un-witende
Unwitting ⬩ not knowing ⬩ not aware of what is done ⬩ unconscious
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He oft unwitende slóg mid his heáfde on ðone wág, 5, 15; Swt. 250, 12. Gelícost ðæm ðe hé hiene selfne unwitende (witende? the Latin is: Ut voluntariam sibi conscivisse mortem putaretur) áwierged, 6 36; Swt. 294, 11
ǽ-bylgness
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Hé hí mid gedréfedre ǽbilignysse him fram ádráf, 24, 30: Ap. Th. 4, 10. Racha getácnað ǽbylignysse oððe yrre, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 279, 18. Ǽbilignysse, 280, 3. Ðæt heó ðá ǽbylignysse gebéte ðe heó Gode ábylgð iram Dei quam excitaverit placare, Ll.
Linked entry: a-bylgnes
willendlíce
Diligently
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[In the fallowing passage the better reading is hwílwendlíce Hé cwæþ ðæt hé gehyhte swá swá hé on his ðeóde willendlíce (hwilwend-líce, M. 248, 22) rícsode, ðæt hé swá on tóweardnesse écelíce mid Criste rícsian móste sperans ut sicut in sua gente regnat
heáfod-leahter
A capital offence, mortal sin
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A capital offence, mortal sin Ǽlc ðara manna ðe mid heáfodleahtre besmiten biþ unusquisque eorum hominum, qui capitalibus criminibus polluti sunt, L. M. I. P. 1; Th. ii. 266, 3.
ofer-etol
Given to excess in eating, gluttonous
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Gehiéren ða oferetolan ða word ðe Krist cuæþ: Behealdaþ eów ðæt eówre heortan ne sín gehefegode mid oferǽte, Past. 43, 9; Swt. 317, 8, 16
Linked entry: etol
of-féran
to overtake
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to overtake (an enemy) Pharao tengde æfter mid eallum his here and offérde hí æt ðære Reádan Sǽ Pharaoh pressed after with all his host, and overlook the Israelites at the Red Sea, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 16: Chr. 948; Erl. 118, 19.
Linked entry: of-faran
of-fillan
to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy
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Ðá hét se déma ðæt wíf weorpan on seáþ and ðǽr mid stánum offellan, Shrn. 89, 29
Linked entries: of-feallan of-fellan of-fyllan
olfend
A camel ⬩ a camel
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Gescrýd mid oluendes hǽrum, Mk. Skt. 1, 6. Gé drincaþ ðone olfend (olbendu, Rush.) Mt. Kmbl. 23, 24. Of olfenda hǽrum áwunden, Blickl. Homl. 169, 2. Hé nam týn olfendas (camelos), Gen. 24, 10
CNYTTAN
To tie ⬩ bind ⬩ KNIT; ⬩ nectere ⬩ nexere ⬩ ligare
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Genim ðysse ylcan coliandran sǽd, endlufon corn oððe þreóttyne, cnyte mid ánum þrǽde take seed of this same coriander, eleven or thirteen grains, knit them with a thread Herb. 104, 2; Lchdm. i. 218, 20
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COCCEL
COCKLE ⬩ darnel ⬩ tares; ⬩ zizania
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He oferseów hit mid coccele on middan ðam hwǽte superseminavit zizania in medio tritici 13, 25; Homl. Th. i. 526, 20. Se sóða Déma hit his englas gadrian ðone coccel the true Judge shall bid his angels gather the cockle 526, 21; Mt.
on-sín
Lack, want
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Lack, want Ðæt eów nǽfre ne biþ þurh gife míne gódes onsién, Exon. Th. 30, 16; Cri. 480. Him nǽnges wæs willan onsýn, ne welan brosnung, 151, 24; Gú. 800.
orel
A garment, veil, mantle
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Hé geglængde mé mid orle ( the monastic veil ), Homl. Skt. i. 7, 36. Wimplum ł orlum cycladibus, velaminibus, Hpt. Gl. 486, 47: 526, 54
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ge-sundfulnes
Soundness ⬩ healthiness ⬩ prosperity ⬩ sānĭtas corpŏris ⬩ prospĕrĭtas
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Ne breác se árleása Herodes his cyneríces mid langsumere gesundfullnysse the impious Herod did not enjoy his kingdom in long health, Homl. Th. i. 84, 34
tó-hleótan
To divide into lots, ⬩ to divide into parts for which lots are to be cast
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Hié (the apostles) ðysne middangeard on twelf tánum tóhluton, and ǽghwylc ánra heora in ðærn dǽle ðe hé mid tán geeode manige þeóde úrum Drihtne gestreónde, Blickl. Homl. 121, 8
Linked entry: hleótan
tóweardness
the time to come ⬩ the future ⬩ a future coming
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the time to come, the future Ðæt hé on tóweardnesse (in futuro saeculo) écelíce mid Criste rícsian móste, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 22.
swíma
swimming in the head, dizziness, giddiness, vertigo ⬩ a state of unconsciousness, a swoon ⬩ a swoon ⬩ a stunning blow.
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Wið ðone swíman, nim . . . and cnuca . . . wyrta . . . ofgeót mid wætere . . nim ðone wǽtan and lafa ðen heáfod, Lchdm, iii. 48, 3. a state of unconsciousness, a swoon Licgan on swíman to lie unconscious, Judth Thw. 21, 22; Jud. 30 - 23, 5 ; Jud. 106
wissung
guidance ⬩ direction ⬩ direction ⬩ instruction ⬩ teaching ⬩ rule ⬩ government ⬩ direction
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shewing of the way, guidance, direction Hwænne ðú eáðelícost miht tó ðam folce becuman be mínre wissunge, Homl. Ass. 110, 259. fig. direction, instruction, teaching Hleótan man mót mid geleáfan, gif hí hwæt dǽlan willaþ; ðis bið wissung, Homl.
on-fón
to take ⬩ to take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have given ⬩ to take what another offers, receive favourably, accept ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to undergo a rite, undertake a duty ⬩ to conceive ⬩ to take to, to begin ⬩ incipere
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Se ðe Godes word mid blisse onféhþ, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 20. Gé onfóþ ðæm mægene Hálges Gástes, Blickl. Homl. 119, 11. Hé onféng for worlde mycelne noman, 43, 34. Hí léfnysse onféngon, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 5.
lár
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Ox. 2010. that which is taught, a (person s) doctrine or teaching Mín lár (laar, L.) nis ná mín mea doctrina non est mea Jn. 7, 16. Eów is lár Godes ábroðen of breóstum, Exod. 268. Hié hyrcnodon háliges láre, An. 654.
ge-sprǽc
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Ic wæs mid his gesprece (-spræce, sprǽce, v. ll., allocutione) geréted, Bd. 5, I ; Sch. 551, 6 : conloquio, 3, 22 ; Sch. 293, 23. Mid his wýtum gesprec (sprǽce, gespræce (Bd.