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bitre

(adv.)
Grammar
bitre, bitere, bittre; adv.

Bitterly, sharply, cruelly ⬩ amare, acriter, atrociter

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[biter bitter] Bitterly, sharply, cruelly; amare, acriter, atrociter Ic eom bitre abolgen I am bitterly vexed, Exon. 119 b; Th. 458, 31; Hy. 4, 109: 120 b; Th. 463, 4; Hö. 65: Beo. Th. 4651; B. 2331.

Linked entries: bitere bittre

teóðung-mann

(n.)
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teóðung-mann, es; m.
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Geceós wise men and sóðfæste ... and gesete of him ... teóðingmen ( decanos ), Ex. 18, 21. as a technical English term, the head of a tithing, v. teóðung, Wé cwǽdon be uncúðum yrfe, ðæt nán man næfde búton hé hæfde ðæs hundredes manna gewitnyssa oððe

tealt

(adj.)
Grammar
tealt, adj.

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.

Linked entry: un-tealt

þweor-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
þweor-tíme, adj.

given to opposition ⬩ contentious ⬩ given to evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ depraved

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Ben. 13, 20

weorþfullíce

(adv.)
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Ben. Interl. 42, 6

weorold-sceamu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sceamu, e; f.
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Gif wíf be óðrum were forlicge, and hit open weorðe, geweorðe heó tó woruldsceame hire sylfre, L. C. S. 54; Th. i. 406, 7. Tó woroldscame, Wulfst. 168, 14

weorold-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ǽht, e; f.
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Worldly property, worldly possession or good Is nýd ðæt sume mid wonunge heora woruldǽhta synd gerihte necesse est ut quidam damnis corrigantur, Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 490, 10. Ðone teódan dǽl his woruldǽhta gesyllan, Wulfst. 283, 26: Bt. 13; Fox 38, 2.

wrigels

(n.)
Grammar
wrigels, es; m. n.

a covering ⬩ a garment ⬩ veil

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Be ðý wyrgelse ofer Cristes nesðyrlum, Anglia xi. 173, 9. Ðú hí onwendest swá man wrigels (operlorium) déð. Ps. Th. Surt. 101, 23. Hé his wrigels geopenode. Homl. Ass. 196, 56

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cemban

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Be cemdan wearpe de stuppe stamineo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 62

deáw

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.), and deáwe seems to be due to rore), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 29. Bútan rénscúrum and reócendum deáwe, Hml. S. 18, 57. Swilce hé wǽre on wynsumum deáwe, 31, 888, 876. Þyses fýres hǽto sý gecyrred on wǽtne deáw, 30, 441.

eást-dǽl

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Heofon biþ open on þǽm eástdǽle, Bl. H. 93, 1. Mathéum hé gedyde gangan tó þám eástdǽle, 239, 16.

fere

Grammar
fere, l. fére,

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.

fleótan

to float ⬩ to swim ⬩ to flow

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Add: to float, to be supported on the surface of a liquid Heó fleát áweg ofer ꝥ wæter tó lande. Shrn. 31, 21. Eahta daga fulla ꝥ ilce scip fleát (enatavit) wætres full, Gr. D. 249, ll. Nim eádoccan moran þá þe fleótan wille, Lch. iii. 6, 28.

fiþere

a wing ⬩ a wing

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Hé hæfde fiþru swylce þyrnen besma, Shrn. 120, 26. a wing to be eaten Þú scealt sellan wel meltende mettas, . . . hǽnne flǽsc and góse fiþru, Lch. ii. 196, 22

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.

ge-hírsumnes

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Take here <b>ge-hýrsumnes</b> in Dict. and add: obedience Getíðige ús God ꝥ wé magon eów secgan his láre, and eów gehýrsumnysse ꝥ gé ðá láre áwendon tó weorcum, Hml. A. 12, 310.

ge-unstillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unstillan, p. de
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Ne hé ne beó andig and fǽcne, for ðám á byð geunstilled (-od, v. l.) and restleás þe mid ðám unþeáwum beléd byð non sit zelotipus et nimis suspiciosus, quia nunquam requiescit, 120, 14. ꝥ ðá gebróðra ne beóh geunstilde ut non inquietent fratres, 84, 8

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huntian

(v.)
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, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 14. Huntgendra (huntiendra, Ps. L. Vos. Srt.) venantium, Bl. Gl. Ps. Rdr. 90, 3 Huntendra, Ps. Srt. 123, 6. trans. : — Hml. Th. i. 576, 28 (in Dict.)

ofer-fyll

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Be oferfylle. Ve, qui consurgitis mane ad bibendum, et reliqua, Wlfst. 46, 12. Þeáh hwá on dæg gefæste ful lange, gyf hé syððan hine sylfne gedweleð mid gedrynce and mid oferfylle, eal him bið þæt fæsten ídel geworden, 103, 12.

on-drysne

(adj.)
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Ben. 140, 5 is: Ad celebrandum missarum solemnia] Nú is þearf mycel ꝥ wé on forhasfdnesse lifian and úre synna clǽnsian . . .