hrémig
Clamorous ⬩ exultant ⬩ lamenting ⬩ boasting ⬩ vaunting
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Wíges hreámige [the e is written above the line] boasting of battle, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 8; Æðelst. 59. Hrémge [so the MS.], Beo. Th. 4715; B. 2363
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ídel
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ futility ⬩ frivolity
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Nys eác mid ídele tó forlǽtenne ðæt wundor ðæt þurh wítedómes cræft hé wiste nor is the miracle, that he knew things by prophetic power, to be lightly dismissed, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 2 [cf. 76, 10]. Ða ídlo vanitates, Rtl. 162. 32
ge-wéman
To turn ⬩ incline ⬩ seduce ⬩ inclīnāre ⬩ sedūcĕre
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Hí eów to óðrum Gode gewémaþ they will seduce you to another God, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 9. Ðæt we ne sceolon ná geþafian ðæt deófol us gewéme fram Cristes bróðorrǽdene we should not allow the devil to seduce us from the brotherhood of Christ, i. 260, 11
Linked entry: wéman
bétan
to make better, to improve, amend, repair, restore ⬩ emendare, reparare, reficere, mederi, expiare ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair a fire ⬩ to light ⬩ make a fire, to kindle ⬩ focum reparare ⬩ to remedy, compensate, make amends ⬩ compensare
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Ðá hét he bétan micel fýr then he ordered a great fire to be lighted, Ors. 6, 32; Bos. 129, 10. to remedy, compensate, make amends; compensare Ic hit béte I will remedy it, Deut. 1, 17
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stellan
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Seó ofermódnes stellan wile ofer eáðmódnesse superbia inruere vult super humilitatem, Gl. Prud. 32 a
teart
Tart, sharp (of pain, punishment, etc.) ⬩ severe; acer, asper
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Ús ðincþ swíðe teart wíte ðæt án úre fingra on fýr becume, Homl. Th. ii. 590, 32. Ðæt hé ne ðurfe becuman tó ðam teartum bryne, 592, 17. Hé álýsþ mé fram teartum worde ( a uerbo aspero ), Ps. Lamb. 90, 3. Beó him gesǽd ða teartan wítu, Homl.
un-beald
Not bold ⬩ not confident ⬩ irresolute
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On óðre wísan sint tó manianne ða ánfealdan stræcan, on óðre ða unbealdan ...
un-gesceádwís
not acting according to reason ⬩ un- reasonable ⬩ irrational ⬩ unwise ⬩ foolish ⬩ not possessed of reason ⬩ irrational
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not acting according to reason, un- reasonable, irrational, unwise, foolish Hé hine wiste swíþe ungesceádwísne and swíþe ungemetfæstne, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 4.
Linked entry: ge-sceádwís
wiþer-sæc
striving ⬩ opposition ⬩ contradiction ⬩ denial ⬩ apostasy ⬩ recusancy
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Wearð geopenad his earman wífe his mánfullan behát ðam deófle ... Heó cýdde Basilie hyre cnihtes wiþersæc, i. 3, 408
fremfull
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Ox. 56, 310. of persons, beneficent, benignant Drihten wiste hú fremful hé beón wolde, Lch. iii. 436, 21.
ge-earnung
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Se líchoma bið þonne undeáþlic. . . sceal þeáh beón gelíc his geearnungum ( its condition will be in accordance with its deserts'), Bl. H. 21, 32. Ðá habbað swíðe misleca geearnunga, Past. 95, 8.
ge-wild
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Substitute: <b>ge-wild</b> power, control, in the phrase ánum tó gewildum gedón to get into one's power, subdue, subjugate Æfter þǽm þe Alexander hæfde ealle Indie him tó gewildon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 9.
glæs-fæt
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Gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt wel micel, gedó wínes tó v sestras, Lch. ii. 252, 8. a drinking-glass Ꝥ glæsfæt on þám wæs se wólberenda drync gehæfd, Gr. D. 104, 30.
hreáw hreów
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Sé wile ðicgan Godes líchaman hreáwne . . ., Hml. Th. ii. 278, 29-32.
on-týnan
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Se mereweard múð ontýneð, wíde weleras, Wal. 53: Rä. 76, 4. Ontýn þínne múð dilata os tuum, Ps. Th. 80, 11. <b>I h.
sweltan
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Þá folc bútú on feferádle mid ungemete swulton, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 35. to die with respect to something Hí sweltað bútan ænde mid líchaman and gáste, Gr.
æg
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Genim nigon ǽgra . . . and nim eall swá fela dropena wínes swá ðǽra ǽgra beó, Lch. i. 380, 1-5. Sellan ǽgra tó súpanne, ii. 220, 7. Genim gebrǽdde ǽgru, 100, 11. Gif hé gesihð henne ǽgru lecgan, iii. 204, 30. Hwæt máre ytst ðú? Wyrta and ǽgra, Coll.
wífung
taking a wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ wives ⬩ matrimonia
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P. 30; Th. ii. 374, 35. in plural, wives; matrimonia Eów preóstum þingð, ðæt eów nán sin ne sý ðæt gé mid wífungum swá libban swá lǽwede men, L. Ælfc. P. 32; Th. ii. 376, 28. v. frum-, unriht-wífung
trem
a step
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a step Ic ðæt geháte ðæt ic heonon nelle fleón fótes trym I vow that I will not flee hence one footstep (cf. ðæt he nolde fleógan fótmǽl landes, 139, 57; By. 275), Byrht. Th. 138, 68; By. 247. Fótes trem, Beo. Th. 5044; B. 2525.
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LECGAN
to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay
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Gé on his wergengan wíte legdon ye imposed pain upon his pilgrim, 43 a; Th. 144, 29; Gú. 685. Ðæt folc geald heom swá mycel swá hí heom on legden the people paid as much as they imposed, Chr, 1052; Erl.183, 15.