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niht-wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
niht-wæcce, an; f.

A night-watchvigil

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C.) healdende pastores erant vigilantes et custodientes vigilias noctis, Lk. Skt. 2, 8

un-sóþfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sóþfæstness, e; f.

Unrighteousnessinjustice

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Ðes sóðcuoed is and unsóðfæstnise in ðæm ne is hic verax est, et injustitia in illo non est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 7, 18

Linked entry: sóþfæstness

wiþere

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþere, adv. prep.

Against

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Ex. 54. Cf. ȝif þe king wolde wið heom wiðerheolden, Laym. 9175

Linked entries: wiþer wiþer wiþre

wracu

(adj.)
Grammar
wracu,
  • Bt. 20
  • ;
  • Fox 72, 6
for wacru?
Similar entries
v. wacor
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The Latin is: Adversam fortunam videas sobriam, succintamque, et ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem

wiþ-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-weorpan, p.-wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen

To reject

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To reject Ðú eart se weallstán ðe ða wyrhtan wiðwurpan, Exon. Th. 1, 4;Cri. 3. Gé ðære snyttro [stán (? cf. Lk. 30, 17)] unwíslíce wiðweorpon, Elen. Kmbl. 587; El. 294

á-déman

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Ðæt is seó stów on ðǽre syndon tó ádémanne and tó clǽnsianne monna sáula ipse est locus in quo examinandae et castigandae sunt animae, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 4. Add

fitel-fóta

(adj.)
Grammar
fitel-fóta, adj.
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Having white feet Brún badius, fitelfóta petilus (cf. petulus whytfoted et dicitur de equo, Wülck. Gl. 602, 32 (15th cent.), Wrt. Voc. i. 46, omitted after 42 (v. Angl. viii. 451)

for-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sellan, pp. -seald

To give upsacrificelose

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To give up, sacrifice, lose Gif hé nylle hý niman, hæbbe forseald ꝥ feoh ꝥ hé sealde si ille eam accipere nolit, perdat pecuniam quam dederat, Ll. Th. ii. 148, 31

for-hogung

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Of forhogunge ex contemptu, Kent. Gl. 1167: Angl. xiii. 440, 1067: Scint. 203, 13. On forhogunge subsannationem, Ps. Spl. 43, 15. Add

hreóh-full

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Januarius gif hé byþ on Mónandæg, þonne biþ . . . windig sumor, and hreóhfull geár (cf. estas uentuosa et tempestuosa, 12) biþ, Archiv cxx. 297, 46. See next word

hwearftlian

(v.)
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Ic hwearwlie (= hwearftlie) er[r]o, 23, 57. Hwearft (= hwearftlað) errat, 26, 37

untíd-ǽt

(n.)
Grammar
untíd-ǽt, es; m.
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Eating at improper times Hí gímað untídǽta and druncennysse gule et ebrietate dediti, Chrd. 10, 32. Máne áðas . . . and untídsǽtas and oferdruncennesse . . . Diófol ús lǽrað oferfylle and un-tídǽtas. Nap. 66

sceádlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sceádlíce, adv.

Reasonably, rationally

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Reasonably, rationally Gif hé gesceádlíce (sceádelice, Wells Frag.) mid eáðmódnesse and mid sóþre lufe hwilcu þing on mynstre tǽle si qua rationabiliter et cum humilitate caritatis reprehenderit, R. Ben. 109, 8

hand-bæftian

(v.)
Grammar
hand-bæftian, -beaftan, -beoftan; p. -bæftade, -beafte

To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament

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, to lament Ða ðe gemǽndon and hondbæftadon quæ plangebant et lamantabantur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 27. Wé hondbeafton lamentavimus, 7, 32

Linked entries: bæftian beaftan

hilde-wóma

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-wóma, an; m.

The crash and rush of battle.

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El. xxx

Linked entry: wóma

tó-wiðere

(prep.)
Grammar
tó-wiðere, -wiðre; prep.

Againstin reply toin opposition to

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Ex. 129

Linked entry: wiþere

frecian

(v.)

to be greedyeat voraciously

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to be greedy, eat voraciously Freceo (for the verbal inflexion cf. fraefeleo, 103, 49), mengio (=ic menge, 58, 42) lu[r]cor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 13. Freced(-o?), 51, 14

Linked entry: freceo

freónd-lic

amicable

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amicable Mid freóndlicre and mid bróþorlicre geþeahte amicali et quasi fraterno consilio, Bd. 3, 22; S. 292, 8. In þám freóndlican geflite in hac amica contentione. Gr. D. 116, 6. Add:

DELFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DELFAN, ic delfe, ðú delfest, dilfst, he delfeþ, dilfþ, pl. delfaþ; p. ic, he dealf, ðú dulfe, pl. dulfon; subj. delfe, pl. delfen; p. dulfe, pl. dulfen; pp. dolfen; v. a.

To dig, dig out, DELVEfŏdĕre, effŏdĕre

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Hí dulfon áne mycle díc they dug a great ditch, Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 22: Ex. 7, 24: Ps. Lamb. 21, 17: Ps. Th. 56, 8. Swelce hwá delfe eorþan as if any one should dig the earth, Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 5.

ele-beám

(n.)
Grammar
ele-beám, es; m. [ele oil, beám a tree]

An olive-tree ŏlea, ŏlīva

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Dó swá on ðínum wínearde and on ðínum elebeámon ĭta făcies in vīnea et in ŏlī;vēto tuo, Ex. 23, 11. He eów sylþ elebeámas ðe gé ne plantudon dĕdĕrit tibi ŏlīvēta quæ non plantasti, Deut. 6, 11.