nytt
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Hié mec ǽnigre note nytte beón ne meahton inutiles facti sunt, Nar. 15, 27. Hí (friends) beóð mé on sumum ðingum nytte, and ic eác heom, Solil. H. 40, 5.
ælmes-mann
An alms-man ⬩ one supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar
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Ðonne wille ic ðæt man nime tó ǽlcan ðissa háma twelf ælmesmen, and gif hwæt hera ǽnigan getíde, sette man ðǽr óþerne tó, C. D. B. iii. 75, 38
lyffetung
Flattery ⬩ adulation
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Ðæt mǽden ne mihte beón bepǽht þurh ǽnige lyffetunge fram hire leófan drihtne, Homl. Skt. 7, 86. Hwǽr beóþ ða líðan lyffetunga ðe hine forlǽddon ǽror where are the fair flatteries that formerly seduced him? Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50, 27.
leóhtmód-ness
levity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ inconstancy
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Paulus cwæþ 'Wéne gé nú ðæt ic ǽnigre leóhtmódnesse brúce' ... hé ðære leóhtmódnesse unþeáwes nánwuht næfde cum prius radicem levitatis abscidunt ... Mentis levitas caveatur ... Paulus dicit 'Numquid levitate usus sum?'
Linked entry: leóht-mód
weorold-sceamu
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Ða ðe for ege oððe lufe oððe ǽnigre worldscame eargiaþ and wandiaþ Godes riht tó sprecanne, 191, 5. For woruldsceame, L. I. P. 12 ; Th. ii. 320, 22. Gif wíf be óðrum were forlicge, and hit open weorðe, geweorðe heó tó woruldsceame hire sylfre, L. C.
hyge-leást
Thoughtlessness ⬩ foolishness ⬩ folly ⬩ heedlessness
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Biscopum gebiraþ wisdom ... ne gerísaþ heom micele ofermétta né ǽnige higelíste, L. I. P. 10, note; Th. ii. 318, 32
eáwunga
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Þæt hé ǽnige sprǽce wiþ hý áge, eáwunga oþþe dearnunga, R. Ben. 141, 1. Ðá synfullan sýn eáwunga (-e, v. l.) geþreáde beforan ealre geférrǽdenne peccatores coram omnibus arguantur, 129, 17. Eáwunga manifestum, Mt. L. 12, 16.
wǽpen-mann
A male ⬩ a man
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Riht is ðæt ǽnige wǽpnmen on mynecena beóderne ne etan ne drincan, Wulfst. 269, 9. Wépmen (wǽpned-, v.l.) ge wífmen, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 7. Wǽpmen, Homl. Ass. 27, 73. xx M wífmanna and wǽpmanna (wǽpned-, v.l.), Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 30: Homl.
Linked entries: wæp-mann wǽpned-mann
and-git
the understanding ⬩ the intellect ⬩ intellectus ⬩ understanding ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ intellectus ⬩ cognitio ⬩ agnitio ⬩ sense ⬩ meaning ⬩ one of the senses ⬩ sensus
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Nolde ic hiora andgit ǽnig habban non agnoscebam eos, Ps. Th. 100, 4. sense, meaning, one of the senses; sensus Hwílum [he sette] andgit of andgite sometimes [he put] meaning for meaning, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 3.
ge-weorþian
to set a price on ⬩ value ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ honour ⬩ dignify ⬩ adorn ⬩ worship ⬩ adore ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ insignīre ⬩ hŏnōrāre ⬩ ornāre ⬩ instruĕre ⬩ mactāre ⬩ adōrāre ⬩ celebrāre
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Gé wénaþ ðæt ǽnig mæg mid fræmdum welum beón geweorþod ye think that one can be made honourable by external riches, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 10, 11.
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wícnere
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Ic nelle ðæt ǽnig mann áht ðǽr on teó búton hé ( the archbishop) and his wícneras (cf. the similar document of Henry II: Mine agene wicneres (ministri) ... hi and heara wicneras (ministri ) ðe hi hit betechan willað, 347, 1-4), Chart. Erl. 233, 7.
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æt-sacan
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Th. i. 70, 15. to deny, refuse permission Nis ǽnig dǽl mínes líchaman ꝥ ic þé ætsacan wille ꝥ þú hine þweá, Hml. A. 157, 147. to deny a person, disown, with gen. Ne ætsace ic þín non te negabo . Mk. 14, 31. Hé ætsæcð Crístes, Wlfst. 85, l.
ge-dyrstlǽcan
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A. 101, 306. (3 a) where the extent of presumption is defined by the clause :-- Þ hé ná ne ge-dyrstlǽhte tó þám ꝥ hé þone Godes þeów ǽnig þing hrepode, Gr. D. 38, 32 with dat. infin. Þæt nán ne gedyrstlǽce his ágenne rǽd tó beweri-genne, R.
eác
With, in addition to, besides ⬩ cum, præter
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With, in addition to, besides; cum, præter Gif ðú sunu áge, oððe swǽsne mǽg, oððe freónd ǽnigne eác ðissum idesum, aláide of ðysse leód-byrig if thou have a son, or beloved kinsman, or any friend with [in addition to] these damsels, lead [them] from
fyrst-mearc
Marked or appointed time ⬩ a space of time ⬩ interval ⬩ tempus constĭtūtum ⬩ tempŏris spatium ⬩ intercăpēdo
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Bútan fyrstmearce ǽnigre reste sĭne ulla quiētis intercăpēdĭne, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 3
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wóhlíce
Wrongly ⬩ unjustly ⬩ perversely ⬩ wickedly
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Wrongly, unjustly, perversely, wickedly Gif hié on ǽnigum ðǽle wólíce libban heora líf. Blickl. Homl. 109, 19. Ða ðe ǽwbryce ne wyrceaþ wólíce (wóhlice, v. l.) and sceamlíce, Homl. Ass. 19, 140: 29, 127.
nágan
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Th. i. 372, 34. add Náh man on ǽnigne tíman dæges ne nihtes æt Godes húse unnyt tó dónne, Wlfst. 278, 18: 39, 16. Be þám magon Godes þeówas gecnáwan ꝥ hí nágon mid worldcampe tó farene, ac mid gástlican wǽpnan campian, Ll.
hefe
Weight
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Weight Hú mihte hé gefrédan ǽniges hefes swǽrnysse ðá ðá hé ðone ferode ðe hine bær how could he feel the heaviness of any weight when he carried one who bore him, Homl. Th. i. 336, 26.
MANN
MAN ⬩ a human being of either sex ⬩ a man who is wnder the authority of another ⬩ a servant ⬩ vassal ⬩ liege-man ⬩ a parishioner
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ǽnig RUNE quis, Rtl. 11, 41. Ne ǽnig RUNE nemo, 13, 25, 29. ᛗ byþ on myrgþe, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 11; Rún. 20
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seldan
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Seldon wé ǽnig seolfor fundon. Nar. 5, 15. Hwílon ic dó ac seldon aliquando facio, sed raro, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 3. Se ðe him ealneg wind ondrǽt, hé sǽwþ tó seldon, Past. 39, 2 ; Swt. 285, 18. Seldun, 9 ; Swt. 57, 16. Seldum ǽfre, Salm.
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