rust
Rust
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Ðǽr wæs suíðe suíðlíc gesuinc and ðeáh ne meahte moon him of ániman ðone miclan rust... Hé wolde from ús ádón ðone rust úrra unþeáwa, Past. 37; Swt. 269, 11-15. Ǽrest ic wille beón gefremed in litlum weorce, ðæt ic mǽge sum rust (sinnrust (?))
wed-lác
a pledge, security ⬩ wedlock, espousals
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Wass soþ weddlac haldenu, Orm. 2499. In lele wedlayk born, Pr. C. 8261. Heo þat her wedlac brekeþ, Misc. 150, 105. Þei wrouȝt wedlokes aȝein goddis wille, Piers P. 9, 152. Wedlok matrimonium. Prompt. Parv. 520. Wedloke maritagium, Wulck. Gl. 595, 5.]
ǽ-melness
want of energy or of interest, sloth ⬩ weariness, tedium, disgust
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Add: want of energy or of interest, sloth Se sixta heáfodleahtor (accidia) is ásolcennys oððe ǽmelnys. Se leahtor déð ðæt ðám men ne lyst nán ðing tó góde gedón, ac gǽð him ásolcen fram ǽlcere dugeðe, Hml, Th. ii. 220, 22. Ǽmylnys, Hml.
gál
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Helle bryne eów wæs gegearwod for eówer gǽlnesse gǽlra dǽda, Angl. xii. 510, 12. Add
heáp-mælum
In heaps, by troops, bands, companies, flocks ⬩ catervatim
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Ne wæs ðá ylding tó ðon ðæt hí heápmǽlum, cóman máran weorod of ðám þeódum ðe wé ǽr gemynegodon non mora ergo confluentibus certatim in insulam gentium memoratarum catervis, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483. 31.
hord-cófa
A place for treasure, a retired chamber, closet, a place where the thoughts are stored, the breast, heart
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Ðæt hé his ferþlocan fæste binde healde [MS. healdne] his hordcófan that he close fast his mind's coffer and preserve the treasury of his thoughts, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 14 [cf. 22]; Wand. 14.
on-þeón
to prosper ⬩ to be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable
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to prosper Se wæs wreccena wíde mǽrost ofer werþeóde wígendra hleó ellendǽdum; hé ðæs ǽr onþáh ( so at first he prospered ), Beo.
hnesc-ness
Softness, ⬩ delicacy, ⬩ gentleness, ⬩ weakness
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Gif þurh his hnescnysse seó heord forwurþ if through his want of vigour the flock perish, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 22
be-byrgan
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Hé bebyrged wæs, Bl. H. 177, 25: Chr. 789; P. 55, 18. Add
gildan
To yield ⬩ pay ⬩ restore ⬩ requite ⬩ give ⬩ render ⬩ make an offering ⬩ serve ⬩ worship ⬩ reddere ⬩ solvere ⬩ tribuere ⬩ retribuere ⬩ rependere ⬩ restituere ⬩ service ⬩ colere
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Heaðo-rǽsas geald mearum and mádmum requited war-attacks with horses and treasures, Beo. Th. 2099; B. 1047. Ðæt ǽlc gulde óþrum edleán ǽlces weorces that each should render to another recompense for every work, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 5: Bt. Met.
stæþ
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Th. 361, 11; Wal. 18. On Sæferne staþe, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 23. Hé befeól ofer ðam stæðe intó ðam streáme, Homl. Th. ii. 160, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 76; El. 38. Of stæðe on óðer from one bank of the boundary stream to the other, L. O.
eá
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Ic ána wát eá rinnende, Lch. iii. 36, 25. Monega eá (éa, MS.) sindon be noman nemnede, 2, 4; S. 72, 12. Ðá eá stódon, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 8. Ealle eán (éán MS. flumina ) eft gewendað þanon þe hí ǽr cómon, Angl. vii. 36, 343: Hml.
ge-sceádwís
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Ic wát ꝥ ic on libbendum men and on gesceádwísum eom esse mescio rationale animal, 5, 3; F. 12, 27. Þám gesceádwísan móde libero animo, 16, 2 ; F. 52, 17. Hwæt willaþ wé cweþan, gif ðá gesceádwísan nillaþ spyrian æfter wísdóme, 36, 6; F. 180, 36
ge-dafenian
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Ox. 5356. with infin. or clause Swylces módes wer má gedafonade (-dafen-, v. l. beón tó bysceope gehálgad (ꝥ hé wǽre tó bisceope gehálgod, v. l.) þonne hé cyning wǽre a man of such a disposition was more suited to be consecrated a bishop than to be a
gífer-nes
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Tantalus ðe on þisse worulde ungemetlíce gífre wæs, and him þǽr ( in hell) ꝥ ilce yfel fyligde þæs gífernesse, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, l.
higian
in strive after ⬩ to ⬩ towards ⬩ to strive to do
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Wiþ þæs ic wát þú wilt hîgian.
hnesce
soft ⬩ tender ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ soft ⬩ tender ⬩ gentle ⬩ effeminate
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Wæter wolde wíde tóscríðan wác and hnesce, Met. 20, 93. Þæt hnesce and flówende wæter, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 3. Wring on hnesce wulle, Lch. i. 86, 3. Wyrce him hnesce bedd, iii. 112, 1. Næscum hræglum gegearwæd, Mt. R. 11, 8.
crundel
a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them ⬩ tumulus
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Yet the following example in this same vol. proves that a crundel could not be a meadow through which a stream flows, as it was on a hill On ðæt crundel to the barrow Cod. Dipl. 1283; Kmbl. vi. 120, 8.
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sweðrian
To retire, withdraw, abate, subside, decrease, fail, come to an end
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Hwæþere him ðæs wonges wyn sweðrade whether the delight in the plain was abating with him, 123, 16; Gú. 323. Hild sweðrode, earfoð and ellen, Beo. Th. 1807; B. 901. Gif mægen swiðrade, Cd. Th. 193, 7; Exod. 242. Nó swiðrode ríce, 256, 12; Dan. 639.
Linked entries: ge-sweðerian swaðrian sweðerian swiðrian
á-wiht
alone ⬩ any good ⬩ good for anything
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Heó nán land hæfde þe him áht tó gebyrede that in any way belonged to him, Cht. Th. 337, 23. Wé sculon óðrum mannum áht fremian we shall somewhat benefit other men, Ll. Th. ii. 332, 3.