lustfullian
To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ take pleasure [in]
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Evan swá swá líchoma wæs lustfulliende Eva velut caro delectata est, 1, 27; S. 497, 15: 5, 12; S. 630, 32. Lustfulligende, 4, 25; S. 600, 22
lytig
Cunning ⬩ astute ⬩ sly ⬩ artful ⬩ crafty ⬩ wily
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Marius ðone consul á swá lytigne swá hé wæs Marii consulis, qui non minore pene quam ipse præditus erat astutia, Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 228, 32. Ðone leásan lytegan ðú scealt hatan fox insidiator occultis surripuisse fraudibus gaudet?
midde-weard
Mid-ward ⬩ middle of
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Mid-ward, middle of (the noun with which the word agrees) Middeweard hand vola vel tenar vel ir, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 54. Middewærd lencten vel foreweard lencten ver novum, 53, 26.
missen-
Dissimilar ⬩ different ⬩ diverse ⬩ various ⬩ divers
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For missenlíce heora feaxes hiwe óðer wæs cweden se bleaca Heáwold óðer se hwíta ( pro diversa capillorum specie ), Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 16. Misenlíco wilddeór him cómon tó, Shrn. 88, 16. Wið misenlíce (misendlíce, MS.
slæcness
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Wæs beboden ðæt hi sceoldon caflíce etan, forðan ðe God onscunaþ ða sleacnysse on his þegnum. Homl.
þearl
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Wæs seó ádl þearl, Exon. Th. 160, 30; Gú. 951. And suá ðý ðearlan dóme hé forleás his mennisce ut districto justoque judicio homo esse perderet, Past. 4; Swt. 39, 23. Heó þrowedon þearl æfterleán, Cd. Th. 5, 24; Gen. 76. Þreá wǽron þearfe, Exon.
un-cystig
Niggardly ⬩ parsimonious ⬩ not liberal
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Ne sǽde ðæt hálige godspel (Lk. c. 16) ðæt se ríca reáfere wǽre, ac wæs uncystig and módegode on his welum, Homl. Th. i. 328, 19. 'Gé noldon him on mínum naman tíðian' ... Ðonne faraþ ða uncystigan intó écere cwicsúsle, ii. 108, 30: Wulfst. 289, 8.
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á-lǽtan
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Th. 540, 22. of grant, delivery Heofonan ríce wæs álǽten þisnm gebróðrum for heora nette, Hml. Th. i. 580, 22. <b>IV a.
án-gild
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Gylde hé ángyldes ꝥ hé mid beléd wæs, 354, 15. Forgylde ꝥ yrfe ángylde, 236, 24. Gilde hé ángylde ( or acc. ?), 294, 17. Cf. twi-gilde in Dict., and next word
bold
a dwelling ⬩ a town
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Add: a dwelling Þǽr wæs ðá kyninges bold (uilla regia), hét Eádwine þǽr cyrican timbrian, on Donafelda, þá þá hǽðenan mid ealle þí bolde [boðle, v. l.] forbærndon . . .
eást-ern
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Se wer ( Job ) wæs swíðe mǽre betwux eallum Eásternum, Hml. Th. ii. 446, 15. marking direction of the wind, east, from the east Feówer heáfodwindas synd: se fyrmesta is eásterne wind, Lch. iii. 274, 13: Gen. 315
georn-ness
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Se árwyrða fæder wæs geswænced mid unluste his swíðlican geomnesse (nimietatis ejus taedio affectus ), Gr. D. 156, 6. Fore giornise his áríseð propter inprobitatem eius surget, Lk. L.
hlid
fence ⬩ a gate ⬩ door
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Ox. 1521. that which closes an aperture in a wall, fence, &c., a gate, door On Lullan hlyd on ðá hegestówe, C. D. iii. 213, 8
leger
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Heó wæs gestelled mid líchamlicre mettrumnesse and seomode (seon- MS.) laman legre ea quam medici paralysin vocant molestia corporale percussa est Gr. D. 284, 2.
stíþ
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Stíþra wala asperę inuectionis, An. Ox. 5365. Þǽre stíþeste sticelse ábryrdnesse acerrimę, i. crudelissime stimulo conpunctionis, 599. Add Mid stíþre þeáwfæstnesse láre duro, i. districto disciplinę pedagogio, An. Ox. 1097.
wæterian
To water, supply with water, ⬩ give drink to living creatures ⬩ to water plants ⬩ to irrigate
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Ðæt flód . . . tó wætrienne (ad irrigandum) neorxena wang, Gen. 2, 6, 10
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ǽmetgian
to empty ⬩ to be at leisure. ⬩ to devote one's self to, take time for
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Similar entries v. ǽmettig, II His sprǽc wæs ǽmetegod vacua ðǽre mycelnyssé his gódan mægnes, Gr. D. 151, 1. to be at leisure. Similar entries v. ǽmettig, III Ne on dæge ðú aemtiga vaces Scint. 31, 8. Aemetgiað vacate, Ps. Srt. 45, 11.
oroþ
Breath, breathing
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Hé oroþ stundum teáh . . . swá wæs óþ ǽfen oroþ up hlæden, Exon. Th. 178, 17-30; Gú. 1245-1252. Heora oruþ biþ swylce líg ignem et flammam flantes, Nar. 34, 32; Beo. Th. 5107; B. 2557.
swinsian
To make a (pleasing) sound, make melody or music
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Ðǽr wæs hæleþa hleahtor, hlyn swynsode ( a cheerful sound arose), word wǽron wynsume, Beo. Th. 1227; B. 611. Sǽ swinsade the sea made its music Similar entries (but see swinsung, II.), Elen. Kmbl. 479 ; El. 240. Hearpan hlyn, swinsigende swég, Cd.
swyle
A tumour, swelling, abscess
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Se earm wæs on mycelne swyle gecyrred . . . ðeáh ðe se swyle ðæs earmes gesýne sí brachium versum est in tumorem . . . tametsi tumor brachii manere videretur, 5, 3; S. 616, 6, 38. Ðá ásweóll him se líchama . . .
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