hræd-hýdigness
Precipitancy ⬩ hastiness
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Precipitancy, hastiness Ðý læs hie unnytlíce forweorpen ðæt ðæt hie sellen for hira hrædhýdignesse ne præcipitatione hoc quod tribuunt inutiliter spargant, Past. 44, 2; Swt. 321, 18.
on-scógan
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His mǽgas hine anscógen óðre fét, ðæt mon mæge siððan hátan his tún ðæs anscódan tún unum ei pedem propinquus discalciet, ejusque habitaculum domum, discalceati vocet, Past. 43, 16. [O. H. Ger. ant-(int-)scnohón denudare (pedem).] Cf. un-scóg(i)an
swicn
Clearance from a criminal charge ⬩ innocent, clear of wrong-doing ⬩ purity ⬩ purification ⬩ free from guilt, cleared from a criminal charge ⬩ clearance from a criminal charge
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Clearance from a criminal charge Se ðe hereteáma betygen sié, hé hine be his wergilde áliése, oþþe be his were geswicne. Se áð sceal bión healf be húslgetigum.
ge-eówan
to shew ⬩ discover ⬩ ostendere
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to shew, discover; ostendere He hit eft gehýt and eft geeówþ it [the divine providence] again hides it and again discovers it, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 12
unweder-líce
In a way that indicates bad weather ⬩ threateningly
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In a way that indicates bad weather, threateningly Tó dæg hit byð hreóh weder; ðeós lyft scínð unwederlíce hodie tempestas, rutilat enim triste coelum, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 3
land-firding
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Military operations on land Æt ðám ende ne beheóld hit nán þing seó scipfyrding ne seó landfyrding búton folces geswinc and feós spylling, Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 36
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ofer-fyllo
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Ramgeallan þone fágan cnúa on níwe ealo ǽr þon hit ásiwen sié ; sele ꝥ oferfyllo drincan þreó niht, Lch. ii. 124, 15
on-bregdan
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Þú hit mé hæfst nú swíðe sweotole gereht, swylce þú hæbbe þá duru ábróden (anbróden, v. l. ) þe ic ǽr sóhte, Bt. 35, 3; S. 97, 24. Add
samlíce
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In unison, all together Ðeáh ðe ealle eorðan wæter sýn gemenged wið ðám heofonlicum wætrum uppe on áne ǽdran, and hit samlíce rínan onginne, Sal. K. 148, 18
sixtig
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Hé hit geeóde syxtygum wintra ǽr Crístes cyme, Bd. 1. 2; Sch. 13, 29. Feówer hunde wintrum and feówer and siextigum, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 2. Add
un-meahtig
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Swá micclum swá þæs mannes gecynd unmihtigre wæs, swá hit wæs leóhtre tó miltsunge homo quanto fragilior in natura, tanto facilior ad veniam, Angl. vii. 4, 35. Add
wǽpned-healf
The male side
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The male side Ðonne is mé leófast, ðæt hit gange on ðæt [bearn] strýned on ða wǽpnedhealfe, ða hwíle ðe ǽnig ðæs wyrðe sý, Chart. Th. 491, 16
scip-fultum
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A naval force Hé sende tó Eádwerde cingce and bæð hine scipfultumes ꝥ hé ne geþafode ꝥ hé him on wætere ne ætburste, Chr. 1049; P. 166, 36
yfelung
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Ill-treatment, injuring Wæs his mód gecyrred tó mycelre árwurðnesse þæs biscopes, þæs ylcan þe hine ǽr lyste wítes and yflunge ( cujus poenam sitiebat ), Gr. D. 197, 12
hearm-cwidian
To revile, calumniate, speak ill of
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To revile, calumniate, speak ill of Ongan hine hyspan and hearmcwiddigan [-cwidian, Cott.] he began to revile and speak ill of him, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 33
mǽte
Moderate ⬩ mean ⬩ small ⬩ poor ⬩ bad ⬩ inferior
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Gif hió biþ gód drenc, biþ on peninge; gif mǽtra, biþ on óðrum healfum oððe on twám; and gif ifel þrím, ac ne mǽ, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 272, 24. Hors tó healfan punde gif hit swá gód sý; and gif hit mǽtre sý, gilde be his wlites wyrþe, L. Ath.
ge-hnesctun
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Genexode synt his sprǽcu molliti sunt sermones eius Ps.
un-geheáfdod
Not come to a head
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Not come to a head Gif se slyte blind bið and mid ðam geswelle ungeheáfdud, ðonne lege ðú ða wyrte ðǽrtó, sóna hit sceal openian, Lchdm. i. 92, 26
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eard-wunung
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Living in one's native land Þolige sé ðe hit on gelang sý ǽlcere eardwununge and wræcnige of earde, oððon on earde swíðe deópe gebéte, Wlfst. 120, 13: 300, 24
líf-leást
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Gif þás lác ne beóð bebrocene þurh Bel, beo hit úre lífleást (let us die), Shrn. 4, 5. Wé synd ealle beléwde tó úre lif-leáste traditi sumuss Add: —