un-gewilde
Not in subjection
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Hé underþiédde him selfum monege þeóda ðe ǽr wǽron Rómánum ungewilde, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 284, 6
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wærcan
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for second passage substitute Wið healswíerce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh ; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch. ii. 312, 5-7. dele. Cf. Ps. Rdr. 76, 4 Ic worhte exercitatus sum
ǽr
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(or uncertain) Hý hié hindan ofrídan ne meahte, ǽr hié on ðám fæstenne wǽron, Chr. 877; P. 74, 18. Hí cwǽdon ðæt Críst nǽre, ǽr hé ácenned wæs of Marian, Hml. Th. i. 70, 5.
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un-cúþ
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Rómáne swiþost for þǽm besierede wǽron þe him ꝥ land uncúþre wæs þonne hit Somnitum wǽre, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 28. III. add: — Uncúð hú longe ðǽr swǽ gelǽrede biscepas sién, Past. 9, 3. Ne hopa ðú tó óðres monnes deáðe ; uncúð hwá lengest libbe, Prov.
a-ebbian
To ebb away ⬩ recede ⬩ recedere
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To ebb away, recede; recedere Ðæt wæter wæs a-ebbad [a-ebbod MS. C. T; ge-ebbod Cant.] feala furlanga from ðám scipum the water had ebbed many furlongs from the ships, Chr. 897; Ing. 123, 19
sǽne
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Ic tó sǽne wæs míne leomu for ðé tó bíganne and míne teáras tó geótanne, Angl. xii. 508, 8. Þý lǽs hié for ðon ormóde wǽron and þý sǽnran mínes willan and weorðmyndo, Nar. 32, 23. Add
éhtend
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Hié wǽren crístenra monna éhtend, Ors. 6, 10; S. 264, 27. Oehtendum persecutoribus, Mk. L. R. 10, 30
rǽpling
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One bound, a captive, prisoner, criminal Wæs ðá rǽpling se ðe ǽr wæs Angelcynnes heáfod ( of archbishop Ælfheah taken captive by the Danes ), Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 19. Hé ( St. Paul) wæs ðyder (to Rome ) rǽpling gelǽded, Blickl. Homl. 173, 7.
be-sorg
Anxious, careful, dear, beloved ⬩ sollicitus, carus
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Anxious, careful, dear, beloved; sollicitus, carus: Ðǽr wǽron ofslægene hyre þægna feówer ðe hyre besorge wǽron there were slain four of her thanes which were dear to her Chr. 917; Erl. 105, 25.
sútere
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Him wæs gesǽd þæt ðá gebytlu wǽron gemynte ánum sútere . . . hé áxode ymbe ðone sútere (cf. hé ongan ácsian be ðám lífe þæs sceóhwyrhtan, Gr. D. 322, 5. v. scóh-wyrhta), Hml. Th. ii. 356, 1-3. Add
gneáð
Sparing ⬩ frugal ⬩ stingy ⬩ scanty ⬩ small ⬩ parcus
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He self lifde on gneáðum woroldlífe án tunece wæs his gegerela and ðæt wæs hǽren and beren hláf wæs his gereorde he himself lived a frugal life in the world, one tunic was his raiment, and barley bread was his food, Shrn. 110, 4: 77, 4.
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ge-nihtsum
abundant, abounding, copious, rich, plentiful, fruitful ⬩ abundans, ūber, cōpiōsus, affluus, profluus ⬩ satisfied ⬩ sătiābĭlis ⬩ abundans
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Genihtsum wæter forþflóweþ plentiful water flows forth, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 24: Ps. Th. 85, 4: 143, 17. On ylde genihtsumre in sĕnecta ūbĕri, Ps. Spl. 91, 14. Ðæt hí wǽron genihtsume ut essent proflui, Hymn. Surt. 94, 5.
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ge-éfstan
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Voc. ii. 65, 78. to strive after Ꝥ án wæs swíðost fram heom eallum geefst, ꝥ heora ǽlc wǽre on líchaman deád and on gáste libbende the one most earnest endeavour of all was to be dead in the body and living in the spirit, Hml. S. 23 b, 90
godcundlíce
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Add: of action by the Deity, by God, from heaven Þá cóm micel wæl and moncwild godcundlíce ( diuinitus ) sended, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 357, 22.
Wandale
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Wandali) rícsodon . . . án wydewe sǽde ꝥ hire sunu wǽre gelǽded in hæftnýde fram Wænla (Wendla, v.l. ) cyneges áðume, Gr. D. 179, 14-21. Wændla (Wendla, v.l. ) ríce, 181, 7.
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begen
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and add Þæt gefeoht wæs gedón mid micelre geornfullnesse of þǽm folcum bǽm ( utrimque) and þǽr wǽron þá cyningas bégen (ambo reges ) gewundod, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 1-3. Gedó bégea emfela on ampullan, Lch. ii. 30, 18
ge-botl
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A dwelling þá byrig hé geseah eall on óþre wísan gewend on óþre heó ǽr wæs, and þá gebotla (botla, v. l. ) geond þá byrig eall getimbrode on óþre wísan on óþre hí ǽr wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 511
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ofer-wlenced
possessed of superabundant means, very opulent
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possessed of superabundant means, very opulent Hié andwyrdon ðæt hit gemálíc wǽre ðæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc swá hié wǽron responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44
land-sittende
Occupying land
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Occupying land Hé létt gewrítan hú mycel ǽlc man hæfde ðe landsittende wæs innan Englalande on lande oððe on orfe and hú mycel feós hit wǽre wurþ he [William I.] caused to be written how much every man that was in the occupation of land in England, had
weorold-folgoþ
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Næs ná ðæt hé his willan on ðæm woruldfolgaðe wǽre . . . Ðá hé wæs týn wintre, and hine hys yldran tó woruldfolgaðe tyhton, ðá fleáh hé tó Godes ciricean. Blickl. Homl. 211, 22-29.