blóstm-bǽre
Flowery ⬩ blooming
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Ðeós blóstmbǽre stów locus iste florifer, Hml. Th. ii. 352, 31. Ðá blóstmbǽran juguðe floridam iuuentutem, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 13. Blóst(m)bǽre, An. Ox. 442. Blóstmbǽre florulenta, i. floribus referta, 140
a-cennan
To bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ beget ⬩ renew ⬩ parere ⬩ gignere ⬩ renovare ⬩ renasci
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Ðonne se móna biþ acenned [geniwod, v. geniwian] when the moon is changed [born anew ], Lchdm. iii. 180, 19, 22, 28
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for-hæfednes
Restraint ⬩ continence ⬩ abstinence ⬩ contĭnentia ⬩ abstĭnentia
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Ðæt is wundor ðæt ðú swá réðe forhæfednesse and swá hearde habban wylt mīrum quod tam austēram tĕnēre contĭnentiam vĕlis, 5, 12; S. 631, 33
hwearf
A turn ⬩ space ⬩ change ⬩ exchange
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A turn, space, change, exchange, that which is exchanged Be hwearfe. Nán man ne hwyrfe nánes yrfes bútan ðæs geréfan gewitnesse ... Gif hit hwá dó fó se landhláford tó ðam hwearfe Of exchange.
mild-heort
kind-hearted ⬩ of gentle disposition ⬩ meek ⬩ merciful ⬩ compassionate ⬩ gracious ⬩ clement
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Beóþ mildheorte swá eówer fæder is mildheort, Lk. Skt. 6, 36: Blickl, Homl. 97, 32. Ðín mildheort mód misericordia tua, Ps. Th. 107, 4. Mid mildheortum weorcum with works of mercy, Blickl. Homl. 37, 19.
mucg-wyrt
mug-wort ⬩ muggart ⬩ muggon ⬩ mother-wort
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Herba artemisia tragonthes ðæt is mugcwyrt (Artemisia dracunculus tarragon), 102, 18. Mucgwyrt. Ðeós wyrt þridde ðe wé artemisiam leptefilos, and óðrum naman mucgwyrt nemdon (Artemisia Pontica), 104, 15-18.
munuc-hád
Monk-hood ⬩ the monastic state
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Seó ǽrest wífa is sǽd in Norþanhymbra mǽgþe ðæt heó munucháde and háligrifte onfénge quae prima feminarum fertur in provincia Nordanhymbrorum propositum vestemque sanctimonialis habitus suscepisse, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 23
nearulíce
narrowly ⬩ within narrow limits ⬩ briefly ⬩ oppressively ⬩ grievously ⬩ narrowly ⬩ exactly ⬩ strictly
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Ys seó foresǽde bóc (Genesis) on manegum stówum swíde nærolíce gesett (is a mere narrative of events ), and ðeáh swíde deóplíce on ðam gástlícum andgite, Ælfc. Gen.
Linked entry: nearu-þanc
nídþearf-líc
Necessary ⬩ needful ⬩ useful
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Is swýðe nýdþearflíc ( necessaria ) gesceád, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 35. Gif ic síe ðínum folce nédþearflíc tó hæbbene, Blickl. Homl. 225, 26. Bútan tó his neódþearflícre þénunge nisi ad usum necessarium, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 8.
sealm-sang
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Nú sind ða twá gesetnyssa, ðæt is sealmsang and wítegung, Homl. Th. i. 188, 16-19
scortlíce
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Nú is óðer cwyde be gódum mannum sceortlíce gecweden, Homl. Th. i. 484, 20. Wé willaþ furðor swíðor sprecan, and wé secgaþ nú sceortlíce, Lchdm. iii. 240, 2
ge-fricgan
To learn by asking or by inquiry ⬩ hear of
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To learn by asking or by inquiry, hear of Syððan hie gefricgeaþ freán úserne ealdorleásne when they learn that our lord is lifeless, Beo. Th. 5996; B. 3002. Gif ic ðæt gefricge if I learn that, 3656; B. 1826.
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simbel
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Icel. simul ever, is preserved in only one or two passages] On simbel ever, always, continually :-- Hí hiora freóndscipe forþ on symbel gehealdaþ they continue ever to maintain their friendship, Met. 11, 94.
stóc
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As may be seen from the Index to the Charters, Stóc occurs frequently, some of the references are here given Ðis is ðara þreora hída and .xxx. æcera bóc æt Stóce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 190, 9 : 34, 12. Tó Stóce, 203, 21. Intó Stóce, 123, 8.
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twǽming
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Twǽming ( separation of man and wife ) is álýfed ðám ðe lufiaþ swíðor ða heálícan clǽnnysse ðonne ða hohfullan gálnysse, ii. 324, 3.
un-efn
Unequal ⬩ unlike ⬩ dissimilar ⬩ diverse ⬩ irregular
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Anomalus is unemne, inequalis ungelíc, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Zup. 199, 3. Ða unefne ł ungelíco burna woegas diversos rivulorum tramites, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 9
þyddan
To strike ⬩ thrust ⬩ push
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Ðæt is ðæt mon mid hindewearde sceafte ðone ðydde ðe him oferfylge aversa hasta persequentem ferire eat, Past. 40; Swt. 297, 14
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un-gleáw
without understanding ⬩ without skill ⬩ not sagacious ⬩ ignorant ⬩ blind ⬩ dull ⬩ not apt for service
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Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse ( imprudentes; but the Latin is not literally translated) wǽron, 10, 6. of things dull, not apt for service : -- Sweord gebrǽd gód gúðcyning, gomele láfe, ecgum ungl[e]áw ( dull of edge; cf. sió ecg gewác, bát unswíðor
wánung
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Ðǽr ( in hell ) is wánung and gránung and á singal sorh, Wulfst. 26, 8. Hǽðenra gránung and reáfera wánung, 186, 13. Wóp and wánung and heófung and endeleás cwylming, Homl. Th. i. 592, 16. Geóm*-*rung and wánung, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 104.
wiþ-metan
To compare
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Wiðmeten is confertur, 19, 27. Wiþmeten comparatus, assimilatus, 132, 77. Bión wiðmetene comparari, Kent. Gl. 42: 1023. Grammar wiþ-metan, with dat. Hwylcum bigspelle wiðmete wé hit? cui parabolae comparabimus illud? Mk. Skt. 4, 30.
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