for-rotian
To become wholly rotten ⬩ to rot ⬩ putrefy ⬩ computrescĕre
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Ðæt sió réþnes ðæs wínes ða forrotedan wunde clǽnsige that the harshness of the wine may cleanse the corrupted wound, Past. 17, 10; Hat. MS. 25 a, 9
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íren
iron
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Mid írenum gyrdum with iron rods, 115, 24 : Salm. Kmbl. 55; Sal. 28 : 942 ; Sal. 470. Scyttelas ýrenne hé forbræc vectes ferreos confregit, Ps. Spl. 106, 16
irfe-hand
an administrator
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Se mann se tó londe fóe ágefe hire erfehonda xiii pund pendingæ and heó forgifeþ xv pund for dý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste let the man who succeeds to the land give to her administrator thirteen pounds of pennies; and he will give fifteen pounds
meahte-líce
Mightily ⬩ powerfully ⬩ with power ⬩ in power
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Mightily, powerfully, with power, in power Mihtelíce potenter, Hy. Surt. 26, 4. Myhtylíce potentialiter, 29, 11. Mihtlýce potenter, 49, 19.
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bísgung
Business, occupation ⬩ negotium, occupatio
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Business, occupation; negotium, occupatio Fint he ða ryhtwísnesse gehýdde mid his módes bísgunga he will find the wisdom concealed by the occupation of his mind, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 12.
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ge-fyrþran
To further ⬩ advance ⬩ promote ⬩ improve ⬩ promovere ⬩ prosperare
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Ánrǽd oretta elne gefyrþred the steadfast champion advanced with valour, Andr. Kmbl. 1966; An. 985. Ic ðé gefyrþrede I improved thee, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 29
ge-rǽde
A housing, harness, trappings, equipage ⬩ phaleræ, apparatus
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Folc féreþ herega gerǽdum the nation marches with martial equipage, Cd. 209; Th. 259, 29; Dan. 699: Elen. Kmbl. 2105; El. 1054: 2213; El. 1108
un-fǽglíc
Not indicating impending death
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MS.) tácn (a symptom which does not indicate that a disease is mortal) him on geseóþ: mé þincþ nú ðæt ðín gecynd flíte swíþe swíþlíce wiþ ðæm dysige id, uti medici sperare solent, indicium est erectae jam resistentisque naturae, Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 27
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un-onwendendlíce
Unchangeably ⬩ immutably ⬩ without variableness
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Se wísa mon eall his líf lǽt on gefeán unonwendendlíce, 12; Fox 36, 24
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cracian
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Angl. vi. 133), but the former seems better to give the meaning of the sonaverunt in the Latin, and to agree with the preceding clause of the English :-- Ús ðúhte for þám geþune þæt seó eorþe eall cracode (?)
efnan
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Substitute: To even. to level, bring to a level with Ic ( mead) eom weorpere (q. v. in Dict.), efne tó eorðan (lay flat on the ground ) ealdne ceorl; sóna þæt onfindeð, sé þe mec féhð ongeán, þæt hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, Rä. 28, 8. [v. N. E.
hama
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wiht hæfde him his haman on handa, Lch. iii. 42, 12
mynster
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Hé began georne mynstera wíde geond his cyneríce tó rihtlǽcynne, 440, l. Ðá mynstra on Wintanceastræ hé þurh Godes gyfe tó munuclífe gedyde, C. D. iii. 128, 19. His mód wæs ǽfre embe mynstru smeágende oþþe embe cyrcan, Hml. S. 31, 28. v.
neádung
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Þæne deófollican unðeáw, ꝥ hé wile on his gebeórscipe þurh his hálsunge and ðurh his neádunge gedón, ꝥ óðre men nimað máre ðonne hit gemet sý, 145. 23
on-hreósan
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to fall with violence upon, assail, attack Onhrióseð, anhriósit, anhrísit ingruerit, Txts. 69, 1077. Hú longe onhreósað (onáhreóse, Ps. L.) gé on men quousque inruitis in homines, Ps. Vos. 61, 4. Anhreósaþ inruunt (venti in domum, Mt. 7, 25), Wrt.
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or-leahter
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Ðéh þe hé beó mid weredum orsorh, þéhweðere hé ǽfre on wíte wunað and on nearunisse, and ǽfre on gnornunge and on orleahtre . . . welan tó forwyrde gedragað; wel feala for welan on orleahter becómon, E. S. viii. 473, 16-26.
reste-dæg
A day of rest, a day when no work is to be done, a Sabbath
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Se seofoþa dæg ys Drihtnes restedæg : ne wirc ðú nán weorc on ðam dæge, Ex. 20, 8-10. Mannes sunu ys restedæges hláfurd, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 8. On ánum ðara restedaga se nú Sunnandæg is nemned, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 30
sǽl-wang
A fertile plain ⬩ plain
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A fertile plain, plain Hé be wealle geseah wundrum fæste under sǽlwange sweras unlytle by the wall he saw huge pillars with their bases wondrous fast underground. Andr. Kmbl. 2984; An. 1495.
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hǽnan
To stone
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Hǽne hine man mid stánum let him be stoned with stones, Lev. 20, 2
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hálian
To become hale, whole, to heal, to get well ⬩ sanescere
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Ðonne hálaþ ðæt heáfod swýðe hraðe the head will heal very quickly, Herb. 1, 2; Lchdm. i. 70, 16: 2, 6; Lchdm. i. 82, 10