hwíl-tídum
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D. 146, 5. correlative, sometimes . . . at others Hwílt[ídum] . . . hwíltídum modo . . . modo An. Ox. 92-107. Sculan þá gebróðra hwíltídum ( certis temporibus) beón ábyse-gode mid heora handa geswince, hwíltídum (certis iterum ) mid rǽdinge, R.
mengan
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líðnesse wið ðá réðnesse miscenda est lenitas cum severitate, Past. 124, 13. add : to confound, not to distinguish Ná mengende hádas and ná spéde syndriende neque confundantes personas neque substantiam separantes, Angl. ii. 360, 4. of persons, to join to others
nyten-ness
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</b> a condition of not being known by others, a state of incognito :-- Þá gefylde Smaragdus on þǽre netennysse eahta and þryttig wintra Smaragdus (who was Euphrosyne in man's clothes) maintained her incognito for thirty-eight years, Hml.
æl-fremed
strange, foreign, not belonging to one ⬩ stranger to anything, without a share in, free from
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Þurh ælfremede horwan gefýled defiled by others' pollution, Hml. S. 7, 129. Ealle middaneardlice ðing swá swá ælfremede forhogigende cuncta hujus mundi velut aliena spernendo, Hml.
ord-fruma
source, origin ⬩ author, source, ⬩ applied to the Deity ⬩ chief, head, prince
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Th. 292, 17; Sat. 442. applied to others Se wæs ordfruma ( auctor ) ðæs gefeohtes, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 32.
hám
Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria
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And they burned down Teignton and many other good vills too ..., and the vill at Penhoc ..., and the vill at Waltham, and many other hamlets, Chr. 1001; Erl. 136, 16-32.
lífan
allow ⬩ permit
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MS ] we did not love it ourselves nor allow it to other men, Past. pref; Swt. 4, 6. Ic bidde ðæt ðú mé lýfe ofer ðín land tó férenne obsecro, ut transire mihi liceat per terram tuam, Num. 21, 22.
twiwa
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Oftor ðonne tuwwa (tuwa, other MSS. ), Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 20. Twiga þriga bis terque, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 35. ¶ With numerals :-- Sió gestód tuwa seofon hund wintra ...; ðæt is III c wintra and I M Ors. 6, I; Swt. 252, 6. Tuwa fífe binas quinquies.
fremman
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Voc. ii. 118, 17. to perform, commit a crime Gif hé unrihthǽmed fremeþ wiþ óþer wíf, Bl. H. 185, 26. Heálice synna þá ðe woruldmen fremmað, 213, 6. Fremmaþ facessunt Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 31. Fremede facessit, 93, 30; exercebat, 144, 69.
ge-coren
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Þæt gecoreneste lectissima (uirgo ), 95, 43: 52, 66. approved, held in high esteem Ðysse wyrte syndon twá cynrena ... óþer ys tó lǽcedómum swýþe gecoren, Lch. i. 298, 6. (2 a) with dat. of person approving :-- Wæs ðæt Gode swíðe gecoren man on his dǽdum
yfel-dǽde
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. ¶ with special reference to magical practices :-- Gif hwylc yfeldǽde man þurh ǽnigne æfþancan óþerne begaleþ, Lchdm. i. 190, 9. Unlybwyrhta veneficus, yfeldǽda maleficus, drý magus, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 40. Swá swá yfeldǽda ut magus (maleficus ), Hpt.
I
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., however, i, í are found arising from other sources. Thus the mutation of the breaking ea is written i, e. g. ildu, irmþu from eald, earm; and the mutations of eó, eá are written í, e. g. onlíhtan, híran.
lǽl
withe ⬩ whip ⬩ switch ⬩ a weal ⬩ stripe ⬩ mark ⬩ bruise ⬩ swelling
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Wð ðæt man lǽla and óðre sár of líchaman gedó in order that weals and other sores may be removed from the body, Herb. 102, 2; Lchdm. i. 216, 21. Wið yfele lǽla oίδήματα, 153, 4; Lchdm. i. 280, 1.
Linked entry: lél
mǽne
mean ⬩ wicked ⬩ false ⬩ evil
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Se ðe mánáþ ( other MS. mǽnne áþ) swerige, L. Ath. i. 25; Th. i. 212, 18. Be mǽnan áþe. Gif hwá mǽne áþ swerige, L. C. S. 36; Th. i. 398, 3-4. Gebéte ðone mǽnan áþ, L. In 35; Th. i. 124, 13. Swerian mǽnne áþ þurh swá miclan mægenþrymme.
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mancus
A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence
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A mancus, the eighth of a pound, the sum of thirty pence Fif penegas gemacigaþ ǽnne scillingc and xxx penega ǽnne mancus (other MSS. manccus, mancs), Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 52, 8.
swice
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</b> outcome, event, issue :-- Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse þince unforcúþ biþ ðæs óþer swice ðonne hé ðæs fácnes fintan sceáwaþ he thinks that his ways appear respectable; their event will be different when he observes the result of the fraud.
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fægernes
ornament ⬩ beauty ⬩ pleasantness
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Grn. 2, 24. of other living creatures Sió fealwe fægernes fulva venustas (pavonis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 62. of things Hwæt belimpþ þé heora (sun, moon and stars) fægernesse? hwæþer ðú durre gilpan ꝥ heora fægernes þín sié?, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 22.
sárig
feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad ⬩ expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter
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Ðá sceolde se hearpere weorþan swá sárig ðæt hé ne mihte on gemong óðrum monnum beón the harper (Orpheus) is said to have become so afflicted with grief, that he could not live among other men, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 6.
bán
bone ⬩ a bone ⬩ the bone of a limb ⬩ a leg ⬩ or arm
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Th. ii. 452, 19: Ph. 221. of other hard material:-- Sió ecg gewác on báne (the hide of the firedrake ), B. 2578. Wæter wearð tó báne (ice), Rä. 68, 3. a bone Bánes byrst, Ps. Th. 108, 18: Gú. 670.
tǽl
Evil speaking, calumny, detraction
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he calum- niated, 260, 21; Jul. 300) hét mé fremdne god ofer ða óþre ðe wé ǽr cúþon weorþian that she attacked me with blasphemy, bade me honour a strange god above the others that we knew before, 247, 4; Jul. 73
Linked entry: tál