yfele
Evilly, badly, ill ⬩ badly, imperfectly, improperly ⬩ where there is hurt or suffering ⬩ of bodily suffering ⬩ marking ill-success ⬩ of injurious speaking
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Hit is gecweden, ðæt him betere wǽre ðæt hé nǽfre wǽre, ðonne hé yfele wǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 21. badly, imperfectly, improperly Seó-bóc wæs yfele of Grécisce on Léden gehwyrfed (badly translated), Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 23.
ǽfen-spræc
Evening speech ⬩ vespertina loquela
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Evening speech; vespertina loquela Gemunde ǽfenspræce he remembered his evening speech, Beo. Th. 1522; B. 759
ellnung
Emulation, zeal ⬩ æmŭlatio
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Emulation, zeal; æmŭlatio Hí hæfdon Godes ellnunge æmŭlātiōnem Dei hăbēbant. Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 8
fore-þýstrian
To darken ⬩ obscūrāre
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To darken; obscūrāre He sende þýstru and foreþýstrede mīsit tĕnebras et obscūrāvit, Ps. Spl. 104, 26
for-heardian
To harden ⬩ become hard ⬩ indūrăre
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To harden, become hard; indūrăre He forheardaþ and fordrugaþ indūret et arescat, Ps. Lamb. 89, 6
fréfrung
A comforting ⬩ comfort ⬩ consolation ⬩ consōlātio
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A comforting, comfort, consolation; consōlātio He nolde náne fréfrunge underfón nōluit consōlātiōnem accĭpĕre, Gen. 37, 35
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fyren-þearf
Dire distress ⬩ nĭmia mĭsĕria
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Dire distress; nĭmia mĭsĕria Fyrenþearfe ongeat he perceived the dire need, Beo. Th. 28; B. 14
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hrindan
To push ⬩ thrust
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To push, thrust Hé hrand [MS. rand], Exon. 113 b; Th. 436, 21; Rä. 55, 4
mis-scrence
Shrivelled up ⬩ distorted
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Shrivelled up, distorted Hí ( demons ) hæfdon wóge sceancan and misscrence tán, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 1
ná-hwider
No-whither ⬩ to no place
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No-whither, to no place Hý náhwider faraþ bútan ðæs abbodes rǽde, R. Ben. 137, 10
geond-leccan
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to moisten thoroughly, irrigate Gif hé hine of flódum Godes wordes gindlecþ ( inriget ), Chrd. 108, 26
ge-týdness
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Add: edification Wilnion hí swíðor ... þæs folces getýdnysse ( edificationem ) þonne heora ýdelan herunge, Chrd. 58, 3
greáda
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Add: figurative Sý hé bróht tó þǽre hálgan cyrcan greádon ( in gremio aeclesie ), Chrd. 37, 14
ge-bótad
Bettered ⬩ mended ⬩ resartus
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Bettered, mended; resartus Ðá him gebótad wæs when he was better, Chr. 1093; Erl. 228, 30
ge-egesian
To frighten ⬩ terrēre
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To frighten; terrēre Hí wurdon ge-egesode they were frightened, Ors. 5, 3; Bos. 104, 5
ge-fellan
To fill ⬩ fulfil
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To fill, fulfil Se gefelde xx daga he had fulfilled twenty days, St. And. 4, 23
tǽl-leás
Blameless
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Blameless Biscepe gedafnaþ ðæt hé sié tǽlleás oportet episcopum irreprehensibilem esse, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 10
súþan-eásterne
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South-eastern Hé ferade súþaneásterne wind of heofenan transtulit austrum de coelo, Ps. Lamb. 77, 26
þwǽrness
Agreement
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Agreement Hí him ðǽr eádmédo budon and þwǽrnessa (geþuǽrnesse, MS. A.), Chr. 827; Erl. 65, 7
þurh-clǽnsian
to cleanse thoroughly
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to cleanse thoroughly Þurhclǽnsaþ (ðerhclǽnsade, Lind. permundavit) he will throughly purge, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 3, 12
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