þorn
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Átió hé of lande ða þornas and ða fyrsas and ðæt fearn and ealle ða weód ðe hé gesió ðæt ðám æcerum, derigen liberat arva fruticibus, falce rubos filicemque resecat, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 22: Met. 12, 3. ¶ The name of the letter þ was þorn Þ byþ þearle scearp
un-meahtig
not mighty ⬩ weak ⬩ impotent ⬩ of little power or means ⬩ impossible
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not mighty, weak, impotent, of little power or means Unmihtig inpos, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 31; Zup. 58, 2: inpotens, 14; Zup. 87, 13. Ys Drihtnes hand unmihtig ( invalida )? Num. 11, 23.
for-sacan
renounce ⬩ abandon ⬩ forsake
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Mid árwurðnysse underfón þone þe hí ǽr forsócon, 26, 189. to decline to bear: Se lǽce wile dæt se untruma his lǽceseax gefréde ǽr hé hit geseó, for ðǽm hé wénð, gif hé hit ǽr geseó, ðæt hé hit wille forsacan ut secantem gladium sentiret aeger antequam
hlihhan
to laugh ⬩ to rejoice ⬩ to laugh at ⬩ to laugh ⬩ to scorn ⬩ To laugh at ⬩ deride ⬩ scorn
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Wearð micel gehlýd hlihhendra deófla, Hml. S. 31, 810. to have an emotion which may be expressed by laughing, to rejoice: Hió hlihð ridebit (mulier fortis in die novissimo), Kent.
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CWÉN
a woman ⬩ femina ⬩ a wife ⬩ uxor ⬩ a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress ⬩ regina, imperatrix, augusta
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Hiora twá wǽron heora cwéna, Marsepia and Lampida wǽron hátene two of them, called Marpesia and Lampelo, were their queens, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 14, 35.
scrift
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healde our agreement that the land was resigned to him on the condition that fifteen shillings a year be paid to the bishop, and also that the penalty (the land had before been subject to the condition that if it were not held by a person in orders it
efne
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Ðú góda cyngc, efne þes man þe þú swá wel wið gedést, hé is æfestful for ðínum góde, Ap. Th. 14, 23. Heó hæfde efne and heóld þæs líchaman lustes forhæfdnesse, ac hwæðre . . . carnis quidem continentiam habuit, sed . . ., Gr. D. 340, 15.
syndrig
separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each
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; Hé (Hannibal) com tó Alpis ðǽm muntum . . . and ðone weg geworhte ofer munt Iof (munti fór MS. C.).
ÁN
ONE ⬩ unus ⬩ una ⬩ unum ⬩ alone ⬩ only ⬩ sole ⬩ another ⬩ solus ⬩ alius ⬩ sole ⬩ alone of its kind ⬩ singular ⬩ unique ⬩ without an equal ⬩ unicus ⬩ eximius ⬩ a certain one ⬩ some one ⬩ quidam ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ unus-quisque ⬩ una-quæque ⬩ unum-quodque ⬩ One ⬩ other
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God ána wát hú his gecynde biþ, wífhádes ðe weres God alone, knows how its sex is, [the sex of] female or male, Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 6; Ph. 355.
grétan
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Nánne man be wege ne grétað (groetað, L., salutaueritis ), Lk. 10, 4. Hé ( Lot ) grétan eóde cuman cúðlíce, Gen. 2430. to bid farewell Hé hié grétte and hié forlét, Bl. H. 247, 36.
mægen-þrymm
Majesty ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ Christ ⬩ great power ⬩ might ⬩ an instance in which the divine glory or power is displayed ⬩ the glory of heaven ⬩ heaven ⬩ the angels who inhabit heaven
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Wé gesáwon Godes mægenþrim and his micelnisse ( majestatem et magnitudinem suam ), Deut. 5, 24.
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port
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Wé cwǽdon ðæt man nǽnne ceáp ne ceápige bútan porte ofer .xx. penega, ac ceápige ðǽr binnan on ðæs portgeréfan gewitnesse, L. Ath. i. 12; Th. i. 206, 8-10. Ǽlc ceáping sý binnan porte, i. 13; Th. i. 206, 16.
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sweltan
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Hwí lǽddest ðú ús ðæt wé swulton on ðisum wéstene, Num. 21; 5. Ic mæg sweltan blíðelíce laetus moriar, Gen. 46, 30: Mt. Kmbl. 26, 35: Ex. 10, 28. Sceal fǽge sweltan, Exon. Th. 335, 2; Gn. Ex. 27. Swyltan, Blickl. Homl. 59, 30.
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á-firran
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Eft wé sié áfirred from . . . retrahamur a . . . , 17, 15. Se brýdguma byð áfyrred (-firred, R.) fram him auferetur ab eis sponsus . Mt. 9, 15: Bl. H. 67, 36. intrans. To remove, depart Áfirres from mé discedite a me , Mt. L. 7, 23.
gingra
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Móton wé hié ús tó giongrum habban, 407. the official representative of a person in authority, a subordinate, deputy. v. gingre, Ne dorste se heáhgeréfa náht ongeán þá hǽðengyldan, ac forlét his gigran (cf.
ge-þyncþ
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Gif heálicere eádmódnesse wé wylláð geþincðe hreppan si summe humilitatis volumus culmen adtingere, R. Ben. I. 27, 13. v. leód-geþincþ, leód-geþincþu, weorold-geþincþ, weorold-geþincþu
ge-unnan
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Th. i. 330, 16. with clause Gionn ( praesta ) ꝥte ðerh hine wé giearnigo, Rtl. 2, 19: 3, 7: 16, 11. Cwæð þæt him geúðe God þæt hí ætsomne síðian móston, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 15
god-webb
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Þeáh wé ús gescirpen mid þý reádestan godwebbe, Wlfst. 262, 21. Handstocu mid godwebbe gestefnede manicae sericis clavatae, Hpt. Gl. 526, 38.
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hwider
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Hwyder (hwidder, L.) wylt þú ꝥ wé faron, Mk. 14, II. Huidir, Jn. L. 16, 5. (l a) with emphatic genitive :-- Hwider mæg ic þínne andlwitan befleón eorðan dǽles? a facie tua quo fugiqm? Ps. Th. 138, 5. to what state ?
wíf-mann
a woman ⬩ female
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a woman Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig wífman neáh weófode ne cume ða hwíte ðe man mæssige, L. Edg. C. 45 ; Th. ii. 254, 3. Ðara manna sum wæs bescoren preóst, sum wæs lǽwede, sum wæs wífmon ( femina, ) Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 35.
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