lim-lǽweo
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Maimed or injured in the limbs Gif limlǽweo (other MS.
Linked entry: lim-lǽw
mægen-strengo
Main strength ⬩ great force
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Sum biþ gleáw módes cræfta sum mægenstrengo onféhþ one is skilled in the arts of the mind, another receives great bodily strength, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 15; Crä. 33
nift
A niece ⬩ grand-daughter ⬩ a step-daughter
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Voc. ii. 117, 80. Seó wæs nift ðæs hína ealdres ( neptem patris families ), Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 5. Ic an míne láuedy half marc goldes an míne nifte ánn óre wichte goldes, Chart. Th. 556, 27
plantung
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Voc. ii. 65, 76
giefan
To give ⬩ dare
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Grn. ii. 286, 10
gilplíc
Ostentatious ⬩ pompous ⬩ proud ⬩ vain-glorious
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Ostentatious, pompous, proud, vain-glorious Ðæt wǽre swíðe gilplíc dǽd gif Crist scute ðá adún it would have been a very vain glorious act if Christ had thrown himself down then, Homl. Th. i. 170, 21.
GÓS
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Hwílum ic grǽde swá gós sometimes I cry as a goose, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 18; Rä. 25, 3. Gees [gés, MS. H.] geese, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 18
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gránung
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Wununga on ðam ne ablinþ gránung dwellings in which groaning ceases not, Homl. Th. i. 68, 7: L. E. I; Th. ii. 400, 7
ge-máhlíce
Importunately, peremptorily, boldly, pertinaciously
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Th. ii. 156, 23 : Gr. Dial. 1, 8
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stæððigness
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Th. ii. 134, 22. Gif wé ða ungesceádwíslícan styrunga on stæððignysse áwendaþ, 210, 31. Fore stilnesse stæððinesse propter taciturnitatis gravitatem, R. Ben. Inter. 26, 6
súþ-folc
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A southern people, a people living south in relation to some other Rómáne and eall súþfolc (ealle súþfolc, 146, 15), Lchdm. ii. 16, 1. Humbre streám tósceádeþ súþfolc Angelþeóde and norþfolc, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 17.
tǽtan
to gladden, make cheerful
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to gladden, make cheerful Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ, ðætte wer and wíf in woruld cennaþ bearn, and mid bleóm gyrwaþ, tennaþ and tǽtaþ ( the father and mother try to make the child joyous, to amuse it; Thorpe suggests temiaþ and tǽcaþ ), Exon.
un-deádlícness
Immortality
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Th. ii. 484, 28. Hyht hiora undeádlícnise ( immortalitate ) full is, Rtl. 86, 22: Homl. Th. i. 544. 3. Hæfde God ðæs mannes sáwle gegódod mid undeádlícnysse ... wé ne forluron ná ða undeádlícnyssæ, 20, 1-4: Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 4: 3, 21; S. 551, 3
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un-álífedlíc
Not allowable ⬩ unlawful ⬩ illicit
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Th. ii. 456, 35. Hí ne móstan for him náht unálýfedlíces begangan, Shrn. 65, 11. On hús gehwyrfed unálýfedlícra scylda in inlecebrarum cubilia conversae, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 14
unfriþ-mann
A man of a country not at peace with another ⬩ a man of a hostile country
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Eth. ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 11
un-wæstmbǽrness
Unproductiveness ⬩ barrenness ⬩ sterility
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Th. i. 352, 30
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un-tímende
Not productive ⬩ barren
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Hit is swíðe ungedafenlíc ðæt forwerode menn and untýmende gifta wilnian, ðonne gifta ne sind gesette for nánum ðinge búton for bearnteáme, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 12. Eádige synd, ða untýmendan beatae steriles, Lk. Skt. 23, 29
un-geþwǽrian
To disagree ⬩ be at variance ⬩ differ
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To disagree, be at variance, differ Ic ungeðwǽrige dissentio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Zup. 190, 13. Anda fram gódan willan ungeþwǽregaþ invidia a bona voluntate discordat, Scint. 143, 3.
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á-fýran
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Áfýred (-id) olbenda dromidus , Txts. 57, 707. Ðá áfýrdan eunuchi , Past. 407, 33: 409, 1. Áfýrdum spadonibus , Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 76. [O. H. Ger. ar-fúren castrare.] Add
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buttuc
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A small parcel of land is often called the butts, v. N. E. D.) Of ðám heáfdon on ðæne weg; of ðám wege on ðá buttucas; of ðám buttucon on ðone bróc, C. D. iv. 19, 32