ suíðe strongrum helpum wé sié áholpen ut quanto fragiliores sumus, tanto validioribus auxiliis foveamur, Rtl. 61, 9

Linked entry: téder-

þri-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-wintre, -wintra, -winter; adj.

Of three yearsthree years old

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Hé ásende him tó án ðrywintre cild, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 7

un-gerisene

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerisene, -gerisne; adj.

unsuitableinappropriateunseemlyindecent

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Homl. 189, 31. Ungerysenre æfsna indecens obscenitas, Hpt. Gl. 492, 62

Linked entry: ge-risene

un-pleólíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-pleólíc, adj.

Not dangerouswithout risk

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Kmbl. 29. as regards moral hurt Augustinus cwæð, ðæt unpleólíc sý þeáh hwá lǽcewyrte ðirge; ac ðæt hé tǽlþ tó unálýfedlícere wíglunge, gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte, búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge, Homl. Th. i. 476, 3.

unriht-wrigels

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-wrigels, es; n.

A veil of error

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Homl. 105, 30

wítegung

(n.)
Grammar
wítegung, e; f.

prophecydivination

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Sind sealmsang and wítegung, swylce hí syflinge wǽron . . . tó ðám fíf ǽlícum bócum, Homl. Th. i. 188, 19. Ðá wæs gefylled Hieremias wítegung, ðe ðus wítegode, 80, 18. Esaias wítegung (wítgiung prophetia,Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 14.

wiþ-ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-ufan, adv. prep.

Above

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On ðære bytminge wæs se arc rúm, and wiðufan genyrwed, Homl. Th. i. 536, 15. Hér wiðufan on ðyssere rǽdinge, 608, 15: ii. 228, 7. Swá swá wiðufan gecweden hit is sicut supra dictum est, Ath. Crd. 27: Lchdm. iii. 438, 7.

wuldor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-líc, adj.

gloriousorthodoxus

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Homl. 117, 3. Þurh wuldorlícne martyrdóm, Shrn. 30, 32. Hé wæs hæbbende wuldorlícne beág on his heáfde, 106, 10. Wuldorlícne wlite, Salm. Kmbl. 115; Sal. 57. Wǽrun wuldurlíce wið ðe ácweðene gloriosa dicta sunt de te, Ps.

yppe

(n.)
Grammar
yppe, an; f.
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Homl. 133, 26

ypping

(n.)
Grammar
ypping, e; f.
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Kmbl. 1038; An. 519), módewǽga mǽst the host of sinners lost their lives, after the brown waters that had towered aloft broke over them, Cd. Th. 209, 13; Exod. 498. Cf. ypplen

yfel-wyrcende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-wyrcende, adj. (ptcpl. )
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Hé hataþ ða yfelwyrcendan and ða unrihtwísan, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 48. of things, noxious, hurtful, mischievous Ðerh wyrto yfelwyrcendo per herbas malificas, Rtl. 103, 1

andergilde

(adj.)
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, and the proverb be translated: Never let it get so bad with you that you don't hope for something better by things righting themselves

Linked entry: un-andergilde

wilde

Grammar
wilde, wild.
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</b> :-- Hors wilde yrnan equos solutos currere, Lch. iii. 202, 32. <b>V a.</b> of people, uncivilized, uncultivated :-- Ær hé hét faran tó strǽtum and tó wícum, getácnigende ꝥ Iúdéa folc þe . . . on gehendnysse wǽron.

sanct

(n.)
Grammar
sanct, es; m.

A saint

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Homl. 163. Sancta Maria, 5, 30. Sancta Marian (gen. ), 165, 27

æfter-weard

(adj.; adv.)

later, latterbeing behind (?), absentAfter

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Weorþan æfterweard to be after, to pursue, follow :-- Iohannes heów ðæt hors mid ðám spuran and wearð him æfterweard . . . and cwæð tó ðám fleóndum, Ælfc. T. 18, 22: Rä. 16, 14. Petrus wearð æfterweard Peter followed, Hml. Th. i. 374, 6

hafen-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hafen-leás, adj.

Lacking means, poor, indigentinops

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Hé wæs swíðe welig wædlum and þearfum and symle him sylfum swíðe hafenleás he was very wealthy for the poor and needy, and ever very indigent for himself, Homl. Th. ii. 148. 34.

Linked entry: hæfenleás

brant

(adj.)
Grammar
brant, bront; adj.

High, deep, steep, difficult;altus, arduus

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High, deep, steep, difficult; altus, arduus Ðæt ðú us gebrohte brante ceóle, heá hornscipe, ofer hwæles éðel, on ðære mǽgþe that thou wouldst bring us with the steep keel, the high pinnacled ship, over the whale's home, to that tribe. Andr.

Linked entry: bront

smiþþe

(n.)
Grammar
smiþþe, an; f.

A smithy, a smith's workshop officina, fabrica

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Gáþ tó smiððan and fandiaþ ðises goldes and ðissera gymstána Homl. Th. i. 64, 6. Ðæt wíde geat be-eástan Welandes smiððan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 332, 23