tíderness
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Wiþ ǽlces dæges mannes tyddernysse inneweardes, Lchdm. i. 86, 16: ii. 196, 9. Lǽcedómas wið eallum tiédernessum eágena, 2, 6. Mid sáre geswenced, mid mislícum ecum and tyddernessum, Blickl.
un-geþwǽre
not in harmony ⬩ at variance ⬩ discordant ⬩ not in agreement ⬩ given to discord ⬩ quarrelsome ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ troublesome ⬩ vexatious
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MS.) búton ǽlcum gódum þeáwe ( the Latin is: Cum in eo mentem nequissimi scurrae respiceres), Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 19
Linked entries: ge-þwǽre un-geþwǽrness un-þwǽre on-geþwǽre
in-gehygd
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Godes Gást hæfð ingehýd ǽlces gereordes, Hml. Th. i. 280, 12. meaning, import Onfangenum rǽdelse hé smeáde ymbe ꝥ ingehýd, and hit gewan mid wísdóme, Ap.
ríht
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Add 'Ǽlces unnyttes wordes . . . hié sculon ryht áwyrcean (reddent raiionem)'. . .
ælmesse
alms, what is given in charity ⬩ a charitable action ⬩ an offering
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Ðæt gé dæg-hwámlíce dǽlan ælmessan be ðám dǽle ðe ǽlcum men tó onhagige, þeáh hit ne sý bútan feórðan dǽl ánes hláfes, Wlfst. 238, 26. Wé lǽrað ðæt preóstas swá dǽlan folces ælmessan ðæt hig . . . folc tó ælmessan gewænian.
ceaster
a fortress ⬩ A city, fort, castle, town ⬩ urbs, civitas, castellum ⬩ the city ⬩ hæc civitas
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Ælla and Cissa ymbsǽton ceaster Ella and Cissa besieged the city, Chr. 491; Erl. 15, 6. Se Hǽlend ymbfór ealle burga and ceastra circuibat Iesus omnes civitates et castella, Mt. Bos. 9, 35. Grammar ceaster, ceaster; ceastres; n.
Linked entries: cæster Exan ceaster cester
FREÓGAN
to free ⬩ make free ⬩ manumittĕre ⬩ lībĕrāre ⬩ to honour ⬩ like ⬩ love ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ dilĭgĕre ⬩ ămāre
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to free, make free; manumittĕre, lībĕrāre Man sceal freógan aelig-acute;lcne þeówan one shall free every slave; revertētur hŏmo ad possessiōnem suam. Lev. 25, 10. Ic hit freó I free it. Chr. 963; Erl. 122, 2.
Linked entries: freón freónd fría ge-freógan
ge-metgian
To measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern, restrain ⬩ mensurare, temperare, moderare, regere ⬩ to measure in the mind, to deliberate, meditate on ⬩ deliberare, meditari ⬩ To become moderate, to moderate one's self ⬩ moderari, temperari
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To measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern, restrain; mensurare, temperare, moderare, regere Heora wíte biþ gemetegod ǽlcum be his geearnungum their punishment shall be measured to every one by his deserts, Homl. Th. i. 294, 6.
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wer
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Æt ǽlcum were, ðe binnan ðám .xxx. hídan is, gebyreþ ǽfre se óðer fisc ðam landhláforde, iii. 450, 25. Andlang Úse tó Kekan were; of Kekan were andlang Úse tó Caluwan were, 170, 31. Mid were and mid mylene, 243, 10.
eác
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Hý habbaþ eall ꝥ ðá unstyriendan habbaþ, and eác máre tó, Bt. 41, 5; F. 252, 26. where there is addition of condition or circumstance Hét ic ǽlcne mon hine gegerwan, and faran forð, and ꝥ eác bebeád ðæt ..., Nar. 9, 37.
ge-þwǽre
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Þú hæfst æalle gesceapene gesóme and tó þám geþwǽre þǽt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid ælle fordón dissonantia usque in extremum nulla est, Solil. H. 5, 14. Habbað æðele tungol emne gedǽled dæg and nihte, sunne and móna swíðe geþwǽre, Met. 29, 37.
cwealm
Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium
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Cwealm pestilentia vel contagium vel lues, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 57, 8; Wrt. Voc. 19, 18. Ðæt us cwealm on ne becume ne forte occidat nos pestis, Ex. 5, 3.
LÆS
Less ⬩ lest
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Án læs twentig undeviginti, twám læs twentig duodeviginti, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 41. Hé ríxode twá læs xxx geára, Chr. 641; Erl. 27, 16. Óðrum healfum læs ðe xxx wintra, 901; Erl. 96, 24.
Linked entry: læsast
LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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Ealle ðás naman habbaþ langne .o. on eallum casum all these nouns have long o in all cases, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 52. Ðá andswarode hé ymbe long then answered he after long, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 214, 8. Lange tíde multis temporibus, Lk. Skt. 8, 27, 29.
þweorh
crooked ⬩ cross ⬩ adverse ⬩ opposed ⬩ cross ⬩ angry ⬩ bitter ⬩ perverse ⬩ wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ depraved ⬩ froward ⬩ wrongly ⬩ evilly
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Similar entries v. þweorian, þweor-líc, II Þwyr oððe wiðerrǽde adversus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 240, 1. Gif gé beóð þwyre tó ðisum, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 94. Ungeþwǽre and þwyre him betwýnan at variance among themselves, 13, 236. cross, angry, bitter.
ealdor
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<b></b> a primitive, that from which something is derived :-- Rex cyning is frumcenned nama, and regalis cymð of þám and hæfð ealle þá ðing þe his ealdor hæfð, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 245, 4
hálig-dóm
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Sum wudewe wolde efsian ǽlce geáre þone sanct ( St. Edmund ) and his næglas ceorfan and on scrýne healdan tó háligdóme on weófode, 32, 194. Gá man mid háligdóme út and mid háligwætere, Wlfst. 173, 13. Út ealle mid hálidóme, 181, 3.
sócn
a seeking, search, exploring ⬩ a seeking, desiring, trying to get ⬩ a seeking to obtain an end ⬩ a seeking for information, ⬩ question, inquiry ⬩ a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort ⬩ a seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asylum ⬩ a seeking with hostile intent, an attack ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea ⬩ seeking ⬩ levying fines ⬩ soca ⬩ soca ⬩ quaestio ⬩ inquisitio ⬩ an attack ⬩ an action, prosecution ⬩ an assemblage ⬩ a parish
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And in ǽlcer[e] scíre ðǽr sanctus Benedictus hafþ land inne [habbe hé] his saca and his sócne . . . swá hwylc man swá ða sócne áhe, Sanctus Benedictus habbe his freódóm on eallen þingen 208, 19-209, 14.
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lǽran
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Hit bið swíðe geswincful ðæt mon ǽlcne mon scyle on sundrum lǽran, hit is ðeáh earfoðre ealle ætsomne tó lǽranne, 453, 10-12. Ongan his brýd wíshýdig wer wordum lǽran, Gen. 1823.
niman
to take ⬩ receive ⬩ get ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere ⬩ to take ⬩ keep ⬩ hold ⬩ tenere ⬩ to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to contain ⬩ to take (with one) ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ to take (to one) ⬩ give ⬩ to take forcibly ⬩ seize ⬩ take away ⬩ carry off ⬩ tollere ⬩ capessere ⬩ auferre ⬩ rapere
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Homl. 177, 2. to take forcibly, seize, take away, carry off; tollere, capessere, auferre, rapere Ic nyme tollo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 32. 53. Ðam ðe ðín reáf nymþ qui auferet tibi vestimentum, Lk. Skt. 6, 29. Se ðe hine deáþ nimeþ, Beo.
Linked entry: bi-nom