þeahtere
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Ðæs cyninges þeahteras regis consiliarii, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 25. Gé yfelan þehteras! ic nǽfre mé ne gebidde on eówer god, Nar. 42, 6
un-gefyrn
At no distant date ⬩ before long ⬩ soon
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Eallum folce ðæs swíðe ungefyrn ( very soon after that ) hé geswutelian wolde hwæs gehwá gelýfan sceolde, i. 23, 405
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were-wulf
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A wer-wolf, a fiend Ðæt se wódfreca werewolf tó swýðe ne slíte, ne tó fela ábíte of godcundre heorde, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 30 : L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 30 : Wulfst. 191, 16
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wítegung-bóc
A book containing prophecies ⬩ a prophetical book
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Ic geliornod hæbbe on eówer wítegungbócum, ðæt gé wǽron fram frymðe gecorene fram Criste selfum, H. R. 7, 11, 30
wín-drync
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Wé þeáh rǽdaþ ðæt munecum tó wíndrince (-drynce, -drence, v. ll. ) náht ne belimpe licet legamus uinum monachorum non esse R. Ben. 64, 21
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weorold-gítsere
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One who is covetous of this world's goods Hwæt bið ðæm welegan woruldgítsere (cf. gítsere, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 13) on his móde ðe bet, þeáh hé micel áge goldes and gimma and gooda gehwæs, Met. 14, 1
ǽfen-steorra
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Vesperum ðæt is ǽfen, ðonne se ǽfen-steorra æteówað, Lch. iii. 242, 28. Add
be-creópan
To creep ⬩ reach by creeping
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Hí Timotheum ácwealdon þǽr ðǽr hé becropen wæs, Hml. S. 25, 502: Met. 25, 36
bær-líce
plainly ⬩ manifestly ⬩ publicly
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Ne on dæge háligum ł bærlíce non in die festo, Mk. L. 14, 2
ed-níwe
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Angl. vii. 10, 99 under edníwan) ðæs ylcan gecyndes, for ðan ðe ðá ǽrran áteoriað, Hml. Th. ii. 206, 29. ( This and Ph. 253 might be taken under ed-níwe; adj.) Add
heáh-tíd
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Heó seldan on hátum baþe baþede búton þám heáhtídum tó Eástron and æt Pentæcosten and þý twelftan dæge ofer Geohhel (praeter sollemniis maioribus, uerbi gratia paschae, pentecostes, epifaniae), Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 6: Hml. S. 20, 45. Add:
hwirflung
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Ðæt gér byð áwend mid twi six hwyrfolunga, and hyt hæfð twá and fíftig wucan, Angl. viii. 301, 36
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luf-tíme
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Gif ðǽm mǽdenum líkiað hyra luftýman sprǽce, Hex. 48, 16. Luftémpre dulcius, R. Ben. I. 3, 8
næs-þyrel
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Ðæt ádl þ e wé hátað Cancer hym wæs on þám nebbe fram þám swýðran næsþyrle oð hyt cóm tó þám eáge, Hml. A. 181, 8. Næsþeorlu ( nares ) hí habbað and hig ne gestincað, Ps. L. 113, 6. Add
un-lytel
not little ⬩ great ⬩ not little ⬩ not few in number ⬩ much ⬩ not little ⬩ great
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of size, extent, not little, great Wé magon tócnáwan be hyre leóman ðæt seó sunne unlytel is, Lchdm, iii. 236, 11. Wolcen unlytel, Ps. Th, 77, 16. Unlytel dǽl foldan, Cd. Th. 154, 4; Gen. 2550. Unlytel dǽl eorþan gesceafta, 97, 17; Gen. 1614.
wráþe
angrily ⬩ with or in anger ⬩ with indignation ⬩ fiercely ⬩ cruelly ⬩ greviously ⬩ bitterly ⬩ evilly ⬩ perversely ⬩ wickedly
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Ðæt bid forwisnad wráde sóna (terribly soon), 128, 4
gebyrd-tíd
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II a) :-- On ðám forman dæge his gebyrdtíde hé wearð æteówed þrým hyrdum, Hml. Th. i. 104, 30.
ge-wítan
to see ⬩ behold ⬩ videre ⬩ spectare ⬩ to turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that direction ⬩ to set out towards ⬩ start ⬩ pass over ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ withdraw ⬩ go away ⬩ retreat ⬩ retire ⬩ die ⬩ transire ⬩ discedere
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Hí forþ gewítaþ for ðæs sumores hǽton they shall fade away for the summer's heat, Blickl. Homl. 59, 4. He forþ gewát he died, Cd. 52; Th. 65, 19: Rood Kmbl. 262; Kr. 133: Beo. Th. 2962; B. 1479. Ðá gewát se dæg forþ dies cœperat declinare, Lk.
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cyric-sceat
Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate
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Ðæt neád-gafol úres Drihtnes; ðæt sýn, úre teoðunga and cyric-sceattas the necessary tribute of our Lord; thatt In church-scet lx gallinas et semen frumenti ad tres acras, Chartul. de Glaston. MS. f. 38: L. In. 61; Th. i. 140, 12-14: L.
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éfstan
To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quick ⬩ festīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre
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Éfstaþ ðæt ge gangon þurh ðæt nearwe geat hasten that ye go through the narrow gate, Lk. Bos. 13, 24. Ðæt we to ðé mid ealre heortan éfston that we may hasten to thee with all our heart, Homl. Th. ii. 600, 3.