be-ládung
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Gif þú woldest myltsian, and ne mihtest, þǽr is sum beládung on þǽre segene, Hml. S. 3, 185. Beóð þá hæðenan búton beládunge ( no excuse can be made for them ) rihtlíce fordémede, ii. 344.
clifian
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Hé cleofode on ðǽre eorðan and ne mihte ná onstyrian his fét tó gánne, 224, 22. Cleofede lentesceret, An. Ox. 3108. On cleofode, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 24. Áhryse þá moldan of, ꝥ hyre nán wiht on ne clyfie, Lch. i. 70, 9.
ofer-módigian
to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride
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Ne ofermódgiaþ (superbiunt) ða scírmenn ná for ðý, Past. 17, 2; Swt. 109, 17. Hié wið Gode ofermódgiaþ contra Deum superbiunt, 29; Swt. 201, 16. Ðé læs ðe hira fýnd ofermódegodun ne forte superbirent hostes eorum, Deut. 32, 27.
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ge-wil
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Hit næs ne his gewile [-wyle, MS. A.] it was not his will, L. C. S. 76; Th. i. 418, 11
tácnian
to make a mark upon something, to mark ⬩ to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark ⬩ to indicate, point out ⬩ to signify ⬩ to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize ⬩ to indicate what is future, to portend
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Ðæt tácnaþ ðe ðás láreówas ne sceolan Godes dómas náwþer ne ná wanian ne ne écan, 81, 3.
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hlystan
listen ⬩ to listen
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Ne ic stæfcyste ne leornode, ne þǽra nánum ne hlyste þe þá smeádon and rǽddon, Hml. S. 23 b, 594. Bodian láreówas godcunde þearfe, and ǽlc ꝥ gescád wite hlyste him georne, Ll. Th. i. 424, 19.
hǽr
Hair, a hair
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Ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre ne on nægle that iron come not on hair, nor on nail, L. Pen. 10; Th. ii. 280, 20. Ne losaþ ðæt heáfod ðonne ða hǽr beóþ ealle geedstaðelodd the head perishes not when the hairs are all restored, Homl. Th. ii. 542, 35.
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word-cwide
a saying ⬩ words ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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a saying, words Fyl nú frurnsprǽce, wlitiga ðínne wordcwyde (what thou hast said; ðíne wordcwidas, Exon. Th. 188, 9; Az. 43), Cd. Th. 236, 26 ; Dan. 327. Ne lengde leóda aldor wítegena wordcwyde, 256, 27; Dan. 647.
sǽmra
Inferior, worse
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Ðú byst se ilca se ðú ǽr ware, ne beóþ ðín winter wiht ðé sǽmran (anni tui non deficient). Ps. Th. 101, 24. Hí dweligende sécaþ ðæt héhste gód on ða sámran (sǽmran, Cote.
on-drǽdan
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Sé þe him his Dryhten ne ondrǽdeð, Seef. 106. Nó hé him þá sæcce ondréd, B. 2347. Hié him ondrédon Godes hete, Gen. 767. Ne ondrǽd ðú ðé deáð tó swíðe, Prov. K. 16.
hopa
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Fandung wyrcð hopan ; hopa ná gescynt, 7, 19. Ne þǽr árfsestnes, ne sib, ne hopa, ne swige gegladað nec pax, nec pietas, spes nulla quietis flentibus arrident Dóm. L. 220: Wlfst. 139, 12.
hefigtímness
Trouble ⬩ affliction ⬩ vexation
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Hé is nú mid ylde ofsett, swylce mid gelomlǽcendum hefigtýmnyssum tó deáþe geþreád it is now oppressed with age, as if wearied to death with frequent troubles, i. 614, 21
líf-weg
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Uton nú ealle úre lífwegas geornlíce rihtan let us diligently amend our ways, Wulfst. 75, 22. Líðe lífwegas, Exon. 43 b; Th. 148, 5; Gú. 740
nirwett
narrowness ⬩ a narrow place ⬩ pass ⬩ oppression of the chest ⬩ difficulty of breathing
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narrowness Ic hit geféran ne mehte for ðara wega nerwette ( propter angustas semitas ), Nar. 25, 5. a narrow place, pass Se engel eode intó ánum nyrwette angelus ad locum angustum transiens, Num. 22, 26. oppression of the chest, difficulty of breathing
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ge-býsnung
An example ⬩ exemplum
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Ne dó ge ná be his gebýsnungum do ye not according to his examples, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 35
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weorold-sorh
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Gewítaþ nú, áwirgede woruldsorga, of mínes þegenes móde, Bt. 3, 1 ; Fox 4, 20-23. Ðæt gemearr ðære woruldsorga curarum secularium impedimentum, Past. 51; Swt. 401, 21.
ge-þwǽrlíce
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S. 23, 201. of things Nú sprecð geþwǽrlíce ( concorditer ) mid þý mægne þára wundra seó rihtwísnes þára worda, Gr. D. 154, 6. gently Hé geþwǽrlíce mid Godes ege andswarige cum omni mansuetudine timoris Dei reddat responsum, R. Ben. 126, 22
gyltan
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Ꝥ ic ná gylte (deliuquam) on mínre tungan, R. Ben. 9. 25, 16. Ǽlcum gemete ne sceal árung beón Þǽre gyltendan geogoðe,Nap. 17, 3. Dryhten aee gesette gyltendum (delinquenlibas), Ps. Srt. 24, 8.
tó-flówan
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Þá hraþe áblan se ele ꝥ hé ná tófleów geond þone flór swá hé ǽr dyde in pavimentum oleum defluere cessavit, Gr. D. 160, 16. <b>II d.</b> add :-- Leáf his ne tófléuwð folium eius non defluet, Ps. L. 1, 3.
rúm-líc
gracious, liberal, benign ⬩ liberal, abundant, plentiful
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Rúmlícum helpe benign favore, 17, 35. liberal, abundant, plentiful Nú wille wé ðis águnnene weorc mid rúmlícum wæstme begán, Anglia viii. 300, 6. Se ðe mid fódan ðære upplícan lufe biþ gefylled, hé biþ swilce hé sý mid rúmlícum mettum gemæst, Homl.