slipor
slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily ⬩ slipping easily, easily moved ⬩ foul ⬩ lubricum
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Sliper lubricum Nares gives several instances of slipper in sixteenth century, and Shakespeare uses the form: A slipper and a subtle knave, Oth. ii. 1. O. H. Ger. slefar, Grff. vi. 506 M. H. Ger. slepfer.]
hiwung
Forming, ⬩ shaping, ⬩ form, ⬩ figure, ⬩ pretence, ⬩ feigning, ⬩ hypocrisy, ⬩ dissimulation
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Forming, shaping, form, figure, pretence, feigning, hypocrisy, dissimulation Hé ne biþ ðonne geleáfa ac biþ hiwung it is not then belief but hypocrisy, Homl. Th. i. 250, 21. Hywung, ii. 220, 32.
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þeówet
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Sí þreora án for his feore, wergild, éce þeówet, hengenwítnung, L. Eth. vii. 16; Th. i. 332, 18. Of þeówetes húse de domo servitutis, Deut. 6, 12. Þeówettes, 13, 10.
þríste
Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless
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Th. 275, 14; Jul. 550. in a bad sense, bold, presumptuous, audacious, shameless Ðý læs hé tó ðríste sié for ðý underfenge his láreówdómes ne doctrinam praesumtio extollat, Past. proem.; Swt. 23, 23.
on-sacan
to attack, strive against ⬩ to, resist, refuse to comply with a demand ⬩ to declare that one has no knowledge of a person ⬩ to refuse a person what he wants ⬩ to refuse to acknowledge a claim, not to allow the truth of a statement, in a legal sense to deny a charge ⬩ to make excuse ⬩ to sacrifice
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to attack, strive against Ne biþ cwénlíc þeáw ðætte freoþuwebbe feores onsæce leófne mannan ( to strife with a man for his life ), Beo.
smylte
Quiet, tranquil, calm, serene ⬩ of physical calmness ⬩ gentle, mild, of the wind ⬩ favourable, prosperous ⬩ of mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled
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Quiet, tranquil, calm, serene of physical calmness Se mónaþ (June) is nemned on úre geþeóde se ǽrra líða, for ðon seó lyft biþ þonne smylte Shrn. 87, 34. Swilce seó heofone ðonne heó smylte (serenum) byþ Ex. 24, 10. Hyt byþ smylte weder Mt.
un-wærlíce
Unwarily ⬩ incautiously ⬩ without caution ⬩ heedlessly
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Geðence se láriów ðæt hé unwærlíce ( incaute ) forð ne rǽse on ða sprǽce, 15; Swt. 95, 9. Gif sió wund bið unwærlíce gewriðen cum fractura incaute colligatur, 17; Swt. 123, 18. Se ðe ðone wuda unwærlíce ( incaute ) hiéwð, 21; Swt. 167, 15.
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wríþan
to twist ⬩ give a curved form to ⬩ to bind up ⬩ wrap round ⬩ bandage ⬩ to bind ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter
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to twist, give a curved form to Ic wríðe torqueo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Zup. 155, 14. Wriðene ( Similar entries cf. wriþa,II.) wælhlencan, Elen. Kmbl. 47; El. 24. to bind up, wrap round, bandage Hé wráð (alligavit) his wunda, Lk. Skt. 10, 34.
ge-rǽsan
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Substitute: To rush. of impetuous movement, to press, force one's way Mið ðý ðá menigo gerǽsdon (inruerenf) on him, Lk.
ge-þeówan
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Tó geþýdum, 2, 411. to compel, force a person to do something Ðá clericas þe Ceólnóð þár sette far swylcre neóde geðý[ed] ( compulsus ) swá wé seggan wyllað, Chr. 870; P. 283, 29. to oppress, subjugate Geðédum subjugatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 69
swimman
To swim
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Teón ða wæteru forð swimmende cynn, Gen. 1, 20. of a vessel moving on water Secga geseldan swimmaþ on weg, Exon. Th. 289, 25; Wand. 53. Hine ( a vehicle) oxa ne teáh, ne [hé] on flóde swom, 404, 28 ; Rä. 23, 14. Se swymmenda arc (Noah's ark ).
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bæftan
behind, ⬩ ⬩ after
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Hé lét þǽr bæftan Titum and forð seglode, Hml. A. 190, 274. after Þára noman hér stondað áwritene bæftan, C. D. B. ii. 267, 12
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lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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Gé for náht dydon Godes bebod for eówre lage quare discipuli tui transgrediuntur traditionem seniorum? ... Irritum fecistis mandatum Dei propter traditionem vestram, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 2, 6.
teohhian
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Ðæt hé forðý reáfige ðý hé tiohchie (teohhige, Cott.
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ge-ascian
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H. 3, 1. (2 b) a person about a matter :-- For hwon wiþsæcst þú þæs þe þú eart geácsod quare negas quod inquireris?, Gr. D. 190, 12. to ask for, try to find by inquiry, inquire for a person Se cásere hét geáxian ofer eall sumne æltǽwne drý, Hml.
sund
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Hwá ðam sǽflotan sund wísode whoacted as pilot for the vessel, 762; An. 381: 976; An. 488
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time Wyþ pleyynge at tables oþer atte chekere, R. Glouc. 192, 3.
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ge-sendan
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Add: I. the object a living creature. to cause to go on an errand, for a purpose, to a place, dispatch Ðú mec gesendes, Jn. L. 17, 8. Ne gesende God sunu his in middangeard ꝥte gedoemde middangeard, 3, 17.
ge-gaderung
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Gegaderunga copulas, 23, 59. a joining together to form a whole Ǽr þon þe hé þǽre gerýnelican gegaderinge menniscre gebyrde onfénge before he received the mysterious joining together and compacting of the body (cf.
ge-bendan
to bend ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ tendĕre ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter ⬩ vincīre
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Of gebendum bogan from a bended bow, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 28, 2. to bind, fetter; vincīre Swá gebend he wæs wuniende, óþ he his líf forlét he remained so bound until he gave up his life, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 103, 1.
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