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un-hǽlu

(n.)
Grammar
un-hǽlu, indecl.: un-hǽl, e; f.

bad healthdiseasesicknessinfirmityunsoundnessmisfortunemishap

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bad health, disease, sickness, infirmity, of persons Se oferdrenc fordéð ðæs mannes gesundfulnysse and unhǽl becymð of ðam drence, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 38. Oferfyll bið ðæs líchaman unhǽl, Wulfst. 242, 4. Búton ðé unhǽl oððe yld derige, 247, 34. Ða diófla

Linked entries: hǽlu un-hǽl

un-lybba

(n.)
Grammar
un-lybba, (and un-lybbe, an; f., or un-lybb; dat. -lybbe ; n.?), an; m.

poisonpoison used for purposes of witchcraftwitchcraftsorcery

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poison Sumum men wæs unlybba geseald, ac hit ne mihte hine ádýdan, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 11. Unþeáwas weaxaþ on yfel, swa swa átres unlibba on men; swá hé leng ðæs áttres þigene bedíhlaþ, swá wyrð his untrumnes máre, R. Ben. 135, 16. Unlybbe delatera (deletera

Linked entry: ge-unlybba

wang-stede

(n.)
Grammar
wang-stede, es; m.
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a place in open country, a place For*-*lǽt of ðam wangstede (cf. stópon tó ðære stówe, on ða dúne up, 1428; El. 716) réc ástígan, Elen. Kmbl. 1584; El. 794: 2205; El. 1104. Stenc út cymeþ of ðam wongstede (cf. hé séceþ dýgle stówe under dún*-*scrafum

wergild-þeóf

(n.)
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wergild-þeóf, es; m.
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A thief whose wergild was paid as a punishmen for his crime [cf. Gif þeóf sié gefongen, swelte hé deáðe, oþþe his líf be his were man áliése, L. In. 12; Th. i. 110, 8] Be wergeldþeófes forefonge. Gif mon wergildþeóf geféhð, and hé losige ðý dæge ðám

andeta

Grammar
andeta, andetta.
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Substitute: The word seems indeclinable and to be used only in the phrase beón (wesan, weorþan) andetta = to admit a charge, liability, & c., with gen. Gielde sé þæs sleges andetta sié wer and wíte let him that admits the slaying (acknowledges

be-gíman

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Add: with gen. acc. to care for, see to the welfare or wellbeing of a person or thing, keep God þú þe begýmst mannan Deus qui gubernas hominem, Ps. L. fol. 142, 6. Hí míne heorde wǽce begímdon, Wlfst. 190, 21. Begým þínes sylfes, Hml. A. 198, 109. Þæt

boga

an archa vault

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Add: bog (? cf. boga arcuum, An. Ox. 511). a (rain-) bow ꝥ heó þone heofonlican bogan mid hyre bleóge efenlæce, Lch. i. 284, 15. an arch, a vault : Fornix boga (-o) super columnis, Txts. 64, 453. Bígels, boga, incleofa camera, areas, fornax, Wrt. Voc

bryttian

(v.)
Grammar
bryttian, <b>bryttian,</b> brytian.
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Substitute: to dispense, distribute, grant a share of Exhibeo, i. porrigo, prebeo, tribito ic bryttie, dono, ostendo ic bringe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 2. Hé missenlíce monna cynne his giefe bryttað, Crä. 105: Cri. 682: B. 1726. Hé gumum gold brittade, Gen

brycg

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Brygc pons , Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 50. Brícg, 54, 11. Hét Maxentius oferbricgian ðá eá mid scipum, and syððan ðylian swá swá óðre bricge . . . hé ne gemunde ðǽre leásan bricge þe hé álecgan hét, Homl. Th. ii. 304, 21-27. Þǽre bricce geweorc, C. D. B. iii

denn

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Add: a den, lair of a beast Haran den lepusculi cubile, Kent. Gl. 1107. Denn lustra (ferarum ), An. Ox. 26, 47. v. þeóf-denn. a woodland pasture for swine Hí geúðen Ælfwolde ánes dennes wið his lícwyrðan scætte, ꝥ is .MCCCC. and L denarios. Ðis dæn

efen-niht

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>efen-niht,</b> e; f.: -nihte (?), es; n. An equinox Emniht aequinoctium, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 38. Gif hit wǽre rihtlíce emniht on Sc̃a Marian mæssedæge, Lch. iii. 256, 14. Seó lenctenlice emniht (-nyhte, v. l. ), 12. Seó hærfestlice

fǽrlíce

(adv.)

suddenlyunexpectedlysoonimmediatelyby chancehaphazard

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Add: suddenly, of a sudden, all at once, unexpectedly Cómon fleógende fǽrlíce englas, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 15. Hé swá fǽrlíce swealt þæt hé on fulluhte underfangen næs, 504, 23: Bl. H. 217, 19. Manegum men fǽrlíce gelimpeþ ꝥ hé hine wiþ þás world gedǽleþ

folgere

a successora followeradherent

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Add: one who walks in the steps of another (lit. or fig.) Oft cymð sé bæftan ús þe ús mid swyftnysse gódre drohtnunge fore-stæpð; and wé earfoðlíce him filiað tó merigen, sé ðe nú tó dæg is úre folgere geðúht, Hml. Th. ii. 82, 19. one who succeeds to

ge-sǽlignes

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Add: hap, fortune, v. ge-sǽlig; I Wǽgendre gesǽlignesse fallentis fortunae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 73. Gesǽlinesse fatu, An. Ox. 2627. Hwæt wilnast þú þonne ꝥ þú hæbbe æt swelcre gesǽlignesse? quid autem tanto fortunae strepitu desiderastis ? Bt. 14, 2 ;

Linked entry: sǽligness

ge-dwola

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ge-dwola, one who errs.
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Add: one who acts wrongly, a wicked person 'Wá dám ðe talað yfel tó góde, and gód tó yfele . . . Swilc gerihtwísiað þone árleásan for sceattum'. . . Eft cwæð Salomon be swilcum gedwolum : 'Hí (impii) blissiað on yfelnesse, ' Hml. Th. ii. 322 20, one

hálsung

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Add: hálsung (?), healsung. entreaty, solemn appeal. on one's own behalf. Cf. hálsian; 1 Geneálǽcige gebed ł hálsung mín (deprecatio mea) on gesihþe þínre, Ps. L. 118, 169 Béne ł hálsunge míne deprecationem meam, 16, 1. God gehírde míne healsunge ( deprecationem

ídel-ness

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For passage in l. 18 see <b>IV,</b> and add: emptiness. Cf. ídel; 2 Þá welegan hé forlǽteþ on ídelnesse ( diuites dimisit inanes, Lk. l, 53), Bl. H. 5, 10 : 159, 19. worthlessness; a worthless, useless thing, a vanity. Cf. ídel; II Idelnessa

on-wreón

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Add Hé onwreáh þá eorðan þe ǽr wæs oferþeaht, Ps. Th. 28, 7. Onwríg eágan míne, Ps. L. 118, 18. add: to show to others, to make known a material object Meotud onwráh beorg on bearwe, Gú. 118. a non-material object Melchisedech godþrym onwráh éces alwaldan

sulh

(n.)
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The passage Ll. Th. i. 208, 12 seems to belong to II. as dealing with an extent of land rather than with an implement. Such an area was to provide two men with good horses. Reference to such men may be found in the section on the gebúr, where it is said

tíd

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tíd, <b>. I a.</b>
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Múða gehwylc mete þearf, mǽl sceolon tídum gongan, Gn. Ex. 125. Ic on Þín hús hálig gange, and þǽr tídum þé tifer onsecge, Ps. Th. 65, 12. <b>I a α.</b> a favourable occasion or period for a person :-- Swá mon on ealdum bigspellum cwyð, ꝥ