un-wísdóm
folly ⬩ stupidity ⬩ ignorance
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Hé of yfelum wiilan ne gesyngaþ, ac of unwísdóme (non malitia, sed sola ignorantia), 21.; Swt. 157, 25
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ǽ
- (? in
- Bd. 4, 5 ;
- S. 573, 17 ).
law, &c. ⬩ matrimony
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Ðæt hé of ðǽre ǽwe ne cerre, Past. 175, 5: 181, 1: 439, 30. Aee legem, Ps. Srt. 26, 11. Ǽa legum, Germ. 388, 16. Ǽwum cerimoniis, Hpt. xxxiii. 239, 26. matrimony Se hálga wer ðǽre wíflufan wordum stýrde unryhtre ǽ, Jul. 297.
horsc
Quick, ready, active, valiant, ⬩ wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted ⬩ wise ⬩ alacer, celer, præproperus, volucer, promtus, sagax,
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Nis ǽnig ðæs horsc ne ðæs hygecræftig ðe ðín frumcyn mǽge fira bearnum sweotule geséðan, 11 a; Th. 15, 24; Cri. 241. Horsc and hreðergleáw herges wísa a guide of the host, prompt and prudent, Cd. 143; Th. 178, 17; Exod. 13.
Linked entry: horsc-lic
tótian
To peep out ⬩ look
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Is hit so ouer vuel nor te toten (lokin, MS. T. ) utward ? . . . Toten vt wiðuten vuel ne mei nouðer of ou, & nim ȝeme hwat vuel beo icumen of totinge, A. R. 52, 2-11. Euer se recluses toteó more utwardes, 92, 7.
á-bútan
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Com se here eft ábúton in tó Temese, 999; P. 131, 19. motion round an axis or centre Gif ðú sumne cláð sceáwast, ne miht ðú hine ealne tógædere geseón, ac wenst ábútan (you turn it round), ðæt ðú ealne hine geseó, Hml.
sprengan
To cause to spring. ⬩ to scatter ⬩ to sprinkle ⬩ to burst, crack (cf. to spring a leak,sprung, applied to a bat) ⬩ to apply a clyster ⬩ quassare, rorare ⬩ to burst, scatter, sprinkle ⬩ to burst
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To cause to spring. to scatter Ðú gaderast ðǽr ðú ne sprengdest ( sparsisti ), Mt. Kmbl. 25, 24. His eágan wǽron spearcan sprengende, Homl. Th. i. 466, 26. to sprinkle, an object with something Ðú spren[g]st Aaron and his reáf, Ex. 29, 21.
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stíþ-líc
firm, strong ⬩ hard, severe ⬩ hard ⬩ harsh, severe ⬩ stern, hard, fierce
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Scrd. 21, 6. of speech, hard, harsh, severe Ne sceal nán mon geþrístlǽcan ðæt hé áht stíþlíces spræce ongeán his abbod, R. Ben. 16, 2.
ós
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The Icelandic, which throws out n before s, as the Anglo-Saxon does (cf. Icel. gás: A.
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ge-hýran
To hear ⬩ give ear to ⬩ audīre ⬩ exaudīre ⬩ To hear ⬩ audīre ⬩ to obey ⬩ obĕdire
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To hear, give ear to; audīre, exaudīre Forðamðe gé ne mágon gehýran mínespæce quia non pŏtestis audīre sermonem meum, Jn. Bos. 8, 43 : Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 22, 35.
wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
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Th. 6148; B. 3078. suffering that comes as punishment, retributive punishment, vengeance Ǽlc wræc and ná wræc omnis uindicta et non uindicta, Scint. 223, 5. Ðæt unásecgenlíce wræc and ðæt ungeendode wíte, ðæt ðon unlǽdon ðǽr geteohhod biþ, Blickl.
wind
wind ⬩ air in motion ⬩ wind ⬩ flatulence ⬩ wind ⬩ breath
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Biþ sǽsmilte, ðonne hý wind ne weceþ, 336, 27; Gn. Ex. 56. Nó wǽgflotan wind ofer ýðum síðes getwǽfde, Beo. Th. 3819; B. 1907. Bærn eal tósomne on ða healfe ðe se wind sý. Lchdm. iii. 56, 7.
tǽcan
To shew. ⬩ to offer to view, present ⬩ to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc. ⬩ without an object, to shew the way, direct ⬩ without an object, to direct ⬩ to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition. ⬩ to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. ⬩ to shew, indicate, signify
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cumon tó néh ðison munte,' Ex. 19, 12.
wæstm
Growth, increase ⬩ growth, produce ⬩ plant, fruit ⬩ offspring, progeny ⬩ result ⬩ fruit, that which may be enjoyed ⬩ produce of money, usury. ⬩ growth, growing, ⬩ increase ⬩ growth, thriving ⬩ growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;
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Ǽlc treów ðe gódne wæstm (woestim, Rush.) ne bringð omnis arbor, quae non facit fructum bonum, 3, 10. Dóð medemne weastm (wæstm, MS. A., Lind.: wyrþe westem. Rush.), 3, 8. Wæstim gódne, Lk. Skt. Rush. 3, 9.
ge-sprecan
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(l a) to exercise the faculty of speech, not to be silent :-- Ne geléfde ðá gesprecca non sinebat ea loqui, Lk. L. 4, 41. to talk, converse Mið ðý gespræce (wé gisprécun, R.) in woege dum loqueretur in via, Lk.
FEORH
life ⬩ soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ vīta ⬩ ănĭma ⬩ a living being ⬩ person ⬩ hŏmo ⬩ persōna
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Ne bip him feores wén there will be no hope of his life, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 19: Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 8: Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 27: Exon. 115 b; Th. 445, 4; Dóm. 2: Cd. 162; Th. 203, 15; Exod. 404.
HÁD
person ⬩ persona ⬩ sex ⬩ degree, rank, order, condition ⬩ state, condition, kind, nature, form ⬩ manner, way ⬩ honour ⬩ persona, sexus, ordo, gradus.
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person; persona Ðú ne besceáwast nánes mannes hád non respicis personam hominum, Mt. Bos. 22, 16. Cyninges naman hæfde and wæs ðæs hádes well wyrþe regis nomine ac persona dignissimus, Bd. 3, 21; S. 550, 40, MS. B.
Linked entries: acolitus diácon dúru-weard hádelíce -hád
Agustin
St. Augustine ⬩ Augustinus
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Æfter ðyssum forþferde ðá Gode se leófa fæder Agustínus, and his líchoma wæs úte bebyriged néh cyricean ðara eádigra Apla' Petrus and Paulus, for ðon heó ðá gyta ne wæs fullíce geworht ne gehálgod.
hreðer
Breast ⬩ bosom
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Blód út ne com of hreðre blood came not from my breast, Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 9; Rä. 88, 13. Mé on hreðre heáfod sticade in her bosom she stuck my head, 124 b;; Th. 479, 9; Rä. 62, 5.
HÚSEL
The HOUSEL ⬩ the Eucharist
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Hwí is ðæt hálige húsel gecweden Cristes líchama oððe his blód, gif hit nis sóþlíce ðæt ðæt hit geháten is?
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LIM
A limb ⬩ joint
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Ne biþ nán tó ðæs lytel liþ on lime áweaxen, Soul Kmbl. 192; Seel. 96. Ic nán lim onstyrian ne mihte I could not stir a limb, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 26. Hafa ðínne niéxtan swá swá ðín ágen lim, Basil Admn. 5; Norm. 44, 24.
Linked entry: leomu