mann-sliht
Manslaughter ⬩ homicide ⬩ murder
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Ðonne mæg hé beón orsorg ðæs monnslihtes (monnsliehtes. Hatt. MS.) reus perpetrati homicidii non tenetur, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 166, 20. Manslehtes beteón, L. A. G. 3; Th. i. 154, 5. Be monslihte (monnslyhte, MS. H.), L. In. 34; Th. i. 122, 15: L. Edm.
munuc
A monk
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Wé willaþ ðæt munecas regollícor libban ðonne hí nú ǽr ðisan on gewunan hæfdon, ix. 31; Th. i. 346, 27. Muneca gehwylc ðe úte sý of mynstre and regoles ne gýme... gebúge georne intó mynstre, v. 5; Th. i. 306, l. Be munuca cynne.
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nett
a net ⬩ a mosquito-net ⬩ net- work ⬩ web
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Ðonne hió ( the spider ) geornast biþ ðæt heó áfǽre fleógan on nette, 89, 10. Folc gescylde hálgan nette ( with a net-work of clouds ), Cd. Th. 182, 11; Exod, 74
ge-ferian
To carry ⬩ convey ⬩ bear ⬩ lead ⬩ conduct ⬩ ferre ⬩ vehĕre ⬩ dūcĕre
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Ðonne we geferian freán úserne ðǽr he longe sceal on ðæs Waldendes wære geþolian then we bear our lord to where he shall long endure in the All-powerful's care, Beo. Th. 6205; B. 3107.
ge-hwá
Every one ⬩ whoever ⬩ who ⬩ quisque ⬩ quis
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Ðonne feran sceal ánra gehwæs sáwl of líce when the soul of each one shall go from the body, Exon. 54 b; Th. 191, 24; Az. 93 : 64 b; Th. 238, 3; Ph. 598.
seáþ
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Æfter ðam ðe ðú deád bist, ðonne cymst ðú tó helle . . . and ðín seáþ biþ twegea cubita wíd and feówra lang, Nar. 50, 23-29. On hú grundleásum seáþe on how bottomless a pit, Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 8.
Linked entry: -syd
under-gitan
To understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know
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Gif hwam gelustfullaþ tó witanne hwæt sý quadrans ðonne undergite hé ðæt quadrans byð se feórða dǽl, Anglia viii. 298, 10. Understandan capere, intelligere, undergite capiat, Hpt. Gl. 437, 28. Undergitende heortan cor intelligens, Dent 29, 4.
un-hǽlu
bad health ⬩ disease ⬩ sickness ⬩ infirmity ⬩ unsoundness ⬩ misfortune ⬩ mishap
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Lind. 8, 17. of animals, unsoundness Gif mon hwelcne ceáp gebygeþ and hé ðonne onfinde him hwelce unhǽlo on binnan .xxx. nihta, L. In. 56; Th. i. 138, 11. [Licome unhele, O. E. Homl. i. 7, 23. Unhæle and ælde, Laym. 11546.
wergild-þeóf
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Gif mon wergildþeóf geféhð, and hé losige ðý dæge ðám monnum ðe hine gefóð, þeáh hine mon gefó ymb niht, náh him mon máre æt ðonne ful wíte, L. In. 72; Th. i. 148, 5-8.
wirp
A change for the better ⬩ recovery ⬩ improvement
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Lege on lǽcedómas ða ðe út teón ða yfelan wǽtan, ðonne biþ ðǽr wyrpe wén hope of recovery, Lchdm. ii. 46, 27. Gé frófre ne wénaþ, ðæt gé wræcsíða wyrpe gebíden ye look not for comfort, that ye may live to see redemption from exile, Exon.
flór
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from flóre) (the tesselated pavement[s] t cf. flðr-stán); ðonne be ðám twám lytlan beorgan, C. D. in. 404, 9. Add:
ge-þyldo
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Forðám dóme his geðylde, 27, 21. Ꝥ mægn þǽre geþylde, Gr. D. 20, 16. Wundorlicre geþylde man, 283, 18. Tó ðǽre geðylde, Past. 222, 8. Ðá geðyld ðe is módur ealra mægena, 215, 19: 222, 25: 219, 13.
sǽmra
Inferior, worse
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Inferior, worse Symle wæs ðý sǽmra ðonne ic sweorde drep ferhþgeníðlan ever was the deadly foe the worse when I struck him with the sword, Beo. Th. 5752; B. 2880. Hit is sǽmre nú it is worse now (than in the golden age). Met. 8, 42.
wǽpned-mann
a male ⬩ a man ⬩ a male
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Hiora wíf ofslógan ealle ða wǽpnedmen ðe him on neáweste wǽron, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 1, 6, 8. of plants, a male Gif man scyle mugcwyrt tó lǽcedóme habban, ðonne nime man ða reádan wǽpnedmen and ða grénan wífmen, Lchdm. iii. 72, 20.
on-sægedness
the rite, act of sacrifice or offering ⬩ what is offered at the rite, a sacrifice, oblation
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Ðonne sceal hé hine áhabban fram onsægdnysse ( immolatione ) ðæs hálgan gerýnes, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 4. Hé rícels bærnde in Godes ansægdnesse, Shrn. 133, 29. Ic wille mildheortnesse næs onsægdnesse (-sægednesse, MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 9, 13.
Linked entries: á-sægdnes an-sægdnes sægedness on-segedness á-segendness
swefan
To sleep. ⬩ of natural sleep ⬩ of the sleep of death ⬩ to denote lack of watchfulness ⬩ to denote cessation of activity ⬩ to sleep
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Hláfurd sécan oððe hér swefan, Vald. 1. 31. metaphorically, to denote lack of watchfulness Ðonne se weard swefeþ, sáwele hyrde, Beo. Th. 3487; B. 1741. to denote cessation of activity Swǽfon seledreámas, Cd. Th. 179, 29; Exod. 36
Linked entry: sweofot
sweord
A sword
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They are precious heirlooms, handed down through many years (v. epithet eald above); so Beowulf speaks of his sword as 'eald láf,' Beo.
Linked entry: swyrd
hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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Cf. colloquial to be down on a person or thing Tó hwon syndon gé þyses weorces swá hefige?, Bl.
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unnan
to grant a person (dat.) something ⬩ to give ⬩ allow ⬩ to wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. ) ⬩ to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.) ⬩ to like a person to have something ⬩ to like a condition of things ⬩ to be pleased
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Ne meahte hé, ðeáh hé úðe wel, on ðam frumgáre feorh gehealdan he could not keep life in the prince, though he would have been well pleased to do it, 5703; B. 2855
CLÁTE
CLOT-bur ⬩ burdock, goose-grass, clivers ⬩ philanthropos = φιλάνθρωπος , lappa, arctium lappa, galium aparine
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Genim doccan oððe clátan, ða ðe swimman wolde take dock or clote, such as would swim, 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 122, 22