finding
A device ⬩ invention
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A device, invention Nán ágenre findincge dón geþrístlǽce nullus propria adinventione agere presumat, Angl. xiii. 441, 1051
ge-spówan
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God þé gemiclað ꝥ þé forþ gespéwð ꝥ þú dón wilt, H. Z. 21, 189, 13. Add
scering
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Shaving Scerincge þénuncge hǽra hí áweg dón oferfléwednysse rasurę officio pilorum euellant superfluitate, Angl. xiii. 408, 610
un-gesceádwís
not acting according to reason ⬩ un- reasonable ⬩ irrational ⬩ unwise ⬩ foolish ⬩ not possessed of reason ⬩ irrational
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Ic wundrige hwí men sién swá ungesceádwíse ðæt hié wénan ðæt ðis andwearde líf mæge ðone monnan dón gesǽligne, 11, 2; Fox 34, 36: 39, 9; Fox 226, 9.
Linked entry: ge-sceádwís
sicor
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Ðeáh wé nú náuht yfeles ne dón on ðisse worulde, ne sculon wé ðeáh forðý bión tó orsorge, gif wé náuht tó góde ne dóþ; forðæmðe swíðe fela unáléfedes wé oft geþenceaþ.
of-weorpan
to kill by casting (a stone, etc. ) to knock down and kill by a missile
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to kill by casting (a stone, etc. ) to knock down and kill by a missile David nam fíf stánas and ðeáhhweðere mid ánum hé ðone gigant ofwearp. Blickl. Homl. 31, 18. David mid his liðeran ofwearp ðone geleáfleásan ent, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 18 : Homl.
á-hrepian
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Add: to treat Ic hæbbe áhrepod be þám tíd*-*þénungum þe man dón sceall, Btwk. 220, 40
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wíg-síþ
A warlike expedition
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A warlike expedition Nǽfre mon lytle werede ðon wurðlícor wígsið áteáh, Cd. Th. 126, 13 ; Gen. 2094
for-sittan
To mis-sit ⬩ to be absent from ⬩ neglect ⬩ delay ⬩ defer ⬩ diminish ⬩ obstruct ⬩ besiege ⬩ abesse a ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ supersĕdēre ⬩ desĕrĕre ⬩ præstruĕre ⬩ obsĭdēre
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Hí hæfdon ðone weg forseten they had blockaded the way, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 13. Fearras forsǽton me tauri obsēdērunt me, Ps. Spl. 21, 11: Cd. 114; Th. 150, 10; Gen. 2489
fram-byge
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Hig sýn ǽfre underðeódde and gehérsume and ðám hláfordscipe folhgien ðe ðonne bisceop beó, and gif hig ǽnigne frambyge dón, þolian ðǽre áre, C.D. iv. 137, 23
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teón
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hurt, damage, vexation Ðone on teón wigeþ feónd his feónde him (the dog) foe brings for the annoyance of his foe, Exon. Th. 433, 28; Rä. 51, 3. insult, abuse, reproach, calumny Ðá hine teóne wyrde (teónode and wyrgde? see note) Chus, Ps.
wearglíce
Vilely, meanly, wretchedly
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Vilely, meanly, wretchedly Gif ðú ðé wilt dón manegra beteran and weorþran, ðonne scealt ðu ðé lǽtan ánes wyrsan.
læs-boren
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Of inferior birth Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig forþboren preóst ne forseó ðone læsborenan we enjoin that any highborn priest do not despise the one of inferior birth, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 21
lást-weard
a successor ⬩ pursuer
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Ús is swíðe uncúþ hwæt úre yrfeweardas and lástweardas getreówlíces dón willon efter úrum lífe it is quite unknown to us how faithfully our heirs and successors will act after our death, Blickl. Homl 51, 36.
ofer-hygdig
Proud, arrogant, haughty ⬩ superbus
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Ðá tǽlde hine án oferhýdig bisceop for ðon, Shrn. 129, 28. Ðone oferhygdgan superbum, Ps. Surt. 88, 11. Ða wǽron hí æfter æþelborennysse oferhýdige, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 8. Ða oferhýdegan, Ps. Th. 118, 78. Égan oferhygdigra oculos superborum, Ps.
þæc-sele
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Of ðon nyrðan gate on þacseleheal; of þacseleheal, C.D. iii. 134, 37. (?)
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túdor-fóster
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Nourishment of offspring Æfter ðon tuddor-fóstre vel of ðírn síþborenarn de post fetantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 81
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acan
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Wið ðon ðe mon on heáfod ace, ii. 304, 25. Add
ofer-hycgan
to despise, contemn, disdain, scorn ⬩ contemnere, aspernere ⬩ to be puffed up
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to despise, contemn, disdain, scorn Gif hé ðis (lying at the feet of his superior) oferhigþ and hit dón nelle, R. Ben. 131, 7. Ðonne se mon oferhygþ (Hatt.
strange
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severely: — Rícum mannun man sceal strangor (severius) déman ðonne ðám heánum, L. Ecg. C. 1; Th. ii. 132, 30.