ge-wealdes
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ofsleá his þone néhstan þurh searwa si quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum et per insidias, 46, 26. where what happens is the result of one's action Gif him ðonne gewealdes gebyrige oððe ungewealdes ( whether he is responsible or not for
hana
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. ¶ The word is given by runes contained in the text of Rä. 43, which has a cock for part of its subject. Add: —
nosu
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Is sió lytle nosu ðæt mon ne sié gescádwís; for ðǽm mid ðǽre nose wé tósceádað ðá stencas, 65, 19-21. Nosa habbað nares habent, Ps. Vos. 113, 6 second: 134, 17. substitute: <b>nóse,</b> an; f, taking it as a separate word
on-cirran
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. ¶ figurative :-- Micel bið se Meotudes egsa, for ðon hí seó molde oncyrreð (cf, a cujus conspectu fugit terra, Apocalypsis, 20, 11), Seef. 103. Add On midde niht oncierde ꝥ scip on wónne síðfæt þurh deófles beswicennesse, Shrn. 60, 8. <b>B.
wacian
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D. 28, 23. (. 3) to keep a vigil for prayer or religious observance :-- Hí hyre líc bebyrigdon . . . and þǽr gelóme wacodon, Hml. S. 7, 249. Hí wacodon þá niht wið þá byrgene biddende God, 21, 120
sáwel-leás
without life ⬩ without soul
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Similar entries (v. sáwel, II.) without soul On ðæs mannes sáwle is Godes anlícnyss, for ðam is se mann sélra ðonne ða sáwulleásan nýtenu, ðe nán andgit nabbaþ embe heora ágenne Scyppend, Hexam. 11; Norm. 18, 22. Similar entries (v. sáwel,II.)
wearg-cwedol
Given to evil speaking or cursing
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M. 356, 26) Godes ríce gesittan ne magon, hwæþere is gelýfed ðæt ða ðe be gewyrhtum wyrgede wǽron for heora árleásnysse, ðæt hí hraðe ðurh Drihtnes wræc heora scylde wíte ðrowedon quamvis maledici regnum Dei possidere non possint, creditum est tamen quod
cóðu
A disease ⬩ sickness ⬩ pestilence ⬩ morbus
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Wið wambe cóðum for diseases of the stomach L. M. 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 234, 1
slide
A slip, fall ⬩ lapsus ⬩ of an actual slip ⬩ a slip into misfortune or error
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Gr. 11;Zup. 79, 9. of an actual slip Ðá wearþ mé slide and ic him (the horse)of áfeóll lapsus decidi Bd. 5, 6;S. 619, 18. fig. a slip into misfortune or error Forðæm hit ǽr hit nolde behealdan wið unnyt word, hit sceal ðonne niédinga áfeallan for ðæm
swinsung
melody, harmony ⬩ sound that is not harmonious
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Wið eárena swinsunge and ungehýrnesse for singing in the ears and hardness of hearing, Lchdm. iii. 70, 23
Linked entries: dreám-swinsung swinsian
hwearf
A turn ⬩ space ⬩ change ⬩ exchange
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Huelc seles monn hwerf fore sáuel his quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 26. Huoerf, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 37. Gif huerf gie sellas si mutuum dederitis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 34. Huoerf, 35.
scírig-mann
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The form occurs only in one (Kentish) charter, where 'Wulfsige preóst se scírigmann' is twice mentioned, In a later Latin version of this charter the term is rendered scírman and explained by judex comitatus, judex provinciae, Chart.
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þeówetling
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A (poor) slave; the diminutive form seems to be depreciatory in this case Quintianus wæs grǽdig gítsere, deófles þeówetlincg a miserable slave of the devil, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 6.
healf-mearc
A half-mark
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Gilde heora ǽlc .vi. healfmarc, 298, 5, 8: ii. 298, 4, 12. .x. healfmarc, 2. the following seem anomalous in form or construction: Heora ǽlc sylle .vi. healfmarc wedd, 294, 7.
word
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D. 330, 8. v. fore-, fracoþ-, frófor-, gréting-, Lǽden-, leáfnes-, teosu-, wær-word. Add
á-wirgan
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. ¶ the most frequently occurring form is the pp. used as adjective:-- Se áwyrgeda malignus, Ps. Spl. 14, 5. Ðá costunga ðæs áwiergdan (-wirg-,v. l.) gástes, Past. 268, 19. Hiera áwiergdan weorc, 268, 19. Áwoergedo >(-wærgede, R.) maledicti, Mt.
oððe
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Ðonne fóron hié oððe mid oððe on heora healfe, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 6.
Linked entry: eðða
lyt
Few ⬩ little
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Ne sceal hé tó lyt þancian heora ælmessan he shall not be too sparing of thanks for their alms, Blickl. Homl. 43, 13.
Linked entry: lyt-hwón
þreátung
compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ violence ⬩ oppression ⬩ ill-treatment ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threatening
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compulsion, force, violence, oppression, ill-treatment. Similar entries v. þreátian, I Hí bestungon him on múþ mid niycelre ðreátunge ðone fúlan mete, Homi. Skt. ii. 25, 34.
á-bǽdan
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Substitute the following: to force, wring Ele ábǽdan and áwringan of þám bergum ab olivis exigere oleum torquendo, Gr. D. 250, 22. to compel Gif ðæt nýd ábǽdeþ cum exhiberi mysterium ipsa necessitas compellit, Bd. l, 27; S. 497, 1.