neádunga (-inga)
Forcibly ⬩ not willingly ⬩ under compulsion ⬩ of necessity
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Gif hé (man) wǽre neádunga (without power of choice, necessarily ) Gode underþeód, ðonne næfde hé nán wuldor for gódum weorcum, Boutr. Scrd. 17, 26.
un-medume
Unmeet ⬩ unfit ⬩ unworthy
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Ða ðe unmedome bióð tó ðære láre for unwisdóme quos a praedicatione imperfectio prohibet, Past. 49; Swt. 375, 18.
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rót
glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ noble, excellent
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glad, cheerful Ðǽr moncyn mót for Meotude rót sóðne God geseón and aa in sibbe gefeón, Exon. 355, 33; Reim. 86. v. un-rót, rétan, rót-hwíl, rótlíce, rótness. noble, excellent Se góda man swá hé swíðor áfandod biþ, swá hé rótra biþ, and neár Gode, óþ
gyrn
Grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ calamity ⬩ injury
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He gilleþ geómorlíce and his gyrn sefaþ mournfully he cries out, sighs forth his grief, Salm. Kmbl. 536; Sat. 267. Gyrn þurh gástgedál affliction through death, Exon. 45 a; Th. 153, 31; Gú. 834.
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tó-cwísan
To shatter, ⬩ break to pieces, ⬩ crush, ⬩ bruise
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Ðás gymstánas synd tócwýsede for ýdelum gylpe, Homl. Th. i. 62, 6. Feól se wáh uppan ðæs stuntan rǽdboran, þæt hé æll tócwýsde and sum óþer cniht samod, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 173. The word seems used with a passive force in the following passage
tógædere-weard
In directions that will bring [people] together, will lead to meeting
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Ðá hié tógædereweard fóron ðá flugon Péne swá hie eft selfe sǽdon . . . iér hié tógædere geneálǽcten when the armies were marching to meet one another, the Carthaginians fled, as they afterwards themselves said, before they were near meeting; Ap.
ge-mynd
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Först. 85, 3. Add ꝥ hé þis symle hæbbe on gemyndum þǽre egesfullan stówe, Verc. Först. 94, 2. Add On ðisum gereorde nis þæs gærses nán gemynd, Hml. Th. ii. 398, 27
a-bǽdan
To restrain ⬩ repel ⬩ compel ⬩ avertere ⬩ repellere ⬩ cogere ⬩ exigere
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Ðæt oft wǽpen abǽd his mondryhtne which often repels the weapon for its lord, Exon. 114a; Th. 437, 24; Rä. 56, 12
a-wédan
To be mad ⬩ to rage ⬩ to be angry ⬩ to go or wax mad ⬩ revolt ⬩ apostatize ⬩ in furorem agi
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Se ðe for sleápe awéd phreneticus = φρενιτικόs, Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 40; Wrt. Voc. 45, 72
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dryht-líce
In a lordly manner, divinely ⬩ nobĭlĭter
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Abraham fór eorlum driht-líce spræc Abram spoke in a lordly manner before the people, Cd. 98; Th. 129, 4; Gen. 2138
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FANN
FAN, implement for winnowing grain ⬩ vannus, ventilābrum
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A FAN, implement for winnowing grain ; vannus, ventilābrum Fann vannus, Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 114; Wrt. Voc. 34, 43. Ðæs fann ys on his handa, and he afeormaþ his þyrscelflóre cujus ventilābrum in mănu sua, et permundābit āream suam, Mt.
fulteman
to assist ⬩ help ⬩ support ⬩ jŭvāre ⬩ auxĭliāri
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For ðæm ánwalde ðe ánra gehwilc fultemaþ through the power which each one supports, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 42; Met. 25, 21
in-hírness
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Paul to belong to them for ever, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 136, 14
lyge-torn
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Ne biþ cwénlíc þeáw ðætte freoþuwebbe feores onsæce æfter ligetorne leófne mannan it is no womanly fashion that a peaceweaver [woman] attack a loved man's life, having only a pretended cause for anger against him [?
bisceopian
To exercise the office of a bishop, to oversee, visit, confirm ⬩ episcopali munere fungi, visitare, confirmare
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To exercise the office of a bishop, to oversee, visit, confirm; episcopali munere fungi, visitare, confirmare Se bisceop biþ gesett to hádigenne preóstas, and to bisceopgenne cild the bishop is appointed for the ordaining of priests, and confirming of
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ge-delfan
To dig ⬩ delve ⬩ fodere ⬩ effodere
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Ðé wearþ helle seáþ niðer gedolfen the pit of hell was dug beneath for thee, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 30; Jul. 423
tǽcning
Shewing, proof
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Shewing, proof Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Ic hit ðé ðonne wille getǽcan; ac ðæt án ic ðé bebeóde ðæt ðú þeáh for ðære tǽcninge ne forgite ðæt ðæt ic ǽr tǽhte' atqui hoc verissima, inquit, ratione patefaciam, maneant modo quae paullo ante conclusa sunt, Bt. 34, 9;
un-styriende
Not moving ⬩ unmoving ⬩ stationary
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For ðæm sint ðás sceafta ðus gesceapene ðæt ða unstyriendan hí ne áhebben ofer ða styriendan, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 20-31
wíd-herian
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To celebrate, spread abroad the praise of a person Ðeáh hí for micel gód ne dón, hí wilniaþ ðæt hí micel ðyncen, and hí mon wídherge quamvis implere maxima praetermittant, ea tamen minima observant, quae humano judicio longe lateque redoleant, Past.
be-werung
Defence ⬩ protection
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For mynstres bewerunge (defensione), Angl. xiii. 373, 114. Under rihtum dóme and bewerunge sub jurisdictione atgue tuitions, C. D.B. i. 155, 20. Wǽpnu on swæþnum beran bewerunge hit getácnað, Lch. iii. 198, 11: 206, 4. Substitute: