eáwunga
Openly, publicly ⬩ mănīfeste, pălam, cōram
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He wearþ dígellíce cristen, forðon he eáwunga ne dorste he was secretly a christian, because he durst not openly. Ors. 6, 21; Bos. 123, 29: Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 2; Rä. 72, 22. Oððe eáwunga oððe dearnunga either publicly or privately, L.
feohte
A fight ⬩ combat ⬩ pugna
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Nó ic gefrægn heardran feohtan I have not heard of a harder fight, Beo. Th. 1157; B. 576: Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 7; Rä. 6, 4: Andr. Kmbl. 2045; An. 1025. We ðǽt ellenweorc feohtan fremedon we have achieved that valourous deed by fighting, Beo.
FREC
Desirous ⬩ greedy ⬩ gluttonous ⬩ audacious ⬩ bold ⬩ avĭdus ⬩ gŭlōsus ⬩ audax ⬩ temĕrārius
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Hí firenlusta frece ne wǽron they were not desirous of luxuries, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 30; Met. 8, 15. Ðæt hie firendǽda tó frece wurdon that they were too audacious in wicked deeds, Cd. 121; Th. 155, 30; Gen. 2580
mægden-ǽw
Marriage with a virgin
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cnihtháde óþ ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige and hæbbe ða syððan and nǽnige óðre ða hwíle ðe seó libbe that is right life, that a young man remain a bachelor until in lawful matrimony he take a maiden to wife, and let him have her afterwards and no
niþerian
to bring low ⬩ humiliate ⬩ to accuse ⬩ condemn
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Spl. 93, 5. to accuse, condemn Ne ǽnig mon ðec niþraþ ( condemnavit ), Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 10. Hí niþeriaþ condemnabunt, Ps. Spl. 93. 21. Niþrigaþ condemnabunt, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 41. Ðæt hiǽ niþradun ( accusarent ) hine, Mk. Skt. Rush. 3, 2.
reádian
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Æppel ðe ðonne gyt ne reádige, Lchdm. i. 330, 22. Smire ða ófras ðǽr hit reádige, ii. 108, 20. Reádian rubescere, Hymn. Surt. 49, 17. Reádiendum rubente, 91, 33
blǽc-ern
Literally a lamp or candlestick, also the light itself ⬩ verbum de verbo, candelabrum, etiam candela, lucerna
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Ne menn blǽcern in beornaþ men do not light a candle [lucernam], Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 15. Blǽcern fótum mínum lucerna pedibus meis, Ps. Th. 118, 105
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ge-corenes
An election ⬩ choice ⬩ choiceness ⬩ goodness ⬩ electio ⬩ electus ⬩ probĭtas
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Ne ic on heora gecorenesse becume ǽfre non commĭnābor cum electis eōrum, Ps. Th. 140, 6.
ge-cristnian
To christianize ⬩ catechize ⬩ catechīzāre
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Ne mót gefullod inne mid ðam gecristnedan etan non licel baptizato cum catecumeno comedere, Th. Lg. ii. 144, 25
ge-scrýdan
To clothe ⬩ induere, vestire
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Mann hnescum gyrlum gescrýdne; nú ða ðe synt hnescum gyrlum gescrýdde synt on cyninga húsum hominem mollibus vestitum? ecce qui mollibus vestiuntur in domibus regum sunt, Mt. Bos. 11, 8.
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reódan
to redden, stain with blood ⬩ to redden a person by causing blood to flow from a wound, to wound, kill
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Kmbl. 2006;An. 1005. to redden a person by causing blood to flow from a wound, to wound, kill Næs ðeós eorþe besmiten beornes blóde ðe hine bil rude (cf. ne seó eorþe besmiten mid ofslegenes monnes blóde, Bt. 15;Fox 48, 15),Met. 8, 34.
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þafung
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Ne mæg se deófol mannum derian bútan Godes ðafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 196. Þet weas mid Earnulfes þafunge (geþafunge, MS. A.), Chr. 887; Erl. 87. 3
þring
a press ⬩ crowd ⬩ what presses or confines
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No þring of folc, A. R. 162, 8.] Similar entries v. eofor-, ge-þring. Grammar þring, (or þryng?) what presses or confines Þryng cannalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 5. [Cf. Icel. þröng a strait, a narrow place.]
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un-sceþþigness
Innocence ⬩ harmlessness
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Ne funde hé on him náne synne ac unscæððignysse, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 25. Unsceaðþignysse, Ps. Spl. 36, 39
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un-geníd
Unforced ⬩ uncompelled
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Unforced, uncompelled Ne mæg ic náne cwica wuht ongitan ... ðe ungenéd lyste forweorþan nihil invenio, quod, nullis extra cogentibus, abjiciat manendi intentionem, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 14.
un-geornful
Not diligent ⬩ negligent ⬩ careless ⬩ remiss
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Hyne nán man geseah ungeornfulne tó Cristes þeówdóme, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 92, 19
weorold-cearu
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Beóð wære ðæt eówere heortan ne beón ge*-*hefegode mid woruldcarum, 22, 19. Twá mynecena wǽron . . . ðám gewícnode sum eáwfæst wer on woruldcarum, 174, 7.
wiþ-hycgan
To be adverse in thought ⬩ purpose ⬩ to set one's self against
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Ðæt hé stán nime, hláfes ne gýme, ða wiste wiðsæce, beteran wiðhyccge (the food refuse, set himself against the better), Elen. Kmbl. 1232; El. 618. v
á-bryrdan
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Hí ne synt ábryrde (compuncti), Ps. L. 34, 16. Dám ábryrdum contritis, An. Ox. 4122
ǽ-swícian
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and add: to desert Ic ðé nǽfre ne ǽswicige. Hml. Th. ii. 246, 2. Ealle gé mé ǽswiciað, 244, 33. to be apostate Ǽswician apostatare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 2. to offend Gif honde ðíne ǽswicæþ ðec . . gif eágan ðín ǽswiceþ ðec, Mt. R. 18, 8, 9.