un-tólísendlic
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Not to be absolved Gif þá scylda ne beóð swá myccle and swá untðlýsendlice æfter deáðe si culpae post mortem insolubiles non sunt, Gr. D. 342, 26
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BREÁD
A bit, fragment, morsel, BREAD ⬩ buccella, panis
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A bit, fragment, morsel, BREAD; buccella, panis Æfter ðæt breád post buccellam, Jn. Lind. War. 13, 27, 30. Hí ge-éton ðæt breád manducaverunt panem, 6, 23
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ge-dríf
What is driven ⬩ stubble ⬩ stipula
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What is driven, stubble; stipula Gesete hí swá swá gedríf ætforan ansýne windes pone illos sicut stipulam ante faciem venti, Ps. Spl. T. 82, 12
heán-líc
Ignominious, disgraceful, vile, poor ⬩ infamis, fœdus, ridendus, dedecor, indecor
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Swíðe nearewe sent and swíðe heánlíce ða menniscan gesǽlþa very scanty and very poor are human felicities; anxia enim res est humanorum conditio bonorum, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 26: Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 12
fremian
To profit ⬩ do good ⬩ be good or expedient ⬩ avail ⬩ profĭcĕre ⬩ prōdesse ⬩ expĕdīre ⬩ vălēre
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Gyf se wǽta byþ máre ðonne ðæt fýr, ðonne fremaþ hit if the moisture is more than the fire, then it does good, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 23; Lchdm. iii. 280, 9. Eów fremaþ ðæt ic fare expĕdit vōbis ut ĕgo vādam, Jn. Bos. 16, 7: Mt.
CNAPA
a boy ⬩ young man ⬩ KNAVE ⬩ puer ⬩ juvenis ⬩ adolescens ⬩ a servant ⬩ servus
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Ðæt wíf wearþ wráþ ðam cnapan mulier molesta erat adolescenti Gen. 39, 10. a servant; servus He hét his cnapan behealdan to ðære sǽ he ordered his servant to look towards the sea Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 18, 23; Lchdm. iii. 276, 24
hwítian
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Hwítað heofon albescit polus Hy. S. 21, 23. Hwæs blód reádaþ on rosan gelicnysse, and hwæs líchama hwítað on lilian lægernysse, Hml. S. 34, 113. Add
leóþ-wrenc
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A trick in a poem, a doubtful or spurious passage (?) Dyple obolisrnene . . . byð oft on Uirgilius bácum and on his leóðwrencum gesette, Angl. viii. 334, 19
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eorþ-mægen
Earthly power ⬩ terræ vis
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Poet. pref. xviii. 59; p. 223, 69
gár-torn
Spear-anger ⬩ rage of darts ⬩ īra tēlis manifestāta
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Spear-anger, rage of darts; īra tēlis manifestāta Hí gártorn geótaþ gífrum deófle they shall pour the rage of darts upon the greedy devil, Salm. Kmbl. 291; Sal. 145
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gif-fæst
Gifted with ⬩ capable of ⬩ fitted for ⬩ capax
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Gifted with, capable of, fitted for; capax Sum biþ wóþbora giedda giffæst one is a poet gifted with song, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 20; Crä. 36: Cot. 57
on-hyscan
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Add Sé þe forsihð þearfan onhyscð (exprobrat) Scyppende his ( he that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker, Prov. 14, 31), Scint. 178, 17. Onhyscan infamare, An. Ox. 17, 23
for-bærnan
To burn up ⬩ consume ⬩ ŭrĕre ⬩ combūrĕre
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Nim ǽnne sticcan . . . forbærn ðone óðerne ende take a stick . . . burn the one end, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 17, 15; Lchdm, iii. 274, 4.
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un-ornlíc
Poor ⬩ plain ⬩ mean
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Poor, plain, mean Hí námon him ealde gescý and unornlíc scrúd they took old shoes and mean apparel; tulerunt calceamenta perantiqua, induti veteribus vestimentis, Jos. 9, 5
nebb
a neb ⬩ nib ⬩ a beak ⬩ a beak-shaped thing ⬩ a nose ⬩ the gristle of the nose ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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Pol. 48; Th. i. 94, 8. the face, countenance Neb facies, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 51 : vultus, Hpt. Gl. 475. 6. Hys nebb ( facies ) wæs mid swátlíne gebunden, Jn. Skt. 11, 44. Neb, Met. 31, 23.
wer
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a weir, a dam Salomon sǽde ðætte suíðe deóp pól wǽre gewered on ðæs wísan monnes móde, and suíðe lytel unnyttes út fleówe.
masc
A mesh ⬩ a net ⬩ toil
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A mesh, a net, toil Ic wyrpe max míne on eá pono retia mea in amne, Coll. Monast, Th. 23, 9: 21, 13. On ðám maxum in retibus, 21, 19
geddian
To sing ⬩ cantare
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Se scóp geddode the poet sang, 35, 5; Fox 166, 8
un-micel
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For 'Greg . . . is' substitute Æfter unmycelum (noht miclum, lytlum, v.ll.) fæce non multo post, Gr. D. 133, 7. Hé him worhte tela unmycel eardunghús sibi humili habitaculum construxit, 201, 5
ge-heortlíce
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Þá sóna æfter þǽre stefne geheortlíce him wǽron þá limu cwiciende and fægre (the latin is ; Post quam vocem paulatim recalescentibus membris), Gr. D. 317, 16