sóþ-sagol
Veracious
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Se ðe wǽre leássagol, weorðe se sóþsagol, Wulfst. 72, 16
be-hwerfan
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Úre unclǽnan weorc wé sceolon behwyrfan mid clænum, 138, 29
á-þeóstrian
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Gif his andgit áðístriað ðá flǽsclican weorc, Past. 67, 25. Hé áðeóstrade hié obscuravit eos, Ps. Srt. 104, 28. Áþeóstredan caliginabant, obumbrabant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 68. Ðæt ðæt dust ne áðísðrige (á-ðiéstrige,v. l.) ðæt eáge, Past. 131, 22.
Linked entries: á-þiéstrian á-þístrian
pleó-líc
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Mé þincþ ðæt ðæt weorc ( translating Genesis) is swíðe pleólíc (dangerous, because a foolish person might misapply what he read ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 22, 8. Ne becymst ðú nǽfre tó ðam pleólícum leahtre, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 31.
wuldor-fæst
Glorious
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Ða wuldorfæstan Godes weorc, Homl. Skt. ii. 23b, 11. Wuldorfæstan wíc (heaven), Cd. Th. 2, 30; Gen. 27
læt-rǽde
deliberate
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Slow of counsel, deliberate Oft mon biþ suíðe wandigendre æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde and wénaþ menn ðæt hit síc for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe and biþ ðeáh for wisdóme and for wærscipe often a man will be very hesitating in every action,
á-fandod
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Hé wæs on forhæfednysse weorcum se áfandedesta geworden, Hml. S. 23b, 24
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deófol-lic
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His weorc syndon deófollicu his works are of the devil, Bl. H. 177, 1. Hé ne ondréd heora deófellican híw, Hml.
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hríþer
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Hrýðeres belle . . . bið ánes sciłł weorð, and is melda geteald, Ll. Th. i. 260, 16. Begete hé þára syxa ǽnne æt ánum hrýðere, oþþe æt þám orfe þe þæs weorð sý, 160, 1. Be .xxx. pæñ. oþþe be ánum hrýðere, 232, 7.
CALU
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Monig man weorþ fǽrlíce caluw many a man becomes bald suddenly, Prov. Kmbl. 42
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wǽpen-gewrixl
A passage of arms ⬩ an exchange of blows ⬩ a conflict, fight
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A passage of arms, an exchange of blows, a conflict, fight Gif hit geweorðe, ðæt wǽpngewrixl weorðe gemǽne þegene and þrǽle, Wulfst. 162, 7.
ge-tácniendlic
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Add: to be shewn, to be indicated Be ge-tácniendlicum tídum Godes weorces de significanda hora operis Dei, R. Ben. 72, 9. symbolical Hí getácnigendlice lác offrodon. pæt gold getácnode þæf hé is sóð cyning, Hml. Th. i. 116, 8
á-sláwian
to become dull of hearing ⬩ to become torpid ⬩ sluggish ⬩ inert
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Ðý lǽs hé óðre áwecce mid his wordum and himself ásláwige gódra weorca ne in semetipsis torpentes opere alias excitent voce, Past. 461, 15. Ásláwien torpescant, 415, 10. Ðæt ðá ídlan ne ásláwien ut otiosis non fiat torpor 453, 24
ge-scendan
To shame, put to shame, confound, corrupt
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He us gescende and úre weorc he hath put us and our deeds to shame, Blickl. Homl. 243, 11. Hwá biþ gescended ðæt me forðæm ne scamige who is shamed and I am not ashamed? Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 5; Hat. MS. Ne gescend me non confundas me, Ps.
Linked entries: ge-scandende ge-scindan ge-scyndan scendan
éstfulnes
luxury ⬩ lasciviousness
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Similar entries Cf. ést-ful, II Swutele synd þæs flǽsces weorc, ꝥ is forligr and unclǽnnyss, éstfulnyss oððe gálnyss, hǽðengyld oððe unlybban (fornicatio, immunditia, impudicitia, luxuria, idolorum servitus, veneficia, Gal. 5, 19), Hml. S. 17, 24
bí-leofen
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Hé beget him biglyfne mid his weorce, Hml. S. 30, 214. Þá gesettan bíleofene (annonam), R. Ben. 55, 11. Heó bíleofenæ fundon, Hml. A. 85, 121. Add
scearpe
A scarification
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Wið onfealle: genim hæslenne sticcan oððe ellenne, wrít ðínne naman on, ásleah þrý scearpan on, gefylle mid ðý blóde ðone naman, weorp ofer eaxle oððe betweoh þeóh on yrnende wæter . . .
nytweorþ-ness
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Gif se hýredes ealdor tó lytele note and nytwyrðnesse (-weorþ-, v. l.) on his heorde angyt quicquid paterfamilias utilitatis minus potuerit invenire, R. Ben. 11, 2. Add
á-wirgan
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Hiera áwiergdan weorc, 268, 19. Áwoergedo >(-wærgede, R.) maledicti, Mt. L. 25, 41. Áuoergado (-werged, R.), Jn. L. 7, 49. On gewill ðára áwiergedena (-wierdena,v. l.), Past. 248, 23. Mid áwyridum gástum furiis, i. malignis spiritibus, An.
geond-scínan
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Ðone ðe ðone folgað ðurh ðá sunnan goodes weorces giendscínan (geond-, v. l. ) wille, Past. 337, 17. Add