be-wrítan
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Gá tó ðǽre wyrte and bewrít hý ábútan mid ánum gyldenan hringe, Lch. i. 112, 22. Add
rest-leás
Restless, disturbed
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; Restless, disturbed; Á biþ ungestillod and restleás ðe mid ðám unþeáwum beléd biþ, R. Ben. 121, 14
Sadducéas
The Sadducees
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The Sadducees Eodun tó him Fariséas and Sadducéas, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 16, 1. Sadducéa Sadducaeorum, 16, 6
weder-fæst
Weather-bound
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Weather-bound Ðá gewendon hí west tó Peueneseá and lǽgen ðǽr wederfeste, Chr. 1046; Erl. 174, 6
ǽ-blǽte
Livid, pale
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Livid, pale On ǽblǽtan (-blǽcan? v. ǽ-blǽce) and w[litan] albo vultu, An. Ox. 46, 19
ofer-sáwan
to oversow
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to oversow: — Ðá com his feónda sum and oferseów (superseminavif) hit mid coccele, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25
Linked entry: ofer-gesáwan
smeoruwig
Fatty, greasy, unctuous ⬩ greasy
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Fatty, greasy, unctuous Eal ða wǽtan þing and ða smerewigan sint tó forbeódanne Lchdm. ii. 210, 27
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smoltlíce
Gently, quietly
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Gently, quietly Flówæþ seó welle swá fægete and swá smoltlíce swá hunig Engl. Stud. viii. 477, 10
sóþfæst-líc
True ⬩ sincere
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True, sincere Hí (patriarchs and martyrs) sungon sigedryhtne sóðfæstlíc lof praise unfeigned, Andr. Kmbl. 1754; An. 879
ge-spédiglíce
Prosperously ⬩ successfully ⬩ prospĕre
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Prosperously, successfully; prospĕre Gesundfullíce oððe gespédiglíce forþstæpe and ríxa prospĕre procēde et regna, Ps. Lamb. 44. 5
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hleów-fæst
Sheltering, ⬩ protecting
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Sheltering, protecting Heah gæst hleófæst exalted and sheltering spirit, Exon. 13 a; Th. 22, 27; Cri. 358
treówness
Trust ⬩ confidence
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Trust, confidence God ðú eart mín frófer, mín trewnes, and mín tóhopa, Bt. 42; Fox 260, 15
ranc
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Proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent; the word remains with a somewhat different meaning in rank, used of coarse but fertile growth Gif ǽnig man hæbbe módigne sunu and rancne ( protervum ) ðe nelle híran his fæder and his méder, Deut. 21, 18. Ne beón gé
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þrǽl
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A thrall, slave, servant Ðe yfle ðrael malus servus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 48. Allra ðrǽl ł esne omnium servus, Mt. Skt. Lind. Rush. 10, 44. Se ðe dóeð synne ðrǽl is synnes, Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 34. Ne cweðo ic iów ðrǽlas (ðrǽllas, Lind.), for ðon ðrǽl (ðrǽll
wynsumness
pleasantness ⬩ agreeableness ⬩ delight ⬩ pleasantness ⬩ fairness ⬩ beauty ⬩ pleasantness ⬩ joyousness ⬩ exultation ⬩ devotion
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pleasantness, agreeableness, delight. Similar entries v. wynsum, I. 1 Wynsumnisse orcerd paradisum voluptatis, Gen. 2, 8. Of stówe ðære winsumnisse de loco voluptatis, 2, 10. Ðære wynsumnysse brǽð odorem suavitatis, 8, 21. Woruldlícere wensumnesse mundanae
for-ealdian
to run out ⬩ expire
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Add: of living material, animal or vegetable, to grow weak with age Æpla, græs, and wyrtan foraldiað and forsériað ... Ge furþum manna líchaman forealdiað ... hý árísað on dómes dæge swá þæt néfre syððan þá líchaman ne geendiað ne ne forealdiað, Solil
ge-sceádwísness
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Add: Discretio, i. divisio gesceádwísnes. Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 16. discretion, prudence Be þæs mæssepreóstes gesceádwísnysse de presbyteri prudentia, Ll. Th. ii. 128, 10. Hé munuclíce leofode betwux ðám lǽwedum folce mid mycelre gesceádwísnysse, Hml. S
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gebyrd-tíd
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Add: the time of a person's birth Ymbe nigon hund wintra and nigon and seoxtig ðæs ðe Drihtnes gebyrdtíde wæs. C.D. iii. 50, 9. Fram gebyrdtíde (-a, An. Ox. 2842) iugeðe ab ipsa cunabulorum temeritudine, Hpt. Gl. 473, 7. Of úres Drihtnes gebyrdtíde tó
scencan
To skink
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To skink (v. Nares' Glossary for instances of the use of this word), to pour out liquor for drinking, to give to drink (lit. and fig.) Ðúscæncst potabis, Ps. Lamb. 35, 9. Ðæt góde wín ðæt hé scencþ nú geond his gelaðunge, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 11. Ðonne
diácon
A deacon, minister of the church, levite ⬩ diācōnus = διάκoνos a servant, waiting man = Lat. minister, levīta, levītes = λευίτηs
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A deacon, minister of the church, levite; diācōnus = διάκoνos a servant, waiting man = Lat. minister, levīta, levītes = λευίτηs Diáconus is þén, ðe þénaþ ðam mæsse-preóste, and ða offrunga sett uppon ðæt weofod, and gódspell eác rǽt æt Godes þénungum
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