líf-líc
living ⬩ vital
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Líflíc ys blód lǽtan to let blood [at this time] is as much as a man's life is worth, Lchdm. iii. 190, 28. Is hwæðere swá tó lǽtanne swá ðæt líflíce mægen ne áspringe blood however is to be let so that vital power be not dissipated, L.
rǽdere
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Nánes mannes stefn gehýred ne sý bútan ðæs rǽderes ánes, R.
un-tweógendlíce
without feeling doubt ⬩ certainly ⬩ unhesitatingly ⬩ so as not to cause doubt ⬩ unequivocally ⬩ indubitably
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Eallum mannum þurhwuniggendum in tintregum untweógendlíce, Blickl. Homl. 171, 16. Hié untweógendlíce wéndon ðæt heora hláford wǽre on heora feónda gewealde, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 27.
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un-meaht
Weakness ⬩ lack of power
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Gif ðé þince ðæt ðú maran lǽcedóm dón ne durre for unmihte ðæs mannes, 254, 1: Homl. Skt. i. 13, 21. Ðá ongan ic þencan ðæt mé ðæt gelumpe for ðære wíflícan unmihte, ii. 23 b, 411. Ðurh unmihte, Homl. Th. ii. 42, 27.
un-híre
Fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ cruel ⬩ deadly ⬩ dire ⬩ dreadful ⬩ frightful
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Se (Ishmael) bið unhýre, orlæggífre, wiðerbreca wera cneórissum hic erit ferus homo, manus ejus contra omnes (Gen. 16, 12), Cd. Th. 138, 5; Gen. 2287. Ne gémde hé ná swá swýðe hú hé áræfnede ðæs unhýran cwelres hand, Shrn. 129, 9.
ge-nóg
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Add: with verb, abundantly, sufficiently Geseah ic balzamum þæs betstan stences genóh of þǽm treówum út weallan video opobalsamum cum optimo odore omnibus undique arborum ramis habundantissime manans, Nar. 27, 22.
ge-swǽs
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Gl. 257, 8. of persons, kind, charitable, loving Hé wæs swíðe geswǽs eallum swinc-endum, and on mislicum yrmdum mannum geheólp (cf. hé swincendum fylste, Hml. S. 31, 53), Hml. Th. ii. 500, 16.
ge-þeówan
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geworden eall swá geþýwed weax scamnum illud factum est tanquam cera, Angl. xvii. 114, 7. (1 a) to press into a particular shape :-- Gǽten smeoro geþýd tó poslum, Lch. i. 354, 9. to produce by pressure the shape of something, make impress of, stamp Swilce mannes
híw-cúþ
domestic ⬩ familiar
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Se cyngc betwux his híwcúðum mannum blissode, Ap. Th. 3, 4. figuratively: Hwæt is ꝥ þǽm men sý máre þearf tó þencenne þonne embe his sáuwle þearfe, ... and hwylce látteówas hé hæbbe, and hwyder hé gelǽded sý ...
hreósan
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Voc. ii. 129, 19. to fall into a state or condition, fall into a person's hands Hrure incidisti (in manum proximi tui, Prov. 6, 3), Kent.
lǽnan
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Be þám gehádodum mannum þe hyra feoh lǽnað tó hýre, 194, 31.
þearf-líc
necessary ⬩ useful, ⬩ profitable
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Hér is hálwendlíc lár and ðearflíc lǽwedum mannum, Wulfst. 134, 9. Ðæt is þearflíc gewuna, 104; 17: 108, 19: L. Ath. v. 8, 9; Th. i. 238, 18. On gódum lǽce biþ gelang þearflíc broces bót, L. Pen. 9; Th. ii. 280, 13.
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deór-wyrþe
Precious, dear, of great worth or value ⬩ prĕtiōsus
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Ðæt is git deórwyrþre ðonne monnes líf it is even more valuable than man's life, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 38. Ðú hæfst gesund gehealden eall ðæt deórwyrþoste thou hast kept entire everything most precious, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 9.
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un-gerisene
inconvenience ⬩ disagreeableness ⬩ unseemliness ⬩ indignity ⬩ disgrace
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Gif mín geréfa ungerysena gebýt áðer oþþe túnes-mannum oþþe heora hyrdon, L. Edg. S. 13; Th. i. 276, 27.
ge-níwian
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Add: to renovate, restore what has decayed or been injured. the object material Eft geníuað wæs hond his restituta est manus ejus, Lk. L. 6, 10. Eal bið geníwað feðerhoma, swá hé æt frymðe wæs, Ph. 279.
lád
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Aecclesiae manus et sepultura praesulis in Wigurna ceastre ditioni deueniat; alias plena glorietur libertate, excepta expeditione rata, pontis arcisue constructione, 385, 15. leading, guiding Blind gif blinde lát forelǽdas caecus si caeco ducatum praestet
mód
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On hálgum gewrite bið gelómlíce heáfod gesett for þæs mannes móde, for ðan ðe þæt heáfod gewissað þám óðrum limum, swá swá þæt mód gediht ðá geðóhtas, Hml. Th. i. 612, 11-14.
sceatt
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</b> add: money on mortgage, or paid in rent :-- Nolde Sigelm hire fæder ( he had borrowed thirty pounds) tó wigge faran mid nánes mannes scette unágifnum, Cht. Th. 201, 23. Wið swylcan sceatte swilce hé hit þá findan mihte, C. D.
ófer
an edge, border, margin ⬩ the land bordering on water, a river-bank, sea-shore, over in local names,
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an edge, border, margin Óbr mango, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 45. Ófor, 55, 6. Ófer, Ælfc. Gr. 6; Som. 5, 51. On ðære lifre ófrum, Lchdm. ii. 204, 24.
fót-lǽst
a foot-print ⬩ a step ⬩ the sole of the foot ⬩ the foot
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Gesáwon hí on þám marmanstáne swilce mannes fótlǽsta fæstlíce on ðám stáne geðýde, Hml. Th. i. 506, 12. Fótlǽste, 508, 11. where movement is spoken of, a step Hig ne myhton hig þá git ánne fótlást furður áteón, Shrn. 154, 30.