un-áræfnedlíce
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Intolerably Óðer den wæs légum full swýðe egesfullíce, óðer wæs náhte þon lǽs unáræfnedlíce cyle full, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 616, 7
un-miltsigendlic
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Gif hwá forsihð þá forgifenisse þe se hálga gást sylð, þonne bið his synn unmyltsiendlic on écnysse, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. II. Add
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un-wísness
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Swá hwæt swá . . . þurh unwísnesse oþþe þurh ungýminge gelumpe quicquid . . . per ignorantiam uel incuriam resedisset, Bd. 4, 9; Sch. 393, 13. Add
wíte-weorþ
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Punishable, liable to punishment Nú ꝥ unnytte word bið wítewyrðe (wítes wyrðe, v.l. poenalis) þe bútan níðe byð, Gr. D. 208, 8
wit-scipe
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Witness In gewitscipe (witscipe, v.l. ) standan . . . in gewitscipe (gewitnysse witscipes, v.l. ) þreóra oððe feówera bisscopa, Bd. l, 37; Sch. 73, 9-13
yfelian
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Add Þæt mennisce cynn bið á yfeled and á in forwyrd gelǽded omnia mala erunt; interitus generis humani , Verc. Först. 120, 5
firwitgeorn-ness
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Sélre bið men þæt hé swelte, þonne hé his líchoman fyrwetgyrnessum gewenige melius est mori quam fornicari, Verc. Först. 130, 11
bríwan
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to prepare a poultice Genim línsǽd, gegrind, bríwe wið þám elmes drænce; ꝥ bið gód sealf foredum lime, Lch. ii. 66, 25
riht-tíd
A proper time
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A proper time Hé ða Eástran on heora rihttíde ne heóld Pascha suo tempore non observabat, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 18
up-sprungenness
Defect ⬩ eclipse
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B.), Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 10
ælepe
origanum,
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[Wülcker prints ælere; perhaps ælene should be read: cf. origanum elene, Lch. iii. 304, col. 1.]
ælmes-weorc
Alms-deed, work of charity
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Alms-deed, work of charity Ðæt wé úre synna béton mid fæstenum and mid gebedum and mid ælmesweorcum, Bl. H. 25, 17
brist
supportest ⬩ to bear, support
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supportest; vehis; Ðú birst [MS. brist] ealle þing búton geswince thou supportest all things without labour, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 36
bryd
A drawing, drawing out ⬩ extractio
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A drawing, drawing out; extractio Mid wǽpnes bryde by the drawing of a weapon, L. Alf. pol. 38; Th. i. 86, 16
wíf-fæst
Married
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Married Gif wíffæst wer (uxoratus) hine forlicge be his ágenre wylne, L. C. S. 55 ; Th. i. 406, 14. Cf. wíf-leás
wíg-haga
A phalanx
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Th. 134, 50 ; By. 102
corn-gesǽlig
Wealthy in corn ⬩ frumento opulentus
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Wealthy in corn; frumento opulentus Cild corngesǽlig biþ a child will be wealthy in corn Obs. Lun. § 9; Lchdm. iii. 188, 11
on-weorpan
to throw aside, turn aside
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to throw aside, turn aside Hine se wind onwearp fram ðære byrig mutati ab urbe venti, Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 8
slege-fǽge
Doomed to slaughter, doomed to death by the sword
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Doomed to slaughter, doomed to death by the sword Slegefǽge hæleþ (the Assyrians before their defeat) Judth. Thw. 25, 7; Jud. 247
wérig
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<b>I a.</b> </b> with gen., weary of or from doing something Wérig ðæs weorces, Exon. Th. 436, 20; Rä. 55, 10. Síþes wérig, Beo. Th. 1162; B. 579.