pínian
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Ðonne onginþ hé hý tó pínianne onmistlícre wísan, Wulfst. 195, 1. Gnættas ǽgðer ge ða men ge ða nýtenu píniende wǽron, Ors. 1, 7 ; Swt. 36, 31. Píniendum cruciante, Hpt. Gl. 503, 36
renc
Pride, pomp, vanity, bravery, display
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For oferméttan, hé cwæð, and ídelan rencan eówra leóda, Wulfst.45, 21-23. [We ne beoð iboren for to habbene nane prudu ne forðe nane oðre rencas, O. E. Homl. i. 7, 27.]
Linked entry: rænc
un-eáðelíc
difficult to do ⬩ impossible ⬩ difficult to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ troublesome
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uneáþelíc flammam ignis in paleas currentem retinere est impossibile, Scint. 57, 7. difficult to bear, grievous, troublesome Ne heó ( a sin ) nǽfre ne þince eów tó ðan hefig ne tó ðan uneáðelíc ne tó ðam fracodlíc, ðæt gé ǽfre lǽton ǽnig ðing ungeandett, Wulfst
a-deádan
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Substitute: <b>á-deádian;</b> p. ode To become dead, lose vitality or feeling, become paralysed Ádeádaþ fatescit, Wülck. Gl. 408, 6. Gif se líchama næfð mete, þonne forweornað hé and ádeádað, Hml. Th. i. 168, 32.
ge-wefan
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Add Ic wefe texo, gewefen texta, Wülck. Gl. 188, 9. literal Þicce gewefen hrægel pavidensis vestis, þenne gewefen hrægel levidensis, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 11, 12. Cyrtel giwefen (geuoefen, L.) ðerh alle tunica contexta per totum, Jn. R. 19, 23.
sǽd-leáp
a seed-leap(Essex), seed-lip (Oxford) ⬩ seed-lop ⬩ a seed lepe ⬩ satorium, saticulum ⬩ sedlepe ⬩ saticulum
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A sedlepe saticulum, Wülck. Gl. 609, 28: semilio, 611, 11 Sǽdleáp, Anglia ix. 264, 13. [ Ðæt acersǽd hwǽte, ðæt is twegen sédlǽpes, and ðæt bærlíc, ðæt is þré sédlǽpas, and ðæt acersǽd áten, ðæt is feówer sédlǽpas,s. Chr. 1124; Erl. 252, 34-36. ]
Linked entry: leáp
wed-lác
a pledge, security ⬩ wedlock, espousals
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Wedloke maritagium, Wulck. Gl. 595, 5.]
smearcian
To smirk, smile
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Ðonne ðú smercodest and hlóge, ðonne weóp ic biterlíce Wulfst. 140, 28. Ðá smearcode hé Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 17. Smercode (smearcode, Cote. MS.) 34, 12; Fox 154, 8: 35, 4; Fox 160, 31: 40, 2; Fox 236, 22. Smercode Blickl. Homl. 189, 4: Homl.
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þeóte
A pipe or channel through which water rushes
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Ealle heofones þeótan wǽron mid wætere gefylde, Wulfst. 206, 17. In stefne ðeótena (cataractarum) ðínra, Ps. Surt. 41, 8. Þeótum fistulis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 67: 35, 59. Hé wundorlíce mid þeótum wæter út áteáh, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 32.
lífan
allow ⬩ permit
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God lýfde Adame, ðæt hé móste brúcan ealra wæstma, Wulfst. 9, 6: Blickl. Homl. 189, 22. Ðá bǽdon hý ðæt hé lýfde him on ða gán. Þá lýfde hé him, Lk. Skt. 8, 32.
wicce-cræeft
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Ne gýman gé galdra ne ídelra hwata ne wígelunga ne wiccecræfta, Wulfst. 40, 14. Be wiccecræftum. Wé cwǽdon be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum . . . gif man ðǽr ácweald wǽre, and hé his ætsacan ne mihte, ðǽt hé beó his feores scyldig, L.
þeód-scipe
A people
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Þeódscypas winnaþ heom betweónan, Wulfst. 86, 7. Fela mǽrra manna of manegan þeódscipan, Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 24. Æfter sumum þeódscipum byþ ðes saltus on .xv. kl. Decembris, Anglia viii. 309, 18
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talian
to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account, ⬩ to impute, ascribe, lay to the account of ⬩ to reckon, enumerate
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Hé talaþ hine sylfne wísne, Wulfst. 52, 29. Ða ðe hí sylfe wáce taliaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 29. Ðæt hié taliaþ hálig, R. Ben. 9, 19. Talige hé hine sylfne wið God forworhtne, Wulfst. 155, 11. Hwæðer ðæt sié tó talianne wáclíc, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 16.
maðelian
To speak ⬩ harangue ⬩ make a speech ⬩ declaim
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Maðalade contionatur, declamat, Wülck. Gl. 15, 36. Satan maðelode, sorgiende spræc, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 27; Gen. 347. Abraham maðelode .. ongan his brýd wordum lǽran, 86; Th. 109, 9; Gen. 1820: Beo. Th. 701; B. 348: 747; B. 371.
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regollíce
Regularly, in accordance with rule (v. preceding word)
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Ðæt gehádode menn regollíce libban, and lǽwede lahlíce heora líf fadian, 18;Th. ii. 324, 26 : Wulfst. 160, 1. Ðæt abbodas and munecas regollícor libban, L. Eth. ix. 31; Th. i. 346, 27
teónlíce
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Th. 226, 17; Ph. 407. in a way that brings shame or affront, with insult or ignominy Man sceal ða geóguðe lǽdan gehæft heánlíce and swá bysmorlíce bringan of heora éðle and betǽcan eów teónlíce on hǽðenra hand, Wulfst. 295, 19.
þyrne
A thorn-bush
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Þyrne frutices, ramos, 151, 44; dumus, i. spina, spineta, Wülck. Gl. 225, 23. Hé geseah ðæt seóþyrne ( rubus ) ... næs forburnen, Ex. 3, 2, 3. On ða þyrnan westewarde ðǽr se mycla þorn stód, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 404, 12.
un-gesewenlíc
Invisible
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Se ungesawenlíca feónd, Wulfst. 52, 8. Unisæwenlícere mihte invisibili potestate, Hpt. Gl. 482, 69. God menniscum eágum ungesewenlícne, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 17. Ða óðre heofenan synd ungesegenlíce, Lchdm. iii. 232, 23.
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wicce
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Wiccan, Wulfst. 165, 34. Wiccena parcarum, Anglia xiii, 31, 104. v. Grmm. D. M. p. 985
scearplíce
sharply, keenly, smartly, effectually, quickly ⬩ sharply, keenly ⬩ sharply, painfully
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Stingaþ hine scearplíce on ðone múð, Wulfst. 141, 7
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