un-tíma
a wrong time ⬩ an improper time ⬩ a bad time ⬩ an unhappy condition of things ⬩ a mishap
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Ǽlc ðæra manna ðe yt oððe drincð on untíman on ðam hálgan lenctene oððe on rihtfæsten-dagum, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 76: Anglia xi. 113, 26. a bad time, an unhappy condition of things, a mishap (cf.
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drohtian
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Add: to live a life Ic drohtige conversor, i. locum uto, utor, habito, maneo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 50. Git hé self drohtað on ðám eorðlicum tielongum si in terrenis negotiis ipse versatur, Past. 133, 4.
eahta
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Add: as adjective Eahta eádignyssa synd ... þá eahta eádignyssa belimpað tó mannum, Hml. Th. i. 554, 9, 13. Eahta (ehta, v. l. ) hund míla lang, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 8, 2. Ehta (æhto, L., æhtowe, R.) dagas, Lk. 2, 21. Æfter eahta (æhtuo.
egesa
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Uton wé þæs dæges fyrhto and egsan on úre mód settan, 125, 6. what excites fear or horror, a terrible thing Mannum þincþ heora deáð leófra þonne ðone egesan tó gehýranne it will seem to men better to die than to hear that awful tempest, Wlfst. 196, 7
freóndscipe
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Gl. 601. cf. freónd, Manna freóndscipe biþ swíþe hwílwendlic; for þon úre yldran swultan and swíþe oft ús from wendan, ah sé þe Godes freóndscipe begyteþ, ne þearf sé nǽfre wénan ꝥ hé him onwended weorþe, Bl.
HRING
A RING ⬩ circle ⬩ circuit ⬩ cycle ⬩ orb ⬩ globe ⬩ festoon
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Ðonne ðæt gecnáwaþ feónd ðætte fira gehwylc on his hringe biþ fæste geféged when the devil knows that any man is fast fixed in his ring [fetters, chain or circle over which his power extends? ], 97 a; Th. 362, 22; Wal. 40.
LEÓGAN
To lie ⬩ deceive ⬩ feign
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Hig hym fæla ongeán lugon they brought many false charges against him, Nicod. 34; Thw. 19, 39.
ge-sǽlig
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Getǽc mé sumne mann þára þe ðé gesǽlegost þince, ii. I ; F. 32, 16 : 20; S. 48, 12; 26, I; S. 58, 26. Se gesǽlgesta, 8 ; S. 24, 26. Þone ealra gesǽlgostan mon her on worulde, 11, I ; S. 24, 25. <b>II a.
wédan
To be mad or furious, to rage, rave ⬩ to be mad, out of one's senses ⬩ to act with violence, be furious, rage,
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Fra þatt grediȝnesse þatt doþ þe mann to wedenu rihht to winnenn erþlic ahhte, Orm. 14140. Þe kyng ferde for wraþþe as he wolde wede, R. Glouc. 53, 10
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MID
With ⬩ in conjunction with ⬩ in company with, along with ⬩ among ⬩ apud ⬩ penes ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ seeing that ⬩ cum
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Mid mannum ic eom apud homines sum, mid ðam biscope hé wunaþ apud episcopum manet .. mid eów hé is penes vos est, mid démum penes judices, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 23-47. Ic wæs mid Englum, Exon. 85 b; Th. 322, 10; Víd. 61 (and often).
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ETAN
EAT, consume, devour ⬩ ĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre
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Rýnde him manna [mete] to etanne pluit illis manna ad mandūcandum, Ps. Spl. 77, 28. Ðæt treów wæs gód to etanne quod bŏnum esset lignum vescendum. Gen. 3, 6. Etende eating, Ps. Th. 105, 17. Ic ete ĕdo, ðú etst [ytst MS. D.] es, he et [ett MS.
findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Þæt man finde of þám yrfe healfes pundes wyrþne sáulsceat, Cht. Th. 534, 12. Þæt hí findon betweox him twá scencingcuppan intó beódern, 536, 6. Þ hé him bysceop funde and sealde episcopum dari, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 348, 20. Þ man funde ǽnne man. Ll.
on-gitan
To perceive ⬩ to perceive, see ⬩ to perceive by hearing ⬩ to perceive, feel (pain, etc. ) ⬩ to feel, be of opinion, judge ⬩ to know, hear of, find out ⬩ to perceive, understand ⬩ to recognise, know, ⬩ to take a person or thing to be what it really is ⬩ to recognise a fact or circumstance, ⬩ to know (of sexual intercourse)
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Se man ðe swereþ man and eft his gilt onget, Lev. 5, 4: Met. 22, 16. Ða neát ongitaþ hira góddénd the brutes know their benefactors. Elen. Kmbl. 717; El. 359.
ÁR
honour ⬩ glory ⬩ rank ⬩ dignity ⬩ magnificence ⬩ respect ⬩ reverence ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas ⬩ gloria ⬩ magnificentia ⬩ honestas ⬩ reverentia ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ benefit ⬩ use ⬩ help ⬩ gratia ⬩ favor ⬩ misericordia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ auxilium ⬩ property ⬩ possessions ⬩ an estate ⬩ land ⬩ ecclesiastical living ⬩ benefice ⬩ bona ⬩ possessiones ⬩ fundus ⬩ beneficium
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Ðǽr is ár gelang fira gehwylcum there is help ready to every man, Andr.
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be-gitan
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Þá mynsterclǽnsunge man begite, 340, 19. to beget Hé bið mid synnum begylen and mid synnum ácenned and on synnum áfédd, Wlfst. 193, 4
wǽdl
- P. B. viii. 535
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ penury ⬩ unproductiveness ⬩ barrenness
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Man sceal gesceádlíce tósceádon ylde and geóguðe, welan and wǽdlan, L. Edg. C. 4; Th. ii. 262, 5. with gen. of that which is wanting Wǽdl hláfes, Greg. Dial. 2, 21.
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wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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Náh náðer to farenne ne Wylisc man on Ænglisc land, ne Ænglisc on Wylisc ðe má, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 23. Tremerin se Wylisca (Wylsca, v. l. ) biscop (bishop of St. David's ), Chr. 1055; Erl. 191, II.
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HLÁF
Bread, ⬩ food, ⬩ a loaf
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Man sceolde dón dǽdbote on hláfe and on wætere pœnitentia sit agenda in pane et aqua, L. Ecg. C. 2; Th. ii. 134, 4. Úrne dæghwamlícan hláf syle ús tódæg give us to-day our daily bread, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 11.
grið
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Sette man him iv nihta grið his safety was secured for four days, 1046; Erl. 173, 4. Godes grið protection belonging to the church, Swt. A. S.
fúl
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Mid fúlustre gewilnunge turpissimo desiderio, Angl. xi. 117, 29. (1 a) guilty of a charge :-- Be þisum þeófum þe man on hrædinge fúle geáxian ne mæg, and man eft geáxað þe hé fúl bið and scildig, . . . þá menn þe æt ordále fúle weorðað, Ll.