líc-mann
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A person having to do with a corpse Ealle ða líc-menn wurdon áfyllede mid ðam wynsumum stence, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 8: 334, 31. His líc læg ealle ða niht inne beset, ac hé árás of deáþe. Ðalícmenn ðá ealle flugon áweg, 348, 20: 548, 15. Ðá bær sum wuduwe
piþa
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Pith, the soft inner part of the stem of a plant Eall se ðǽl se ðe ðæs treówes on twelf mónþum geweaxeþ, hé onginþ of ðám wyrtrumum, and swá upweardes gréwþ óþ ðone stemn, and siððan andlang ðæs piþan and andlang ðære rinde óþ ðone helm, Bt. 34, 10;
Þór
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one of the gods, Thor Nú secgaþ sume ða Denisce men on heora gedwylde, ðæt se Iouis wǽre, ðe hý þór hátaþ, Mercuries sunu, ðe hí Óðon namiaþ; ac hí nabbaþ ná riht: for ðan ðe wé rǽdaþ on bócum, ge on hǽþenum ge on cristenun, ðæt se hetula Iouis tó sóðan
Linked entry: þunor
un-gelícness
Difference ⬩ dissimilarity ⬩ diversity
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Difference, dissimilarity, diversity Ic cwæð ðæt ǽghwelc mon wǽre óðrum gelíc ácenned, ac sió ungelícnes hiera earnunga hié tíhð sume behindan sume ... Hwæt ðonne ða ungelícnesse ðe of hiera unðeáwum forðcymeþ, se godcunda dóm geðencð omnes homines natura
flint
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Seó clǽnnes þá fulnesse mid flinte torfað (saxo percutit), Prud. 12 a. God hét þæt Abraham náme scearpecgedne flint, Hml. Th. i. 92, 34: Wlfst. 195, 9. Hét se ealdorman heora neb beátan mid blacum flintum . . . þá gelæhte se ealdorman ǽnne ormetne flint
hildan
to bend ⬩ incline
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to bend, incline. Take here hyldan in Dict., and add: trans. Ne drinc ðú of þǽre flascan, ac hyld (inclina) þú hí wærlíce, Gr. D. 142, 5. Þá þá hé helde ł bígede cum (membra sopori) dedisset i. inclinasset, An. Ox. 2105. intrans. Men gesáwon áne hand
melu
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Add: meal, ground grain Þe ne áteórað melu on þínum mittan (hydria farinae non deficiet, 1 Kings 17, 14), Hml. S. 18, 63. Orn seó cweorn ðurh godcunde miht. . . and wæs genihtsumnes meluwes, Shrn. 145, 26. Ðeós wyrt mid meoluwe gecnucud, Lch. i. 270,
Cwén-sǽ
The White Sea ⬩ hyperboreus oceanus
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The White Sea ; hyperboreus oceanus Fram ðære eá Danais, west óþ Rín ða eá . . . and eft súþ óþ Donua ða eá. . . and norþ óþ ðone gársecg, ðe man Cwénsǽ hǽt: binnan ðǽm syndon manega þeóda; ac hit man hǽt eall, Germania from the river Don, westward to
ge-sceapennys
A creation, creating, formation ⬩ creātio
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A creation, creating, formation; creātio God geswác ðære niwan gesceapennysse God ceased from the new creation, Boutr. Scrd. 17, 17. On ðæs mannes gesceapennysse in the creating of man, 19, 7. Se man ðe deófle ge-efenlǽcþ se biþ deófles bearn, ná þurh
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þreodung
deliberation ⬩ hesitation
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deliberation Þridung discrepatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 63. Gif hé mid þancmetunge and ðreodunge (ðrydunge, MS. B.) geþafaþ si ex deliberatione consentit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 23. hesitation Geseah hé sume earme sáwle út fundigende of hyre líchaman, ac heó
wan-sceaft
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misfortune, misery, unhappiness Hí sorge ne cúðon, wonsceaft wera, wiht unhǽlo, Beo. Th. 240; B. 120. Ic ne wrecan meahte on wigan feore wonnsceaft míne, ac ic ealle þolige, Exon. Th. 499, 16; Rä. 88, 16. Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás
wiþ-gínan
To reply ⬩ to repel ⬩ reject
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To reply (? cf. Icel. gegna to reply); to repel, reject (? v. gynde, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 636) Ðá cwæð hé eft tó him sylfum: 'Tó sóðan ne þincð mé nǽfre ðæt hit sóð sý ðæt ðys sý Efesa byrig . . .' Ðá wiðgýnde hé eft his geðance, ond him þus andwyrde (
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eft-sóna
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Eftsóna ibidem, An. Ox. 7, 289: 8, 213: iterum, Mt. L. 5, 33: 13, 45: 20, 5. Ne þincð mé nǽfre ꝥ hit sóð sý ꝥ þis sý Efesa byrig . . . ac ic nát eftsóna, ne ic nǽfre git nyste ꝥ ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende búton Ephese ánre methinks it cannot be true
hríman
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Take here <b>hrýman</b> in Dict. (with the exception of Dan. 756: Æðelst. 39, for which see <b>hréman</b>) and add Is gewriten ðætte swíðe wǽre gemanigfalðod Sodomwara hreám and Gomorwara. Sé cliopað, sé ðe dearninga syngað; ac
lytig
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Add: in a good sense, prudent Letig astutus (Prov. 13, 16), Kent. Gl. 450: 485: callidus (Prov. 22, 3), 809. Leti, 412: versutus (Prov. 12, 23), 424. in a bad sense Litig and pǽtig versuta et callida, Germ. 389, 21. Letig wer hatol vir versutus odiosus
segnian
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Add Hé his hand úp áhóf and sénode hine sylfne, and þus cwæð, 'God Ælmihtig gebletsige mé,' Hml. S. 23, 521. 'Segna þé, and sete þé on ꝥ tácen ðǽre hálgan róde.' Hé cwæd, 'Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg' ' Signum tibi sanctae crucis imprime'. Respondebat
ofer-wist
Excess in eating
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Excess in eating Sint tó manianne ða ofergífran ðeáh hié ne mǽgen ðone unþeáw forlǽtan ðære gífernesse and ðære oferwiste ðæt hé húru hine selfne ne þurhstinge mid ðý sweorde unryhthǽmedes, ac ongiete hú micel ofersprǽc cymeþ of ðære oferwiste admonendi
ge-þræc
Press ⬩ crowd ⬩ crush ⬩ tumult
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Press, crowd, crush, tumult Ac wæs flód to deóp atol ýða geþræc but too deep was the flood, the fierce press of the waves, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 13; Rä. 23, 7: 101 a; Th. 381, 26; Rä. 3, 2. Þurh þreáta geþræcu[?], 109 a; Th. 417, 17; Rä. 36, 6. Beorna
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ná-hwǽr
no-where ⬩ in no place ⬩ in no case ⬩ never ⬩ in no respect ⬩ not at all
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no-where, in no place Ná-hwǽr nusquam, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 55. Ðú ne ætstande náhwár on ðisum earde nec stes in omni circa regione, Gen. 19, 17. Hé sóhte his wǽpnu, ac hé ne geseah hí náhwǽr, Homl. Skt. 3, 257 : Blickl. Homl. 59, 20 : 181, 23. Ðeáh
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þeáh-hwæðere
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Yet, but, nevertheless, however Ðeáh-hwæðere ( verumtamen ) ic secge eów, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 24: Lk. Skt. 10, 20. Ðeáhhwæðere ( autem ) gang tó ðære sǽ, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 27. Þeáhhwæþere, Blickl. Homl. 97, 25. Monige sint ðe mon sceal wærlíce lícettan, and ðeáhhwæðre
Linked entry: hwæðere