wituma
A dowry
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Lócige hé ðæt hió hæbbe ðæt weorð sié hire mægðhádes, ðæt is se weotuma (wituma, v. l.) pretium pudicitiae non negabit (Ex. 21, 10), L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 18.
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be-sceran
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Ben. 135, 28. to cut off hair Bescear heó hire feax swá weras, Shrn. 31, 7. Beard him beónn bescoren. Lch. iii. 198, 29. Samson besceorenum fexe (with shorn locks), Hml. Th. i. 488, 9
for-sittan
to stop up
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Gif hwá hreám gehýre and hine forsitte, 392, 17: 236, 31: 260, 5: 258, 14: 284, 4. intrans. To remain unmoved Gif se útgang forsitte, Lch. ii. 200, 2, 14. Gif him se útgang forseten sié, oþþe gemígan ne mæge, 260, 10.
hǽtan
To heat, make hot
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Hit gelamp sume dæige ðæt ðæs swánes wíf hǽtte hire ofen and se king ðǽr big set it happened one day that the herdsman's wife heated her oven, and the king sat by, Shrn. 16, 15.
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hafen-leás
Lacking means, poor, indigent ⬩ inops
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Se ðe spéda hæfþ and ða áspendan nele hafenleásum bréðer he that hath riches and will not expend them for his brother who lacks, 318,11 : 484, 33 : 178, 19
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tó-nama
A surname, ⬩ cognomen
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A surname, cognomen His tónama wæs Cambises gecweden, Homl. Ass. 103, 25. 'Huætd ðé tónoma (or tó noma (dat.)?; Rush. has noma) is?' And cuoeð tó him: 'Here tónoma mé is' quod tibi nomen este? Et dicit ei: 'Legio nomen mihi est,' Mk. Skt.
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áscung
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Hió þóhtan hwæt seó ácsung beón scolde, H. R. 7, 27. Mé sprekendum is óðer áxung (quaestio ) on mód becumen, Gr. D. 137, 29. Áxsung (interrogatio ) múð þínne geopenige, Scint. 81, 8.
for-bláwan
To blow away ⬩ inflate ⬩ inflāre
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To blow away, inflate; inflāre Com án wind, ond forbleów hie út on sǽ there came a wind, and blew them out on to the sea, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 19. Gif mon síe forbláwen if a man be inflated, L. M. 2, 34; Lchdm. ii. 240, 4
seld-
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strangely, wonderfully Nǽfre hié ðæs sellíce bleóum bregdaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 300 ; Sal. 149.
be-warenian
To guard, beware ⬩ custodire, cavere
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Ða ðe hie wið ða læssan scylda bewareniaþ those who guard themselves against the lesser sins, Past. 57, 1; Hat. MS
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ge-fær
A going ⬩ journey ⬩ course ⬩ march ⬩ expedition ⬩ profectio ⬩ expĕdītio
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Ðæs ðe hie feónda gefær fyrmest gesǽgon after they first saw the enemies' march, Elen. Kmbl. 135; El. 68
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ge-sǽliglic
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Cf. ge-sǽlig; Gesett hæfde hé hié swá gesǽliglíce, Gen. 252. of things, happy, characterized by good fortune. Cf. ge-sǽlig ; IV Bið hyra meaht and gefeá swíðe gesǽliglic sawlum tó gielde, Cri. 1079.
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réc
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Swá ásprong roec ( fumus ) hié áspringen, Ps. Vos. 67, 3. Wiþ lungenádle, genim . . . swefl and récels . . . lege on hátne stán, drinc þurh horn þone réc, Lch. ii. 316, 11.
wacorlíce
Watchfully ⬩ vigilantly ⬩ carefully
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Watchfully, vigilantly, carefully Sint tó lǽranne ða ofersprǽcean ðæt hié wacorlíce (vigilanter) ongieten..., Past. 38; Swt. 277, 4. Ðonne ðæt mód wacorlíce stiéreþ ðære sáwle cum mens vigilanter animam regit, 56; Swt. 433, 4.
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treddian
To tread ⬩ step ⬩ walk
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Hié of ðam grimman gryre treddedon, Cd. Th. 243, 21; Dan. 439. Streámas ðú miht on treddian eorðan gelíce flumina pertransivit pede, Ps. Th. 65, 5
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sceand-líc
infamous, base, vile ⬩ disgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene ⬩ disgraceful
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hit ðá wæs pudet erroris humani, l, 10; Swt. 48, 4.
fǽr-lic
sudden ⬩ sudden ⬩ fortuitous
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For his fǽrlican áweggewitennysse, Hml. S. 30, 225. Férlican ógan repentino terrore, Kent.
ge-maca
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Th. i. 134, 20] Hic et haec conjunx þes and þeós gemaca, Ælfc. Gr. 73, 12. Wudewan hád is ꝥ man wunige on clǽnnysse . . . æfter his gemacan, ǽgðer ge weras ge wíf. Hml.
swice
departure, escape, ⬩ escape from that which threatens to befall, evasion ⬩ outcome, event, issue ⬩ deceit, fraud, treachery ⬩ offence, stumbling-block, snare ⬩ scandalum
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Hí settan mé swyce (swyþe, MS. ) ðǽr ic síþade juxta iter scandalum posuerunt mihi, Ps. Th. 139, 5
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wæter
- Homl. 247, 25 ; see also
- Ps. Th. 17, 11
- Ps. Th. 31, 7.
water ⬩ water ⬩ water in the sky, rain ⬩ water of a river, sea, etc. ⬩ water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea ⬩ waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.
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Hí forweorðan wætere gelícost, ðonne hit yrnende eorðe forswelgeþ, Ps. Th. 57, 6. Þegn winedryhten his wætere gelafede, Beo. Th. 5438; B. 2722. Wætre, 5700; B. 2854. Ðætte hé gewǽte his ýtemestan finger on wættre, Past. 43; Swt. 309, 7.