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þider-weard

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Add: where a verb of motion is implied Geseah hé olfendas þyderweard vidit camelos venientes procul, Gen. 24, 63. Ðá þá hé þágíta wæs feorron þyderweard adhuc longe positum, Gr. D. 37, 15

wiþerian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþerian, <b>.
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</b> add Þá hé geseah ꝥ hé ne mihte wið wiþerian (wiðwiþerian ?; wiðstandan, v.l.) þæs hálgan mannes fremmingum cum se conspiceret ejus profectibus obviare non posse, Gr. D. 117, 19

rynig

(adj.)
Grammar
rynig, adj.

Good at running

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He gon to rusien swa þe runie (wode, 2nd MS.) wulf þenne he cumeð of holte, Laym. 20123.]

slítere

(n.)
Grammar
slítere, es; m.

a waster, destroyer ⬩ a consumer of food, a glutton

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Ðá sǽde hé him, ðæt hé wǽre cyrican slítere Wulfst. 235, 24. a consumer of food, a glutton Slíteras lurcones Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 26

fót-setl

(n.)
Grammar
fót-setl, es; n.

A footstool

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A footstool Sæt hé mid ðám cynincge æt gereorde. Þá fǽringa sáh hé niðer wið ðæs fótsetles sprǽce benumen (cf. mutus in ipsa sede declinavit, Florence of Worcester), Chr. 1053; P. 182, 21

ge-méting

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Hé hié mid þǽm ilcan wrence beswác þe hé æt heora ærran gemétingge dyde, 4, 9; S. 188, 33. an assembly, a body of persons who have come together Ælc gemétinc omnis conventus (plebis), Bl. Gl. Háligra heáh gemétincg consilium sanctorum, Ps.

hefigtímness

(n.)
Grammar
hefigtímness, e; f.

Trouble ⬩ affliction ⬩ vexation

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Trouble, affliction, vexation Ðone hé tealde him tó frýnd ðe him sume hefigtýmnysse on belǽdde him he accounted his friend who brought some trouble upon him, Homl. Th. ii. 546, 19.

ícend

(n.)
Grammar
ícend, es; m.
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One who increases or augments Ðon hé cymþ of ðam worde augeo ic geíce and hé getácnaþ geeácnunge ðon macaþ hé hic auctor ðes ícend and hæc auctrix ðeós ícestre when it comes from the word augeo I increase, and indicates augmentation, then it makes hic

Linked entry: ícestre

mǽl-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-dæg, es; m.

A day ⬩ season ⬩ an appointed time

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Hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde on ðǽm mǽldagum mægen and strengo, 79; Th. 98, 18; Gen. 1632

Linked entry: mál-dæg

un-tǽlwirðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tǽlwirðe, adj.

Not blameable ⬩ irreprehensible ⬩ praiseworthy

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Not blameable, irreprehensible, praiseworthy Is geteald hwelc hé beón sceal, gif hé untǽlwierðe bið quae sit irreprehensibilitas ipsa, manifestat, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 11. Æew Dryhtnes untélwyrðe ( inrepraehensibilis ), Ps. Surt. 18, 8.

Linked entry: tǽl-wirðe

ancor-setl

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Se hálga onette tó ðám ancersetle ðǽr hé ǽr gesæt, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 4, 20. Hé on ancorsetle wunade, Shrn. 71, 9. Hé gesæt ancersetl on Fearne, 72, 19. Add

créda

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Se mæssepreóst sceal secgan Sunnandagum . . . be þám Paternoster and be þám crédan eác, swá hé oftost mage, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 30. Gif hé song his crédon oððe Paternoster on untrumne mon, hé wæs sóna hál, Shrn. 116, 20. Add

tó-flówan

Grammar
tó-flówan, <b>I a.</b>
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Hé beheóld and tófleówon þeóda aspexit et defluxerunt gentes, Ps. Rdr. 283, 6. Add

weald-genga

(n.)
Grammar
weald-genga, an; m.

A weald-goer ⬩ bandit ⬩ brigant

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'Hé is geworden tó wealdgengan and ðæra sceaðena ealdor, ðe hé him sylf gegaderode, and wunaþ on ánre dúne mid manegum sceaðum.'. . . Ðá ætstód se wealdgenga . . . and áwearp his wǽmna, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 30-18, 31

æf-þanc

Grammar
æf-þanc, &c.
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Sé ðe lǽrð sunu his on æfþuncan (in zelum) hé ásent feónd he that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy (Ecclus. 30, 3), Scint. 176, 12. Ðá wræc hé his æfþancas on his feóndum, Guth. 14, 4. Add

sott

(adj.)
Grammar
sott, adj.

Foolish ⬩ stupid ⬩ a fool

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Se ðe his ágene sprǽce áwyrt, hé wyrcþ barbarismus. Swylce hé cweðe ðú sót ðǽr hé sceolde cweðan ðú sott, Anglia viii. 313, 21. Ne biþ se ná wita, ðe unwíslíce leofaþ, ac biþ open sott, ðeáh ðe him swá ne þince, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 132

Linked entry: sot

hnappung

(n.)
Grammar
hnappung, hnæppung, e; f.

Slumbering, ⬩ dozing, ⬩ drowsiness

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Slumbering, dozing, drowsiness Ǽresð mon hnappaþ gif hé ðonne ðære hnappunge ne swícþ ðonne hnappaþ hé óþ ðæt hé o wierþ on fæstum slǽpe dormitando vero oculus ad plenissimum somnum ducitur, Past. 28, 4; Swt. 195, 11.

Linked entry: hnæppung

þræft

(n.)

a quarrel ⬩ dispute ⬩ contention ⬩ chiding

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a quarrel, dispute, contention, chiding Siteþ symbelwlonc searwum lǽteþ wíne gewǽged word út faran þræfte þringan þrymme gebyrmed æfæstum onǽled oferhygda ful flushed with the feast he sits, affected with wine, words he guilefully lets fare forth, crowd

forþ-beran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-beran, he -bereþ, -bireþ; p. -bær, pl. -bǽron; pp. -boren

To bear or carry forth ⬩ bring forth ⬩ bring forward ⬩ produce ⬩ proferre ⬩ perhĭbēre

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Ðætte ealle openlíce be heora dǽde þurh andetnesse forþbǽron ut omnes pălam quæ gessĕrant confĭtendo proferrent, 4, 27; S. 604, 23: Blickl. Homl. 25, 2; 101, 30. Ðæt he gewitnesse forþbǽre be ðam leóhte ut testĭmōnium perhĭbēret de lūmĭne, Jn.

hwíl-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
hwíl-wende, adj.

Temporary

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Hé hí mǽrsaþ on ðære écan worulde for heora hwílwendum geswince ðises sceortan lífes, 562, 5. Ðæt hí gelýfon tó geágenne ða écan welan, ða ðe for his naman ða hwílwendan spéda forhogiaþ, i. 64, 20

Linked entry: hwílende