for-wyrhta
One who does anything for another ⬩ an agent ⬩ vicegerent ⬩ instĭtor ⬩ procūrātor
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Se ðe swá geþogenne forwyrhtan næfde, swóre for sylfne he who had not such a prosperous vicegerent, swore for himself, L. R. 4; Th. i. 192, 5
in-líc
Inner ⬩ internal ⬩ inward
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Se inlíca déma internus arbiter, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 19. Mid ðone inlícan gewitan apud internum testem, 5, 6; S. 618, 32. Mid inlíce hete domestico odio, 5, 24; S. 646, 38.
mægen-þyse
Violence ⬩ force
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Violence, force Sóna ðæt onfindeþ se ðe mec féhþ ongeán and wið mægenþisan mínre genǽsteþ ðæt hé hrycge sceal hrusan sécan soon doth he find that fights against me, and with my force comes into conflict, that with his back he must visit the earth, Exon
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mann-bryne
A fire in which men lose their lives
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Ðá wæs swíðe micel mancwealm, and se micela manbryne wæs on Lundene, and Paules mynster forbarn, Chr. 962; Erl. 120, 6. [Thorpe with previous translators renders the word by fever; Earle would read mánbryne = destructive fire.
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migoþa
Urine
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Urine Gif se micgþa ætstanden sý, Herb. 7, 3; Lchdm. i. 98, 5. Heó earfoþlícnysse ðæs migþan ástyreþ, 143, 1; Lchdm. 1. 266, 3. Mid his selfes migoþan, 11, 42, 1.
mód-leást
Want of courage ⬩ pusillanimity
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Want of courage, pusillanimity Ðá wearþ se wælhreówa wódlice geancsumod, ðæt his mágas ne mihton his módleáste ácuman, ac héton ácwellan ðæt mǽden, Homl. Skt. 9, 125.
seoluc
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Seowa mid seolce fæste, smire mid ðære sealfe ǽr se seoloc rotige, 56, 7-8: 358, 25. Heora wǽda sioloce siowian, Met. 8, 24. Gyf man mǽte ðæt hé seoluc oððe godweb hæbbe, Lchdm. iii. 174, 29
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betwyx-aworpennyss
An interjection ⬩ interjectio
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Se dǽl líþ betwux óðrum wordum, and geswutelaþ ðæs módes styrunge. Heu geswutelaþ módes sárnesse an interjection is a throwing between. This part of speech lieth between other words, and denotes a stirring of the mind.
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borgian
To take or give a loan, BORROW, lend ⬩ mutuari, commodare ⬩ cavere ⬩ fidejubere
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Borgaþ se synfulla and ná gefillþ oððe he ne agylt mutuabitur peccator et non solvet, Ps. Lamb. 36, 21. Borgedon [MS. borgedan] commodarunt, Cot. 38
ge-dyn
A din ⬩ noise ⬩ frăgor ⬩ clangor
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A din, noise; frăgor, clangor Se dæg biþ dæg gedynes ofer ealle [MS. ealla] truma ceastra the day will be a day of din over all strong cities, Past. 35. 5; Swt. 245, 6; Hat. MS. 46 a, 17.
Sunnan-úhta
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Se apostol on ðam Sunnanúhtan ǽrwacol tó ðære cyrcan com, Homl. Th. i. 74, 20. Gé sculon singan Sunnanúhtan, L. Ælfc. P. 44; Th. ii. 384, 4
aferian
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., and add) Se geneát sceal wyrcan swá on lande swá of lande, . . . and rídan and auerian and láde lǽdan, Cht. E. 377, 3
angel
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Se grǽdiga fisc gesihð þæt ǽs and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðam ǽse sticað, Hml, Th. i. 216, 11. Angul hamum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 75. Add
buteruc
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Næfdon hí nán wín búton on ánum gewealdenan butruce . . . wæs se buteruc brerdful wínes. Hml. S. 6, 274-282.
ealdung
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Se gegyrla þe ic hæfde . . . mid swíðlicre ealdunge tótorene, for*-*wurdon, Hml. S. 23 b, 571
feoh-gítsung
Avarice ⬩ covetousness ⬩ miserliness
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Avarice, covetousness, miserliness Monig mon déð micel fæsten and hæfð ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse, and déð hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge (-gídsunge) saepe sub parsimoniae nomine se tenacia palliat, Past. 149, 6.
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ge-gildan
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Bíde mon mid þǽre wíterǽdenne oþ þæt se wer gegolden sié, Ll. Th. i. 148, 4
ge-drycnan
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To dry up, emaciate with disease Án wind cóm, and se wól mid þǽm winde.
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hatigend-lic
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Hateful, detestable Ys hatigendlic (odibilis) sé þe gemáh ys tó specenne ( another by much babbling becometh hateful, Ecclus. 20, 5), Scint. 79, 15.
grǽdiglíce
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Gefrédde se deófol þone angel þe hé ǽr grǽdelíce forswealh, Hml. Th. i. 216, 32. with manifestation of strong desire, eagerly Grǽdelíce inhianter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 74. Hí swíþe grǽdilíce ( inhianter ) eorþcundum lustum filigaþ, R. Ben. 139, 27