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un-nídige

(adv.)
Grammar
un-nídige, adv.

Without compulsionwillingly

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Oft hit gebyreþ ðætte manige men bióþ swá ungetrume ǽgþer ge on móde ge on líchoman ðæt hí ne magon ne nán god dón, ne nán yfel nyllaþ unnédige, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 1

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wilsum-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilsum-líc, adj.

desirablepleasantvoluntaryspontaneous

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Hé monig ðing ge egeslíce ge willsumlíce (desideranda) geseah, 5, 12; S. 627, 29. voluntary, spontaneous Hé geleornade ðæt Cristes ðeówdðóm sceolde beón wilsumlíc, nalæs genédedlíc didicerat servitium Christi voluntarium, non coactitium esse debere,

irre

(n.)
Grammar
irre, es; n.

Angerwrathirerage

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Ðé læs habban godes yrre ne super omnem coetum oriatur indignatio, Lev.10, 6. Hé gearwe wiste ðæt hie godes yrre habban sceoldon, Cd. 33; Th. 43, 24 ; Gen. 695: Exon. 61 b ; Th. 226, 20; Ph. 408. Godes yrre bær the wrath of God was upon him, Beo.

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á-leógan

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., to be false to one's promise Hí hit eall álugon, ge wed ge áþas, Chr. 947; P. 112, 25. Gif hwá geniéd sié tó hláfordsearwe . . . ꝥ is ryhtre tó áleóganne þonne tó gelǽstanne. Gif hé þæs weddie þe hym riht sý tó gelǽstanne and ꝥ áleóge, Ll.

for-weorþan

to become illto go badto come to a bad endto perish

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Ger. fer-werdan.]

a-hildan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hildan, p. -hilde; pp. -hilded, -hild

To inclinedeclineinclinaredeclinare

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To incline, decline; inclinare, declinare Ne ahilde ge náðer ne on ða wynstran healfe ne on ða swíðran non declinabitis neque ad dexteram neque ad sinistram, Deut. 5, 32

deorce

(adv.)
Grammar
deorce, adv.

Darkly, sadly obscūre

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Nǽfre ge heortan geþanc deorce forhyrden nolīte obdurāre corda vestra, 94, 8

big-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
big-cwide, bí-cwide, es; m. [be, big by; cwide a saying]

A by-saying, by-word, proverb, fable, taleproverbium, fabula

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A by-saying, by-word, proverb, fable, tale; proverbium, fabula Ge forwurðaþ þurh bigspell and bigcwidas eris perditus in proverbium et fabulam, Deut. 28, 37. Bícwide proverbium, Prov. 22

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botl-weard

(n.)
Grammar
botl-weard, -werd, es; m. [weard a keeper, guardian]

A house-stewardædilis

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Gl. 8; Som. 56, 105; Wrt. Voc. 18, 54. Botlwerd ædilis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 29

fiht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fiht-wíte, fiht-wíte (fihte-, fyht-, fyhte-), es; n.
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On Denalage se cynincg áh fyhtewíta (fihtwíte, v. l.) and fyrdwíta, 384, 5. the revenue derived from, or the right to receive, such fines Se wagnscilling gonge tó þæs cyninges handa . . . ah elles ge landfeoh ge fihtewíte . . . ge ǽlc þǽra wónessa þe

dún-scrǽf

(n.)
Grammar
dún-scrǽf, gen. -scræfes; pl. nom. acc. -scrafu; gen. -scrafa; dat. -scrafum, -scræfum; n. [dún a mountain, scræf a den, cave]

A mountain-cavemontāna cavema

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A mountain-cave; montāna cavema Dúnscrafu, nom. pl. mountain-caves, Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 12; Ph. 24. He séceþ dýgle stówe under dúnscrafum he seeks a secret place among the mountain-caves, 96 a; Th. 357, 32; Pa. 37. Weras woldon to dúnscræfum drohtoþ

Gleáw-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Gleáw-ceaster, Gleáwan-ceaster, Gléu-cester, Gléw-cester, Gléwcester, Glóu-cester, Glówe-ceaster; gen. dat. -ceastre

GLOUCESTERa county town in the west of England

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GLOUCESTER, a county town in the west of England Æþelfæd líð binnan Gleáwceastre Ethelfleda lies buried at Gloucester, Chr. 918; Erl. 109, 7

te-

(prefix)
Grammar
te-, v. te-flówan, -tredan, -weorpan given under tó-flówan, -tredan, -weorpan. [O. Frs. te-, ti-: O. H. Ger. za-, ze-, zi-.]

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fór-standan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen

To stand before or againstwithstandopposehinderresistĕreimpĕdīre

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Ne mágon him ða wíc fórstondan to him ye may not hinder the dwellings, Exon. 42 b; Th. 144, 7; . 674. Ic him ðæt fórstonde I hinder them from that. Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 15; Rä. 17, 8.

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fót-sceamel

(n.)
Grammar
fót-sceamel, -sceamol, -scamel, -scamul, es; m.

A footstoolpĕdum scăbellumsubpĕdāneum

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Gl. 66; Som. 69, 79; Wrt. Voc. 41, 33

Linked entry: sceamol

dim

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On ðǽre dimman ádle in that miserable malady, . 1135. dark, wicked; Gen. 685

leornere

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Gr. 101, 22; 102, 29. Ic wilnige ðætte ðeós sprǽc stigge on ðæt ingeðonc ðæs leorneres ( lectoris ), Past. 23, 17. a man of learning, a scholar Sc̃s Augustinus tíd ðæs bisceopes and þæs æþelan leorneres, Shrn. 122, 23.

clýsing

(n.)
Grammar
clýsing, clýsung, e; f.

A CLOSINGinclosureconclusion of a sentenceperiodclaustrumperiodusπερίοδος

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Periodos is clýsing oððe ge-endung ðæs ferses a period is the conclusion or ending of a sentence [lit. verse], Ælfc. Gr. 50, 14; Som. 51, 18

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gnídan

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Gr. Z. 137, 15. to rub an object Hit biþ geornlic þæt mon heardlíce gníde þone hnescestan mealmstán, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 27. <b&gt;I a.

hwæþer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæþer, conj.
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, Gr. D. 146, 1-6. <b&gt;I a.</b&gt; where the question is introduced by a pronominal hwæþer, cf.