ge-rǽdnes
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Seó gerǽdnys þe míne witan æt Andeferan ge-rǽdðon, 272, 2. Ðis is seó gerǽdnes þe Engla cyng and ǽgðer ge gehádode ge lǽwede witan gecuran and gerǽddan, 304, 3. Ðis is seó gerǽdnys þe Cnut cyninge mid his witena geþeahte gerǽdde, 358, 3.
mis-hírness
Disobedience ⬩ act of disobedience
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Disobedience, act of disobedience Forlǽt mé hý on wíta lǽdan, and ða mishérnessa gewrecan, ðe hý wið ðé forworhtan, Wulfst. 256, 4
ang-módness
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Gif seó sáwl slídan sceal in þá écan wíta and mid deóflum drohtnoð habban in angmódnysse earmra sáwla. Wlfst. 188, 6. Add
ge-wítendlic
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v. ge-wítan; 4 Gewítendlicum lífe sole uolubili, presenti uita, Germ. 388, 3. Gewítendlic deciduam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 19. Hohfulnesse be þingum gewítendlicum sollicitudinem de rebus transitoriis, R. Ben. I. 16, 10.
Linked entries: -wítendlic ge-witenlic
wær-líc
Cautious, prudent, wise, circumspect
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Wísdómes beþearf, worda wærlícra, and witan snyttro, se ðære æðelan sceal andwyrde gifan, Elen. Kmbl. 1083; El. 544
bearn-eácen
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Witan on bearneácenum wífe hwæþeres cynnes bearn heó cennan sceal, 6. Bearneácnum, ii. 330, 6. Wíf þe bearneácne (-ene, v. l.) (praegnantes) wǽron, Past. 366, 3. Ðá bearneácnan wíf, 367, 14. Add
orped
Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold
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Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold Lá orpeda cleric, gif ðú wylle witan ða terminos ðe wé ymbe sprǽcon, wite hwylc gér hyt sý ðæs mónan ðæt man hǽt lunaris, Anglia viii. 325, 5.
swǽr
- Halliwell
- Jamieson's Dictionary
unwilling ⬩ dull, heavy, ⬩ lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.] ⬩ heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive ⬩ heavy, grievous, painful, unpleasant ⬩ heavy, sad, feeling or expressing grief ⬩ of sin or evil, grave, grievous ⬩ of physical or mental inactivity, heavy, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent ⬩ inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak ⬩ of sleep, heavy ⬩ grave, honoured ⬩ grievous (sin, sickness) ⬩ gravis, onerosus ⬩ (a poetic word) heavy, grave.
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.), wíta onfón, 19, 46. Is swǽrra ðínra synna ród, ðonne seó óþer wæs, ðe ic ǽr ástág, Exon. Th. 91, 10; Cri. 1490. Nis ðys eall geswinc?
dún-sǽte
Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales ⬩ montĭcŏlæ Walliæ
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Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales; montĭcŏlæ Walliæ Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Angelcynnes witan and Wealhþeóde rǽdboran betweox Dúnsǽtum [MS.
nealles
Not ⬩ not at all
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Écan gesǽlþa sóhtan nallas þurh ðæt án ðæt hí wilnodon ðæs líchomlícan deáþes, ac eác manegra sárlícra wíta hié gewilnodon, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 36, 3. Grammar nealles, with an adjective or adverb Nealles swǽslíce, Beo. Th. 6169; B. 3089.
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un-willa
What displeases ⬩ displeasure ⬩ what is not desired ⬩ against one's will ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ not voluntarily ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ in despite of one
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What displeases, displeasure, what is not desired Nafa ðú tó yfel ellen, ðeáh ðé sum unwilla on becume; oft brincð se woruld ðone willan ðe bið eft, Prov. Kmbl. 40. Hé drýhð deófles willan and Godes unwillan, Wulfst. 12, 13. against one's will, unwillingly
ég-land
Water-land, an island ⬩ insŭla
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Water-land, an island; insŭla We witan óðer égland we know another island, Chr. Erl. 3, 10. Geond ðis égland throughout this island, Chr. 641; Erl. 27, 11. In ðæt églond on the island, Exon. 96b; Th. 361, 7; Wal. 16.
fór-word
A fore-word ⬩ stipulation ⬩ agreement ⬩ præcautio ⬩ pactum
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Ðis synd ða fórword ðe Æðelréd cyng and ealle his witan wið ðone here gedón habbaþ these are the agreements which king Æthelred and all his counsellors have made with the army, L. Eth. ii. prm; Th. i. 284, 6
feðrum
- Bt. Met. Fox 24, 10 ;
- Met. 24, 5: Exon. 60b ;
- Th. 222, 11 ;
- Ph. 347 ;
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of feðer
feoh-gífre
Greedy of money ⬩ avaricious ⬩ covetous ⬩ pĕcūniæ ăvĭdus ⬩ ăvārus
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Greedy of money, avaricious, covetous; pĕcūniæ ăvĭdus, ăvārus Wita sceal ne tó feohgífre >the sagacious must not be too greedy of money, Exon. 77 b; Th. 290, 21; Wand. 68
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irfan
To inherit
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To inherit Yrfan hí swá hí wyrðe witan let the land devolve upon such as they know to be worthy or entitled [v. wyrðe], Chart. Th. 578, 9. v. [?] Cod. Dipl.
termen
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m, A term, fixed date Gif ðú wille witan ðæt gemǽre terminum septuagesimalis, ðonne tele ðú . . . ðonne on ðam teóðan stent se termen, ðæt gemǽre, Lchdm. iii. 228, 3.
ge-trahtnian
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., and add Manega men wénað ꝥ þes middaneard scule standan on six þúsend wintrum, for ðan þe God gescóp ealle þing binnan six dagum; ac þaet getæl wíse witan on óðre wísan getrahtnedon, Wlfst. 244, 4.
mis-limpan
to turn out unfortunately
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to turn out unfortunately Æfer ðæm ðe him swá oftrǽdlíce mislamp hié angunnan hit wítan heora látteówum iterum infelicius victi sunt; propter quod ducem suum exsulare jusserunt, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 24.
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