ge-þweorod
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Þeáh ánra hwilc sié gebunden gesiblíce tógædre, ꝥte heora ǽnig óðres ne dorste mearce ofergangan, ac geþweorod sint ðegnas tógædre, cele wið hǽto, hǽt wið drýgum; winnað hwæðre tu numeris elementa ligas, ut frigora flammis, arida conveniant liquidis (for
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híred-mann
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Híredmanna gehwilc sille pænig tó ælmessan, oððe his hláford sille for hine, Wlfst. 181, 16. Be híredmonnum de hero proprio familiae fidejussore, Ll. Th. i. 394, 25.
mildheortlíce
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Wé sceolon déman for úres Drihtnes lufon ǽfre mildheortlíce . . . bútan wælhreównysse, 9, 221.
wǽdelness
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ indigence ⬩ penury
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For wéþelnysse (wǽðelnesse, Bd. M. 298, 25) woruldgóda prae inopia rerum, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 9. Ðurh wéþelnysse (wæðelnesse, Bd. M. 68, 4) ex inopia, 1, 27; S. 490, 9. Of wǽdlnysse (wéðelnisse, Ps. Surt.) de inopia, Ps. Spl. C. 106, 41: 87, 10.
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wæter-pyt
A water-pit, well
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Hig dulfon wæterpyttas they dug for water, 7, 24
gyrnan
To desire ⬩ beg ⬩ yearn
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To desire, beg, yearn Ic ne me micles gyrne I do not desire much for myself, Exon. 37 a; Th. 121, 20; Gú. 291 Glædmód gyrneþ ðæt he gódra mǽst dǽda gefremme joyous is eager to perform very many good deeds, 62 b; Th. 229, 28; Ph. 492.
hæsel
The hazel ⬩ corulus, colurnus ⬩ corylus, amygdalus
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For special virtue of the hazel see Grmm. D. M. 927, and cf. hæslen. Cf. also the Icel. hasla völl to challenge to a duel on a field marked out by hazel poles
on-fangenness
Receiving, reception, acceptance
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For onfangenysse ( susceptionem ) gesta, 1, 27 ; S. 489, 8
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híne
domesticos,
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In v. 36 domestici is glossed hígu ł híne ł híwen, and 24, 34 pater-familas = híne-fæder [but this may be for hína-fæder]
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seófung
Lamenting ⬩ complaining ⬩ complaint
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Ic ne mæg ádreohan ðíne seófunga for ðam lytlan ðe ðú forlure. Bt. 11. 1; Fox 30, 20. Forlǽtan ða seófunga his eormþa miseras fugare querelas, 29, 3; Fox 106, 20: Met. 16, 7
heall
a residence ⬩ palace ⬩ a temple ⬩ a court of law
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Srt. 28, 2. a building for legal business, a court of law In ðæs giroefa halle ł mótern (on ꝥ dómern, W. S.) in praetorium, Jn. L. R. 18, 28
weá
woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Ðæt gelamp for weán and for yfelnesse ðara eardiendra ( a malitia inhabitantium), Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 599, 22. Hý magon weána tó fela geseón onhim selfum, synne genóge. Exon. Th. 77, 30; Cri. 1264
un-wærlíce
Unwarily ⬩ incautiously ⬩ without caution ⬩ heedlessly
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Geðence se láriów ðæt hé unwærlíce ( incaute ) forð ne rǽse on ða sprǽce, 15; Swt. 95, 9. Gif sió wund bið unwærlíce gewriðen cum fractura incaute colligatur, 17; Swt. 123, 18. Se ðe ðone wuda unwærlíce ( incaute ) hiéwð, 21; Swt. 167, 15.
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rím
Number
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Meotod wolde manna rím, fela þúsenda, forþ gelǽdan, Cd. Th. 289, 22; Sat. 401
swimman
To swim
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Teón ða wæteru forð swimmende cynn, Gen. 1, 20. of a vessel moving on water Secga geseldan swimmaþ on weg, Exon. Th. 289, 25; Wand. 53. Hine ( a vehicle) oxa ne teáh, ne [hé] on flóde swom, 404, 28 ; Rä. 23, 14. Se swymmenda arc (Noah's ark ).
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bæftan
behind, ⬩ ⬩ after
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Hé lét þǽr bæftan Titum and forð seglode, Hml. A. 190, 274. after Þára noman hér stondað áwritene bæftan, C. D. B. ii. 267, 12
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and-git
the understanding ⬩ the intellect ⬩ intellectus ⬩ understanding ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ intellectus ⬩ cognitio ⬩ agnitio ⬩ sense ⬩ meaning ⬩ one of the senses ⬩ sensus
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Th. 100, 4. sense, meaning, one of the senses; sensus Hwílum [he sette] andgit of andgite sometimes [he put] meaning for meaning, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 3.
FEL
skin ⬩ hide ⬩ pellis ⬩ cŏrium ⬩ cŭtis
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Felles ne récceþ he cares not for my skin, Exon. 127 a; Th. 488, 12; Rä. 76, 5. Ðæt celf híg bæradon bútan ðære wícstówe mid felle and mid flǽsce vĭtrĭlum cum pelle et carnĭbus crĕmans extra castra, Lev. 8, 17.
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lícettan
To feign ⬩ pretend ⬩ simulate
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To feign, pretend, profess falsely, simulate Forðam seó orsorge wyrd simle líhþ and lícet ðæt mon scyle wénan ðæt beó is sió sóþe gesǽlþ illa [prospera fortuna] enim specie felicitatis, cum videtur blanda, mentitur, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 30.
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nearu
confinement ⬩ durance ⬩ prison ⬩ a strait ⬩ difficulty
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Nearwe genýddon on norþwegas wiston him be súþan Sigelwara land the difficulties of the situation forced them to the north for they knew that to the south of them lay the land of the Ethiopians, Cd. Th. 181, 29; Exon. 68.