wecg
a wedge ⬩ a mass of metal ⬩ a piece of money
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a wedge Waecg cuneus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 70. Wecg, 15, 49: 137, 29. Treówes on óste nægel oððe wecg on tó fæstnigenne ys arboris nodo clauus aut cuneus infigendus est, Scint. 103, 10. a mass of metal Ǽlces cynnes wecg vel óra oððe clyna metallum, Wrt
on-lúcan
literally, to unlock, open ⬩ to open, disclose, reveal
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literally, to unlock, open Ðæs ceasterhlides onlúcan . . . ða fæstan locu nǽnig óðer eft onlúceþ, Exon. Th. 20, 7-20. Onlaec reserat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 2. Suelce ic gesáwe sume duru onlocene, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 6. metaph. to open, disclose, reveal
a-lýsan
To let loose ⬩ free ⬩ deliver ⬩ liberate ⬩ to pay for loosing ⬩ to pay ⬩ redeem ⬩ ransom ⬩ liberare ⬩ redimere
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To let loose, free, deliver, liberate, to pay for loosing, to pay, redeem, ransom; liberare, redimere Helias wylle hine alýsan Elias vult liberare eum, Mt. Bos. 27, 49. Fæsten alýsan jejunium solvere, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 13. Ðú to alýsanne mannan tu ad
beód
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Add: I. a table, at which a meal is taken Beód mensa, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 19. Biód, Ps. Srt. 68, 23. Bútan cræfte mínon ( the baker's ) ǽlc beód ǽmtig byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33. Be abbodes beódes gereorde de mensa abbatis, R. Ben. 93, 2. Críst gehál-gode
carian
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Add: to sorrow, be troubled Ne ceara þú, ne ne wép, Bl. H. 143, 3. to care for (ymbe), see to the welfare of, be solicitous about Se abbod mid ealre embhýdignesse carige embe þá gyltendan gebróðru omni solicitudine curam gerat abbas circa delinquentes
efen
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Add Efnum aequatis, Txts. 39, 92. level Ðá ðe ne magon uncwaciende gestondan on emnum felda qui in planis stantes titubant, Past. 41, 7. <b>I a.</b> of sounds, harmonious, not discordant :-- Efnum sónum consonantibus, Mk. p. 1, 13. unruffled
for-cúþ
unclean ⬩ worthless
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Add: of human beings Uncystig oððe heamol, fercúþ frugus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 5: 70, 22. Ne bið hé ná cristen, ac bið forcúð wiðersaca, Hml. S. 17, 91. For þon Antiochus giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne ware húlice hié wǽron, for þon
ge-gódian
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Add: to furnish with, present Gegódod donatus, Hml. Th. ii. 468, 14. to furnish with a material object Syflincge gegóded (-rod-, MS.) pulmentario potiretur, An. Ox. 3757. Gegód[ode] indeptam (cirris crispantibus), 4647. (1 a) to endow with property,
ge-lustfulling
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Substitute: <b>ge-lustfullung</b>, e; f. a taking pleasure, delight, v. ge-lustfullian; Nán gelustfullung flǽsces, nán lust yfel nulla delectatio carnis, nulla voluptas mala, Scint. 3, 9. On gewilnunge and ungelustfullunge (on gelustfullunge
hǽs
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Add: a bidding, an order Streclicere hǽse (quod) violenti pręcepti (imperio complendum jubelur), An. Ox. 1294. Petrus and Andreas be Crístes hǽse forléton heora nett . . . hí æfter stemne ánre hǽse þæt þæt hí hæfilon forgeáton, Hml. Th. i. 578, 24. Deóflu
hirwan
to despise ⬩ scorn ⬩ derision ⬩ scorn ⬩ to blaspheme ⬩ blame
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Take here hyrwan, herewian, herian, in Dict., and add: to feel (and express) contempt for, to despise, scorn Ealle hié hié swá wundige hyrwað omnes ut ulcerosum contemnunt, Verc. Först. 139, 10. Hý nú hyrwað háligra mód, þá þe him tó heofonum hyge staðeliað
leán
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Add: pp. lagen, to blame a person or thing. See examples in Dict. with dat. of person, to speak with disapproval of something to a person, with the idea of dissuading or prohibiting Ne leá ic ðé ná ðæt ðú ǽgðer lufige I do not tell you that loving both
on-drǽdan
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add: with reflexive dative, with acc. Ðonne him mon ðissa tuéga hwæðer ondrǽtt suíður ðonne óðer, Past. 189, 9. Sé þe him his Dryhten ne ondrǽdeð, Seef. 106. Nó hé him þá sæcce ondréd, B. 2347. Hié him ondrédon Godes hete, Gen. 767. Ne ondrǽd ðú ðé deáð
Lǽden
Latin ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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Latin, the Latin tongue Is ðæt Léden on smeáunge gewrita eallum ðám óðrum gemǽne quæ [i.e. lingua Latinorum] meditatione scripturarum cæteris omnibus est facta communis, Bd. 1, 1; S, 474, 4. Swá gelǽred ðæt hé Grécisc gereord of miclum dǽle cúþe and
Aríus
A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A. D. 336
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A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A. D. 336 Ðá cwæþ Arrius ðæt Crist, Godes Sunu, ne mihte ná beón his Fæder gelíc, ne swá mihtig swá he; and cwæþ, ðæt se Fæder wǽre ǽr se Sunu, and nam býsne be
nabban
not to have ⬩ to be without
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not to have, to be without Næbbe ic synne gefremed, Cd. Th. 160, 15; Gen. 2650, Næbbe ic welan, Andr. Kmbl. 601; An. 301. Nafast hláfes wiste, 621; An. 311. Ðú næfst nán þing, Jn. Skt. 4, 11. Næft ðú, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 71; Met. 20, 36. Hé nǽnige mehte
nearuness
a strait ⬩ oppression ⬩ distress ⬩ distress ⬩ anxiety ⬩ tribulation ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief
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a strait Mid longre nearonesse be eástan Constantinopolim ligeþ juxta Constantinopolim longae mittuntur angustiae, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 21. oppression, distress (of body) Nearones breósta oppression of the chest, Lchdm. ii. 204, 27. Ðæt ( asthma ) ys
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ge-lícnes
a likeness ⬩ image ⬩ resemblance ⬩ similitudo ⬩ imago ⬩ a parable ⬩ proverb ⬩ parabola ⬩ proverbium
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a likeness, image, resemblance; similitudo, imago Uton wircean man to andlicnisse, and to úre gelícnisse faciamus hominem ad imaginem, et similitudinem nostram, Gen. 1, 26. Ǽlc man hæfþ þreó þing on him sylfum untodǽledlíce and togædere wyrcende, swá
a-rǽfnan
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to bear, endure Eall ic hit áræfnie for þínum gebode, Bl. H. 241, 33. Gif hit mon geðyldiglíce áræfnþ, Bt. II, I ; F. 32, 32. Wé eall áræfnaþ, Bl. H. 13, 9. Ic hit áræfnede ꝥ ic eów æteówe hwylcum gemete gé sceolan áræfnan, 237, 12. Þú his dómas on
án-rǽdlíce
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Add: in reference to persons, unanimously, to things, uniformly Hý cwǽdon ealle ánrǽdlíce ꝥ hit riht wǽre, Ll. Th. ii. 336, 2. Wið þám þe hi ealle ánrǽdlíce tó him gecyrdon, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 9. Gesetnys ánrǽdlíce (uniformiter) gehealden, R. Ben. I