in-faran
To go into ⬩ enter
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Ne mæg hé infaran on godes ríce non potent introire in regnum dei, Jn. Skt. 3, 5. Ðæt hé ælmessan underféncge æt ðám infarendum that he might receive alms from those entering, Homl. Skt. 10, 27
leornung-cniht
scholar ⬩ disciple
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Nys se leorningcniht ofer his láreów non est discipulus super magistrum, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 24. Sí ðú his leorningcniht, wé synt Moyses leorningcnihtas, Jn. Skt. 9, 28. [The word occurs frequently in the Gospels, as it regularly translates discipulus.]
sundor-gifu
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For ðære sundorgife ðe him God sealde gumena ríce, Wé swylc ne gefrugnan ǽfre gelimpan, ðæt ðú in sundurgiefe swylce befénge, Exon. Th. 6, 6; Cri. 80. God monnum syleþ sundorgiefe God gives to each man a special gift, 293, 22; Crä. 5.
Linked entry: synder-gifu
under-lecgan
to underlay ⬩ support ⬩ supponere ⬩ substernere
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Ðeáh hit mid náne anwald ne sié underléd cum nulla potestate fulcitur, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 25.
un-gedafenlíc
Unbecoming ⬩ unseemly ⬩ unmannerly
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N. P. L. 26; Th. ii. 294, 12
Linked entry: un-gecoplíc
widlian
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To defile, pollute, violate, profane Ne ðæt ingaas in múð widlas (coinquinat) ðone monno. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 11. Measapreóstas sunnadæg widlas (violant), 12, 5. Ðás yflo wiðlað (widlas, Rush., communicant) ðone monno, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 23.
wrǽc
Vengeance
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Þatt was mikell wræche, þatt all follc for till helle, Orm. 19 ; don wreche (rimes with speche, leache, teche), Misc. 143, 56 ; tak wreche (rimes with preche), Alis. 2858: but there appears to be no instance in Old English of a nominative wrǽc which is
wyrm-cyn
the genus reptile ⬩ reptiles ⬩ serpents ⬩ a species of reptile ⬩ serpent
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Wyrmcyn, Nar. 13, 10. Nis nán wyrmcynn ne wildeóra cynn on yfelnysse gelíc yfelum wífe, Homl. Th. 1. 488, 10. On wéstennum wildeóra and wyrmcynna missenlícra, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 136, 25: Exon. Th. 371, 31; Seel. 84
be-nǽman
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Num. 24, II. Þeáh hé ús feores be-nǽme, Hml. Th. i. 576, 10. Hé wæs benǽmed manncynnes, 216, 17: S. 2, 290. Hí wǽron benǽmode (-ede, -de, v. ll. ) lífes, Hml. A. 69, 92. with dat.
biter
painful ⬩ acrimonious ⬩ ill-natured
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Þú mé ne syle on þone biterestan deáð, Bl. H. 229, 26. bitter (of feeling), acrimonious, ill-natured Onbærnde mid þǽre biteran æfeste, Bl. H. 25, 7
Linked entry: biter-nes
ceówan
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Swín ne ceów his cudu, Hml. S. 25, 80. ꝥ se e Swylce hí heora mete ceówan, Hml. S. 25, 49. Meng pipor wiþ hwítcwudu, sele tó ceówanne, Lch. ii. 24, 9. Add
céne
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Ne beóð ongeán hine hundas céne, Lch. i. 372, 5. Tigras and leopardos, ꝥ syndan þá kénestan deór, Nar. 38, 4. Add
cwealm
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Nelle wé ná ꝥ þú swelte þurh missenlice and mænigfealde cwealmas and tintergu nolumus te per varios cruciatus mori, Gr. D. 254, 6. v. beorþor-, mǽg-, mann-, slit-cwealm. Add
fǽcne
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Ne sý hé fǽcne non sit nimis suspiciosus, R. Ben. 121, 13. Fǽcne unriht iniquitas, Ps. Th. 72, 6. Se fǽcna the devil, Wal. 71. Þæs fǽcnan strofose, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 29: 76, 43. Faecnum veterno, 123, 43. Þý fǽcnan strophosa, 89, 65.
for-scyldigian
to condemn
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Fultuman ðám forðfarenum þe on wítnunge sind, gif hí mid ealle forscyldgode ne beóð, ii. 356, 16
ge-hlinian
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L. 17, 7. of; things, to rest, lie Ðám godwebbe ðióstro ne magon cxxtigum míla neáh gehleonian darkness cannot lie within a hundred and twenty miles of that curtain . Sal. K. 152, 20
gebed-hús
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Gebedhús sý tó þan ánum þe hit gecweden is, þæt is þæt þǽr nán þincg elles geworht ne sý bútan þám ánum weorce . . . þæt is gebedrǽden, R. Ben. 81, 2-5. Æghwǽr, ge on weorce, ge on gebedhúse ( oratorio ), ge innan mynstre, ge on wyrtgearde, 31, 5.
girning
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desire to possess. v. girnan; Sé ná wiðsæcð middanearde, þám eorðlicre ǽhte gegladað gyrnincg is non renuntiat mundo, cui terrenae possessionis delectat ambitio, Scint. 59, 12. Gyrnninge cupiditatis, An. Ox. 5289.
Linked entry: geornung
ge-wǽtan
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Streámas ... ná him gewǽttan fót þá hí on Iordane gengdan æfter abierunt in sicco flumina, Ps. Th. 104, 36. Strengas gurron, wǽdo gewǽtte, An. 375
in-færeld
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Infærelda uestibula (coelestis regni ), 3894. right or permission to enter Ne sí him éðelic forgifen infæreld non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus, R. Ben. I. 95, 12. Sí forgifen infæreld annuatur ingressus, 17