sǽne
Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive
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Ic sceal sécan óðerne ellenleásran cempan sǽnran I must seek another warrior less courageous and active, Exon. Th. 266, 9; Jul. 395
ellen-leás
Lacking courage ⬩ fortitūdine cărens
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Lacking courage; fortitūdine cărens Ic sceal sécan óðerne ellenleásran cempan I must seek another less courageous soldier, Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 7; Jul. 394
fiðer-leás
Wingless ⬩ ālis cărens
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Wingless; ālis cărens Sum sceal of heán beáme fiðerleás feallan one wingless shall fall from a high tree, Exon. 87b; Th. 328, 23; Vy. 22
fóre-witan
To foreknow ⬩ præscīre
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To foreknow; præscīre He eall fórewát hú hit geweorþan sceal he foreknows all how it shall come to pass, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 27
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ful-earmlíce
Full miserably ⬩ very wretchedly ⬩ miserrĭme
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Full miserably, very wretchedly; miserrĭme Sum sceal fulearmlíce ealdre linnan one shall full miserably lose his life, Exon. 88 a; Th. 330, 20; Vy. 54
cræfte-líce
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Hé sceal gemetgian swá cræftelíce ( tanta arte ) his stemne, 453, 12
wær-wyrde
Cautious of speech, prudent in speech, careful of one's words
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Cautious of speech, prudent in speech, careful of one's words Wærwyrde sceal wísfæst hæle breóstum hycgan, nales breahtme hlúd, Exon. Th. 303, 22; Fä. 57
mis-weorðian
to dishonour ⬩ treat disrespectfully
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to dishonour, treat disrespectfully Gif preóst circan miswurðige, ðe eal his wurðscipe of sceal árísan, gebéte ðæt, L. N. P. L. 25; Th. ii. 294, 10
hléda
A seat ⬩ bench
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Man sceal habban . . . hlýdan, sceamelas, Angl. ix. 264, 20. Substitute:
mǽl-tíd
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Meal-time Hé sceal hyne gebiddan on ásettum tídum, and ǽr mǽltídum (-tíman, v. l. Nap. 84) metes ne ábítan, O. E. Hml. i. 303, 7
geafel
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Hé sceal habban . . . race, geafle, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Gæfle forcelle Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 17
sehtan
To bring about agreement between people ⬩ to settle a dispute
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Bisceop sceal beón symle ymbe sóme and ymbe sibbe . . . Hé sceal georne saca sehtan and friþ wyrcan, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 14
gár
a weapon with a pointed head ⬩ an arrow ⬩ the head ⬩ a wedge-shaped piece of land.
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Mé on beáme beornas sticedon gárum, Sat. 511. either (2) or (3) Daroð sceal on handa, gár golde fáh, Gn. C. 22. Sceal gár wesan monig mundum bewunden, hæfen on handa, B. 3021. Gáras stódon ætgædere, æscholt ufan grǽg, B. 328.
wic-weorc
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Se gebúr sceal his riht dón; hé sceal erian healfne æcer tó wiceweorce . . ., Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 35. Cf. Hér synd gewriten ða gerihta ðe ða ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan . . .
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Pater-noster
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Ǽlc crísten man sceal cunnan ǽgðer ge his Paternoster ge his Crédan. Mid þám Paternostre hé sceal hine gebiddan . . . Wé habbað gesǽd embe þæt Paternoster, Hml. Th. i. 274, 19-22: ii. 604, 15-16: Hml. S. 12, 261: Wlfst. 33, 2.
cumbol-haga
A compact rank, phalanx ⬩ phalanx
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A compact rank, phalanx ; phalanx Ic sceal sécan óðerne under cumbolhagan cempan I must seek another soldier in the rank, Exon. 71b ; Th. 266, 8 ; Jul. 395
el-land
A foreign country, strange land ⬩ externa terra
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A foreign country, strange land; externa terra Mægþ sceal, geómormód, elland tredan a maiden, sad of mind, shall tread a strange land. Beo. Th. 6031; B. 3019
fold-grǽg
Earth-grey ⬩ earth-coloured ⬩ instar terræ cānus
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Earth-grey, earth-coloured; instar terræ cānus Eá of dúne sceal foldgrǽg féran earth-coloured water shall proceed from a hill, Menol. Fox 521; Gn. C. 31
eahtan
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Swá sceal óretta Gode compian and his gǽst beran on ondan þám þe eahtan wile sáwla gehwylcre, 317
un-cyst
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For hwan ne sceal þæt eallum wífum beón forgyfen, þá ðe mid uncyste heora gecyndes (naturae suae vitio) beóð geuntrumade?, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 83, 15. Add