stóc-líf
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Se ðe égðer wilt ge ðissa lǽnena stóclífe ge ðara écena háma, 164, 9. Cf. cot-, mynster-líf for words in which líf is similarly used ; and see stóc
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temian
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Wilde deór temian, Lchdm. iii. 200, 1: 186, 21. Nýtenu temian, 184, 18. Temma domare, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 4
teosu
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Biþ deófla wíse ðæt hí duguðe beswícaþ and on teosu tyhtaþ the devils' way is to seduce from virtue and to incite to wrong, Exon. Th. 362, 9; Wal. 34. Óðer hine lǽreþ ðæt hé healde Metodes miltse, óðer hine tyhteþ and on tæso lǽreþ, Salm.
un-sméþe
Not smooth ⬩ rough ⬩ uneven
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Ne unsméðes wiht, Exon. Th. 199, 15; Ph. 26. Unsmoeði scabro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 24. Ðære unsméþan elefantinosa, 142, 82: 31, 8. Hé hleóp on unsméðe eorðan, Shrn. 152, 1. Ða unsméþan tungan smirewan, Lchdm. ii. 238, 25.
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wrǽtlíce
wondrously ⬩ curiously ⬩ wondrously ⬩ excellently ⬩ beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ nobly
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Seó wiht wæs wrǽtlíce, wundrum gegierwed, 418, 8; Rä. 37, 2: 422, 14; Rä. 41, 6: 427, 2; Rä. 41, 85: 428, 2; Rä. 41, 102. wondrously, excellently, beautifully, elegantly, nobly Ðǽr wrǽtlíce symle telgan gehladene gréne stondaþ, Exon.
bóc-cræft
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Ðá ðe nellað heora bóccræftas Godes folce nytte gedón those who will not make their learning profitable to God's people, Wlfst. 213, 24. Add
fágian
to vary
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Ánfealde wíse bið witena gehwylcum weorðlicre micle þonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe, Ll. Th. ii. 318, 40. Similar entries v. ge-fágod, and cf. fágettan
god-borh
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Cf. the formulae pp. 178-182 beginning on þone Drihten, on Ælmihtiges Godes naman, on lifiendes Godes naman), and will accuse him that he do not carry out any of the pledges that he gave him, Ll. Th. i. 82, 4-6
tún
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Add Syndon þá burga forhergode and þá ceastra tóworpone, cyrcan forbærnde and mynstra tóworpene, and eác gehwylce túnas ge wera ge wífa fram hǽðenum mannum gewéste depopulatae urbes, eversa castra, concrematae ecclesiae, destructa sunt monasteria virorum
wacan
To wake ⬩ to come into being ⬩ be born ⬩ spring
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Abrahame wóc bearn of brýde to Abraham a child was born of his wife, Cd. Th. 167, 10; Gen. 2763: Beo. Th. 3925; B. 1960. Of ðam eorle wóc unrím þeóda, Cd. Th. 99, 15; Gen. 1646: 98, 29; Gen. 1637: Beo. Th. 2535; B. 1265.
hrǽw
a corpse ⬩ carcase ⬩ trunk ⬩ carrion
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Hrá wundum wérig the body weary with wounds, Andr. Kmbl. 2556; An. 1279: 2062; An. 1033: Exon. 36 b; Th. 119, 14; Gú. 254. He ðæt hrá gescóp he created the body, 8 a; Th. 2, 5; Cri. 14.
ilca
The same
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Swá ðám ilcum byþ ðe nellaþ ðínre ǽ bebod healdan so shall it be with those, who will not keep thy law, Ps. Th. 118, 36.
lyðre
Evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ base ⬩ mean ⬩ poor ⬩ sordid ⬩ vile ⬩ lewd ⬩ depraved
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Gif hwylc wíf for hwylcum lyðrum andan hire wífman swingþ si mulier aliqua, ex prava aliqua invidia, ancillam suam flagellis verberaverit, L. Ecg. P. ii. 4; Th. ii. 182, 32: L. M. I. P. 12; Th. ii. 268, 11.
sweotolung
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Tó swutulunge ðæt man wite ðæt man clǽne bæc hæbbe (tó swutelunge ðæt man mid rihte fare, 9), L. A. G. 5; Th. i. 156, 5.
þynne
Thin ⬩ thin ⬩ lean ⬩ the opposite of fat or stout ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of thick ⬩ thin ⬩ the opposite of broad ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ thin ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ delicate ⬩ fine
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Þynne wín, ii. 254, 18. Snáw cymð of ðam þynnum wǽtan, iii. 278, 23.
for-hycgan
to despise ⬩ to disdain ⬩ scorn
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H. 47, 30. with a case and a clause in apposition Ic þæt forhicge, þæt ic sweord bere, B. 435: Ph. 552. with infin. Wíf forhycgeaþ (-hicgaþ, v. l.) heora bearn fédan mulieres filios nutrire contemnunt, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 80, 11, 19. with dat. infin.
for-fleón
to avoid ⬩ to avoid ⬩ abstain from
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Th. ii. 146, 30. to avoid intercourse with a person, keep out of the way of Hí God lybbende forfleóð Deum uiuendo refugiunt, Scint. 152, 13. Þíne deórlingas þé sylfne forfleóð, Hml. S. 23, 148.
girwan
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Hié giredon hié tó wíge, 3, 5; S. 106, 17. Hié hié tó gefeohte geredon, 4, 10; S. 202, 13. Ongan hine fýsan and tó flote gyrwan, An. 1700. to dress Hié wuldres weard wǽdum gyrede, Gen. 941. <b>III a.
grǽdig
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</b> with gen. :--- keen, eager Grédig inians, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 59. Grǽdig inhians, 43, 75. Mín módsefa hweorfeð wíde ..., cymeð eft tó mé gífre and grǽdig, Seef. 62. <b>IV a.
hearm
evil ⬩ an evil ⬩ injury ⬩ a calamity ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ calumny ⬩ a calumny
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Wit hearmas, þreáweorc þoliaþ, Gen. 736. grief, affliction Gehýrde heó hearm galan (cf. hearmleóð ágól, 615) helle deófol, Jul. 629. injurious speech, calumny.
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