wille
A well, spring, fountain
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I. 7 ; S. 478, 29 note. Hé is se libbenda wylle (-a ?) fons vivus Ps. Th. 41, 2. An tuddeles þorn, and an hróces wylle; . . . þonne an lawernwylle . . .
á-wlǽtan
To make loathsome ⬩ disfigure ⬩ pollute
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S. 6, 285. moral Ic mid sweartum synnum míne sáwle áwlǽtte, Angl. xiii. 113, 53. Ðás gyltas ne magon úre sáwle ofsleán, ac hí magon hí áwlǽtan, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 29. Áwlǽttre pollutae, oblitae, Germ. 397, 466
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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P. 5; Th. ii. 366, 4. Him ðá Rómáne æfter ðæm ládteówas gesetton, ðe hie consulas héton, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 68, 2. Ealle míne ládþeówas ðe mec on swelc earfeðo gelǽddon locorum demonstratores qui nos in insidias deducebant, Nar. 16, 25. In Mt. Kmbl.
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un-scyldig
innocent ⬩ guiltless ⬩ innocent of a crime, charge ⬩ guiltless in relation to (wið) a person ⬩ innocent ⬩ not accountable for an ill result ⬩ not responsible
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Th. i. 342, 9. guiltless in relation to (wið) a person. Similar entries v. un-scyldigness : -- Ic com unscyldig wið ðás míne fýnd ego in innocentia mea ingressus sum, Ps. Th. 25, 1.
dígol
Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknown ⬩ secrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus
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On dígle, deorce stówe in an obscure, dark place, Ps. Th. 142, 4. Is seó forþgesceaft dígol and dyrne the future condition is dark and secret, Menol. Fox 585; Gn. C. 62.
wríþan
to twist ⬩ give a curved form to ⬩ to bind up ⬩ wrap round ⬩ bandage ⬩ to bind ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter
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Lchdm. i. 82, 25. to bind, fetter Oft wíf hine (a dog) wríð, Exon. Th. 434, 3; Rä. 51, 5. Ic hine heardan clammum wríþan þóhte, Beo. Th. 1933; B. 964
HUNGOR
HUNGER ⬩ famine
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Hér wæs se micla hungor on Angelcynne in this year was the great famine in England, Chr. 976; Erl. 127, 34. Hér on ðyssum geáre wæs se mycla hungor geond Angelcynn swilce nán man ǽr ne gemunde swá grimme, 1005; Erl. 139, 36.
ge-cyrran
to turn ⬩ convert ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ to turn [one's self] ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ verti ⬩ reverti ⬩ ire
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Homl. 85, 24; 57, 30; 59, 13. to turn [one's self], go, return; verti, reverti, ire Ic wille ðæt he libbe and to Gode gecyrran I will that he live and turn to God, Blickl. Homl. 97, 34; 101, 15. Gecyrraþ to me ðonne gecyrre ic to eów.
þreátung
compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ violence ⬩ oppression ⬩ ill-treatment ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threatening
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compulsion, force, violence, oppression, ill-treatment. Similar entries v. þreátian, I Hí bestungon him on múþ mid niycelre ðreátunge ðone fúlan mete, Homi. Skt. ii. 25, 34.
á-bǽdan
to force, wring ⬩ to compel ⬩ to demand, require
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S. 23b, 130. where the object is something due, a tax, or the like Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, ðá ðe ábaedde beóð from ðaem nédbáderum, C. D. i. 114, 20.
mǽrlíce
Magnificently ⬩ excellently ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ with distinction
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Th. i. 328, 13. Joseph leofode on ðam lande (Egypt) mǽrlíce Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 8. Hwæt is ðes mihtiga ðe ðus mǽrlíce féreþ (Christ entering Jerusalem), Blickl. Homl. 71, 14.
mearc-land
a border-land ⬩ waste land lying outside the cultivated ⬩ a district ⬩ country ⬩ territory
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Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 46 sqq
neádunga (-inga)
Forcibly ⬩ not willingly ⬩ under compulsion ⬩ of necessity
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P. ii. 1; Th. ii. 182, 16. Neádunga, L. M. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 266, 27. Gif hé (man) wǽre neádunga (without power of choice, necessarily ) Gode underþeód, ðonne næfde hé nán wuldor for gódum weorcum, Boutr. Scrd. 17, 26.
ge-mengednys
A mingling together, mixing, mixture, connection ⬩ commixtio, admixtio
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Th. i. 544, 17. Ðære sǽ gemengednyssa the minglings of the sea, 610, 11 : 608, 20
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ge-mittan
To find, meet ⬩ invĕnīre, obviam hăbēre
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Efne we ðás eall on Eufraten sæcgean gehýrdon, syððan gemittan fórwel manegu, on wudu-feldum ecce audīvĭmus ea in Euphrata, invēnĭmus ea in campis silvæ, Ps. Th. 131, 6: Cd. 80; Th. 101, 24; Gen. 1687.
un-bindan
To unbind ⬩ untie
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To unbind, untie Ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic unbinde ( soluam ) his sceóþwang, Jn. Skt. 1, 27. 'Æfter his beháte ic ðé unbinde' ... Se engel hire ðá unband, Homl. Th. i. 466, 31.
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snǽdan
to slice, cut into slices ⬩ to snathe ⬩ to lop, prune, cut branches off trees ⬩ to hew ⬩ trim stones. ⬩ putare ⬩ to cut into slices
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to slice, cut into slices On hunig gesnǽd Lchdm. ii. 294, 9. to snathe [given by Halliwell as a northern word = to prune trees, and occurs in Ray's collection, E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15.
wáse
Ooze ⬩ mud ⬩ slime
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Voc. ii. 103, 2: 13. 35. Cenum, i. luti vorago, vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i. wáse vel fæn, 130, 75.
á-slacian
to slacken ⬩ become slack ⬩ to make slack
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Th. i. 614, 13. figurative Ásleacað his tunge tó ðǽre godcundan bodunge. Hml. Th. ii. 442, 25. Gif wé ásleaciað fram gódum weorcum, 98, 15. Gif wé áslaciað þæs friðes and þæs weddes þe wé seald habbað, Ll. Th. i. 238, 21.
bóc-cræftig
Book-crafty or learned, learned in the Bible ⬩ in libris literatus, in Bibliis doctus
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Book-crafty or learned, learned in the Bible; in libris literatus, in Bibliis doctus Hí bleóton [MS. breotun] bóccræftige they destroyed those learned in the Bible, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 25; Jul. 16