steór-sprǽc
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Reproof, rebuke Swá swá man ná hæbbende on múðe his steórspréca (streór-, MS.) ut homo non habens in ore sno increpationes, Ps. Rdr. 37, 15
tó-cnáwness
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Knowledge In þǽre tócnáwnesse (on-, v.l.) ǽgðres gedáles weaxeþ se éca þæs edleánes in qua cognitione utriusque partis cumulus retributionis excrescit, Gr. D. 311, 11
þurh-wacian
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To continue watching, maintain a vigil Hé nǽfre gódes weorces ne áblon. ah hé hwílum ealle niht þurhwacode on hálgum gebedum, Bl. H. 227, 7
Linked entry: þurh-wæccan
un-wæstmfæst
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For the passage substitute Elizabeth wæs unwæstmfæst [on líchaman, ac wǽstmfæst] þára godcundra mægena erat Elisabeth sterilis corpore, sed fecunda virtutibus, Archiv cxxii. 247, 17.
wáfung
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Se apostol þe se engel onlýsde, and his mód gegráp on wáfunge quem angelus solvit, ejusque mentem in ecstasim rapuit, Gr. D. 108, 3. Add
wunung-stów
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Dwelling-place, habitation Hé him bebeád ꝥ hé fram hire gewite, and ꝥ hé náne wunungstówe (locum) næfde on Godes þeówene, Gr. D. 31, 19
reót
(;joyous;); sound; (?) gladness; (?)
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(;joyous;); sound; (?) gladness; (?) Gesyhþ sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, reóte berofene . . . nis ðǽr hearpan swég, gomen in geardum, Beo. Th. 4905; B. 2457
réðig-mód
Of fierce or savage mind
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Of fierce or savage mind Hé réðigmód rǽst on gehwilcne wédehunde (reðe, MS., but cf. wédende hund, Fox 186, 8) wuhta gelícost, Met. 25, 17
sǽ-wérig
Weary with being on the sea
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Weary with being on the sea Sǽwérige slǽp ofer*-*eode, Andr. Kmbl. 1651; An. 817: 1723; An. 864. [We beoþ sæ-werie men. Laym. 4619.]
samod-wunung
A living together
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A living together Him is tó forbeódenne ǽghwilc gemána . . ge ǽt, ge drinc, ge samodwunung on húsum, L. E. I. 26; Th. ii. 422, 31
sandig
Sandy
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Sandy Sandig arenosa, sandegum arenosis, Hpt. Gl. 502, 73, 75. Sandigum, 449, 25. Ðeós wyrt wihst on sandigum landum, Lchdm. i. 94, 7: 100, 16
sceamleás-líc
Shameless, wanton
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Shameless, wanton Dauit wæs mid oferméttum gewundad, and ðæt gecýðde on Urias slæge, for ðære scamleáslecan gewilnunge his wífes, Past. 3, 2; Swt. 35, 24
un-wuniendlíc
Uninhabitable
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Uninhabitable Beóð twégen dǽlas on twá healfa ðam gemetegodum dǽle unwuniendlíce, for ðan ðe seó sunne ne cymð him nǽfre tó, Lchdm. iii. 262, 2
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hearpung
Harping, playing on the harp
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Harping, playing on the harp Hé hí hæfþ geearnod mid his hearpunga he hath deserved her by his harping, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 8
cot-stów
A place of cottages ⬩ casarum situs
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A place of cottages; casarum situs On ða ealdan cotstówa to the old cot-places Cod. Dipl. 578; A. D. 973; Kmbl. iii. 97, 30
tord-wifel
A dung-beetle ⬩ scarabaeus stercorarius
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A dung-beetle; scarabaeus stercorarius Ðǽr ðú geseó tordwifel on eorþan up weorpan, ymbfó hine mid twám handum mid his geweorpe, Lchdm. ii. 318, 15
breóst
the chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla
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Add: the front of the chest Mid gildenum girdle his breóst wæs befangen . . . hé silf wæs begird æt his hálgum breóste (praecinctus ad mamillas zona aurea, Rev. l, 13), Ll. Th. ii. 370, 4-7. Oþ mannes breóst (cf. swyran, Shrn. 81, 13) heah, Bl. H. 127
ge-wil
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Add Hí fyligeað heora luste and ídelum gewille, Wlfst. 52, 15. Hí ongunnon godspel tó wrítenne bútan þæs Hǽlendes wissunge, and be heora gewille ( according to their own will ) sǽdon swá swá him geþúhte, Hml. S. 15, 114. Wé becumað genýdde tó ðǽre sprǽce
tó-dál
Division. ⬩ a dividing into parts, ⬩ partition ⬩ separation ⬩ a part of a whole, ⬩ separate portion, ⬩ section ⬩ a mark which divides, ⬩ dividing-point ⬩ distinction, ⬩ difference ⬩ distribution ⬩ scattering, ⬩ dispersing ⬩ dissension, ⬩ want of union or peace, ⬩ discretion
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Division. a dividing into parts, partition Mid þrýnum tódále trina partitione, Anglia xiii. 380, 217. separation Tódál distractio, Hpt. Gl. 500, 35. Sume naman synd dividua, ða getácniaþ tódál, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 13, 12. a part of a whole, separate portion
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mónaþ
A month ⬩ lunar ⬩ calendar
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A month, lunar or calendar Ǽlce mónþe seó sunne yrnþ under án ðæra tácna ... Ǽlc ðæra twelf tácna hylt his mónaþ, and ðonne seó sunne hí hæfþ ealle underurnen, ðonne byþ án geár ágán. On ðam geáre synd getealde twelf mónþas ... Ðæs mónan mónaþ is ðonne