níd-wracu
Violence ⬩ misery caused by violence
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Violence, misery caused by violence Wæs ðæt gewin láð and longsum, ðe on ða leóde becom, nýdwracu níþgrim, nihtbealwa mǽst, Beo. Th. 388; B. 193. Hyne God wolde nergan wið níþum, and hyra nýdwræce deópe déman, Exon. Th. 135, 17; Gú. 525
óþ-flítan
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to get from another by litigation Ðá ongon Higa him specan sóna on, and wolde him óþflítan ðæt lond then Higa at once began the case against him, and wanted to get the land from him by the litigation. Chart. Th. 169, 23
pín-treów
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Ðæt man píntreów bærne tó glédum and ðonne ða gléda sette tóforan ðam seócum men, 284, 12
preóst-scír
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The district in which a priest exercises his duties, a parish Ne spane nán mæssepreóst nánne mon of óðre cyrcean hýrnysse tó his cyrcan, ne of óðre preóstscýre lǽre, ðæt nton hys cyrcan geséce, L. E. I. 14; Th. ii. 410, 31
bi-spanan
To allure, entice, incite, urge ⬩ allicere, illicere, seducere, incitare, impellere
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To allure, entice, incite, urge; allicere, illicere, seducere, incitare, impellere Ic Herode in hyge bispeón, ðæt he Iohannes bibeád heáfde biheáwan I Herod in mind incited, that he commanded John's head to be cut off, Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 8; Jul. 294
Linked entry: be-spanan
ge-berian
To happen ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ accĭdēre
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Geberede hit dæt Ercules com to him it happened that Hercules came to him, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 34, note 10, MS. Cot: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 61; Met. 25, 31
ge-níðla
An enemy, a foe
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An enemy, a foe Nǽfre ðú gelǽrest ðæt ic dumbum and deáfum deófolgieldum gǽste geníðlum gafol onháte never shalt thou induce me to promise tribute to dumb and deaf idols, foes to the spirit, Exon. 68 a; Th. 251, 26; Jul. 151
stán-geweorc
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Working in stone, stone-work Bæd hé ðæt hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces architectos sibi mitti petiit, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 1. On hire wurðmynte is árǽred mǽre cyrce mid wundorlícum stángeweorce, Homl. Th. i. 440, 18. Cf. stán-weorc
stán-rocc
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Obolisci ðæs stánes, 82, 43), Wrt. Voc, ii. 62, 57. Stánrocca, torra scopulorum, Hpt. Gl. 449, 15. Stánrocca ł torra scopulorum, saxorum eminentium, 454, 47. Cf. scylf
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under-gán
to undermine ⬩ ruin
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Ne sý nán eorðcund cyning mid gítsunge tó ðæm swíþe undergán, Lchdm. iii. 444, 3
under-hebban
accipere ⬩ sustollere ⬩ sublevare
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Ðæt ué sié underhefen sublevari, Rtl. 80, 1
un-áwendendlíce
Unalterably ⬩ without possibility of change
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Unalterably, without possibility of change Ic nát hwæþer hit eall gewyrþan sceal unáwendendlíce, ðæt hé wát and getiohhod hæfþ.
un-arodscipe
Inactivity ⬩ spiritlessness
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Inactivity, spiritlessness Oft mon bið suíðe wandigende æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde, and wénaþ men ðæt hit sié for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe, and bið ðeáh for wísdóme and for wærscipe sæpe agendi tarditas gravitatis consilium putatur, Past
un-sceamig
Not to be confounded ⬩ unabashed
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Not to be confounded, unabashed Is on mé sweotul ðæt ðú unscamge ǽghwæs wurde on ferþe fród in me is it plain, that thou, O woman not to be confounded! hast become in everything sagacious in mind, Exon. Th. 275, 18; Jul. 552
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un-tíme
Unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ ill-timed
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Man slǽtte ðá ǽnne fearr, and se fear arn him tógeánes, and hine ðýde ðæt hé his feorh forlét, and gebohte swá ðone untíman drenc, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 74
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un-getogen
Uneducated
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Uneducated Fisceras and ungetogene menn geceás Drihten him tó leorningcnihtum, and hí swá geteáh, ðæt heóra lár oferstáh ealne woruldwísdóm, Homl. Th. i. 576, 28.
ungemet-hleahtor
Immoderate laughter
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Immoderate laughter Hú micele má wénestú ðæt hé mid yrre ða út áweorpe of his temple, ðe mid unnyttum gesprǽcum and mid ungemethleahtrum ða stówa, ðe tó Godes þeówdóme gehálgode wǽron, fýlaþ and besmýtaþ, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 32
wéþe
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Sweet, gentle, mild, pleasant Ðone swég ðæs swétan (wéþan, MSS. O. T.) sanges sonum cantilenae dulcis Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 23. Ðone scýnan wlite, wéðne mid willum, Exon. Th. 57, 9 ; Cri. 916. Wegas wéþe pleasant paths 102, 15; Cri. 1673
ymb-ærnan
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To go round Ða gelamp ðætte Peahte ðeód com of Scyþþia lande and ymbærndon éall Breotone gemǽro, ðæt hí cómon on Scotland upp contigit gentem Pictorum de Scythia, circumagente flatu ventorum, extra fines omnes Brittaniae Hiberniam pervenisse, Bd. 1,
birgness
Tasting ⬩ taste
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Mid byrinesse (byrig-, beorh-, v. ll.) ðæs wæteres aquae gustum, Bd. 5, 18; Sch. 649, 16