un-wís
unwise ⬩ foolish ⬩ stupid ⬩ ignorant ⬩ ignorant of something
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Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 26 note. Unwíse láreówas cumaþ for ðæs folces synnum. Forðon oft for ðæs láreówes unwísdóme misfaraþ ða hiéremenn, and oft for ðæs láreówes wísdóme unwísum hiéremonnum bið geborgen.
mǽg-bót
The 'bót' paid to the kinsman of a slain man for the slaying of the latter
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If he (the slain man) strove against him that slew him, then let there be no 'bót' to the godfather just as there is no 'wite' to the lord, L. In. 76; Th. i. 150, 13-20. Ǽgðer ge mǽgbóte ge manbóte fullíce gebéte, L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 360, 7
ge-wylde
Subject ⬩ under one's power or control ⬩ in one's possesion
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He ne funde nán máre landes ðe ðiderynn gewylde wǽre ðonne twá hída landes he found no more land belonging thereto than two hides, Th. Chart. 429, 3.
íren
Iron ⬩ a sword ⬩ blade
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Áres and írenes æris et ferri, Bd. 1, I ; S. 473, 23, note. Heardes írenes grindlas gratings of hard iron, Cd. 19 ; Th. 24, 25; Gen. 383. Ðeáh hé wǽre mid írne ymbfangen, 224; Th. 297, 15; Sat. 513. Héht his sweord niman, leóflíc íren, Beo.
langian
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Ðæt ús nú æfter swelcum longian mǽge swelce ðá wǽron that we should now long for such times as then were, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 27. Ðá ongan hine eft langian on his cýððe then he began to long again for his native land, Blickl. Homl. 113, 15
lengu
Length
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Tele nú ða lengu ðære hwíle, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 6 note
ge-bróðor
brethren ⬩ fratres conjuncti
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Wyt sind gebróðra we two are brethren; nos duo fratres sŭmus. Gen. 13, 8. Gé synt ealle gebrððru omnes vos fratres estis, Mt. Bos. 23, 8: Mk. Bos. 10, 29. Twegen ǽwe gebrððro duo germáni fratres, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 28.
Linked entry: BRÓÐOR
þrosm
smoke ⬩ vapour ⬩ darkness ⬩ a dark space ⬩ chautêrem
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Betwux ús and eów is gefæstnod micel ðrosm ( inter uos et nos chaos magnum firmatum est, Lk. 16, 26), Homl. Th. i. 332, 17. in Germ. 398, 230 þrosm glosses chautêrem
þreál
Correction ⬩ correction by words ⬩ reproof ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correction by acts ⬩ chastisement ⬩ punishment ⬩ discipline
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Th. i. 362, 34. correction by acts, chastisement, punishment, discipline Gif hé bétan nele underlicgge hé rihtlícre þreále si non emendaverit, discipline regulari subjaceat, R. Ben. 56, 13.
un-synnig
innocent ⬩ guiltless ⬩ without sin ⬩ undeserved
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Lind. 5, 3 note. Ða unsuinnigo innocentes, 12, 7. undeserved Seó his unsynnige cwalu wæs gewrecen, Shrn. 93, 13
untrymness
Weakness ⬩ sickness ⬩ illness ⬩ infirmity
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Se ðe ne mægi giðrouia untrymnissum úsum qui non possit conpati infirmitatibus nostris, 91, 7. Lǽcedómas wið eallum untrymnessum heáfdes, Lchdm. ii. 2, 1
wirgness
Cursing ⬩ a curse
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Hí ús mid heora wiþer-wordum onbénum and wyrinessum éhtaþ adversis nos inprecationibus persequuntur, Bd. 2, 2; S. 504, 4
ymb-þanc
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Ðætte hé ðone ymbeþonc ðæs wærscipes ne forlǽte ut circumspectionem prudentiae non amittant 35; Swt. 237, 17. Hwæt sceolan ús, oþþe hwæt dóþ ús ðara worda ymb*-*þonc ?
á-feormian
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Ús áfeormigende nos abluendo , 52, 19. Áfeormod seofonfealdlíce purgatum septaptum , Ps. L. II, 7. Horwum áfeormod sordibus ablutus , Dóm. L. 156. Heortan mid ymbsnidenysse áfeormode fram leahtrum, Hml. Th. i. 98, 14.
dropa
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Add: a drop In ꝥ ilce scip nán regnes dropa ne gefeóll in navem eamdem una pluviae gutta non cecidit, Gr. D. 196, 6. Ꝥ nǽfre in þǽm londum regnes dropa ne cwóme nunquam in his locis pluuiam adire, Nar. 28, 5.
ge-sceádan
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D. ii. 86, 26. to arrange Gesceáden gisomnung distincta congeries, Mt. p. 4, 3. to scatter, shed Genim þás wyrte tó dúste gecnucude, gesceád (-scád, v.l. ) tó ðám sáre, Lch, i. 290, 12. non-material objects, to distinguish Ðú ðe dæg gisceádas (discernis
ge-sceamian
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Eówerne andwlitan ná ne gesceamað vultus vestri non erubescent, Ps. Th. 33, 5. Nabbe gé nánne gemánan wið hine, for ðám ðætte hine gesceamige (ut confundatur), Past. 357, 6. Hine sceal on dómes dæg gesceamian, Wlfst. 238, 12.
of-stígan
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to descend Sé ðe ofer hróf ne ofstíges (ástigað, R.) ádúne in hús qui super tectum non descendat in domum, Mk. L. 13, 15. Ofstág (ástág, R.) mið him descendat cum eis, Lk. L. 2, 51. Ofstág ádúne, 19, 6.
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on-gildan
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Wearð Godes wracu on Róme . . . him wæs ungemetlic moncwealn getenge, þæt nán hús næs binnan þǽre byrig þæt hit næfde þǽre wrace angolden exoritur ultio . . . incredibilium morborum pestis extenditur: nulla domus fuit, quae non illa pestilentia correpta
á-tellan
to count ⬩ number ⬩ compute ⬩ to enumerate ⬩ to tell ⬩ relate ⬩ recount ⬩ to reckon ⬩ repute
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Add: to count, number, compute Hé hié átellan ne mehte numerum explicare non poiuit, Ors. 3, 10; S. 140, 30.