sceaþung
Injury, damage
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ge ǽlc ðæra wónessa ðe tó ǽnigre bóte gebyrie, ðæt hit áge healf ðære cyrcean hláford, Chart. Th. 138, 18
wafian
To wave
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Þeáh ðe man wafige wundorlíce mid handa, ne bið hit þeáh bletsung búta hé wyrce tácn ðære hálgan róde, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 151
gafol-gildere
a debtor
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a debtor, v. gafol,(8),(7), Gif ðú wilt þæt þis feoh becume tó ðínre sáwle ðearfe, tódǽl hit ðearfum and wanhálum, wydewum and steópbearnum and hafenleásum gafegyldrum, Hml. Th. ii. 484, 33. Add:
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of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Wæs sió bysen of him ( the example that had its origin with them ) ofer ealle world, Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 34. 31. Hié woldon of ǽlcerre byrig him self anwald habban ( imperare singulae cupiunt ) ...
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un-lǽttu
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Moral wretchedness, wickedness God gecýðde in þám for hwylcre scylde (blasphemy) se cniht wæs geseald swylcum éhterum; for þon þe his fæder nolde hine gerihtan þá hwíle þe hé lifde,þá ylcan unlǽttu hé lét hine eft edníwian þá þá hé sweltende wæs, Gr
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on-wille
Desired
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Desired 'Ac gé hine gesundne ásettaþ ðǽr gé hine sylfne genóman' ... Ongon ðá leófne síð dragan Dryhtnes cempa tó ðam onwillan eorþan dǽle to the hermitage to which he (Guthlac) desired to go, and from which the fiends had removed him, Exon.
BEARD
a BEARD ⬩ barba
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Gif he hine gebinde, and ðonne to preoste bescire, mid LX scillinga gebéte if a man shave off the beard, let him make amends [boot] with xx shillings. If he bind him, and then shave him like a priest, let him make amends [boot] with lx shillings, L.
sceát
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</b> of a protective covering :-- Se godcunda anweald gefriþode his diórlingas under his fiþera sceáte (sceade, v. l. ), Bt. 39, 10; F. 228, 12. v. offrung-, wæter-sceát
un-wærlíce
Unwarily ⬩ incautiously ⬩ without caution ⬩ heedlessly
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Unwarily, incautiously, without caution, heedlessly Ic lǽre ðæt hira nán ðara ne wilnie ðe hine unwærlíce begá; and se ðe hí unwærlíce gewilnige, ondrǽde hé ðæt hé hí ǽfre underfénge ut haec, qui vacat, incaute non expetat; et qui incaute expetiit, adeptum
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ofer-gapian
to neglect, disregard ⬩ consideratio
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to neglect, disregard Ne hé þurh ðone trúwan his sacerdhádes ofergapige (ofergumige, other MS.) his gehýrsumnysse let not the priest through trust in his priesthood be careless of his obedience R. Ben. 112, 2
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flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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Þá git wæs flǽsc (carnes) on hira tððum. Num. ii. 33. Flǽsces hí bǽdon petierunt carnes, Ps. Th. 10. -, 35. Gif mon his heówum in fæsten flǽsc gefe, Ll. Th. i. 40, 9.
flotian
To float ⬩ fluitāre
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To float; fluitāre Beó án scip flotigende swá néh ðan lande swá hit nýxt mǽge let a ship be floating as near the land as it nearest can, Chr. 1031; Erl. 162, 6
un-weorþung
disgrace ⬩ shame ⬩ indignation
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Spl. 34, 30. indignation Hit bið unnyt ðæt mon unweorðunga forlǽte frustra indignatio tollitur, Past. 33; Swt. 222, 12
geolwian
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To become yellow or ruddy Ná beheald þú wín þænne hit geoluwað ( flauescit ), Scint. 105, 7. Geolwaþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 18. Þá geolewedan (gegeolewedan, An. Ox. 108) crocata, Hpt. Gl. 408, 57
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cræft-sprǽc
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Neutrum is náðor cynn ... ne werlices ne wíflices, on cræftsprǽce ( grammatically speaking ), ac hit byð swá þeáh oft on andgyte, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 18, 15
sneorcan
To shrivel ⬩ to wrinkle the face in displeasure (?) ⬩ to draw up the nose in contempt or displeasure
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[Cf. ꝥ te hude swartete as hit snarchte (shrivelled with the heat) Marh. 18, 14.]
Élíg-burh
The city of Ely, Cambridgeshire ⬩ urbs Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi
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The city of Ely, Cambridgeshire; urbs Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Man hine lǽdde to Élígbyrig [Élíbyrig, Th. 294, 15, col. 2] they led him to Ely, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 16, col. 1
ful-georne
Full earnestly ⬩ very diligently ⬩ full well ⬩ diligentissĭme ⬩ optĭme
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Full earnestly, very diligently, full well; diligentissĭme, optĭme He wiste fulgeorne ðæt God hine lufode he knew full well that God loved him; qui optime nōvĕrat Dŏmĭnum esse cum eo, Gen. 39, 3
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gærs-bed
A grass-bed ⬩ grave ⬩ sub cæspĭte lectus ⬩ sepulcrum
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A grass-bed, grave; sub cæspĭte lectus, sepulcrum Ðonne he gást ofgifeþ, syððan hine (?) gærsbedd sceal wunian when he gives up his spirit, then must he inhabit a grave, Ps. Th. 102, 15
slǽp-leást
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Sleeplessness Hine gedrehte singal slǽpleást. Homl. Th. i. 86, 16. Wið slǽpleáste, genym ðysse ylcan wyrte (poppy) wós, smyre ðone man mid; sóna ðú him ðone slép on senst. Lchdm. i. 158, 1