ge-earnung
Earning ⬩ desert ⬩ merit ⬩ meritum
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Nu ic ongite ðæt sió sóþe gesǽlþ stent on gódra monna geearnunga now I understand that true happiness stands on the merit of good men, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 12. Be geearnunge de merito, Ps. Lamb. 7, 5. Geearnunga merita, Cot. 129.
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fealo
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Sió fealwe fægernes fulva venustas (pavonis), 89, 61: 33, 40. Nim þonne ꝥ seax þe þæt hæfte sié fealo hryþeres horn, Lch. ii. 290, 22. Þæs fealewan flava, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 39.
ofer-méttu
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Sió scyld ðára ofermétta superbiae culpa, 311, 23 : 271, 23 : 439, 3. Mid ðǽm oferméttum oferswíðed languore superbiae victus, 439, 6. Fær oferméttum áworpen per superbiam reprobatos, 113, 7. On ofermétum (-méttum, v. l. ), 19.
on-hrínan
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Add: with gen. or uncertain Is wén ðæt sió (fennege) hond ðá óðre besmíte gif hió hire anhrínð, Past. 77, 1. Gif his mon onhrinð mid buccan blóde, 271, 3. Heó mid hire ýtemestan fingrum þǽre lenticula onhrán, Hml. S. 23 b, 715.
scearp-líc
Sharp, keen, searching, effectual
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Sharp, keen, searching, effectual Hwæt is sió þyrelung ðæs wáges búton scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes ðæt mon onlúce ða heardan heortan quid est parietem fodere, nisi acutis inquisitionibus duritiam cordis aperire?
deáþ-cwalu
A deadly pain or plague, agony ⬩ mortis dolor
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A deadly pain or plague, agony; mortis dolor Sió wérge sceólu hreósan sceolde in wíta forwyrd, ðǽr hie in wylme nú dreógaþ deáþcwale the wretched crew were compelled to fall into the ruin of punishment, where they now suffer deadly pains in flame, Invent
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un-gelícness
Difference ⬩ dissimilarity ⬩ diversity
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Difference, dissimilarity, diversity Ic cwæð ðæt ǽghwelc mon wǽre óðrum gelíc ácenned, ac sió ungelícnes hiera earnunga hié tíhð sume behindan sume ...
bísgung
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Sió bisgung ðæs ríces tóslít ðæt mód ðæs recceres occupatio regiminis solidaritatem dissipet mentis, Past. 37, 11. Þeáh hé mid þǽre manigfealdnysse þǽre synne bysgunge ábysgod sý licet multiplicitate negotii peccati suspensus sit, Ll.
tó-scirian
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Add: to distribute, allot a share, v. scirian; and cf. tó-dǽlan; Ǽghwylcre sáwle bið onsundrum tóscyred ( to each soul separately will its doom be assigned ), and sió bið swylce hyre se líchoma ǽr geworhte, Verc.
irming
A poor ⬩ mean ⬩ wretched ⬩ miserable person ⬩ a wretch
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Ðæt is sió friþstów and sió frófor án eallra yrminga æfter ðissum weoruldgeswincum that alone is the asylum and the comfort of all the wretched after these labours in the world, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 33 ; Met. 21, 17
willian
to will ⬩ to desire, ⬩ with a genitive ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with gerundial infin. ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute
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Ic willio and wille ðæt hió sión getrymed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 121, 23. absolute. Wer se ðe in bibodum his willaþ (cupiet), Ps. Surt. II, i
geond-wlítan
To look through, see through, look over ⬩ perspĭcĕre, ŏcŭlis lustrāre ⬩ To look about, look around ⬩ circumspectāre
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To look about, look around; circumspectāre Sioh sylfa ðé geond ðas sídan gesceaft geondwlítan see thyself look around this wide creation, Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 30; Cri. 60
wyrt-drenc
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Mid ondóunge wyrtdrences þurh horn oððe pípan sió wamb biþ tó clǽnsianne, Lchdm. ii. 260, 11. Dó ealle ða wyrta tó wyrtdrence, 22, 17. Æfter ðon sceal man wyrtdrenc sellan, 22, 2. Wyrtdrencas antidota, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 4.
wóþ-bora
A (good) speaker ⬩ orator ⬩ poet ⬩ prophet ⬩ philosopher
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Micel is tó hycgenne wísum wóðboran, hwæt sió wiht sié, 414, 22 ; Rä. 32, 24. Wilt ðú wísne wóðboran wordum grétan, biddan ðé gesecge gesceafta cræftas, 346, 21 ; Sch. 2. Cræftgleáwe men, wíse wóþboran, Chr. 975 ; Erl. 126, 27.
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derian
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Sió ilce lár ðe óðrum hielpeð, hió dereð ðǽm oðrum saepe aliis officiunt quae aliis prosunt, Past. 173, 19. Ne dereð nán mon suíðor ðǽre hálgan gesomnunge nemo amplius in Ecclesia nocet, 31, 10. Nán gód ne dereþ þǽm þe hit áh, Bt. 14, 3; S. 32, 32.
ge-wæterian
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Ðonne gréwð ðætsǽd ðára worda ðonne sió mildheortnes ðæs láreówes geðwǽnð ðá breóst ðæs hiérendes.
frécne
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Gif sié þǽra ádle bryne innan ... sió biþ ðý frécenre, Lch. ii. 46, 20. Ðonne hit ðé frǽcnost þynce, wén ðé ðonne frófre, Prov. K. 75. Add
ÆX
what is brought to an edge ⬩ An AXE ⬩ a hatchet ⬩ pickaxe ⬩ securis ⬩ ascia
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H. sió æsc; seó eax B.] biþ melda, nalles þeóf because the axe is an informer, not a thief; quia securis acclamatrix potius est, non fur, L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 23
girn-ness
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desire for something. v. girnan; Sió hæfð góde girnesse metes, Lch. ii. 220, 27. Gyrnesse voto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 15. desire for action, endeavour, purpose. Cf. girnan; Gyrnessæ industria, Txts. 70, 527.
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hwéne
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Sió lyft bioþ hwéne hnescran gecynde, Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 27. with adv. Þæt is tó heriaune hwéne rihtlícor, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 13. Hwéne æfter hé cuið, Past. 99, 14. Hwéne æfter þon hé cwæð, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 86, 2. with verb (ptcpl.)