CRABBA
A CRAB, crayfish ⬩ cancer ⬩ a sign of the zodiac ⬩ cancer ⬩ signum zodiaci ⬩ cancer
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Hwæt féhst ðú on sæ? Crabban and lopystran quid capis in mari? Cancros et polypodes Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 11. a sign of the zodiac, cancer; signum zodiaci, cancer .
ge-spédan
To speed ⬩ prosper ⬩ succeed ⬩ progredi ⬩ prosperare ⬩ succedere
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Ealle þinge swá hwæt swá he déþ beóþ gespédde omnia quæcunque faciet prosperabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 1, 3
sealtere
A salt-worker
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Sealtere, hwæt ús fremaþ cræft ðín ? . . . Nán eówer blisse brýcþ on gereorduncge oððe mete, búton cræft mín gistlíþe him beó, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 5-11.
Linked entry: sealt-herepaþ
goldhordian
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Goldhordað ( thesaurizat ) and nát hwǽm gesomnað þá, Ps. Srt., Rdr., L. 38, 7. Sé ðe him sylfum goldhordað, and nis on Gode welig, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 23: Wlfst. 286, 25.
scearplíce
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Add Swá ꝥ stefen eáran Drihtnes scearplíce (efficaciter) þurhfare, Angl. xiii. 378, 192. add Háwa swýðe scearplíce hwǽr sý .xii. Kł Aprelis, Angl. viii. 309, 36.
wís-fæst
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ wise ⬩ having knowledge ⬩ skill ⬩ learned ⬩ intelligent ⬩ rational
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Ðæt is tó geþencanne wísfæstum werum, hwæt seó wiht sý, Exon. Th. 429, 5; Rä. 42, 9. intelligent, rational (?)
sǽ-rima
The sea-shore, coast
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The sea-shore, coast Hí mycel yfel gedydon ǽgðer ge on Defenum ge wel hwǽr be ðæm sǽriman, [Bí ða sǽrime áhwǽr in Engelande in littore marino alicubi in Anglia,Chart. Th. 422, 2.] Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 20: 994; Erl. 133, 19.
lást-weard
a successor ⬩ pursuer
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Ús is swíðe uncúþ hwæt úre yrfeweardas and lástweardas getreówlíces dón willon efter úrum lífe it is quite unknown to us how faithfully our heirs and successors will act after our death, Blickl. Homl 51, 36.
ge-helan
To conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ cover up ⬩ cēlāre ⬩ occŭlere ⬩ tĕgĕre
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Ic ðé háte ðæt ðú hí gehele and gehealde, óþ-ðæt ic wite hwæt God wylle te sĭlentio tĕgĕre vŏlo, dōnec sciam quid vēlit Deus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 37.
tá
a twig, shoot
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Gl. 428, 34. a lot Ðæt him déme seó tá, gif hí hwæt dǽlan willaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 86. Ðá dǽldon ða cwelleras Cristes reáf on feówer, heora ǽlcum his dǽl, swá him démde seó tá, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 31.
un-nyt
Ill use ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ hurt
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Lá hwæt fremaþ cyrichatan cristendóm on unnyt see what Christianity can do to the disadvantage of the church's foes, Wulfst. 67, 19
fágettan
to quibble
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Se geféfa cwæð: "Hwæt fágettest ðú mid wordum ?" (why do you use this word treasures with double meaning?), Hml. Th. i. 422, 34. Similar entries Cf. fágian
fore-witig
sagacious ⬩ foreknowing ⬩ presaging ⬩ prophetic
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His foregengan wǽron on gleáwscype swíþe bescáwede and forewittige, Lch. iii. 436, 12. foreknowing Drihten cwæð tó ðǽre byrig, 'Gif þú wistest hwæt þé tóweard is . . .' Gif seó buruhwaru ðǽre yrmðe forewittig wǽre, Hml. Th. i. 404, 33.
ge-hirstan
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Haran sina gedrýgede and mid sealte gebrǽdde and gehyrste, i. 344, 13. figurative Hwæt is ðinga þe ðæs láreówes mód swíður gehierste and gegremige ðonne se anda ðe for ryhtwísnesse bið úp áhafen quid vere acrius doctoris mentem quam zelus Dei frigit
Linked entries: ge-hyrstan hirstan
ge-cýþnes
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Witan hwæt sý betwux ðám twám gecýðnessum; ðáre ealdan ǽ ǽr Crístes tócyme and þáre níwan gecýðnesse under Crístes gife. Ll. Th. ii. 368, 10-12. Gecýþnessa testamentorum (duorum), An. Ox. 1547
hnipian
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Hé, nyste hwæt hé cweðan sceolde, ac stód þǽr and hnipode (hung his head) Hml. S. 23, 689. Hí hnappodon and swá lange hí hnipedon (they drooped their heads so long) ꝥ hí ealle on slǽpe wurdon, 23, 248.
oxan-hirde
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An oxherd Eálá, oxanhvrde, hwæt wyrcst þú?
un-bindan
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S. 23, 191. to release from restrictive condition Swá hwæt swá hí unbindað ofer eoritan, þæt bið unbunden on heofonum, Hml. Th. i. 542, 18. Gif hwá on þǽre untrumnysse sý . . . þonne meaht ðú hine unbindan. Genim þysse wyrte . . fíf ðýfelas . . .
út-fær
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Add: egress from an inclosure Ꝥ man næbbe infær ne útfær bútan leáfe ut nulli nisi per licentiam aditus potest intrandi aut exeundi, Chrd. 20, ll: 21, 16. agoing away, departure Hwæt gemǽnað þá þreó útfæru (-faru, v.l.) þe God Abrahame beád þus cweþende
riht-ǽw
legitimate matrimony ⬩ a legitimate wife
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legitimate matrimony Gehádedum mannum is beboden, ðæt hí cýþan sceolan folce hwæt on hálgum bócum áwriten is, and hí wísian, hú hí rihtǽwe healdan sceolan, Wulfst. 304, 18. a legitimate wife Be ðam men ðe hæfþ his rihtǽwe legitimam suam uxorem, L.