Candelmæsse-dæg
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Candelmasday On ðám feówerteogoðan dæge fram his ácennednesse þe wé cweþað Candelmæssedæg, Nap. 12
á-wéstedness
Desolation
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Desolation Lá hú sint hig gewordene tó áwéstednysse (in desolationem), Ps. L. 72, 19
Linked entries: -wéstedness á-wéstness
ǽfen-spræc
Evening speech ⬩ vespertina loquela
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Evening speech; vespertina loquela Gemunde ǽfenspræce he remembered his evening speech, Beo. Th. 1522; B. 759
æmetig
Vacant ⬩ empty ⬩ barren ⬩ vacuus
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Vacant, empty, barren; vacuus Hit æmetig læg it lay barren, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 16
íren-byrne
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An iron byrnie Námon írenbyrnan, heard swyrd hilted, and his helm, Beo. Th. 5965; B. 2986
Linked entry: ísern-byrne
martyrung
Suffering as a martyr
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Suffering as a martyr Ymbe his martyrunga de passione Christi, Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 254, 24
ge-wráðian
To make angry
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To make angry Ðá gewráðede hine Landfranc then Lanfranc was angry, Chr. 1070; Erl. 208, 5
Linked entry: wráþian
ge-wærlan
To go ⬩ pass
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To go, pass Éghuoelc on weg his giwærlde quisque in viam suam declinavit, Rtl. 19, 39
geond-leccan
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to moisten thoroughly, irrigate Gif hé hine of flódum Godes wordes gindlecþ ( inriget ), Chrd. 108, 26
be-wǽgan
To deceive, disappoint ⬩ frustrari
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To deceive, disappoint; frustrari Ne bewǽgde him non frustratus est eum, Ps. Spl. C. 131, 11
Linked entry: bi-wǽgan
ge-bótad
Bettered ⬩ mended ⬩ resartus
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Bettered, mended; resartus Ðá him gebótad wæs when he was better, Chr. 1093; Erl. 228, 30
ge-læht
Taken ⬩ captus ⬩ comprehensus
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Taken; captus, comprehensus Híg beóþ gelæhte comprehenduntur, Ps. Lamb. second 9, 2; pp. of ge-læccan
un-gerímedlíc
Innumerable
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Innumerable Ðá geseah hé ða mycelan and ða ungerímedlícan ferde his feónda, H. R. 3, 15
un-wærness
Heedlessness ⬩ want of caution ⬩ imprudence
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Heedlessness, want of caution, imprudence Þurh ðás unwærnysse hé gebringð hine on helle, Wulfst. 299, 7
Linked entry: wærness
wit-leást
Senselessness ⬩ folly
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Senselessness, folly His (Job's) wífes witleást (gewitleást, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 4), Job. Thw. 167, 32
ymb-wrítan
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to cut round, circumscribe Hine eác ymbwrít mid sweorde on .iiii. healfa, Lchdm. ii. 346, 26
Linked entry: be-wrítan
and-weardlíce
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Swá Drihten ondweardlíce ( when present with them ) spræc tó his gingrum, Bl. H. 131, 30. Add
á-ildan
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To put off, delay Ic hit áyldan ne mæg eam declinare nequeo, Gr. D. 21, 22
Linked entry: ildan
be-hýran
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To let or hire out Behýred feoh locatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 3: conductio, 135, 70
Linked entry: hýrian