heán-lic
paltry ⬩ common ⬩ vile ⬩ contemptible ⬩ base
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Add: of little worth or importance, paltry, common; vilis Man wót oft máre be þám heálicran ðonne be þám heánlicran, Solil. H. 17, 14. vile, contemptible, base Heánlic slǽp, Dóm. L. 257.
hleótan
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Add: to cast lots Ic eów forbeóde ꝥ eówer nán ne áxie þurh ǽnigne wiccecræft be ǽnigum ðinge . . . for ðan sé ðe þys déð . . . bið þám hǽðenum gelíc, þe hleótað be him sylfum mid ðæs deófles cræfte . . .
heorþ-pening
A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]
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A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence] Be ðon heorþpeninge.
ge-wiht
Weight ⬩ pondus
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Gemeta and gewihta rihte man georne let measures and weights be carefully rectified, vi. 32; Th. i. 322, 30: L. C. S. 9; Th. i. 380, 24. Gé etaþ hláf be gewihte ye shall eat bread by weight, Lev. 26, 26.
syndrig
separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each
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Ic syndrigra ( singulorum ) hús and bedd geseah, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 9. Hé syndrigum geárum ( annis singulis ) hine neósode, 4,29; S. 607, 12. Hig gesamnodon hig be sindrigum mǽgðum, Jos. 7, 16.
bútú
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Both; ambo Ðonne beóþ bútú gehealden then both [the two] shall be preserved, Mk. Bos. 2, 22. Ðá bútú abulgon Isaace and Rebeccan then both [the two] were a grief to Isaac and Rebecca, Gen. 26, 35: Lk. Bos. l, 6, 7.
ceorlian
To take a husband, to marry ⬩ nubere
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Ne nán preóst ne mót beón æt ðam brýdlácum áhwǽr, ðǽr man eft wífaþ, oððe wíf eft ceoriaþ no priest may be at a marriage anywhere, where a man marries a second wife, or a woman a second husband, L. Ælf. C. 9; Th. ii. 346, 19
heófung
Mourning ⬩ lamentation ⬩ grieving
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Mourning, lamentation, grieving Ðonne beóþ heora siblingas tó heófunge geneádode then will their relations be forced to mourn, Homl. Th. i. 88, 1. Mid micelre heófunge with great lamentation, ii. 516, 59.
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-isc
-ish
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The suffix may be seen in the cognate dialects in the following words, Goth. Þiud-isk-o after the manner of the Gentiles; Iudaiw-isk-s : O. Sax. menn-isk human : O.Frs. mann-isk : Icel. bern-sk-r childish; En-sk-r English : Dan.
ge-wæterian
To water ⬩ irrigate ⬩ adăquāre ⬩ irrĭgāre
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Cot.] that he may be able and know how to irrigate and water the minds of others, Past. 18, 5; Swt. 137, 10; Hat. MS. 27 a, 14. Ic betǽce hig ðam yrþlincge, wel gefylde and gewæterode adsigno eos arātōri, bĕne pastos et adăquātos, Coll. Monast.
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tealt
in a physical sense, unsteady ⬩ in a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious
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Kmbl. 343, 22; Rún. 21. in a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious Hú lǽne ðis líf is, hú tealt, Wulfst. 273, 7. Tealte syndon eorðan welan, 149, 8. Tealte beóþ eorðan dreámas, 264, 3.
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un-áræfnedlíc
Intolerable ⬩ impossible to bear
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Intolerable, impossible to bear Búton hit unáræfnedlíc sý tó ofercumenne ða þing ðe ús synd fram ðe forestihtode unless it be beyond our powers of endurance to overcome the things that are fore-ordained for us by thee, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 133.
fere
able ⬩ seaworthy
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and add: of persons, able, fit for service Þá beád man fyrde be fullum wíte, þæt ǽlc man þe fére wǽre forð wende, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 26. Sóna þæs hí fére wǽron, hí worhton castel æt Hæstinga port, 1066; P. 199, 25.
ge-anwyrde
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Substitute: <b>ge-anwyrde</b> in the phrase ge-anwyrde beón. to profess, declare oneself to be Ic eom geanwyrde monuc pro-fessus sum monachum Coll.
tilung
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Ðá cynn beóð langswýrede ðe lybbað be gærse ... and ǽlc byð gelimplic tó his lífes tilunge ( each is adapted for caring for its life ), Hex. 16, 4.
sǽl
time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity
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Selden sal he ben on iele (selde wurþ he blyþe and gled, Jes. MS.), Misc. 121, 301] :-- Þá wæs þeód on sǽlum (joyous ), Beo. Th. 1291; B. 643. On sálum, 1218; B. 607. Ðú on sǽlum wes be fortunate, 2345; B. 1170.
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ge-timbran
to make of wood ⬩ to build ⬩ to build up ⬩ construct ⬩ ædĭfĭcāre ⬩ construĕre ⬩ exstruĕre ⬩ to build up the mind ⬩ instruct ⬩ edify ⬩ instruĕre
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Ðeáh ðe ðæt port beó trumlíce on ǽlce healfe getimbrod though the gate be firmly constructed on every side, Homl. Th. ii. 432, 3. Ðǽr getimbred wæs tempel Dryhtnes where the temple of the Lord was built, Andr.
full-fremman
to bring to an end ⬩ complete ⬩ finish ⬩ to do ⬩ perform ⬩ accomplish ⬩ to perfect ⬩ bring to a proper condition
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Ben. 17, 5. Ne gǽlð ús nán ðing te fullfremmanne ðá gódan weorc, Past. 445, 30.
FEALLAN
FALL, fall down, fail ⬩ defĭcĕre
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Feóll Abram astreht to eorþan cĕcĭdit Abram prōnus in făciem, Gen. 17, 3: Beo. Th. 5830 ; B. 2919: Byrht. Th. 135, 16; By. 119: Andr. Kmbl. 1835; An. 920: Ps. Th, 77, 27.
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fliés
A fleece ⬩ vellus
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A sheep shall go with its fleece until midsummer, or let the fleece be paid for with two pence, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 9-11