on-cýðan
to make known, announce
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to make known, announce Ðá ðá ic on eard com ic oncýððe ealle folce hwæt ic on Róme gedón hæfde, Chart. Th. 117, 1
ge-mengan
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To mingle, commingle, mix, blend, confuse, unite, join, combine; miscēre, commiscēre, confundĕre, consŏciāre, infĭcĕre Ðæt he wísdóm mǽge wið ofermetta gemengan that he may mingle wisdom with sensuality, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 16; Met. 7, 8.
Linked entries: ge-mægnan ge-mæncgan ge-mencgan ge-mincged
þrǽl
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A thrall, slave, servant Ðe yfle ðrael malus servus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 48. Allra ðrǽl ł esne omnium servus, Mt. Skt. Lind. Rush. 10, 44. Se ðe dóeð synne ðrǽl is synnes, Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 34.
under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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Man mæg swíðe eáðe witan, se ðe hit underniman wile, ðæt hit riht nis..., Wulfst. 305, 1: Homl. Ass. 26, 53. [Hire fader hefde iset hire to lare and heo undernom (-ueng, MS.
Linked entry: under-fón
un-gerád
stupid ⬩ rude ⬩ unskilled ⬩ foolish ⬩ ignorant ⬩ discordant ⬩ disagreeing ⬩ at variance
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Sum ungerád mann ... nolde gán tó ðám axum on ðone Wódnes-dæg, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 41. Dysig bið se wegférenda man, se ðe nimð ðone sméðan weg, ðe hine mislǽt ... Swá eác wé beóð ungeráde, gif wé lufiaþ ða hwílwendlícan lustas, Homl. Th. i. 164, 10.
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un-strang
Not strong ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble
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Cristes gelaðung ne mæg beón búton strangum, ne búton unstrangum. Ðá ðá him twýnode, ðá getácnode hé ða unstrangan. Hwæt sind ða unstrangan? Ða sind unstrange ðe sláwe beóð tó gódum weorcum, Homl. Th. ii. 390, 15-25.
á-lífan
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Voc. ii. 136, 9. to permit a person (dat. ) to do something Þæt hié him ǽlce geáre gesealden swá fela talentena swá hié him þonne áliéfden that they should pay them each year as many talents as they might be pleased to fix for them to pay when the time
sæc
Strife, contest, conflict
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Hé wælfǽhþa dǽl sæcca gesette he composed many a deadly feud and quarrel, Beo. Th. 4062; B. 2029
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smirwan
To smear, anoint ⬩ unctus ⬩ to anoint
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Hý hine smyrigon . . . ǽr hé hyne smyrige . . . hine ne mót nán mann smyrigan L. Ælfc. C. 32; Th. ii. 354, 21-31. Hié selfe mid smirenessum hié smerwan Lchdm. ii. 224, 1. Ða menn ðú scealt smerwan mid ðý ele 194, 18: 156, 4.
sparian
to spare ⬩ to show mercy to ⬩ to refrain from injuring or destroying ⬩ to spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ not to use ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ parcere, fovere ⬩ to spare
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[Ne spareþ se fæder ðan sune ne nán mann óðren; ac ǽlc man winþ ongeán óðren,] [Shrn. 17, 27.] Swá ðæt ne cyricum ne mynstrum seó herehand ne sparode ne árode ita ut ne ecclesiis quidem aut monasteriis manus parcerit hostilis, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 8.
ge-siht
Sight ⬩ power of seeing ⬩ vision ⬩ something seen ⬩ aspect ⬩ respect ⬩ visus ⬩ acies oculorum ⬩ visio ⬩ aspectus ⬩ conspectus ⬩ respectus
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Yfel gesihþ oculus malus, Mk. Bos. 7, 22. Bodian blindum gesihþe prædicare cæcis visum, Lk. Bos. 4, 18 : Homl. Th. i. 64, 22 : Blickl. Homl. 155, 5.
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ge-heán
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Swá micelum swá ǽnig má woruldlices wyrðscypes wyrðnysse byð gehýd ( sublimatur ), Scint. 181, 16. Geuferod, gehýd þurh láréwlicum basincge fretus, i. functus magistri melote An. Ox. 1470
willa
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Add Hé þá wræce dyde má on wælgrimnesse wyllan (plus ex crudelitatis desiderio) þonne mid ǽnigre mildheortlicre forgifnesse, Gr. D. 319, 28. Add Idesa hwurfon wíf on willan, Gen. 2086. <b>VI a.</b> Ll.
yfel-sacian
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H. 189, 24 for mé should probably be read má, the original Latin is: Ne tantas Deo inferret blasphemias. v. Archiv xci. 190) Gé gehýrað hú hé Gode yfelsacað, Nap. 88.
ge-weorþan
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Hú mihte ǽfre englum mára gefeá and geofu and blis geweorþan, oþþe mannum mára weorðmynd þonne him on þyssum dæge gewearþ?, Bl. H. 123, 13-15.
á-mearcian
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Þǽra mónða naman synd hér ámearcode, 298, 8. to mark out, distinguish by a mark Ǽlc þǽra stæpa þe wé gestæppað, ealle hí beóð ámétte and ámearcode mid gildenum stafum on heofenum, Wlfst. 302, 28. to mark, give a distinguishing form to, denote Týn
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eglian
chiefly used impersonally with dat. of person. To trouble, pain, grieve, AIL ⬩ molestāre, dŏlēre
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B.] if worms trouble a man within, Herb. 2, 10; Lchdm. i. 82, 22. [Piers P. Chauc. eylen, eilen to ail: Orm. eȝȝlenn: Plat, echeln, öcheln to be vexed, grieved at anything: Ger. ekeln: Goth. aglyan to molest, in us-aglyan.] DER, æt-eglan, ge-
for-beornan
To burn up ⬩ be destroyed by fire ⬩ be consumed ⬩ combūri ⬩ ignĭbus consūmi
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Forbarn broden mǽl the drawn brand was burnt, Beo. Th. 3236; B. 1616: 3338; B. 1667.
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freórig
freezing ⬩ chilled ⬩ frigid ⬩ frozen ⬩ frīgens ⬩ frīgŏre rīgens ⬩ frīgĭdus ⬩ gĕlĭdus ⬩ chilled with fear or sorrow ⬩ trembling ⬩ sad ⬩ trĕmens ⬩ tristis
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Ongon hygegeómor, freórig and ferþwérig, fúsne grétan he, sad in mind, trembling and weary of soul, resolved to greet the departing [man ], Exon. 49 b; Th. 171, 21; Gú. 1130. Ferþloca freórig a trembling body, 76 b; Th. 288, 18; Wand. 33
Galwalas
Gauls ⬩ Frenchmen ⬩ people of Gaul in a body ⬩ Gaul ⬩ France ⬩ Galli ⬩ Gallia
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Gauls, Frenchmen, people of Gaul in a body, and as the name of a people is often used where according to later usage the name of their country would be found, the word may be translated Gaul, France; Galli, Gallia Hér wæs Brihtwald gehálgod to ærcebiscope