wirsian
To get worse
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To get worse Hit fareþ yfele ealles tó wíde. Swá swýðe hit wyrsaþ, ðæt ðæs hádes men, ðe hwýlum wǽron nyttoste, ða syndon nú unnyttaste, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 18. And aa hit wyrsode mid mannan swíðor and swíðor, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 23.
bíte
a bite ⬩ the bite
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H. 67, 17. the bite, cut of a weapon, &c. Ðǽr is benda bite and dynta dyne, Wlfst. 114, 23: 209, 17. Gif bánes bite weorð if the bone be cut, Ll. Th. i. 12, 5. (Cf. O. Frs. bénes biti.)
Eást-land
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Substitute: <b>eást-land,</b> es; n. an eastern land; in pl. eastern lands, the East Hé cóm tó þám eástlande venit in terram orientalem, Gen. 29, 1.
on-sígan
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Add: of forces approaching to attack, to come down on Wê oferswîðdon þone onsîgendan here, Hml. S. 11, 71 : 31, 550 : 555: O. E.
hól
Vain speech, ⬩ evil speaking without cause, ⬩ calumny, ⬩ slander
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Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle [MS. H. héle] ne for unrihtre feohgyrnesse I do not accuse N. from hate or with the intention of slandering him or from an unjust desire for money, L. O. 4; Th. i. 180, 11.
tímlíce
In good time, ⬩ soon
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In good time, soon Ðú bǽde mé foroft Engliscra gewritena and ic ðé ne getíðode ealles swá tímlíce ǽr ðam ðe ðú mid geweorcum ðæs gewilnodest æt mé you very often asked me for English writings, but I did not grant your request so very soon, not before
L
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In the later specimens of the West Saxon dialect those words in which the vowel a immediately preceded a combination of consonants beginning with 1 are generally found to have undergone a change which was represented by writing ea instead of a.
mán
A bad, shameful action ⬩ a crime ⬩ crime ⬩ guilt ⬩ wickedness
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A bad, shameful action, a crime, crime, guilt, wickedness Maan facinus, Ælfc. Gl. 84; Som. 73, 98; Wrt. Voc. 49, 5. Mán, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 54 : piaculum, 68, 68. Mán and inwit guilt and guile, Ps. Th. 54, 9. Mán and unriht iniquitas, 118, 69.
Linked entry: mán-áþ
ge-sceád
separation, distinction, difference ⬩ power of distinguishing, reason, discretion, discrimination, an account, a reckoning, argument ⬩ distinctio, discretio, distantia
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Gesceád discretio, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 35. Gesceád agyldan to render an account, Mt. Bos. 12, 36: Homl. Th. i. 96, 20: ii. 50, 1.
síþ
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Voc. ii. 88, 22. Him ðá síþ oncwæþ, sóna ne meahte oroþ up geteón, Exon. Th. 163, 19 ; Gú. 996. Síþ and late, Judth. Thw. 25, 24 ; Jud. 275. Tó síþ Exon. Th. 96, 3 ; Cri. 1568. ¶ In phrases with ǽr (cf. O. Sax. ni síð noh ér : O. H.
manig-feald
Manifold ⬩ multifarious ⬩ of many kinds ⬩ various ⬩ consisting of many parts ⬩ complex ⬩ Manifold ⬩ numerous ⬩ abundant ⬩ plural
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Ðes pistol is swíðe menigfeald ús tó gereccenne this epistle is very complex for us to expound. Homl. Th. i. 448, 7. Ús þincþ tó manigfeald ðæt wé swíðor ymbe ðis sprecon. Lchdm. iii. 276, 8. Manigfealde multifariam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 51.
tídlíce
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for a time, temporarily Yrsunge tídelíce ( but tíde ne, MSS. O. T.) sceal mon gehealdan iracundie tempus non reseruare, R. Ben. 17, 6. <b>I a.
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for-weorþan
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Add: to become ill Philippus forwearð on móde, Hml. S. 2, 104. (1 a) of food, to go bad :-- Gif salt forworðes si sal evanuerit, Mt. L. 5, 13. (1 b) to come to a bad end :-- His geféran ealle forwurdon tó deáðe, Ap.
twelf
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Ymbe twelf mónaþ post annum, L. Ecg. P. iv. 65; Th. ii. 224, 32. Tuoel ðegnas hé sendeþ, Mk. Skt. p. 2, 19. In the following instance the word is inflected :-- Án ðæra twelfa Drihtnes ðegena, Homl. Th. ii. 242, 15. <b>I a.
Linked entry: endleofan
smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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Greát and smæl grossas el graciles ii. 41, 68. small, little, not great Smæl þistle carduus Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 66. Smæl ǽl anguilla 281, 69. Se Smala ciið . . . se greáta beám Past. 33; Swt. 224, 3. Æt ǽlcon smalon orfe penig, L. Ff.; Th. i. 224, 22.
simbel
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Icel. simul ever, is preserved in only one or two passages] On simbel ever, always, continually :-- Hí hiora freóndscipe forþ on symbel gehealdaþ they continue ever to maintain their friendship, Met. 11, 94.
waru
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Voc. i. 73, 73. Hí wurpon heora waru oforbord they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea (Jonah I, 5), Homl. Th. i. 246, 2.
ceápian
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Dele last passage, and add: to trade, traffic Ceápigas (ceópigas, R.) negotiamini, Lk. L. 19, 13. Gif ciépemon uppe on folce ceápi(g)e, Ll. Th. i. 118, 12. to buy, purchase (with gen.) Bycges ł ceápas (ceópias, R.) emant, Mk. L. 6, 13.
hægtesse
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Add: <b>hægtiss, hægtess, e: hætse, an ; hǽts, e.</b> afury of the classical mythology Haehtes furia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 47. Hægtesse 36, 29. Hægtes erenis, hægtesse eumenides, 29, 41, 42.
wita
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<b>II a.</b> add :-- Witan hym (the king) sceolan rǽdan, O. E. Hml. i. 301, l. Add Þá geþafode ꝥ se ealda wita ( senex ) and lǽdde þone cniht mid him tó þám mynstre, Gr. D. 242, 22. Witum senioribus (Mt. 16, 21), An. Ox. 61, 19.