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eges fullíc

(adj.)
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eges fullíc, adj.

Full of fear, fearful, awful terrĭbĭlis

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Full of fear, fearful, awful; terrĭbĭlis eges-fullíc he is in geþeahtingum ofer monna bearn Quam terrĭbĭlis est in consĭliis sŭper fĭlios homĭnum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 36. Egesfullícran, nom. pl. more full of terror, Salm. Kmbl. 93; Sal. 46

be-leógan

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. ¶ used impersonally, to be mistaken :-- Gif þú wilt geþencean mycel hine beleáh (hole much he was mistaken ), Bl. H. 189, 24. Add

leáden

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þás race on ánum leádenum tabulan ágrófen, Hml. S. 23, 342. ðá líc léde on áne leádene (lǽdene, v. l. ) ðrúh, 24, 71. Se cásere hét cwice belúcan in leádenum cistum, Shrn. 146, 24. Lédene plumbeos Germ. 393, 122. Add

swimman

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swimman, <b>. II.</b>
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Add þonne swam mid þám ilcan scipe, þonne hit wæs ýþa full qualiter cum carabo undis pleno nataverat, Gr. D. 347, 21. Add Ágeót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele ábrecð úp and swimð bufon, Hml. Th ii. 564, 14

on-sǽgan

(v.)

to cause to sink down, to prostrate

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( hell ) bútan ende éce stondeþ, ðæm ðe ðǽr for his synnum onsǽgd weorþeþ, 446, 27; Dóm. 28. Selegesceotu synd onsǽgd (?), Ps. Th. 82, 6

Linked entry: sǽgan

woffian

(v.)
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woffian, p. ode

To raveblaspheme

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To rave, blaspheme Ðǽr wæs sum dysig mann plegol ungemetlíce, and tó ðám mannum cwæð, swylce for plegan, ðæt swýðún wǽre . . woffode ðá swá lange mid wordum dyslíce, óð ðæt feóll geswógen. Homl. Skt. i. 21, 298. Woffode debacchatur, Hpt.

Linked entry: a-woffian

emel

(n.)
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Bonefatius áflígde þá emelas . . . Gemétte þone wyrttún beón oferwrigenne mid micelre menieo emela . . . þá bewende hine tó þám emelum (ad erucas), Gr. D. 66, 31-67, 11. Substitute: es; m. and add

niþer-lic

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Add Se deáð is nyðerlic (death has its place deep down) : is for þan nyðerlic : þeáh se man gewíte in ðá neowelestan scrafa þe on middangearde sý, þonne sceal þeáhhwæðere sweltan, Verc. Först. 103, 9-12.

hefe

(n.)
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hefe, es; m.

Weight

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Weight mihte gefrédan ǽniges hefes swǽrnysse ðá ðá ðone ferode ðe hine bær how could he feel the heaviness of any weight when he carried one who bore him, Homl. Th. i. 336, 26.

yfel-sacian

(v.)
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H. 189, 24 for mé should probably be read má, the original Latin is: Ne tantas Deo inferret blasphemias. v. Archiv xci. 190) Gé gehýrað Gode yfelsacað, Nap. 88.

fóre-mǽrlíc

(adj.)
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fóre-mǽrlíc, adj.

Eminentpræclārus

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Eminent; præclārus weorþlíc and fóremǽrlíc how honourable and how eminent, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 34

ofer-wist

(n.)
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ofer-wist, e; f.

Excess in eating

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Excess in eating Sint tó manianne ða ofergífran ðeáh hié ne mǽgen ðone unþeáw forlǽtan ðære gífernesse and ðære oferwiste ðæt húru hine selfne ne þurhstinge mid ðý sweorde unryhthǽmedes, ac ongiete micel ofersprǽc cymeþ of ðære oferwiste admonendi

récan

(v.)
Grammar
récan, réccan (reccan?); p. róhte
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Hié ne récceaþ hwæðer, Past. 19, 2; Swt. 145, 21. Se cyng ne róhte ná swíðe synlíce ða geréfan hit begeátan, ne manige unlaga dydon, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 12. woldon on elþeódignesse beón, ne róhton hwǽr, 891; Erl. 88, 8.

bróc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
bróc-líc, broc-lic ; adj.

Miserablelaborious

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Miserable, laborious, full of trouble Geþenc sceorte and broclíce synt þisses lífes dagas, Wlfst. 248, 1. Substitute:

un-gehírsum

(adj.)
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un-gehírsum, adj.

Inattentive to what is saidunsubmissivedisobedient

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Ðis is uncer ungehírsuma sunu, forhogaþ ðæt híre uncre láre filius noster iste protervus et contumax est, monita nostra audire contemnit, Deut. 21, 20. Ne forlǽte ða ungehiérsuman (-hír-, Hatt. MS.), Past. 12; Swt. 74, 16

ungemet-hleahtor

(n.)
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ungemet-hleahtor, es; m.

Immoderate laughter

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Immoderate laughter micele má wénestú ðæt 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

manigfeald-ness

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micel monigfealdnes (multitudo) swétnesse þínre, Ps. L. 30, 20. Þeáh mid þǽre mænigfealdnysse þǽre synne bysgunge ábysgod sig licet multiplicitate negotii peccati suspensus sit, Ll. Th. ii. 176, 8.

búr-cote

(n.)
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his módes scearpnesse eft gecierde tó ðám flǽsclican búrcotum ... wæs gecierred tó smeáganne flǽsclicum monnum gedafonode on hira búrcotum and on hiera beddum tó dónne ad cubile carnalium aciem mentis revocat ... carnalium cubile perscrutatur

ge-cwémlíce

(adv.)
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Gode gecwémlícost mihte lybban, Guth. 30, 15. so as to satisfy, satisfactorily Ús ꝥ gecwémelíce cýþað þǽre sóðfæstnesse word veritatis nobis verba satisfacerent, Gr.

á-wirdness

corruption blemishinjuryannoyaffliction

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cwæð: ' becume gé tó ðǽre sáwle áwyrdnysse?', Hml. Th. i. 464, 1-4. Þonne bið geðúht swilce wé gehǽlon, ðonne wé geswícað ðǽra áwyrdnyssa ( Similar entries cf.gedreccednysse, l. 25), 462, 27