mis-wider
Bad weather ⬩ storm
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Bad weather, storm Gif hwæt fǽrlíces on þeóde becymþ, beón hit hererǽsas, beón hit miswyderu oððon unwæstmas, Wulfst. 271, 2
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bettrung
A bettering, ameliorating ⬩ emendatio
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A bettering, ameliorating; emendatio To his bettrunge [Cot. betrunge] to his amelioration, Past. 31, 1; Hat. MS. 39 b, 8
be-wægnan
To offer ⬩ offerre
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To offer; offerre Him wæs freónd-laðu bewægned a friendly invitation was offered to him, Beo. Th. 2390; B. 1193
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ge-hírsumnes
Obedience
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Obedience For his gehírsumnisse ðe he hæfde to Gode for his obedience to God, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 62, 181
þǽr-æt
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Thereat His horsbǽr wæs fram his discipulum gehealden, and monige unfrume ðǽræt hǽlo onféngon, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 7
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un-scearpness
Want of sharpness ⬩ dullness
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Want of sharpness, dullness For his ungleáwnesse and for his unscearpnesse propter ingenii tarditatem, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 7
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weorold-geflit
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A secular dispute Gif him þince ðæt hé æt woruldgeflitum sí, ðæt tácnaþ him ádl tówerd. Lchdm. iii. 174, 19
fæder-swica
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A traitor to a father Swá geendode se fæder*-*swica (Absalom) mid his feore his unrǽd, Hml. S. 19, 224
healf-slǽpende
Half asleep
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Half asleep Ætýwde him gamalielus gást healfslǽpendum the spirit of Gamaliel appeared to him when half asleep, Shrn. 113, 5
be-sencan
To plunge ⬩ submerge ⬩ drown
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Hí hine besencton on þá eá æt his cneówa, Bl. H. 43, 29. Besencean oþþe gecwylman mergere aut mortificare, Coll. M. 24, 33. Besencendum submergente, An. Ox. 1739. Besenced of ðǽm yfemestum tó ðæm nieðerhestan, Past. 134, 24. On helle besenct, Hml.
ge-cneordlǽcan
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Tó þysum twám wífmannum áwrát Hieronimus menigfealde trahtbéc, for ðan ðe hí wǽron swíðe gecneord-lǽcende on bóclicum smeágungum, i. 436, 11
þearle
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Hit on wolcnum oft þearle þunraþ, Met. 28, 25
ge-mǽne
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Ǽgðer ge etelond ge eyrðlond ge eác wudoland all hit is gemǽne þára fíf and tuéntig hída, C. D. ii. 95, 15. Ðás nigon hído licggeað on gemang óðran gedállande, feldlǽs gemáne and mǽda gemáne and yrðland gemǽne, vi. 39, 8-10.
letting
Letting ⬩ hindering ⬩ obstruction ⬩ delay ⬩ retarding
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On ðære lettinge his færeltes in ejus itineris retardatione, Past, 36, 7; Swt. 254, 20. [Se cyng scipa út on sǽ sende his bróðer tó dære and tó lættinge, Chr. 1101; Erl. 237, 19.]
beorhte
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His geearnunga wǽron beorhte gecýþed, Shrn. 52, II. clearly, of physical or mental vision Hé wearð hál, beorhte lócigende, Hml. S. 22, 182. His andgit bið tó ðon beorhte scínende, ðæt hé mæge ongietan sóðfæstnesse, Past. 69, 24
esne
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Gif cirican-mannes esne tihte folces-mannes esne, his dryhten hine geclénsige, 42, 11. Gif mon sweordes onlǽne óðres esne (þeówe, 11), 120, 12. His ágenne þeówne esne servum suum, 48, 12: 42, 6.
á-lynian
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Hí þæs þeófes fót áhlinode ( solvit ) of þám hege þe hé ǽr fæste on clifode, Gr. D. 25, 10. Hí ðæs scræfes locstán út álynedon, Hml. S. 23, 426. Áhlinnað ł áhebbað gatu attollite portas, Ps. L. 23, 9.
eald-hláford
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Hwelce hláfordhylda hí þóhton tó gecýþanne on hiora ealdhláfordes bearnum, 6, 37; S. 296, 5. Dauid cearf læppan of Saules mentle his ealdhláfordes, Past. 199, 11.
óþ
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Oð nú for twám geárum usque ante biennium, 235, 19: 342, 33. marking stage reached Nú hít eall ágán is oð on (v. á-gán) ðíne hand, ðonne ðú hit becweðe swá gesibre handa swá fremdre swáðer ðé leófre sý, C.
ge-bytlu
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Se cyng Willelm tó Pentecosten forman síðe his híréd innan his níwan gebyttlan æt Westmynstre heóld ( William in the twelfth year of his reign for the first time kept court in the new palace of Westminster, Hen. Hunt.), Chr. 1099; P. 234, 34.