hungor-geár
A year of famine
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A year of famine Ðá hæfde se hálga wer gedǽled ðæs mynstres þing hafenleásum mannum for ðam hungergeáre the saint had distributed the provisions of the monastery to indigent men on account of the year of famine, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 20
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nép
Lacking ⬩ scanty
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Lacking, scanty (?) Mægen wæs on cwealme fæste gefeterod forþganges nép the force of the Egyptians was fast fettered in death, they could make no advance (when they were overwhelmed in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 207, 20; Exod. 469. v. next word
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
betwux-alegednes
an interposition, interjection ⬩ interjectio
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What is laid or placed between, an interposition, interjection; interjectio Interjectio mæg beón gecweden betwuxalegednyss on Englisc, forðanðe he líþ betwux wordum an interjection may be called a laying between in English, because it lies between words
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ge-hweorf
versed ⬩ practised ⬩ clever ⬩ versutus ⬩ converted
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versed, practised, clever; versutus Sum biþ ðegn gehweorf on meoduhealle one is a thane familiar in the meadhall, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 15; Crä. 68. Similar entries v. hwearf. converted Nymðe gé gewerfe beón nisi conversi fueritis, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 18
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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
syrfe
A service-tree ⬩ sorbus
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A service-tree; sorbus Of caweldene tó ðære syrfan; ðonne of ðære syrfan tó healwícum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 262, 13. Ðonon tó ðan wón stocce; and ðǽr tó wuda; ðonon on ða syrfan, vi. 234, 26. Similar entries v. v. next word
under-neoþan
Underneath
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Underneath Þurhscoten mid ánre flán underneoðan óðer breóst sagitta sub mamma trajectus, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 23. Ðú nymst cealfes blód mid ðínum fingre on ðæs weofodes hyrnan and gítst ðæt óðer undernyðan ( reliquum sanguinem fundes juxta basim altaris
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un-ástíðod
Not made firm
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Not made firm Gif mon on níwne weall unádrugodne and unástíðodne micelne hróf and hefigne onsett, ðonne ne timbreþ hé nó healle ac hryre quod structuris recentibus necdum solidatis, si tignorum pondus superponitur, non habitaculum sed ruina fabricatur
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un-gesibsumness
Proneness to discord ⬩ quarrelsomeness ⬩ discord
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Proneness to discord, quarrelsomeness, discord Wé magon gecnáwan on ðara ungesceádwísra niétena gesibsumnesse hú micel yfel sió gesceádwíslíce gecynd ðurh ða ungesibsumnesse gefremeþ si solertes aspicimus, concordando sibi irrationalis natura indicat
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un-gníðe
Not scanty ⬩ liberal ⬩ abundant
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Not scanty, liberal, abundant Monigfealde sind geond middangeard gód ungnýðe (-gnyde, MS.) ðe ús dǽleþ tó feorhnere Fæder ælmihtig manifold and abundant are the goods which for our life's support the Father almighty gives on earth, Exon. Th. 359, 31;
un-land
What is not land
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What is not land On ðam fíftan dǽle healfum londes and unlondes ( sea, marsh, etc. ), Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 23. Tó ðam unlonde ( the whale, by whose side seamen,'deeming him some island,' moor their bark ), Exon. Th. 361, 3; Wal. 14
un-leóf
Not dear ⬩ not beloved ⬩ odious ⬩ hateful
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Not dear, not beloved, odious, hateful Sodomware, Gode unleófe, Cd. Th. 148, 6; Gen. 2452. Gigantmæcgas, Gode unleófe, Metode láðe, 77, 1; Gen. 1268. Wigláf seah on unleófe ( the followers who had failed Beowulf in his need ), Beo. Th. 5719; B. 2863
wógian
To woo ⬩ marry
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To woo, marry Náht framaþ flǽsc habban mǽden gif on geþance aenig wógaþ nihil prodest carnem habere uirginem si mente quis nupserit, Scint. 70, 7. Bearn worulde ðissere wógiaþ (nwbunt) . . . hí ne wógiaþ (nubunf), ne hí ne lǽdaþ wíf, 68, 14, 17
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,
ǽþmian
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Substitute. to send forth vapour, be heated, be in a ferment Þá þe on gewilnunge grǽdignysse ǽþmeað qui desiderio cupiditatis exestuant, Scint. 112, 11. to send forth a smell Ǽþmmigende redolentia, Germ. 391, 202. [O. H. Ger. át(o)món flare, spirare
ancra
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Hét hé hym gebyndan ánne ancran on his sweoran . . . se ancra wæs big geseted, Shrn. 150, 19-24: Hml. Th. i. 564, 7, 22. Mid fæstum geþances ancran, Angl. xiii. 367, 34. Hig brúdon úp heora ancran, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 16. Add
an-mitta
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Dele all but second passage, and add: A balance, scale Andmitta (hand-) exagium, Txts. 61, 793. Anmitta statera, Kent. Gl. 343. Habbaþ rihtne anmittan and emne wǽgan statera justa et aequa sint pondera, Lev. 19, 35. On anmittum in stateris, Bl. Gl
beterung
Improvement
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Improvement Hé anbidað úre betrunge, Hml. Th. i. 350, 19. Hé leofode on mynstre for neóde swídor þonne for bete*-*runge, 534, 2. For úre beterunge, 272, 1 : 414, 26. Ús tó beterunge, 360, 30. tó fire beterunge, Hml. A. 8, 211