steórere
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Ðæm stiórere biþ gelícost se mon ðe ongemong ðisses middan*-*geardes costungum hine ágímeleásaþ
stán-cræftiga
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A skilled worker in stone Ðæt wǽron .iiii. stáncræftigan ... and nǽron náne óðre him gelíce; hý gesénodon ǽlce morgen heora íserngelóman, and ðonne nǽron hý ná tóbrocene, Shrn. 146, 13
Týle
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Thule Án íglond ... ðæt is Tíle háten (þe isle þat hyȝe tile, Chauc. Boet. 3, 5. This form is used also in Trevisa, i. 325) ultima Thule, Met. 16, 15
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þungenness
Excellence ⬩ virtue
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Excellence, virtue Mid hú monigum médum mín fæder and mín móder mé [wǽron] biddende, ðæt ic forléte míne (ge-?) þungenesse ( the speaker wished to become a monk ), Shrn. 36, 26
þurh-wlítan
to look through ⬩ penetrate with the sight
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to look through, penetrate with the sight Glæs ðæt mon mæg eall þurhwlítan, Exon. Th. 79, 2; Cri. 1284. Wé ne magun hygeþonces ferð eágum þurhwlítan, 82, 1; Cri. 1332
un-ásolcenlíce
Not lukewarmly ⬩ heartily ⬩ energetically ⬩ with vigour
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Not lukewarmly, heartily, energetically, with vigour Gif ðæt gebodene bið gefremed unforhtlíce and unsleaclíce and unásolcenlíce si quod jubetur non trepide, non tarde, non tepide efficiatur, R. Ben. 20, 19
Linked entries: un-áseolcendlíc á-solcenlíce
un-geleáfullíc
unbelieving ⬩ incredulous ⬩ unbelievable ⬩ incredible
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unbelieving, incredulous Gif hwá ðises ne gelýfð hé ys ungeleáfulíc, Jud. 15, last line. unbelievable, incredible Ic wát ðæt hit wile ðincan swýðe ungeleáffullíc ungelǽredum mannum, Lchdm. iii. 270, 7
wan-spéd
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On ðæm gefeohte wæs ǽrest anfunden Sciþþia wanspéda ea res primo fidem inopiae Scythicae dedit, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 34
wíd-floga
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Oferhogode fengel ðæt hé ðone wídflogan weorode gesóhte, 4681; B. 2346
wiþer-flita
An adversary ⬩ opponent
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An adversary, opponent Magan hiora sprǽce gemetgian ða ðe ðæs cristendomes wiþerflitan sint, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 64, 14. Wiðerflitan, 2, 5; Swt. 84, 26: 3, 3; Swt. 102, 15
ágnere
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An owner, possessor Meus mín hæfð vocatiuus ná þæs ágneres (ágeneres, áhneres, v. ll. ), ac ðæs óðres hádes, Ælf. Gr. Z. 110, 19. Ácneres (-=ágneras?) municipes , An. Ox. II. 92
cen-ness
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child-birth ꝥ sár þǽre cennesse, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 78, 24. nativity, birthday Dæg cennisse die natalis, Mt. L. 14, 6. Cennisse his natalis sui, Mk. L. 6, 21
columne
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Ðæt godweb ymb mínes fæder Dauides columban hangode on ðissum temple, Sal. K. p. 152, 25
fíc-treów
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Under ðǽm fícbeóme ł fíctrée sub ficu, Jn. R. 1, 48. Add
ge-tintregian
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To torment Eów ðǽr ( hell ) deófol getintregað, Hml. Th. i. 266, 35. Hí ðone feórðan getintregodon, Hml. S. 25, 143. Hí ætforan mannum getintregode wǽron, Hml. Th. i. 544, 4
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hand-gemǽne
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Germ. handgemein werden to fight hand lo hand) Ðǽr unc hwíle wæs handgemǽne there for a time it was for the two of us hand-to-hand fighting, B. 2137
un-híre
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For ðæs swinglan þá unhýran deór. . . flugon ante cujus verbera immanissimae bestiae . . . fugiebant, 229, 22
sár-ferhþ
Sore at heart, wounded in spirit
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Sore at heart, wounded in spirit Ðæt wíf (Sarah complaining to Abraham about Hagar ) módes sorge, sárferhþ sægde: 'Ne fremest ðú riht wið mé,' Cd. Th. 135, 17; Gen. 2244
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brim-faroþ
the shore ⬩ The sea-shore ⬩ maris litus
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The sea-shore; maris litus Bebúgaþ brádne hwyrft óþ ðæt brimfaroþ [MS. brimfaro] they shall inhabit the spacious orb unto the sea-shore, Cd. 190; Th. 236, 17; Dan. 322
horn-bláwere
A horn-blower, trumpeter ⬩ tubicen, cornicen
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Ðǽr mihte wel bén ábúton twenti óðer þritte hornblaweres, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 36
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