a-scúnian
to abhor ⬩ detest ⬩ to express hate ⬩ or scorn of:-- ⬩ to reject because of hate or scorn
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Voc. ii. 146, 12
ge-gladian
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Rihtwíse gegladian on blisse justi delectentur in laetitia, Ps. Spl. 67, 3
ge-setnes
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Th. i. 42, 20. Of Mathees gesetnysse ge of Lucas, ii. 468, 13. Hé ( St. John) áwrát on wundorlicre gesetnesse, Hml. S. 15, 163, Ongann hé þá godspellican gesetnysse, ðus cweðende, Hml. Th. i. 358, 14: 300, 21.
un-cúþ
Unknown ⬩ incognitus ⬩ unknown ⬩ strange ⬩ unknown ⬩ not understood ⬩ unknown ⬩ uncertain ⬩ ungentle ⬩ unkind ⬩ hostile ⬩ harsh ⬩ unfriendly
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Skt. ii. 29. 23. Be uncúðum yrfe (cf. ignotum pecus, L. Edm. C. 5; Th. i. 253, 7), L. Edg. H. 4; Th. i. 258, 21. Ðá áléde ic mínne kynegyrylan and mé mid uncúþe hrægle gegerede ( I went incognito ), Nar. 18, 2. Hwá gifþ ðam uncúðan lífes fultum, Ap.
Linked entry: un-cúþlíce
feoh
cattle ⬩ property ⬩ wealth ⬩ money ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ bribe ⬩ gift ⬩ metal ⬩ coin
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Inc is hálig feoh and wilde deór on geweald geseald, Gen. 201: 1517. Feoh and fuglas, 1299. Feld mid þý feó oferbrǽded, Bl.
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Gif ceorl ácwyle be libbendum wífe and bearne, riht is ðæt ðæt bearn médder folgige, L. H. E. 6; Th. i. 30, 3 : L. In. 38; Th. i. 126, 3.
Linked entry: BRÝD
sweart
swart, swarthy, black, dark ⬩ of absence of light or brightness, dark, black, gloomy ⬩ of absence of good, black (crime), dark, dismal
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Voc. i. 46, 32, 53 (in a list of colours): furvus, ii. 34, 39, 40: fuscus, 38, 27: luridus, 53, 15: pullus, 57, 10: niger. Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Zup. 27, 9 : caeruleus, Hpt. Gl. 516, 14. Wuduréc sweart, Beo. Th. 6281; B. 3145.
drohtaþ
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In lífe and in háde háliges drohtoðes in vita atque habitu sanctae conversationis, Gr. D. 205, 17. In þá geornesse háliges lífes and drohtoðes, 27. Add
heáh
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Voc. ii. 88, 57. (3 a) metaphorical Úre hand is heáh, Deut. 32, 27. In earme heám (þǽm hǽhstan, Ps. L.), Ps.
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acsian
To ask ⬩ ask for ⬩ demand ⬩ rogare ⬩ expostulate ⬩ exigere
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To ask, ask for, demand; rogare, expostulate, exigere Mót ic acsian, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 26. Cómon corþrum miclum cuman acsian they came in great multitudes to demand the strangers, Cd. 112; Th. 148, 8; Gen. 2453: Lk. Bos. 20, 40.
CURS
CURSE ⬩ maledictio
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D. 871-878 ; Kmbl. ii. 107, 5: 1057 ; Kmbl. v. 114, 25: Chr. 656 ; Erl. 33, 12: 675 ; Erl. 39, 20, 21, 27, 28: 963 ; Erl. 123, 14
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dóm-ern
A judgment-place, a court-house ⬩ forum judiciāle, trĭbūnal, prætōrium
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Th. ii. 422, 1. Wyðútan hys dómern outside his judgment-hall, Nicod. l0; Thw. 5, 9
feaxede
Having long hair ⬩ long-haired ⬩ cŏmātus
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, because there stands a long ray from it, sometimes on one side, sometimes on each side; Chr. 891; Th. 162, 9-14, col. 1
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feðer-hama
Feather-covering ⬩ feathers ⬩ plumage ⬩ wings ⬩ plūmārum tegmen ⬩ plūma ⬩ pennæ ⬩ ālæ
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Feather-covering, feathers, plumage, wings; plūmārum tegmen, plūma, pennæ, ālæ Geseó ic him his englas ymbe hweorfan mid feðerhaman I see his angels encompass him with feathery wings, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 6; Gen. 670.
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fisc-cynn
The fish kind ⬩ kind of fishes ⬩ piscium gĕnus
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The fish kind, kind of fishes; piscium gĕnus Is heofena ríce gelíc asendum nette on ða sǽ, and of ǽlcum fisccynne gadrigendum sĭmĭle est regnum cælōrum săgēnæ missæ in măre, et ex omni gĕnĕre piscium congrĕganti, Mt. Bos. 13, 47.
for-wrecan
To drive out ⬩ banish ⬩ expel ⬩ expellĕre ⬩ propellĕre ⬩ fŭgāre
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Eart ðú ána forwrecen on Hierusalem tu sōlus peregrīnus es in Jerusalem? Lk. Bos. 24, 18
morgen-líc
morning ⬩ of to-morrow
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Voc. ii. 116, 67. From gehæld morgenlícum a custodia matutina, Rtl. 181, 1. Tó morgenlícum tídum ad matutinas horas, 36, 35. Ic beó ðýs morgenlícan dæge (on the morning of this day: St.
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neádung
Force or violence used against any one ⬩ compulsion ⬩ necessity
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Th. ii. 220, 12. Hé nolde geniman ús neádunge of deófles anwealde, i. 26, 30. Hine betellan swilce hé neádunge gefremode ðæt fácn to excuse himself, as if he committed that crime of necessity, H. R. 105, 26. Neádunge vim, Hpt. Gl. 435, 70
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grǽdig-
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Th. i. 66, 10. Ðás fugelas habbaþ feónda gelícnysse ðe gehwilce menn beswícaþ and grǽdelíce grípaþ to grimre helle these birds are like the fiends, that deceive some men, and greedily snatch them to grim hell, ii. 516, 10.
ge-gán
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A. 154, 58. the verb here might be translated to traverse, the Latinof Ethelred's law is: Sicut aratrum peragrabit decimam acram, Ll. Th. i. 338, 22