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un-áræfned

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áræfned, adj.

Intolerableinsupportable

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Ecg. C. 19; Th. ii. 146, 4. Þurh ða wædlan stówe wætres and þurh ða unárefndon lond wildeóra and wyrma per immania et egentia plerumque aquarum, per aliquot serpentium ferarumque loca, Nar. 26, 8

un-þingod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þingod, adj.

Unatonedunsettled

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Unatoned, unsettled Swá eác se ðe óðrum bismer cwið, oððe déð, ðeáh hé geswíce, and hit nǽfre eft ne dó, ðeáh hit bið gedón, ðæt hé dyde, and unðingad, gif hé hit ne bét neque qui contumelias irrogat, si solummodo tacuerit, satisfecit, Past. 54; Swt.

wiþerweardlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþerweardlíce, adv.

Detrimentallyagainst the interests

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Detrimentally, against the interests of any one Þurh ðæt ðe ðú ðysne wuldres cyning áhénge, ðú dydest wyþerwerdlíce ongeán ðé and eác ongeán mé (thou hast acted against thine own interests and against mine. v.

wyrtwalian

(v.)
Grammar
wyrtwalian, p. ode.
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Moys. 21 ( = Ex. 15, 17). Wirtwæledæst plantasti, Ps. Spl. T. 43, 3. Wyrtwalodes, 79, 10. to root up, eradicate Ic wyrtwalige (áwyrtwalige, v. l.) uello, uellico, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 214, 16. Wyrtwalod, Shrn. 184, 3

borda

(n.)
Grammar
borda, an; m.

a fringeembroidery

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Ex. 64

Linked entry: borde

beren

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Beren eár 54, 11. þá hlafas wǽron berene, Hml. Th. i. 188, 4. Add:

brýsan

Grammar
brýsan, (-ian).
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L. 49. to pound, season Weorcu náne synd bútan of eádmódnysse brýsdde opera nulla sunt nisi ex humilitate condiantur, Scint. 20, 20. v. ge-brýsan (-ian)

ge-spreca

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Drihten spræc wið Móises swá man spricð wið his freónd, Ex. 33, II), Wlfst. 13, 5. Add

gúþ-frec

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The epithet is applied to the cannibals who, distressed by hunger, were eager for the death of the victim they meant to eat Þá wæs rinc manig, gúðfrec guma, ymb þæs geongan feorh breóstum onbryrded tó þám beaduláce, An. 1119

rǽd-wita

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Betwyx þǽre écan úplicum sibbe ríce rǽdwitan rodera weardas inter aetherium coelesti pace senatum, Dóm. L. 298

un-gelífende

(adj.)
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not believing, incredulous Sé þe ungelýfende byþ in þon þe hé tweóþ, hé ne séceð ná þone geleáfan, ac gesceádwísnesse qui infidelis est in eo quad dubitat, fidem non quaerit, sed rationem, Gr. D. 262, II.

sǽ-fise

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-fise, es; m.

A sea-fish,

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A sea-fish, fish that lives in the sea Fleógende fuglas and sǽfiscas volucres coeli et pisces maris, Ps. Th. 8, 8. Swelaþ sǽfiscas, wǽgdeóra gehwylc swelteþ, Exon. Th. 61, 19; Cri. 987. Óðre sǽfisca cynn, 363, 19; Wal. 56.

scearp-numol

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp-numol, adj.

Efficacious

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Efficacious Ðeós wyrt ys swýðescearpnumul (-el, MS. B.) níwe wunda and wíde tó gehǽlenne, swá ðæt ða wunda hrædlíce tógædere gáþ, Lchdm. i. 134, 10. Ðeós wyrt is swíðe scearpnumul wið ðæt áttor, 152, 3.

Linked entry: teart-numol

up

(adj.)
Grammar
up, upp; adj.

That is abovethat is on high

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v. up-godu), ealle upheá and æðele bearn dii estis et filii excelsi omnes, Ps. Th. 81, 6

wæstm-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm-sceatt, es; m.

Usury, interest

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Of westemsceattum ex usuris, Ps. Surt. 71, 14

Linked entry: wæstm

brim-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
brim-wudu, m. [brim, wudu wood]

Sea-wood, a shipmaris lignum, navis

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Kmbl. 488; El. 244

hnitu

(n.)
Grammar
hnitu, e; f.

A nit

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Med. ex Quadr. 9, 15; Lchdm. i. 364, 6

swegel-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
swegel-torht, adj.

Heaven-bright

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Ex. 41. Wuldorfæstan wíc, síd and swegltorht, Cd. Th. 2, 32; Gen. 28. Swegel-torhtan seld, 6, 27; Gen. 95

Linked entry: swegel-beorht

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Ex. 206. Áhrede mé hearmcwidum heánra manna, Ps.

stów

(n.)
Grammar
stów, e; f.

A placea place, spot, locality, sitea place on the bodya place which is built, a house or collection of houses, a habitation, dwellinga place, position, stationa place in a seriesplace, room, steada place, passage in a book

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Muntas and móras and eác monige wéste stówa, Salm.