un-girwan
To strip ⬩ divest
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To strip, divest Hé gewlitegaþ and gegeraþ æalle gesceafta and æft ungewliteaþ and ungeraþ, Shrn. 198, 13. Gúðlác hine sylfne ungyrede, Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 16. Hé hine ungyrede ðæs godcundan mægenþrymmes, Blickl. Homl. 103, 2.
wæter-þísa
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Hé ( the whale ) hafaþ óþre gecynd, wæterþísa wlonc, 363, 7; Wal. 50. [Cf. Icel. þeysa to rush, storm; þeysir a rusher, stormer.] Cf. mere-þyssa
ǽrendung
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Ben. 50, 13. a message, an errand Ðæt wæs hræd ǽrendraca; sé tylode tó secganne hys ǽrndunge ǽr ðon ðé hé lyfde, Shrn; 95, 21
æf-weard
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Hé ðá word ðára æfweardra swá geara wiste swá ðára andweardra, Guth. 70, 4: Gr. D. 311, 1. Hé sægde ðá æfweardan þing andweardum mannum praesentibus absentia nuntiare coepit, 126, 11: Guth. 86, 9. Add
á-clǽnsian
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A. 142, 110. to remove impurity from an object Ðá nebcorn hé of ðám andwlitan áclǽnsað, Lch. i. 348, 26
á-gíta
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MS.) his góda and wilnað mid ðý geearnian ðone hlísan ðæt hé sié rúmgiful saepe se effusio sub appellatione largitatis occultat , Past. 148, 6.
be-hóf
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behoof, need, use ꝥ hé ǽnne scylling hæfde tó his ágenum behófe (nytte,v. l.) ut unum solidum in expensis propriis haberet, Gr. D. 158, 23.
Linked entry: -hóf
bisene
Blind
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Blind On þǽre tíde hé wæs bysne (bysene, v. l.); þá sealde Drihten him gesyhðe, Gr. D. 275, 3. He áwrít róde tácen ofer þæs bysenan (blindan, v. l. ) mannes eágan, and seó nine þǽre blindnysse gewát fram hám eágum, 77, 28.
eardung-hús
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Hé funde áne wéste stówe, in þǽre hé him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardunghús, Gr. D. 201, 5. Eádig þú eart, Maria, for ðan on þínum móde þú gearwodest Drihtnes eardunghús, Hml. A. 133, 574. Add
for-cúþlic
infamous ⬩ ignominious ⬩ ignoble ⬩ despicable ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ worthless ⬩ poor ⬩ bad
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Hé cwæþ ꝥ him forcúþlic þúhte, ꝥ se án Iudéisca hine forsáwe, Hml. A. 98, 196. Forcúþlic absurdum, An. Ox. 2081. worthless, poor, bad. Similar entries v. for-cúþ (3 b) On þám horse þe hé mihte findan forcúþlocost on þám mynstre, Gr. D. 34, 10
Linked entry: cúþ-lic
ge-spanan
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Voc. ii. 45, 15. in a good sense Ðæt hé ðá medwiisan tó máran angienne mid ðǽre líðelican bisnunga gespóne quatenus hebetes ad majora conscendere imitatio blanda suaderet, Past. 205, 18. in a bad or an indifferent sense Hé gespeón him tó ealle Kentingas
méd
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Swá hwæt swá hé begit his swinces tó médes, 36, 43. v. mǽþ-, weorold-méd. Add
réceleáslíce
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Swá hwilc man swá Godes weorc clǽnlíce and behogodlíce wirceð, hé bið écelíce gehealden. Sé þe hit réceleáslíce and unclǽnlíce wyrceð, hé bið áwyrged intó helle, Hml. A. 168, 121. Add
seax
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Ðá gesæt hé (Cuthbert) æt mýsan, micclum onbryrd hé beseah tó heofonum, and his sex áwearp (cultellus quem tenebat decidit in mensam, Vit. Cuth. c. 34), Hml. Th. ii. 150, 23. v. ǽder-, græf-, mete-, wíngeard-, writ-seax
stalu
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Add Gehwylce wyrte, þe hé ǽr mid stale (furto) gewilnode, hé him sealde, Gr. D. 25, 16. <b>I a.</b> a particular instance of theft :-- Gyf ðú ǽnig ðing ðisse stale wite oððe gewita wǽre, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 24.
mæðel
an assembly ⬩ a deliberative or judicial meeting ⬩ council ⬩ speech ⬩ address ⬩ harangue ⬩ conversation
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Icel. vera á máli to converse) thou didst hear the holy man Moses when conversing with him, Elen. Kmbl. 1568; El. 78 b.
Linked entries: mæðel-hégende medel
sester
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Hé hét heora ǽlcne geniman ánne æmtigne sester . . . Hig slógon tógædere ða sestras ( lagenas ). Jud. 7, 16-19.
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wandian
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Hé wandode ðá git (dissimulante illo ); ac nig gelæhton hys hand and his wífes hand and gelǽddon hig út of ðære byrig, Gen. 19, 16. Wandode se wísa ( Daniel ), hwæðre hé worde cwæð tó ðam æðelinge, Cd. Th. 250, 24; Dan. 550.
BEÓT
a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ command ⬩ menace ⬩ comminatio ⬩ minæ ⬩ peril ⬩ periculum ⬩ a boasting ⬩ boasting promise ⬩ promise ⬩ jactantia ⬩ promissio gloriosa ⬩ promissum
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He beót eal wið ðé sóðe gelǽste he truly fulfilled all his promise to thee Beo. Th. 1051; B. 523 : 160; B. 80
ge-hroden
adorned ⬩ ornatus
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Ðec gemétte, meahtum gehrodene he found thee adorned with virtues, 12 b; Th. 21, 6; Cri. 330 : Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 27; Jud. 37. Geseh he bearwas blǽdum gehrodene he saw groves adorned with blossoms, Andr.
Linked entries: ge-hreóðan ge-hreódan