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wáclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wáclíce, adv.

weakly ⬩ feebly ⬩ poorly ⬩ meanly ⬩ cheaply

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Voc. ii. 29, 32: enerviter, turpiter, 143. 56. poorly, meanly, cheaply Eówer reáf ne beó tó ranclíce gemaeod, ne eft tó wáclíce, ac werige gehwá swá his háde tó gebyrige, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 358, 7.

hafoc-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
hafoc-cynn, es; n.

The hawk species

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The hawk species Ne ete gé nán þing hafoccynnes ne earncynnes eat nothing of the hawk-kind or the eagle-kind, Lev. 11, 13

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Ne geðafede non adquievit, 96. Ne hí Agustinus lárum ne his bénum ne his þreám geþatígean woldon cum neque precibus, neque kortamentis, neque increpationibus Augustini adsensum praebere uoluis-sent.

weá-tácn

(n.)
Grammar
weá-tácn, es; n.

A sign of misery, a woeful signal

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A sign of misery, a woeful signal Nis þǽr on ðam londe, ne wóp ne wracu, weátácen nán, yldu ne yrmðu, Exon. Th. 201, 5; Ph. 51. Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad, ðæt hié ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton. Andr. Kmbl. 2239; An. 1121

lyge-torn

(n.)
Grammar
lyge-torn, es; n.
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Ne biþ cwénlíc þeáw ðætte freoþuwebbe feores onsæce æfter ligetorne leófne mannan it is no womanly fashion that a peaceweaver [woman] attack a loved man's life, having only a pretended cause for anger against him [?

ge-hwearfness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwearfness, ge-hwerfness, e; f.
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Conversion S Paules gehwerf-nes tó Críste, Shrn. 58, 26.

hell-sceaþa

a fiend ⬩ the grave

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Similar entries Cf. hell; I, 1 For ðon ná helsceaða andet ðé and ne deáþ herede quia non infernns confitebitur te neque mars laudabit te. Ps. Rdr. 277, 18

Linked entry: helle-sceaþa

hlacerian

(v.)
Grammar
hlacerian, p. ode

To scoff at ⬩ mock

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To scoff at, mock Ne ne tǽlun ł hlakerian ł gebysmerian [mé] míne fýnd neque irrideant me inimici mei, Ps. L. 24, 3

Linked entry: hlacerung

nearwe

Grammar
nearwe, <b>. I.</b>
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Ne ǽnig man óðerne to nearwe ne hæfte, Wlfst. 70, 5. Add

or-trýwan

(v.)

to despair of

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to despair of Ne ortrywan hig Godes mildheortnysse ne desperent illi de misericordia Dei, L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 7

baan

(n.)
Grammar
baan, es; n.

A bone

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A bone Ne tobrǽcan ða baan they broke not the bones, Homl. Daye 55, 17; Th. has, Ne tobrǽcon ða bán, Homl. ii. 280, 9

fen-fixas

(n.)
Grammar
fen-fixas, fen-fisc, es; m.
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A fish living in the water of a fen Ne þicgen hié fenfixas, ne sǽfixas þá þe habbað heard flǽsc, Lch. ii. 254, 22. Substitute:

hreówan

(v.)
Grammar
hreówan, p. hreáw

To rue ⬩ grieve

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To rue, make sorry, grieve; often impers Him nán yfel ne hríwþ quam mala nulla contristant, Past. 53, 5; Swt. 417, 1. Hí hér syngiaþ and hit him nó ne hreówþ they sin in this world and are not sorry for it, 55, 2; Swt. 429, 17.

drý-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
drý-cræft, es; m. [cræft craft, art]

Magical art, magic, sorcery ⬩ ars magĭca

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Warna ðé ðæt ðú ne gíme drýcræfta ne swefena ne hwatena nec inveniātur in te, qui ariolos sciscĭtētur et observet somnia atque augŭria, Deut. 18, 10. Drífan drýcræftas to exercise magical arts, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 107; Met. 26, 54.

Linked entry: dreó-cræft

lesan

(v.)
Grammar
lesan, p. læs; pl. lǽson; pp. lesen

To lease ⬩ gather ⬩ collect

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Ne gé ne gaderion ða eár ðe bæftan eów beóþ ac lǽtaþ þearfan and útácymene hig lesan nec remanentes spicas colligetis, sed pauperibus et peregrinis dimittetis eas, Lev. 23, 22

sácerd-hád

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Ne sý nán sácerdhádes man, ne lǽwedes hádes þe má . . . Ll. Th. ii. 412, 27; 408, 6.

lah-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lah-líce, adv.

Lawfully

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Lawfully, according to law Ne úre nǽnig his líf ne fadode swá swá hé scolde ne gehádode regollíce ne lǽwede lahlíce nor hath any one of us ordered his life as he should, neither those ordained according to their rules nor the laymen according to the

Linked entry: lah-líc

wærc

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.) ; for ðan se wræc (wærc, v.l. ) bid miceles cwelmes ǽlcum þára þe hé tó cymeð ; for ðan hine sóna ne lysteð metes ne drinces . . . ne ðǽr ne bið ǽnig wuldor mid him, þæt hé fore wynsumige, þeáh him syndon ealle wuldordreámas tó gelǽdde, Verc.

pinn

(n.)
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a pin, peg Ne sceolde hé nán þing forgýman ðe ǽfre tó note mehte; ne músfellan, ne ðæt git læsse is, tó hæpsan pinn,Anglia ix. 265, 10. [From Latin pinna.] an instrument for writing, a pen Mið pinn ł urittsæx calami, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 17

ge-efesian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-efesian, -efsian; p. ode; pp. od

To cut in the form of eaves ⬩ to round ⬩ shear ⬩ clip ⬩ crop ⬩ tondēre

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To cut in the form of eaves, to round, shear, clip, crop; tondēre Ne he næs geefesod ne bescoren he was not clipped nor shorn, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 20. Ic næs nǽfre geefsod ne nǽfre bescoren ferrum nunquam ascendit super caput meum, Jud. 16, 17