stille
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Add On þǽre nihte, þá hit stillost wæs, Gr. D. 238, 11. Add Þú þe ealle ðá unstillan gesceafta tó þínum willan ástyrast, and ðú self stille and unáwendedlic þurhwunast, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 10
þífþ
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Hé cwæð: 'Ne willað gé nú leng þeófian ... geswícað fram ðám þweoran þǽre þýfðe (þeof(e)te v.l. furty) ... þá wæs swá geworden ... ꝥ hí æ fter þon cyrdon búton þeófte (þeófete, v.l. ),' Gr. D. 202, 1-16
wæstm
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Add Hé wæs scort on wæstme statura pusillus erat, Hml. Th. i. 580, 30. Þá assan syndon on þám mǽstan wæstme (printed wæstene) onagri forma maxima, Nar. 34, 16
Wandale
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Seó arrianisce éhtnes wæs upp árǽred fram þám ungeleáffullum Wandalum (Wendlum, v.l. ) . . . þá ongan se Wendla cyning bígan þá biscopas, 240, 7-12. v. Wend(e)las (-e)
Linked entry: Wendlas
wæfre
flickering ⬩ wavering ⬩ quivering ⬩ wavering ⬩ languishing ⬩ active ⬩ nimble
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Th. 231, 2; Dan. 241. fig. wavering, languishing Him wæs geómor sefa, wæfre and wælfús, Beo. Th. 4831; B. 2420. Hé ne meahte wæfre mód forhabban in hreþre, 2305; B. 1150. active, nimble (?
ham
The ham, the inner or hind part of the knee ⬩ with bent knees ⬩ the ham or haunch of a horse ⬩ poples, suffrago
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Monegum men gescrincaþ his fét tó his homme ... gebeðe ða hamma with many a man the feet shrink up to the ham ... warm the hams, L. M. 1, 26; Lchdm. ii. 68, 3-5
búfan
Above ⬩ super
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Búfan ðam máran wealle above the greater wall, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 28. Twentig míla búfan Lundenbyrig twenty miles above London, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 25
Linked entry: be-ufan
riht-cynecynn
A legitimate royal family
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A legitimate royal family Antigones him ondréd Ercoles ðæt ðæt folc hiene wolde tó hláforde geceósan for ðon ðe hé ryhtcynecynnes wæs timens ne Herculem Macedones quasi legitimum regem praeoptarent, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 150, 10.
ofer-módig
Proud, arrogant, saucy, wanton ⬩ contumax
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Tarcuinius ðe hira eallra wæs ofermódgast Tarquinius Superbus, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 66, 28
on-girwan
To divest, strip
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Hé wæs líchoman ongyrwed corpore exutus, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 34: 5, 12; S. 631, 5. Ongered exuta, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 202, 17. Ongirede exutas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 18
Linked entry: un-girwan
ge-þancol
Mindful ⬩ thoughtful ⬩ considerate ⬩ suppliant ⬩ mĕmor ⬩ cōgĭtābundus ⬩ supplex
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Swá hleóðrode hálig cempa, þeáwum geþancul thus spake the holy champion, in all his ways thoughtful, Andr. Kmbl. 923; An. 462. Giþoncolo intenti, Rtl. 16, 31. Giþoncle supplices, 4, 24
tó-torfian
to fling in different directions ⬩ to toss about ⬩ to stone to pieces ⬩ destroy by throwing stones
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to fling in different directions, to toss about Wæs ðæt scyp of ðám ýþum tótorfod (jactabatur), Mt. Kmbl. 14, 24. Similar entries Cf. tó-weorpan. to stone to pieces, destroy by throwing stones.
trega
Pain ⬩ grief ⬩ vexation ⬩ hurt ⬩ ill
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Weá wæs árǽred, tregena tuddor, Cd. Th. 60, 27; Gen. 988
á-þindan
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Hé wæs mid oferhygdes gáste áþunden, Gr. D. 144, 28 : 180, 16. Add
be-dípan
to dip ⬩ plunge
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Se ráp wæs bedýped (-dyp-?) in þám wætre funis tingeretur aqua, Gr. D. 214, 26. Bedíped inditus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 62. Hé biþ bedýped on þá neoþe-mestan helle wítu, Bl. H. 185, 6. Þysne bedéptan (-dyp-, v. l.) hláf, Hml. A. 163, 253
þegnian
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</b> where the instrument with which service is performed is given :-- Mec láðgeteónan þreátedon; ic him þénode deóran sweorde swá hit gedéfe wæs I served my foes with my good sword, as was fitting, Beo. Th. 1125; B. 560.
Linked entry: þénian
þeód-scipe
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Hé wæs on godcundlícan þeódscipe getýd and gelǽred (sacris litteris et monasticis disciplinis erudiebatur) ...
ilding
Delay ⬩ putting off ⬩ deferring ⬩ prolonging ⬩ connivance
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Ne wæs ðá ylding tó ðon ðæt hí heápmǽlum cóman non mora ergo confluentibus catervis, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 31. Ne wæs dá ylding ðæt monige gelýfdon quid mora? crediderunt nonnulli, 1, 26; S. 487, 39: 3. 9; S. 533, 38.
un-stille
Not still ⬩ unquiet ⬩ not at rest ⬩ moving ⬩ liking movement ⬩ unquiet ⬩ restless ⬩ unruly ⬩ unquiet ⬩ disturbed ⬩ not at peace ⬩ troubled
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Swift wæs on fóre, dreág unstille winnende wéga, 434, 24; Rä. 52, 5. Eall ðiós unstille gesceaft, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 23. Ðæt unstille hweól ( velox rota ) ðe Ixion wæs tó gebunden, 35, 6; Fox 168, 31. Ða unstillan woruldgesceafta, Met. 11, 19.
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eáster-dæg
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Add: the day of the Passover Eásterdæg wæs se forman dæg on þǽre ealdan ǽ, þonne se móna wæs .xiiii., and þá seofon dagas þe þǽr æfter wǽron wǽron gecíged dies azimorum, Angl. viii. 330, 19.