ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
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D. 160, 10. devoid, void of, free from 'Wes ðú hál, geofena ful.' Heó wæs ful cweden, næs ǽmetugu, Bl. H. 5, 5. with gen. :-- Ǽmetig gástlicra mægena, Bl. H. 37, 9. Hí wiðinnan ǽmtige wǽron ðæs gódan ingehýdes, Hml.
heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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Gylde man cxx scill. tó healsfange æt twelfhyndum were. Healsfang gebyreþ bearnum bróðrum and fæderan ne gebyreþ nánum mǽge ðæt feoh búte ðam ðe sý binnan cneówe. Of ðam dæge ðe ðæt healsfang ágolden sý..., L. E. G. 13; Th. i. 174, 23-7: L. Edm.
micel
Mickle ⬩ great ⬩ magnus ⬩ much ⬩ many ⬩ multus ⬩ great
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Ðǽr manna wese mǽst ætgædere, Ps. Th. 78, 10. Se ðissum herige mǽst hearma gefremede, Andr. Kmbl. 2397; An. 1200. Grammar micel, without gen. On swá miclum heó hæfþ genóg swá wé ǽr sprǽcon. Gif ðú heore máre selest ..., Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 11.
FARU
a going, journey, passage ⬩ ĭter, profectio, ĭtio, transĭtus ⬩ family, what is movable ⬩ fămĭlia, cŏmĭtātus ⬩ expedition, march ⬩ expĕdītio, agmen migrantium
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Abram ðá ferde of Egipta lande mid ealre his fare Abram then went from the land of the Egyptians with all his family, 12, 20.
huntian
To hunt
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Gif him þince ðæt hé huntige beorge him georne wið his fýnd if he fancies that he is hunting, let him guard himself well against his foes, Lchdm. iii. 172, 19. Ne canst ðú huntian búton nettum nescis venari nisi cum retibus, Coll. Monast.
ge-scendan
To shame, put to shame, confound, corrupt
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Ðæt ic ne wese gescended ut non confundar, 80: 87, 15: 126, 6. Beóþ gescende míne fýnd confundantur inimici mei, 69, 2: 82, 13. Ne wylt ðú me gescyndan noli me confundere, 118, 31. Ne beó ic gescynded non confundar, 6
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setl-gang
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Ðá se æþela glǽm setlgong sóhte, Exon Th. 178, 32; Gú. 1253. marking place, the west Be ðam wege ðe líþ tó sunnan setlgange by the road that runs to the west, Deut. 11. 30. Fram sunnan upgange óþ hire setl-gang from the east unto the west, Ps.
þreál
Correction ⬩ correction by words ⬩ reproof ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correction by acts ⬩ chastisement ⬩ punishment ⬩ discipline
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Hé ( John the Baptist ) ða heard-heortan ðeóde mid stearcre ðreále and stíðre myngunge tó lífes wege gebígde, Homl.
witig
having knowledge ⬩ wisdom ⬩ sense ⬩ sagacious ⬩ wise ⬩ in one's wits ⬩ in one's right mind
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Th. 242, 30; Dan. 427. in one's wits, in one's right mind Wearð his suna wittig, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 428
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éstfulnes
luxury ⬩ lasciviousness
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Similar entries Cf. ést-ful, II Swutele synd þæs flǽsces weorc, ꝥ is forligr and unclǽnnyss, éstfulnyss oððe gálnyss, hǽðengyld oððe unlybban (fornicatio, immunditia, impudicitia, luxuria, idolorum servitus, veneficia, Gal. 5, 19), Hml. S. 17, 24
ge-witleás
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</b> of persons Gyf hwylc gewytleás man wénð ꝥ hé hine sylfne geworhte, Hml. S. 1, 67. of actions God wolde gewítnian ðá Niniuitiscan for heora gewitleásum dǽdum, Hml. S. 13, 274
hreóf-lig
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Hé hreóflig wunode oð ðæt hé weard deád ( fuit rex leprosus usque ad diem mortis suae, 2 Chr. 26, 21), Hml. A. 59, 187. His líchama wæs geþúht swylce hé hreófli wǽre in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videreiur, Gr. D. 159, 2.
on-gildan
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Wearð Godes wracu on Róme . . . him wæs ungemetlic moncwealn getenge, þæt nán hús næs binnan þǽre byrig þæt hit næfde þǽre wrace angolden exoritur ultio . . . incredibilium morborum pestis extenditur: nulla domus fuit, quae non illa pestilentia correpta
pæþ
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Snaca on wege and nǽddre on pæðe coluber in via, cerastes in semita, Wlfst. 192, 21. On ðone gréne pæð; of ðám paðe, C. D. iv. 98, 23. On þone smalan pæþ, of þám smalan pæþ, C. D. B. iii. 468, 15. Ofer herepað ðæt onsticelan pað, C. D. iii. 403, 18
guma
A man ⬩ vir, homo
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God gumena weard God, the guardian of men, 18; Th. 230, 22; Dan. 237. Gumena gehwylc each man, Exon. 19b; Th. 51, 25; Cri. 821: 32a; Th. 101, 5; Cri.1654. Gumena bearn the children of men, Beo. Th. 1760; B. 878.
ofer-weorpan
to overthrow, throw down ⬩ to throw (water, etc.) upon, to sprinkle ⬩ To fall down
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To fall down Oferwearp dá wérigmód, wígena strengest, ðæt hé on fylle wearð, Beo. Th. 3090; B. 1543
á-tellan
to count ⬩ number ⬩ compute ⬩ to enumerate ⬩ to tell ⬩ relate ⬩ recount ⬩ to reckon ⬩ repute
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Ne wéne ic þæt ǽnig wǽre þe þæt átellan mehte, þæt on ðám gefeohte gefeóll, 3, II; S. 150, 24. to enumerate Hé áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde quod bene gessit enumerat, Past. 463, 12.
bǽtan
to bait ⬩ worry with dogs, ⬩ to beat ⬩ make way against the wind or current
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to beat, make way against the wind or current Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorðe, and hǽt fealdan ꝥ segl, anð eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst and lǽtan þá bǽtinge; gif hé ǽr þweores windes bǽtte, warenað hé hine wið ðæt weder
FULL
FULL ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus ⬩ sătiātus ⬩ confertus ⬩ intĕger
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Ðár hig wǽron seofon dagas fulle they were there seven full days, Gen. 50, 10.
med-trum
not strong in health ⬩ infirm ⬩ weak ⬩ ill ⬩ of inferior position
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not strong in health, infirm, weak, ill Hwá biþ medtrum ðæt ic ne síe for his þingum seóc quis infirmatur, et ego non infirmor? Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 4. Se mettruma líchoma debile corpus, 61, 2; Swt. 455, 27.
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