nytt
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial
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Rǽd biþ nyttost, Exon. Th. 341, 1; Gn. Ex. 119
ge-hýdan
to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to watch ⬩ guard ⬩ heed ⬩ observāre ⬩ to bring into safety ⬩ make firm ⬩ fasten ⬩ allĭgāre
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Sumne dreórighleór in eorþscræfe eorl gehýdde a man sad of countenance has hidden one in an earth-grave, Exon.77 b; Th. 291, 19; Wand. 84 : Beo. Th. 4463; B. 2235.
un-ásecgendlíc
beyond the powers of language to describe ⬩ unspeakable ⬩ indescribable ⬩ ineffable ⬩ not proper to tell ⬩ not to be told
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Unásæccendlícum costum ineffabilibus modis, Rtl. 108, 27. not proper to tell, not to be told Ða unásecgendlícan nefandas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 40
á-hwǽr
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Ne gesacu óhwǽr ecghete eóweð, B. 1737
fǽr
a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident
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Ǽr him fǽr Godes aldre gesceóde ere the calamity sent by God destroyed them, Dan. 592. Ne con hé yfles andgiet, ǽr hit hine on fealleð. Hé þonne onfindeþ, þonne se fǽr cymeð, Dóm. 73.
Linked entry: fǽr
wild-deór
A wild animal ⬩ wild beast
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Wyrmas and wildeór, Beo. Th. 2864; B. 1430. v. wilde-deór, and following words
Linked entry: wildedeór
smeálíce
searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely ⬩ closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration ⬩ clearly, accurately, exactly ⬩ closely
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Gesceád ða wé smeálíce geþencan sculan discretio, quae subtiliter pensari debeat Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 35.
swæðer
Whichever of two ⬩ either. . . or. . . ⬩ whichever, whether. . . or
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Hí gefeallaþ on ða heortan suá nytt suá unnyt suæðer hié beóþ (whether they be profitable or unprofitable). Past. 15; Swt. 97, 2: 14; Swt. 85, 15. Biþ ǽlc gód weorc gód, sié swá open swá dégle, swæðer hit sié, 59; Swt. 451, 14.
Linked entry: swaðor
á-slídan
to slip ⬩ fall ⬩ to fall ⬩ be removed to an unfavourable place ⬩ to fall into sin ⬩ lapse ⬩ relapse ⬩ to fall ⬩ be hurt ⬩ destroyed
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Gastas hwílum on heánnesse upp worpene, hwílum eft áslidene on grund, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 25. to fall, be removed to an unfavourable place:-- Ne lǽt mé áslídon on þá firenfullan eardungstówe, Angl. xii. 503, 5. figurative, to fall into sin, lapse, relapse
þing
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Þing sceal gehégan fród wiþ fródne, biþ hyra ferð gelíc, Exon. Th. 334, 19; Gn. Ex. 18. Ic wið Grendel sceal ána gehegan ðing, Beo. Th. 856; B. 426
a-brégan
To alarm ⬩ frighten ⬩ terrere
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Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 12 : Ps. Spl. T. 79, 14
a-lefan
To become weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ langues-cere
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To become weak, feeble; langues-cere Ðæt we fæston mid geráde, swá ðæt úre líchama alefed ne wurþe ut cum ratione jejunemus, ita ut corpus nostrum languidius nefiat, Bd. 3, 23; Whel. 228, 45
Linked entry: á-léfian
an-wlitegian
To unform ⬩ change the form of anything ⬩ deformare
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Cot. anwlitegaþ] these it tempers and forms; sometimes again it unforms, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 9
and-weardnes
Presentness ⬩ presence ⬩ present time ⬩ præsentia ⬩ præsens tempus ⬩ præsens
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Presentness, presence, present time; præsentia, præsens tempus, præsens Wæs ic swýðe for his andweardnesse afyrhted ejus præsentia eram exterritus, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 42. On andweardnysse in prcesenti, I. I; S. 474, 1
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cyne-gerela
A kingly robe ⬩ regius vestitus
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-gerelum] if any one would strip off from him these kingly robes, Bt. Met. Fox 25, 45; Met. 25, 23
dreó-cræft
Magical art, magic ⬩ magĭca ars
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Magical art, magic; magĭca ars Simon se drý þurh dreócræft worhte ǽrene næddran, and ða hie styredan Simon the sorcerer made brazen serpents by magic, and they moved of themselves, Homl. Blick. 173, 21
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efn-éðe
Equally easy ⬩ æque făcĭlis
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Equally easy; æque făcĭlis Is efnéðe up and of dúne to feallanne foldan ðisse it is equally easy for this earth to fall up and down, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 333; Met. 20, 167
fóre-beran
To prefer ⬩ præferre
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Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 8
for-týnan
To shut in ⬩ stop ⬩ hinder ⬩ interclūdĕre
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To shut in, stop, hinder; interclūdĕre Hí mid gelomlícum oncunningum tiledon ðæt hí him ðone heofonlícan weg fórsetton and fortýndon qui crebris accūsātiōnĭbus ĭter illi cœleste interclūdĕre contendēbant, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 4
full-wyrcan
To do fully ⬩ commit ⬩ accomplish ⬩ complete ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ complēre
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To do fully, commit, accomplish, complete; perfĭcĕre, complēre Se godcunda ánweald hí tostencte ǽr hí hit fullwyrcan móston the divine power dispersed them before they could complete it, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 25