firgin-bucca
A mountain-buck ⬩ wood-buck ⬩ montānus vel saltuensis căper
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A mountain-buck, wood-buck; montānus vel saltuensis căper Firginbucca ðæt ys wudubucca a mountain-buck that is a wood-buck, Med. ex Quadr. 5, 1; Lchdm. i. 348, 2
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forþ-gewendan
To go or turn out ⬩ prodīre
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To go or turn out; prodīre Ðæt ǽlc man ðe fere wǽre forþgewende so that every man who was able to go should turn out, Chr. 1016; Erl. 153, 31
iú-leán
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A reward for something done long ago Iúleán ðæs ðe hine of nearwum Widia út forlét a reward, because in time past Widia released him from straits, Wald. 2, 7
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mǽþrian
To shew respect to ⬩ honour
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,and hé him ðæs weorþscipes geunne, L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 15
máðum-cist
A treasure-chest ⬩ treasury
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A treasure-chest, treasury Nys hyt ná álýfed ðæt wé ásendon hyt on úre máðmcyste (in corbanan, cf. Goth. kaurban, þatei ist maiþms, Mk. 7, 11), Mt. Kmbl. 27, 6
móne-líc
Lunar
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Sró sunne biþ hwíltídum þurh ðæs mónelícan trendles underscyte áþýstrod, Homl. Th. i. 608, 32
rád-stefn
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Gif þegen geþeáh ðæt hé þénode cyning, and his rádstefne rád on his híréde, L. R. 3 ; Th. i. 190, 19
ge-rýno
A mystery
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A mystery Ðis Eástorlíce gerýno us æteóweþ ðæs écean lífes sweotole bysene this Easter mystery [Christ's resurrection] shews us a clear example of the life eternal, Blickl. Homl. 83, 7
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un-gebígendlíc
Inflexible ⬩ indeclinable
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Ðás naman synd indeclinabilia, ðæt synd ungebígendlíce .... nugas is ungebígendlíc on declínunge, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 51, 2-6
un-gesegnod
Not marked with the sign of the cross
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Not marked with the sign of the cross Gif ðæt deófol méteþ ungesénodes mannes múð and líchoman, and hit ðonne on forgitenan mannes innelfe gewíteþ, Salm. Kmbl. p. 148, 10
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un-gewiderung
Bad weather
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Bad weather Syððan com, þurh ða myeclan ungewiderunge ðe cómon, swýðe mycel hungor ofer Engeland, ðæt manig hundred manna earmlíce deáðe swulton þurh ðone hungor, Chr. 1086; Erl. 219, 33
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wicel
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the next article is: Gif ðú lytel drencefæt habban wylle) blede tácen is ðæt ðú árǽre up ðíne swýþran hand and tósprǽd ðíne fingras, Techm. ii. 125, 9
ymesene
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Laurentius mearcode ródetácen on ðæs blindan eágan, and hé ðǽrrihte beorhtlíce geseah, Homl. Th. i. 418, 22
á-calan
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Substitute: To die of cold Wið ðon ðe men ácale ðæt fel of ðám fótum in case the skin die off a man's feet with cold Lch. ii. 6, 24
ge-byrgen
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A grave Se wífmon, sé hyre bearn áfédan ne mæg, genime heó sylf hyre ágenes cildes gebyrgenne dǽl, wrý on blace wulle and bebicge tó cépemannum, Lch. iii. 68, 5
sceádwísness
Reason
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Ic wéne ðæt hyt mínsceádwísnes (reason) wére, Shrn. 164, 29. Sceádwísnyssum ratiociniis, R. Ben. Interl. 17,6
wel-libbende
living aright
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Of good life, living aright Ðæt mynster hé gelógode mid wellybbendum mannum Homl. Th. ii. 506, 16. Ongeán ða gódan and ða wellibbendan bene viventibus Past. 17; Swt. 107, 14
ǽ-lǽte
Desert, desolate
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Desert, desolate Oð ðæt heora burga weorðan ǽlǽte and weorðan heora eardas swýðe áwéste donec desolentur civitates absque habitatore, et domus sine homine, et terra relinquetur deserta, Wlfst. 47, 21
heáh-geþungen
Of high rank, distinguished
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Of high rank, distinguished Ic lǽrde heáhgeþungene men ðæt hí ne ástigan on ofermédu I taught men of high rank not to be exalted in pride, Blickl. Homl. 185, 13
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of-þencan
to remember
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to remember Gif ðú ofþence hwæthwugu ðæs ðe ðín niéhsta ðé wiðerweardes gedón hæbbe si recordatus fueris, quia frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te, Fast. 46, 4; Swt. 349, 10