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mirige

(adj.)
Grammar
mirige, adj.

Pleasantdelightfulsweet

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Hwæt ða woruldlustas myreges (myrges, MS. Cott.) brengaþ quid habeat jucunditatis, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 4. Ne geleofaþ man náht miriges ða hwíle ðe mon deáþ ondrǽt one gets no pleasure from life, while one fears death, Prov. Kmbl. 16.

Linked entry: murge

of-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
of-sleán, to kill or
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Se gerêfa nyste hwæt hié wǽron, and hiene mon ofslôg, Chr. 787 ; Erl. 56, 15. Hê ( the elephant) ofslôg micel ðæs folces, Ors. 4, I; Swt. 156, 12. Ofslôh, Cd. Th. 60, 18; Gen. 983. Ðû ofslôge (percussisti) ealle ða ðe mé wiðerwearde wǽron, Ps.

Linked entry: of-gesleán

bión

(v.)
Grammar
bión, ic bió, bióm, he bióþ, pl. bióþ, bieþ, biaþ; subj. bió, bie

to beesse, existere, fieri

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Hwæt iów ðý bet bió oððe þince what is or appears to you the better? Bt. Met. Fox 10, 130; Met. 10, 65: Beo. Th. 5487; B. 2747: Mk. Lind. War. 10, 44. Ne mæg hira ǽnig bútan óðrum bión nor can any of them exist without the others, Bt. Met.

swangorness

(n.)
Grammar
swangorness, e ; f.
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Ne slǽpþ se nó fæsðe ac hnappaþ se ðe gecnáwan mæg hwæt tǽlwierðe biþ and suáðeáh for his módes swongornesse oððe réceliéste forwandaþ ðæt hé béte his hiéremenn somnum quippe oculis dare est intentione cessante subditorum curam negligere . . .

un-clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-clǽne, adj.

uncleanfoulfilthyuncleannot fit for fooduncleanimpure

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Hwæt gif hit unclǽne ( immundi ) beóþ fixas? Ic wyrpe ða unclǽnan út, and genime mé clǽne tó mete, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 15. Ða óðre synd unclǽne ( polluta ), Lev. 11, 12.

un-gecyndelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecyndelíc, adj.

unnaturalnot in accordance with the nature of a thingnot naturalsupernaturalunnaturalcontrary to naturemonstrous

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Hwæt wǽre ungecyndlícre, gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft under his anwealde, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 28

un-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
un-bindan, p. -band, pl. -bundon; pp. -bunden

To unbinduntie

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Swá hwæt swá ðú unbindst ( solveres) ofer eorðan, ðæt byð unbunden (solutum) on heofonum, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 19: 18, 18. Ðæs fæder tungan his nama unband, Homl. Th. i. 352, 31. Álésde ł unband soluit, Ps. Lamb. 104, 20. Unband dissoluit, Cant. Abac. 6.

Linked entry: on-bindan

wiþ-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-winnan, p. -wann, pl. -wunnon

To strive againstresist

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Hwæt wilt ðú cweþan, gif hwá nylle wiþwinnan, 36, 6; Fox 182, 6. Ðone anwald maeg wel reccan se ðe ǽgðer ge hine habban cann ge wiðwinnan potentiam bene regit qui et tenere illam noverit et impugnare, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 21.

ǽt

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Seó leó bringð his hwelpum hwæt tó etanne; hié gecýðað on ðǽm ǽte . . . , Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 25. Wurmum tó ǽte, Wlfst. 145, 19. Hé tó micel nimð on ǽte oððe on wǽte, Hml. S. 16, 270. Ǽt foresceáwian, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 35.

á-gitan

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</b> to find out, get to know of :-- Gyf hé hwæt be óðrum gehýre oððe sylf ágyte, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 19. Gyf wiccean innan þysan earde weorðan ágytene, Wlfst. 309, 23. v. on-gitan. to get, take away Hié eágena gesihð ágéton (-gétton?)

Linked entry: á-gytan

gedwol-mann

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Add: one who is in error, (i) a mistaken person, ne who acts under a misapprehension : — Fæder, . . . forgif ðás dǽde þisum gedwolmannum, for ðan ðe hí nyton hwæt hí nú dóð, Hml.

Linked entry: dwol-mann

hú-lic

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Hé giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne ware húlice hié wǽron, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 22. used substantively Ðá ðe geségon húlic (hwelce, R.) geworden wére, Mk. L. 5, 16. Hé ædeáude húlco ( qualia ) wéro ðrouendo hreáferas, Lk. p. 9, 3.

leahter

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Hwæt ne cann sé ðe ealle ðing cann ? Hé ne cann nǽnne leahter, and hí wǽron mid leahtrum áfyllede, Hml. Th. ii. 572, 35. Ne mæg synne on mé fácnes frumbearn fyrene gestǽlan, líces leahtor, Gú. 1045. Þæs líchoman leah as and þá unþeáwas, Met. 22, 25.

á-spyrian

(v.)

to trackreach by following the trackto investigateexamine so as to get knowledge of a subjectto find out

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Hyt ys tó áspyrianne hwæt hyt getácnað, Angl. viii. 336, 46: 333, 8. Áspyrigende indagantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 10. to find out Iulius se cásere þisne bissextum gemétte oððe áspirode, Angl. viii. 306, 40

gál-ness

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Hwæt getácnað þæs fylmenes ofcyrf búton gálnysse wanunge?, Hml. Th. i. 94, 33. Swíðor for bearnteáme þonne for gálnysse, ii. 70, 20: Ap. Th. 25, 10: Hml. A. 30, 144. Þú leofast on gálnysse (libidine), Dóm. L. 178. Gálnesse luxu An. Ox. 8, 362.

þífþ

(n.)
Grammar
þífþ, þiéfþ, þýfþ, þeófþ, þeóft, e; f.
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S. 5; Th. i. 250, 5. what is stolen, theft Tó dý ðæt earm and eádig móte ágan ðæt hý mid rihte gestrýnaþ, and þeóf nyte hwǽr hé þýfðe (þeófte, MS. C.) befæste, þeáh hé hwæt stele, L. Edg. S. 2; Th. i. 274, 3

wundor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wundor-líc, adj.

Wonderfulexciting admirationsurprise

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Oft hwæm gebyreþ ðæt hé hwæt mǽrlíces and wundorlíces gedéð, Past. 4; Swt. 39, 6. Hé (Samson) wearð swíðe ofþyrst for ðam wundorlícan slege, Jud. 15, 18. Wundorlícre hrædnysse hé bið álýsed, Lchdm. i. 288, 16. On wundorlícre mycelnesse, Blickl.

earnian

(v.)
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Hwæs þú earnodest oððe hwæt þú habban woldest quid scire vis?, Solil. H. 14, 13.

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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hwǽm cumaþ hí elles bútan tó tácnunge sorges?, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 21. Hwæt gelýfeþ se líchoma bútan þurh þá sáwle?, Bl. H. 21, 22

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Hwæt ðá com sum man, 286, 19. Hwæt ða hǽþenan þá hine bestódon, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 104. Þá se bisceop dyde up ðone sanct, i. 21, 139. as adverbial connective, of time, when Þá hé út eode embe underntíde, hé geseah óðre ídele standan, Mt.