gamel
Old ⬩ aged ⬩ sĕnex ⬩ vĕtustus
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Gamele ne móston háre heaðorincas hilde onþeón the aged hoary chieftains might not prosper in battle, Cd. 154; Th. 193, 3; Exod. 240. Ǽr he on weg hwurfe, gamol, of geardum ere he, old, departed on his way from his courts, Beo.
hel-líc
Hellish ⬩ infernal
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Seó fæstnung ðære hellícan clýsinge ne geþafaþ ðæt hí ǽfre útábrecon the fastening of the enclosure of hell does not permit them ever to break out, i. 332, 20: ii. 80, 6.
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inwidda
Guileful ⬩ deceitful ⬩ evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ malicious
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Guileful, deceitful, evil, wicked, malicious Gelpan ne þorfte eald inwidda [inwitta, MSS. B. C. inwuda MS. D.], no cause to boast had he, old and crafty, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 12 ; Æðelst. 46.
lást-weard
a successor ⬩ pursuer
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Ic ne míne lástweardas neither I nor my successors, Chart. Th. 29, 12
meornan
To care ⬩ feel anxiety ⬩ trouble one's self about anything ⬩ reck
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Wódon wælwulfas for wætere ne murnon ( cared nought for water ), Byrht. Th. 134, 39; By. 96
middaneard-líc
Earthly ⬩ worldly ⬩ mundane ⬩ earthly
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Earthly. in a physical sense Ðæt heó mid hyre hǽtan middaneardes (other MSS. middaneardlíce) wæstmas, ne forbærne, Lchdm. iii. 250, 17. as distinguished from spiritual or heavenly, worldly, mundane, earthly Godes sunu becom tó ðissum middanearde tó
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nihtes
At night ⬩ night
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At night, night Ne mæg ic búton mynstre nihtes wunian I cannot stop out of the monastery at night, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 34. Ðá gestód hé æt ánum éhþyrle óþ forþ nihtes ( far on into the night ), 184, 27.
plantian
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To plant Ðú plantast ( plantes ) wíneard and ne brícst his, Deut. 28, 30. Gé plantiaþ, 28, 39. Gé plantigeaþ, Lev. 19, 23. Hí heora heortan wyrtruman on ðisum andwerdum life plantiaþ,Homl. Th. ii. 132, 7.
græf
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Ic ongyte ðeáh ðæt ða worlde lustas ne sint eallunga awyrtwalode of ðínum móde ðeáh se graf geryd sí I perceive however that worldly pleasures are not entirely rooted out of thy mind, though the trench be sufficient, Shrn. 184, 20
self-will
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Gif ðú ne wilt wirde steóran ac on selfwille sígan lǽtest if thou wilt not guide fate, but lettest her go at her own will, Met. 4, 50
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ge-clǽnsian
To cleanse ⬩ purify ⬩ mundāre ⬩ purgāre
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Saul ne meahte his wambe geclǽnsigan Saul could not purify his stomach, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 197, 24; Hat. MS. 38 a, 9. Geclǽnsa oððe afeorma me munda me, Ps. Lamb. 50, 4. Ic beó geclǽnsod mundābar, 50, 9 : Mt.
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ge-fylgan
To follow ⬩ attend upon ⬩ reach by following
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To follow, attend upon, reach by following Ðæt him gefylgan ne mæg drýmendra gedryht so that the flock of rejoicing ones cannot follow him, Exon. 60 b; Th. 222, 12; Ph. 347. Gif gé ðisum leáse leng gefylgaþ if ye pursue this falsehood longer, Elen.
ge-nihtsum
abundant, abounding, copious, rich, plentiful, fruitful ⬩ abundans, ūber, cōpiōsus, affluus, profluus ⬩ satisfied ⬩ sătiābĭlis ⬩ abundans
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Hladungum genihtsumum haustĭbus affluis, 58, 12. satisfied; sătiābĭlis Se ðe ǽr ne wæs níþes genihtsum who ere was not satisfied with slaughter, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 15; Gen. 1995
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þanane
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thence. local Ne gǽst ðú þanone (-ene, MS. A.: þonan, Rush.) non exies inde, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 26: Lk. Skt. 12, 59. Ðá gewát ic þanone, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 422. Ðanonne, Judth. Thw. 23, 21; Jud. 132. temporal, after that Rursum, dein vel þonane, Wrt.
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un-geleáfsum
Unbelieving ⬩ infidel ⬩ not Christian
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Unbelieving, infidel, not Christian Se ðe ðam suna is ungeleáfsum ne gesyhþ hé líf qui incredulus est filio non uidebit vitam, Jn. Skt. 3, 36. Ða ungeleáfsuman ðeóde gesécan incredulam gentem adire, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 33.
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un-tǽle
Blameless ⬩ without reproach
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Blameless, without reproach Ðeáh ðe nǽfre ne wurde syððan mancynne gemiltsod, ðeáh wǽre Godes rihtwísnys eallunga untǽle, Homl. Th. i. 112, 19.
un-þinged
Uninvited ⬩ sudden ⬩ unexpected
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Dol biþ se ðe him his Dryhten ne ondrǽdeþ; cymeþ him se deáð un-þinged, Exon. 312, 8; Seef. 106: 335, 18; Gn. Ex. 35
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un-sceþþende
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Ðæt hé ðære unsceþþendan ( innocuae ) ylde cilda ne árede, 2, 20; S. 521, 25. Ðone mildheortan and ðone unsceþþendan Crist, Blickl. Homl. 3, 11. Hí ða unscæþþendan ( innoxiam ) ðeóde forhergodon, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 6.
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un-snotor
Unwise ⬩ foolish
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Ðæt biþ swíþe dysig man and unsnottor on his lífe, se þe lufaþ ðás eorþlícan welan and ne lufaþ God ðe hit him eal sealde, Blickl. Homl. 195, 24. Ðú dysega man and ðú unsnottra, 49, 35. Unsnotterra insipientum, Rtl. 86, 14.
wiþer-cora
an adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ rebel ⬩ a reprobate person
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Ne sý hé sacerd geteald, ac Godes wiþercora (wiþersaca, v. l. rebellio), R. Ben. 113, 13. Freónd hé wæs ðurh geleáfan, and wiþercora þurh weorc, Homl. Th. i. 530, 5.
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