ǽg-þer
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Hú ne hæfdon wé ǽr gereht ðæt ðá gesǽlþa and sió godcundnes án wǽre? Sé ðe ðonne ðá gesǽlþa hæfþ, ðonne hæfþ hé ǽgþer; sé ðe ðon(n)e ǽgþer hæfþ, hú ne bið sé ðonne full eádig?, Bt. 34, 5; F. 138, 33. On ǽgðer þǽra bóca sind feówertig cwyda, Hml.
Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer
bæþ
a bath for washing ⬩ the bath of fish or sea-fowl:--
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'Wé ne willað on ðæt bæð (fontem) gangan,' Bd. 2, 5;Sch. 134, 13-19. Hí hiene bǽdon ryhtes geleáfan and fulwihtes bæðes they asked him for the true faith and baptism, Ors. 6, 34;S. 290, 27.
hwer
A kettle ⬩ pot ⬩ basin ⬩ caldron ⬩ cooking-vessel
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Ðá hét se cásere meltan on hwere leád and pic and hé hét ðone cniht on ðæs hweres welm ásetton the emperor ordered lead and pitch to be melted in a caldron, and ordered the young man to be put into the boiling of the caldron, Shrn. 91, 7.
self-líce
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Ðýlæs hé sié áhafen on his móde and on oferméttum áþunden and þurh ðæt selflíce his gódan weorc forleóse ne perfecta opera tumor elationis extinguat, proem.; Swt. 25, 7.
sútere
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Sum sútere siwode ðæs hálgan weres sceós. . . Anianus wæs geháten se ylca sútere, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 23, 27. Eówer sútere hé is uester sutor est, eówer súteres tól uestri sutoris instrumenta, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 105, 14.
Linked entry: scóh-wyrhta
un-gesǽlþ
unhappiness ⬩ illfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ unhappiness which consists in absence of moral good
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Eall his líf tó ungesǽlðum and tó ermðum wearð, Homl. Ass. 161, 226.
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un-gemetlíce
immoderately ⬩ beyond measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ too (much) ⬩ immensely ⬩ exceedingly ⬩ very greatly
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Ðæt hié tó ungemetlíce ne forweaxen ne immoderatius excrescant, 18; Swt. 141, 6: 21; Swt. 167, 14. immensely, exceedingly, very greatly Ðá wearð Cain ungemetlíce yrre iratus est Cain vehementer, Gen. 4, 5.
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un-myndlinga
undesignedly ⬩ without meaning to do something ⬩ unexpectedly
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where an act is not intended or expected by the doer of it, undesignedly, without meaning to do something Nis hit nán wundor ðeáh hwá wéne ðæt swylces hwæt unmyndlinga gebyrige, þonne hé ne can ongitan for hwí God swylc geþafaþ nec mirum, si quid ordinis
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witodlíce
certainly ⬩ indeed ⬩ surely ⬩ truly
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Wéne ic ful swíðe and witodlíce, Exon. Th. 461, 5; Hö. 30. with a somewhat indefinite sense, translating many Latin words, indeed, surely, truly Witodlíce (wotetlíce, Lind.) autem, Mt. Kmbl. 1, 21. Wiototlíce, Lind. 2, 3.
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wríþan
to twist ⬩ give a curved form to ⬩ to bind up ⬩ wrap round ⬩ bandage ⬩ to bind ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter
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Hé wearð wriþen ofer wunda. Exon. Th. 435, 27; Rä. 54, 7. to bind one thing to another Nim ða sylfan wyrt, lege on ðone naflan, and wríð ðǽrtó swýðe fæste. Lchdm. i. 82, 25. to bind, fetter Oft wíf hine (a dog) wríð, Exon. Th. 434, 3; Rä. 51, 5.
á-gǽlan
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L. 88, 35. to neglect, delay doing Se sláwa ágǽlð and forielt ðæt weorc ðe him niédðearf wǽre tó wyrceanne piger necessaria agere negligit , Past. 283, 25. Ic ágǽlde þæt tó mínre sáwle frætwum belumpe, Angl. xi. 98, 29: 99, 63.
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brǽþ
odour ⬩ exhalation
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Wearð ꝥ brýdbed mid brǽðe áfylled, swylce þǽr lǽgon lilie and rose, 4, 32. Þes brǽð is of Críste, 42. hot vapour Ðá brǽðas ðæs flǽsces stigon up eall swilc hit mist wǽre. Hml.
deád
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Án cild arn under wǽnes hweowol and wearð sóna deád, Shrn. 32, 12.
Eást
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Rufinus wolde habban þone anwold þǽr eást, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, 6, 37; S. 296, 6. Eást mid Crécum, Met. 30, 1. Secga sitlu súð, eást, and west, 9, 42: 14, 7. v. norþ-, súþ-eást; cf. west; adv
hreósan
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Reósende nutabunda (arbor ), 1575: 2234. to fall from a seate of material or spiritual well-being Hreósþ corruit (impius in impietate sua, Prov. 11, 5), Kent. Gl. 349. Úp áhefð [Dryhten] ealle þá þe hreósað alleuat Dominus omnes qui corruunt, Ps.
læt
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D. 59, 18. advanced in point of time in the course of the day or night, late Ðá seó lætre (lættre, v. l.) tíd weóx cum hora tardior excrevisset Gr. D. 128, 12.
mann-cynn
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Ðá getácniæð alle deófles limæ, þæt beóð alle þá þe deófles weorc wyrcð, Wlfst. 84, 30. Manncynna ealdor Christ, Hml. Th. i. 588, 18
BRINGAN
To BRING, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry ⬩ ferre, adducere, ducere, producere, offerre, proferre
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Winter bringeþ weder ungemetcald winter brings weather excessively cold, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 117; Met. 11, 59: 11, 125; Met. 11, 63. Regn wolcen brincgeþ a cloud brings rain, Ps. Th. 67, 10.
swífan
to move in a course, wend, sweep ⬩ of a course of action, to come to take part in a matter ⬩ to be uncertain ⬩ rove, tarn, sweep ⬩ ferri, volvere, incitari ⬩ to cease, leave off
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to move in a course, wend, sweep Hond hwyrfeþ geneahhe swíféþ mé geond sweartne the hand passes over me (a skin), Exon. Th. 394, 4 ; Rä. 13, 13. On ðære ilcan eaxe hwerfeþ rodor, recene scríþeþ, súðheald swíféþ swift (sweeps swift), Met. 28, 17.
tusc
A canine tooth ⬩ a molar tooth ⬩ a tusk
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Monnes tux bið .xv. sciłł. weorð the compensation to be paid for knocking out a man's canine tooth is xv shillings, L. Alf. pol. 49; Th. i. 94, 12. Cf. L. Ethb. 51; Th. i. 16. Hundes tux, Lchdm. i. 370, 29. Se flǽsctóþ wiþæftan ðone tux gigra, Wrt.