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þríste

(adv.)
Grammar
þríste, adv.

Boldlyconfidentlywithout apprehension, fear, hesitation, reservewithout sense of shamepresumptuouslyaudaciously

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Ne wæs ǽnig ðæt né þus þríste hrínan dorste, Exon. Th. 273, 4; Jul. 511. Heó ne meahte þríste geþencan, hú ymb ðæt sceolde she could not think with confidence of the event, 378, 6; Deór. 12. Ic mundbyrd on ðé þríste hæfde in te confirmatus sum, Ps.

un-æþele

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþele, adj.

not nobleignoblemeaninfamous

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Leófre mé is ðæt hé (the king) mé tó deáþe gesylle ðonne unæþelra (ignobilior ) man, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 27. as regards character Wæs se cyning æþelre gebyrde ðeáh ðe hé on dǽde unæþele wǽre erat rex natu nobilis quamlibet actu ignobilis, Bd. 2, 15; S

wiþer-saca

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-saca, an; m.

an adversaryopponentenemya rebelan adversary at lawa prosecutorone who renouncesdeniesapostate

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Ðá andsweredon Pílate ða twegen wælhreówan wyþersacan, Annas and Caiphas, and cwǽdon: 'Lá, leóf déma, eall ðeós mænio secgaþ ðæt hé wæs of forligre ácenned,' Nicod. 7; Thw. 3, 32. one who renounces or denies, an apostate Wiðersaca apostata, Hpt.

fægernes

ornamentbeautypleasantness

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Þes middangeard wæs ealre fægernesse full, Bl. H. 115, 6. Þá hié emb þá fægernesse þæs temples sprǽcan . . . hé cwæþ: 'Hwæt gé geseóþ ealle þá fægernessa þissa getimbra, 77, 31.

for-gán

(v.)

to forgoto abstain fromgo withoutto abstain from

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Wæs ǽlc þæs wordes ꝥ him leófre wǽre ꝥ hé land foreóde þonne hé þæne hád underfénge every one declared that he would sooner go without the land than take orders, Cht. Th. 167, 33. Forgá ǽlc man mínne huntnoð, Ll. Th. i. 420, 25.

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fremian

(v.)
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wæs swíðe wís ..., ꝥ fremode eallre þisse ðeóde, Chr. 1057; P. 118, 25: Hml. S. 10, 239. Hwæt eów betst fremige, 11, 35. Him sylfum fremian sibi prodesse, R. Ben. I. 107, 17. Fremian (framian, v.l. ) his underþeóddan, R. Ben. 120, 9: Hml.

ge-friþian

(v.)
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Lch. i. 70, 3. to protect from a feeling of (superstitious) reverence, where sanctity is attributed to a place or object, v. friþ-geard, -splott Wæs án píntreów wið ꝥ templ gefriðed, swíde hálig geteald on þá hǽþenan wísan, Hml.

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ge-metlíce

(adv.)
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wæs lícumlicre untrym-nesse þrycced, hwæþere tó ðon gemetlíce ( adeo moderate) ꝥ hé ealle þá tíd mihte ge sprecan ge gongan, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 488, 14. regularly, in due order.

ge-rídan

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Hi sǽdon þám kinge ꝥ hé hæfde swýde ágylt wið Críst ꝥ hé ǽfre sceolde niman ǽnig þing of xpes cyre . . . sǽdon þám kinge embe Sandwíc hit wæs him to handa geriden . . .

ge-brúcan

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Brúcende wæs ł gebréc edebat. Mk. L. 1, 6. Hláfas gebréc ( comedit) ðá néron geléfed him tó gebrúcanne (edere ), Mt. L. 12, 4. Gié gebrécon (manducasiis). . . . Fadero úsero gebréicon . . . . Aldro iúero gebrécon, Jn. L. 6, 26, 31, 49.

hund-seofontig

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Sió wæs getimbred Lxxiitigum wintra ǽr Rómeburg, 4, 4; S. 164, 10. Hundsiofontig wintra, Past. 317, 1. Wintra hundseofontig, Gen. 1158. Hé hiora sprǽce tódǽlde on twá and hundseofontig geþeóda. Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 26.

leóran

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Him wæs cúð ꝥ hé sylfa and þá óþre mid eallre hwætnesse sceoldon beón leóriende (leórende, v. l.) of þisum lífe certum tenuit se et illos de hac vita esse sub celeritate migraturos, 299, 15.

sárig

(adj.)
Grammar
sárig, adj.

feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter

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feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad Ðá wæs Petrus sárig contristatus est Petrus, Jn. Skt. 21, 17: Homl. Th. ii. 248, 11. Ic mé sylfa eam sárig þearfa pauper et dolens ego sum, Ps. Th. 68, 30.

úte-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
úte-weard, adj.

Outwardextremeon the outside ofat the extremity ofthe outward partextremity

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Gif munuc eáðhylde biþ, þeáh hine man wácne and unweorðne talige and an úteweardum forlǽte and tó úteweardum medemige si omni vilitate vel extremitate contentus sit monachus, R. Ben. 29, 4

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COSTIAN

(v.)
Grammar
COSTIAN, costigan, costnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od , ad, ed

To tempt, try, prove probare, tentare.

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Feówertig daga he wæs fram deófle costod diebus quadraginta tentabatur a diabolo Lk. Bos. 4, 2; Homl. Blick. 29, 14

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hleahtor

(n.)
Grammar
hleahtor, hlehter, es; m.

Laughter

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wæs heáfde becorfen for scondfulles gebeórscypes hleahtre he [John the Baptist] had his head cut off for the amusement of a shameful feast, Shrn. 123, 8. Be hleahtre ðe of milte cymþ of laughter that cometh from the spleen, L.

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á-scúfan

to drive awayrepelto expelto drive forwardimpeloverthrowto give up

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Wæs ic ána út ásceofen, 23 b, 415. Betwux þám leónum áscofen, Hml. Th. ii. 174, 4. figurative, to drive away, repel Hig þæne deófol fram heom áscúfað, Angl. viii. 330, 25. Hé þá strǽle þára áwerigdra gásta him fram ásceáf, Guth. 44, 1.

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, ge-hweorfan.
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Seó bóc wæs yfele of Grécisce on Léden gehwyrfed ( translatam ), Bd. 5, 23 ; Sch. 698, 12.

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gildan

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(l a) with clause :-- Gyld mé mid hyldo, þæt ic þé hneáw ne wæs, Gen. 2823.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Hwá wæs ǽfre, oþþe is nú, oððe hwá wyrþ get æfter ús? Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 24. Hlynn wearð on ceastrum, Cd. Th. 153, 30; Gen. 2546. Hwí ne wundriaþ hí hwí ðæt ís weorþe, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 35.