un-deór
Not dear ⬩ cheap ⬩ common
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Ðæt hié mon ná undeórran weorðe móste lésan ðonne hié mon be ðam were geeahtige, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 1.
un-fǽhð
Absence of hostility
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Absence of hostility; the word refers to the abstention from the prosecuting of the feud, which under certain conditions it would be allowable for the kinsmen of a man to follow up Se ðe þeóf geféhð, hé áh .x. sciłł.... and ða mǽgas him swerian áðas
wídness
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Ðæt eástportic wæs on lenge twéntig fæðma be ðæs temples wídnysse, and wæs týn fæðma wíd. Homl. Th. ii. 578, 10-13
weorold-snotor
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Ne weorþeþ on worulde ǽnig worldsnotera (woruld-, v.l.) þonne hé wyrðeþ there shall be none in the world that has more worldly cunning than he (Antichrist) has, Wulfst. 54, 21
ár-weorþ
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Ben. 114, 21. Se árwierþa (-wurþa, v. l. ) wer, Chr. 716; P. 42, 14. Swíð árwyrðe wer, 1052; P. 173, 17: Bl. H. 209, 15. Þæt árwyrðe weófod, 207, 15. Móder árwyrðe mater honorificata, Rtl. 45, 25: veneranda, 66, 21.
ge-hlot
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Cf. ge-hleótan; 3 Sweotollíce ús gedyde tó wittane Alexander hwelce þá hǣðnan godas sindon tó weorþianne; ꝥ hit swíþor is of þ ára biscepa gehlote (from what the priest determine stall be said) and of heora gewyrde ꝥ ꝥ hie secgað þonne of þára goda mihte
ge-lǽfan
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R. 8, 8. to be left, remain Genumen wæs ꝥte gehlaefde sublatum est quod superfuit, Lk. L. 9, 17. Ðá ðe gelǽfdon [ł] uéron tó láfe quae superfuerunt, Jn. L. 6, 13
gin-fæst
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Þú, éce God, selest weorðlica ginfæsta gifa be geearnunga ánra gehwelcre, Met. 20, 227
ge-wénan
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Ox. 803. to think probable, expect Ne ꝥ gewoene ꝥ mæge styrnisse giworða that a tumult need not be expected; ne forte tumultus fieret, Mk. R. 14, 2. to hope for Þá hwíle ðe ðǽr bið gewéned ǽnig behreówsung, Hml. Th. ii. 340, 6
gistran-dæg
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Be þám þú gyrstandæge cwæð, Guth. 74, 4. Gyrstandæg heri, Jn. 4, 52: An. Th. 22, 1. Gyrstandæg (girston-, georsten, v. ll. ), Ælfc. Gr. 224, 2. Gyrstandæg gemedemode úre Drihten hine sylfne . . ., nú tó dæg Stephanus . . . tó heofenum férde, Hml.
Linked entries: gierstan-dæg georstan-dæg
hwæcce
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[Nether wheche ne leede to be leyde in, bote a grete Clothe to hely my foule Caryin, E. W. 27, 4]
Linked entry: corn-hwicce
singan
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1 a. add: of the reciting of a charm Þis gebed man sceal singan on ðá blacan blegene, Lch. iii. 40, 8: 42, 7: 294, 7. of playing on an instrument Wé sungon eów be hearpan and ge ne saltadun cantavimus uobis tibiis, et non saltastis, Lk. 7, 32. 3.
sǽlan
To happen, betide, fortune
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Hú ðé sǽle how it may happen to thee, what your success may be, Andr. Kmbl. 2710; An. 1357
wealca
a roller ⬩ a wave ⬩ billow ⬩ a garment that may be rolled round a person ⬩ a muffler ⬩ wrap ⬩ veil.
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Kmbl. 3047 ; An. 1526. a garment that may be rolled round a person, a muffler, wrap, veil. Similar entries v. wealcian Ðá dyde heó of hire wydewan reáf and nam hire walcan (theristrum), Gen. 38, 14
heáne
Ignominiously, shamefully, abjectly
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Scyldigra scólu áscyred weorþeþ heáne from hálgum the band of the guilty shall with shame be separated from the holy, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 17; Cri. 1609: 75 b; Th. 283, 16; Jul. 681.
hold-áþ
An oath of fealty
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An oath of fealty Hí wéron his menn and him holdáþas swóron ðæt hí woldon ongeán ealle óðre menn him holde beón they did homage to him and swore oaths of fealty to him that they would be loyal to him against all other men, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 7.
Linked entry: hyld-áþ
for-þrǽstan
to destroy by pressure ⬩ to crush ⬩ break to pieces ⬩ to strangle ⬩ choke
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Add: to destroy by pressure. to crush, break to pieces Toeð synfulra ðú forðrǽstes ( conteruisti ), Ps. Srt. 3, 8. Forðrǽst ( contere ) earm ðes synfullan, 9, 36. Boga bið forðrésted, 36, 15. Reód forþrést calamum quassatum, R. Ben. I. 108, 8.
freó-bearn
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Add: of human beings Hié ( the descendants of Abraham ) gesittað be sǽm tweónum ... leóde þíne, freóbearn fæder, folca sélost, Exod. 445. Abraham andswarode '...
seld-hwanne
Seldom ⬩ rarely
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Ben. 21, 16. Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 44. Seldhwonne biþ ðaette áuht manegum monnum ánes hwæt lícige, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 29
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síclian
To sicken ⬩ be or fall sick
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To sicken, be or fall sick Lange hé síclaþ diu egrotat, Lchdm. iii. 151, 8. Sícclaþ (síclaþ, MS. T.), 13. [Ðá wæs Leófríc abbot of Burh æt ꝥ ilca feord, and sǽclode dǽr, and com hám, and wæs dǽd sóne dǽr æfter Chr. 1066, Erl. 203, 12.