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un-rihtlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíc, adj.

Unrighteous ⬩ unjust ⬩ wicked ⬩ wrongful

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Hié him andwyrdon ðæt hit gemálíc wǽre and uuryhtlíc ðæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 11.

wíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wíslíce, adv.

wisely ⬩ sagaciously ⬩ with wisdom ⬩ prudently ⬩ wisely ⬩ skilfully ⬩ cunningly

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Daniel sægde him wíslíce wereda gesceafte ðætte sóna ongeat cyning, Cd. Th. 225, 26; Dan. 160

Linked entry: ge-wíslíce

onettan

Grammar
onettan, l. ónettan, and in 1. 26 for 1529
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Cyning forð ónette the king pressed on, Hö. 41 : Vald. 2, 10. Seldséne is þæt þá (qui) welan ágniað tó reste ónetton rarum est ut qui diuitias possident ad requiem tendant, Scint. 183, 10: E. S. viii. 473, 34.

sǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽne, adj.

Slow, dull, sluggish, inactive

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Næs ðæt sǽne cyning, 322, 23; Wíd. 67. Eálá ðæt ðú woldest ðæs síðfætes sǽne weorðan (slow to undertake the journey), Andr. Kmbl. 408; An. 204: 422; An. 211: Elm. Kmbl. 440; El. 220, Næs his bróðor læt, síðes sǽne, Apstls. Kmbl. 67; Ap. 34.

han-créd

(n.)
Grammar
han-créd, -crǽd, hon-, es; m.

Cock-crowing, cock-crow, a division of the night ⬩ gallicinium, galli cantus

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Se cyning embe forman hancréd út gangende wæs the king about the first cock-crowing was going out, Lchdm. iii. 424, 34. Ðá com se Hǽlend embe ðone feórþan hancréd quarta autem vigilia noctis venit Iesus, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 25

Linked entry: créd

mann-þwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mann-þwǽre, adj.

Gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ meek ⬩ not harsh ⬩ courteous

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Cyningc ðín cymeþ ðé monnþwǽre ( mansuetus ), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 5. Milde and monþwǽre, Blickl. Homl. 71, 4. Earmum mannum milde and manþwǽre pauperibus benignus et mitis, L. Ecg. C. pref.; Th. ii. 132, 14.

mircels

(n.)
Grammar
mircels, es; m.: e; f.

a sign ⬩ mark ⬩ token ⬩ a mark to aim at ⬩ a signet ⬩ seal ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a trophy ⬩ a marked spot

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Insegle, mercelse signaculo, 504, 37. an ensign, a trophy Ðá hét se hǽðena cyning his heáfod of ásleán and his swíðran earme, and settan hí tó myrcelse, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 99, 135.

tiber

(n.)
Grammar
tiber, tifer, es; n.
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Hié Drihtne lác begen brohton; brego engla beseah on Abeles gield, cyning eallwihta, Caines ne wolde tiber sceáwian ( ad munera illius (Cain) non respexit Dominus, Gen. 4. 5), 60, 9; Gen. 979.

Linked entries: teofrian tifer

wirman

(v.)
Grammar
wirman, p. de

To warm ⬩ make warm

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Se cyning gestód æt ðam fýre and hine wyrmde, rex coepit consistens ad focum calefieri Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 34. Hé wyrmde (wærmde, Lind.: wermde, Rush.) hine, calefaciebat se, Mk. Skt. 14, 54; Jn. Skt. 18, 25.

Linked entry: wyrman

lustfullian

(v.)
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:-- Se cyning ongan lustfullian ꝥ clǽneste líf háligra and (mid, v. l. ) hiora gehátum rex delectatus uiía mundissima sanctorum et promissis eorum, Bd. I. 26; Sch. 58, 14. with infin.

wǽpned-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-mann, es; m.

a male ⬩ a man ⬩ a male

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Se cyning wæs gód wǽpnedman rex erat vir bonus, Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 39. Ðú (Eve) scealt wǽpnedmen wesan on gewealde, Cd. Th. 56, 29; Gen. 919. Wæs se gryre læssa efne swá micle swá bið wíggryre wífes be wǽpnedmen, Beo. Th. 2573; B. 1284.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, p. -wyrhte ; pp. -wyrht .

to do wrong ⬩ be guilty ⬩ to injure ⬩ destroy by wrongful working ⬩ to treat improperly ⬩ use badly ⬩ to bring to an end ⬩ to ruin ⬩ to make guilty ⬩ to commit crime against ⬩ guilty ⬩ criminal ⬩ sinful ⬩ to bring to an ill condition ⬩ to lose by evildoing ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ to bring about ⬩ cause what is evil

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. ¶ Grammar for-wyrcan, for-worht,-wyrht guilty, criminal, sinful. as regards human law Wið cyning forwyr[h]t majestatis reus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 13. Se scyldiga man þe byð wið sumne king forweorht, Shrn. 200, 28.

næs

(v.)
Grammar
næs, = ne wæs

was not

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Ða cyningas Rómeburg begeáton ðǽr Mutius nǽre ( if it had not been for Mucius ), Ors. 2, 3; Swt. 68, 20. Gif hé nǽre yfeldǽde, ne sealde wé hine ðé, Jn. Skt. 18, 30. Hié wýscaþ ðæt hié nǽfre nǽron ácennede Blickl. Homl, 93, 28

un-hold

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hold, adj.

unfriendly ⬩ hostile ⬩ unfaithful ⬩ disloyal

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Hé him ða sǽtnunge gewearnode ðæs unholdan cyninges regis sibi infesti insidias vitavit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 12. Ealle his ǽhta unholde fýnd, ríce réðe mann gedǽle, Ps. Th. 108, 11.

Linked entry: hold

be-teón

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(inst) Gif mon cyninges þegn beteó manslihtes . . . Gif man þone man betýhð þe bið lǽssa maga. Ll. Th. i. 154, 5-7. Sé þe hlóðe betygen (-togen, v. l.) sié, 110, 16 : 112 2 : 140, 16. Betogen forligres, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 27.

wealdende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
wealdende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Ruling ⬩ powerful

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Hwæþer ðú nú wéne ðæt ðæs cyninges geférrǽden and se wela and se anweald ðe hé gifþ his deórlingum mæge ǽnigne mon gedón weligne oððe wealdendne? an vero regna regumque familiaritas efficere potentem valent? 29, 1; Fox 102, 4.

Linked entry: ge-wealdende

ge-férscipe

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Th. 609, 3. a profession, order Cyning sceal hæbban gebedmen and fyrdmen and weorcmen . . .

gingra

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Eródes forcóm æt campe cyning Iúdéa . . . Ic nú bebeóde begnum mínum ꝥ hié þé hnǽgan gingran ( his follower ) æt gúðe, An. 1332. His gingran Satan's followers (the fallen angels ), Sat. 191.

apostol

(n.)
Grammar
apostol, es; m: also like the Lat. Apostolus; g. -i; m.

One sent ⬩ an apostle ⬩ apostolus

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Se ealdorman ðá ða apostolas mid him to ðam cyninge Xerxes gelǽdde the general then led the apostles with him to the king Xerxes, 486, 3. Ðæra twelf apostola naman duodecim apostolorum nomina, Mt. Bos. 10, 2: Cd. 226; Th. 300, 27; Sat. 571: Menol.

Linked entry: postol

be-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
be-búgan, bi-búgan ; p. -beág, pl. -bugon; pp. -bogen.

to avoid ⬩ avertere ⬩ evitare ⬩ to surround ⬩ encircle ⬩ encompass ⬩ circumire ⬩ circumcingere ⬩ to reach ⬩ extend ⬩ pertinere

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circumire, circumcingere Swá wæter bibúgeþ ðisne beorhtan bósm so far as the water encircles this bright expanse, Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 4; Pa. 6 : Cd. 190; Th. 236, 16; Dan, 322. to reach, extend; pertinere Swá bebúgeþ gebod geond Brytenrícu Sexna cyninges

Linked entry: bí-búgan