wrǽstan
to wrest ⬩ twist ⬩ to move the strings of the harp in playing ⬩ plectrum.
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to wrest, twist RUNE hine on ða tungan sticaþ, wrǽsteþ him ðæt wóddor, and him ða wongan briceþ. Salm. Kmbl. 191 ; Sal. 95. to move the strings of the harp in playing, Cf. wreste of an harpe plectrum.Prompt. Parv. 533 Sum sceal mid hearpan set his hláfordes
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ǽþryt
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weariness, disgust Ne durre wé ðás bóc gelengan, ð í lǽs ðe heó ungemetegod sý and mannum ǽðryt þurh hire micelnysse ástyrige, Hml. Th. ii. 520, 5. wearisomeness, tediousness Ic ðóhte þæt hit wǽre lǽsse ǽðryt tó gehýrenne, gif man ðá áne bóc rǽt on
créda
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Se lǽssa créda. Ic gelýfe on God, Fæder ælmihtigne . . . on flǽsces ǽrist and þæt éce líf, Angl. x. 100, 7. Se mæssepreóst sceal secgan Sunnandagum . . . be þám Paternoster and be þám crédan eác, swá hé oftost mage, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 30. Gif hé song his
dǽd-bót
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Hí clipodon tó Gode mid sóðre dǽdbóte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 24. Bútan hé mid fulre dǽdbóte his ungeþanc gebéte si non cum satisfactione emendaverit, R. Ben. 21, 6. Þá men þe dǽdbóte underfóð for hefelicum gyltum homines qui poenitentiam pro gravibus peccatis
felawyrd-ness
Talkativeness
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Talkativeness Ac hú byð ꝥ gif hit gelimpeð ꝥ se man ꝥ wyrignesse word ne gecwið tó his þám néhstan for hete and níþe, ac hit sceóteð forð þurh his tungan (for his felawyrdnesse and his tungan, v. l.) gýmeleásnesse quid si homo non fortasse ex malitia
fore-steall
prevention ⬩ hindrance
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Add: prevention, hindrance to free progress Færð fýr ofer eall, ne byð þǽr nán foresteal, ne him man náne mæg miht forwyrnan ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis, Dóm. L. 146. fine for the crime of fore-steall. Similar entries v. for-steal in Dict
ge-fullian
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in Dict. and add Sóna ðæs þe hiene mon gefullwade (gefullade, hé gefullwad wǽre, v. ll.) . . . fram Sergio hé gefulwad (gefullad, v. l. ) wæs, Bd. 5, 7; Sch. 583, 15-24. Hé tó gefulliane (-enne, v. l. ) cóm tó Róme, Sch. 582, 14. Ǽr heó gefullud wǽre
geflit-georn
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Gif hira hwylc geflitgeorn (contentiosus) bið, R. Ben. 130, 20. Ne ǽnig man ne sý tó sacfull ne éalles tó geflitgeorn, Wlfst. 70, 19 : Lch. iii. 428, 34. Beón úre fét gesceóde mid þǽre sybbe bodunge, and úre stafas sýn on úrum handum tó sleánne þá wyrmas
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heáfod-ece
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Add: — Heáfodwærc vel [heáfod]ece cephalia, i. dolor capitis, vel cephalargia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 84. Wið heáfodece, Lch. i. 188, 15 ; 190, 20: 196, 22, and often. Laurentius ðá wudewan fram hefigtýmum heáfodece gehǽlde, Hml. Th. i. 418, 22. Hé mid ele
hel
a pretext ⬩ Calumny ⬩ a false charge
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(?) a pretext.Calumny, a false charge Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle (héle, v.l.) . . . and ic sylf tó sóðe talige ꝥ hé mínes orfes þeóf wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 180, II. þá geréfan rýpað þá earman bútan ǽlcere scylde . . and mid yfelan hélan earme men
husclíce
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Take here huxlíce in Dict. and add Sleánde mid handbredum huxlíce and gelóme, Hml. Th. ii. 248, 13. Huxlíce gebundenne, Hml. A. 107, 157. þa hors hí oftrǽdan huxlíce under fótum. Hml. S. 18, 347. Ne ǽnig man ne gewunie þæt hé huxlíce onhisce, Wlfst.
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leáf-leóht
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Easy to believe (?) Se gewuna þisse hálgan drohtnunge þé gedéþ leáfleóht and eáþe þæt ðe ǽr earfoðe and ancsumlic þúhte (the English version here does not follow the Latin closely, the only part of which that seems the foundation of the English is: Pro-cessu
loca
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Dele: ' That which close s, . . . lock, ' and first passage (for which see loc ; I) ; for : ' 72 b . . . Sal. 185 ' substitute: Bóca cǽga, [le]or-nenga locan the keys of books, the locked place of learning, Sal. 135. Ic sume in bryne sende, in líges locan
módig-ness
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Þæt byð módignys, þæt ǽnig man forseó Godes beboda. Seó módignyss ys ealra unþeáwa angin and ealra mægna hryre, Wlfst. 2. 19, 4-7. Ǽlc yfel cymð of módignysse, Hml. A. 40, 405. Geseoh heora módignysse and úre æádmódnysse, 107, 163. Hé on assan hricge
myrige
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Take here mirige in Dict., and add Wæs ðǽr gehende án myrige dún mid wyrtum ámét mid eallre fægernysse and eác ful sméðe. Hml. S. 19, 108. Þeán þe þes middaneard myrge wǽre, 28, 158. Hé sǽde þæt him nǽre nǽfre ǽr swá éðe ne swá myrige, swá him þá wæs
strand
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Se Hǽlend stód on ðám strande . . . Seó sǽ getácnað þás andwerdan woruld, and þæt strand getácnode ðá écan staðolfæstnysse þæs tówerdan lífes, Hml Th. ii. 288, 27-31. Seó landfyrd cóm ufenon and trymedon hig be ðám strande, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 18. Wé gesáwon
súþan
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Add Pyhtas cóman súþan of Scithian, Chr. pref.; P. 3, 6. Add Be-westan him is se beorh Athlans oð ðone gársecg, and súþan ðá beorgas þe man hǽt Æsperos; and be-súþan him Aulolum sió þeód ab occidente Atlantem montem et Oceanum Atlanticum, sub Africo
tó-gán
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Add Se Hǽlend betǽhte Thóman him hám tó hæbbenne and hí swá tóeódon, Hml. S. 36, 50. Add Hetelíce ástreccað ealle his lima ꝥ þá liþa him tógaan, Hml. S. 37, 99. Add Swilce man bláwe áne bytte fulle windes and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden
tó-stregdan
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Add Þonne hit tóstreigdeð (-stregdeð, v.l.) and tódǽleð hit sylf ymb óðerra manna wísan cum ad exteriora sparserit, Gr. D. 5, 1. Tóstrǽdaþ spargimus, An. Ox. 46, 18. Swá mycelu wynsumnes þæs æþelestan stences tóstrogden and tógoten wearð geond eall ꝥ
þeówan
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to press. [ passages here might be taken to next word, q. v. ] Add Þá scóc án oxa his heafod, and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 786. add Hé stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539. Wé þæt ǽbylgð nyton þe wé gefremedon