gif
If ⬩ though ⬩ whether
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Frægn gif him wǽre niht getǽse asked whether the night had been pleasant to him, Beo. Th. 2643; B. 1319. Ðú wást gif hit is swá we secgan hýrdon thou knowest if it is as we heard say, 550; B. 272
un-biscopod
Unconfirmed
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Unconfirmed Wé lǽraþ.... ðæt ǽlc cild sý gefullod binnon .xxxvii. nihtum, and ðæt ǽnig man tó lange unbiscopod ne wurðe, L. Edg. C. 15; Th. ii. 246, 28. Unbiscpod (-biscopod, MSS. C. E.), Wulfst. 120, 15.
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fram-lic
Stout ⬩ bold
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Stout, bold Hé (Nero) nóht fromlices (freom-, v.l.) ongan on ðǽre cynewísan nihil omnino in re militari ausus est, Bd. 1, 3; Sch. 15, 21
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dweorg
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. :-- Dweorg on weg tó dónne ... syle etan þám untruman men ǽr þǽre tíde hys tócymes, swá on dæge swá on nihte, swæþer hyt sý, his tógan(g) bið ðearle strang, Lch. i. 364, 13-17. (The disease meant is convulsions, Cockayne.)
án-streces
At one stretch ⬩ with one effort ⬩ continually ⬩ sine intermissione
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At one stretch, with one effort, continually; sine intermissione And fóron on ánstreces dæges and nihtes and went at one stretch day and night, Chr. 894; Th. 170, 25
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un-earh
Undaunted ⬩ intrepid ⬩ fearless
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Gif mane bið ákenned on .xxii. nihta ealdne mónan se bið unearh fihtling, Lchdm. iii. 158, 11.
bísgian
to occupy ⬩ employ ⬩ to harass ⬩ trouble
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Th. ii. 532, 27, to harass, trouble Wildeór ús on þǽre nihte bisgodon, Nar. 15, 4
dreósan
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Add: to fall, not remain suspended Hé meledeáwes dǽl gebyrgeþ, sé dreóseð oft æt middre nihte ambrosios libat coelesti nectare rores, stellifero teneri qui cecidere polo, Ph. 261. to fall, not remain standing (lit. or fig.), fall down, fall to pieces
Cwichelmes hlǽw
CUCKHAMSLEY hill or Cuchinslow, Berkshire, a large barrow on a wide plain overlooking White Horse Vale ⬩ Cwichelmi agger in agro Berchensi
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CUCKHAMSLEY hill or Cuchinslow, Berkshire, a large barrow on a wide plain overlooking White Horse Vale ; Cwichelmi agger in agro Berchensi Wendon to Wealingæforda, and ðæt eall forswǽlldon; and wǽron him ðá áne niht æt Ceóles ége, and wendon him ðá andlang
Sol-mónaþ
February ⬩ placenta ⬩ panibus sol ⬩ sun ⬩ mire ⬩ spurcalia
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The old name for February Ðonne se Sol-mónaþ biþ geendod, ðonne biþ seó niht feówertýne tída lang and se dæg týn tída Shrn. 59, 2. Solmónaþ sígeþ tó túne Februarius Menol. Fox 31; Men. 16. [The first part of the compound is of doubtful meaning.
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þearl
severe, ⬩ strict ⬩ severe ⬩ utter, ⬩ excessive
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Kmbl. 946; Sal. 472. utter, excessive þýstru ðú gesettest on þearle niht (night utterly dark) posuisti tenebras, et facta est nox, Ps. Th. 103, 19
ge-fæstlíce
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with certainty Ic his nát náht gefæstlíce nihil abs te dictum est quod me scire audeam dicere, Solil. H. 32, 9. firmly, with constancy Gelýf gefæstlíce Gode constanter Deo crede, 53. 12
un-fægerness
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Ꝥ hálige wîf ne ondréd hire náht þǽre útran scame and unfægernesse sancta mulier nihil exterioris deformitatis (cf. valde ignea conspersio corporis inerat) timuit, Gr. D. 379, 15. Add
un-meahtelíc
Impossible
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Impossible Eów ne byð ǽnig þing unmihtelíc nihil inpossibile erit vobis, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 20: Lk. Skt. 1, 37. Unmihtlíc is inpossibile est, 17, 1. Ða þing ðe mannum synt unmihtelíce, 18, 27
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dyncge
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Sceáphyrdes riht is ꝥ hé hæbbe twelf nihta dingan (ðingan, MS.; the Latin version has dingiam ) tó Middanwintra, Ll. Th. i. 438, 22. manured land Dincge navalium (cf. naualis, campi culturae dediti, Corp. Gl. H. 80, 3), Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 56.
Tír
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of the god corresponding to the Latin Mars, and apparently used also of the planet bearing his name; as Grimm notices, the Runic symbol ᛏ resembles that used for the planet ♂ Tír byþ tácna sum, healdaþ trýwa wel wið æðelingas, á byþ on færylde ofer nihta
un-gearu
not ready ⬩ not prompt ⬩ indisposed to act ⬩ not ready ⬩ not in a fit state for use ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ not ready, not prepared for attack
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Andra besierede ðæt folc ðe hié ymbseten hæfde on ánre niht ungearwe exercitum incautum Andro oppresserat, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 2. Hié fóron út nihtes and cómon on ungearwe men, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 13.
dæg
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Ꝥ Sc̃s Petrus on dæge folce sǽde, þonne wrát Sc̃s Marcus ꝥ on niht, Shrn. 74, 19. Gé hwyrfað niht tó dæge, Wlfst. 47, 8. Eall swá þicce is þeó heofon mid steorrum áfylled on dæg swá on niht . . .
un-declínigendlíc
Indeclinable
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Indeclinable Nihil náht indeclinabile, ðæt is, undeclínigendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 8; Zup. 39, 6: 38; Zup. 223, 1: 44; Zup. 258, 1. Indeclinabilia, ðæt synd, undeclíniendlíce, 9, 78; Zup. 75, 3
ilde
Men
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Niht becwom óðer tó yldum, Beo. Th. 4240; B. 2117 : Menol. Fox 174; Men. 88 : Elen. Kmbl. 1581; El. 792