plegan
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Add Mann dysig plegað mid handum homo stultus plaudet manibus, Scint. 95, 8
wácmódness
weakness of character ⬩ moral weakness ⬩ faintheartedness ⬩ want of courage ⬩ pusillanimity ⬩ cowardice ⬩ weakness ⬩ feebleness
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Of ðam bið ácenned wácmódnys.... and his sylfes orwénnys, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 19. Of wácmódnesse and of unbieldo oððe of untrymnesse módes oððe líchoman infirmitate, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 1.
hátheort-nes
Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal
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Th. 36, 8: Homl. Th. i. 360, 3
ofer-hycgan
to despise, contemn, disdain, scorn ⬩ contemnere, aspernere ⬩ to be puffed up
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MS. oferhýþ) ðæt hé bió gelíc óðrum monnum dum homo hominibus esse similis dedignatur, Past. 17, 4; Swt. 112, 3.
CNAPA
a boy ⬩ young man ⬩ KNAVE ⬩ puer ⬩ juvenis ⬩ adolescens ⬩ a servant ⬩ servus
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Heó sealde ðam cnapan drincan dedit puero bibere 21, 19: 22, 19: 42, 22: 48, 16: Homl. Th. i. 186, 14. Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan habeo quemdam puerum Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 27.
or-mód
Without courage, hopeless, despairing
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Ða lytelmódan ðonne hié ongietaþ hiera unbældo, hié weorðaþ oft ormóde ( in desperationem cadunt), Past. 32, i; Swt. 209, 8; Homl. Th. i. 536, 6; Nar. 32, 23. Hig ormóde (orwéne, MS. D. ) ne gedó, L. de Cf. 1; Th. ii. 260, 14
hnígan
To bend, ⬩ bow down, ⬩ incline, ⬩ descend, ⬩ decline, ⬩ sink
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Wit noldon hnígan mid heáfdum hálgum Drihtne we would not bend our heads to the holy Lord, 35; Th. 46, 10; Gen. 742: 217; Th. 277, 22; Sat. 208. Ðá hé tó helle hnígan sceolde when he must sink to hell, 221; Th. 288, 4; Sat. 375
Linked entry: ge-hnígan
GÁST
the breath ⬩ hālĭtus ⬩ spīrāmen ⬩ the spirit ⬩ soul ⬩ GHOST ⬩ spīrĭtus ⬩ anĭmus ⬩ ănĭma
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Gástas hwurfon, sóhton engla éðel souls departed, sought the home of angels, Andr. Kmbl. 1280; An. 640 : Exon. 100 a; Th. 375, 6; Seel. 134. Gásta weardas the guardians of spirits, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 25; Gen. 41.
on-ǽlan
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<b>III a</b>. to make hot with other matter than fire :-- Flór is on welme ǽttre onǽled, Sat. 40. Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled, Gú. 928.
macian
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Þæt hý him absolutionem macigan, Wlfst. 180, 12. to behave, act. with hit and adv. denoting manner Ic nát ná forgeare hú ic hit þus macige I do not quite know how it is I behave so, Hml. S. 23, 556: 672.
fiðere
A wing ⬩ āla ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ
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A wing; āla:Wings; ālæ, pennæ Gif his óðer fiðere forod biþ if one of its wings [lit. one wing of it] is broken, Homl. Th. ii. 318, 29. Fiðera [Spl. fyðera: Lamb. fyðeras] beóþ culfran fegeres seolfres pennæ cŏlumbæ sunt deargentātæ, Ps.
hrǽw
a corpse ⬩ carcase ⬩ trunk ⬩ carrion
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Homl. Th. ii. 346, 7. Ðá líchoman heáhfædera hrá the bodies, the patriarchs' corpses, Andr. Kmbl. 1581; An. 792. Heora fædera hreáw cadavera patrum, Num. 14, 33. Hrǽ, hrǽw [other MSS. hráw, hrá] corpses, Chron. 937; Erl. 115, 9; Æðelst. 60.
MACIAN
To MAKE ⬩ do ⬩ act
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Ðæt ða cristenan hine tó martyre ne macion that the Christians may not make a martyr of him, Homl. Skt. 5, 460. Hé (Lucifer ) wolde hine macian tó gode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 43.
sceþþan
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Homl. 161, 32: 169, 6. Ða sǽdeór hyre ne sceþedon, Shrn. 133, 11. Hú ðú sóðfæstum swíðast sceþþe, 263, 14; Jul. 349. Ðý læs him gielp sceþþe, Exon. Th. 43, 6; Cri. 684: 299, 11; Crä. 100.
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stræc
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Eal cristen folc sceal mid neádunge and strecum móde ðæt heofonlíce ríce geearnian, Homl. Th. i. 358, 25-35.
Linked entry: strec
swic-dóm
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Mid syrewungum and swicdóme hé becom tó ðære cynelícan geðincðe, Homl. Th. i. 80, 34. Hí ( the Romans) mid swicdóme hié (the Sabine women ) begeáton, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 27: Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 20.
swát
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Homl. 59, 36: Cd. Th. 33, 8; Gen. 482
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þweán
to wash ⬩ to anoint.
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Ic in ða eá ástáh and of ðam wætere míne handa þwóh, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 502. Hé hire fét mid his teárum þwóh, 744. Hé þwóh Aaron and his suna, Lev. 8, 6. Heó hí ðwóhg, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 13.
þweores
across as opposed to along ⬩ athwart ⬩ transversely ⬩ crosswise as opposed to lengthways ⬩ on the flank ⬩ perversely ⬩ wrongly
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Ðá wolde hé þurhþýn hí þwyres mid ðam swurde then he wanted to thrust her through, from one side to the other, with the sword, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 225.
grípan
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Add: intrans. with personal subject, to grasp at Heó gráp þá tógeánes, gúðrinc geféng atolan clommum, B. 1501. to take hold of, lay hands on. a material object Heó on mec ( an onion ) grípeð, Rä. 26, 7.