á-uht
Aught ⬩ anything ⬩ aliquid
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Hwý biþ his ánwald áuhte ðý mára why will his power be by aught the greater? 16, 40; Met. 16, 20: Bt. 35, 5 ; Fox 164, 6, 10
Bederices weorþ
Bederic's worth or town ⬩ Eádmundes burh ⬩ St. Edmund's bury
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Edmund's bury On Bedericeswyrþe at Bedericsworth, Will 23 ; Th. Diplm. A. D. 970; 517, 26. At an earlier date, in A. D. 958, Ælfgar records, Ic an ðat lond into Beodricheswrþe to Seynt Eádmundes stówe I give the land at Bedericsworth to St.
leóf-líce
Kindly ⬩ graciously ⬩ gladly ⬩ lovingly
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Kindly, graciously, gladly, lovingly Ðeáh ðe ic scyle ealle wucan fæstan ic ðæt leóflíce dó though I have to fast all the week, I will do it gladly, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 7.
nídinga
By force ⬩ against a person's will
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By force, against a person's will Nédunga violenti, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 12. Ðý læs nédunga genom Crist menn ne raperet Christus homines, Rtl. 197, 35. Woldon hine dón niédenga (nídenga, Cott. MSS.) tó cyninge, Past. 3, 1; Swt. 33, 14.
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ge-gæderian
To gather ⬩ join ⬩ colligere ⬩ congregare
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Ðam biþ gæst gegæderad Godes bearn God's child will be a guest associated with him, 84 b; Th. 318, 9; Mód. 80
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þafetere
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One who agrees or consents, one who is remiss in allowing Ðý læs se ðafetere, se ðe wile forgiefan ðæt hé wrecan sceolde, tó écum wítum geteó his hiéremenn ne rector remittendo quod ferire debuit ad aeterna supplicia subditos pertrahat, Past. 20; Swt
þæran
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to dry, wipe Hé ðá hét geótan wæter on mundleów and ongan his þegna fét þweán and þæran (other MSS. have þar an, þær ana; the Latin in Jn. 13, 5 is extergere.
wídan
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From (far and) wide, from a distance Hé his witan wídan gesomnod hæfde . . . Ealle ða ðegnas ðe ðǽr wídan gegaderode wǽron, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 315, 9, 36. Óðer sinoð wæs eft óðer healf hund biscopa wídan gesamnod . . .
dol
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Ðá dolan . . . ðá wísan hebetes . . . sapientes, 203, 3
ge-stun
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.), 150, 41. a storm, tempest, hurricane Þæt gestun and se storm and seó stronge lyft brecað bráde gesceaft hurricane and storm and tempest break up the wide world, Cri. 991.
full-fremednes
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Add: completeness Sé þe fulfremednesse háligre drohtnunge habban wile, þæt þá synd gesette tó lífes bysene hálegra fædera lára, þára gémen gelǽt mannan tó fulþungenre fulfremednesse, R. Ben. 132, 18-133, 1.
hyht-lic
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Wile mon mec hátan hyhtlic gewǽde, Rä. 36, 12. giving ground for hope, hopeful, promising, v. hyht-ful; Þ á wearð Iafede geogoð áféded, hyhtlic heorðwerod heafodmága, Gen. 1605
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ofer-rǽdan
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Seó bóc is on Englisc áwend, on ðǽre mæg gehwá be ðison genihtsumlíce gehýran, sé ðe hí oferrǽdan wile, 358, 31
wille
A well, spring, fountain
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On ðone fúlan wylle; of ðam wylle, vi. 213, 16-23. v. wíþig-wille; will, and next word
on-bryrdness
Instigation, stimulus, inspiration, compunction
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Instigation, stimulus, inspiration, compunction Mid wíne onbryrdnysse vino compunctionis, Ps. Spl. 59, 3. Mid onbryrdnysse ðæs upplícan éðles with the stimulus that is given by the land on high, Homl. Th. ii. 550, 19.
Linked entries: and-bryrdness an-bryrdnes á-bryrdness
hláford-swica
A betrayer of his lord, ⬩ a traitor to his lord
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Hér sind on earde on mistlíce wísan hláfordswican manige here in the land are in divers manners many traitors, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 88: 110, 176
þicce
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Ne drince hé þicce wín (cf. þynne wín, l. 18), 254, 26. Of þiccum lento (defruto), Hpt. Gl. 408, 38. 'Wá ðæm ðe gaderaþ an hine selfne ðæt hefige fenn (densum lutum)' ... Ðæt is ðonne ðæt men gadrige ðæt ðicke (ðicce, Cott.
furþor
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Hwá mæg ǽfre óðrum furðor freóndscipe gecýðan, þonne hé his ágen feorh gesylle and ðurh ðæt his freónd wið deáð áhredde ( majorem hac dilectionem nemo habet ut animam suam quis ponat pro amicis suis, Jn. 15, 13), Wlfst. 111, 4.
steáp
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</b> of smaller objects :-- Heard and steáp ( the pillar into which Lot's wife was turned ), Cd. Th. 155, 8; Gen. 2569. Wið steápne rond by the tall shield, Beo. Th. 5126; B. 2566. Ic hæbbe hneccan steápne, Exon. Th. 490, 1; Rä. 79, 4.
be-witan
watch over
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Swilce þú micel bewytan wills as if you wish to see after much business (?), Tech. ii. 121, 8. Ð á ðing tó bewitanne ðe tó scipene belimpað, Angl. ix. 260, 4. Mynstres ǽhta on tólum oþþe on reáfum sýn betǽhte tó bewitenne þám gebróþrum, R. Ben. 56, 4
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