irgþ
Sluggishness ⬩ cowardice ⬩ timorousness ⬩ pusillanimity
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Þurh lyðre yrhþe Godes bydela ðe clumedon mid ceaflum ðǽr hí scoldon clipian through the vile sluggishness of God's messengers, who mumbled with their mouths when they should have cried aloud, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 111, 202
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líðig
Lithe ⬩ pliant ⬩ supple ⬩ flexible ⬩ soft ⬩ yielding
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B.] hand then Peter took her supple hand, Homl. Skt. 10, 73. On his líðegum cneówum, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 27. His líðegan fingeras, 512, 1
bisceop-hám
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An episcopal estate Ic gean þes landes æt Hedhám ... intó Paulusbyrig æt Lundænæ tó bisceophámæ, Cht. Th. 520, 14. Tó biscopháme, 523, 23. On ǽlcon bisceopháme ǽlcon men freót þe wíteþeów wǽre, Cht. Crw. 23, 28.
Linked entry: hám
clipian
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Add: of persons Ic tó þé cleopie, Bl. H. 89, 14, Clepað clamitat, Kent. Gl. 6. Wé cliepiað (clip-, v. l. ) tó Gode, Past. 263, 23. Clipode proclamat, Hpt. Gl. 480, 17. Þes þearfa clepode ( clamavit ) tó Gode, Ps. Th. 33, 6.
fiscian
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Ofer þone man becóm fǽringa godcund wracu for þám þe hé ficsode on Sunnandæg, Shrn. 126, 23. Hí mid nette fixodon on sǽlicum ýðum, Hml. Th. i. 576, 21.
ge-slit
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Th. ii. 490, 4. Gehǽlede fram ðǽra nǽddrena geslite, 240, 12. Wearð án cnapa þurh nǽddran geslit neálíce ádýd . . . Hé sette his finger on þá wunda þe se wurm tóslát, Hml.
bræsen
BRAZEN, ⬩ æreus, æneus ⬩ made of brass ⬩ strong, powerful, bold, daring; ⬩ validus, fortis, potens, procax
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Lamb. 17, 35. strong, powerful, bold, daring; validus, fortis, potens, procax Gebeád ðá se bræsna Babilóne weard then the bold lord of Babylon proclaimed, Cd. 196; Th. 244, 16; Dan. 449
flot
Water deep enough for sustaining a ship ⬩ the sea ⬩ ăqua sătis alta ad nāvem sustĭnendam ⬩ măre
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Wǽron ða útlagas ealle on flote the outlaws were all afloat [lit. on the sea ], Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 24. We willaþ on flot feran we will depart on the sea, Byrht. Th. 132, 64; By. 41: Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 1; Æðelst. 35
CEALD
Cool, COLD ⬩ frigidus, gelidus
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Ðú ðæm wætere wǽtum and cealdum foldan fæste gesettest thou firmly settest the earth to the water wet and cold, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 180; Met. 20, 90: 20, 152; Met. 20, 76. Wedera cealdost the coldest of tempests, Beo. Th. 1097; B. 546
for-niman
To take away ⬩ deform ⬩ plunder ⬩ destroy ⬩ ransack ⬩ waste ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ rapĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ extermĭnāre ⬩ vastāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ devŏrāre
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Th. ii. 416, 12
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ge-met-fæst
Moderate, modest ⬩ moderatus, modestus
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Man gemetfæst vir modestus, Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 18: 4, 28; S. 606, 33: Exon. 48 b; Th. 168, 19; Gú. 1080: 95 b; Th. 357, 19; Pa. 31
ge-timbrung
an edifice ⬩ a structure ⬩ building ⬩ ædĭfĭcium ⬩ ædĭfĭcātio ⬩ structūra ⬩ a definition; ⬩ defīnītio
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Hí geswicon ðære getimbrunge they ceased from the building, Homl. Th. i. 318, 21. Ðæt hí him ætýwdon ðæs temples getimbrunge ut ostendĕrent ei ædĭfĭcātiōnes templi, Mt. Bos. 24, 1: Homl. Th. ii. 390, 13.
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ge-monian
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Ex. 6: 52 a; Th. 182, 22; Gú. 1314: Cd. 49; Th. 63, 9; Gen. 1029
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ceorian
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Th. i. 404, 24
ge-rihtlǽcan
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Sceal gehwá gerihtlǽcan þæt þæt hé ǽr tó woge gebígde, Hml. Th. i. 8, 14. via iustorum recta facto est, þæt is þǽra rihtwísra wæg is gerihtlǽced, Hml.
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efen-líc
Even, equal ⬩ æquālis
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Even, equal; æquālis Nǽnig efenlíc ðam in worlde gewearþ wífes gearnung a woman's desert was in the world not equal to that, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 20; Cri. 39: Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 38
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un-gehírsumness
Want of submission ⬩ disobedience
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Th. ii. 222, 7. [Þane stede þe se deofel of hafel þurh unihersamnesse, O. E. Homl. i. 221, 30. Cf. O. H. Ger. un-gihórsamí inobedientia.]
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ofer-þrymm
Exceeding power
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Exceeding power Ǽr ðon se wlonca dæg bodige þurh býrnan brynehátne lég egsan oferþrym ere that august day (doom's day) announce by the trumpet fire burning-hot, over-powering terror, Exon. Th. 448, 10; Dóm. 52
hirde-leás
Without a shepherd
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Without a shepherd Ne beóþ hí hyrdeleáse ðonne hí ðé habbaþ having thee they will not be without a shepherd, Homl. Th. i. 383, 23. Scép heordeleáse oves non habentes pastorem, Mt. Kmbl. Rush 9, 36
ge-licgan
to lie ⬩ lie near, together ⬩ jacere ⬩ adjacere ⬩ conjacere ⬩ to lie down ⬩ fail ⬩ cease ⬩ loiter ⬩ delay ⬩ deficere ⬩ cessare
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Ne mihte se níþ betwux him twám gelicgean the strife between the two could not be appeased, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 75. 36