tǽcnan
to shew, present ⬩ to shew the road, point out an object, lt;i>make known ⬩ to appoint, prescribe
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Taecnaendi (-endi) index, Txts. 70, 544. to appoint, prescribe Se mec wrǽde on legde, ðæt ic onbúgan ne mót of ðæs gewealde, ðe mé wegas tǽcneþ, Exon. Th. 383, 26; Rä. 4, 16
teart
Tart, sharp (of pain, punishment, etc.) ⬩ severe; acer, asper
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Ðæt hé ne ðurfe becuman tó ðam teartum bryne, 592, 17. Hé álýsþ mé fram teartum worde ( a uerbo aspero ), Ps. Lamb. 90, 3. Beó him gesǽd ða teartan wítu, Homl. Th. ii. 344, 32: Homl. Skt. i. 11, 82. Mid teartum wítum getintregod, 8, 156.
un-weorþlíc
of little value or importance ⬩ humble ⬩ that has little honour ⬩ not famous or splendid ⬩ poor ⬩ ignoble ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous
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value or importance, humble Ða hláfordas and ða recceras scoldon ðencean ymb ðæt hélícuste and ða underðióddan scoldon dón ðæt unweorðlícre a subditis inferiora gerenda sunt, a rectoribus summa cogitanda, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 10. that has little honour, not
un-gesceádwís
not acting according to reason ⬩ un- reasonable ⬩ irrational ⬩ unwise ⬩ foolish ⬩ not possessed of reason ⬩ irrational
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Ðeáh ungesceádwísum monnum swá ne þince, 39, 8; Fox 224, 16. not possessed of reason, irrational Ǽlc gesceaft, ǽgðer ge gesceádwís ge ungesceádwís, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 7.
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wlitigian
to make beautiful ⬩ to grow beautiful
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Fyl nú ða frurnsprǽce, wlitega ðíne wordcwidas (give glorious effect to eny words), and ðín wuldor ús gecýð, 188, 9; Az. 43. Wlitiga ðínne wordcwyde and ðín wuldor on ús gecýð, Cd. Th. 236, 26; Dan. 327.
yrfe
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Ðonnæ is ðǽr nú irfæs (pecuniae ) ðæs ðæs stranga wintær lǽfæd hæfð nigon ealð hríðru, and feówer and hundændlæftig ealdra swína, Chart. Th. 162, 26-163, 4
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æt-gædere
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Hí ne mihton ealle ætgædere gewunian, Chr. P. 3, 9. Þá hergas fóron bégen ætgædere, 894; P. 87, 10: 1014; P. 145, 18. marking simultaneous action Þe lǽs wé ætgædere ealle forweorðan, Wlfst. 166, 3.
æx
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Mon ne gehiérde æhxe (æxe, Hatt. MS.) hlem, Past. 252, 17. Se ðunor hit ðrysceð mid ðǽre fýrenan æcxe, Salm. K. 148, 6.
bí-genga
an inhabitant ⬩ a cultivator ⬩ cultor ⬩ a worshipper
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Ðá bígengean þæs londes incolae regionis ejus, Nar. 5, 26. Biggengan, Bl. H. 209, 3. Bígengcan, Guth. 20, 14. a cultivator Hé cwæð tó þæs wíngeardes biggengan (bígencga cultorem, Lk. L. 13, 17) ... Se biggenga him andwyrde, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 2-5.
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eádig-ness
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Ne onsace ic náuht ꝥ þá gesǽlþa and þeó eádignes sié þæt héhste gód þises andweardan lífes quibus omnibus solam beatitudinem desiderare liquet ... Sed summum bonum beatitudinem esse definivimus, Bt. 24, 3; F. 84, 9-15: 34, 6; F. 142, 7.
eág-þyrl
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Næs duru ontýned, ne eáhþyrl geopened, Shrn. 99, 7. Heofones eáhþerl, Hy. S. 76, 7. Æt ðǽm éhðyrle, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 29: 184, 27. On ánum égðyrle, Hml. S. 31, 1126. Þurh þæt eáhþyrl (égðyrl, v. l.) ... under þám ylcan eáhþyrle (éh-, v. l. ), Gr.
fremfull
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Hí syndon fremfulle ( benigni ) menn, Nar. 38, 22. of things, useful, beneficial, advantageous Ðysse wyrte wós ys swýðe fremful, Lch. i. 152, 15. Se drænc is frymful tó begánne, iii. 60, 2.
ge-hírness
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Healte men onféngon heora gouge, and deáfe gehýrnesse, Shrn. 137, 28. hear-ing, listening Manige men þá word lustlíce gehýraþ . . . seó gehýrnes and seó geornnes ne bið nyt on þǽm ungelýfdum mannum, Bl.
ge-neósung
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Th. i. 410, 28. a being visited Ðú ne oncneówe ðone tíman ðínre geneósunge, Hml. Th. i. 404, 21
ge-rihtwísian
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Sé þe behýt his leahtras, ne bið hé gerihtwísad, Angl. xii. 513, 16. to shew an action, statement, &c. to be right, defend as right Swá hwæt swá ðú cwist oþþe dést, ic hit gerihtwísige. Hml, Th. i. 380, 4.
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ge-fandod
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Ðá ðe gefandod habbað ðára flǽsclicra synna, ðá ðe ðæs nóht ne cunnon peccata carnis experta, eorum expertes, 403, 7. Þonne se án hafað þurh deáðes nýd dǽda gefondad, B. 2454
ge-broc
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., and add Gif hé þá áne un-treówþa ne gedyde, from ðǽm dæge hé mehte bútan gebroce eallra Cartaina onwald begietan, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 12
grindan
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Þá hé ne myhte úte wyrcan, þá wolde hé grindan mid his hálgum hondum ... Ðá hé þǽre cweorna neálǽhte, and ꝥ corn þǽr on lægde, þá orn seó cweorn, Shrn. 145, 21. Gif hió grindende þeówa sió, Ll. Th. i. 6, 6. <b>I a.
here-beácen
a war-signal ⬩ a beacon ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a lighthouse
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Similar entries Cf. fýr-tor Herebeac[n] farus, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 2: 41, 45. Herebécn heál cum sǽnesse forus in edito promontorio, An. Ox. 575. Herebeacn, 1701
hnappian
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Ne hneppien nec dormitent, Kent. Gl. 126. Add: