wæfre
flickering ⬩ wavering ⬩ quivering ⬩ wavering ⬩ languishing ⬩ active ⬩ nimble
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flickering, wavering, quivering Wylm ðæs wæfran líges (cf. Icel. vafr-logi), Cd. Th. 231, 2; Dan. 241. fig. wavering, languishing Him wæs geómor sefa, wæfre and wælfús, Beo. Th. 4831; B. 2420.
ælmes-selen
Alms-giving
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Alms-giving Ðæt hálige gebed and seó hlútre lufu Godes and seó ælmessylen, Wlfst. 146, 4: Dóm. L. 28, 9. Fæsten and wæccan and ælmessylena æfter úrum gemete, Bl. H. 73, 27. Tó ðám weorce ælmæssylena eleemosynarum operibus, Gr. D. 329, 13: 321, 24.
Linked entry: selen
ofer-færeld
A going across, passage, transit
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Heore is ðæt scip and se ouerfæreld ðare hæuene eorum (the monks of Christchurch) est navicula et transfretatio portus, Chart. Th. 317, 38. Æfter oferfærelde sǽ reádre post transitum maris rubri, Hymn. Surt. 82, 7
of-tyge
A holding back, withholding
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Ungelimp mid synnum geearnod, swíðost mid ðam oftige ðæs neádgafoles ðe Cristene men Gode gelǽstan sceoldon on heora teóþingsceattum misfortune merited through sins, especially through the keeping back of the tax that Christian men ought to pay to God
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híw-cúþlíce
Familiarly
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Hí biþ hiewcúþlíce þeów ðæm Godes feónde hosti Dei familiarius servit, Past. 47, 2; Swt. 361, 1.
tó-fleógan
to fly asunder, ⬩ fly to pieces ⬩ to fly apart, ⬩ to crack, ⬩ have breakings out (of a diseased body)
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to fly asunder, fly to pieces Hé slóh ða næddran, ðæt heó on viiii tófleáh he struck the adder so that it flew into nine pieces, Lchdm. iii. 34, 26. to fly apart, to crack, have breakings out (of a diseased body) Wið hreófe and wið tóflogen líe for
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tó-torfian
to fling in different directions ⬩ to toss about ⬩ to stone to pieces ⬩ destroy by throwing stones
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to fling in different directions, to toss about Wæs ðæt scyp of ðám ýþum tótorfod (jactabatur), Mt. Kmbl. 14, 24. Similar entries Cf. tó-weorpan. to stone to pieces, destroy by throwing stones.
twi-dǽlan
to divide in two ⬩ to differ
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Ðone twydǽledan wísdóm, ðæt is andweardra þinga and gástlicra wísdóm, Lchdm. iii. 440, 29. Ðás twidǽledan hanc bi-partitam, divisam in duas paries Hpt. Gl. 434, 32. to differ Twydǽlþ discrepat, Scint. 125, 6.
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twi-wyrdig
Making contradictory or discordant statements ⬩ at variance in what is said
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Hé com tó Róme and diégellíce geceápede ðæt hié ealle wǽron ymb hiene twywyrdige cum Romam ipse venisset, omnibus pecunia corruptis seditiones dissensionesque permiscuit, 5, 7; Swt. 228, 18
sele-gescot
A tabernacle
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Ðæt selegescot, hús tó wynne (the body), Exon. Th. 90, 28; Cri. 1481. Selegescotu tabernacula, Ps. Th. 77, 28. Selegesceotu, 82, 6: 107, 6. On ðínum selegescotum, 146, 11
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sixtig
Sixty
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Hwæt mǽnde ðæt syxtig wera strongera? Blickl. Homl. II, 16-22. Æfter siextegum daga intra sexagesimum diem, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 4. Mid iii hund scipa and LXgum, Swt. 176, 25. Sexdig (sextig. Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 8. Sexdig ł sextih. Mt. Kmbl.
slápol
Addicted to sleep ⬩ somnolent
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Tó ðám Godes weorce árísende, heora ǽlc ððerne myngige, ðæt ða slápule (-an, MS. F.) náne láde næbben, R. Ben. 47, 17. Hana ða slápolan þreáþ, Hymn. Surt. 7, 1
buteruc
A leathern bottle ⬩ flasco, uter
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Ðæt wæter asceortode, ðe wæs on ðam buturuce consumpta esset aqua in utre, Gen. 21, 15. Butruc flasco, Wrt. Voc. 85, 83
lyffetung
Flattery ⬩ adulation
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Heora nán ne gedyrstlǽce ðæt heó Godes landáre woroldrícum sellen for lyffetunge let none of them dare to give God's lands to the powerful of the earth as a means of paying court to them, Lchdm. iii. 442, 32.
be-smítan
To BESMUT, defile, dirty, pollute, contaminate ⬩ polluere, inquinare, coinquinare, contaminare
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Ðæt hýg nǽron besmitene ut non contaminarentur, Jn. Bos. 18, 28: Ps. Th. 52, 1: 106, 16 : Mk. Bos. 7, 2, 5
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syn-full
Sinful; used substantively, a sinner
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Voc. i. 86, 63. ðæt synfull gesyhþ peccator videbit, Ps. Th. 111, 9. Ic eom synfull (synn-, Lind.) mann homo peccator sum, Lk. Skt. 5, 8. Synful, Jn. Skt. 9, 16. Þeáh ðe se mæssere synfull sý, L. Ecg.
un-cystig
Niggardly ⬩ parsimonious ⬩ not liberal
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Ne sǽde ðæt hálige godspel (Lk. c. 16) ðæt se ríca reáfere wǽre, ac wæs uncystig and módegode on his welum, Homl. Th. i. 328, 19. 'Gé noldon him on mínum naman tíðian' ... Ðonne faraþ ða uncystigan intó écere cwicsúsle, ii. 108, 30: Wulfst. 289, 8.
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ge-ner
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Betere wé faran ús intó þám niycclan scræfe . . . and ðǽr wé magon on genere wunian, Hml. S. 23, 204. Gif. . . hí manna ǽnig on genere heólde, 50.
móna
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Ðæs mónan geár hæfð seofon and twéntig daga and eahta tída. On ðám fyrste hé underyrnð ealle ðá twelf tácna þe seó sunne undergǽð twelf mónað . . .
hæslen
Of hazel
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Of hazel Genim æt fruman hæslenne sticcan oððe ellenne wrít ðínne naman on ásleah þrý scearpan on gefylle mid ðý blóde ðone naman weorp ofer eaxle on yrnende wæter and stand ofer ðone man ða scearpan ásleá ðæt eall swíginde gedó take, to begin with,