un-gewit
madness ⬩ insanity ⬩ folly ⬩ stupidity
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madness, insanity Nán unhál cild, ne deáf, ne blind, ne ungewittes, Homl. Ass. 179, 322. Hié sindon suá micle wætlícor tó oferbúgánne suá mon ongiet ðæt hié on máran ungewitte beóð tanto caute declinandi sunt, quanto et insane rapiuntur, Past. 40; Swt
wreccan
to raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ to take up ⬩ undertake ⬩ to rouse
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to raise, lift up Wreceþ to rǽde Drihten ðara manna bearn ðe sér man gebræc Dominus erigit elisos, Ps. Th. 145, 7. to take up, undertake Ðæm hé hætde beboden ðæt hé scolde þearfena and earmra monna ǽrendo wreccan cui suscipiendorum inopum erat cura
Linked entries: a-wreccan ge-wreccan wræccan wrehtend
bindan
to bind ⬩ to fasten to ⬩ knit
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Add Ic beó bunden ligor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 30. to bind, tie up in a bundle Gadriað þone coccel and bindað (alligate) sceáfmǽlum, Mt. 13, 30. to fasten to, on Hig bindað hefige byrðena, Mt. 23, 4. Beágas bundan boias (in collo) nectunt, Wrt. Voc. ii
earnung
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Dele last passage, and add: labour to obtain something Ǽlc deáþlic man swencþ hine selfne mid mistlicum and manigfealdum ymbhogum, and þeáh willniað ealle þurh mistlice paþas cuman tó ánum ende ꝥ is ꝥ hí wilniaþ þurh ungelíce earnunga cuman tó ánre eádignesse
ge-drinc
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Substitute: Drinking, with the idea of quenching thirst Gif hé hyne sylfne mid þǽm ǽspryngum Godes worda gelecð, and his mód mid þǽre swétnesse þæs gástlican gedrinces gefylleð, hé seleð þæs þonne dryncan his þyrstendum móde. Ll. Th. ii. 430) 6. with
mæssian
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Take here mæssian, placed wrongly in Dict. after mæsse-hrægel, and add Sé pápa mid his ágenum handum him his pallium on sette . . . and hé syððan mid þám pallium þǽr mæssode (mæssan sang, v.l.), swá se pápa him gewissode, Chr. 1022; P. 157, l. Messode
mengan
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add: to mix one thing with another, interpose among Mé ys neód ꝥ ic menge ꝥ Lýden amang þissnm Englisce, Angl. viii. 317, 16. to mix two or more things together Heora underngereordu and ǽfengereordu hié mengdon tógædere, Bl. H. 99, 23. of immaterial
nyten-ness
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Add Ignorantia, ꝥ is nytennys, Angl. xi. 109, 40. Ꝥ hé on his ylde of ðám yfelan slǽpe his ǽrran nytennysse áríse, Hml. A. 53, 81: Hml. S. 14, 36 : 25, 788. Þý lǽs þe ǽnig ungecyrred woroldman mid his nytnesse and ungewitte regules geboda ábrǽce, Lch
pund
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Add .X. pund caeses, C. D. i. 293, 10. Se sester sceal wegan twá pund be sylfyrgewyht, Lch. iii. 92, 14. <b>II a.</b> add :-- Man geald ǽrest gafol Deniscan mannum . . . ꝥ wæs .x. þúsend punda, Chr. 991; P. 127, 5. Twá and twéntig þúsend
ǽg-hwæþer
(and) both . . . and
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Add: of two, substantival Wæs ǽghwæþer sáwla full, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 39: Cri. 1577: Sal. 108. Ǽghwæþer óþerne oftrædlíce út drǽfde, Chr. 887; P. 80, 28. Fæder ðára æðelinga ǽghwæðres, Rä. 47, 5. Ǽghwæðres . . . worda and weorca, B. 287. Ǽghwæðrum wæs
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gamen
amusement, mirth ⬩ jest, game ⬩ game ⬩ a game, pastime
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Add: amusement, mirth Hé sceal þonan geómor hweorfan, þám bið gomenes wana þe þá earfeða dreogeð on sárgum sefan, Gú. 1328. Ðú dwollíce leofast swylce þé tó gamenes. Hml. A. 6, 141. Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóðor, Scef. 20. Hý sceolon habban him
hát
Hot, fervent, fervid, fierce [of pain, punishment, etc.] ⬩ a fever
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Hot, fervent, fervid, fierce [of pain, punishment, etc.] Wæs him seó Godes lufu tó ðæs hát and tó ðæs beorht on his heortan the love of God was so fervent and bright in his heart, Blickl. Homl. 225, 36. Hys gecynde is swíðe hát its nature is very hot
CNÓSL
A race ⬩ progeny ⬩ offspring ⬩ kin ⬩ family; ⬩ proles ⬩ genus ⬩ generatio
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A race, progeny, offspring, kin, family; proles, genus, generatio Gewít ðú nú féran, and ðíne fare lǽdan, ceápas to cnósle begin thow now to depart, and lead thy family, thy cattle for progeny Cd. 83; Th. 105, 2; Gen. 1747. Mínes cnósles of my progeny
tó-hopa
Hope, ⬩ expectation
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Hope, expectation Eádig byþ se wer ðe his tóhopa byþ tó swylcum Drihtne beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus, Ps. Th. 39, 4. Hwæt is mín tóhopa quae est expectatio mea? 38, 9. On ðé ys eall úre níél and úre tóhopa Domini est salus, 3, 7. Wâ eów
þæc
a roof ⬩ the material of which a roof is composed ⬩ thatch
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a roof Ðá geségon hí ðone hræfn ða glofe teran uppe on ánes húses þæce ... Wilfrið mid gyrde of ðæs húses hrófe ða glofe gerǽhte, Guthl. 11; Gdwin. 54, 16-22 : Ps. Th. 128, 4. Gé þearfum forwyrndon, ðæt hí under eówrum þæce mósten in gebúgan, Exon. Th
FEORM
food ⬩ provision ⬩ goods ⬩ substance ⬩ victus ⬩ substantia ⬩ bŏna ⬩ an entertaining ⬩ entertainment ⬩ feast ⬩ hospĭtālĭtas ⬩ convīvium ⬩ cœna ⬩ a place where provisions are kept ⬩ provision-quarters of an army ⬩ victus stătio ⬩ use ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ enjoyment ⬩ ūsus ⬩ fructus
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food, provision, goods, substance; victus, substantia, bŏna Nó ðú ymb mínes ne þearft líces feorme leng sorgian thou needest not longer care about my body's food, Beo. Th. 906; B. 451. Hí bærndon and awéston ðæs cynges feorme hámas [MS. hames] they burnt
FÍF
FIVE ⬩ quinque
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FIVE; quinque. Hyra fíf wǽron dysige, and fíf gleáwe quinque ex eis ĕrant fătuæ, et quinque prūdentes, Mt. Bos. 25, 2: Lev. 26, 8. Cómon ða fíf cynegas ascendērunt quinque rēges, Jos. 10, 5, 16. Ðæra fíf hláfa quinque pānum. Mt. Bos. 16, 9. Of fíf hláfum
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notu
use ⬩ profit ⬩ advantage ⬩ an office ⬩ employment ⬩ the discharge of an office ⬩ conduct of business
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use, profit, advantage Nittung vel notu usus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 39. Hæbbe se abbod á mid him gewrit ealra ðæra ǽhta; ðonne seó notu ( the use of tools, etc. ) on gebróðra gewrixle biþ, sý ðæt gewis á mid ðam abbode, ðæt hé wite, hwæt betǽht sý and hwæt
wiþer-rǽde
Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature
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Adverse, contrary Aduersus is nama þwyr oððe wiðerrǽde, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 240, 1. Wiþerrǽde contrarius, 47; Zup. 275, 6. where there is ill-will, at variance, hostile Ðæra Persiscra cyning wæs ðam Cásere wiþerrǽde, Jud. Thw. 162, 24. Ongeán ðam wíslícan
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gearwian
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Dele 'gerwan, ... gierian,' and add: to make ready Farað and gearwiað (earwiað, v. l.) ús, ꝥ wé úre eástron gewyrcon, Lk. 22, 8. <b>I a.</b> to make ready to do something :-- Huér wiltu ꝥ wé gearuiga (iarwan, R.) ðé til eottanne eástro?,