un-witod
Uncertain
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Wel mon sceal wine healdon on wega gehwylcum; oft mon féreþ feor bí túne, ðǽr him wát freónd unwiotodne (where he cannot look for a friend), Exon. Th. 342, 23; Gn. Ex. 146
mis-weorþan
to turn out badly
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to turn out badly (for a person, dat.) Gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe if the pennies weigh more than the gold, then will it soon prove a bad thing for the man, Wulfst. 240, 4
réceleásness
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Án manricynn wunað . . . under þínum anwealde . . . and þú wást ꝥ hit wile hearmian þínum cyneríce heora réceleásnysse, gyf him man ne gestýrð heora stuntnysse est populus . . . et nosti, quad non expediat regno tuo, ut insolescat per licentiam, Hml.
Arewe
ARROW, the name of a river in several counties ⬩ fluvii nomen
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in O, tum etiam quod oppidum est ad ejus ripam situm, Arwerton dictum; accedit quod Harewich ad oram hujus fluminis, olim Arwic, non ut conjectat Camd.
deófol-seócnes
Devil sickness, possession with the devil ⬩ dæmŏnium = δαιμόκιoν
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Sumne we gesáwo on ðínum naman deófolseócnessa útadrífende vidĭmus quemdam in nomine tuo ejicientem dæmŏnia, Mk. Bos. 9, 38 : 16, 17 : Lk. Bos. 9, 49 : 38, 32.
Linked entries: deófel-seócnys deóful-seócnys feónd seócness
gár-gewinn
Spear-war ⬩ hastātōrum pugna
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Ne lǽt ðé ahweorfan grim gárgewinn let not the fierce javelin-strife turn thee away, Andr. Kmbl. 1915; An. 960
be-hyldan
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Hí behyldon ǽnne oxan and besywodon Crisan-tum mid þǽre hýde tó his nacodum líce, Hml. S. 35, 158. Behyldan, befleán deglobere, i. decoriare, An. Ox. 3280: Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 13. Ódre wǽron cuce behylde, Hml. Th. i. 542, 29. Add
cyne-gird
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., and add Swíðe ryht is seó cynegyrd þínes ríces virga recta est virga regni tui, Ps. Th. 44, 8. Hé bícnode hire tó mid his cynegyrde extendit contra eam virgam auream, Hml. A. 97, 181
ge-beógol
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Ready to yield Beó ðú swýðe gebeógul (-bugol, v. l.) mid gebýgedum (-bíg-, v. l.) móde þínum wiðerwinnan esto consentiens adversario tuo cito, Hml. A. 4, 93. Ús ne hét ná se Hǽlend him ( the devil) beón gebeógole (-bug-, v. l. ), 5, 123
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ge-cóplic
Fit, apt, suitable, opportune
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Gecóplice word forðstæppan of múðe þínum þænne þú gecóplicne tíman fintst oportuna uerba procedant ex ore tuo cum oportunum tempus inueneris, Scint. 81, 18
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dóm-líce
Judicially, powerfully, gloriously ⬩ judicialĭter, potenter, gloriōse
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Judicially, powerfully, gloriously; judicialĭter, potenter, gloriōse Sýn me ðíne handa on hǽlu nú, and ðæt dómlíce gedón weorþe fiat manus tua et salvum me facias, Ps. Th. 118, 173: Exou. 54 b; Th. 193, 19; Az. 124: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 10; Jud. 319
wrixendlíce
In turn ⬩ one after the other
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In turn, one after the other Hí wrixendlíce (vicissim) bine bǽdon. Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 598, 42. Ða wrixendlíce (vicissim) on twá halfe gesewene wæron, swá swá mid unmǽtnesse miceles stormes worpene beón, 5, 12; S. 627, 39. Wrixendlíce singillatim, Ps.
wæter
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</b> add Æfter þan bióð ealle wæteras and ealle wyllas on blóde tunc omnes fontes et putei in sanguinem convertentur, Verc. Först. 120, 9. v. fullwiht-, regn-, sǽ-wæter
on-hyring
Imitation, emulation
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Ðonne wé onhyrigaþ Criste and eác ða onhyringe gefyllaþ tunc legem Christi imitando complemus, Past. 51, 3; Swt. 397, 2
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æt-wíndan
To wind off ⬩ turn away ⬩ escape ⬩ flee away ⬩ aufugere
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To wind off, turn away, escape, flee away; aufugere Ic ána ætwánd effugi ego solus, Job Thw. 165, 27; Grn. Iob 1, 16: Beo. Th. 289; B. 143. Ic 'ǽte híg ætwíndan to wuda dimitto eos avolare ad silvam, Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 3
fót-lǽst
A foot-step ⬩ foot-trace ⬩ vestīgium pĕdis ⬩ trāmes
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Fótlǽstas [MS. fótlǽst] ðíne ne beóþ oncnáwen vestīgia tua non cognoscentur, Ps. Spl. 76, 19: Blickl. Homl. 203, 36
wirgend
a curser ⬩ an evil-doer ⬩ a malignant person
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Skt. i. 17, 42. an evil-doer, a malignant person v. wirgan Míne wergend gehýrde ðín ágen eáre insurgentes in me malignantes audivit auris tua, Ps. Th. 91, 10
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tó-cirran
To turn in different directions, ⬩ to part
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To turn in different directions, to part Æfter ðon ðe wit nú tócyrraþ and tógáne beóþ postquam ab invicem digressi fuerimus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 20 MS. B. Hí mid mycelon unsehte tócyrdon they parted on very bad terms, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 6
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fremsum
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Gedéfe is þín milde mód, mannum fremsum benigna est misericordia tua, Ps. Th. 68, 16. Siexte is ðæt hí beóð fremsume pietatis gratia benigni sunt, Past. 41, 18. Eálá þú fremsumeste hlǽfdige þe mé þíne árfæstan mildheortnysse æteówdest, Hml.
deóre
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Chr. 1086; P. 218, 12. with kindness, as holding a person dear Dém þú þín folc deóre mid sóðe judica populum tuum in tua justitia, Ps. Th. 71, 2 : 117, 24. Drihten, mín gebed deóre gehýre, and onfóh georne mine hálsunge, 142, 1: 118, 154. [v. N. E.