scrift
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<b>I a.</b> as an ecclesiastical term, penance imposed after confession Gif feorhlyre wurþe, tóeácan ðam rihtwere, twá pund tó bóte mid godcundan scrifte, L. E. B. 2; Th. ii. 240, 16; also in five following paragraphs.
FLÓR
A FLOOR ⬩ păvimentum ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ ārea
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On fágne flór feónd treddode the fiend trod on the variegated floor, Beo. Th. 1454; B. 725
ge-teohhian
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Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 30. Wá byð ðám þe þǽr (hell) bið geteohhod tó, Wlfst. 146, 12. Wæs ic geteohhod (-tihad, v. l.) in þás wítelican stówe in hoc poenali loco deputatus sum, Gr. D. 330, 7. Geteohhod on þá hellewítu, Verc.
háwian
To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect
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Háwa hwæðer his ceaflas sín tóswollene notice whether his jowls be swollen, Lchdm. iii. 140, 8. Háwiaþ be gehwilcum take notice in the case of each one, Homl. Th. i. 332, 15.
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Exon. 25 b; Th. 74, 1; Cri. 1200. Tó hwam gá wé ad quem ibimus? Jn. Skt. 6, 68. Bí hwon scealt ðú lifgan by what art thou to live? Exon. 36 b; Th. 118, 23; Gú. 244.
dysig
An error, ignorance, folly, foolishness ⬩ error, stultĭtia, insānia. insĭpientia
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MS. 64 b, 25. Lífes weard of mode abrit ðæt micle dysig the guardian of life removes from his mind that great ignorance, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 156; Met. 28, 78: 19, 77; Met. 19, 39: Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 5: Past. 30; Hat. MS. 39 a, 5.
on-wreón
to uncover, disclose ⬩ to uncover, open, remove a covering ⬩ to make known, shew forth, reveal, discover ⬩ to shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explain ⬩ to shew, display so as to avoid concealment ⬩ to display what is bad, to expose ⬩ to reveal
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Ben. 72, 5. to display what is bad, to expose God hine ( the sorcerer ) onwrýhþ gyt, ðeáh ðe wit hine ne geopenian, Blickl. Homl. 187, 17. Seó hálige ǽ forbeódeþ ða sceondlícnysse onwreón mǽgsibba ...
Linked entries: in-wreón un-wreón on-wrigenness
á
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Ever.Add: <b>A.</b> always; semper. in reference to eternity, alone Ealle gesceafta woldon á bión; ǽlcere wuhte is gecynde ðæt hit wilnige ðæt hit á sié, Bt. 34, 12; F. 152, 18. defined by adverbs Á forþ éce, Az. 112.
ceorung
A murmuring, complaint, grudging ⬩ murmuratio, querimonia, querela
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Beóþ cumlíðe eów betwýnan búton ceorungum be hospitable among yourselves without grudging, Homl. Th. ii. 286, 14
dys-líc
Foolish, stupid ⬩ stultus
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Foolish, stupid; stultus Hit biþ swíðe dyslíc ðæt se man beorce oððe blǽte it is very foolish that the man bark or bleat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 11: Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 11. Oft ge dyslíce dǽd gefremedon often ye have done a foolish deed, Elen.
ende-leás
ENDLESS, infinite, eternal ⬩ infĭnĭtus, perpĕtuus, æter*-*nus
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Hý sceolon sár endeleás forþ þrówian they must thenceforth suffer endless pain, Exon. 31 b; Th. 99, 30; Cri. 1632: 69a; Th. 257, 22; Jul. 251. Ða earmþa beóþ endeleáse ðe éce bióþ those miseries are endless which are eternal. Bt. 38, 2 ; Fox 198, 16
gewin-dæg
A labour ⬩ trouble-day ⬩ battle-day ⬩ laboris ⬩ tribulationis dies ⬩ pugnæ dies
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Of gewindagum weorþan sceolde líf alýsed her life should be released from days of trouble, Exon. 74 b; Th. 279, 9; Jul. 611: Cd. 205; Th. 254, 24; Dan. 616.
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glóf-wyrt
lily of the valley ⬩ convallāria mājālis ⬩ hound's tongue ⬩ cynoglossum officĭnāle
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Ðeós wyrt ðe Engle glófwyrt, and óðrum naman hundes tunge hátaþ this plant, which the English call glovewort, and by another name hound's tongue, Herb. 42; Lchdm. i. 144, 3
weorold-gesǽlþa
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Ǽlc ðara ðe ðás woruldgesǽlþa hæfþ, Bt. 11. 2; Fox 34, 23
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sǽ-lida
A sea-goer, sailor
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Th. 140, 10; By. 286
twifealdlíce
Doubly ⬩ to twice the amount ⬩ in two ways
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Kmbl. 23, 15. in two ways Ðis godspel mæg beón twyfealdlíce getrahtnod, ǽrest be Iudéiscum folce . . . eft siððan be ǽlcum menu, Homl. Th. ii. 428, 5. Se biþ twyfealdlíce deád, se ðe on gódnysse unwæstmbǽre biþ, and on yfelnysse wæstmbǽre, 406, 18
á-blinnan
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Hé nǽfre gódes weorces ne áblon, Bl. H. 227, 6. with an infin. Hé beheóld ðone heorot, and áblan his ǽhtan, Hml. S. 30, 39. with a clause Ne áblinnan wé ðæt wé Gode cwémon, Bl. H. 47, 10. with a prep.
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ge-hínan
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Hé gihéned bið contempnatur, Mk. R. L. 9, 12. <b>II a.</b> to treat with dishonour, to degrade, dismiss from office :-- Geheende exauctoravit Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 60. Gehénde deordinavit, i. exauc-toravit 139, 77.
ǽ-fæstnes
Firmness in the law ⬩ religion ⬩ religio
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Firmness in the law, religion; religio He wæs mycelre ǽfæstnesse wer he was a man of much religion, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 7: 2, 9; S. 510, 30, 32
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ærdon
To run ⬩ run away ⬩ currere
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Th. 137, 25; By. 191