car-ful
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Wer carfull (studiosus) and wís, Scint. 206, 5. Hweþer hé carful sý tó godcundum weorce si solicitus est ad opus Dei, R. Ben. 97, 16. Mæden carful, þancful, nytwyrþe, Lch. iii. 188, 14.
ge-bedda
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Hire wer bæd seó cwén móste cunnian gif heó mihte hire (Migdonia's) mód gebígan ꝥ heó (Migdonia ] his gebedda wǽre, Hml. S. 36, 303. fig. in connexion with the grave Wyrmum tó mete and tó gebeddan weorðan.
gódian
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óðre menn gódigað (gódiað, v. l.) quantae infelicitatis sint, qui melioratione proximi deteriores fiunt, Past. 231, 19. with hit as subject Wolde man geswícan þára mándǽda, þonne gódade hit sóna if people would cease to do evil, then would it soon be well
rúme
widely, far and wide, ⬩ liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree ⬩ plainly, clearly ⬩ without contraction, in full
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Wes ðissum leódum árfæst gif ðé Alwalda scirian wille ðæt ðú rúmor ( more liberally than now is in your power(?)
Linked entry: rúm-heort
LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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Se wudu is eástlang and westlang hundtwelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, measuring from east to west, is a hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 28.
etan
to devour ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy
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Þæt wæter weóx, and swíþe hit æt hyra líchaman, Bl. H. 245, 24-33. Þá eotendan edaces (flammas), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 11: 31, 53. of passion, &c. Þínes húses anda mé et (comedit), Jn. 2, 17. Iteð, Ps. Srt. 68, 10
óleccan
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Ꝥ hí ongiten hwonan him se wela cóme and ólecce ðǽm, þý lǽs hé him þone welan áferre, Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 19. Add Ðonne ús fullícost óleccað ðá cræftas and ðá mægenu cum virtutum nobis copia blanditur, Past. 467, 5.
riht
that which is straight or erect, a plumb line ⬩ that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule ⬩ what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity ⬩ what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justice ⬩ what properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due ⬩ what is due from a person, duty ⬩ what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth ⬩ an account, a reckoning; ⬩ ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account
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Ús is riht micel ðæt wé rodera weard wordum herigen (cf. nú wé sceolan herigean heofonríces weard,) (debemus) (Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 20), Cd.
mirigþ
Pleasure ⬩ joy ⬩ delight ⬩ sweetness
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Ðín ríce ðǽr wé gemétaþ ealle mirhþe, Hy. 7, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 31. Ðǽr ( heaven ) syndan mihta, mǽrþa and myrhþa. Wulfst. 5, 5: 167, 9: 28, 7. Adam wearþ of myclum myrhþum bescofen tó hefigum geswincum, 104, 1
mis-
wanting in likeness or unity ⬩ unlike ⬩ diverse ⬩ various ⬩ diverging from the usual course ⬩ erratic
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Hú ne sǽdon wé ðæt ðis andweaede líf nǽre nó ðæt héhste gód, forðam hit wǽre mistlíc (MS. Cott. mislíc), Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 17. Mistlíc promiscuum, mixtum, Hpt. Gl. 497, 5. Mistlíc bleó discolor, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 35.
mund-bryce
a breach of mund ⬩ the fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated
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a breach of mund (v. mund, ) Wé cwǽdon be mundbrice, se ðe hit dó, ðæt hé þolige ealles ðæs ðe hé áge, L. Edm. S. 6; Th. i. 250, 9. Gif hwá cynges mundbrice gewyrce, gebéte ðæt mid v. pundum, L. Eth. vii. II; Th. i. 330, 29.
munuc
A monk
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Wé willaþ ðæt munecas regollícor libban ðonne hí nú ǽr ðisan on gewunan hæfdon, ix. 31; Th. i. 346, 27. Muneca gehwylc ðe úte sý of mynstre and regoles ne gýme... gebúge georne intó mynstre, v. 5; Th. i. 306, l. Be munuca cynne.
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nosu
the nose ⬩ a ness ⬩ a piece of land projecting into water
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Wé gestincaþ mid úrum nosum, Past. 56; Swt. 433. 20 : Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 42. Ða telgran habbaþ ǽgðer ge eágon ge nosa (nosan, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 318, 11. Nose hí habbaþ nares habent, Ps.
Linked entries: nasu nose leþer-hose
ge-openian
To open, manifest, shew, reveal ⬩ To open
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God hine onwrýhþ ðeáh ðe wit hine ne geopenian God will reveal it though we two do not make it manifest, Blickl. Homl. 187, 17. Geopenod opened, 9, 8. intrans. To open Ðá geopenode seó sǽ togeánes Moysen the sea opened before Moses, Swt. A. S.
Linked entry: openian
word-cwide
a saying ⬩ words ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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Uncre wordcwidas what we said to one another. Exon. Th. 472, 16; Rä. 61, 17. Cleopaþ se alda, wriceþ wordcwedas. Cd. Th. 267, 8; Sat. 35. speech, language On ðam (Daniel) Drihtenweard wisse sidne geþanc and wísne wordewide, Cd.
be-gíman
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Þá offringdagas wé ná ne begýmaþ. An. Ox. 40, 24, 37. Begýmað þisse gesetednysse, Ex. 12, 25. Þás niht sceolon Israhéla bearn begíman, 42. to observe, watch a person Hig begýmdon hine, Lk. 14, l
dihtan
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Wé andbidodon ðín þæt þú ús þæs mynstres gebytlu dihtan ( disponere ) sceoldest, Hml. Th. ii. 172, 23. Sculon bisceopas mid worulddéman dómas dihtan, ꝥ hí ne geþafian ꝥ ǽnig unriht úp áspringe, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 36.
ge-manian
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Ne þurfon wé ná þæs wénan, þæt úre Drihten ús nelle þára leána gemanian, þe hé ús hér on eorðan forgyfen hafað, Wlfst. 148, 16: 261, 18. <b>IV a.
ge-recedness
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We ne wrítað ná mare buton þá nacedan gerecednisse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 23, 4. Swá swá gé rǽdað on eowrumgerecednyssum, Hml. S. 5, 177.
Linked entries: recenness reced-ness ge-reccedness
HREÓH
ROUGH ⬩ fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ rough ⬩ stormy ⬩ tempestuous ⬩ disturbed
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Wé geliden hæfdon ofer hreóne hrycg we had sailed over a troubled sea, Exon. 20 b; Th. 53, 31; Cri. 859. Hreó hæglfare a hailstorm, 78 a; Th. 292, 26; Wand. 105. Hreó wǽron ýða rough were the billows, Beo. Th. 1101; B. 548: Andr.