un-þeáw
A bad habit ⬩ an evil practice ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault
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Lufie mon ðone man, and hatige his unþeáwas, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 8: Met. 27, 32: Bt. 29, 3; Fox 106, 27: Met. 16, 24. Ýdel bið seó lár ðe ne gehǽlð ðære sáwle leahtras and unðeáwas, Homl. Th. i. 60, 35.
waru
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Nán man ne dorste for ðæra deóra ware ðám hálgum geneálécan, Homl. Skt. ii. 24, 56, 60. Scealt ðú for ware úra goda wíta ðrowian for the protection of our gods thou shall suffer punishments, Homl. Th. i. 594, 4.
Linked entry: wer-genga
feówer
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Add: adjectival. uninflected Wáron feówer (feór, L.) þúsend manna, Mt. 15, 38. Bisen féwer nétna similitudo quattuor animalium, p. 9, 10. Gesceapen of feówer gesceaftum, Bl. H. 35, 12. From féwer (feówre, R.) windum, Mt. L. 24, 31.
sweord
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. ¶ The high esteem in which good swords were held in old times is marked in many ways.
Linked entry: swyrd
ǽstel
A tablet ⬩ a table for notes ⬩ a waxed tablet ⬩ indicatorium ⬩ astula ⬩ pugillaris
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And in God's name, I command that no man take the tablet from the book, nor the book from the minster, Past. Hat. MS. Pref
LUFU
LOVE
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Hié sceolan lǽran Godes lufan and manna, Blickl. Homl 77, 20. Godes ege and his lufe fæstlíce on úrum heortum healdan, 131, 3.
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un-riht
wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ a defect
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Ǽr man áweódige ða unriht and ða mánweorc. Wulfst. 243, 19. a defect Ða ðe mid unrihte heora gecyndes beóþ geuntrumade quae naturae suae vitio infirmantur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 21
cúþ-líce
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Hé þá tóweardan mannum cydde swá cúðlíce (cf. 62, 17) swá þá andweardan, Guth. 60, 21: Bl. H. 127, 28. Cúðlíce gewissian, Hml. Th. i. 440, 1. Bí ðǽm spræc Dauid swíðe cúðlíce on psalmum, swá hé hit oft ácunnad hæfde, Past. 375, 1.
helpan
to succour ⬩ to be serviceable ⬩ to profit ⬩ avail
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Is se dæg comen ꝥ úre mandryhten mægenes behófað gódra manna; wutun gangan tó helpan hildfruman, B 2649: 2879. Of suoester ne hiá helpende de sorore non eam adiuuante.
hleóðrian
To sound, ⬩ make a sound [with the voice], ⬩ to speak, ⬩ sing, ⬩ cry, ⬩ exclaim, ⬩ resound
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Ongan ðá hleóðrian helle deófol hwæt is ðis la manna then exclaimed the devil of hell: Lo! what man is this, Elen. Kmbl. 1798; El. 901. Múþ habbaþ and ne mágon wiht hleódrian os habent, et non loquentur, Ps. Th. 113, 13.
tól
a tool, ⬩ implement, ⬩ instrument ⬩ tools, ⬩ machinery, ⬩ apparatus
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Hwæt is hit elles bútan getimbrunga and tól háligra manna (instrumenta virtutum), R. Ben. 133, 9. Ðis synt ða lára and ða tól gástlíces cræftes, L. E. 21; Th. ii. 418, 17.
Linked entry: tohl
cúþ
known, clear, plain, evident, manifest ⬩ notus, cognĭtus, manifestus ⬩ known, well known, sure, safe, noted, known as excellent, famed, celebrated ⬩ notus, certus, præstans, egregius ⬩ familiar, intimate, related, friendly ⬩ notus, familiāris, amīcus, benevŏlus
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known, clear, plain, evident, manifest; notus, cognĭtus, manifestus Ðæt wæs monegum cúþ that was known to many, Exon. 100b ; Th. 378, 21; Deór. 19: Lk. Bos. 8, 17. Cúþ is wíde it is widely known, Exon. 40b; Th. 134, 14; Gú. 507.
ge-hwyrfan
To change ⬩ turn ⬩ convert ⬩ mutare ⬩ convertere
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Manige Israhela bearna he gehwyrfþ to heora drihtne many of the children of Israel he shall turn to their Lord, 165, 13.
ge-brúcan
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-brécon], to-use food, eat Gif huá ofðǽm gebrúcceð (mandu*-*cauerit) . . . Gif huælc gebrúcces (gibrúches. R.) . . . Sé ðe gebrúccað (-eð, R.), Jn. L. 6, 50, 51, 54. Ðá ðe gibrúcað (utuntur) of ðǽm (apples), Rtl. 99, 4. Gebrǽc edens, Lk. p. 11. 13.
geap
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Mann gép ( uersuttis ) bedíglað ingehýd, 94, 17. Án fox þe is geápest ealra deóra, Shrn. 14, 19. Sé þincð nú wærrest and geápest þe óðerne mæig beswícan, 17, 23
drohtnian
To converse, dwell or keep company with, pass life, live ⬩ versāri, conversāri, dēgĕre, vitam ăgĕre
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Fela wítegan under ðære ǽ Gode gecwémelíce drohtnodon many prophets under the old law passed their days acceptably to God, Homl. Th. ii, 78, 34. Ðæt mid Suna Meotudes drohtigen dæghwamlíce that ye converse daily with the Son of God, Andr.
eges líc
Fearful, terrible, dreadful, terrific, horrible, awful ⬩ terrĭbĭlis, terrĭfĭcus, horrĭbĭlis, horrendus
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Ðæt he monig þing ge egeslíce ge willsumlíce geseah that he saw many things both awful and delightful, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 29. Se ðe worhte egeslícu on sǽ ðære reádan qui fēcit terribĭlia in mări rubro, Ps. Lamb. 105, 22.
land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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æfter dúnscræfum ymb stánhleoðo efne swá wíde swá wegas tólǽgon innan burgum strǽte stánfáge they bade lead him over the country ... they dragged him by mountain caves, across rocky slopes, far as the roads stretched, within the towns, the streets with many-coloured
ge-sceððan
To injure, hurt, oppress, be an enemy to ⬩ nocere, adversari
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He manegum gesceód it proved a foe to many, Cd. 167; Th. 208, 25; Exod. 488: 198; Th. 247, 1; Dan. 490: 209; Th. 258, 20; Dan. 678. Him hettende oft gescódan enemies oft oppressed them, Exon. 62 a; Th. 228, 23; Ph. 442.
sester
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Wæs swýðe mycel hungor, and corn swá dýre, swá nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, swá ðæt se sester ( Henry of Huntingdon renders this : 'sextarius frumenti, qui equo uni solet esse oneri ') hwǽtes code tó, lx. penega and eác furðor.
Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht