unfriþ-land
A hostile country ⬩ a country with which hostilities are being carried on
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A hostile country, a country with which hostilities are being carried on Gyf Æðelrédes cynges friðman cume on unfriðland ( terram hostilem, Latin version), and se here ðǽrtó cume, hæbbe frið his scip and ealle his ǽhta, L. Eth. ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 7
un-nytwirðlíce
Uselessly ⬩ vainly ⬩ to no purpose ⬩ unprofitably
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Uselessly, vainly, to no purpose, unprofitably Ðæra wiðercorenra wíte tiht oft heora mód unnytwurðlíce tó lufe, Homl. Th. i. 332, 29. Ágyldan gesceád ealra ðæra ýdelnyssa ðe hí unnytwurðlíce nú begáð, ii. 220, 31.
weorold-wilnung
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Worldly desire Ðæt líf ðæra gesinhíwena, ðeáh hit ful wundorlíc ne sié on mægenum weoruldwilnungum tó wiðstondanne, hit mæg ðeáh bión orsorglíc ǽlcra wíta, Past. 51 ; Swt. 399, 21.
be-smirwan
to besmear
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to besmear, rub with ointment, &c. Besmyra eall ꝥ scínende mid hunigteáre, Lch. iii. 292, 10. ꝥ se lǽce mihte hine be-smyrwian (v. be-bíwan), Gr. D. 318, 3. Bismiride (-æ, -a) interlitam, Txts. 71, 1095. Besmyred, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 51
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crundel
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A ravine; a strip of covert dividing open country, always in a dip, usually with running water in the middle.' For additional examples v. Cht. E. pp. 471-3
féðan
walk
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To travel on foot, walk Fergað and féþað fæder and módor father and mother lead [the child] and walk (with it), Vy. 7. Hí námon þá hors þe hí þyder bróhton, and wǽron ðá rídende ðe ǽr wǽron féðende, Hml. A. 116, 449. Substitute:
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foregleáwlíce
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with forethought Sé þe þé gescóp foregleáwlíce qui te creavit provide, Hy. S. 75, 41. Foraglǽwlíce and rihtlíce ealle þinc gedihtan provide et juste cuncta disponere, R. Ben. I. 18, 7.
fiþer-hama
plumage
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A covering of feathers with wings, plumage Godes engel standande mid gyldenum fyþerhaman, Hml. S. 34, 74. Hé mid deóflicum fiðerhaman fleón wolde. Hml. Th. i. 380, 29.
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for-leorning
error
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Learning wrongly, error Þæs leásung and forleornung cymþ tó him þe hé hine sylfne déþ tó þon þe hé nis therefore will falsehood and error come to him that he makes himself out to be that which he is not, Bl. H. 183, 34
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ge-hlidad
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Substitute: <b>ge-hlidian;</b> p. ode To cover with a lid (gehleodad is; a v. l. to gehlidad, Bd. Sch. 445, 21). [Þes put he hat þat heo beo euer ilided and iwríen, A. R. 58.] Cf. un-hlidian
here-strǽt
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Tó ðǽre wîde herestrǽt; ætter ðǽre herestrǽt, C. D. iii. 73, 19. Add
neádunga
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Þá þe hé bepǽcan ne mæg, þá hé wile neádunga nýdan, Wlfst. 84, 21. Add
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self-willendlíce
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According to one's own will or desire Hé hæfde ǽnne sunu . . . þone hé lufode swíþe líchamlíce and fédde selfwillendlíce (seolfweldlíce, selfwendlice, v. l.) filium habuit, quem nimis carnaliter diligens remisse nutriebat; he brought him up to have his
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stród
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Marshy land (overgrown with brushwood or trees?, v. Philol. Trans. 1895-8, p. 537), and add Haec sunt prata que ad illam terram pertinent .i. et bioccan leá and an súðhealfe stródes an cyninges médum ðá ðe ðǽrtó belimpað, C. D. B. ii. 202, 13
tægl
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Wæs beboden ꝥ se tægel sceolde beón gehál ǽfre on þám nýtene æt þǽre offrunge for þǽre getácnunge ꝥ God wile ꝥ wé simle wel dón oþ ende úres lífes; þonne biþ se tægel geoffrod on úrum weorcum, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 39-42. Add
un-stæþþig
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Act i. sc. 4) Hé sǽde ꝥ án wolcn efne þá upp ástige mid þǽre unstæððigan lyfte, efne ðá árás se wind, Hml. S. 18, 150
sac
Accused, charged, guilty
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Accused, charged, guilty Swerian ðæt hig nellan nǽnne sacleásan man forsecgean ne nǽnne sacne forhelan let them swear that they will not bring a charge against an innocent man, nor conceal one who is justly charged, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 5
sméðian
to become smooth ⬩ to make smooth
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Voc. i. 28, 74. [ He wile foxliche smeþien mid worde O. E. Homl. i. 31, 8. Rihteð and smeðeð þe heorte A. R. 4, 23.]
ge-spannan
To join ⬩ span ⬩ clasp ⬩ fasten
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Ðá héht cásere gesponnan fiówer wildo hors to scride then the emperor ordered to harness four wild horses to a chariot, Shrn. 71, 34
ge-þýwe
Customary ⬩ usual
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Swá him geþýwe ne wæs as was not usual with him, Beo. Th. 4654; B. 2332