þrág-lic
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Lasting a long time Byð swýðe mycele ungeðwǽrnysse and ðráhlice wíten on manna bearnen. Verc. Först. 175.] [
un-scógian
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Hé cleopode tó his þeówtlinge, 'Cum, deótul, hider and unscó (discalcea) mé, Gr. D. 221, 22. Add
sǽ-waroþ
the sea-shore
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the sea-shore Be sǽwaroþe and be æáófrum, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 17 : Met. 19, 21
brengnes
An offering; ⬩
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An offering; oblatio Onsægednissa and brengnesse ðú nolde sacrificia et oblationem noluisti, Ps. Spl. T. 39, 9
óleht-word
A flattering speech
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A flattering speech Hwǽr syndon ða ðe hié heredan, and him ólyhtword sprécan ?, Blickl. Homl. 99, 26
on-grisla
Dread, horror
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Dread, horror Wæs se munt mid mycelum brógan and mid ongryslan eall oferlǽded, Blickl. Homl. 203, 7
Linked entry: grisla
treaflíce
Grievously ⬩ painfully
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Grievously, painfully Eallum ðe deópe and ful treaflíce teónan þolian omnibus injuriam patientibus, Ps. Th. 102, 6
swippan
To scourge, beat, strike ⬩ to smack, crack a whip ⬩ to whip
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To scourge, beat, strike Hafaþ hé gyrde lange and ðone feónd swipeþ, Salm. Kmbl. 185; Sal. 92
þenning
Stretching, ⬩ extension
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Stretching, extension Be Cristes earm[a] þenninge and his honda on róde, Anglia xi. 172, last line
Linked entry: earm-þenning
þorn-rind
The bark of a thorn-tree
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The bark of a thorn-tree Hnutbeámes rinde and þornrinde gecnúa tó duste, Lchdm. ii. 52, 1
ge-dífan
To plunge, immerse
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To plunge, immerse Rammes wul on wætere gedýfed and æfter þám on ele, Lch. i. 356, 12
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ge-edníwung
Renewal, restoration
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Renewal, restoration Ǽr þǽre gyfte and geedníwunge (restitutionem) þára líchamana on dómes dæge, Gr. D. 295. 11
Linked entry: ed-níwung
be-byrgan
to save
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to save Ꝥ hé mihte þá gedýglian and him bebyrgean (-beorgan, v. l.), Gr. D. 109, 33
stig-weard
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a steward (v. stig), one who has the superintendence of household affairs ; especially matters connected with the table. [The word, which is found generally with the form stí-ward and in late documents, occurs in Eadred's will, and in a connection which
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wác-líc
Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.
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Poor, mean, of little dignity or worth, paltry. Similar entries v. wác, III Wáclíc vilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 64: Hpt. Gl. 523, 74: inutile, contemptum, 470, 22. Ðú wilt habban ealle fægere ðing and ácorene, and wilt ðé sylf beón wáclíc and unwurð, Homl
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tó-licgan
to lie or run in different directions ⬩ To lie between, ⬩ to lie and part, ⬩ to divide, ⬩ separate
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intrans. of roads, rivers, etc., to lie or run in different directions Heó (the Nile) tólíþ on twá ymb an ígland ðe mon hǽt Meroen the stream runs in two channels round the island of Meroen; faciens insulam nomine Meroën in medio sui. Ors. 1, 1; Swt.
yfelness
Evil, wickedness, badness ⬩ malignity, cruelty ⬩ misfortune, ill fortune
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Evil, wickedness, badness Yfelnys malignitas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 50, 10. in a moral sense Micel yfelnys malitia manna wæs ofer eorðan, Gen. 6, 5. Hé ( Antichrist ) neádaþ þurh yfelnysse ðæt men sceolon búgan fram heora Scyppendes geleáfan tó his
faran
to travel ⬩ journey ⬩ to march ⬩ to go ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ to go ⬩ move ⬩ to go ⬩ fly ⬩ to come ⬩ to pass away ⬩ depart ⬩ to go on ⬩ practise ⬩ happen ⬩ turn out
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Add Ic fare eo, ic út fare exeo, ic tó fare adeo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 193, 3. Færeð meat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 33. Síþien and færen comitentur, 22, 14. expressing movement. of persons. to travel, journey Wé beóþ mid þé swá hwyðer swá þú færest, Bl. H. 233, 33
Linked entry: farnian
ge-rǽdnes
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Add: determination, decision, definition. Cf. gerǽdan ; <b>III a</b> Þú mid þus mycelre tódǽlednesse and gerǽdnesse tósceádest manna gástas and nýtena . . . Salomon gedyde ofer eall gemǽne-líce þás gerǽdnesse mid þysum wordum spiritus hominum
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness Wærscipe cautela,i. astutia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 77. Ðæt hié geícen ða gód hira ánfealdnesse mid wærscipe, and suá tilige ðære orsorgnesse mid ðære ánfealdnesse ðætte hé ðone
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