un-gedyrstig
Faint-hearted ⬩ diffident
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Faint-hearted, diffident Ða unmódigan and ða ungedyrstigan wénaþ ðæt ðæt suíðe forsewenlíc sié ðætte hié dóð and forðon weorðaþ oft ormóde pusillanimes vehementer despecta putant esse, quae faciunt, et ideirco in desperatione franguntur, Past. 32; Swt
Linked entry: ge-dyrstig
un-seldan
Not seldom ⬩ frequently
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Oft and unseldan, L. E. G. proem.; Th. i. 166, 9: Btwk. 222, 2. Oft and unseldon, L. Pen. 2; Th. ii. 278, 5
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wól-gewinn
A conflict where there is a great mortality
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A conflict where there is a great mortality Gif hié gemunan willaþ hiora ieldrena unclǽnnessa, and heora wólge-winna, and hiora monigfealdan unsibbe recolant majorum suorum tempora, bellis inquietissima, sceleribus exsecrabilia, dissensionibus foeda,
hwilfan
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To arch, vault, make hwealf (q. v. ) Ðonne þú hlid habban wylle, bonne hafa þú þíne wynstran hand sámlocene, and eác swá þá swýþran, and hwylf hý ofer þá wynstran eal swylce þú cuppan hlíde, Tech. ii. 125, 7
mann-cyst
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Manly virtue Healdan wé þæt mid gódum dǽdum and mid æðelum mancystum, þæt wé beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé wé dón magon, and in ðám dǽdum þe wé þurhteón magon, Verc. Först. 169. Cf. gum-cyst
Linked entry: cyst
hand-cláþ
A hand-cloth, towel ⬩ a hand-towel
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A hand-cloth, towel Ic geseó Godes engel standende ætforan ðé mid, handcláþe, and wípaþ ðíne swátigan limu I see God's angel standing before thee with a handcloth, and he wipes thy sweaty limbs, Homl. Th. i. 426, 30
ge-tal
Quick ⬩ ready ⬩ active ⬩ agilis ⬩ velox ⬩ expeditus
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Quick, ready, active; agilis, velox, expeditus Wǽron hyra tungan getale teónan gehwylcre and to yfele gehwám ungemet scearpe their tongues were swift to every wrong and to every evil exceeding sharp; lingua eorum machæra acuta, Ps. Th. 56, 5
á-búgan
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Hí worhton fela gedwimera on anlícnessum and ðǽrtó ábugan. Wlfst, 11. 5. Men sceolon ábúgan tó gehálgodre róde, Hml. Th. ii. 306, 21. of action, yielding, submission Ðám wé sceolon ábúgan, and hé ne ábýhð ná ús. Hml. A. 8, 211.
staca
A stake
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Án wyduwe and hire sune drifon íserne stacan on Alsie, Wulfstánes feder... Man téh ðæt morð forð of hire inclifan. Ða nam man ðæt wíf and ádrencte hí æt Lundenebrigce, Chart. Th. 230, 12-19
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ǽnforléten
Clothed? ⬩ amictus? ⬩ amissus? and not amictus
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and not amictus
dræhþ
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drags, thou draggest; 3 rd and 2nd pers. pres. of dragan
hundteóntig-geáre
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Aged a hundred Adam leofode hundteóntigeáre and þrittegeáre, Gen. 5, 3
lǽlian
livescere
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to become black and blue; livescere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50 41
rípung
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Spoliation, plundering Fordéminge and rýpincge proscriptionem, fraudationem, Hpt. Gl. 480, 38
bilst
bellowest, bellows
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bellowest, bellows; Similar entries 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of bellan
reodian
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Ic þragum, þreodude and geþanc reodode, Elen. Kmbl. 2476;El. 1239. (?)
Sumersǽtisc
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Of Somerset Defenisces folces and Sumorsǽtisces, Chr. 1001; Erl. 137, 11
wyn-wyrt
A pleasant plant
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A pleasant plant Ðǽr wynwyrta weóxon and bleówon, Dóm. L. 5
á-bedecian
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To get by begging. v. a-beþecian in Dict. and bedecian
ǽ-þrýtness
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and add Ǽþrytnesse tedium, Hy. S. 133, 28. Ǽþretnysse, 25, 24