un-eáðe
with difficulty ⬩ grievously ⬩ hardly ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ hardly ⬩ hardly ⬩ scarcely ⬩ only just
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Ða lufe mon mæg swíðe uneáþe oððe ná forbeódan, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 11.
ár
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D. i. 222, 30. mercy, favour, benefit Eów tó nánre áre of no benefit to you, Bl. H. 41, 23. Þan hýréde tó áre and hire sáwle to reste, Cht. Th. 203, 31. Gif hé næfð ðá áre ðe hé on beón mæge si hunc manus misericordiae non commendat, Past. 137, 6.
hǽlan
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Ne tó doemenne ah tó haelanne middangeard, Jn. p. 6, 19. ¶ hǽlende as epithet of Christ, Jesus. Cf. hǽ. end :-- Ic eom Hǽlende Críst, Hml. S. 30, 60 : Ll. Th. i. 54, 28 note.
hlóþ
spoil, ⬩ booty ⬩ a band, ⬩ troop, ⬩ company, ⬩ gang, ⬩ crew, ⬩ body of robbers ⬩ the crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ
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Ne cóman hig ná tó fiohtanne ac ðæt hig woldan mid hlóþe geniman they did not come to fight, but with the intention of robbing, Shrn. 38, 10. Gesch hé hǽðenra hlóþ, Andr. Kmbl. 1984; An. 994: 84; An. 42.
Linked entries: hlóþ-bót hlóþ-sliht
þearf
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Homl. 71, 1. of a pronoun that represents a clause 'Ic bidde ðé, ðæt ðú nyme ðé ládmenn.' Ðá cwæð hé: 'Nys mé ðæs nán þearf' ( non est necesse ), Gen. 33, 15.
Cant-ware
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Agustinus nú on Brytene rest, on Cantwarum Augustine now rests in Britain, among the inhabitants of Kent, Menol. Fox 207; Men. 105
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gástlíce
Spiritually ⬩ spirĭtāliter
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Ðæt húsel is Cristes líchama, ná líchamlíce, ac gástlíce the housel is Christ's body, not bodily, but spiritually, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 16 : Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 25; Lchdm, iii. 280, 11 : Cd. 220; Th. 283, 7; Sat. 301
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eald-wita
One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest
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One old or eminent in knowledge, a priest; þresby̆ter Presbiter is mæsse-preóst oððe eald-wita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý, ac ðæt he eald sý on wísdóme presbyter is the mass-priest or one eminent in knowledge; not that every one is old, but that he is old in
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borh-leás
Void of security ⬩ fidejussore carens
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Void of security; fidejussore carens Gif hwá borh-leás orf habbe ... agife ðæt orf, and gilde xx oran if any one have cattle borhless [i.e. for which no borh has been given] ... let him give up the cattle, and pay twenty oran [which at 1s. 4d. each,
weorold-folgoþ
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m, A worldly service, service with an earthly lord Sceolde Sanctus Martinus néde beón on ðære geférǽdenne cininges ðegna . . . Næs ná ðæt hé his willan on ðæm woruldfolgaðe wǽre . . .
fore-gangan
to precede
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Add: to precede (in time) Þá foregangendan hlǽfdian (praecedentes matres) gewunodon ꝥ hí hit sǽdon þám gingrum nunnum, and nú þá gingran nunnan hit reccaþ, Gr. D. 280, 26.
ge-mǽnan
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Take here <b>ge-mǽnan;</b> in Dict. and add Nú behealde wé ðá nǽddran . . . Hwæt gemǽnd þæt ?, Hml. Th. ii. 238, 32. Petrus smeáde hwæt his gesihð gemǽnde, Hml. S. 10, 109. to have in mind.
gemót-hús
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Cyrice is ús gesceapen tó gebedhúse, ná tó nánum gemóthúse. bútan ymbe þæt heofoncunde ríce and láre, Wlfst. 233, l: 303, 2. Forð on pápan holt súðweardne; þonne on ðæt gemóthús ( to the manere; ad manerium, later translations), C. D. B. ii. 246, 2
ge-ríman
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Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces wæs þá iéðre tó oferwinnanne þone heó ús sié nú tó gerímanne. Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 12. Is gerímed supputatur. An. Ox. 3832. Add: —
ge-wépan
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To weep over, lament Hwæt dést þú, lá flǽsc, hwæt dreógest þú nú, hwæt miht þú on þá tíd þearfe gewépan ? quid, caro, quid fades, illa quid flebilis hora?, Dóm. L. 176
heáh-mægen
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an exalted virtue, one of the three theolological virtues: — Nú synd ðreó heáhmægnu ðe menn sceolan habban, Fides, Spes, Caritas, Hml.
íg-land
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Add: iég-land, í-land Án íglond ligð út on gársecg . . . þeáh nú ánra hwá wealde þæs íglandes, Met. 16, 12-17. On þám iéglande þe Sicilia hátte, Bt. 15; F. 48, 20. On án íglond út on Wendelsǽ, Bt. 38, l ; F. 194, ll.
neowol
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Add Nimað þisne scyldigan . . . and dragað hine niwelne (neowelne, v.l.) his neb tó eorðan, Hml. S. 14, 155. Add Drohtnoð habban . . . in neowlum áttre ( in the poison of the bottomless pit), Wlfst. 188, 8. On neowlum in imo, Scint. 21, 12.
on-hróp
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Þæt hé ná sí geledt óðres mid onhrópe ut non impediatur alterius inprobitate, R. Ben. I. 87, 4 (= R. Ben. 81, 9 in Dict.)
on-tendness
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Cf. on-tendan ; 5 Wê nû byrnað æ̂r ðan ðe se tîma côme úre ontendnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 35. Læ̂t hine on ûrum anwealde, þæt wê magon ðînne teónan wrecan and ûre ontendnysse, 416, 20.