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pund

(n.)
Grammar
pund, es; n.
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Voc. i. 39, 60) a pint, ' that is, a pound of water is a pint of water, and a pint of water is a pint for all liquids,' Lchdm. ii. 402 Pund eles gewihþ .xii. penegum læsse ðonne pund wætres, and pund ealoþ gewihþ .vi. penegum máre ðonne pund wætres,

Linked entries: mund-bryce borh-leás

ge-sceððan

(v.)

To injure, hurt, oppress, be an enemy tonocere, adversari

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Gesceððed læsus, Lye

þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
þríste, and þríst; adj.

Boldboldpresumptuousaudaciousshameless

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Th. 275, 14; Jul. 550. in a bad sense, bold, presumptuous, audacious, shameless Ðý læs hé tó ðríste sié for ðý underfenge his láreówdómes ne doctrinam praesumtio extollat, Past. proem.; Swt. 23, 23.

Linked entries: þrístling þrýste

dwelian

(v.)
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Ox. 347. figurative Nú ic wæs of þám rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit bið ꝥ ic eft fare út of þysum porte, ðy lǽs ic tó swíðe dwelige, Hml. S. 23, 553. Ðá ðe fyligað þǽre gýtsunge, hí dweliað fram Godes geleáfon, Hml. Th. i. 256, 18.

útane

(adv.)
Grammar
útane, (-one, -ene); adv.

from withoutoutsideon the outsideon the surfaceoutat seaoutwardlyexternallyabout

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læs ðonne hié oferhyggaþ ðæt hié sién oferreahte útane mid óðerra manna lárum hié sién innan gehæfte mid ofermétum ne dum aliorum suasionibus foris superari despiciunt, intus a superbia captivi teneantur, Past. 42; Swt. 307, 6.

lange

(adv.)
Grammar
lange, adv.

Longa long timefar

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Swá lange swá gé dydon ánum of ðysum mínum læstum gebróðorum swá lange gé hyt dydon mé quamdiu fecistis uni de his fratribus meis minimis, mihi fecistis, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 40: Blickl. Homl. 169, 21. Genóh lange long enough, Deut. 1, 6.

Linked entries: lencg leng

þríste

(adv.)
Grammar
þríste, adv.

Boldlyconfidentlywithout apprehension, fear, hesitation, reservewithout sense of shamepresumptuouslyaudaciously

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Hé þríste bebeád, ðæt hié his láre, lǽston, Andr. Kmbl. 3303; An. 1654: Elen. Kmbl. 818; El. 409. Ne wæs ǽnig ðæt né þus þríste hrínan dorste, Exon. Th. 273, 4; Jul. 511.

MǼD

(n.)
Grammar
MǼD, e and we; mǽdwe, an; f. also (?) mǽdwa, an; m. A

MEADmeadow

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[Mid lǽswe and mid mǽdwe, Chr. 777; Erl. 55, 12.]

Linked entries: mǽdwa wudu-mǽd

un-wær

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wær, adj.

not on one's guardunawareunpreparedunwaryheedlessincautiousinconsiderate

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Ðý læs ðe se smíc derige ðám unwarum, Homl. Th. ii. 418, 5. unwary, heedless, incautious, inconsiderate Módignys is endenéxt gesett, for ðan ðe se unwæra on ende oft módegaþ on gódum weorcum, Homl. Th. ii. 222, 4.

Linked entries: un-gewær un-wæres

wítnian

(v.)
Grammar
wítnian, p. ode

To punishtormentplague

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Ðý læs hit him sié wítnod lest it be punished in him, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 17

wýscan

(v.)
Grammar
wýscan, p. te
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Ic oft wíscte and wolde ðæt hyra læs wǽre swá gewinfulra que utinam minus fuissent laboriosa, Nar. 2, 28. Ðú wýsctest ðæt ðú wistest Crist on róde ahangenne, Blickl. Homl. 85, 33.

Linked entry: wíscan

ge-hlýd

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</b> a tumult, uproar, disturbance :-- Næs ná on freólsdæge þe lǽs þæs folces gehlýd wurde non in die festo ne forte tumultus fieret populi Mk. 14, 2. the noise made by an animal Eosola gehlýd ruditus asinorum Gr.

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen

To allureenticeluredecoyattracturgesuggerere, suadere, persuadereto allure

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Span ðú hine georne ðæt hé ðíne láre lǽste, Cd. Th. 36, 22; Gen. 575. Cwæð, ðæt hine his hige speóne, ðæt hé trymede getimbro, 18, 17; Gen. 274. in a bad sense, with a prepositio Hine spænþ his mód tó unnyttum weorce, Past. 4; Swt. 37, 18.

irre

(n.)
Grammar
irre, es; n.

Angerwrathirerage

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Ðé læs gé habban godes yrre ne super omnem coetum oriatur indignatio, Lev.10, 6. Hé gearwe wiste ðæt hie godes yrre habban sceoldon, Cd. 33; Th. 43, 24 ; Gen. 695: Exon. 61 b ; Th. 226, 20; Ph. 408. Godes yrre bær the wrath of God was upon him, Beo.

Linked entries: ir eorre erre

hreówan

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Ðý lǽs him tó hwón hreówen ðá geðóhtan synna si cogitata mala minus cruciant, Past. 417, 35.

ge-hwǽde

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Hafað seó lǽsse smæle leáf and gehwǽde, and seó óðer hafað máran leáf and fǽtte, 264, 18. (I a) little, young :-- Se Hǽlend him tó clypode sum gehwǽde cild (parvulum ), Hml.

heán

(adj.)
Grammar
heán, adj.

Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humblehumilis, infamis

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Ðeáh hit se læsta wǽre and se heánosta though it were the least and the lowest, Blickl. Homl. 169, 23

un-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelíc, adj.

Unlikedifferentdissimilardiverse

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Ðé is ungelíc wlite siððan ðú lǽstes míne láre you have a different beauty, since you followed my teaching, Cd. Th. 38, 26; Gen. 612: 222, 29; Dan. 112. Ðonne is ungelíc be ðon écan lífe now with the life eternal it is different, Blickl.

cot-setla

(n.)
Grammar
cot-setla, cote-setla, an; m. [MS. kot-setla, kote-setla]

A cottager casārius

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Him gebýriaþ v æceras to habbanne, máre gyf hit on lande þeáw sý, and tó lytel hit biþ beó hit á læsse, forðan his weorc sceal beón oft rǽde.

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Gif wé ða teóðunga Gode gelǽstan nellaþ, hé ús benimeþ ðara nigon dǽla ðonne wé læst wénaþ, L. Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 194, 1-196, 7: L. Edm. S. 2; Th. i. 244, 15. Ðæt neádgafol úres Drihtnes, ðæt sýn úre teóðunga and cyricscealtas ...

Linked entry: tegðung