un-meahtigness
Weakness ⬩ impotence
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Weakness, impotence Sume men secgeaþ, ðæt heó him unmihtignesse and untrumnysse on gebrincge, Lchdm. i. 248, 23. Heó fremaþ wið ða unmihticnysse ðæs migðan and wið ðæra innoða ástyrunga, 272, 16
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weorold-stund
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Time spent in this world Mé ne woldon folc oncnáwan, ðeáh ic fela for him æfter woruldstundum ( in the hours I spent on earth ) wundra gefremede, Elen. Kmbl. 725 ; El. 363
á-cealdian
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Swá ðæt wearme wlacaþ ǽr hit eallunga ácealdige ita a calore per teporem reditur ad frigus Past. 447, 6. Hé læg ácealdod on nyþeweardum limum, Hml. Th. i. 534, 10. Add:
and-bita
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Substitute Andbita, beorma azyma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 5. Andbida, beorma (v. Mk. 14, 1), 74, 26. [Cf. O. H. Ger. int-pizzun refecerunt: im-piz refectio, prandium.] Cf. on-bítan
ǽwisc-nys
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Add: Shamelessness, impudence Ǽwyscnes inpu-dentia , An. Ox. 4306. Ǽwisnes, obscenitas , 4, 69. On ǽwiscnesse in propatulo , Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 16: 46, 57. Ǽwiscnessum (ǽswic-?) opprobrium , Ps. L. 122, 4
ceác-ádl
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disease in the fauces (v. ceáce, ) Wiþ ceócádle and wiþ ceolwærce, Lch. ii. 300, 11. Wiþ ceócádle, nim hweorfan, bind on his sweoran, and swile innan mid háte meolce, 310, 21
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dǽdbót-líhting
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Mitigation of penance Ðis is mihtiges mannes dǽdbótlíhtingc, ac án unmaga ne mæg swilc geforðian, ac ꝥ hé mót on hine sylfne hit sécan þe geornor, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 21
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eald-dagas
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Be ðám ðe hit of ealddagum witan gerǽddan, Angl. ix. 259, 6. ꝥ > On ealddagum wæs án hús árǽred Gode tó lofe binnan þǽre byrig Gerusalem, Wlfst. 277, 13. Add
el-þeódisc
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Ǽghwylc man þe on þǽre ceastre cóm ælþeódisc, hié hine genámon and his eágan út ástungon, Bl. H. 229, 10. Of elþeódiscre bargina (v. elþeódig), Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 13. Add
eornoste
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Swá hwæt swá hé ǽfre gecwæð bodiende, þeáh þe hé hit ná eorneste (on eornost, v. l.) gecwǽde siquid umquam non jam decernendo, sed minando, diceret, Gr. D. 151, 8. Add
hors-weard
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Add: Perhaps as horsweard is coupled with heáfodweard (q. v.), the duty of the geneát, which has this name, was the care of the lord's horses when out on an expedition
lísan
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Lýs þíne synna mid ælmessum on þearfena gemiltsunge (peccata tua eleemosynis redime, et iniquitates tuas misericordiis pauperum, Dan. 4, 24), Ll. Th. ii. 434, 25. [v. N. JS. D. leese.] Add: —
luf-lic
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Críst hlinode on his (John's) luflicum breóste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 2. Hé fréfrode hí mid luflicum wordum eos verbis consola-batur, Gr. D. 251, 20: Hml. A. 73, 9. Add
múþettan
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To chatter, let out a secret Hí ( the guards at Christ's sepulchre ) námon þone sceatt and swá þeáh múþetton and on synderlicum rúnungum ꝥ riht eall rǽddon, Hml. A. 79, 160
níwian
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Add: to repeat Wið foredum lime, lege þás sealfe on ꝥ forode lira, and forlege mid elmrinde, dó spilc tó; eft simle níwa oþ ꝥ gehálod sié, Lch. ii. 66, 23
récels
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Ǽþm récelses gefylð lyfte uapor timiamatis refert aerem, Scint. 57, 9. Genim . . . swefl and récels . . . lege on hátne stán, drinc þurh horn þone réc, Lch. ii. 316, 10: 56, 10. Add
stǽger
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Wæs on þǽre ylcan stówe trum stǽger mid gewissum stapum fram þǽre nyðerflóra tó þǽre úpflóra quo in loco inferiora superioribus pervius continuabat ascensus, Gr. D. 170, 19. Cf. stígan. Add
Streónes-halh
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Add: Another instance of the name is found in Worcestershire Of ðére strǽte in Streóneshalh; of ðám hale, C. D. vi. 214, 29. Cf. On Streónhalh; be Streónenhalæ, iii. 464, 8
un-gefeá
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Unhappiness Ðá men þe mǽstne dreám bútan Godes ondrysnum úp áhebbað hér on wornlde, hié þonne eft mǽste unrótnesse bútan ende and mǽstne ungefeán bútan ǽnigre blisse hiá onfóó. Nap. 64
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wíg-gild
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Se ealdorapostol ǽrest ús gesette tó healdanne ðás dagas and tó beganganne for hǽðenra manna gedwilde, for þan þe hié hiera wíggild and deófulgild on ðás dagas weorðedon, Nap. 69. Add